Lapping the course in 1min34.351sec, Blomqvist eclipsed by over three-tenths of a second the best efforts of Filipe Albuquerque in the similar Wayne Taylor Racing Acura ARX-05 that had led opening practice.
Next up was impressive Daytona debutant, reigning IndyCar champion Alex Palou in the #01 Cadillac DPi-V.R of Chip Ganassi Racing, which headed the sister car of #02 fulltimer Earl Bamber by just three hundredths.
This pair were more than four-tenths of a second clear of the next best Caddy, the JDC Miller MotorSports machine driven by Tristan Vautier, while Tristan Nunez and Jimmie Johnson were sixth and seventh.
Rene Rast headed LMP2 in the G-Drive Racing by APR Oreca, within two tenths of slowest DPi time, and less than 1.6sec off Blomqvist’s top time. Fabio Scherer of High Class Racing was next up , ahead of Mikkel Jensen in one of PR1 Mathiasen Mtoorsport’s cars, and Louis Deletraz of Tower Motorsport.
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