Qualifying for the Rolex24 Hours at Daytona takes place on Sunday – but will we really see the true pace of the new IMSA GTP cars? 🤔 Find out what the protagonists say👇
Teams from Acura, BMW, Cadillac and Porsche will get five practice sessions through Friday and Saturday in the ‘Roar Before the Rolex 24’, which will likely all be used to simulate race runs.
When asked by Motorsport.com if the true pace of its cars will be displayed on low fuel and new tires in Sunday's qualifying session, Porsche Penske Motorsport’s Jonathan Diuguid replied: “We all know racing drivers: even if we told ’em to go out there and protect the car and not take risks because of the parts situation in qualifying, they don’t listen very well from time to time!
“I think you’ll get a relative understanding of the pace of the cars, but the underlying current is that reliability and time on the track is going to win this race, not really the pace. So I think that will be most of the focus from teams going into this Daytona 24 Hours.
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