Mazda and Corvette gain pit stall advantage in fake qualifying session

#77 Mazda quickest, but now they must await a BoP adjustment from God

Oliver Jarvis edged his teammate Harry Tincknell to lead the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship qualifying session at the Roar Before the 24 and claimed the preferred pit and garage location for his Team Joest-run Mazda team.

Jarvis’ best lap was a mere 0.025 seconds faster than Tincknell’s fastest tour and just under a second quicker than the closest competitor from another manufacturer.

The lap, clocked at 1:33.398, was significantly quicker than Felipe Nasr’s session-topping lap from this session at last year’s Roar, a 1:35.806 but the other manufacturers know if you show your full hand now, God will neuter you.

Playing the full hand to their vest was Ricky Taylor in third in the No. 7 Team Penske Acura ARX-05 with the No. 5 Mustang Sampling Action Express Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R hot on his heals.

Last year the LMP2 cars were equal in speed to the France family's DPis but they were having none of that this year and they have been neutered and now 2.5 sec off the pace.

Corvette Paces GT Le Mans Qualifying

Jan Magnussen secured prime pit and garage real estate for Corvette Racing with his session-best lap in the No. 3 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R.

The Dane fended off challenges from both Ford Chip Ganassi entries in the 15 minute session with the No. 67 and No. 66 Ford GTs setting the second and third fastest times in class at the hands of Richard Westbrook and Joey Hand, respectively.

Earl Bamber and Nick Tandy took the final two spots of the top five for the Porsche GT Team, followed by Davide Rigon’s Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 GTE and John Edwards in the first of the BMW Team RLL BMW M8 GTE entries.

Results: DPi, LMP2 and GTLM Fake Qualifying