O quarteto formado por Ricky Taylor/Filipe Albuquerque/Alexander Rossi /Helio Castroneves (Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05Â Konica Minolta Acura DPi) venceu neste domingo a 59ª edição das 24 Horas de Daytona, no Daytona International Speedway, etapa de abertura do IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Foi a terceira vitória consecutiva da Wayne Taylor Racing na mais tradicional prova de endurance dos EUA.
Faltando oito minutos para o final Renger van der Zande (Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac DPi) liderava, quando o pneu traseiro direito furou, pouco antes da entrada dos pits. Com Albuquerque assumindo a ponta.
Ricky Taylor/Filipe Albuquerque/Alexander Rossi /Helio Castroneves venceram com 4s704 de vantagem sobre o quarteto Jimmie Johnson/Kamui Kobayashi/Simon Pagenaud/Mike Rockenfeller (Ally Cadillac Racing Ally Financial / Cadillac).
O trio Oliver Jarvis/Harry Tincknell /Jonathan Bomarito (Mazda Motorsports Mazda Mazda DPi) ffechou o pódio no geral, e na classe DPi.
Pela classe LMP2 vitória do quarteto Kyle Tilley/Dwight Merriman/Ryan Dalziel/Paul-Loup Chatin (Era Motorsport Bremont / Idec Sport / Motul    ORECA LMP2).
Pela classe GTLM vitória do trio Antonio Garcia/Jordan Taylor/Nicky Catsburg (Corvette Racing Corvette C8.R).
Pela classe LMP3 vitória do quartet Gar Robinson/Spencer Pigot/Scott Andrews /Oliver Askew (Riley Motorsports 74 Ranch Resort Ligier JS P320).
Pela classe GTD vitória do quartet Russell Ward/Philip Ellis/Indy Dontje/Maro Engel (Winward Racing Techemet / First Horizon Bank/ Mobil 1 Mercedes AMG GT3).
Final:
1            5            DPi        10          Ricky Taylor  Filipe Albuquerque  Alexander Rossi  Helio Castroneves Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05   Konica Minolta Acura DPi           807       voltas
2            6            DPi        48          Jimmie Johnson  Kamui Kobayashi  Simon Pagenaud  Mike Rockenfeller         Ally Cadillac Racing Ally Financial / Cadillac  Cadillac DPi        807      Â
3            2            DPi        55          Oliver Jarvis  Harry Tincknell  Jonathan Bomarito         Mazda Motorsports      Mazda               Mazda DPi         807      Â
4            4            DPi        60          Juan Pablo Montoya  Dane Cameron  Olivier Pla  A.J. Allmendinger    Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian           SiriusXM / AutoNation / Acura Type S / Curb Records     Acura DPi           807      Â
5            7            DPi        01          Renger van der Zande  Kevin Magnussen  Scott Dixon               Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing                Cadillac DPi        807      Â
6            14         LMP2   18          Kyle Tilley  Dwight Merriman  Ryan Dalziel  Paul-Loup Chatin Era Motorsport               Bremont / Idec Sport / Motul    ORECA LMP2 07             787      Â
7            10         LMP2   8             John Farano  Gabriel Aubry  Timothe Buret  Matthieu Vaxiviere           Tower Motorsport       Tower Events   ORECA LMP2 07             787      Â
8            1            DPi        31          Felipe Nasr  Pipo Derani  Chase Elliott  Mike Conway Whelen Engineering Racing               Whelen Engineering / Cadillac / Lucas Oil              Cadillac DPi        783     Â
9            16         LMP2   82          Eric Lux  Devlin DeFrancesco  Fabian Schiller  Christopher Mies             DragonSpeed USA                    ORECA LMP2 07             783
10         15         LMP2   51          Cody Ware  Salih Yoluc  Austin Dillon  Sven Muller      RWR-Eurasia     Nurtec ODT / Jacob Companies           Ligier LMP2       778      Â
11         26         GTLM   3             Antonio Garcia  Jordan Taylor  Nicky Catsburg              Corvette Racing                              Corvette C8.R   770      Â
12         25         GTLM   4             Nick Tandy  Tommy Milner  Alexander Sims    Corvette Racing                              Corvette C8.R   770      Â
13         30         GTLM   24          John Edwards  Jesse Krohn  Augusto Farfus  Marco Wittmann             BMW Team RLL               BMW of North America BMW M8 GTE  769  Â   Â
14         28         GTLM   62          Jules Gounon  Alessandro Pier Guidi  James Calado  Davide Rigon       Risi Competizione                 Ferrari 488 GTE 769      Â
15         29         GTLM   25          Connor De Phillippi  Bruno Spengler  Timo Glock  Philipp Eng BMW Team RLL BMW of North America BMW M8 GTE  768      Â
16         17         LMP2   11          Steven Thomas  Tristan Nunez  Thomas Merrill  Matt Bell       WIN Autosport                ORECA LMP2 07             764      Â
17         27         GTLM   79          Cooper MacNeil  Kevin Estre  Richard Lietz  Gianmaria Bruni  WeatherTech Racing                    Porsche 911 RSR-19     760      Â
18         24         LMP3   74          Gar Robinson  Spencer Pigot  Scott Andrews  Oliver Askew    Riley Motorsports               74 Ranch Resort             Ligier JS P320   757      Â
19         21         LMP3   33          Lance Willsey  Joao Barbosa  Wayne Boyd  Yann Clairay           Sean Creech Motorsport       Exelixis / Imonza              Ligier JS P320   754      Â
20         18         LMP3   6             Moritz Kranz  Laurents Hoerr  Kenton Koch  Stevan McAleer Muehlner Motorsports America              H&R Das Fahrwerk / H&R Special Springs             Duqueine D08  750      Â
21         23         LMP3   91          Jim Cox   Dylan Murry  Austin McClusker  Jeroen Bleekemolen              Riley Motorsports     Wynn’s / Motul Ligier JS P320   746      Â
22         35         GTD      57          Russell Ward  Philip Ellis  Indy Dontje  Maro Engel       Winward Racing               Techemet / First Horizon Bank / Mobil 1              Mercedes AMG GT3      745      Â
23         40         GTD      75          Kenny Habul  Raffaele Marciello  Mikael Grenier  Luca Stolz    Sun Energy 1                   Mercedes AMG GT3      745      Â
24         46         GTD      1             Madison Snow  Bryan Sellers  Corey Lewis  Andrea Caldarelli Paul Miller Racing               Total Lubricants / UIS / Paul Miller Auto Group  Lamborghini Huracan GT3          745      Â
25         38         GTD      16          Ryan Hardwick  Patrick Long  Jan Heylen Klaus Bachler             Wright Motorsports                     Porsche 911 GT3 R        745      Â
26         36         GTD      23          Ian James  Roman DeAngelis  Darren Turner  Ross Gunn          Heart of Racing Team               The Heart of Racing       Aston Martin Vantage GT3         745      Â
27         31         GTD      96          Robby Foley III  Bill Auberlen  Aiden Read  Colton Herta           Turner Motorsport               Barletta Engineering / Liqui Moly / Turner Parts / H&R Springs / Hillard Corp. / Hengst / Pagid     BMW M6 GT3               744      Â
28         42         GTD      97          Max Root  Charlie Eastwood  Ben Keating  Richard Westbrook             TF Sport               Rain-X / Wynn’s / Total Aston Martin Vantage GT3         744      Â
29         45         GTD      21          Simon Mann  Nicklas Nielsen  Daniel Serra  Matteo Cressoni Af Corse                             Ferrari 488 GT3 743      Â
30         44         GTD      28          Daniel Morad  Michael de Quesada  Billy Johnson  Maximilian Buhk   Alegra Motorsports     NANOProMT / InSync Healthcare Solutions        Mercedes AMG GT3      741      Â
31         20         LMP3   54          Jon Bennett  George Kurtz  Colin Braun  Matthew McMurry  Core Autosport               Composite Resources / Crowdstrike      Ligier JS P320   737      Â
32         43         GTD      88          Rob Ferriol  Earl Bamber  Katherine Legge  Christina Nielsen   Team Hardpoint EBM               VB Enviro Care / Richard Mille   Porsche 911 GT3 R        737      Â
33         41         GTD      44          John Potter  Andy Lally  Spencer Pumpelly  Mario Farnbacher              Magnus with Archangel                         Acura NSX GT3 736      Â
34         3            DPi        5             Tristan Vautier  Sebastien Bourdais  Loic Duval              Mustang Sampling Racing / JDC-Miller Motorsports               Mustang Sampling / Cadillac / Misahara               Cadillac DPi        723      Â
35         13         LMP2   47          Roberto Lacorte  Antonio Fuoco  Andrea Belicchi  Giorgio Sernagiotto               Cetilar Racing  Cetilar  Dallara LMP2    710      Â
36         32         GTD      9             Zacharie Robichon  Laurens Vanthoor  Lars Kern  Matt Campbell         Pfaff Motorsports     Motul / Pfaff Porsche / Porsche Centre Markham           Porsche 911 GT3 R        702      Â
37         22         LMP3   38          Rasmus Lindh  Cameron Cassels  Mateo Llarena  Ayrton Ori   Performance Tech Motorsports     Centenial Spine / VB Envirocare / Aero / Gulf Oil / Celebrity X Cruise / Novo Nordisk / AIG              Ligier JS P320    687      Â
38         39         GTD      12          Frankie Montecalvo  Townsend Bell  Zach Veach  Robert Megennis    Vasser Sullivan               Bayshore Recycling        Lexus RCF GT3  681      Â
39         37         GTD      63          Ed Jones  Bret Curtis  Ryan Briscoe  Marcos Gomes    Scuderia Corsa               Ferrari 488 GT3             676      Â
40         49         GTD      42          Alan Metni  Andrew Davis  J.R. Hildebrand  Don Yount             NTE Sport          iFly / Southwest Funding / Dropup Agency / TAG Truck Center / Glennwood Springs  Audi R8 LMS GT3            665      Â
41         8            LMP2   52          Ben Keating  Mikkel Jensen  Scott Huffaker  Nicolas Lapierre PR1 / Mathiasen Motorsports     Wynn’s / Rain-X / Four Horsemen / Max Connect / Client Command / Valkyrie AI              ORECA LMP2 07         664      Â
42         34         GTD      14          Jack Hawksworth  Aaron Telitz  Kyle Kirkwood  Oliver Gavin  Vasser Sullivan Rice Lake Weighing Systems Lexus RCF GT3  641      Â
43         48         GTD      64          Ted Giovanis  Owen Trinkler  Hugh Plumb  Matt Plumb           Team TGM               jtkgfoundation.org / Porsche Silver Spring          Porsche 911 GT3 R        515      Â
44         19         LMP3   7             Mark Kvamme  Ryan Norman  Gabby Chaves  Charles Finelli Forty7 Motorsports               Hawk Brakes / EVO / Surgere / Colombia              Duqueine D08  413      Â
45         33         GTD      111        Rolf Ineichen  Mirko Bortolotti  Steijn Schothorst  Marco Mapelli        GRT Grasser Racing Team                   Lamborghini Huracan GT3          347      Â
46         47         GTD      19          Franck Perera  Misha Goikhberg  Albert Costa  Tim Zimmermann        GRT Grasser Racing Team                   Lamborghini Huracan GT3          195      Â
47         11         LMP2   29          Frits van Eerd  Giedo van der Garde  Job van Uitert  Charles Milesi      Racing Team Nederland                       ORECA LMP2 07             64        Â
48         9            LMP2   20          Dennis Andersen  Ferdinand Habsburg  Anders Fjordbach  Robert Kubica       High Class Racing      Polar Seafood / HRX / Orlen / Remus     ORECA LMP2 07             56        Â
49         12         LMP2   81          Rob Hodes  Ben Hanley  Garett Grist  Rinus VeeKay    DragonSpeed USA                         ORECA LMP2 07             53        Â