IMSA – Wayne Taylor Racing on pole at Daytona

Author of a time of 1'37"090, Helio Castroneves thought they had given Team Penske and Acura pole position for the 24 Hours of Daytona. But in the final seconds, the Brazilian had pole lost by 0" by Renger van der Zande, recruited by Wayne Taylor Racing to compensate for the departure of Ricky Taylor...at Penske. The Dutchman, who shares the No. 007 Cadillac DPi-VR with Ryan Hunter-Reay and Jordan Taylor, hit hard.

The top five is completed by Filipe Albuquerque (Cadillac DPi-VR n°5 of Action Express Racing), a surprising Pat O'Ward (Oreca 07 n°38) and Tristan Vautier who confirms that he has already understood the mode well. Cadillac user manual.

If the No. 24 Mazda RT77-P did not take to the track, the No. 55 of Bomarito-Tincknell-Pigot is ninth at 0, while Fernando Alonso (Ligier JS P216 n°23) set the thirteenth fastest time, 0 from the reference mark. At ESM, it's all grimace soup. The No. 925 Nissan Onroak DPi did not take part in qualifying, while the No. 2 finished in the wall after a straight run of Nicolas lapierre.

In GTLM, Jan Magnussen made the No. 7 Corvette C3.R shine, taking pole position in the category in 1'42"779. The Dane, who teams up with Antonio Garcia and Mike Rockenfeller, relegated the No. 66 Ford GT of Joey Hand-Dirk Müller-Sébastien Bourdais à 0 »019 et la Porsche 911 RSR n°912 de Laurens Vanthoor-Earl Bamber-Gianamaria Bruni à 0 »148. La deuxième Porsche 911 RSR et la deuxième Ford GT complètent le top cinq. La Ferrari 488 GTE n°62 of Vilander-Pier Guidi-Calado-Rigon, seventh, shows a deficit of 0”822 on the reference mark, while the two BMW M8 GTLMs are pushed back by more than a second despite the advantages granted by the BoP following their disappointing performances at the Roar before the 24 earlier this month.

Winner of 24 Hours of Le Mans 2017 in GTLM with Aston Martin Racing, Daniel Serra offers GTD pole position to the No. 488 Spirit of Race Ferrari 3 GT51 which he shares with Mathias Lauda, ​​Paul Dalla Lana and Pedro Lamy. Thanks to a time of 1'46"049, the Brazilian beat another Ferrari, the one fielded by Risi Competizione for Molina-Perez by Lara-Fuentes-Creel-Griffin. In third place, at 0”6, is the No. 3 Lamborghini Huracan GT11 of Bortolotti-Ineichen-Perera-Breukers. On the French side, the Porsche 911 GT3 R of Mathieu Jaminet and the No. 3 Acura NSX GT93 of Côme Ledogar will start 9th and 17th respectively.

The start of the race will be given at 20:40 p.m. in France on Saturday.