IMSA – DragonSpeed ​​concludes the Roar at the forefront

At the end of the three days of testing the Roar Before the Rolex 24, dress rehearsal before the opening of theIMSA Sportscar Championship 2017 at the 24 Hours of Daytona (Florida) on January 28 and 29, the Oreca 07 confirmed a large part of its potential.

If Rebellion Racing had set the pace during the runs Friday et Saturday, it is finally DragonSpeed ​​training, thanks to a best lap completed by Ben Hanley in 1'38″343 during the sixth session, which concludes at the top of the timesheet. Hanley will line up at the end of the month alongside Loïc duval, Nicolas lapierre and Henrik Hedman for the Florida double clock tower.

Mazda Motorsports hoists its RT24-P DPi into second position in the total of seven test sessions with the No. 55 of Nunez – Bomarito – Pigot, which fails 20 thousandths behind the leading Oreca 07. We find another Var prototype in the final trifecta of this Roar Before the Rolex 24, with the Rebellion Racing example, entrusted to Stéphane Sarrazin, Sébastien Buemi, Neel Jani and Nick Heidfeld.

The top 5 in the category is completed by the PR217/Mathiasen Ligier JS P1 of Gutiérrez – Kimber-Smith – Guasch – Enerson and the first Cadillac DPi-VR Action Express Racing of Barbosa – Fittipaldi – Albuquerque.

Performance Tech Motorsports maintains the benchmark in the PC category with the Oreca FLM09 from O'Ward – Masson – Toppe – French, thanks to a time established in 1'41″888.

From the first turns of the wheels, the Ford GTs of Chip Ganassi Racing had shown themselves to be at the forefront. The blue oval cars ultimately never left the top of the GTLM rankings throughout the three days in Florida.

No. 67 Briscoe – Dixon – Westbrook signs the best time thanks to the first mentioned in 1'44″380 and is ahead of the n°69 of Priaulx – Kanaan – Tincknell by a little less than three tenths.

The BMW M6 of Team RLL from Edwards – Tomczyk – Catsburg enters the top 3 at 312 thousandths ahead of the Ferrari 488 of the Risi Competizione de Vilander – Fisichella. The No. 7 Corvette C4.R of Gavin – Milner – Fässler, victim of a fire outbreak yesterday, takes fourth place in the final ahead of Hand’s No. 66 Ford – Bourdais – Müller. Les Porsche 911 RSR de Pilet – Makowecki – Werner et Estre – Vanthoor – Lietz ferment la marche dans la catégorie.

The German brand, on the other hand, dominated the GTD with the best time established in 1'46″810 by Sven Müller on the #911 Manthey Racing Porsche 3 GT59 R.

Rankings by session Roar Before the Rolex 24

Cumulative ranking