The #4 Corvette Racing C8.R would place fourth, its fastest driver being Tommy Milner. 1.4 seconds off the lead was Alessandro Pier Guidi in the Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 GTE, which starts at the back of the GTLM grid. The No. The event was held at the Daytona International Speedway combined road course in Daytona Beach, Florida, on January 25–26, 2020. Five minutes later Pla would pass the #31 Cadillac. Two minutes to go in the hour, the #77 Mazda took a pit stop ahead of Cadillacs #5 and #10. Each team trades shifts between three and five drivers. They still remained up to that point the only two cars on the lead lap in LMP2. Specialist chassis makers like Riley, Dallara, and Lola provide the DP cars for the teams and the engines are branded under the names of major car companies like Pontiac, Lexus, Ford, BMW, and Porsche. The #19 Lamborghini has caused a full course caution after stopping on the apron of the speedway. Jan 31, 2021 . 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Acura ARX-05 in the DPi class won the 2021 Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway. Risi Competizione's James Calado set a best time in the GTLM field of a 1:42.685 in the Ferrari 488 GTE, edging out Nick Tandy by a thousandth in the Porsche GT Team 911 RSR 19, which is also making a first time appearance, in a revised trim of the 911 RSR. The #24 BMW and #48 Lamborghini both pitted under the caution and retained their class leads. The #912, driven fastest by Earl Bamber, was 0.6 seconds off the pace of Antonio García. The chronograph itself is named after the famed Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. The #48 Lamborghini would move into first place in GTD after passing the #44 Lamborghini. Since 1971, races begin with rolling starts. Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona Race Tickets. In GTLM, Nick Tandy lead the field in the #911 Porsche 911 RSR-19, with the #3 Corvette Racing C8.R in hot pursuit. The third place runner in GTD was Bryan Sellers in the #48 Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini, seventeen seconds off the lead battle. However, the #77 Mazda would eventually pass the #6 Acura on pace, and the #10 Cadillac was only twenty seconds behind, as Renger van der Zande recovered time quickly after the penalty. Four minutes into the second hour, Felipe Nasr in the #31 Cadillac was attempting to take the overall lead from the #77 Mazda of Oliver Jarvis. Ticknell received a drive through penalty, knocking the #55 off the lead lap. would come across the line first overall. Unlike the Le Mans event, the Daytona race is conducted entirely over a closed course within the speedway arena without the use of any public streets. The #52 Oreca 07 regained a lap to be back on the lead lap of LMP2, eighteen seconds behind the #81 Oreca 07. Neither of the two Mazdas, the #55 and #77, could partake in the third practice session and instead were in the garage. The 59th Rolex 24 at Daytona, the unofficial annual start to the auto racing season, will begin ramping up its schedule this week. Oliver Jarvis placed the #77 RT-24P in second place with a 1:35.119. 24 Hours of Daytona — halfway through, hours 18 to 12 recap. The #6 Acura would come into the pit to attempt to resolve the bottoming out issue about fifteen minutes into the hour, changing the front bodywork as well. Thirty minutes into the hour, the slower C8.R, the #4 Corvette, would enter the garage with an oil leak. The GTLM category was led by Porsche, with both 911 RSR 19's finishing first and second. Subscribe to this channel to watch all the live action from iRacing! Known as the Daytona Continental, it counted towards the FIA's new International Championship for GT Manufacturers. The problem gives the #55 fourth place, two laps down off the lead. Early on the first lap, Oliver Jarvis, opening driver for the #77 car, stretched out his lead to 1.5 seconds over the #7 Team Penske Acura ARX-05c and the #31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-V.R. The distance was set back at 24 hours, after running only a 6-hour length in 1972. Dec 7, 2011 Dan Gurney had a 2-minute lead at Daytona when the engine blew in his Lotus 19. When the #3 Corvette and #62 Ferrari pit, they will take the place of first and second. The first race in the 1966 Manufacturers G.T. Cadillac's success from last practice carried over to the next day for the final practice of the Rolex 24, on Friday before the race. The 24 Hours of Daytona, currently known as the Rolex 24 At Daytona for sponsorship reasons, is a 24-hour sports car endurance race held annually at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. The #24 BMW would retake the lead in GTLM around the forty minute mark in the hour. The dedicated Daytona Prototypes (DP) use less expensive materials and technologies and the car's simple aerodynamics reduce the development and testing costs. The #912 Porsche 911 RSR-19 driven by Earl Bamber passed the #24 BMW M8 GTE raced by Augusto Farfus in the international horseshoe, with a little under thirty minutes to go in the hour. He had held that role since the merger of IMSA's American Le Mans Series with the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series in 2014. - posted in Racing Comments: After a January that’s felt at least four times as long as previous Januaries, we finally arrive at its traditional conclusion: the second twenty-four hour race nobody needs, the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway! It is also the first race of the season for the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Just after the one o’ clock hour, the #10 Cadillac made its last pit stop. The race resumed to normal after ten minutes, and the #5 Cadillac got out to a four-second lead quickly. The regular teams were expanded to three drivers in the 1970s. The #911 took third, raced by Nick Tandy, Fredric Makowiecki, and Matt Campbell. Nicolas Lapierre put the #8 Tower Motorsports Oreca 07 in second place, setting a lap time of 1:38.371. By the forty-fifth minute in the hour, the Mazda #77 would gain steadily on the lead of the race, advancing past the #31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac of Felipe Nasr, trailing the #5 Mustang Sampling Cadillac in second place. Thirty minutes into the hour, the race went back to green flag conditions. Ricky Taylor set the fastest time with a 1:34.904. Daytona 24 Hours, 3-4 February 1973: The start 1973 Daytona 24 hours led by John Watson in the Mirage on pole. Filipe Albuquerque drove the Wayne Taylor No. Later in the hour, the #10 would set the fastest race lap up to this point of 1:34.6. Mazda debuted their first diesel racecar there which is the first time a diesel fuel racecar ever started at the Daytona 24. How To Watch The 24 Hours Of Daytona, And Everything Else In Racing This Weekend; Jan 30-31. The #23 Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3's penalty was changed, with the five minute penalty applying to the next practice session rather than qualifying. Rolex specially designed the Daytona with race car drivers and motorsport in mind, which is why it has always … The Audi R8 and the Ferrari 458 Italia debuted in the 50th anniversary of the race in 2012. Helio Castroneves re-joins the track after a thirty-seven minute repair. The #9 Pfaff Motorsport Porsche is behind, third in GTD. The #96 BMW M6 GT3 was followed by the #11 GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo and #88 WRT Speedstar Audi R8 LMS, who were fifth and sixth respectfully. [10] Few spectators witnessed the achievement as Motor Sport reported: "The Daytona 24-Hour race draws a very small crowd, as can be seen from the empty stands in the background."[11]. In the first ten minutes of the hour, the #24 and #912 battled for first place in GTLM and the Lamborghinis of #44 and #48 battled for first place in GTD. The #5 Mustang Sampling Racing Cadillac took a pit thirty minutes into the hour, making a driver change. Since 1992, the Rolex Watch Company is the title sponsor of the race under a naming rights arrangement, replacing Sunbank (now SunTrust) which in turn replaced Pepsi in 1984. However, the #10 would have a quicker pit stop than the #5, and the #10 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac would gain the lead. [3] One month following that announcement, then-director of Mazda's motorsports program in North America, John Doonan, was confirmed to be Atherton's replacement.[4]. Forty-five minutes into the hour, the #10 Cadillac with WEC regular Kamui Kobayashi at the wheel was able to get on the inside of turn one to pass the #77 white Mazda of Tristan Nunez. Forty minutes into the hour, another Acura would suffer from a problem, this time in the GTD class. His pace has been very quick ever since he entered the car, and twelve minutes before the end of the hour, he would lap the #6 Acura which was bottoming out at high speeds. The 2020 24 Hours of Daytona (formally the 2020 Rolex 24 at Daytona) was an endurance sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). [clarification needed] When the car of the longtime leaders Jo Siffert and Hans Herrmann dropped to second due to a technical problem, these two also joined the new leaders while continuing with their car. The big event will start on January 30, 2021 (Saturday) & continue till January 31, 2021 (Sunday) (in collaboration with the speed weeks). The #48 Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo rounded out the top three in GTD, with Andrea Caldarelli posting a 1:46.216.[11]. Bradley Brownell. Twenty-four minutes into the ninth hour, Ben Hanley in the #81 DragonSpeed passed the #52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports entry. FIve minutes to go in the hour, the #912 Porsche took the lead in GTLM as the German battle continued. Third was the #88 WRT Speedstar Audi Sport entry of Mirko Bortolotti, Rolf Ineichen, Daniel Morad, and Dries Vanthoor. The LMP2 victory went to the DragonSpeed Oreca 07 of Colin Braun, Herik Hedman, Ben Hanley, and Harrison Newey. With nine minutes to go in the hour, the #6 Acura of Dane Cameron was able to pass the #77 Mazda of Olivier Pla for overall lead. A little after thirty minutes in the hour, the #24 BMW M8 GTE being driven by Chaz Mostert was able to pass the #912 Porsche in second place in GTLM, splitting the bond that the Porsches had since the first hour. Like every other year, Daytona 24 hours will take place in Daytona International Speedway (1801 West International Speedway Blvd, Daytona Beach, Florida, United States). [9], Lola finished 1–2 in the 1969 24 Hours of Daytona. The #9 Pfaff Porsche went behind the wall thirty-five minutes into the hour. Securing a pole position in the LMP2 class was the #52 PR1/ Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca 07 with a time of 1:37.446, driven fastest by Ben Keating. Les 24 Heures de Daytona (épreuve officiellement dénommée Rolex 24 at Daytona) sont une course d'endurance de voitures de sport qui se tient chaque année depuis 1962 à Daytona Beach en Floride sur le Daytona International Speedway. IMSA. On December 20, 2019, IMSA published a technical bulletin regarding the Balance of Performance (BoP) constraints for the 24 hour event, as well as announcing a revised process for adjusting said constraints from race to race. The AIM Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 set the fastest time of the 1:47.031, with the Grasser Racing Team's #11 Lamborghini Huracán Evo GT3, setting a 1:47.353, followed by the second of the AIM Lexus GT3 cars, third in the GTD class.[6]. Six minutes before the end of the hour, Ryan Briscoe's #10 Cadillac spun in the infield on his outlap with new tires. Soon the #912 would get past the #24 by virtue of a driver change, which placed Jesse Krohn in the #24 and cold tires when the #24 BMW rejoined the track. The second free practice was a drier one, led by #7 Acura ARX-05c. These amateur drivers or overage professional drivers (FIA Silver or Bronze are typically for amateur drivers but professional drivers over 55 are automatically classified at this level) are required in the car for a specific number of hours. Around the same time, the #5 Cadillac being driven by Sebastian Bourdais went down a lap to the overall lead. The #10 Cadillac pitted before the caution. Sky Sports F1 is the only place to watch every Formula 1 … was the #85 JDC-Miller MotorSports with a 1:50.316. Recent Daytona entries also include BMW M3s and M6s, Porsche 911s, Chevy Camaros and Corvettes, Mazda RX-8s, Pontiac GTO.Rs, and Ferrari F430 Challenges. The #3 Corvette Racing C8.R fastest time was 1:57.991, which was fast enough for third place. Within two minutes of the race restart, the #77 Mazda retakes the lead, overtaking both the #6 Acura of Simon Pagenaud and the #31 Cadillac. The 24-hour sports … The 2019 24 Hours of Daytona was an International Motor Sports Association (IMSA)-sanctioned endurance sports car race held at the Daytona International Speedway combined road course in Daytona Beach, Florida, on January 26–27, 2019. [1] This led to the international rule requiring a car to cross the line under its own power in order to be classified. Though not fastest initially, the #912 Porsche 911 RSR 19 was able to best the Corvette Racing C8.R's who started the second practice fastest in the GTLM field by the end of the session. Group GT3 is not used at Le Mans. The #81 DragonSpeed Oreca 07 was second in LMP2 with a time of 1:53.555 set by Henrik Hedman. Address:Daytona International Speedway, 1801 International Speedway Boulevard, Daytona Beach, FL 32114 PH:+1 386-254-2700 Circuit type:Permanent oval and road courses Website: http://www.daytonainternationalspeedway.com The #5 and #10 Cadillacs came into the pit. Nearing close to fifteen minutes in the final hour, the #24 BMW would make its final pit stop, taking only right side tires to hold its advantage over the Porsches, who both pitted, which sit second and third seven seconds out the lead. In GTD, only three cars participated in the final practice, with the #11 GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini setting a best class time of 1:46.308, driven by Franck Perera. Garage Pass &Taste of the 24 gratifies the Daytona. By Sam Pose. 24 Hours of Daytona: Fourth Place for Ferrari . The #77 Mazda DPi set a 1:33.660 in fifth place. 1/29/21 6:00PM. As the fireworks brightened the night sky, the Rolex 24 at Daytona continued through the night. The class consisted of purpose built production Porsche Cayman S and Mazda 6 racecars. Going into the early morning, in the six o’ clock hour, the #24 BMW M8 GTE performed a pit stop for a brake change. By a 9 lap lead, the #16 Napleton Porsche Cayman, driven by David Donohue, was the GX winner. This event was the 58th running of the 24 Hours of Daytona, and the first of 12 races across multiple classes in the 2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, as well as the first of four rounds in the 2020 Michelin Endurance Cup. [8], Porsche repeated this show in their 1–2–3 win in the 1968 24 Hours. The long green flag run would come to an end as the #74 Riley Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 was smoking heavily. It is run on a 3.56-mile (5.73 km) combined road course, utilizing portions of the NASCAR tri-oval and an infield road course. Turner Motorsport finished on top of the GTD class, followed by the Pfaff Motorsport Porsche. Porsche's Mathieu Jaminet erased a solid lead that the leader Chaz Mostert had in GTLM upfront within thirty minutes. Shane Van Gisbergen placed the #12 Lexus RC F GT3 in third place in the class. The second place LMP2, the #81 DragonSpeed Oreca 07 suffered a blown right rear tire ten minutes into the hour. There are lights installed around the circuit for night racing, although the infield section is still not as well-lit as the main oval. The Daytona 24-Hour race has, for many years, been the season’s opener for the Manufacturers’ Championship but this year it became the second event following the 1,000 kms. Sebring 12 Hours Mar 17, 2021 to Mar 20, 2021 In the Daytona Prototype International (DPi) class, the Cadillac DPi-V.R was made 20 kilograms heavier, bringing the car's weight to 950 kilograms. The full Daytona race weekend begins on Thursday 25 January, with the 24-Hour race finishing at 7.40pm UK time on the Sunday. The #911 Porsche, driven fastest by Nick Tandy, would place in third.