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Rolex 24 Hour 9: #02 Ganassi Cadillac assumes lead

Posted by AR1 staff

Both Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTDs have gone behind the wall with technical problems in a major blow to the Chevrolet factory team..

The No. 4 entry from last year’s GT Le Mans class-winning team, now competing in GTD Pro, was taken back to its garage in the seventh hour and was joined by its sister No. 3 car around two hours later.

Race over – zero chance to win now, not that they were going to after IMSA neutered them so badly this year.

Class Leaders

DPI: #02 Cadillac Earl Bamber, Alex Lynn, Marcus Ericsson, Kevin Magnussen
LMP2: #29 ORECA Frits Van Eerd, Giedo van der Garde, Dylan Murry, Rinus Veekay
LMP3: #33 Ligier JS Joao Barbosa, Malthe Jakobsen, Seb Priaulx, Lance Willsey
GTD-Pro: #2 Porsche 911 GT3 Laurens Vanthoor, Patrick Pilet, Dennis Olsen, Alexandre Imperatori
GTD: #32 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mike Skeen, James Davison, Stevan McAleer, Scott Andrews

Hour 9 Standings

Pos No. Vehicle Class Team Drivers Laps Behind
1 02 Cadillac DPi DPi Cadillac Racing Earl Bamber Alex Lynn Marcus Ericsson Kevin Magnussen 279 0.000s
2 10 Acura DPi DPi Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 Ricky Taylor Filipe Albuquerque Alexander Rossi Will Stevens 279 0.749
3 60 Acura DPi DPi Meyer Shank Racing W/Curb-Agajanian Oliver Jarvis Tom Blomqvist Helio Castroneves Simon Pagenaud 279 1.884
4 5 Cadillac DPi DPi JDC Miller MotorSports Tristan Vautier Richard Westbrook Loic Duval Ben Keating 279 3.270
5 01 Cadillac DPi DPi Cadillac Racing Renger van der Zande Sebastien Bourdais Scott Dixon Alex Palou 279 3.989
6 48 Cadillac DPi DPi Ally Cadillac Mike Rockenfeller Kamui Kobayashi Jimmie Johnson Jose Maria Lopez 279 4.917
7 31 Cadillac DPi DPi Whelen Engineering Racing Pipo Derani Tristan Nunez Mike Conway   279 5.515
8 29 ORECA LMP2 07 LMP2 Racing Team Nederland Frits Van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Dylan Murry Rinus Veekay 274 5 Laps
9 69 ORECA LMP2 07 LMP2 G-Drive Racing By APR John Falb James Allen Luca Ghiotto Tijmen van der Helm 274 5 Laps
10 52 ORECA LMP2 07 LMP2 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports Ben Keating Mikkel Jensen Scott Huffaker Nicolas Lapierre 274 5 Laps
11 20 ORECA LMP2 07 LMP2 High Class Racing Dennis Andersen Anders Fjordbach Fabio Scherer Nico Mueller 274 5 Laps
12 8 ORECA LMP2 07 LMP2 Tower Motorsport John Farano Louis Deletraz Rui Pinto de Andrade Ferdinand Habsburg-Lothringen 274 5 Laps
13 11 ORECA LMP2 07 LMP2 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports Steven Thomas Josh Pierson Jonathan Bomarito Harry Tincknell 274 5 Laps
14 81 ORECA LMP2 07 LMP2 DragonSpeed USA Eric Lux Devlin Defrancesco Patricio O’Ward Colton Herta 274 5 Laps
15 68 ORECA LMP2 07 LMP2 G-Drive Racing By APR Francois Heriau Oliver Rasmussen Ed Jones Rene Rast 269 10 Laps
16 22 ORECA LMP2 07 LMP2 United Autosports James McGuire Guy Smith Phil Hanson Will Owen 269 10 Laps
17 33 Ligier JS P320 LMP3 Sean Creech Motorsport Joao Barbosa Malthe Jakobsen Seb Priaulx Lance Willsey 265 14 Laps
18 74 Ligier JS P320 LMP3 Riley Motorsports Gar Robinson Felipe Fraga Kay van Berlo Michael Cooper 265 14 Laps
19 54 Ligier JS P320 LMP3 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett Colin Braun George Kurtz Nic Jonsson 264 15 Laps
20 13 Duqueine D08 LMP3 AWA Orey Fidani Kuno Wittmer Lars Kern Matthew Bell 263 16 Laps
21 26 Duqueine D08 LMP3 Muehlner Motorsports America Nolan Siegel Cameron Shields CR Crews Ugo de Wilde 263 16 Laps
22 2 Porsche 911 GT3R GTDPRO KCMG Laurens Vanthoor Patrick Pilet Dennis Olsen Alexandre Imperatori 263 16 Laps
23 62 Ferrari 488 GT3 GTDPRO Risi Competizione Alessandro Pier Guidi James Calado Daniel Serra Davide Rigon 263 16 Laps
24 9 Porsche 911 GT3R GTDPRO Pfaff Motorsports Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet Felipe Nasr   263 16 Laps
25 15 Mercedes-AMG GT3 GTDPRO Proton USA Dirk Mueller Patrick Assenheimer Austin Cindric   263 16 Laps
26 97 Mercedes-AMG GT3 GTDPRO WeatherTech Racing Cooper MacNeil Daniel Juncadella Maro Engel Jules Gounon 263 16 Laps
27 14 Lexus RC F GT3 GTDPRO VasserSullivan Jack Hawksworth Ben Barnicoat Kyle Kirkwood   263 16 Laps
28 63 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 GTDPRO TR3 Racing Rolf Ineichen Marco Mapelli Andrea Caldarelli Mirko Bortolotti 262 17 Laps
29 18 ORECA LMP2 07 LMP2 Era Motorsport Dwight Merriman Kyle Tilley Ryan Dalziel Paul-Loup Chatin 261 18 Laps
30 36 Ligier JS P320 LMP3 Andretti Autosport Jarett Andretti Josh Burdon Rasmus Lindh Gabby Chaves 261 18 Laps
31 32 Mercedes-AMG GT3 GTD Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports Mike Skeen James Davison Stevan McAleer Scott Andrews 261 18 Laps
32 70 McLaren 720S GT3 GTD inception racing Brendan Iribe Frederik Schandorff Ollie Millroy Jordan Pepper 261 18 Laps
33 21 Ferrari 488 GT3 GTD AF CORSE Simon Mann Luis Perez Companc Nicklas Nielsen Toni Vilander 261 18 Laps
34 66 Acura NSX GT3 GTD Gradient Racing Kyffin Simpson Till Bechtolsheimer Marc Miller Mario Farnbacher 261 18 Laps
35 27 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 GTD Heart of Racing Team Roman De Angelis Ian James Darren Turner Tom Gamble 261 18 Laps
36 57 Mercedes-AMG GT3 GTD Winward Racing Russell Ward Philip Ellis Mikael Grenier Lucas Auer 261 18 Laps
37 16 Porsche 911 GT3R GTD Wright Motorsports Ryan Hardwick Zacharie Robichon Jan Heylen Richard Lietz 260 19 Laps
38 19 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 GTD TR3 Racing Bill Sweedler John Megrue Giacomo Altoe Jeff Segal 260 19 Laps
39 42 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 GTD NTE/SSR Don Yount Benja Hites Jaden Conwright Markus Palttala 260 19 Laps
40 44 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 GTD Magnus Racing John Potter Andy Lally Spencer Pumpelly Jonathan Adam 259 20 Laps
41 96 BMW M4 GT3 GTD Turner Motorsport Robby Foley Bill Auberlen Michael Dinan Jens Klingmann 257 22 Laps
42 71 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 GTD T3 Motorsport North America Misha Goikhberg Franck Perera Mateo Llarena Maximilian Paul 257 22 Laps
43 25 BMW M4 GT3 GTDPRO BMW M Team RLL Connor De Phillippi John Edwards Augusto Farfus Jesse Krohn 255 24 Laps
44 64 Porsche 911 GT3R GTD TeamTGM Ted Giovanis Hugh Plumb Matt Plumb Owen Trinkler 255 24 Laps
45 7 Duqueine D08 LMP3 Forty7 Motorsports Mark Kvamme Austin McCusker Trenton Estep Antoine Doquin 251 28 Laps
46 3 Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD GTDPRO Corvette Racing Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor Nicky Catsburg   249 30 Laps
47 39 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 GTD CarBahn with Peregrine Racing Robert Megennis Corey Lewis Sandy Mitchell Jeff Westphal 243 36 Laps
48 59 McLaren 720S GT3 GTD Crucial Motorsports Lance Bergstein Jon Miller Patrick Gallagher Paul Holton 240 39 Laps
49 38 Ligier JS P320 LMP3 Performance Tech Motorsports Dan Goldburg Hikaru Abe Garett Grist Nico Pino 235 44 Laps
50 24 BMW M4 GT3 GTDPRO BMW M Team RLL Philipp Eng Marco Wittmann Nick Yelloly Sheldon van der Linde 227 52 Laps
51 79 Porsche 911 GT3R GTDPRO WeatherTech Racing Cooper MacNeil Julien Andlauer Matteo Cairoli Alessio Picariello 226 53 Laps
52 99 Porsche 911 GT3R GTD Team Hardpoint Rob Ferriol Katherine Legge Stefan Wilson Nick Boulle 225 54 Laps
53 98 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 GTD Northwest AMR Paul Dalla Lana David Pittard Charlie Eastwood Nicki Thiim 222 57 Laps
54 47 Ferrari 488 GT3 GTD Cetilar Racing Roberto Lacorte Giorgio Sernagiotto Antonio Fuoco Alessio Rovera 204 75 Laps
55 4 Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD GTDPRO Corvette Racing Tommy Milner Nick Tandy Marco Sorensen   194 85 Laps
56 12 Lexus RC F GT3 GTD VasserSullivan Frankie Montecalvo Aaron Telitz Richard Heistand Townsend Bell 189 90 Laps
57 28 Mercedes-AMG GT3 GTD Alegra Motorsports Michael de Quesada Daniel Morad Linus Lundqvist Maximilian Goetz 181 98 Laps
58 6 Duqueine D08 LMP3 Muehlner Motorsports America Efrin Castro Moritz Kranz Ayrton Ori Joel Miller 160 119 Laps
59 23 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 GTDPRO Heart of Racing Team Ross Gunn Alex Riberas Maxime Martin   103 176 Laps
60 75 Mercedes-AMG GT3 GTD Sun Energy 1 Fabian Schiller Kenny Habul Luca Stolz Raffaele Marciello 101 178 Laps
61 34 Porsche 911 GT3R GTD GMG Racing Kyle Washington James Sofronas Jeroen Bleekemolen Klaus Bachler 88 191 Laps