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.^[1]

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

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 5.5 L V8	808	24:01:32.128
2	P	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Mike Conway Eric Curran Stuart Middleton Felipe Nasr	Cadillac DPi-V.R	808	+1:10.544
2	P	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Mike Conway Eric Curran Stuart Middleton Felipe Nasr	Cadillac 5.5 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 Paul di Resta Hugo de Sadeleer Bruno Senna	Ligier JS P217	804	+4 Laps
4	P	32	United Autosports	William Owen Paul di Resta Hugo de Sadeleer Bruno Senna	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	804	+4 Laps
5	P	78	Jackie Chan DCR JOTA	Alex Brundle António Félix da Costa Ferdinand Habsburg Ho-Pin Tung	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	Robert Alon Austin Cindric Devlin DeFrancesco Simon Trummer	Oreca 07	798	+10 Laps
6	P	85	JDC-Miller Motorsports	Robert Alon Austin Cindric Devlin DeFrancesco Simon Trummer	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	798	+10 Laps
7	P	99	JDC-Miller Motorsports	Mikhail Goikhberg Gustavo Menezes Chris Miller Stephen Simpson	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 Kyle Masson Joel Miller Patricio O'Ward	Oreca 07	796	+12 Laps
8	P	38	Performance Tech Motorsports	James French Kyle Masson Joel Miller Patricio O'Ward	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	796	+12 Laps
9	P	7	Acura Team Penske	Hélio Castroneves Graham Rahal Ricky Taylor	Acura ARX-05	793	+15 Laps
9	P	7	Acura Team Penske	Hélio Castroneves Graham Rahal Ricky Taylor	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 Scott Dixon Richard Westbrook	Ford GT	783	+25 Laps
11	GTLM	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ryan Briscoe Scott Dixon Richard Westbrook	Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6	783	+25 Laps
12	GTLM	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Sébastien Bourdais Joey Hand Dirk Müller	Ford GT	783	+25 Laps
12	GTLM	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Sébastien Bourdais Joey Hand Dirk Müller	Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6	783	+25 Laps
13	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Antonio García Jan Magnussen Mike Rockenfeller	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	781	+27 Laps
13	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Antonio García Jan Magnussen Mike Rockenfeller	Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8	781	+27 Laps
14	GTLM	4	Corvette Racing	Marcel Fässler Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	780	+28 Laps
14	GTLM	4	Corvette Racing	Marcel Fässler Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner	Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8	780	+28 Laps
15	P	37	Jackie Chan DCR JOTA	Robin Frijns Daniel Juncadella Felix Rosenqvist Lance Stroll	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	James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi Davide Rigon Toni Vilander	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	Earl Bamber Gianmaria Bruni Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche 911 RSR	774	+34 Laps
17	GTLM	912	Porsche GT Team	Earl Bamber Gianmaria Bruni Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	774	+34 Laps
18	GTLM	24	BMW Team RLL	Nick Catsburg John Edwards Augusto Farfus Jesse Krohn	BMW M8 GTE	773	+35 Laps
18	GTLM	24	BMW Team RLL	Nick Catsburg John Edwards Augusto Farfus Jesse Krohn	BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8	773	+35 Laps
19	P	52	AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports	Nicholas Boulle Roberto González Sebastián Saavedra Gustavo Yacamán	Ligier JS P217	771	+37 Laps
19	P	52	AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports		Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	771	+37 Laps
20	GTLM	911	Porsche GT Team	Frédéric Makowiecki Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy	Porsche 911 RSR	753	+55 Laps
20	GTLM	911	Porsche GT Team	Frédéric Makowiecki Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	753	+55 Laps
21	GTD	11	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Mirko Bortolotti Rik Breukers Rolf Ineichen Franck Perera	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	752	+56 Laps
21	GTD	11	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Mirko Bortolotti Rik Breukers Rolf Ineichen Franck Perera	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	752	+56 Laps
22	GTD	86	Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	A. J. Allmendinger Trent Hindman Katherine Legge Álvaro Parente	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	Andrea Caldarelli Bryce Miller Bryan Sellers Madison Snow	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	751	+57 Laps
23	GTD	23	Paul Miller Racing	Andrea Caldarelli Bryce Miller Bryan Sellers Madison Snow	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	751	+57 Laps
24	GTD	33	Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports	Jeroen Bleekemolen Adam Christodoulou Ben Keating 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	Townsend Bell Sam Bird Frankie Montecalvo Bill Sweedler	Ferrari 488 GT3	751	+57 Laps
25	GTD	64	Scuderia Corsa	Townsend Bell Sam Bird Frankie Montecalvo Bill Sweedler	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	751	+57 Laps
26	GTD	44	Magnus Racing	Andrew Davis Andy Lally John Potter Markus Winkelhock	Audi R8 LMS	750	+58 Laps
26	GTD	44	Magnus Racing	Andrew Davis Andy Lally John Potter 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 Christopher Mies Jeffrey Schmidt	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	Mikaël Grenier Kenny Habul Thomas Jäger Maro Engel	Mercedes-AMG GT3	745	+63 Laps
28	GTD	75	SunEnergy1 Racing	Mikaël Grenier Kenny Habul Thomas Jäger Maro Engel	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	745	+63 Laps
29	GTD	15	3GT Racing	Dominik Farnbacher Jack Hawksworth David Heinemeier Hansson Scott Pruett	Lexus RC F GT3	744	+64 Laps
29	GTD	15	3GT Racing		Lexus 5.0 L V8	744	+64 Laps
30	GTD	63	Scuderia Corsa	Alessandro Balzan Gunnar Jeannette Cooper MacNeil 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	Lawson Aschenbach Mario Farnbacher Côme Ledogar Justin Marks	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	Robby Foley Kenton Koch JC Perez Loris Spinelli	Mercedes-AMG GT3	741	+67 Laps
32	GTD	71	P1 Motorsports	Robby Foley Kenton Koch JC Perez Loris Spinelli	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	741	+67 Laps
33	GTD	19	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Christian Engelhart Christoph Lenz Louis Machiels Ezequiel Pérez Companc Max van Splunteren	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 Mark Kvamme Cameron Lawrence Martin Tomczyk Don Yount	BMW M6 GT3	733	+75 Laps
34	GTD	96	Turner Motorsport		BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8	733	+75 Laps
35	GTLM	25	BMW Team RLL	Bill Auberlen Connor De Phillippi Philipp Eng Alexander Sims	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 Philipp Frommenwiler Bruno Junqueira Kyle Marcelli	Lexus RC F GT3	719	+89 Laps
36	GTD	14	3GT Racing		Lexus 5.0 L V8	719	+89 Laps
37	GTD	69	HART	Ryan Eversley John Falb Chad Gilsinger Sean Rayhall	Acura NSX GT3	719	+89 Laps
37	GTD	69	HART	Ryan Eversley John Falb Chad Gilsinger Sean Rayhall	Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6	719	+89 Laps
38	P	23	United Autosports	Fernando Alonso Philip Hanson Lando Norris	Ligier JS P217	718	+90 Laps
38	P	23	United Autosports	Fernando Alonso Philip Hanson Lando Norris	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	718	+90 Laps
39	GTD	82	Risi Competizione	Santiago Creel Martin Fuentes Matt Griffin Miguel Molina Ricardo Pérez de Lara	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	Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Lindsey Tim Pappas Norbert Siedler	Porsche 911 GT3 R	675	+133 Laps
40	GTD	73	Park Place Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Lindsey Tim Pappas Norbert Siedler	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	675	+133 Laps
41	GTD	58	Wright Motorsports	Mathieu Jaminet Patrick Long Christina Nielsen Robert Renauer	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^{[N 1]}	Marc Drumwright Brendan Gaughan Eric Lux Alex Popow	Riley Mk. 30	642	+166 Laps
42	P	20	BAR1 Motorsports^{[N 1]}	Marc Drumwright Brendan Gaughan Eric Lux Alex Popow	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	642	+166 Laps
43	GTD	59	Manthey Racing	Matteo Cairoli Sven Müller Harald Proczyk Steve Smith Randy Walls	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	+237 Laps
44	GTD	51	Spirit of Race	Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda Daniel Serra	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	571	+237 Laps
45	P	10	Wayne Taylor Racing	Ryan Hunter-Reay Jordan Taylor Renger van der Zande	Cadillac DPi-V.R	555	Did Not Finish
45	P	10	Wayne Taylor Racing	Ryan Hunter-Reay Jordan Taylor Renger van der Zande	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	Pipo Derani Nicolas Lapierre Johannes van Overbeek	Nissan Onroak DPi	438	Did Not Finish
48	P	22	Tequila Patrón ESM	Pipo Derani Nicolas Lapierre Johannes van Overbeek	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6	438	Did Not Finish
49	P	2	Tequila Patrón ESM	Ryan Dalziel Olivier Pla Scott Sharp	Nissan Onroak DPi	338	Did Not Finish
49	P	2	Tequila Patrón ESM	Ryan Dalziel Olivier Pla Scott Sharp	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6	338	Did Not Finish
50	P	90	Spirit of Daytona Racing	Eddie Cheever III Matt McMurry Tristan Vautier	Cadillac DPi-V.R	291	Did Not Finish
50	P	90	Spirit of Daytona Racing	Eddie Cheever III Matt McMurry Tristan Vautier	Cadillac 5.5 L V8	291	Did Not Finish

Notes

^ Tomy Drissi was listed at the beginning but he eventually withdrew for business committments.

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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[TomyDrissi-3] Tomy Drissi was listed at the beginning but he eventually withdrew for business committments.

[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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