Sebastien Bourdais topped the fourth and final practice session ahead of Saturday’s Rolex 24 at Daytona, posting the quickest time of the weekend thus far.
After Thursday’s sessions were dominated by rair, Bourdais was able to set a 1m 34.732s in the #01 Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac DPi-VR to go quickest overall.
Compatriot Loic Duval was second in the #5 Mustang Sampling Cadillac DPi-VR to the tune of just over three-tenths of a second, with Jose Maria Lopez third in the #48 Ally Cadillac.
The top five was completely rounded out by Cadillacs, leaving the two Acuras of Wayne Taylor Racing and Meyer Shank Racing sixth and seventh respectively.
LMP2 was led by the #22 United Autosports ORECA 07-Gibson of Phil Hanson, who posted a time of 1m 37.639s to lead from the #8 Tower Motorsport entry of Ferdinand Habsburg. Rasmus Lindh led LMP3 in the #36 Andretti Autosport Ligier JS P320-Nissan.
GTD Pro was led by the #63 TR3 Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo, which will start tomorrow’s race from pole position. Mirko Bortolotti set the quickest time with a best effort of 1m 46.085s, leading the #79 WeatherTech Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R of Matteo Cairoli.
Jack Hawksworth made it three different manufacturers in the top three aboard the #14 Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 in third place, leading the fastest GTD runner – Jan Heylen’s #16 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R.
The session was halted once with twelve minutes to go when Alex Riberas brought the #23 Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 to a halt before the session was resumed again.
