2018 24 Hours of Daytona

2018 24 Hours of Daytona

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The Daytona International Speedway road course

The 56th Rolex 24 at Daytona was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida on January 27–28, 2018. It was also the first race for the 2018 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

The overall winner was the #5 Mustang Sampling Racing Cadillac raced by Filipe Albuquerque, João Barbosa and Christian Fittipaldi, with a record total distance of 2,876.85 mi (4,629.84 km). The GTLM Class was won by the #67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GT driven by Scott Dixon, Ryan Briscoe and Richard Westbrook. The #11 GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 driven by Mirko Bortolotti, Rik Breukers, Rolf Ineichen and Franck Perera won the GTD Class, despite having to start from the back.

Qualifying

Results

Provisional pole positions in each class are denoted in bold. All Prototype cars were grouped together on the starting grid, regardless of qualifying position.

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Car	Driver	Time	Gap	Grid
1	P	10	Wayne Taylor Racing	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Renger van der Zande	1:36.083	—	1
2	P	7	Acura Team Penske	Acura ARX-05	Hélio Castroneves	1:36.090	+0.007	2
3	P	5	Mustang Sampling Racing	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Filipe Albuquerque	1:36.194	+0.111	3
4	P	38	Performance Tech Motorsports	Oreca 07	Patricio O'Ward	1:36.318	+0.235	4
5	P	90	Spirit of Daytona Racing	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Tristan Vautier	1:36.472	+0.389	5
6	P	37	Jackie Chan DCR JOTA	Oreca 07	Robin Frijns	1:36.492	+0.409	6
7	P	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Felipe Nasr	1:36.508	+0.425	7
8	P	54	CORE Autosport	Oreca 07	Colin Braun	1:36.567	+0.484	8
9	P	55	Mazda Team Joest	Mazda RT24-P	Jonathan Bomarito	1:36.633	+0.550	9
10	P	6	Acura Team Penske	Acura ARX-05	Dane Cameron	1:36.931	+0.848	10
11	P	78	Jackie Chan DCR JOTA	Oreca 07	Alex Brundle	1:36.982	+0.899	11
12	P	85	JDC-Miller Motorsports	Oreca 07	Simon Trummer	1:37.005	+0.922	12
13	P	23	United Autosports	Ligier JS P217	Fernando Alonso	1:37.008	+0.925	13
14	P	99	JDC-Miller Motorsports	Oreca 07	Stephen Simpson	1:37.124	+1.041	14
15	P	32	United Autosports	Ligier JS P217	Bruno Senna	1:38.186	+2.103	15
16	P	52	AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports	Ligier JS P217	Gustavo Yacamán	1:38.773	+2.690	16
17	P	20	BAR1 Motorsports	Riley Mk. 30	Alex Popow	1:41.778	+5.695	17
18	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Jan Magnussen	1:42.779	+6.696	21
19	GTLM	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ford GT	Joey Hand	1:42.798	+6.715	22
20	GTLM	912	Porsche GT Team	Porsche 911 RSR	Laurens Vanthoor	1:42.927	+6.844	23
21	GTLM	911	Porsche GT Team	Porsche 911 RSR	Patrick Pilet	1:43.062	+6.979	24
22	GTLM	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ford GT	Richard Westbrook	1:43.091	+7.008	25
23	GTLM	4	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Oliver Gavin	1:43.453	+7.370	26
24	GTLM	62	Risi Competizione	Ferrari 488 GTE	Toni Vilander	1:43.601	+7.518	27
25	GTLM	25	BMW Team RLL	BMW M8 GTE	Alexander Sims	1:43.948	+7.865	28
26	GTLM	24	BMW Team RLL	BMW M8 GTE	John Edwards	1:44.413	+8.330	29
27	GTD	51	Spirit of Race	Ferrari 488 GT3	Daniel Serra	1:46.049	+9.966	30
28	P	22	Tequila Patrón ESM	Nissan Onroak DPi	Nicolas Lapierre	1:46.129	+10.046	31
29	GTD	82	Risi Competizione	Ferrari 488 GT3	Miguel Molina	1:46.502	+10.419	16
30	GTD	11	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Mirko Bortolotti	1:46.658	+10.575	50
31	GTD	15	3GT Racing	Lexus RC F GT3	Jack Hawksworth	1:46.714	+10.631	32
32	GTD	63	Scuderia Corsa	Ferrari 488 GT3	Alessandro Balzan	1:47.055	+10.972	33
33	GTD	14	3GT Racing	Lexus RC F GT3	Dominik Baumann	1:47.186	+11.103	34
34	GTD	86	Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian	Acura NSX GT3	Álvaro Parente	1:47.251	+11.168	35
35	GTD	29	Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS	Sheldon van der Linde	1:47.273	+11.190	36
36	GTD	58	Wright Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Robert Renauer	1:47.291	+11.208	37
37	GTD	96	Turner Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3	Cameron Lawrence	1:47.348	+11.265	38
38	GTD	44	Magnus Racing	Audi R8 LMS	Andy Lally	1:47.442	+11.359	39
39	GTD	59	Manthey Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Sven Müller	1:47.587	+11.504	40
40	GTD	33	Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Ben Keating	1:47.796	+11.713	41
41	GTD	64	Scuderia Corsa	Ferrari 488 GT3	Sam Bird	1:47.839	+11.756	42
42	GTD	69	HART	Acura NSX GT3	Ryan Eversley	1:47.862	+11.779	43
43	GTD	48	Paul Miller Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Bryce Miller	1:48.181	+12.098	44
44	GTD	93	Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian	Acura NSX GT3	Côme Ledogar	1:48.239	+12.156	45
45	GTD	75	SunEnergy1 Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Kenny Habul	1:48.326	+12.243	46
46	GTD	19	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Christoph Lenz	1:51.531	+15.448	47
–	P	77	Mazda Team Joest	Mazda RT24-P	Did Not Participate			19
–	P	2	Tequila Patrón ESM	Nissan Onroak DPi	Did Not Participate			20
–	GTD	73	Park Place Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Did Not Participate			48
–	GTD	71	P1 Motorsports	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Did Not Participate			49

Race

Results

Class winners are denoted in bold.

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Laps	Time/Retired
					Engine
1	P	5	Mustang Sampling Racing	Filipe Albuquerque João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi	Cadillac DPi-V.R	808	24:01:32.128
					Cadillac 6.2 L V8
2	P	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Felipe Nasr Eric Curran Mike Conway Stuart Middleton	Cadillac DPi-V.R	808	+1:10.544
					Cadillac 6.2 L V8
3	P	54	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett Colin Braun Romain Dumas Loïc Duval	Oreca 07	808	+1:31.982
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
4	P	32	United Autosports	William Owen Hugo de Sadeleer Paul di Resta Bruno Senna	Ligier JS P217	804	+4 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
5	P	78	Jackie Chan DCR JOTA	Ho-Pin Tung Alex Brundle Ferdinand Habsburg António Félix da Costa	Oreca 07	804	+4 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
6	P	85	JDC-Miller Motorsports	Simon Trummer Robert Alon Devlin DeFrancesco Austin Cindric	Oreca 07	798	+10 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
7	P	99	JDC-Miller Motorsports	Chris Miller Stephen Simpson Mikhail Goikhberg Gustavo Menezes	Oreca 07	798	+10 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
8	P	38	Performance Tech Motorsports	James French Patricio O'Ward Kyle Masson Joel Miller	Oreca 07	796	+12 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
9	P	7	Acura Team Penske	Hélio Castroneves Ricky Taylor Graham Rahal	Acura ARX-05	793	+15 Laps
					Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
10	P	6	Acura Team Penske	Dane Cameron Juan Pablo Montoya Simon Pagenaud	Acura ARX-05	793	+15 Laps
					Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
11	GTLM	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook Scott Dixon	Ford GT	783	+25 Laps
					Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
12	GTLM	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Joey Hand Dirk Müller Sébastien Bourdais	Ford GT	783	+25 Laps
					Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
13	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen Antonio García Mike Rockenfeller	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	781	+27 Laps
					Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
14	GTLM	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Marcel Fässler	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	780	+28 Laps
					Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
15	P	37	Jackie Chan DCR JOTA	Lance Stroll Felix Rosenqvist Robin Frijns Daniel Juncadella	Oreca 07	777	+31 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
16	GTLM	62	Risi Competizione	Toni Vilander Alessandro Pier Guidi James Calado Davide Rigon	Ferrari 488 GTE	774	+34 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
17	GTLM	912	Porsche GT Team	Laurens Vanthoor Earl Bamber Gianmaria Bruni	Porsche 911 RSR	774	+34 Laps
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
18	GTLM	24	BMW Team RLL	Jesse Krohn John Edwards Nick Catsburg Augusto Farfus	BMW M8 GTE	773	+35 Laps
					BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8
19	P	52	AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports	Sebastián Saavedra Gustavo Yacamán Roberto González Nicholas Boulle	Ligier JS P217	771	+37 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
20	GTLM	911	Porsche GT Team	Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 911 RSR	753	+55 Laps
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
21	GTD	11	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Rolf Ineichen Mirko Bortolotti Franck Perera Rik Breukers	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	752	+56 Laps
					Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
22	GTD	86	Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian	Katherine Legge Álvaro Parente Trent Hindman A. J. Allmendinger	Acura NSX GT3	751	+57 Laps
					Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
23	GTD	23	Paul Miller Racing	Bryan Sellers Madison Snow Andrea Caldarelli Bryce Miller	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	751	+57 Laps
					Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
24	GTD	33	Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports	Ben Keating Jeroen Bleekemolen Adam Christodoulou Luca Stolz	Mercedes-AMG GT3	751	+57 Laps
					Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
25	GTD	64	Scuderia Corsa	Townsend Bell Bill Sweedler Frankie Montecalvo Sam Bird	Ferrari 488 GT3	751	+57 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
26	GTD	44	Magnus Racing	John Potter Andy Lally Andrew Davis Markus Winkelhock	Audi R8 LMS	750	+58 Laps
					Audi 5.2 L V10
27	GTD	29	Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	Sheldon van der Linde Kelvin van der Linde Jeffrey Schmidt Christopher Mies	Audi R8 LMS	749	+59 Laps
					Audi 5.2 L V10
28	GTD	75	SunEnergy1 Racing	Kenny Habul Thomas Jäger Maro Engel Mikaël Grenier	Mercedes-AMG GT3	745	+63 Laps
					Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
29	GTD	15	3GT Racing	Jack Hawksworth David Heinemeier Hansson Scott Pruett Dominik Farnbacher	Lexus RC F GT3	744	+64 Laps
					Lexus 5.0 L V8
30	GTD	63	Scuderia Corsa	Cooper MacNeil Alessandro Balzan Gunnar Jeannette Jeff Segal	Ferrari 488 GT3	744	+64 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
31	GTD	93	Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian	Justin Marks Lawson Aschenbach Mario Farnbacher Côme Ledogar	Acura NSX GT3	741	+67 Laps
					Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
32	GTD	71	P1 Motorsports	Kenton Koch Robby Foley Loris Spinelli JC Perez	Mercedes-AMG GT3	741	+67 Laps
					Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
33	GTD	19	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Max van Splunteren Ezequiel Pérez Companc Louis Machiels Christoph Lenz Christian Engelhart	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	739	+69 Laps
					Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
34	GTD	96	Turner Motorsport	Jens Klingmann Martin Tomczyk Mark Kvamme Cameron Lawrence	BMW M6 GT3	733	+75 Laps
					BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8
35	GTLM	25	BMW Team RLL	Alexander Sims Connor De Phillippi Bill Auberlen Philipp Eng	BMW M8 GTE	731	+77 Laps
					BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8
36	GTD	14	3GT Racing	Dominik Baumann Kyle Marcelli Philipp Frommenwiler Bruno Junqueira	Lexus RC F GT3	719	+89 Laps
					Lexus 5.0 L V8
37	GTD	69	HART	Chad Gilsinger Ryan Eversley Sean Rayhall John Falb	Acura NSX GT3	719	+89 Laps
					Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
38	P	23	United Autosports	Philip Hanson Lando Norris Fernando Alonso	Ligier JS P217	718	+90 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
39	GTD	82	Risi Competizione	Miguel Molina Ricardo Pérez de Lara Martin Fuentes Santiago Creel	Ferrari 488 GT3	715	+93 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
40	GTD	73	Park Place Motorsports	Patrick Lindsey Jörg Bergmeister Norbert Siedler Tim Pappas	Porsche 911 GT3 R	675	+133 Laps
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
41	GTD	58	Wright Motorsports	Patrick Long Christina Nielsen Robert Renauer Mathieu Jaminet	Porsche 911 GT3 R	666	+142 Laps
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
42	P	20	BAR1 Motorsports	Marc Drumwright Alex Popow Eric Lux Brendan Gaughan Tomy Drissi	Riley Mk. 30	642	+166 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
43	GTD	59	Manthey Racing	Steve Smith Randy Walls Harald Proczyk Sven Müller Matteo Cairoli	Porsche 911 GT3 R	637	Did Not Finish
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
44	GTD	51	Spirit of Race	Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda Daniel Serra	Ferrari 488 GT3	571	Did Not Finish
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
45	P	10	Wayne Taylor Racing	Jordan Taylor Renger van der Zande Ryan Hunter-Reay	Cadillac DPi-V.R	555	Did Not Finish
					Cadillac 5.5 L V8
46	P	55	Mazda Team Joest	Jonathan Bomarito Spencer Pigot Harry Tincknell	Mazda RT24-P	541	Did Not Finish
					Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4
47	P	77	Mazda Team Joest	Oliver Jarvis Tristan Nunez René Rast	Mazda RT24-P	530	Did Not Finish
					Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4
48	P	22	Tequila Patrón ESM	Johannes van Overbeek Pipo Derani Nicolas Lapierre	Nissan Onroak DPi	438	Did Not Finish
					Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6
49	P	2	Tequila Patrón ESM	Scott Sharp Ryan Dalziel Olivier Pla	Nissan Onroak DPi	338	Did Not Finish
					Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6
50	P	90	Spirit of Daytona Racing	Matt McMurry Tristan Vautier Eddie Cheever III	Cadillac DPi-V.R	291	Did Not Finish
					Cadillac 5.5 L V8