Rolex Hour 23: #5 Cadillac leads but needs to stop

With 1 hour to go caution has again hit the Daytona Speedway giving all the teams the opportunity to stop under yellow and prepare for the race to the finish. However, as the clock struck 23-hours the #5 Cadillac driven by Felipe Albuquerque was in front by 41-seconds because they did not stop when the #10 Cadillac stopped. It will be interesting to see what their strategy is as the track goes green soon.

Dirk Mueller had the #66 Ford GT in front in GTLM but lost the lead in the final pitstop as the #3 Corvette came out in front. However, the front-engine Corvette does not have the speed to hold off the rear-engine Risi Ferrari and Ford GTs.

Hour 23 Standings

Pos Pic Current Driver No./Make/Class Laps Behind Gap In CL Lap Stops
1 1 Filipe Albuquerque #5 CADILLAC DPI P 628 –.— –.— 1:36.269 22
2 2 Ricky Taylor #10 CADILLAC DPI P 628 41.409 41.409 1:36.394 23
3 3 Marc Goossens #90 MULTIMATIC/RILEY P 627 1 Lap 3:23.535 1:39.183 22
4 4 Ryan Dalziel #2 NISSAN DPI P 625 3 Laps 1:32.260 1:39.235 23
5 1 Dirk Mueller #66 FORD GTM GTLM 621 7 Laps –.— 1:43.522 16
6 2 James Calado #62 FERRARI 488 GTEM GTLM 621 7 Laps 0.545 1:43.654 20
7 3 Patrick Pilet #911 PORSCHE 911 RSRM GTLM 621 7 Laps 1.954 1:43.964 19
8 4 Antonio Garcia #3 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.RM GTLM 621 7 Laps 0.704 1:43.979 20
9 5 Olivier Pla #68 FORD GTM GTLM 621 7 Laps 0.446 1:43.610 20
10 6 Tony Kanaan #69 FORD GTM GTLM 621 7 Laps 0.427 1:43.453 18
11 7 Laurens Vanthoor #912 PORSCHE 911 RSRM GTLM 621 7 Laps 8.752 1:43.979 22
12 8 Augusto Farfus #19 BMW M6 GTLMM GTLM 620 8 Laps 3:07.070 1:44.247 21
13 5 Stephen Simpson #85 ORECA P 615 13 Laps 4:39.317 1:38.542 23
14 1 Nicholas Boulle #38 ORECA FLM09 PC 609 19 Laps –.— 1:42.716 23
15 6 Michael Conway #31 CADILLAC DPI P 608 20 Laps 3:00.883 1:36.793 24
16 9 Tommy Milner #4 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.RM GTLM 605 23 Laps 42:51.222 1:44.038 17
17 7 Brendon Hartley #22 NISSAN DPI P 604 24 Laps 3.381 1:37.832 26
18 1 Connor De Phillippi #29 AUDI R8 LMS GT3C GTD 604 24 Laps –.— 1:47.313 22
19 2 Michael Christensen #28 PORSCHE 911 GT3 RC GTD 604 24 Laps 1.348 1:47.747 22
20 3 Jeroen Bleekemolen #33 MERCEDES – AMG GT3C GTD 604 24 Laps 0.851 1:47.828 19
21 4 Andy Lally #93 ACURA NSX GT3C GTD 604 24 Laps 1.722 1:47.760 20
22 5 Andrew Davis #57 AUDI R8 LMS GT3C GTD 604 24 Laps 1.064 1:47.932 19
23 6 Jeff Segal #86 ACURA NSX GT3C GTD 604 24 Laps 0.479 1:47.796 22
24 8 Sebastien Buemi #13 ORECA P 603 25 Laps 7.421 1:37.440 24
25 7 Townsend Bell #23 AUDI R8 LMS GT3C GTD 602 26 Laps 8:11.534 1:47.298 23
26 8 Bryan Sellers #48 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3C GTD 600 28 Laps 2:59.180 1:48.355 22
27 9 Jens Klingmann #96 BMW M6 GT3C GTD 598 30 Laps 17:49.432 1:47.457 22
28 10 Fabio Babini #46 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3C GTD 596 32 Laps 23:24.242 1:47.577 20
29 10 Scott Dixon #67 FORD GTM GTLM 593 35 Laps 15.230 1:43.385 16
30 11 Timothy Pappas #991 PORSCHE 911 GT3 RC GTD 591 37 Laps 32:20.796 1:47.753 22
31 2 Johnny Mowlem #26 ORECA FLM09 PC 586 42 Laps 24:15.627 1:43.588 35
32 12 Sam Bird #63 FERRARI 488 GT3C GTD 575 53 Laps –.— 1:47.079 24
33 3 Buddy Rice #20 ORECA FLM09 PC 569 59 Laps 1:04.200 1:43.322 25
34 13 Paul Dalla Lana #98 ASTON MARTIN VANTAGEC GTD 563 65 Laps 29:03.623 1:47.245 21
35 9 Ben Hanley #81 ORECA P 562 66 Laps 2:29.213 1:37.907 21
36 14 Zach Claman #18 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3C GTD 560 68 Laps 34:08.922 1:49.077 23
37 15 Austin Cindric #15 LEXUS RCF GT3C GTD 554 74 Laps 45:16.180 1:48.412 25
38 10 Michael Guasch #52 LIGIER P 553 75 Laps 2:16:46.297 1:39.391 22
39 16 Ezequiel Perez Companc #11 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3C GTD 550 78 Laps 54:58.433 1:47.095 25
40 11 Spencer Pigot #55 MAZDA DPI P 538 90 Laps 2:13.629 1:39.457 23
41 17 Christian Engelhart #61 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3C GTD 526 102 Laps 15.616 1:47.908 27
42 18 Kenny Habul #75 MERCEDES – AMG GT3C GTD 524 104 Laps 46:00.022 1:47.714 23
43 19 Cedric Sbirrazzuoli #27 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3C GTD 488 140 Laps 4:17.300 1:47.863 19
44 4 Alex Popow #88 ORECA FLM09 PC 487 141 Laps 6:31.767 1:43.400 20
45 5 John Falb #8 ORECA FLM09 PC 464 164 Laps 3:31.160 1:44.298 19
46 12 Joel Miller #70 MAZDA DPI P 446 182 Laps –.— 1:39.646 16
47 20 Marc Basseng #21 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3C GTD 399 229 Laps 13.302 1:48.410 15
48 21 Cooper Macneil #50 MERCEDES – AMG GT3C GTD 373 255 Laps 17.794 1:47.488 11
49 22 Nic Jonsson #54 PORSCHE 911 GT3 RC GTD 340 288 Laps 5.606 1:47.705 11
50 23 Maurizio Mediani #51 FERRARI 488 GT3C GTD 105 523 Laps –.— 1:46.972 0
51 24 Matthew Mcmurry #73 PORSCHE 911 GT3 RC GTD 102 526 Laps –.— 1:47.347 0
52 25 Brett Sandberg #16 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3C GTD 79 549 Laps –:— 1:48.467 6
53 26 Harald Proczyk #59 PORSCHE 911 GT3 RC GTD 61 567 Laps –.— 1:47.037 0
54 27 Scott Pruett #14 LEXUS RCF GT3C GTD 52 576 Laps –.— 1:48.298 0
55 11 John Edwards #24 BMW M6 GTLMM GTLM 15 613 Laps –.— 1:44.694 0