BMW’s chances of fighting for the GT Le Mans class with at Daytona has been compromised by an ‘unfair’ Balance of Performance, says Jens Marquardt.
The pace deficit of the Ligier JS P217 compared to some of their rivals means United Autosports are unlikely to fight for victory this weekend in Daytona.
Despite a troubled debut so far for the new BMW M8 GTE, BMW driver Alexander Sims says he’s “pretty optimistic” about the team’s chances during the Rolex 24 at Daytona.
Oliver Jarvis believes that the partnership between Mazda Racing and Joest Racing is too new which limits their chances to compete with the dominant Cadillac teams in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
The #23 United Autosports Ligier will start thirteenth for the 2018 Rolex 24 at Daytona, with Fernando Alonso admitting his first Qualifying session in endurance racing was the least important Qualifying session of his career.
Joey Hand was just 0.019 seconds off pole at Daytona, but feels his Ford GT team have a great opportunity to go for the win.
The #3 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R will start the Rolex 24 at Daytona from pole position after a lap record beating GT Le Mans class lap by Jan Magnussen.
It was a close run thing, but Renger van der Zande took pole position for the Rolex 24 at Daytona by just seven-thousandths of a second from Helio Castroneves.
Mike Conway set the fastest time in the final practice session before the Rolex 24 at Daytona, but Lance Stroll wasn’t far behind.
Tristan Vautier set the quickest time for the #90 Spirit of Daytona Racing Cadillac team in Thursday’s Rolex 24 at Daytona night-time practice session.
Renger van der Zande secured pole for the Rolex 24 at Daytona for the Wayne Taylor Racing team with a last minute lap which knocked Team Penske’s Helio Castroneves off the top spot.
The new Acura Team Penske and Mazda Team Joest teams gave their new cars the perfect debut as they shared the honours in the first two practice sessions of the Rolex 24 at Daytona
The Briton is hoping Mazda Team Joest can show some good speed throughout this weekends Rolex 24 at Daytona.
Doug Fehan believes Corvette Racing are in a good position heading into the Rolex 24 at Daytona this weekend to fight for GT Le Mans class honours.
The Swede is hoping to have a strong outing in this weekend’s Rolex 24 at Daytona alongside his mates Lance Stroll, Daniel Juncadella and Robin Frijns at Jackie Chan DC Racing JOTA.
Ricky Taylor left Wayne Taylor Racing ahead of the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season, with his father Wayne Taylor admitting he is sad not to have both him and his brother Jordan at his team this season.
The depth of talented drivers and teams will make this weekend’s Rolex 24 at Daytona an ‘amazing’ show, according to Scott Sharp.
