Aitken keeps Cadillac out front at halfway
Cadillac Racing’s Pipo Derani was leading at the start of Hour 9 but dove to pit lane quickly after and relinquished the reins of the No. 31 Cadillac V-Series.R to team-mate Aitken. As a result, Nick Tandy temporarily took the lead in the No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsports before making way to team-mate Felipe Nasr […]
Cadillac’s Derani in control as trouble strikes Bourdais
Matt Campbell started the beginning of Hour 6 as the race leader, with his No. 7 Porsche Penske Motorsports 963 sporting a 11s advantage over Derani (Cadillac Racing). That gap widened to 15s just a half hour later. Forty minutes later Derani pitted, despite having 50% energy remaining, along with the No. 01 Cadillac V-Series.R […]
Acura’s Daytona 24h hopes hit by Albuquerque stoppage
Filipe Albuquerque was behind the wheel of the No. 40 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Acura ARX-06 when it slowed to halt out on track and had to be recovered by a tow truck. The car, in which he’s partnered by Ricky Taylor, Brendon Hartley and Marcus Ericsson, had led after the opening hour after […]
Porsche surges past Cadillac to lead
Hour four began with an almost-immediate caution, as serial LMP2 spinner Lance Willsey lost control again in the sole #33 Ligier approaching Turn 6 and almost took out Colton Herta’s then second-placed #10 WTRA Acura. Under the yellow, Dixon stayed out while Aitken pitted – giving himself a 30% energy advantage. They held a Caddy 1-2, […]
Dixon leads Cadillac 1-2 as Porsche gives chase
Sebastien Bourdais (#01 Ganassi Cadillac) took lead at the start of the second hour, passing opening-hour pacesetter Ricky Taylor (#10 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Acura) with ease into Turn 1, the Acura then falling back as it paid the penalty of its short energy fill and double-stint on tires. The #6 Penske Porsche 963 […]
Acura grabs lead from Cadillac after crash-filled opening
As movie producer Jerry Bruckheimer waved the green flag, poleman Pipo Derani (#31 Action Express Cadillac) led from the #7 Penske Porsche of Felipe Nasr, who grabbed second place into Turn 1 from Bourdais’ Chip Ganassi-run Caddy. Derani pulled over 1s clear almost immediately, Bourdais tracked Nasr and repassed him on lap three, to restore […]
Porsche “can close out as good as anybody”
The reigning Indianapolis 500 champion only made his sportscar debut at Daytona 12 months ago in a Tower Motorsports LMP2 car, before making his PPM GTP bow at Road Atlanta’s IMSA SportsCar Championship season-closing Petit Le Mans – where he finished fourth in a factory-entered 963. Sharing with Dane Cameron, Felipe Nasr and Matt Campbell, Newgarden […]
Aston Martin begins test programme for Valkyrie LMH racer
The British manufacturer’s test programme commenced earlier this month with the Valkyrie AMR Pro track day car, out of which the new LMH to be raced by the Heart of Racing team from next year is being developed. Aston Martin head of endurance racing Adam Carter described the run at Silverstone as an “early systems […]
Cadillac not the favourite for Daytona 24 Hours win
The Cadillac V-Series.R LMDh took pole for the race last weekend and was the fastest GTP class car in each of the four practice sessions this week, but Bourdais insisted that it is unlikely to be the car to have in the all-important final stages of the race. “We’re plenty quick on outright pace: we […]