Rolex 24 Hour 20: Seesaw battle between Acuras and Cadillacs continues
Depending on pitstops, either the Acuras or the Cadillacs are leading the Rolex 24 at Daytona at the hour-mark.
As it would happen, the #10 Acura led the #60 Acura at the 20-Hour mark with 4 hours to go, but when they made their pitstops, the Cadillacs took over the lead – the #31 driven by Pipo Derani in front of the #5 driven by Loic Duval.
The #10 got the slow Alexander Rossi out of the car and put Felipe Albuquerque in the seat and the car immediately picked up speed, but it is maybe too late as the Cadillacs are turning faster laps at this point.
The #81 DragonSpeed Oreca leads in LMP2 driven by three IndyCar drivers – Devlin Defrancesco, Patricio O’Ward, Colton Herta and sportscar ace Eric Lux.
Other Class Leaders at 20 Hours
LMP2: #81 ORECA Eric Lux, Devlin Defrancesco, Patricio O’Ward, Colton Herta
LMP3: #74 Ligier JS Gar Robinson, Felipe Fraga, Kay van Berlo, Michael Cooper
GTD-Pro: #2 Porsche Laurens Vanthoor, Patrick Pilet, Dennis Olsen, Alexandre Imperatori
GTD: #16 Porsche Ryan Hardwick, Zacharie Robichon, Jan Heylen, Richard Lietz
Hour 20 Standings
Pos | No. | Car | Class | Team | Drivers | Laps | Behind | |||
1 | 10 | Acura DPi | DPi | Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 | Ricky Taylor | Filipe Albuquerque | Alexander Rossi | Will Stevens | 628 | 0.000s |
2 | 60 | Acura DPi | DPi | Meyer Shank Racing W/Curb-Agajanian | Oliver Jarvis | Tom Blomqvist | Helio Castroneves | Simon Pagenaud | 628 | 5.866 |
3 | 31 | Cadillac DPi | DPi | Whelen Engineering Racing | Pipo Derani | Tristan Nunez | Mike Conway | 628 | 1’11.823 | |
4 | 5 | Cadillac DPi | DPi | JDC Miller MotorSports | Tristan Vautier | Richard Westbrook | Loic Duval | Ben Keating | 628 | 1’19.040 |
5 | 81 | ORECA LMP2 07 | LMP2 | DragonSpeed USA | Eric Lux | Devlin Defrancesco | Patricio O’Ward | Colton Herta | 619 | 9 Laps |
6 | 8 | ORECA LMP2 07 | LMP2 | Tower Motorsport | John Farano | Louis Deletraz | Rui Pinto de Andrade | Ferdinand Habsburg-Lothringen | 619 | 9 Laps |
7 | 52 | ORECA LMP2 07 | LMP2 | PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports | Ben Keating | Mikkel Jensen | Scott Huffaker | Nicolas Lapierre | 619 | 9 Laps |
8 | 29 | ORECA LMP2 07 | LMP2 | Racing Team Nederland | Frits Van Eerd | Giedo van der Garde | Dylan Murry | Rinus Veekay | 618 | 10 Laps |
9 | 68 | ORECA LMP2 07 | LMP2 | G-Drive Racing By APR | Francois Heriau | Oliver Rasmussen | Ed Jones | Rene Rast | 613 | 15 Laps |
10 | 22 | ORECA LMP2 07 | LMP2 | United Autosports | James McGuire | Guy Smith | Phil Hanson | Will Owen | 609 | 19 Laps |
11 | 18 | ORECA LMP2 07 | LMP2 | Era Motorsport | Dwight Merriman | Kyle Tilley | Ryan Dalziel | Paul-Loup Chatin | 608 | 20 Laps |
12 | 48 | Cadillac DPi | DPi | Ally Cadillac | Mike Rockenfeller | Kamui Kobayashi | Jimmie Johnson | Jose Maria Lopez | 607 | 21 Laps |
13 | 11 | ORECA LMP2 07 | LMP2 | PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports | Steven Thomas | Josh Pierson | Jonathan Bomarito | Harry Tincknell | 606 | 22 Laps |
14 | 02 | Cadillac DPi | DPi | Cadillac Racing | Earl Bamber | Alex Lynn | Marcus Ericsson | Kevin Magnussen | 601 | 27 Laps |
15 | 74 | Ligier JS P320 | LMP3 | Riley Motorsports | Gar Robinson | Felipe Fraga | Kay van Berlo | Michael Cooper | 597 | 31 Laps |
16 | 54 | Ligier JS P320 | LMP3 | CORE Autosport | Jon Bennett | Colin Braun | George Kurtz | Nic Jonsson | 596 | 32 Laps |
17 | 33 | Ligier JS P320 | LMP3 | Sean Creech Motorsport | Joao Barbosa | Malthe Jakobsen | Seb Priaulx | Lance Willsey | 596 | 32 Laps |
18 | 13 | Duqueine D08 | LMP3 | AWA | Orey Fidani | Kuno Wittmer | Lars Kern | Matthew Bell | 594 | 34 Laps |
19 | 36 | Ligier JS P320 | LMP3 | Andretti Autosport | Jarett Andretti | Josh Burdon | Rasmus Lindh | Gabby Chaves | 593 | 35 Laps |
20 | 2 | Porsche 911 GT3R | GTDPRO | KCMG | Laurens Vanthoor | Patrick Pilet | Dennis Olsen | Alexandre Imperatori | 589 | 39 Laps |
21 | 9 | Porsche 911 GT3R | GTDPRO | Pfaff Motorsports | Matt Campbell | Mathieu Jaminet | Felipe Nasr | 588 | 40 Laps | |
22 | 62 | Ferrari 488 GT3 | GTDPRO | Risi Competizione | Alessandro Pier Guidi | James Calado | Daniel Serra | Davide Rigon | 588 | 40 Laps |
23 | 14 | Lexus RC F GT3 | GTDPRO | VasserSullivan | Jack Hawksworth | Ben Barnicoat | Kyle Kirkwood | 588 | 40 Laps | |
24 | 15 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | GTDPRO | Proton USA | Dirk Mueller | Patrick Assenheimer | Austin Cindric | 588 | 40 Laps | |
25 | 01 | Cadillac DPi | DPi | Cadillac Racing | Renger van der Zande | Sebastien Bourdais | Scott Dixon | Alex Palou | 587 | 41 Laps |
26 | 16 | Porsche 911 GT3R | GTD | Wright Motorsports | Ryan Hardwick | Zacharie Robichon | Jan Heylen | Richard Lietz | 584 | 44 Laps |
27 | 21 | Ferrari 488 GT3 | GTD | AF CORSE | Simon Mann | Luis Perez Companc | Nicklas Nielsen | Toni Vilander | 584 | 44 Laps |
28 | 70 | McLaren 720S GT3 | GTD | inception racing | Brendan Iribe | Frederik Schandorff | Ollie Millroy | Jordan Pepper | 583 | 45 Laps |
29 | 44 | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | GTD | Magnus Racing | John Potter | Andy Lally | Spencer Pumpelly | Jonathan Adam | 583 | 45 Laps |
30 | 32 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | GTD | Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports | Mike Skeen | James Davison | Stevan McAleer | Scott Andrews | 583 | 45 Laps |
31 | 19 | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | GTD | TR3 Racing | Bill Sweedler | John Megrue | Giacomo Altoe | Jeff Segal | 581 | 47 Laps |
32 | 57 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | GTD | Winward Racing | Russell Ward | Philip Ellis | Mikael Grenier | Lucas Auer | 576 | 52 Laps |
33 | 25 | BMW M4 GT3 | GTDPRO | BMW M Team RLL | Connor De Phillippi | John Edwards | Augusto Farfus | Jesse Krohn | 576 | 52 Laps |
34 | 64 | Porsche 911 GT3R | GTD | TeamTGM | Ted Giovanis | Hugh Plumb | Matt Plumb | Owen Trinkler | 576 | 52 Laps |
35 | 3 | Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD | GTDPRO | Corvette Racing | Antonio Garcia | Jordan Taylor | Nicky Catsburg | 576 | 52 Laps | |
36 | 26 | Duqueine D08 | LMP3 | Muehlner Motorsports America | Nolan Siegel | Cameron Shields | CR Crews | Ugo de Wilde | 574 | 54 Laps |
37 | 71 | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | GTD | T3 Motorsport North America | Misha Goikhberg | Franck Perera | Mateo Llarena | Maximilian Paul | 570 | 58 Laps |
38 | 27 | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | GTD | Heart of Racing Team | Roman De Angelis | Ian James | Darren Turner | Tom Gamble | 565 | 63 Laps |
39 | 66 | Acura NSX GT3 | GTD | Gradient Racing | Kyffin Simpson | Till Bechtolsheimer | Marc Miller | Mario Farnbacher | 549 | 79 Laps |
40 | 79 | Porsche 911 GT3R | GTDPRO | WeatherTech Racing | Cooper MacNeil | Julien Andlauer | Matteo Cairoli | Alessio Picariello | 549 | 79 Laps |
41 | 99 | Porsche 911 GT3R | GTD | Team Hardpoint | Rob Ferriol | Katherine Legge | Stefan Wilson | Nick Boulle | 549 | 79 Laps |
42 | 24 | BMW M4 GT3 | GTDPRO | BMW M Team RLL | Philipp Eng | Marco Wittmann | Nick Yelloly | Sheldon van der Linde | 546 | 82 Laps |
43 | 98 | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | GTD | Northwest AMR | Paul Dalla Lana | David Pittard | Charlie Eastwood | Nicki Thiim | 545 | 83 Laps |
44 | 69 | ORECA LMP2 07 | LMP2 | G-Drive Racing By APR | John Falb | James Allen | Luca Ghiotto | Tijmen van der Helm | 538 | 90 Laps |
45 | 38 | Ligier JS P320 | LMP3 | Performance Tech Motorsports | Dan Goldburg | Hikaru Abe | Garett Grist | Nico Pino | 531 | 97 Laps |
46 | 47 | Ferrari 488 GT3 | GTD | Cetilar Racing | Roberto Lacorte | Giorgio Sernagiotto | Antonio Fuoco | Alessio Rovera | 528 | 100 Laps |
47 | 42 | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | GTD | NTE/SSR | Don Yount | Benja Hites | Jaden Conwright | Markus Palttala | 524 | 104 Laps |
48 | 12 | Lexus RC F GT3 | GTD | VasserSullivan | Frankie Montecalvo | Aaron Telitz | Richard Heistand | Townsend Bell | 509 | 119 Laps |
49 | 4 | Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD | GTDPRO | Corvette Racing | Tommy Milner | Nick Tandy | Marco Sorensen | 502 | 126 Laps | |
50 | 97 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | GTDPRO | WeatherTech Racing | Cooper MacNeil | Daniel Juncadella | Maro Engel | Jules Gounon | 487 | 141 Laps |
51 | 7 | Duqueine D08 | LMP3 | Forty7 Motorsports | Mark Kvamme | Austin McCusker | Trenton Estep | Antoine Doquin | 425 | 203 Laps |
52 | 63 | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | GTDPRO | TR3 Racing | Rolf Ineichen | Marco Mapelli | Andrea Caldarelli | Mirko Bortolotti | 400 | 228 Laps |
53 | 6 | Duqueine D08 | LMP3 | Muehlner Motorsports America | Efrin Castro | Moritz Kranz | Ayrton Ori | Joel Miller | 364 | 264 Laps |
54 | 39 | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | GTD | CarBahn with Peregrine Racing | Robert Megennis | Corey Lewis | Sandy Mitchell | Jeff Westphal | 349 | 279 Laps |
55 | 20 | ORECA LMP2 07 | LMP2 | High Class Racing | Dennis Andersen | Anders Fjordbach | Fabio Scherer | Nico Mueller | 345 | 283 Laps |
56 | 96 | BMW M4 GT3 | GTD | Turner Motorsport | Robby Foley | Bill Auberlen | Michael Dinan | Jens Klingmann | 280 | 348 Laps |
57 | 59 | McLaren 720S GT3 | GTD | Crucial Motorsports | Lance Bergstein | Jon Miller | Patrick Gallagher | Paul Holton | 264 | 364 Laps |
58 | 28 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | GTD | Alegra Motorsports | Michael de Quesada | Daniel Morad | Linus Lundqvist | Maximilian Goetz | 181 | 447 Laps |
59 | 23 | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | GTDPRO | Heart of Racing Team | Ross Gunn | Alex Riberas | Maxime Martin | 103 | 525 Laps | |
60 | 75 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | GTD | Sun Energy 1 | Fabian Schiller | Kenny Habul | Luca Stolz | Raffaele Marciello | 101 | 527 Laps |
61 | 34 | Porsche 911 GT3R | GTD | GMG Racing | Kyle Washington | James Sofronas | Jeroen Bleekemolen | Klaus Bachler | 88 | 540 Laps |