Rolex 24 Hour 16: Alonso leads at 2/3 mark

Alonso in the #10 Cadillac before the rain
Alonso in the #10 Cadillac before the rain

The field is bunched under yellow for a crash by the #4 Corvette in Turn 1 as car have begun to aquaplane as the race hit hour 16 – the 2/3 mark

Fernando Alonso lost all the huge lead he built up in the rain when the track was green, and we expect he will take the IMSA drivers to school again if the track ever goes back green. The rain is really heavy.

The two Acura Penskes with Dane Cameron and Ricky Taylor run 2nd and 3rd while Pipo Derani holds 4th in the #31 Cadillac as this race is still very much up in the air.

Ditto for GTLM as the #62 Ferrari leads followed by a host of cars who can pull off the win if we go green again.

GTD is just as close with nine cars on the lead lap.

Hour 16 Standings Under Caution

POS PIC DRIVER NO./MFG CLASS LAPS BEHIND BEST LAP STOPS
1 1 Fernando Alonso #10 CADILLAC DPI DPI 509 –.— 1:34.598 9
2 2 Dane Cameron #6 ACURA DPI DPI 509 1.362 1:35.073 10
3 3 Ricky Taylor #7 ACURA DPI DPI 509 2.176 1:34.764 9
4 4 Pipo Derani #31 CADILLAC DPI DPI 509 8.431 1:34.504 9
5 5 Colin Braun #54 NISSAN DPI DPI 505 4 LAPS 1:34.830 8
6 6 Tristan Vautier #85 CADILLAC DPI DPI 502 7 LAPS 1:35.452 9
7 1 Ben Hanley #81 ORECA LMP2 LMP2 501 8 LAPS 1:36.256 9
8 2 Pastor Maldonado #18 ORECA LMP2 LMP2 498 11 LAPS 1:36.818 9
9 3 Kyle Masson #38 ORECA LMP2 LMP2 494 15 LAPS 1:38.745 8
10 7 Filipe Albuquerque #5 CADILLAC DPI DPI 490 19 LAPS 1:35.110 9
11 1 Alessandro Pier Guidi #62 FERRARI 488 GTE GTLM 487 22 LAPS 1:43.104 6
12 2 Laurens Vanthoor #912 PORSCHE 911 RSR GTLM 487 22 LAPS 1:43.083 6
13 3 Joey Hand #66 FORD GT GTLM 487 22 LAPS 1:43.346 6
14 4 Frederic Makowiecki #911 PORSCHE 911 RSR GTLM 487 22 LAPS 1:42.963 6
15 5 Ryan Briscoe #67 FORD GT GTLM 487 22 LAPS 1:43.355 7
16 6 Connor De Phillippi #25 BMW M8 GTE GTLM 487 22 LAPS 1:42.908 6
17 7 Antonio Garcia #3 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.R GTLM 479 30 LAPS 1:43.133 7
18 1 Luca Stolz #33 MERCEDES-AMG GT3 GTD 477 32 LAPS 1:45.199 6
19 2 Aj Allmendinger #86 ACURA NSX GT3 GTD 477 32 LAPS 1:45.534 6
20 3 Nick Cassidy #14 LEXUS RC F GT3 GTD 477 32 LAPS 1:45.232 5
21 4 Dries Vanthoor #29 AUDI R8 LMS GT3 GTD 477 32 LAPS 1:45.523 6
22 5 Marco Seefried #540 PORSCHE 911 GT3 R GTD 477 32 LAPS 1:45.712 8
23 6 Dominik Farnbacher #63 FERRARI 488 GT3 GTD 477 32 LAPS 1:45.544 6
24 7 Kelvin Van Der Linde #88 AUDI R8 LMS GT3 GTD 477 32 LAPS 1:45.622 7
25 8 Corey Lewis #48 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3 GTD 477 32 LAPS 1:45.032 7
26 9 Mirko Bortolotti #11 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3 GTD 477 32 LAPS 1:45.033 6
27 10 Matt Campbell #73 PORSCHE 911 GT3 R GTD 476 33 LAPS 1:45.382 7
28 11 Jeff Segal #12 LEXUS RC F GT3 GTD 476 33 LAPS 1:45.546 7
29 12 Simona De Silvestro #57 ACURA NSX GT3 GTD 476 33 LAPS 1:45.668 7
30 13 Marco Mapelli #44 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3 GTD 476 33 LAPS 1:45.539 6
31 8 Tommy Milner #4 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.R GTLM 475 34 LAPS 1:43.319 7
32 14 Andrea Bertolini #13 FERRARI 488 GT3 GTD 475 34 LAPS 1:44.541 6
33 15 Bill Auberlen #96 BMW M6 GT3 GTD 475 34 LAPS 1:45.714 7
34 8 Will Owen #50 CADILLAC DPI DPI 472 37 LAPS 1:35.329 7
35 16 Alex Riberas #19 AUDI R8 LMS GT3 GTD 471 38 LAPS 1:45.948 6
36 9 Alex Zanardi #24 BMW M8 GTE GTLM 468 41 LAPS 1:43.104 9
37 17 Ryan Dalziel #8 AUDI R8 LMS GT3 GTD 467 42 LAPS 1:46.019 7
38 18 Fabio Babini #46 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3 GTD 457 52 LAPS 1:45.818 7
39 19 Lars Kern #9 PORSCHE 911 GT3 R GTD 456 53 LAPS 1:45.763 8
40 9 Olivier Pla #55 MAZDA DPI DPI 440 69 LAPS 1:34.922 4
41 20 Fabian Schiller #71 MERCEDES-AMG GT3 GTD 431 78 LAPS 1:46.127 4
42 4 Gabriel Aubry #52 ORECA LMP2 LMP2 430 79 LAPS 1:36.886 8
43 21 Linus Lundqvist #47 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3 GTD 360 149 LAPS 1:45.858 6
44 22 Paul Dalla Lana #51 FERRARI 488 GT3 GTD 349 160 LAPS 1:44.880 4
45 10 Chris Miller #84 CADILLAC DPI DPI 225 284 LAPS 1:35.796 0
46 11 Timo Bernhard #77 MAZDA DPI DPI 220 289 LAPS 1:35.176 0
47 23 Juergen Haering #99 PORSCHE 911 GT3 R GTD 47 462 LAPS 1:46.063 0