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.
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.
Ruben del Sarte and Patrick Kibble will run with Total Control Racing for the 2018 Ginetta Junior 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.
