2018 24 Hours of Daytona

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.^[1]

Pos.	Class	Team	Driver	Time	Gap	Grid
1	P	No. 10 Mustang Sampling Racing	Renger van der Zande	1:36.903	—	1
2	P	31 Whelen Engineering Racing	Dane Cameron	1:36.973		2
3	P	13 Rebellion Racing	Neel Jani	1:37.123		3
4	P	10 Wayne Taylor Racing	Ricky Taylor	1:37.169		4
5	P	22 Tequila Patrón ESM	Brendon Hartley	1:37.609		5
6	P	2 Tequila Patrón ESM	Ryan Dalziel	1:38.251		6
7	P	85 JDC-Miller Motorsports	Stephen Simpson	1:38.915		7
8	P	52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	Tom Kimber-Smith	1:39.149		8
9	P	55 Mazda Motorsports	Jonathan Bomarito	1:39.940		9
10	P	70 Mazda Motorsports	Joel Miller	1:39.973		10
11	P	90 VisitFlorida Racing	Marc Goossens	1:40.532		11
12	PC	38 Performance Tech Motorsports	James French	1:42.559		12
13	PC	26 BAR1 Motorsports	Johnny Mowlem	1:43.396		13
14	GTLM	66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Joey Hand	1:43.473		18
15	PC	20 BAR1 Motorsports	Buddy Rice	1:43.515		14
16	GTLM	67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Richard Westbrook	1:43.704		19
17	GTLM	68 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	Olivier Pla	1:43.987		20
18	GTLM	62 Risi Competizione	Toni Vilander	1:44.121		21
19	GTLM	911 Porsche GT Team	Patrick Pilet	1:44.251		22
20	GTLM	69 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	Andy Priaulx	1:44.256		23
21	GTLM	3 Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen	1:44.359		24
22	GTLM	912 Porsche GT Team	Kévin Estre	1:44.591		25
23	GTLM	4 Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin	1:44.685		26
24	GTLM	19 BMW Team RLL	Bill Auberlen	1:44.759		27
25	GTLM	24 BMW Team RLL	John Edwards	1:44.974		28
26	PC	8 Starworks Motorsport	Chris Cumming	1:46.628		15
27	GTD	51 Spirit of Race	Alessandro Pier Guidi	1:47.099		29
28	GTD	63 Scuderia Corsa	Alessandro Balzan	1:47.117		30
29	PC	88 Starworks Motorsport	Alex Popow	1:47.682		16
30	GTD	98 Aston Martin Racing	Marco Sørensen	1:47.734		31
31	GTD	59 Manthey Racing	Matteo Cairoli	1:47.736		32
32	GTD	11 GRT Grasser Racing Team	Mirko Bortolotti	1:47.785		33
33	GTD	29 Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	Connor De Phillippi	1:48.213		34
34	GTD	93 Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	Andy Lally	1:48.268		35
35	GTD	28 Alegra Motorsports	Daniel Morad	1:48.341		36
36	GTD	86 Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	Jeff Segal	1:48.350		37
37	GTD	73 Park Place Motorsports	Patrick Lindsey	1:48.424		38
38	GTD	61 GRT Grasser Racing Team	Christian Engelhart	1:48.483		39
39	GTD	48 Paul Miller Racing	Bryan Sellers	1:48.496		40
40	GTD	14 3GT Racing	Scott Pruett	1:48.541		41
41	GTD	16 Change Racing	Jeroen Mul	1:48.590		42
42	GTD	57 Stevenson Motorsports	Andrew Davis	1:48.683		43
43	GTD	23 Alex Job Racing	Pierre Kaffer	1:48.798		44
44	GTD	96 Turner Motorsport	Justin Marks	1:48.810		45
45	GTD	75 SunEnergy1 Racing	Boris Said	1:48.969		46
46	GTD	33 Riley Motorports - Team AMG	Ben Keating	1:49.056		47
47	GTD	15 3GT Racing	Austin Cindric	1:49.130		48
48	GTD	21 Konrad Motorsport	Marco Mapelli	1:49.322		49
49	GTD	991 TRG	Mike Hedlund	1:49.446		50
50	GTD	46 EBIMOTORS	Emanuele Busnelli	1:49.781		51
51	GTD	50 Riley Motorsports - WeatherTech Racing	Cooper MacNeil	1:49.809		52
52	GTD	54 CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett	1:50.809		53
53	GTD	18 DAC Motorsports	Emmanuel Anassis	1:51.517		54
54	GTD	27 Dream Racing Motorsport	Lawrence DeGeorge	1:55.835		55
–	P	81 DragonSpeed	Did Not Participate			17

Race

Results

Class winners are denoted in bold.^[2]

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

Notes

References

^ "Race Official Starting Grid" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
^ "2018 24 Hours of Daytona - Race Provisional Results" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 28 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.

External Links

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[Starting_grid-1] "Race Official Starting Grid" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.

[2] "2018 24 Hours of Daytona - Race Provisional Results" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 28 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.

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