2016 Daytona 24 hour

[bdr529]

Testing for the Rolex 24 at Daytona started up again this week ( the roar before 24 )
Michael Shank Racing’s No. 60 Ligier JS P2 Honda picked right up were they left of before Christmas, and led both of Friday’s two practice sessions
The 2 Ford GT's finished the day 4 & 6 fastest in GTLM

RESULTS: Practice 1 http://imsatiming.com/Results/2016/Weat ... ce%201.pdf
RESULTS: Practice 2 http://imsatiming.com/Results/2016/Weat ... ce%202.pdf

[bdr529]

A few more video clips of the action on track and an interview with Alexander Wurz who will be driving for Chip Ganassi.
Sharing the #01 Ganassi Riley-Ford DP with Alex is Andy Priaulx, reigning WEC Champion Brendon Hartley and 17-year-old Canadian Lance Stroll, who by the way crashed the car in the first practice ending the day for the #01 car




#01 Ganassi Riley-Ford DP: Alex Wurz, Andy Priaulx, Brendon Hartley, Lance Stroll


#66 Ganassi-Ford GT GTLM: Joey Hand, Dirk Müller, Sebastien Bourdais

[bdr529]

Friday's practice, on track action starts at 3:25

[Sevach]

https://vimeo.com/151195016

I'm interested to see how the new Ford and Ferrari perform and can this new 911 keep up with them.

[bdr529]

The GTLM class is certainly the one to keep an eye on this year with all the new cars,
the Ford's and Ferrari's look good albeit after a few beers they may start to look the same


Hopefully the Porsche's can find that little extra that their lacking right now.
The Corvettes, this is an old hat for them and the C7 is a good car, so I would think they will be good

It's the new BMW's that I think will surprise everyone and I'd keep an eye on the #25 car, they have two of their DTM drivers in that car Farfus, Spengler along with Auberlen, Werner, that's a pretty strong lineup

[bdr529]

The GTD class is as tight as anyone could imagine, probably easier to pick the Powerball lottery then the winner of this class,
less then second covering the top 15 cars in Saturday's last practice


Saturdays Practice times for all classes
RESULTS: Practice 3- http://imsatiming.com/Results/2016/Weat ... ce%203.pdf
RESULTS: Practice 4- http://imsatiming.com/Results/2016/Weat ... ce%204.pdf
RESULTS: Practice 5- http://imsatiming.com/Results/2016/Weat ... ce%205.pdf

[bdr529]

Brazilian driver Pipo Derani stole the headlines and the thunder in the final session of the Roar Before the Rolex 24 test, capping off an impressive debut weekend with his team and at Daytona International Speedway.

Derani set a 1:39.249 during the final session in the No. 2 Tequila Patron ESM Ligier JS P2 Honda, which was almost two tenths clear of Ozz Negri to stand as the best lap of the weekend at the 3.56-mile circuit.
http://www.motorsport.com/imsa/news/der ... es-667019/



Sundays Practice times for all classes
RESULTS: Practice 6- http://www.imsa.com/sites/default/files ... ce%206.pdf
RESULTS: Practice 7- http://www.imsa.com/sites/default/files ... ce%207.pdf

[bdr529]

Some WeatherTech floor mats were need for yesterdays qualifying session for the 2016 Rolex 24 hour



Qualifying results: http://imsatiming.com/Results/2016/Weat ... ficial.pdf

[stefan_]

Is there a live stream of the race anywhere?

[basti313]

Here:
http://www.imsa.com/camera/imsatv#imsa-tv-stream

3h to go!

[bdr529]

Spotter guide
http://www.spotterguides.com/wp-content ... DAY_v3.pdf

[Phillyred]

Not looking good for the #67 Ford GT.

[SiLo]

Not looking good for the #67 Ford GT.

Or the 66 Ford either.

[Pierce89]

How on Earth do two gt cars finish a 24 hr race side by side? Pretty impressive performance from the new Vette.I quite like the looks of these 2016 gte cars and they perform quite impressively as well. It was pretty cool the way they could just blast around the outside of the gt3 cars.

[F1NAC]

lol
https://twitter.com/TheBuzzerOnFOX/stat ... 5148976128