Drivers faced an extremely wet qualifying session for the 54th running of the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona. Most appeared to be keen just to get through the session unscathed.
Russian IndyCar driver Mikhail Aleshin overcame extremely wet conditions to capture the Prototype class TOTAL Pole Award for the 54th Rolex 24 At Daytona.
Aleshin ran a lap of 2:05.793 (101.882 mph) in the Nissan-powered No. 37 BR01 fielded by Russian-based SMP Racing. The Prototype debuted in 2015 ELMS competition and is racing in North America for the first time.
Brendon Hartley ( #01 Chip Ganassi Racing) qualified fifth with Scott Dixon (#02 Chip Ganassi Racing ) seventh.
Nick Tandy captured the GT Le Mans pole for the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway.
Driving the No. 911 Porsche North America with teammate and last year’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTLM champion, Patrick Pilet, Tandy – a two-time GTLM pole winner in 2015 and the reigning 24 Hours of Le Mans overall champion – posted a best time of 2:01.408 (105.561)
Earl Bamber (#912 Porsche Team North America) qualified second.
Johnny Mowlem captured his second-consecutive Prototype Challenge (PC) TOTAL Pole Award at Daytona for the Rolex 24, running a lap of 2:06.312 (101.951 mph) in the No. 20 BAR1 Motorsports Zoolander/Southwest Realty Advisors/Top 1 Oil ORECA FLM09. He will share the car with NASCAR veteran Brendan Gaughan, as well as Marc Drumwright, Tomy Drissi and Ricardo Vera.
The new Porsche GT3 R made good in its debut at Daytona International Speedway, winning the GT Daytona (GTD) TOTAL Pole Award in the hands of Norbert Siedler. The Park Place Motorsports driver posted a best time of 2:04.798 (101.878 mph) in the No. 73 Park Place Porsche/Jet Edge entry.
Shane van Gisbergen (#22 Alex Job Racing) qualified third and Richie Stanaway ( #98 Aston Martin Racing) seventh.
Class Orders
Prototype
1 #37 SMP Racing (Aleshin/Minassian/Mediani/Ladygin)
2 #2 Extreme Speed Motorsports (Derani/Van Overbeek/Sharp/Brown)
3 #60 Michael Shank Racing (Negri/Pla/Pew/Allmendinger)
4 #10 Wayne Taylor Racing (R. Taylor/J. Taylor/Angelelli/Barrichello)
5 #01 Chip Ganassi Racing (Wurz/Hartley/Priaulx/Stroll)
6 #31 Action Express Racing (Cameron/Curran/Pagenaud/Adam)
7 #02 Chip Ganassi Racing (Dixon/Kanaan/Larson/McMurray)
8 #90 VisitFlorida Racing (Hunter-Reay/Goossens/Dalziel)
9 #50 Highway to Help (DeFoor/Hinton/Pace/Schroeder/Gruber)
10 #70 Mazda Motorsports (Long/Miller/Devlin)
11 #5 Action Express Racing (Fittipaldi/Barbosa/Pruett/Albuquerque)
12 #55 Mazda Motorsports (Nunez/Pigot/Bomarito)
13 #0 Panoz DeltaWing Racing (Kegge/Wirth/Meyrick/Rayhall) Not Classified
Prototype Challenge
1 #20 BAR1 Motorsports (Mowlem/Drumwright/Drisi)
2 #85 JDC-Miller Motorsports (Simpson/Goikhburg/Miller/Koch)
2 #26 BAR1 Motorsports (Eversley/Lewis/Merzon/Yount/Falb)
3 #38 Performance Tech Motorsports (French/Jim Norman/Josh Norman/Gdovic)
4 #8 Starworks Motorsport (Van der Zande/Cumming/Popow/Hawksworth)
5 #88 Starworks Motorsport (Kvamme/Engel/Johnston/Rosenqvist)
6 #52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports (Kimber-Smith/Boulle/Alon/Guiterrez) NC
7 #54 Core Autosport (Braun/Bennett/Wilkins/Plowman) NC
GT Le Mans
1 #911 Porsche Team North America (Tandy/Pilet/Estre)
2 #912 Porsche Team North America (Makowiecki/Christensen/Bamber)
3 #100 BMW Team RLL (Edwards/Rahal/Luhr/Wittmer)
4 #68 Scuderia Corsa (Pier Guidi/Premat/Serra/Rojas)
5 #62 Risi Competizione (Fisichella/Vilander/Beretta/Rigon)
6 #25 BMW Team RLL (Farfus/Spengler/Werner/Auberlen)
7 #4 Corvette Racing (Milner/Gavin/Fassler)
8 #3 Corvette Racing (Magnussen/Garcia/Rockenfeller)
9 #66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing (D. Muller/Hand/Bourdais)
10 #67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing (Westbrook/Mucke/Briscoe)
11 #72 SMP Racing (Bruni/Shaytar/Bertolini/Calado) NC
GT Daytona
1 #73 Park Place Motorsports (Siedler/Lindsey/McMurry/Bergmeister)
2 #28 Konrad Motorsport (Ineichen/Willsey/Babini/Konrad/Basseng)
3 #22 Alex Job Racing (Keen/D. MacNeil/C. MacNeil/Jeannette/Van Gisbergen)
4 #93 Riley Motorsports (Keating/Mosing/Robinson/Foss/Faulkner)
5 #30 Frikadelli Racing (Schmitz/Huisman/Stippler/Abbelen/S. Muller)
6 #33 Riley Motorsports (Miller/Bleekemolen/Keating/D. Farnbacher)
7 #98 Aston Martin Racing (Dalla Lana/Lamy/Lauda/Stanaway)
8 #23 Alex Job Racing (James/Riberas/M. Farnbacher/Henzler)
9 #11 O’Gara Motorsports (Bell/Sweedler/Piscopo/Antinucci)
10 #44 Magnus Racing (Seefried/Potter/Lally/Rast)
11 #63 Scuderia Corsa (Nielsen/Segal/Balzan/Renauer)
12 #007 TRG AMR (Davison/Perez/Perez de Lara/Creel/Viljoen)
13 #97 Turner Motorsport (Martin/Marsal/Palttala/Krohn)
14 #51 Spirit of Race (Cressoni/Cioci/Mann/Gianmaria)
15 #6 Stevenson Motorsports (Liddell/Aschenbach/Bell/Davis)
16 #96 Turner Motorsport (Curtis/Freiburg/Klingmann/Wittman)
17 #48 Paul Miller Racing (Bortolotti/Sellers/Miller/Snow)
18 #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports (Krohn/Jonsson/Haase/Kaffe)
19 #21 Konrad Motorsport (Busnelli/Michaelian)
20 #540 Black Swan Racing (Long/Catsburg/Pappas/Pilgrim)
21 #9 Stevenson Motorsports (Habul/Von Moltke/Said/Vautier) NC
22 #16 Change Racing (Pumpelly/Marks/Lewis/Grala) NC
Provisional results from qualifying for the 2016 Daytona 24 Hours
1 GTLM 911 Porsche Team North America Porsche 911 RSR 2:01.408 –
2 GTLM 912 Porsche Team North America Porsche 911 RSR 2:02.364 +0.956
3 GTLM 100 BMW Team RLL BMW M6 GTLM 2:02.497 +1.089
4 GTLM 68 Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 488 GTE 2:03.309 +1.901
5 GTLM 62 Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 GTE 2:03.386 +1.978
6 GTLM 25 BMW Team RLL BMW M6 GTLM 2:03.974 +2.566
7 GTLM 4 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C7.R 2:03.974 +2.566
8 PC 20 BAR1 Motorsports Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet 2:05.708 +4.300
9 P 37 SMP Racing BR01 Nissan 2:05.793 +4.385
10 GTD 73 Park Place Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3R 2:05.798 +4.390
11 GTLM 3 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C7.R 2:05.979 +4.571
12 P 2 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ligier JS P2-HPD 2:06.304 +4.896
13 GTD 28 Konrad Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan GT3 2:06.357 +4.949
14 GTD 22 Alex Job Racing Porsche 911 GT3R 2:06.556 +5.148
15 GTLM 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GT 2:06.758 +5.350
16 GTD 93 Riley Motorsports Dodge Viper GT3R 2:07.392 +5.984
17 PC 85 JDC-Miller Motorsports Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet 2:07.413 +6.005
18 P 60 Michael Shank Racing Ligier JS P2-HPD 2:07.432 +6.024
19 PC 26 BAR1 Motorsports Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet 2:07.485 +6.077
20 GTD 30 Frikadelli Racing Porsche 911 GT3R 2:07.751 +6.343
21 GTD 33 Riley Motorsports Dodge Viper GT3R 2:07.759 +6.351
22 P 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Chevrolet Corvette DP 2:07.966 +6.558
23 GTD 98 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 2:07.982 +6.574
24 GTD 23 Alex Job Racing Porsche 911 GT3R 2:07.985 +6.577
25 GTLM 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GT 2:08.440 +7.032
26 P 01 Chip Ganassi Racing Riley-Ford DP 2:08.639 +7.231
27 GTD 11 O’Gara Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan GT3 2:08.906 +7.498
28 GTD 44 Magnus Racing Audi R8 GT3 2:09.117 +7.709
29 GTD 63 Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 458 GT3 2:09.398 +7.990
30 GTD 007 TRG AMR Aston Martin Vantage GT3 2:09.466 +8.058
31 P 31 Action Express Racing Chevrolet Corvette DP 2:10.016 +8.608
32 P 02 Chip Ganassi Racing Riley-Ford DP 2:10.094 +8.686
33 GTD 97 Turner Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 2:10.307 +8.899
34 P 90 VisitFlorida Racing Chevrolet Corvette DP 2:10.610 +9.202
35 PC 38 Performance Tech Motorsports Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet 2:11.110 +9.702
36 GTD 51 Spirit of Race Ferrari 458 GT3 2:11.298 +9.890
37 GTD 6 Stevenson Motorsports Audi R8 GT3 2:11.445 +10.037
38 P 50 Highway to Help Riley-BMW DP 2:13.116 +11.708
39 GTD 96 Turner Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 2:13.123 +11.715
40 P 70 Mazda Motorsports Mazda Prototype 2:13.380 +11.972
41 GTD 48 Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 2:13.398 +11.990
42 P 5 Action Express Racing Chevrolet Corvette DP 2:15.707 +14.299
43 GTD 45 Flying Lizard Motorsport Audi R8 2:16.384 +14.976
44 P 55 Mazda Motorsports Mazda Prototype 2:16.429 +15.021
45 GTD 21 Konrad Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan GT3 2:18.716 +17.308
46 PC 8 Starworks Motorsport Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet 2:19.760 +18.352
47 GTD 540 Black Swan Racing Porsche 911 GT3R 2:20.513 +19.105
48 PC 88 Starworks Motorsport Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet 2:28.250 +26.842
NT GTD 9 Stevenson Motorsports Audi R8 GT3 No Time
NT GTD 16 Change Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 No Time
NT GTLM 72 SMP Racing Ferrari 488 GTE No Time
NT PC 54 Core Autosport Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet No Time
NT PC 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet No Time
NT P 0 Panoz DeltaWing Racing DeltaWing DWC13 No Time
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