IMSA – Rebellion Racing continues at Daytona

Best time on Friday, the Swiss team continued its momentum yesterday, with Neel Jani once again proving the fastest in the peloton at the Roar Before the Rolex 24 in Daytona.

Published on 08/01/2017 à 10:04

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IMSA – Rebellion Racing continues at Daytona

The second day of the Roar Before the Rolex 24 in Daytona, Florida once again demonstrated the speed of the duo Neel Jani – Oreca 07. The pilot Porsche en WEC signed the best cumulative performance, completing a lap in 1'38″944 during the night session.

No one this Saturday, disturbed by the rain, was able to rise to the level of the Oreca 07 n°13 of Rebellion Racing. Mazda Motorsports, after a cautious start on Friday, increased the pace as the #24 Mazda RT55-P of Tristan Nunez – Jonathan Bomarito – Spencer Pigot – Ben Devlin climbed to second place in 1'39″157.

DragonSpeed ​​confirms the potential of the Oreca 07, since the copy of Nicolas lapierre – Ben Hanley – Henrik Hedman – Loïc duval signs the third cumulative time in 1'39″315. During the third session of the Roar, contested in the rain, the No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac DPi-VR of Ricky Taylor – Jordan Taylor – Max Angelelli – Jeff Gordon was the fastest in 1'51″854 .

Performance Tech Motorsports achieved the best time of the day in 1'44″191 with the Oreca FLM09 of O'Ward – Masson – Coppe – French.

The GTLM category was once again dominated by Ford Chip Ganassi Racing. The Ford GT n°67 by Scott Dixon – Ryan Briscoe – Richard Westbrook led the debates with a best time established by the first mentioned in 1'44″558.

The No. 69 Ford GT of Kanaan – Priaulx – Tincknell follows in second position at 227 thousandths ahead of the No. 68 Ford of Olivier Pla – Billy Johnson – Stefan Mücke third at 250 thousandths. The two Corvette C7.Rs of Gavin – Milner – Fässler and Magnussen – Garcia – Rockenfeller are the Fords’ closest pursuers.

In GTD, Land Motorsport remains at the forefront with the Audi R8 LMS entrusted to Christopher Mies – Jules Gounon – Connor de Phillippi – Jeffrey Schmidt.

Rankings Roar Before the Rolex 24

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