The starting grid for the 24 2024 Hours of Daytona

Discover the starting grid for the 24 2024 Hours of Daytona, 62nd edition of the Florida classic, which will start at 19:40 p.m. French time.

Published on 27/01/2024 à 19:10

Valentin GLO

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The starting grid for the 24 2024 Hours of Daytona

Photo: IMSA

Discover the provisional starting grid for the 24 2024 Hours of Daytona.

Cadillac will start from pole position with the defending car, the No. 31 Action Express Racing Cadillac co-driven by Pipo Derani, Jack Aitken and Tom Blomqvist. The American manufacturer has locked the front row with Sébastien's No. 01 Bourdais, Scott Dixon, Alex Palou and Renger van der Zande.

The second line will be formed by the Porsche 963 #7 of Dane Cameron, Felipe Nasr, Matt Campbell and Josef Newgarden and by the #8 BMW M Hybrid V25 of Connor De Phillippi, Nick Yelloly, Maxime Martin and René Rast.

The two Acura ARX-06s of Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti will form the third row with the #40 (Louis Delétraz, Jordan Taylor, Colon Herta, Jenson Button) ahead of the #10 (Ricky Taylor, Filipe Albuquerque, Brendon Hartley, Marcus Ericsson).

Then follow the Porsche n°6 (Nick Tandy, Mathieu Jaminet, Kévin Estre, Laurens Vanthoor), the BMW n°24 (Jesse Krohn, Philipp Eng, Augusto Farfus, Dries Vanthoor), while the two Porsche customers of JDC-Miller MotorSports and Proton Competition will bring up the rear in the GTP category.

In LM P2, the No. 2 United Autosports Oreca (Ben Keating, Nico Pino, Pato O'Ward, Ben Hanley) will lead the way ahead of the No. 52 Inter Europol by PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports . A change should be noted in the latter with the replacement of Clément Novalak, injured, by Pietro Fittipaldi.

The Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) of AO Racing (Seb Priaulx, Laurin Heinrich, Michael Christensen) will start from pole position in GTD Pro. In GTD, it will be the No. 3 Lexus RC F GT12 of Vasser Sullivan (Frankie Montecalvo, Aaron Telitz, Parker Thompson, Ritomo Miyata).

The start of the 24 Hours of Daytona will be at 19:40 p.m. (French time), and will be followed on Automoto La Chaîne or on IMSA TV.

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Valentin GLO

Journalist. Endurance reporter (WEC, IMSA, ELMS, ALMS) and sometimes F1 or IndyCar.

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