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Rolex Hour 9: Nissan moves out front

The #22 ESM Nissan took the lead briefly at the 9-hour mark as cars cycled through pitstops
The #22 ESM Nissan took the lead briefly at the 9-hour mark as cars cycled through pitstops

As a result of pitstops, as the clock struck the 9-hour mark with light rain still falling, the #22 Nissan with Brendon Hartley at the wheel is in the lead of the 55th running of the Rolex 24. As soon as the #22 made its stop Ricky Taylor was back out front by 26 sec. in the #10 Taylor Racing Cadillac.

The pair of Action Express Racing Cadillacs have been slowed by a variety of issues – the No. 31 car, which suffered toe-link damage as a result of contact with a PC car earlier in the race and lost six laps, although it managed to gain a lap back.

Joao Barbosa’s No. 5 Cadillac lost two laps with a change of rear bodywork, but was only one lap behind the leaders and gaining.

In GTLM the #3 Corvette with Jan Magnussen at the wheel is in the lead but right at the 9-hour mark the No. 66 Ford GT driven by Sebastien Bourdais was leading over the #69 Ford GT of Tony Kanaan and then the #3 Corvette

The GT Daytona class-leading No. 15 Lexus RC F GT3 lost four laps in the ninth hour of the Rolex 24 at Daytona after a tire blowout.

Dominik Farnbacher held the lead after the sixth Full Course Yellow of the race for the Dream Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 crashing at the Bus Stop, but fell back when the right-rear delaminated on the banking.

The German driver managed to bring the car slowly back to the pits, but the tyre damage had ripped away the entire right-rear body panel and required a new door to be fitted.

The incident follows an accident for the sister No. 14 Lexus of Scott Pruett in the second hour, which resulted in the car’s retirement.

Colin Braun inherited the class lead in the No. 54 CORE Autosport Porsche 911 GT3 R, after Justin Marks’ Turner Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 pitted out of sequence with damage.

Hour 9 Standings

Pos

PiC

Current Driver

No./Make/CL

Laps

Behind

Gap

BL

Stops

1

1

Brendon Hartley

#22 NISSAN DPI P

274

–.—

–.—

1:37.832

7

2

2

Ricky Taylor

#10 CADILLAC DPI P

273

1 Lap

1 Lap

1:36.394

7

3

3

Joao Barbosa

#5 CADILLAC DPI P

273

1 Lap

1 Lap

1:36.269

8

4

4

Marc Goossens

#90 MULTIMATIC/RILEY P

272

2 Laps

2 Laps

1:39.183

6

5

5

Ryan Dalziel

#2 NISSAN DPI P

271

3 Laps

3 Laps

1:39.235

6

6

6

Dane Cameron

#31 CADILLAC DPI P

269

5 Laps

5 Laps

1:36.793

7

7

7

Jonathan Bomarito

#55 MAZDA DPI P

268

6 Laps

6 Laps

1:39.457

8

8

8

Stephen Simpson

#85 ORECA P

268

6 Laps

6 Laps

1:38.542

6

9

1

Sebastien Bourdais

#66 FORD GTM GTLM

266

8 Laps

–.—

1:43.522

4

10

2

Tony Kanaan

#69 FORD GTM GTLM

266

8 Laps

20.591

1:43.453

4

11

3

Jan Magnussen

#3 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.RM GTLM

266

8 Laps

32.334

1:43.979

5

12

4

James Calado

#62 FERRARI 488 GTEM GTLM

266

8 Laps

39.317

1:43.654

6

13

5

Richard Lietz

#912 PORSCHE 911 RSRM GTLM

266

8 Laps

42.633

1:43.979

6

14

6

Richard Westbrook

#67 FORD GTM GTLM

266

8 Laps

45.092

1:43.385

5

15

7

Dirk Werner

#911 PORSCHE 911 RSRM GTLM

266

8 Laps

51.818

1:43.964

5

16

8

Bill Auberlen

#19 BMW M6 GTLMM GTLM

266

8 Laps

52.218

1:44.247

5

17

9

Stefan Mucke

#68 FORD GTM GTLM

266

8 Laps

1:04.590

1:43.610

4

18

1

James French

#38 ORECA FLM09 PC

265

9 Laps

–.—

1:42.716

6

19

9

Nick Heidfeld

#13 ORECA P

263

11 Laps

11 Laps

1:37.440

6

20

10

Ben Hanley

#81 ORECA P

263

11 Laps

11 Laps

1:37.907

7

21

2

Johnny Mowlem

#26 ORECA FLM09 PC

260

14 Laps

5 Laps

1:43.588

7

22

3

Don Yount

#20 ORECA FLM09 PC

260

14 Laps

5 Laps

1:43.322

5

23

1

Colin Braun

#54 PORSCHE 911 GT3 RC GTD

258

16 Laps

–.—

1:47.705

6

24

2

Graham Rahal

#93 ACURA NSX GT3C GTD

258

16 Laps

0.906

1:47.760

5

25

3

Ryan Hunter Reay

#86 ACURA NSX GT3C GTD

258

16 Laps

4.609

1:47.796

6

26

4

Connor De Phillippi

#29 AUDI R8 LMS GT3C GTD

258

16 Laps

20.536

1:47.313

5

28

6

Ben Keating

#33 MERCEDES – AMG GT3C GTD

257

17 Laps

1 Lap

1:47.828

5

28

7

Daniel Morad

#28 PORSCHE 911 GT3 RC GTD

258

16 Laps

1:08.719

1:47.757

5

29

8

Matteo Cressoni

#63 FERRARI 488 GT3C GTD

258

16 Laps

1:29.871

1:47.079

5

30

5

Matt Bell

#57 AUDI R8 LMS GT3C GTD

257

17 Laps

1 Lap

1:47.932

6

31

9

Ezequiel Perez Companc

#11 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3C GTD

257

17 Laps

1 Lap

1:47.095

6

32

10

Gunnar Jeannette

#50 MERCEDES – AMG GT3C GTD

257

17 Laps

1 Lap

1:47.488

5

33

11

Timothy Pappas

#991 PORSCHE 911 GT3 RC GTD

256

18 Laps

2 Laps

1:47.753

6

34

12

Madison Snow

#48 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3C GTD

255

19 Laps

3 Laps

1:48.355

6

35

13

Bill Sweedler

#23 AUDI R8 LMS GT3C GTD

255

19 Laps

3 Laps

1:47.298

7

36

14

Dominik Farnbacher

#15 LEXUS RCF GT3C GTD

254

20 Laps

4 Laps

1:48.412

6

37

15

Emmanuel Anassis

#18 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3C GTD

253

21 Laps

5 Laps

1:49.077

6

38

16

Justin Marks

#96 BMW M6 GT3C GTD

252

22 Laps

6 Laps

1:47.457

8

39

17

Emmanuel Collard

#46 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3C GTD

251

23 Laps

7 Laps

1:47.577

6

40

18

Luca Persiani

#27 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3C GTD

248

26 Laps

10 Laps

1:47.863

6

41

19

Tristan Vautier

#75 MERCEDES – AMG GT3C GTD

246

28 Laps

12 Laps

1:47.714

7

42

10

Tommy Milner

#4 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.RM GTLM

245

29 Laps

21 Laps

1:44.038

4

43

20

Luca Stolz

#21 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3C GTD

242

32 Laps

16 Laps

1:48.410

7

44

21

Rolf Ineichen

#61 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3C GTD

240

34 Laps

18 Laps

1:47.908

11

45

11

Tom Kimber Smith

#52 LIGIER P

218

56 Laps

56 Laps

1:39.391

6

46

22

Marco Sorensen

#98 ASTON MARTIN VANTAGEC GTD

216

58 Laps

42 Laps

1:47.245

6

47

4

Conor Daly

#88 ORECA FLM09 PC

186

88 Laps

79 Laps

1:43.400

3

48

5

Remo Ruscitti

#8 ORECA FLM09 PC

178

96 Laps

87 Laps

1:44.298

4

49

12

James Hinchcliffe

#70 MAZDA DPI P

167

107 Laps

107 Laps

1:39.646

1

50

23

Maurizio Mediani

#51 FERRARI 488 GT3C GTD

105

169 Laps

153 Laps

1:46.972

0

51

24

Matthew Mcmurry

#73 PORSCHE 911 GT3 RC GTD

102

172 Laps

156 Laps

1:47.347

0

52

25

Brett Sandberg

#16 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3C GTD

79

195 Laps

179 Laps

1:48.467

6

53

26

Harald Proczyk

#59 PORSCHE 911 GT3 RC GTD

61

213 Laps

197 Laps

1:47.037

0

54

27

Scott Pruett

#14 LEXUS RCF GT3C GTD

52

222 Laps

206 Laps

1:48.298

0

55

11

John Edwards

#24 BMW M6 GTLMM GTLM

15

259 Laps

251 Laps

1:44.694

0