Porsche and Cadillac lead the turn, No. 10 Acura stopped

Leading since the end of the second hour of the race, Cadillac finally relinquished control of the 24 Hours of Daytona overnight and crashed at the Florida circuit. After Full Course Yellow, Matt Campbell beat Tom Blomqvist to take the lead of the event with the official 963 n°7.

The 01 Cadillac V-Series.R, driven by Chip Ganassi Racing, led much of the first quarter of the Florida regular season in the hands of drivers Sébastien Bourdais, Scott Dixon and Alex Palou. No. 01, however, lost ground in the standings during the pit stops.

« We knew we would fight, and we do, Bourdais said. I think the car shows it has a lot of speed; I never doubted it. We knew we had a solid package to maximize the performance we had, but it wasn’t going to be easy if it was a fast race in the last 30 minutes. »

Acura immediately collected the problems. The No. 40 lost the first lap due to a power steering error during the fourth hour, but the team was able to take advantage of the disagreement and communicate with the leaders and Colton Herta during the jump.

Herta got hot later when he and No. 023 Triarsi Competizione Ferrari 296 GT3 collided on the Le Mans circuit five hours into the race. The Ferrari suffered rear end damage but returned to the pits for repairs. The No. 40 Acura left the track, but the IndyCar driver was able to correct the prototype and return to the track without issue.

Around 10 pm local time, it was Filipe Albuquerque who found himself unable to do so with number 10 Acura, under the eyes of Jordan Taylor who at that time was answering questions from journalists in the press room. The Portuguese had to stop his car on the side of the track and did not restart, WTRAndretti dropped down the rankings. ” No more power », the Lusitanian told us briefly while we were in the paddock while getting out of the car that had an electrical problem. The team tries to fix it to take off, but the delays are increasing. Meanwhile, the two Cadillacs had regained control with the #31 ahead of the #01.

No. The 01 Cadillac also had puncture problems when Sébastien Bourdais raced on the GT dirt.

#Rolex24 Jordan Taylor tries to answer questions while watching fellow tracker Albuquerque have a problem with another WTR car. pic.twitter.com/LYWbOKv7tK

– Jenna Fryer (@JennaFryer) January 28, 2024

In LM P2, United Autosports continues to dominate the discussions with the number 2 led mainly by Mexico’s Pato O’Ward. Richard Mille AF Corse n°88 of Lilou Wadoux and Matthieu Vaxiviere are out of the race due to an engine problem.

Corvette leads the GTD Pro class with No. 4, while Winward Racing’s 57 Mercedes AMG GT3 leads GTD with 15:20 remaining in the 24 Hours of Daytona.

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