Glorious days for Fernando Alonso who has done it again. The two-time F1 champion this time won the Rolex 24 at Daytona, driving a Cadillac DPi along with Kamui Kobayashi, Jordan Taylor and Renger van der Zande.
The race was stopped due to bad weather conditions, but that doesn't reduce the Spaniard's feat. It seems that Alonso has found his motive for racing again, through endurance racing, as he has already won the 24hour Le Mans last year. So, we will be hearing a lot of him in the future, despite having retired from Formula 1.
Race results:
1. Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi (van der Zande/Taylor/Alonso/Kobayashi) 593 laps
2. Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac DPi (Nasr/Curran/Derani) + 13.458s
3. Acura Team Penske Acura DPi (Taylor/Castroneves/Rossi) + 13.964s
4. CORE Autosport Nissan DPi (Bennett/Braun/Dumas/Duval) + 4 laps
5. JDC-Miller Motorsports Cadillac DPi (Goikhberg/Vautier/DeFrancesco/Barrichello) + 7 laps
6. DragonSpeed Oreca 07 Gibson (Gonzalez/Maldonado/Saavedra/Cullen) + 11 laps
7. Performance Tech Motorsports Oreca 07 Gibson (K Masson/R Masson/Cassels/Wright) + 15 laps
8. Acura Team Penske Acura DPi (Montoya/Cameron/Pagenaud) + 17 laps
9. Mustang Sampling Racing Cadillac DPi (Barbosa/Conway/Albuquerque/Fittipaldi) + 20 laps
10. BMW Team RLL BMW M8 GTE (Farfus/De Phillippi/Eng/Herta) + 22 laps
11. Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 GTE (Rigon/Molina/Pier Guidi/Calado) + 22 laps
12. Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GT (Briscoe/Westbrook/Dixon) + 22 laps
13. Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR (Bamber/Vanthoor/Jaminet) + 23 laps
14. Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR (Pilet/Tandy/Makowiecki) + 24 laps
15. DragonSpeed Oreca 07 Gibson (Hedman/Hanley/Lapierre/Allen) + 26 laps
16. Corvette Racing Corvette C7.R (Magnussen/Garcia/Rockenfeller) + 30 laps
17. Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracan GT3 (Ineichen/Bortolotti/Engelhart/Breukers) + 32 laps
18. Montaplast by Land Motorsport Audi R8 LMS GT3 (Morad/Miles/Vanthoor) + 32 laps
19. AIM Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 (Montecalvo/Bell/Telitz/Segal) + 32 laps
20. WRT Speedstar Audi Sport Audi R8 LMS GT3 (Vervisch/van der Linde/James/DeAngelis) + 32 laps
21. Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3 (Farnbacher/Hindman/Marks/Allmendinger) + 32 laps
22. AIM Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 (Heistand/Hawksworth/Cindric/Cassidy) + 33 laps
23. Team Riley Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 (Keating/Bleekemolen/Stolz/Fraga) + 33 laps
24. Park Place Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 (Lindsey/Long/Campbell/Boulle) + 33 laps
25. Via Italia Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 (Longo/Franzoni/Gomes/Bertolini) + 33 laps
26. Turner Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 (Auberlen/Foley/Machavem/Klingmann) + 33 laps
27. Magnus Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 (Potter/Lally/Pumpelly/Mapelli) + 34 laps
28. Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GT (Hand/Muller/Bourdais) + 34 laps
29. Corvette Racing Corvette C7.R (Gavin/Milner/Fassler) + 38 laps
30. Juncos Racing Cadillac DPi (Owen/Binder/Cannapino/Kaiser) + 38 laps
31. Moorespeed Audi R8 LMS GT3 (Davis/Riberas/Hardeman/Winkelhock) + 38 laps
32. BMW Team RLL BMW M8 GTE (Krohn/Edwards/Mostert/Zanardi) + 40 laps
33. Heinricher Racing Acura NSX GT3 (Legge/Beatriz/De Silvestro/Nielsen) + 43 laps
34. Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 488 GT3 (MacNeil/Vilandner/Farnbacher/Westphal) + 46 laps
35. Starworks Motorsport Audi R8 LMS GT3 (Chase/Dalziel/Perez Companc/Haase) + 46 laps
36. Black Swan Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (Pappas/Seefried/Cairoli/Werner) + 48 laps
37. PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca 07 Gibson (McMurry/Aubry/Kvamme/Guibbert) + 81 laps
38. Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 (Sellers/Hardwick/Lewis/Caldarelli) + 102 laps
39. PFAFF Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R (Hargrove/Robichon/Kern/Olsen) + 123 laps
40. EBIMOTORS Lamborghini Huracan GT3 (Busnelli/Babini/Robichon) + 123 laps
41. Precision Performance Motorsports Lamborghini GT3 (Dunn/Lundqvist/Pavlovic/Yount) + 151 laps
42. Mazda Team Joest Mazda DPi (Bomarito/Tincknell/Pla) + 153 laps
43. P1 Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 (Buhk/Schiller/Baumann/Perez) + 162 laps
44. Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GT3 (Dalla Lana/Lamy/Lauda/Serra) + 244 laps
45. JDC-Miller Motorsports Cadillac DPi (Trummer/Simpson/Miller/Piedrahita) + 368 laps
46. Mazda Team Joest Mazda DPi (Jarvis/Nunez/Bernhard/Rast) + 373 laps
47. NGT Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (Haering/Bacler/Muller/Goerig/Renauer) + 546 laps
The race was stopped due to bad weather conditions, but that doesn't reduce the Spaniard's feat. It seems that Alonso has found his motive for racing again, through endurance racing, as he has already won the 24hour Le Mans last year. So, we will be hearing a lot of him in the future, despite having retired from Formula 1.
Race results:
1. Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi (van der Zande/Taylor/Alonso/Kobayashi) 593 laps
2. Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac DPi (Nasr/Curran/Derani) + 13.458s
3. Acura Team Penske Acura DPi (Taylor/Castroneves/Rossi) + 13.964s
4. CORE Autosport Nissan DPi (Bennett/Braun/Dumas/Duval) + 4 laps
5. JDC-Miller Motorsports Cadillac DPi (Goikhberg/Vautier/DeFrancesco/Barrichello) + 7 laps
6. DragonSpeed Oreca 07 Gibson (Gonzalez/Maldonado/Saavedra/Cullen) + 11 laps
7. Performance Tech Motorsports Oreca 07 Gibson (K Masson/R Masson/Cassels/Wright) + 15 laps
8. Acura Team Penske Acura DPi (Montoya/Cameron/Pagenaud) + 17 laps
9. Mustang Sampling Racing Cadillac DPi (Barbosa/Conway/Albuquerque/Fittipaldi) + 20 laps
10. BMW Team RLL BMW M8 GTE (Farfus/De Phillippi/Eng/Herta) + 22 laps
11. Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 GTE (Rigon/Molina/Pier Guidi/Calado) + 22 laps
12. Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GT (Briscoe/Westbrook/Dixon) + 22 laps
13. Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR (Bamber/Vanthoor/Jaminet) + 23 laps
14. Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR (Pilet/Tandy/Makowiecki) + 24 laps
15. DragonSpeed Oreca 07 Gibson (Hedman/Hanley/Lapierre/Allen) + 26 laps
16. Corvette Racing Corvette C7.R (Magnussen/Garcia/Rockenfeller) + 30 laps
17. Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracan GT3 (Ineichen/Bortolotti/Engelhart/Breukers) + 32 laps
18. Montaplast by Land Motorsport Audi R8 LMS GT3 (Morad/Miles/Vanthoor) + 32 laps
19. AIM Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 (Montecalvo/Bell/Telitz/Segal) + 32 laps
20. WRT Speedstar Audi Sport Audi R8 LMS GT3 (Vervisch/van der Linde/James/DeAngelis) + 32 laps
21. Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3 (Farnbacher/Hindman/Marks/Allmendinger) + 32 laps
22. AIM Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 (Heistand/Hawksworth/Cindric/Cassidy) + 33 laps
23. Team Riley Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 (Keating/Bleekemolen/Stolz/Fraga) + 33 laps
24. Park Place Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 (Lindsey/Long/Campbell/Boulle) + 33 laps
25. Via Italia Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 (Longo/Franzoni/Gomes/Bertolini) + 33 laps
26. Turner Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 (Auberlen/Foley/Machavem/Klingmann) + 33 laps
27. Magnus Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 (Potter/Lally/Pumpelly/Mapelli) + 34 laps
28. Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GT (Hand/Muller/Bourdais) + 34 laps
29. Corvette Racing Corvette C7.R (Gavin/Milner/Fassler) + 38 laps
30. Juncos Racing Cadillac DPi (Owen/Binder/Cannapino/Kaiser) + 38 laps
31. Moorespeed Audi R8 LMS GT3 (Davis/Riberas/Hardeman/Winkelhock) + 38 laps
32. BMW Team RLL BMW M8 GTE (Krohn/Edwards/Mostert/Zanardi) + 40 laps
33. Heinricher Racing Acura NSX GT3 (Legge/Beatriz/De Silvestro/Nielsen) + 43 laps
34. Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 488 GT3 (MacNeil/Vilandner/Farnbacher/Westphal) + 46 laps
35. Starworks Motorsport Audi R8 LMS GT3 (Chase/Dalziel/Perez Companc/Haase) + 46 laps
36. Black Swan Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (Pappas/Seefried/Cairoli/Werner) + 48 laps
37. PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca 07 Gibson (McMurry/Aubry/Kvamme/Guibbert) + 81 laps
38. Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 (Sellers/Hardwick/Lewis/Caldarelli) + 102 laps
39. PFAFF Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R (Hargrove/Robichon/Kern/Olsen) + 123 laps
40. EBIMOTORS Lamborghini Huracan GT3 (Busnelli/Babini/Robichon) + 123 laps
41. Precision Performance Motorsports Lamborghini GT3 (Dunn/Lundqvist/Pavlovic/Yount) + 151 laps
42. Mazda Team Joest Mazda DPi (Bomarito/Tincknell/Pla) + 153 laps
43. P1 Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 (Buhk/Schiller/Baumann/Perez) + 162 laps
44. Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GT3 (Dalla Lana/Lamy/Lauda/Serra) + 244 laps
45. JDC-Miller Motorsports Cadillac DPi (Trummer/Simpson/Miller/Piedrahita) + 368 laps
46. Mazda Team Joest Mazda DPi (Jarvis/Nunez/Bernhard/Rast) + 373 laps
47. NGT Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (Haering/Bacler/Muller/Goerig/Renauer) + 546 laps
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