Rolex 24 Hour 1: #31 Action Express Cadillac out front

Felipe Nasr started from pole and led through the first Hour in the #31 Action Express Cadillac of the Rolex 24 at Daytona.

5 minutes before the end of Hour 1 the two Cadillacs of Loic Duval (#5 Mustang Sampling) and Renger van der Zande (#01 Ganassi Team) dusted off the #10 Wayne Taylor Racing Acura driven by Felipe Albuquerque, giving Cadillac a 1-2-3 in the early going.

Jimmie Johnson rounded out the top-5 in the #48 Cadillac but he is too slow and was consistently losing time to the leaders.

The No. 55 Mazda RT24-P struggled to leave the pit lane at the start due to gear selection issues for the formation lap.

Oliver Jarvis eventually did join the field but was forced to start from the rear.

Antonio Garcia had the #3 Corvette out front in GTLM ahead of the #4 sister Corvette of Tommy Milner.

#3: Corvette Racing Corvette C8.R, GTLM: Antonio Garcia, Jordan Taylor, Nicky Catsburg – LAT Images for IMSA

Three other GTLM cars has a troubled start when Bruno Spengler in the No. 25 BMW M8 GTE hit and spun Kevin Estre’s No. 79 Porsche 911 RSR.

Estre’s car sustained significant damage and eventually lost the rear bodywork, bringing out the race’s first full course yellow just ten minutes in.

The No. 62 Ferrari 488 GTE Evo of Alessandro Pier Guidi was hit in the door by the spinning Porsche and was the third car involved in the incident.

Ben Keating led the LMP2 class for PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports.

Performance Tech led in LMP3, and the No. 12 Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 led in GTD.

Hour 1 Standings

POS No. Class TEAM DRIVER_1 DRIVER_2 DRIVER_3 DRIVER_4 VEHICLE Laps Behind
1 31 DPi Whelen Engineering Racing Felipe Nasr Mike Conway Pipo Derani Chase Elliott Cadillac DPi 35 0.000s
2 5 DPi Mustang Sampling / JDC-Miller MotorSports Tristan Vautier Loic Duval Sebastien Bourdais Cadillac DPi 35 6.591
3 01 DPi Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing Renger van der Zande Kevin Magnussen Scott Dixon Cadillac DPi 35 6.943
4 10 DPi Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 Ricky Taylor Filipe Albuquerque Alexander Rossi Helio Castroneves Acura DPi 35 7.777
5 48 DPi Ally Cadillac Racing Jimmie Johnson Kamui Kobayashi Simon Pagenaud Mike Rockenfeller Cadillac DPi 35 25.933
6 60 DPi Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb-Agajanian Dane Cameron Olivier Pla Juan Pablo Montoya AJ Allmendinger Acura DPi 35 35.668
7 55 DPi Mazda Motorsports Oliver Jarvis Harry Tincknell Jonathan Bomarito Mazda DPi 35 55.238
8 52 LMP2 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports Ben Keating Mikkel Jensen Scott Huffaker Nicolas Lapierre ORECA LMP2 07 35 1’30.903
9 47 LMP2 Cetilar Racing Roberto Lacorte Antonio Fuoco Andrea Belicchi Giorgio Sernagiotto Dallara LMP2 34 1 Laps
10 20 LMP2 High Class Racing Dennis Andersen Ferdinand Habsburg-Lothringen Anders Fjordbach Robert Kubica ORECA LMP2 07 34 1 Laps
11 29 LMP2 Racing Team Nederland Frits Van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Job van Uitert Charles Milesi ORECA LMP2 07 34 1 Laps
12 82 LMP2 DragonSpeed USA LLC Christopher Mies Eric Lux Devlin DeFrancesco Fabian Schiller ORECA LMP2 07 34 1 Laps
13 8 LMP2 Tower Motorsport John Farano Gabriel Aubry Tim Buret Matthieu Vaxiviere ORECA LMP2 07 34 1 Laps
14 11 LMP2 WIN Autosport Steven Thomas Tristan Nunez Thomas Merrill Matthew Bell ORECA LMP2 07 34 1 Laps
15 81 LMP2 DragonSpeed USA LLC Ben Hanley Rob Hodes Garett Grist Rinus Veekay ORECA LMP2 07 34 1 Laps
16 51 LMP2 RWR-Eurasia Cody Ware Salih Yoluc Austin Dillon Sven Muller Ligier LMP2 34 1 Laps
17 3 GTLM Corvette Racing Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor Nicky Catsburg Corvette C8.R 33 2 Laps
18 4 GTLM Corvette Racing Tommy Milner Nick Tandy Alexander Sims Corvette C8.R 33 2 Laps
19 62 GTLM Risi Competizione James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi Jules Gounon Davide Rigon Ferrari 488 GTE 33 2 Laps
20 24 GTLM BMW Team RLL John Edwards Jesse Krohn Augusto Farfus Marco Wittmann BMW M8 GTE 33 2 Laps
21 18 LMP2 Era Motorsport Dwight Merriman Kyle Tilley Ryan Dalziel Paul-Loup Chatin ORECA LMP2 07 33 2 Laps
22 25 GTLM BMW Team RLL Connor De Phillippi Philipp Eng Timo Glock Bruno Spengler BMW M8 GTE 33 2 Laps
23 38 LMP3 Performance Tech Motorsports Rasmus Lindh Cameron Cassels Mateo LLarena Ayrton Ori Ligier JS P320 33 2 Laps
24 74 LMP3 Riley Motorsports Gar Robinson Scott Andrews Oliver Askew Spencer Pigot Ligier JS P320 33 2 Laps
25 33 LMP3 Sean Creech Motorsport Lance Willsey Joao Barbosa Wayne Boyd Yann Clairay Ligier JS P320 33 2 Laps
26 14 GTD Vasser Sullivan Aaron Telitz Oliver Gavin Kyle Kirkwood Jack Hawksworth Lexus RC F GT3 32 3 Laps
27 1 GTD Paul Miller Racing Bryan Sellers Madison Snow Corey Lewis Andrea Caldarelli Lamborghini Huracan GT3 32 3 Laps
28 16 GTD Wright Motorsports Trent Hindman Patrick Long Jan Heylen Klaus Bachler Porsche 911 GT3R 32 3 Laps
29 111 GTD GRT Grasser Racing Team Steijn Schothorst Marco Mapelli Rolf Ineichen Mirko Bortolotti Lamborghini Huracan GT3 32 3 Laps
30 21 GTD Af Corse Simon Mann Nicklas Nielsen Daniel Serra Matteo Cressoni Ferrari 488 GT3 32 3 Laps
31 9 GTD Pfaff Motorsports Zacharie Robichon Laurens Vanthoor Lars Kern Matt Campbell Porsche 911 GT3R 32 3 Laps
32 54 LMP3 Core Autosport Jonathan Bennett George Kurtz Colin Braun Matt McMurry Ligier JS P320 32 3 Laps
33 96 GTD Turner Motorsport Bill Auberlen Robby Foley Aidan Read Colton Herta BMW M6 GT3 32 3 Laps
34 28 GTD Alegra Motorsports Daniel Morad Mike Skeen Billy Johnson Maxi Buhk Mercedes-AMG GT3 32 3 Laps
35 57 GTD Winward Racing Russell Ward Philip Ellis Indy Dontje Maro Engel Mercedes-AMG GT3 32 3 Laps
36 91 LMP3 Riley Motorsports Jim Cox Dylan Murry Austin McCusker Jeroen Bleekemolen Ligier JS P320 32 3 Laps
37 23 GTD Heart Of Racing Team Ian James Roman De Angelis Darren Turner Ross Gunn Aston Martin Vantage GT3 32 3 Laps
38 19 GTD GRT Grasser Racing Team Misha Goikhberg Franck Perera Albert Costa Tim Zimmermann Lamborghini Huracan GT3 32 3 Laps
39 88 GTD Team Hardpoint EBM Rob Ferriol Earl Bamber Katherine Legge Christina Nielsen Porsche 911 GT3R 32 3 Laps
40 75 GTD Sun Energy 1 Kenny Habul Raffaele Marciello Mikael Grenier Luca Stolz Mercedes-AMG GT3 32 3 Laps
41 63 GTD Scuderia Corsa Ed Jones Bret Curtis Ryan Briscoe Marcos Gomes Ferrari 488 GT3 32 3 Laps
42 97 GTD TF Sport Maxwell Root Charlie Eastwood Ben Keating Richard Westbrook Aston Martin Vantage GT3 32 3 Laps
43 42 GTD NTE Sport Alan Metni Andrew Davis JR Hildebrand Don Yount Audi R8 LMS GT3 31 4 Laps
44 44 GTD Magnus with Archangel John Potter Andy Lally Spencer Pumpelly Mario Farnbacher Acura NSX GT3 31 4 Laps
45 12 GTD Vasser Sullivan Robert Megennis Zach Veach Townsend Bell Frankie Montecalvo Lexus RC F GT3 30 5 Laps
46 64 GTD TeamTGM Ted Giovanis Owen Trinkler Hugh Plumb Matt Plumb Porsche 911 GT3R 30 5 Laps
47 6 LMP3 Muehlner Motorsports America Moritz Kranz Laurents Hoerr Kenton Koch Stevan McAleer Duqueine D08 29 6 Laps
48 79 GTLM WeatherTech Racing Cooper MacNeil Kevin Estre Richard Lietz Gianmaria Bruni Porsche 911 RSR – 19 20 15 Laps
49 7 LMP3 Forty7 Motorsports Mark Kvamme Ryan Norman Gabby Chaves Trenton Estep Duqueine D08 10 25 Laps