The 17th hour 2018 Rolex 24 at Daytona saw dawn break, but little change in proceedings as #5 Mustang Sampling Cadillac of Joao Barbosa stretched his lead to 2 laps.
The sixteenth hour produced only the third full course yellow as a seperate incident saw the #7 Acura Team Penske forced into the pits.
2018 Rolex 24 At Daytona: Hour 15 Update - Albuquerque Regains Lead as Curran Drops Back
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Filipe Albuquerque in the #5 Mustang Sampling Cadillac regained the lead of the 2018 Rolex 24 at Daytona at the end of 15th hour as team-mate and former leader Eric Curran lost the lead due to brake light failure.
In the early hours of the morning, it was game over for the #22 Tequila Patron ESM as their engine gave out, while Lamborghini dominated GTD.
The two Ford Chip Ganassi Racing are nose-to-tail at the head of the GT Le Mans class, and well over a lap clear of the rest of the field.
Graham Rahal lost the lead of the Rolex 24 at Daytona after a spin, with the sister Team Penske Acura of Simon Pagenaud taking over at the front as a result.
Action Express Racing and Team Penske remain in a titanic battle for the overall lead at Daytona, while the two Ford GT’s have a lap advantage over the rest of the GT Le Mans pack.
Acura Team Penske’s #7 car with Ricky Taylor behind the wheel retook the overall lead of the 2018 Rolex 24 at Daytona from Mustang Samplin
The Mustang Sampling Racing #5 car continues to lead Team Penske in the 2018 Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona
Felipe Albuquerque in the Mustang Sampling Racing #5 car leads the Daytona 24 Hours after eight hours.
Team Penske Acura ended the seventh hour of the 2018 Rolex 24 at Daytona in first and second places but found themselves was outpaced and outraced by Filipe Albuquerque in the #5 Mustang Sampling Cadillac. Lando Norris briefly lead the race in the #23 United Autosports Ligier.
Whelan Engineering Racing’s Mike Conway surged into the lead from seventh during changing conditions in hour six of the 2018 Rolex 24 at Daytona.
The #5 Mustang Sampling Cadillac of Christian Fittipaldi continued to dominant the 2018 Rolex 24 at Daytona as the first spots of rain began to fall at the end of the fifth hour. Jordan Taylor suffered a puncture which dropped him off the lead lap.
Graham Rahal takes over the lead as Joao Barbosa and the #5 Mustang Sampling Racing team make a pit stop.
Joao Barbosa brushed off the challenge of Pipo Derani to lead after the end of the third hour of the 2018 Rolex 24 at Daytona which also saw the race’s first caution.
The #5 Mustang Sampling Racing team keeps its lead, Fernando Alonso and the #23 United Autosport team up to ninth.
Filipe Albuquerque leads the after the first hour of the 2018 Rolex 24 at Daytona after jumping pole sitter Renger van der Zande during the first pit-stops. In GTLM Ford dominant the first hour.
