24hr of Daytona - 1-2 for Cadillac DPi & Ford GT !!! Final Results and Race Review

in daytona •  7 years ago 

The Historic endurance race in DAYTONA was outstanding until the last lap , in GTLM the gap between 1st and 2nd was just 11 seconds and in GTD the gap between 2nd and 3rd only 21.511 seconds !!!

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The Rookie 2 time Champion Fernando Alonso suffered suffered a scary brake failure in his Ligier LMP2 but the team made it to the finish along with Phil Hanson and F3 Champion Lando Norris 90 laps down .

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Filipe Albuquerque-Christian Fittipaldi-Joao Barbosa were in a different level winning by over 1 hour gap in their Cadillac DPi by the other Cadillac DPi of Mike Conway-Eric Curran-Felipe Nasr-Stuart Middleton !!! 1-2 FOR DPi !!!
1-2 win for Ganassi Team's Ford GT too , in GTLM Class with Indycar champion Scott Dixon & Ryan Briscoe-Richard Westbrook.

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From last to First Lamborghini scored First Ever Rolex 24 WIN with Grasser Racing Team in GTD Class !!!

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FINAL RESULTS - WINNERS :

PROTOTYPES
1st.Filipe Albuquerque-Christian Fittipaldi-Joao Barbosa Cadillac DPi Wayne Taylor Racing
2nd.Mike Conway-Eric Curran-Felipe Nasr-Stuart Middleton Cadillac DPi Mustang Sampling Racing +1hr10min
3rd.Loic Duval-Romain Dumas -Jon Bennett -Colin Braun ORECA LMP2 +1hr31min

GT Le Mans (GTLM)
1st.Ryan Briscoe-Scott Dixon-Richard Westbrook Ford GT
2nd.Sébastien Bourdais-Joey Hand-Dirk Müller Ford GT +11.180 seconds
3rd.Jan Magnussen-Antonio Garcia-Mike Rockenfeller Chevrolet Corvette C7.R +2 Laps

GT Daytona (GTD)
1st.Rolf Ineichen-Mirko Bortolotti-Rik Breukers-Franck Perera Lamborghini Huracan GT3
2nd.A.J. Allmendinger-Alvaro Parente-Katherine Legge-Trent Hindman Acura NSX GT3
3rd.Bryce Miller-Bryan Sellers-Madison Snow-Andrea Caldarelli Lamborghini Huracan GT3

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Credit To Photos Daytona International Speedway Facebook Page
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