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Rolex 24: Hour 17 Standings – Action Express still 1-2

Last year's winner, the #10 Cadillac has just retired from the race.
Last year's winner, the #10 Cadillac has just retired from the race.
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With 7 hours to go in the Rolex 24 the Action Express Cadillacs still run 1-2 but the #5 now has a 2 lap lead over the #31. The #31 had contact with the #7 Penske Acura driven by Helio Castroneves earlier and the car has not been as fast since.

The #23 United Autosport Ligier runs 3rd five laps behind. The sister #32 Ligier runs 18th some 26 laps behind after Fernando Alonso ran the car into the ground trying to catch the Cadillacs. Orecas run 4-5-6-7-8-9 with no chance to win unless the top-3 run into issues.

The Ford GTs continue to run 1-2 in GTLM with the #3 Corvette trying to hang onto the lead lap in third. Tomy Milner runs 2-laps behind in 4th in the #4 Corvette. The Corvettes cannot win this race unless the Fords run into trouble.

The #33 Mercedes is back in front in the GTD class.

Hour 17 Standings

Pos CP Car CL Driver Lap Gap Int Make
1 1 5 P J.Barbosa 576 — — Cadillac DPi
2 2 31 P M.Conway 574 -2 L -2 L Cadillac DPi
3 3 32 P H.de Sadeleer 571 -5 L -3 L Ligier LMP2
4 4 54 P C.Braun 570 -6 L -1 L ORECA LMP2
5 5 78 P A.Felix da Costa 568 -8 L -2 L ORECA LMP2
6 6 85 P D.DeFrancesco 564 -12 L -4 L ORECA LMP2
7 7 99 P M.Goikhberg 563 -13 L -1 L ORECA LMP2
8 8 38 P J.French 563 -13 L 66.520 ORECA LMP2
9 9 37 P D.Juncadella 557 -19 L -6 L ORECA LMP2
10 10 10 P R.Van Der Zande 555 -21 L -2 L Cadillac DPi
11 1 67 GTLM R.Westbrook 554 — — Ford GT
12 2 66 GTLM J.Hand 554 5.885 5.885 Ford GT
13 11 7 P H.Castroneves 554 -22 L -1 L Acura DPi
14 3 3 GTLM A.Garcia 553 -1 L -1 L Chevrolet Corvette C7.R
15 12 6 P J.Pablo Montoya 552 -24 L -2 L Acura DPi
16 4 4 GTLM T.Milner 551 -3 L -2 L Chevrolet Corvette C7.R
17 5 912 GTLM L.Vanthoor 550 -4 L -1 L Porsche 911 RSR
18 13 23 P F.Alonso 550 -26 L -2 L Ligier LMP2
19 14 52 P S.Saavedra 549 -27 L -1 L Ligier LMP2
20 6 24 GTLM J.Edwards 547 -7 L -3 L BMW M8 GTLM
21 7 62 GTLM J.Calado 547 -7 L 12.086 Ferrari 488 GTE
22 15 55 P J.Bomarito 535 -41 L -14 L Mazda DPi
23 1 33 GTD J.Bleekemolen 532 — — Mercedes-AMG GT3
24 2 51 GTD M.Lauda 532 30.993 30.993 Ferrari 488 GT3
25 3 11 GTD M.Bortolotti 532 42.032 11.039 Lamborghini Huracan GT3
26 4 64 GTD B.Sweedler 532 44.546 2.514 Ferrari 488 GT3
27 5 86 GTD K.Legge 532 59.528 14.982 Acura NSX GT3
28 6 48 GTD A.Caldarelli 532 71.941 12.413 Lamborghini Huracan GT3
29 7 44 GTD A.Davis 531 -1 L -1 L Audi R8 LMS GT3
30 8 29 GTD J.Schmidt 530 -2 L -1 L Audi R8 LMS GT3
31 8 911 GTLM F.Makowiecki 530 -24 L -17 L Porsche 911 RSR
32 9 93 GTD C.Ledogar 527 -5 L -3 L Acura NSX GT3
33 10 15 GTD D.Farnbacher 527 -5 L 39.996 Lexus RCF GT3
34 11 75 GTD T.Jaeger 526 -6 L -1 L Mercedes-AMG GT3
35 12 63 GTD G.Jeannette 525 -7 L -1 L Ferrari 488 GT3
36 13 71 GTD R.Foley 525 -7 L 51.777 Mercedes-AMG GT3
37 14 59 GTD S.Smith 523 -9 L -2 L Porsche 911 GT3 R
38 15 19 GTD C.Engelhart 522 -10 L -1 L Lamborghini Huracan GT3
39 16 96 GTD J.Klingmann 522 -10 L 15.819 BMW M6 GT3
40 16 77 P O.Jarvis 513 -63 L -22 L Mazda DPi
41 17 69 GTD R.Eversley 512 -20 L -10 L Acura NSX GT3
42 9 25 GTLM B.Auberlen 507 -47 L -23 L BMW M8 GTLM
43 18 14 GTD K.Marcelli 503 -29 L -9 L Lexus RCF GT3
44 19 73 GTD J.Bergmeister 501 -31 L -2 L Porsche 911 GT3 R
45 20 82 GTD R.Perez de Lara 498 -34 L -3 L Ferrari 488 GT3
46 17 20 P M.Drumwright 488 -88 L -25 L Multimatic/Riley LMP2
47 21 58 GTD R.Renauer 446 -86 L -52 L Porsche 911 GT3 R
48 18 22 P P.Derani 438 -138 L -50 L Nissan DPi
49 19 2 P R.Dalziel 338 -238 L -100 L Nissan DPi
50 20 90 P M.McMurry 291 -285 L -47 L Cadillac DPi