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Wayne Taylor Racing was still three hours ahead of the # 48 Action Express Cadillac in the 24 Hours of Daytona, while Chip Ganassi Racing suffered a drive-through penalty.
The 19th hour began with a fascinating duel for the lead between Alexander Rossi in the Wayne Taylor Racing Acura ARX-05 and Kevin Magnussen in the Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac.
After a tenth caution throughout the race to remove debris, Magnussen pushed himself next to Rossi to restart the To take the lead.
Magnussen, however, received a drive-through penalty for turning the wheels on the jack and losing the 50s in the process. As a result, he lost more time to fight his way through the GT participants.
Albuquerque took over the leading WTR Acura from Alexander Rossi in the next round of pit stops, while Scott Dixon replaced Magnussen in the # 01 car that was now fourth.
The six-time IndyCar champion brought his under 40 deficit into the lead as Albuquerque had to defend against a very lively Simon Pagenaud in the # 48 Action Express Cadillac – the two a dozen seconds ahead of Montoya in the # 60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura. </ Mike Rockenfeller then took over from Pagenaud and dropped from Leader Albuquerque in the tune of 11s, while AJ Allmendinger – after taking over the # 60 – closed from the # 48 within 10s.
Ganassis Pitwork and Dixons tirelessly Drang had reduced his deficit on the leader Albuquerque to 25 seconds, and there were still 3h15m on the clock – and finally Allmendinger was overtaken for the third time when the 21st hour came to an end. </ The second Action Express Racing Cadillac, the # 31, had a gearbox problem and went off course. He lost 24 laps before getting back in – 23 laps behind the fifth Mazda in the # 55 class.
Jonathan Bomarito was able to maintain a similar pace as Albuquerque before handing over to Oliver Jarvis – and the # 55 around 45 behind who left # 60.
The three-way LMP2 fight ended well under the 10th caution. Ryan Dalziel of Era Motorsport led Timothe Buret of Tower Motorsport of Starworks and Chris Mies of DragonSpeed.
On the subsequent restart, Mies overtook Buret in second, but those positions changed again when Gabriel Aubry took the Tower car and Eric Lux slipped into the DragonSpeed machine.
The LMP3 job seemed to be done and Scott Andrews of Riley Motorsports kept a lead of three laps over Yann Clairay at the Sean Creech Motorsport start, while Kenton Koch at the Muehlner Motorsport car was another six laps behind.
In GT Le Mans, the Corvette duo of Nick Tandy and Jordan Taylor made the 10th restart from first and second place, but only after Jules Gounon’s Risi Competizione Ferrari 488, who separated the couple, the doorbell rang out of his box because of an unsafe publication.
The BMW couple Jesse Krohn and Bruno Spengler took fourth and fifth place, although the latter was one lap back . On the eleventh fall of the green flag, Krohn pushed his M8 in front of Gounon’s Ferrari.
Taylor later took the lead from Tandy and quickly pulled out a seven-second lead before Tandy stopped to hand over Alexander Sims and Taylor took his seat Nicky Catsburg gave up.
After taking over Krohn, Marco Wittmann was nine seconds behind Sims’ Corvette, but more than half a minute ahead of James Calado in the Risi Ferrari.
GT Daytona was followed by two Mercedes AMG GT3 Runners led, with Winward Racing being challenged again by the SunEnergy1 Racing team.
Philip Ellis sat in the Winward car under the heavy pressure of Nicklas Nielsen’s AF Corse Ferrari 488, Luca Stolz was third in the SunEnergy1 car and close behind fought with Nielsen.
The battle for the class lead between Winward and AF Corse ended in tears for the Ferrari team after the pit stops when the newly installed Matteo Cressoni Ellis pushed from the outside into Turn 1 and the Me The Mercedes driver was forced onto the grass from the inside, while Cressoni hobbled back to the pits with a flat tire.
Ellis’ car hit the curbs and hit the 488 against the wall of the tire. The bent body then pierced a rear tire when Cressoni hobbled into the pits.
Amid the drama, the Pfaff Porsche drove off the track with steam from the engine compartment of the 911 and eliminated another car that had been on the lead lap .
Laurens Vanthoor told IMSA Radio that the car had lost its drive, possibly due to a failure of the drive shaft or clutch.
Magazine: Why Williams’ revival in F1 is real
Will Williams continue his Formula 1 recovery? That is the key question covered in this week’s Autosport magazine (January 28th).
M.A. Business of Motorsport launched by the National Motorsport Academy
The world’s first Business Management Masters program and CPD courses were offered online and focused solely on the world of motorsport
Autosport Podcast: Will changes to F1 rules in 2021 harm Mercedes?
In the latest edition of the Autosport podcast, Alex Smith and Jonathan Noble discuss with Alex Kalinauckas Mercedes concerns about losing its current dominant position
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