A temporada 2018 do WeatherTech SportsCar Championship começa amanhã (27/01), com a tradicional 24 Horas de Daytona.
A pole-position para a prova ficou com o trio Renger Van Der Zande/Jordan Taylor/Ryan Hunter-Reay, no Cadillac DPi-V.R #10 da Wayne Taylor Racing. O holandês Van der Zande foi o responsável pelo tempo da pole, 1m36s083.
O trio Ricky Taylor/Hélio Castroneves/Graham Rahal, no Acura ARX-05 #7 do Team Penske, completa a primeira fila.
Além de Castroneves, mais sete brasileiros disputam a prova:
Christian Fittipaldi (Cadillac DPi Action Express Racing) em terceiro no grid (Classe Prototype)
Felipe Nasr (Cadillac DPi Action Express Racing) em sétimo (Classe Prototype)
Bruno Senna (Ligier LMP2/United Autosports) em 15 º (Classe Prototype)
Pipo Derani (Nissan DPi/ ESM) em 18º (Classe Prototype)
Augusto Farfus (BMW M8 GTLM) – Rahal) em 29º (nono na Classe GTLM)
Daniel Serra (Ferrari 488/Spirit of Race) em 30º (pole na Classe GT Daytona)
Bruno Junqueira (Lexus RC F GT3/3GT) em 35º (quinto Classe GT Daytona)
A prova terá sua largada neste sábado (dia 27), a partir das 17h40 de BrasÁlia (14h40 local). Nesta sexta (26), os pilotos ainda participam de mais um treino livre. Cinquenta carros estão inscritos na disputa, divididos nas categorias Protótipo, GT Le Mans e GT Daytona. O Fox Sports 2 transmitirá a largada e chegada ao vivo para o Brasil, bem como algumas janelas da disputa (sábado das 19h30 Á s 23 horas e domingo das 11 Á s 13h30).
Grid:
1. fila
Van Der Zande-Taylor-Hunter-Reay (Cadillac DPi) – Taylor – 1’36″083
Taylor-Castroneves-Rahal (Acura DPi) – Penske – 1’36″090
2. fila
Barbosa-Albuquerque-Fittipaldi (Cadillac DPi) – AXRacing – 1’36″194
O’Ward-French-Masson-Miller (ORECA LMP2) – Perf”Tech – 1’36″318
3. fila
Vautier-McMurry-Cheever (Cadillac DPi) – SDR – 1’36″472
Rosenqvist-Stroll-Frijns-Juncadella (ORECA LMP2) – Chan/Jota – 1’36″492
4. fila
Curran-Nasr-Conway-Middleton (Cadillac DPi) – AXRacing – 1’36″508
Braun-Bennett-Dumas-Duval (ORECA LMP2) – CORE – 1’36″567
5. fila
Tincknell-Bomarito-Pigot (Mazda DPi) – Joest – 1’36″633
Montoya-Cameron-Pagenaud (Acura DPi) – Penske – 1’36″931
6. fila
Brundle-Tung-Habsburg-Lothringen-Felix da Costa (ORECA LMP2) – Chan/Jota – 1’36″982
Alon-Trummer-DeFrancesco-Cindric (ORECA LMP2) – JDC-Miller – 1’37″005
7. fila
Norris-Hanson-Alonso (Ligier LMP2) – United Autosports – 1’37″008
Simpson-Miller-Goikhberg-Menezes (ORECA LMP2) – JDC-Miller – 1’37″124
8. fila
de Sadeleer-Owen-Di Resta-Senna Lalli (Ligier LMP2) – United Autosports – 1’38″186
Yacaman-Saavedra-Gonzalez-Boulle (Ligier LMP2) – Mathiasen – 1’38″773
9. fila
Lux-Drumwright-Popow Karaha-Drissi-Gaughan (Multimatic/Riley LMP2) – BAR1 – 1’41″778
Derani-van Overbeek-Lapierre (Nissan DPi) – ESM – 1’46″129
10. fila
Nunez-Jarvis-Rast (Mazda DPi) – Joest – st
Dalziel-Sharp-Pla (Nissan DPi) – ESM – st
11. fila
Garcia-Magnussen-Rockenfeller (Corvette C7R) – Corvette – 1’42″779
Mueller-Hand-Bourdais (Ford GT) – Ganassi – 1’42″798
12. fila
Bamber-Vanthoor-Bruni (Porsche 911 RSR) – Porsche – 1’42″927
Tandy-Pilet-Makowiecki (Porsche 911 RSR) – Porsche – 1’43″062
13. fila
Westbrook-Briscoe-Dixon (Ford GT) – Ganassi – 1’43″091
Milner-Gavin-Fassler (Corvette C7R) – Corvette – 1’43″453
14. fila
Pier Guidi-Vilander-Calado-Rigon (Ferrari 488) – Risi – 1’43″601
De Phillippi-Sims-Auberlen-Eng (BMW M8 GTLM) – Rahal – 1’43″948
15. fila
Edwards-Krohn-Catsburg-Farfus (BMW M8 GTLM) – Rahal – 1’44″413
Lamy-Dalla Lana-Lauda-Serra (Ferrari 488) – Spirit of Race – 1’46″049
16. fila
Perez de Lara-Molina-Fuentes-Creel (Ferrari 488) – Risi – 1’46″502
Bortolotti-Ineichen-Perera-Breukers (Lamborghini Huracan) – Grasser – 1’46″658
17. fila
Heinemeier Hansson-Hawksworth-Pruett-Farnbacher (Lexus RC F GT3) – 3GT – 1’46″714
Balzan-MacNeil-Jeannette-Segal (Ferrari 488) – Scuderia Corsa – 1’47″055
18. fila
Marcelli-Baumann-Frommenwiler-Junqueira (Lexus RC F GT3) – 3GT – 1’47″186
Parente-Legge-Hindman-Allmendinger (Acura NSX GT3) – Shank – 1’47″251
19. fila
van der Linde-van der Linde-Schmidt-Mies (Audi R8 LMS GT3) – Land – 1’47″273
Nielsen-Long-Renauer-Jaminet (Porsche 911 GT3 R) – Wright – 1’47″291
20. fila
Tomczyk-Klingmann-Kvamme-Yount (BMW M6 GT3) – Turner – 1’47″348
Lally-Potter-Davis-Winkelhock (Audi R8 LMS GT3) – Magnus – 1’47″442
21. fila
Renger-Smith-Proczyk-Muller (Porsche 911 GT3 R) – Manthey – 1’47″587
Bleekemolen-Keating-Christodoulou-Stolz (Mercedes-AMG GT3) – Riley – 1’47″796
22. fila
Bell-Sweedler-Montecalvo-Bird (Ferrari 488 GT3) – Scuderia Corsa – 1’47″839
Eversley-Gilsinger-Rayhall-Falb (Acura NSX GT3) – HART – 1’47″862
23. fila
Snow-Sellers-Caldarelli-Miller (Lamborghini Huracan) – Miller – 1’48″181
Aschenbach-Marks-Farnbacher-Ledogar (Acura NSX GT3) – Shank – 1’48″239
24. fila
Jaeger-Habul-Engel-Grenier (Mercedes-AMG GT3) – Riley – 1’48″326
Perez Companc-van Splunteren-Engelhart-Lenz (Lamborghini Huracan) – Grasser – 1’51″531
25. fila
Foley-Koch-Spinelli Boggi-Perez (Mercedes-AMG GT3) – P1 – st
Bergmeister-Lindsey-Siedler-Pappas (Porsche 911 GT3 R) – Park Place – st