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The 2024 24 Hours of Daytona (formally known as the 2024 Rolex 24 at Daytona) was an endurance sports car race sanctioned by International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The race was held at Daytona International Speedway combined road course in Daytona Beach, Florida on January 27–28, 2024. The event was the 62nd running of the 24 Hours of Daytona since its inception in 1962, and the first of 11 races across multiple classes in the 2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship, as well as the first of five rounds in the 2024 Michelin Endurance Cup. The 2024 race was shortened due to an officiating error causing the race to end 1 minute 35.277 seconds short of the scheduled 24 hours.[1]

Background

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Auto-racing track with a large grandstand filled with spectators
Daytona International Speedway, where the race was held

Preview

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NASCAR founder Bill France Sr., who built Daytona International Speedway in 1959, conceived of the 24 Hours of Daytona to attract European sports-car endurance racing to the United States and provide international exposure to the speedway.[2] It is informally considered part of the Triple Crown of Endurance Racing, with the 12 Hours of Sebring and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.[3]

International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was a part of the 2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2023.[4] It was the eleventh consecutive year it will be a part of the IMSA SCC, and the 62nd 24 Hours of Daytona.[4] The 24 Hours of Daytona was the first of eleven scheduled sports car endurance races by IMSA, and the first of five races on the Michelin Endurance Cup (MEC).[4] The race take place at the 12-turn 3.56-mile (5.73 km) Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida from January 27 to 28.[3]

Filming

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The Rolex 24 was used as a filming set and background film for F1. Brad Pitt's run around Daytona in the #120 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) car powered by Wright Motorsports would be inserted into racing scenes filmed from the race. He will be sharing the car with ‘C. Kelso’ and former Porsche factory driver Patrick Long.[5][6][7]

Entry list

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No. Entrant Car Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3 Driver 4
GTP (Grand Touring Prototype) (10 entries)
01 United States Cadillac Racing Cadillac V-Series.R France Sébastien Bourdais New Zealand Scott Dixon Netherlands Renger van der Zande Spain Álex Palou
5 Germany Proton Competition Mustang Sampling Porsche 963 Italy Gianmaria Bruni France Romain Dumas Switzerland Neel Jani Belgium Alessio Picariello
6 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 France Kévin Estre France Mathieu Jaminet United Kingdom Nick Tandy Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
7 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 United States Dane Cameron Australia Matt Campbell Brazil Felipe Nasr United States Josef Newgarden
10 United States Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Acura ARX-06 Portugal Filipe Albuquerque Sweden Marcus Ericsson New Zealand Brendon Hartley United States Ricky Taylor
24 United States BMW M Team RLL BMW M Hybrid V8 Austria Philipp Eng Brazil Augusto Farfus Finland Jesse Krohn Belgium Dries Vanthoor
25 United States BMW M Team RLL BMW M Hybrid V8 United States Connor De Phillippi Belgium Maxime Martin Germany René Rast United Kingdom Nick Yelloly
31 United States Whelen Cadillac Racing Cadillac V-Series.R United Kingdom Jack Aitken United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist Brazil Pipo Derani
40 United States Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Acura ARX-06 United Kingdom Jenson Button Switzerland Louis Delétraz United States Colton Herta United States Jordan Taylor
85 United States JDC–Miller MotorSports Porsche 963 United Kingdom Phil Hanson Netherlands Tijmen van der Helm United States Ben Keating United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
LMP2 (Le Mans Prototype 2) (13 entries)
04 United States CrowdStrike Racing by APR Oreca 07-Gibson United States Colin Braun Denmark Malthe Jakobsen United States George Kurtz United Kingdom Toby Sowery
2 United States United Autosports USA Oreca 07-Gibson United Kingdom Ben Hanley United States Ben Keating Mexico Pato O'Ward Chile Nico Pino
8 United States Tower Motorsports Oreca 07-Gibson United States Michael Dinan Canada John Farano Austria Ferdinand Habsburg New Zealand Scott McLaughlin
11 France TDS Racing Oreca 07-Gibson Denmark Mikkel Jensen New Zealand Hunter McElrea France Charles Milesi United States Steven Thomas
18 United States Era Motorsport Oreca 07-Gibson United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel United States Dwight Merriman Denmark Christian Rasmussen United States Connor Zilisch
20 Denmark MDK by High Class Racing Oreca 07-Gibson Denmark Dennis Andersen Germany Laurents Hörr United States Scott Huffaker United States Seth Lucas
22 United States United Autosports USA Oreca 07-Gibson United Kingdom Paul di Resta United States Bijoy Garg United States Dan Goldburg Sweden Felix Rosenqvist
33 United States Sean Creech Motorsport Ligier JS P217-Gibson Portugal João Barbosa United Kingdom Jonny Edgar United States Nolan Siegel United States Lance Willsey
52 Poland Inter Europol by PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca 07-Gibson United States Nick Boulle France Tom Dillmann Brazil Pietro Fittipaldi[8] Poland Jakub Śmiechowski
74 United States Riley Oreca 07-Gibson Australia Josh Burdon Brazil Felipe Fraga Brazil Felipe Massa United States Gar Robinson
81 United States DragonSpeed Oreca 07-Gibson Australia James Allen Mexico Sebastián Álvarez United States Eric Lux Cayman Islands Kyffin Simpson
88 Italy Richard Mille AF Corse Oreca 07-Gibson Denmark Nicklas Nielsen Argentina Luis Pérez Companc France Matthieu Vaxivière France Lilou Wadoux
99 United States AO Racing Oreca 07-Gibson Australia Matthew Brabham France Paul-Loup Chatin United States P. J. Hyett United Kingdom Alex Quinn
GTD Pro (GT Daytona Pro) (13 entries)
1 United States Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 South Africa Sheldon van der Linde United States Bryan Sellers United States Madison Snow United States Neil Verhagen
3 United States Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Spain Antonio García Spain Daniel Juncadella United Kingdom Alexander Sims
4 United States Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R New Zealand Earl Bamber Netherlands Nicky Catsburg United States Tommy Milner
9 Canada Pfaff Motorsports McLaren 720S GT3 Evo Canada James Hinchcliffe United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis Germany Marvin Kirchhöfer United States Alexander Rossi
14 United States Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat United Kingdom Mike Conway United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth United States Kyle Kirkwood
19 Italy Iron Lynx Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Italy Mirko Bortolotti Italy Andrea Caldarelli South Africa Jordan Pepper France Franck Perera
23 United States Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Germany Mario Farnbacher United Kingdom Ross Gunn Spain Alex Riberas
60 Italy Iron Lynx Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Italy Matteo Cairoli Italy Matteo Cressoni France Romain Grosjean Italy Claudio Schiavoni
62 United States Risi Competizione Ferrari 296 GT3 United Kingdom James Calado Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi Italy Davide Rigon Brazil Daniel Serra
64 Canada Ford Multimatic Motorsports Ford Mustang GT3 Germany Christopher Mies Germany Mike Rockenfeller United Kingdom Harry Tincknell
65 Canada Ford Multimatic Motorsports Ford Mustang GT3 United States Joey Hand Germany Dirk Müller Belgium Frédéric Vervisch
75 Australia SunEnergy1 Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Germany Maro Engel Andorra Jules Gounon Australia Kenny Habul Germany Luca Stolz
77 United States AO Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Denmark Michael Christensen Germany Laurin Heinrich United Kingdom Sebastian Priaulx
GTD (GT Daytona) (23 entries)
023 United States Triarsi Competizione Ferrari 296 GT3 Italy Riccardo Agostini Italy Alessio Rovera United States Charlie Scardina United States Onofrio Triarsi
12 United States Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 Japan Ritomo Miyata United States Frankie Montecalvo United States Aaron Telitz Canada Parker Thompson
13 Canada AWA Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R United Kingdom Matt Bell Canada Orey Fidani Germany Lars Kern United Kingdom Alex Lynn
17 Canada AWA Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood Canada Anthony Mantella United States Thomas Merrill Argentina Nicolás Varrone
21 Italy AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 Japan Kei Cozzolino France François Heriau United Kingdom Simon Mann Spain Miguel Molina
27 United States Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Canada Roman De Angelis United Kingdom Ian James Canada Zacharie Robichon Denmark Marco Sørensen
32 United States Korthoff/Preston Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Germany Maximilian Götz Canada Mikaël Grenier United States Kenton Koch United States Mike Skeen
34 United States Conquest Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Italy Alessandro Balzan Spain Albert Costa United States Manny Franco Monaco Cédric Sbirrazzuoli
43 United States Andretti Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) United States Jarett Andretti Colombia Gabby Chaves Canada Scott Hargrove Austria Thomas Preining
44 United States Magnus Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo United States Andy Lally United States John Potter United States Spencer Pumpelly Denmark Nicki Thiim
45 United States Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 United States Graham Doyle Costa Rica Danny Formal United States Ashton Harrison Canada Kyle Marcelli
47 Italy Cetilar Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Italy Eddie Cheever III Italy Antonio Fuoco Italy Roberto Lacorte Italy Giorgio Sernagiotto
55 Germany Proton Competition Ford Mustang GT3 United States Ryan Hardwick Italy Giammarco Levorato United States Corey Lewis Norway Dennis Olsen
57 United States Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Netherlands Indy Dontje Switzerland Philip Ellis Canada Daniel Morad United States Russell Ward
66 United States Gradient Racing Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 Colombia Tatiana Calderón United Kingdom Katherine Legge United Kingdom Stevan McAleer United States Sheena Monk
70 United Kingdom Inception Racing McLaren 720S GT3 Evo United Kingdom Tom Gamble United States Brendan Iribe United Kingdom Ollie Millroy Denmark Frederik Schandorff
78 United States Forte Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Canada Devlin DeFrancesco Canada Misha Goikhberg United Kingdom Sandy Mitchell Italy Loris Spinelli
80 United States Lone Star Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Angola Rui Andrade Australia Scott Andrews United Kingdom Adam Christodoulou Turkey Salih Yoluç
83 Italy Iron Dames Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Belgium Sarah Bovy Switzerland Rahel Frey Denmark Michelle Gatting France Doriane Pin
86 United States MDK Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Austria Klaus Bachler Denmark Anders Fjordbach China Kerong Li Netherlands Larry ten Voorde
92 United States Kellymoss with Riley Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) France Julien Andlauer United States David Brule United States Trent Hindman United States Alec Udell
96 United States Turner Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 United States Robby Foley United States Patrick Gallagher Germany Jens Klingmann United States Jake Walker
120 United States Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) United States Adam Adelson Belgium Jan Heylen France Frédéric Makowiecki United States Elliott Skeer
Source:[9][10]

Testing

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Sébastien Bourdais (pictured in 2021) set the fastest overall lap in testing for Cadillac Racing.

The Roar Before the 24 Tests occurred from January 19 to 21, 2024, with all cars participating in the test.[11] The first session on Friday morning saw Nick Tandy top the lap times in the No. 6 Penske 963 with a time of 1:35.617, 0.035 seconds faster than Augusto Farfus' No. 24 BMW.[12] Paul di Resta's No. 22 United Autosports car topped LMP2 with a 1-minute, 39.916 seconds lap.[13] Matteo Cressoni was fastest in GTD Pro while Katherine Legge set the fastest time amongst all GTD cars.[12] The second session on Friday afternoon saw Cadillac move atop when Pipo Derani, driving the No. 31 car for Action Express Racing, turned in a 1:35.217 lap in the closing minutes. De Phillippi's No. 25 BMW was second and Laurens Vanthoor was third for Porsche Penske Motorsport.[14] Christian Rasmussen bettered LMP2's fastest lap with a time of 1:39.674, leading Era Motorsport's No. 18 entry ahead of Nolan Siegel's No. 33 Sean Creech Motorsport Ligier and Nicklas Nielsen's No. 88 AF Corse car.[15] Ford led GTD Pro with Christopher Mies' lap of 1 minute 46.494 seconds, followed by James Calado's No. 62 Ferrari and Alexander Sims' No. 3 Corvette. Jan Heylen's No. 120 Porsche led GTD from Manny Franco's Conquest Racing Ferrari.[16]

Hanson set the fastest overall lap (1:35.216) on the second day; Neel Jani's Proton Competition car was second and Connor De Phillippi's No. 25 BMW was third.[17] Scott Huffaker led in LMP2, at 1:38.270 driving HCR's car.[18] Milner's No. 4 Corvette led in GTD Pro with a 1:45.844 lap during the morning session while Eddie Cheever III's No. 47 Ferrari set the fastest time amongst all GTD cars.[19][18]

The third and final day of testing featured one session where only the GTP cars participated.[20] Bourdais' No. 01 CGR Cadillac set the overall fastest time with a 1-minute, 33.236 seconds lap. The second-fastest car was the No. 7 Penske Porsche of Nasr and Derani putting the No. 31 Whelen Cadillac in third position. Connor De Phillippi set the fourth-fastest lap in BMW's No. 25 car, and Louis Delétraz's No. 40 Acura was fifth.[21]

Practice

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There were four practice sessions scheduled preceding the start of the race on Saturday, three on Thursday and one on Friday. The first 90 minute session was on Thursday morning while the second session on Thursday afternoon ran for 105 minutes. The third scheduled for later that evening ran for 90 minutes; the fourth on Friday morning lasted an hour.[22]

Dixon's No. 01 Cadillac set the fastest lap of the first practice session at 1 minute, 36.012 seconds, 0.127 seconds faster than De Phillippi's No. 25 BMW. Kévin Estre put the No. 6 Penske Porsche in third overall. Dries Vanthoor was fourth in BMW's No. 24 car and Cameron's No. 7 Porsche was fifth.[23] Toby Sowery led LMP2 with a 1:39.407 lap in CrowdStrike's No. 04 car, and Hanley's No. 2 United Autosports Oreca was second.[24] In GTD Pro, the No. 14 VasserSullivan Lexus of Hawskworth led with a lap of 1 minute, 46.783 seconds. Marvin Kirchhöfer put the No. 9 Pfaff McLaren second. Calado in the No. 62 Risi Ferrari was third. Katherine Legge's No. 66 Gradient car set the fastest time amongst all GTD cars. Robby Foley set the second-fastest lap in class in Turner Motorsport's No. 96 entry.[24]

In the second session, Palou's No. 01 CGR Cadillac lapped quickest at 1:35.589, ahead of the No. 7 PPM Porsche of Felipe Nasr and Bruni's No. 5 Proton car. WCR were fourth after a lap by Aitken, and Mathieu Jaminet's No. 6 PPM Porsche was fifth.[25] Novalak led in LMP2 with a 1:39.416 lap in PR1's car, 0.081 seconds ahead of James Allen's DragonSpeed car.[26] Rossi's 1:47.144 lap led the GTD Pro class in Pfaff's car, 0.164 seconds faster than Daniel Serra's Risi Ferrari; Laurin Heinrich's No. 77 AO Porsche was third. Klaus Bachler's No. 86 MDK Porsche recorded the fastest lap amongst all GTD cars: 1:47.045, 0.040 seconds faster than Olsen's No. 55 Proton Ford.[27][26]

The third practice session ran at night and saw Derani's No. 31 Cadillac set the fastest overall lap of 1 minute, 35.708 seconds. Nasr was more than three-tenths behind in second, with the No. 01 CGR Cadillac of Bourdais in third. Connor De Phillippi in the No. 25 BMW was fourth.[28] Burdon caused a stoppage early when he stopped the No. 74 Riley car on the track with a puncture.[29] Jakobsen's CrowdStrike Oreca led LMP2 with a 1:39.166 lap, faster than O'Ward's No. 2 United Autosports vehicle.[30][28] Chevrolet occupied first and second in GTD Pro with Bamber faster than his teammate Sims by less than one-tenth of a second. Porsche paced GTD with MDK's 911 of Larry ten Voorde lapping at 1:47.075, ahead of Danny Formal's No. 45 WTR Lamborghini.[30]

Jack Aitken led the last practice session in the No. 31 WCR car with a lap of 1 minute, 35.983 seconds. De Phillippi's No. 25 BMW was second-fastest. The No. 01 Cadillac of Bourdais set the third-quickest lap. Westbrook's No. 85 Porsche, along with Jani's No. 5 Proton Competition car were fourth and fifth.[31] Lance Willsey damaged the No. 33 Sean Creech Motorsport Ligier in an accident at turn 2 and stopped the session for 6 minutes.[31] Jensen led in LMP2 for TDS Racing with a 1-minute, 39.078 lap, from AF Corse's Matthieu Vaxivière and Era Motorsport's Ryan Dalziel.[32] Cairoli's No. 60 Lamborghini paced GTD Pro with a 1:47.239 lap, 0.147 seconds faster than Serra's Risi Ferrari. Preining set the fastest time amongst all GTD cars, followed by Jens Klingmann's No. 96 Turner Motorsport car.[31]

Qualifying

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Pipo Derani (pictured in 2019) took the overall pole position for Whelen Cadillac Racing.

Sunday's afternoon qualifying was broken into three sessions, with one session for the GTP, LMP2, and the GTD classes, which lasted 15 minutes each.[33] The rules dictated that all teams nominated a driver to qualify their cars, with the Pro-Am LMP2 class requiring a Bronze rated driver to qualify the car. The competitors' fastest lap times determined the starting order. IMSA then arranged the grid to put GTPs ahead of the LMP2, GTD Pro, and GTD cars.[34]

Pipo Derani in the No. 31 Cadillac broke the Daytona International Speedway Road Course lap record to clinch pole position with a time of 1-minute, 32.656 seconds. He was joined on the grid's front row by Bourdais whose best lap in the No. 01 CGR Cadillac was 0.071 seconds slower.[35] Nasr qualified the No. 7 Porsche third, and Connor De Phillippi in the No. 25 BMW took fourth. The WTR duo of Delétraz and Filipe Albuquerque qualified fifth and sixth.[35] The Proton Competition Porsche did not participate in qualifying after Neel Jani crashed the car during the final Roar session.[21][36]

Keating took the LMP2 pole for United Autosports with a 1:38.501 time. Nick Boulle's No. 52 PR1 car was second and George Kurtz took third for CrowdStrike.[37]

In the GT session, Sebastian Priaulx set a new qualifying track record for GTD Pro to take pole position for AO Racing, with a lap of 1:44.382. Prialux was 0.080 seconds faster than Hawksworth's second placed No. 14 Lexus. García qualified the No. 3 Corvette third. The fastest Lamborghini was Perera's No. 19 Huracán GT3 Evo 2 in fourth, and the highest-placed Ferrari was Serra's fifth-placed No. 62 296 GT3.[37] Lexus led GTD, with Parker Thompson setting a new class record with a 1-minute 44.494 lap. Klaus Bachler's No. 86 MDK Porsche qualified second, and Katherine Legge's No. 66 Acura took third. Rounding out the top five in the class were the No. 45 WTR Lamborghini of Kyle Marcelli, and Loris Spinelli's No. 78 Forte Racing Lamborghini.[37] The No. 92 Kellymoss Porsche failed to record a time after David Brule crashed at turn three on his outlap.[37][35]

Qualifying results

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Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and with ‡.

Pos. Class No. Entry Driver Time Gap Grid
1 GTP 31 United States Whelen Cadillac Racing Brazil Pipo Derani 1:32.656 1‡
2 GTP 01 United States Cadillac Racing France Sébastien Bourdais 1:32.727 +0.071 2
3 GTP 7 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport Brazil Felipe Nasr 1:32.876 +0.220 3
4 GTP 25 United States BMW M Team RLL United States Connor De Phillippi 1:33.022 +0.366 4
5 GTP 40 United States Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Switzerland Louis Delétraz 1:33.100 +0.444 5
6 GTP 10 United States Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Portugal Filipe Albuquerque 1:33.347 +0.691 6
7 GTP 6 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport United Kingdom Nick Tandy 1:33.381 +0.725 7
8 GTP 24 United States BMW M Team RLL Finland Jesse Krohn 1:33.499 +0.843 8
9 GTP 85 United States JDC–Miller MotorSports Netherlands Tijmen van der Helm 1:33.506 +0.850 9
10 LMP2 2 United States United Autosports USA United States Ben Keating 1:38.501 +5.845 11‡
11 LMP2 52 Poland Inter Europol by PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United States Nick Boulle 1:38.603 +5.947 12
12 LMP2 04 United States CrowdStrike Racing by APR United States George Kurtz 1:39.252 +6.596 13
13 LMP2 74 United States Riley United States Gar Robinson 1:39.297 +6.641 14
14 LMP2 22 United States United Autosports USA United States Dan Goldburg 1:39.506 +6.850 15
15 LMP2 11 France TDS Racing United States Steven Thomas 1:39.523 +6.867 16
16 LMP2 99 United States AO Racing United States P. J. Hyett 1:39.679 +7.023 17
17 LMP2 20 Denmark MDK by High Class Racing Denmark Dennis Andersen 1:40.030 +7.374 18
18 LMP2 81 United States DragonSpeed United States Eric Lux 1:40.380 +7.724 19
19 LMP2 88 Italy Richard Mille AF Corse Argentina Luis Pérez Companc 1:40.577 +7.921 20
20 LMP2 18 United States Era Motorsport United States Dwight Merriman 1:41.196 +8.540 21
21 LMP2 33 United States Sean Creech Motorsport United States Lance Willsey 1:41.496 +8.840 22
22 LMP2 8 United States Tower Motorsports Canada John Farano 1:41.588 +8.932 23
23 GTD Pro 77 United States AO Racing United Kingdom Sebastian Priaulx 1:44.382 +11.726 24‡
24 GTD Pro 14 United States Vasser Sullivan United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth 1:44.462 +11.806 25
25 GTD 12 United States Vasser Sullivan Canada Parker Thompson 1:44.494 +11.838 26‡
26 GTD 86 United States MDK Motorsports Austria Klaus Bachler 1:44.537 +11.881 27
27 GTD 66 United States Gradient Racing United Kingdom Katherine Legge 1:44.640 +11.984 28
28 GTD 45 United States Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Canada Kyle Marcelli 1:44.707 +12.051 29
29 GTD 78 United States Forte Racing Italy Loris Spinelli 1:44.709 +12.053 30
30 GTD 34 United States Conquest Racing Spain Albert Costa 1:44.722 +12.066 31
31 GTD Pro 3 United States Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Spain Antonio García 1:44.786 +12.130 32
32 GTD 47 Italy Cetilar Racing Italy Antonio Fuoco 1:44.811 +12.155 33
33 GTD Pro 19 Italy Iron Lynx France Franck Perera 1:44.831 +12.175 34
34 GTD Pro 62 United States Risi Competizione Brazil Daniel Serra 1:44.831 +12.175 35
35 GTD 023 United States Triarsi Competizione Italy Alessio Rovera 1:44.835 +12.179 36
36 GTD Pro 9 Canada Pfaff Motorsports United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis 1:44.900 +12.244 37
37 GTD 17 Canada AWA Argentina Nicolás Varrone 1:44.959 +12.303 38
38 GTD 70 United Kingdom Inception Racing Denmark Frederik Schandorff 1:44.965 +12.309 39
39 GTD 21 Italy AF Corse Spain Miguel Molina 1:45.041 +12.385 40
40 GTD 43 United States Andretti Motorsports Austria Thomas Preining 1:45.115 +12.459 41
41 GTD 83 Italy Iron Dames Denmark Michelle Gatting 1:45.180 +12.524 42
42 GTD 13 Canada AWA United Kingdom Matt Bell 1:45.206 +12.550 43
43 GTD Pro 4 United States Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports United States Tommy Milner 1:45.215 +12.559 44
44 GTD Pro 60 Italy Iron Lynx France Romain Grosjean 1:45.305 +12.649 45
45 GTD Pro 65 Canada Ford Multimatic Motorsports Germany Dirk Müller 1:45.373 +12.717 46
46 GTD Pro 75 Australia SunEnergy1 Racing Germany Maro Engel 1:45.421 +12.765 47
47 GTD Pro 23 United States Heart of Racing Team United Kingdom Ross Gunn 1:45.528 +12.872 48
48 GTD 55 Germany Proton Competition Norway Dennis Olsen 1:45.536 +12.880 49
49 GTD 1 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Madison Snow 1:45.831 +13.175 50
50 GTD Pro 64 Canada Ford Multimatic Motorsports United Kingdom Harry Tincknell 1:45.840 +13.184 51
51 GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport United States Patrick Gallagher 1:45.861 +13.205 52
52 GTD 57 United States Winward Racing Switzerland Philip Ellis 1:45.898 +13.242 53
53 GTD 32 United States Korthoff/Preston Motorsports Canada Mikaël Grenier 1:45.974 +13.318 54
54 GTD 120 United States Wright Motorsports United States Adam Adelson 1:45.983 +13.327 55
55 GTD 80 United States Lone Star Racing United Kingdom Adam Christodoulou 1:46.209 +13.553 56
56 GTD 44 United States Magnus Racing United States John Potter 1:48.007 +15.351 57
57 GTD 27 United States Heart of Racing Team Canada Roman De Angelis 1:52.715 +20.059 58
58 GTP 5 Germany Proton Competition Mustang Sampling No Time Established1 10
59 GTD 92 United States Kellymoss with Riley No Time Established2 59
Sources:[38][39]
  • 1 The No. 5 Proton Competition Mustang Sampling entry did not participate in qualifying after Neel Jani crashed the car during the sixth Roar session.[21] By IMSA rules, the car started from the rear of the GTP class on the starting grid.
  • 2 The No. 92 Kellymoss with Riley entry did not set a time after a crash by David Brule in the beginning of the GTD qualifying session.[40]

Race

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Start and early hours

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Racing began just past 1:40 p.m. EST, with movie producer Jerry Bruckheimer acting as the honorary starter.[41] Pipo Derani in the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac Racing Cadillac took the early lead ahead of Felipe Nasr in the No. 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche. After only a few laps, the No. 01 Cadillac Racing Cadillac driven by Sébastien Bourdais moved into second. After roughly 30 minutes of running, the first full-course caution of the race came, after the No. 78 Forte Racing Lamborghini suffered an accident at the Le Mans Chicane. The No. 40 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Acura moved into the lead during pit stops during this. The restart from the caution period was chaotic; three cars from the LMP2 class spun at the Le Mans Chicane. Only a few moments later, the No. 20 MDK by High Class Racing Oreca spun at turn 2 directly in to the path of the No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Lexus, causing a heavy collision between the two cars and bringing out another full course caution.[41]

When racing resumed, the two Cadillacs took the lead of the race, with the No. 01 ahead of the No. 31. In the LMP2 class, United Autosports led with their No. 2 car, while the No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports McLaren and the No. 12 Vasser Sullivan Lexus led the GTD Pro and GTD classes respectively. Racing was again interrupted just before the two-hour mark, when the No. 11 TDS Racing Oreca crashed heavily at the exit of the Le Mans Chicane, putting the car out of the race immediately.[42] More incidents dotted the early running. Just after the 4th hour began, the No. 33 Sean Creech Motorsports Ligier caused another full-course caution when it spun in turn 6 and stalled. The No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports McLaren in the GTD Pro class was forced into the garage area by a failure in a wheel hub on the car. The No. 88 Richard Mille AF Corse Oreca also went into the garage with mechanical issues and retired from the race shortly thereafter.[43]

Night

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As night fell, another caution came as the No. 33 Ligier stopped on track, this time with electrical problems. The ensuing pit stops under the caution allowed the No. 31 Cadillac to retake the lead, while the No. 04 CrowdStrike Racing Oreca took the LMP2 lead. The No. 77 AO Racing Porsche led GTD Pro at the end of five hours, while the No. 27 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin led in GTD.[44] As temperatures dropped, the No. 7 Porsche began to come to the front, moving past the No. 31 Cadillac to take the first lead for the car of the race. The 7th hour saw yet another caution caused by the No. 33 Ligier, after it came to stop on track with more electrical issues. A period of clean running came after, with just over two hours of green-flag racing. During this time, the No. 31 Cadillac moved back in to the lead with a pass by Pipo Derani in turn one.[45] The battles in the GT classes had also become closer; in GTD Pro, the No. 62 Risi Competizione Ferrari and the No. 1 Paul Miller Racing BMW battled for the lead, while in GTD the No. 12 Vasser Sullivan Lexus and the No. 57 Winward Racing Mercedes fought for their class lead.[46]

The first major drama in the leading GTP class came in the eighth hour, as the No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Acura - which was running in third place at the time - came to a halt on track with a major electrical failure, with driver Filipe Albuquerque reporting a burning smell in the car. The No. 01 Cadillac saw problems during the ninth hour after suffering a puncture and falling a lap behind the leader while limping back to the pit lane.[47] The No. 31 led for the majority of the remainder of the first half of the race. The No. 52 Inter Europol by PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca led LMP2, while the No. 62 Risi Competizione Ferrari led GTD Pro and the No. 70 Inception Racing McLaren led GTD. More cars met with technical issues just before halfway. The No. 27 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin suffered electrical issues that cause it to stop on track briefly before ultimately restarting and heading to the garage area. The No. 40 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Acura also stopped on track with electrical issues and caused a full-course caution, but ultimately restarted and returned to racing, albeit after falling off the lead lap.[48]

In the early hours of Sunday, the No. 25 BMW M Team RLL BMW entered lead battle, briefly leading during the 14th hour of the race over the No. 31 Cadillac and both the No. 6 and No. 7 Porsches. Behind, trouble struck more competitor. The No. 24 BMW M Team RLL BMW suffered an electrical failure and stopped on circuit, triggering another full course caution. The No. 01 Cadillac also stopped on circuit during the 14th hour. The No. 01's problems were so severe that car retired from the race.[49] In the 15th hour, the two Penske Porsches had managed to move to the lead, closely followed by the No. 31 Cadillac. The No. 25 BMW that had briefly led the race fell several laps behind the leaders as it was forced into the garage for mechanical issues. In LMP2, the No. 18 Era Motorsport Oreca had moved to the lead in class after much shuffling. GTD Pro remained fierce contested, with the battle between the No. 62 Ferrari and the No. 1 BMW now joined both the No. 3 and No. 4 Corvette Racing Chevrolets. The No. 57 Winward Racing Mercedes had moved to the lead of GTD.[50]

Morning

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A full-course caution started off the morning hours, with the No. 99 AO Racing LMP2 going off course and into the tire barriers at turn 3. The No. 6 Penske Porsche led led with 6 hours to go, put was served a penalty for exceeding IMSA's mandated powertrain parameters for GTP cars, dropping it back.[51] After another full course yellow, this time caused from debris left by the No. 33 Ligier, the No. 7 Porsche would soon take the lead as it passed the No. 31 Cadillac for the lead. In GTD Pro, drama hit Corvette Racing, as both of their cars went to the garage - the No. 3 for an oil leak and the No. 4 power steering failure. This left the No. 1 BMW leading ahead of the No. 62 Ferrari. In GTD, the No. 57 Mercedes continued to lead, now over the No. 023 Triarsi Competizione Ferrari.[52] The No. 6 Porsche would effectively fall out of contention for the win in the 21st hour after sliding off course after a pit stop. Though it remained on the lead lap, it fell to the last GTP car on the lead lap will behind the remaining cars. LMP2 had become a five-way battle between the remaining cars on the lead lap, with the #18 Era Motorsports entry leading with 3 hours to go.[53]

Finish

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The battle to the finish remained between the No. 7 Penske Porsche and the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac. In the penultimate hour, the No. 31 retook the lead with a pass at turn 1, with the Cadillac seeming to handle the higher temperatures of daytime running better than the Porsche. In GTD Pro, the No. 1 BMW, which had been in the lead fight most of the race, suffered brake issues, resulting in a loose wheel and an off-track incident that put it two laps behind the no. 62 Ferrari. With the BMW losing time, the 62 Ferrari held a one lap lead over its closest competitor in the No. 77 AO Racing Porsche.[54][55]

With just under one hour remaining, the race's final full-course caution came when the No. 12 Vasser Sullivan Lexus caught fire at the end of pit lane. During the caution, teams made their final scheduled pit stops, during which the No. 7 Porsche exited ahead of the No. 31 Cadillac, having saved enough fuel during the previous run to have a shorter pit stop. Racing resumed with roughly 30 minutes remaining, with the No. 31 attempting to catch the No. 7. The No. 7 would hold on for victory, giving Porsche their first major endurance race victory with the Porsche 963. It was also the first overall victory for Team Penske in the race since 1969. The No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac held on for second, while the No. 40 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Acura finished third despite its earlier electrical issues.[56] In LMP2, the No. 18 Era Motorsport Oreca took victory after pulling out a sizeable lead over its competition in the final green flag run.[57] In GTD Pro, the No. 62 Risi Competizione went unchallenged after the issues for the No. 1 BMW, coming to victory with a comfortable one lap advantage. In GTD, the No. 57 Winward Racing Mercedes took victory, the team's second in the race in four years.[58]

The race ended with confusion among competitors, as the checkered flag to end the race was displayed with roughly 1 minute and 30 seconds remaining on the timing clock. By IMSA rules, the race was officially ended at the checkered flag, and so the official time of race was just shy of the full 24 hours.

Post-race

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The day following the race, IMSA organizers put out a notice admitting fault for the premature ending of the race. Organizers admitted to an officiating error in race control by announcing and displaying the white final lap flag too early, thereby forcing an early end to the race. The series also confirmed that by IMSA's rulebook, results would be taken from the time of the checkered flag ending the race being displayed.[59]

On February 23, 2024, IMSA finalized the official results and standings for the race, with penalties applied for BMW and Ferrari entries in the GTD classes. Both manufacturers were found to not be in compliance with their permitted performance levels for the race, resulting in both manufacturers being stripped of all their manufacturer championship and MEC points. Furthermore, both BMW and Ferrari were fined $25,000 as part of the penalty.[60]

Since it was the season's first race, Cameron, Campbell, Nasr, and Newgarden led the GTP Drivers' Championship with 380 points, ahead of Aitken, Blomqvist, and Derani by 25 points.[61] Ryan Dalziel, Merriman, Rasmussen, and Zilisch led the LMP2 points standings, ahead of Braun, Jakobsen, Kurtz, and Sowery.[61] Calado, Pier Guidi, Rigon, and Serra held the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship lead over Michael Christensen, Heinrich, and Prialux.[61] In GTD, Dontje, Ellis, Morad, and Ward led the class points standings over Cozzolino, Heriau, Mann, and Molina.[61] Porsche Penske, Era, Risi Competizione and Winward Racing became the leaders of their respective Teams' Championships. Porsche led the GTP and GTD Pro Manufacturers' Championships, with Mercedes-AMG leading the GTD Manufacturers' Championship, with 10 rounds remaining in the season.[61]

Results

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Class winners denoted in bold and with ‡

Pos Class No. Team / Entrant Drivers Chassis Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 GTP 7 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport United States Dane Cameron
Australia Matt Campbell
Brazil Felipe Nasr
United States Josef Newgarden
Porsche 963 791 23:58:24.723‡
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Twin-Turbo V8
2 GTP 31 United States Whelen Cadillac Racing United Kingdom Jack Aitken
United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist
Brazil Pipo Derani
Cadillac V-Series.R 791 +2.112
Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
3 GTP 40 United States Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti United Kingdom Jenson Button
Switzerland Louis Delétraz
United States Colton Herta
United States Jordan Taylor
Acura ARX-06 791 +14.989
Acura AR24e 2.4 L Twin-Turbo V6
4 GTP 6 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport France Kévin Estre
France Mathieu Jaminet
United Kingdom Nick Tandy
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
Porsche 963 791 +15.387
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Twin-Turbo V8
5 GTP 5 Germany Proton Competition Mustang Sampling Italy Gianmaria Bruni
France Romain Dumas
Switzerland Neel Jani
Belgium Alessio Picariello
Porsche 963 791 +44.479
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Twin-Turbo V8
6 GTP 85 United States JDC–Miller MotorSports United Kingdom Phil Hanson
Netherlands Tijmen van der Helm
United States Ben Keating
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Porsche 963 789 +2 Laps
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Twin-Turbo V8
7 GTP 25 United States BMW M Team RLL United States Connor De Phillippi
Belgium Maxime Martin
Germany René Rast
United Kingdom Nick Yelloly
BMW M Hybrid V8 778 +13 Laps
BMW P66/3 4.0 L Twin-Turbo V8
8 GTP 24 United States BMW M Team RLL Austria Philipp Eng
Brazil Augusto Farfus
Finland Jesse Krohn
Belgium Dries Vanthoor
BMW M Hybrid V8 776 +15 Laps
BMW P66/3 4.0 L Twin-Turbo V8
9 LMP2 18 United States Era Motorsport United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel
United States Dwight Merriman
Denmark Christian Rasmussen
United States Connor Zilisch
Oreca 07 767 +24 Laps‡
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
10 LMP2 04 United States CrowdStrike Racing by APR United States Colin Braun
Denmark Malthe Jakobsen
United States George Kurtz
United Kingdom Toby Sowery
Oreca 07 767 +24 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
11 LMP2 74 United States Riley Australia Josh Burdon
Brazil Felipe Fraga
Brazil Felipe Massa
United States Gar Robinson
Oreca 07 767 +24 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
12 LMP2 52 Poland Inter Europol by PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United States Nick Boulle
France Tom Dillmann
Brazil Pietro Fittipaldi
Poland Jakub Śmiechowski
Oreca 07 767 +24 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
13 LMP2 8 United States Tower Motorsports United States Michael Dinan
Canada John Farano
Austria Ferdinand Habsburg
New Zealand Scott McLaughlin
Oreca 07 767 +24 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
14 LMP2 2 United States United Autosports USA United Kingdom Ben Hanley
United States Ben Keating
Mexico Pato O'Ward
Chile Nico Pino
Oreca 07 765 +26 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
15 LMP2 81 United States DragonSpeed Australia James Allen
Mexico Sebastián Álvarez
United States Eric Lux
Cayman Islands Kyffin Simpson
Oreca 07 764 +27 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
16 LMP2 99 United States AO Racing Australia Matthew Brabham
France Paul-Loup Chatin
United States P. J. Hyett
United Kingdom Alex Quinn
Oreca 07 753 +38 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
17 GTD
Pro
62 United States Risi Competizione United Kingdom James Calado
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
Italy Davide Rigon
Brazil Daniel Serra
Ferrari 296 GT3 733 +58 Laps‡
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
18 GTD
Pro
77 United States AO Racing Denmark Michael Christensen
Germany Laurin Heinrich
United Kingdom Sebastian Priaulx
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 732 +59 Laps
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
19 GTD 57 United States Winward Racing Netherlands Indy Dontje
Switzerland Philip Ellis
Canada Daniel Morad
United States Russell Ward
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 731 +60 Laps‡
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
20 GTD 21 Italy AF Corse Japan Kei Cozzolino
France François Heriau
United Kingdom Simon Mann
Spain Miguel Molina
Ferrari 296 GT3 731 +60 Laps
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
21 GTD
Pro
1 United States Paul Miller Racing South Africa Sheldon van der Linde
United States Bryan Sellers
United States Madison Snow
United States Neil Verhagen
BMW M4 GT3 730 +61 Laps
BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6
22 GTD 34 United States Conquest Racing Italy Alessandro Balzan
Spain Albert Costa
United States Manny Franco
Monaco Cédric Sbirrazzuoli
Ferrari 296 GT3 730 +61 Laps
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
23 GTD 023 United States Triarsi Competizione Italy Riccardo Agostini
Italy Alessio Rovera
United States Charlie Scardina
United States Onofrio Triarsi
Ferrari 296 GT3 730 +61 Laps
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
24 GTD 32 United States Korthoff/Preston Motorsports Germany Maximilian Götz
Canada Mikaël Grenier
United States Kenton Koch
United States Mike Skeen
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 730 +61 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
25 GTD 83 Italy Iron Dames Belgium Sarah Bovy
Switzerland Rahel Frey
Denmark Michelle Gatting
France Doriane Pin
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 730 +61 Laps
Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10
26 GTD 120 United States Wright Motorsports United States Adam Adelson
Belgium Jan Heylen
France Frédéric Makowiecki
United States Elliott Skeer
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 729 +62 Laps
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
27 GTD 80 United States Lone Star Racing Angola Rui Andrade
Australia Scott Andrews
United Kingdom Adam Christodoulou
Turkey Salih Yoluç
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 729 +62 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
28 GTD 43 United States Andretti Motorsports United States Jarett Andretti
Colombia Gabby Chaves
Canada Scott Hargrove
Austria Thomas Preining
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 728 +63 Laps
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
29 GTD
Pro
23 United States Heart of Racing Team Germany Mario Farnbacher
United Kingdom Ross Gunn
Spain Alex Riberas
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo 727 +64 Laps
Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
30 GTD
Pro
3 United States Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Spain Antonio García
Spain Daniel Juncadella
United Kingdom Alexander Sims
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 726 +65 Laps
Chevrolet LT6 5.5 L V8
31 GTD
Pro
64 Canada Ford Multimatic Motorsports Germany Christopher Mies
Germany Mike Rockenfeller
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell
Ford Mustang GT3 726 +65 Laps
Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8
32 GTD 47 Italy Cetilar Racing Italy Eddie Cheever III
Italy Antonio Fuoco
Italy Roberto Lacorte
Italy Giorgio Sernagiotto
Ferrari 296 GT3 722 +69 Laps
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
33 GTD
Pro
19 Italy Iron Lynx Italy Mirko Bortolotti
Italy Andrea Caldarelli
South Africa Jordan Pepper
France Franck Perera
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 721 +70 Laps
Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10
34 GTD 92 United States Kelly-Moss with Riley France Julien Andlauer
United States David Brule
United States Trent Hindman
United States Alec Udell
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 719 +72 Laps
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
35 GTD 86 United States MDK Motorsports Austria Klaus Bachler
Denmark Anders Fjordbach
China Kerong Li
Netherlands Larry ten Voorde
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 718 +73 Laps
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
36 GTD 70 United Kingdom Inception Racing United Kingdom Tom Gamble
United States Brendan Iribe
United Kingdom Ollie Millroy
Denmark Frederik Schandorff
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 716 +75 Laps
McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
37 GTD
Pro
4 United States Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports New Zealand Earl Bamber
Netherlands Nicky Catsburg
United States Tommy Milner
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 715 +76 Laps
Chevrolet LT6 5.5 L V8
38 GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport United States Robby Foley
United States Patrick Gallagher
Germany Jens Klingmann
United States Jake Walker
BMW M4 GT3 711 +80 Laps
BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6
39
DNF
GTD 12 United States Vasser Sullivan Japan Ritomo Miyata
United States Frankie Montecalvo
United States Aaron Telitz
Canada Parker Thompson
Lexus RC F GT3 705 Fire
Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8
40 GTD 78 United States Forte Racing Canada Devlin DeFrancesco
Canada Misha Goikhberg
United Kingdom Sandy Mitchell
Italy Loris Spinelli
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 676 +115 Laps
Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10
41
DNF
GTD
Pro
65 Canada Ford Multimatic Motorsports United States Joey Hand
Germany Dirk Müller
Belgium Frédéric Vervisch
Ford Mustang GT3 650 Wing damage
Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8
42 GTD 45 United States Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti United States Graham Doyle
Costa Rica Danny Formal
United States Ashton Harrison
Canada Kyle Marcelli
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 643 +148 Laps
Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10
43
DNF
GTP 10 United States Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
Sweden Marcus Ericsson
New Zealand Brendon Hartley
United States Ricky Taylor
Acura ARX-06 601 Electrical
Acura AR24e 2.4 L Twin-Turbo V6
44
DNF
GTD
Pro
9 Canada Pfaff Motorsports Canada James Hinchcliffe
United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
Germany Marvin Kirchhöfer
United States Alexander Rossi
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 532 Mechanical
McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
45
DNF
LMP2 33 United States Sean Creech Motorsports Portugal João Barbosa
United Kingdom Jonny Edgar
United States Nolan Siegel
United States Lance Willsey
Ligier JS P217 510 Engine cover damage
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
46
DNF
GTD 17 Canada AWA Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood
Canada Anthony Mantella
United States Thomas Merrill
Argentina Nicolás Varrone
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 508 Electrical
Chevrolet LT6 5.5 L V8
47
DNF
GTP 01 United States Cadillac Racing France Sébastien Bourdais
New Zealand Scott Dixon
Spain Álex Palou
Netherlands Renger van der Zande
Cadillac V-Series.R 423 Powertrain
Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
48
DNF
GTD
Pro
14 United States Vasser Sullivan United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat
United Kingdom Mike Conway
United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth
United States Kyle Kirkwood
Lexus RC F GT3 397 Overheating
Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8
49
DNF
GTD 66 United States Gradient Racing Colombia Tatiana Calderón
United Kingdom Katherine Legge
United Kingdom Stevan McAleer
United States Sheena Monk
Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 368 Electrical
Acura JNC1 3.5 L Turbo V6
50
DNF
GTD 55 Germany Proton Competition United States Ryan Hardwick
Italy Giammarco Levorato
United States Corey Lewis
Norway Dennis Olsen
Ford Mustang GT3 367 Contact damage
Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8
51
DNF
GTD 13 Canada AWA United Kingdom Matt Bell
Canada Orey Fidani
Germany Lars Kern
United Kingdom Alex Lynn
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 308 Power Steering
Chevrolet LT6 5.5 L V8
52
DNF
GTD 27 United States Heart of Racing Team Canada Roman De Angelis
United Kingdom Ian James
Canada Zacharie Robichon
Denmark Marco Sørensen
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo 303 Electrical
Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
53
DNF
GTD 44 United States Magnus Racing United States Andy Lally
United States John Potter
United States Spencer Pumpelly
Denmark Nicki Thiim
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo 294 Contact damage
Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
54
DNF
GTD
Pro
60 Italy Iron Lynx Italy Matteo Cairoli
Italy Matteo Cressoni
France Romain Grosjean
Italy Claudio Schiavoni
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 293 Gearbox
Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10
55
DNF
GTD
Pro
75 Australia SunEnergy1 Racing Germany Maro Engel
Andorra Jules Gounon
Australia Kenny Habul
Germany Luca Stolz
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 193 Mechanical
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
56
DNF
LMP2 20 Denmark MDK by High Class Racing Denmark Dennis Andersen
Germany Laurents Hörr
United States Scott Huffaker
United States Seth Lucas
Oreca 07 185 Accident damage
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
57
DNF
LMP2 22 United States United Autosports USA United Kingdom Paul di Resta
United States Bijoy Garg
United States Dan Goldburg
Sweden Felix Rosenqvist
Oreca 07 128 Accident damage
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
58
DNF
LMP2 88 Italy Richard Mille AF Corse Denmark Nicklas Nielsen
Argentina Luis Pérez Companc
France Matthieu Vaxivière
France Lilou Wadoux
Oreca 07 107 Mechanical
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
59
DNF
LMP2 11 France TDS Racing Denmark Mikkel Jensen
New Zealand Hunter McElrea
France Charles Milesi
United States Steven Thomas
Oreca 07 58 Accident
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
Source:[62]

Standings after the race

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.

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