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2021 24 Hours of Daytona
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Map of the Daytona International Speedway combined road course

The 2021 24 Hours of Daytona (formally the 2021 Rolex 24 at Daytona) was an endurance sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The event was held at Daytona International Speedway combined road course in Daytona Beach, Florida, on January 30–31, 2021. This event was the 59th running of the 24 Hours of Daytona, and the first of 12 races across multiple classes in the 2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship, as well as the first of four rounds in the 2021 Michelin Endurance Cup. Acura scored its first overall 24 Hours of Daytona victory, while Wayne Taylor Racing became the second team to win the race three times in a row.[1]

Background

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Auto-racing track with a large grandstand filled with spectators
Daytona International Speedway, where the race was held

NASCAR founder Bill France Sr., who built Daytona International Speedway in 1959, conceived of the 24 Hours of Daytona to attract European sports-car endurance racing to the United States and provide international exposure to the speedway.[2] It is informally considered part of the Triple Crown of Endurance Racing, with the 12 Hours of Sebring and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.[3]

International Motor Sports Association's (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in September 2020. It was the eighth consecutive year it was part of the IMSA SCC, and 59th 24 Hours of Daytona.[4] The 24 Hours of Daytona was the first of twelve sports car endurance races of 2021 by IMSA, and the first of four races of the Michelin Endurance Cup (MEC).[5] It took place at the 12-turn, 3.56-mile (5.73 km) Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida from January 30 to 31.[6]

Entries

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With the addition of the Le Mans Prototype 3 (LMP3) class, despite the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of entrants to the 24-hour race saw a marked improvement from the 2020 running of the event, with 50 entries registered. There were seven entries in the Daytona Prototype International (DPi) class, ten in LMP2, seven in LMP3, six in GT Le Mans (GTLM), and 20 in GT Daytona (GTD). Some notable entries include Chip Ganassi Racing, who are registered to participate in the Daytona Prototype international (DPi) class with the Cadillac DPi-V.R. This marked Chip Ganassi Racing's return to top-level sportscar competition in America after a one-year absence following the withdrawal of their Ford GTE program at the end of the 2019 season, and their first race in prototypes since the 2016 edition of the 24-hour race.

The Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) class also saw a flourish of international interest, with ten entries registered, the highest entry count since LMP2 was made its own class. Several of the teams, such as DragonSpeed, Racing Team Nederland, and High Class Racing, are mainstays of the FIA World Endurance Championship. Many of the LMP2 driver rosters include world-class drivers, such as Nicolas Lapierre, Giedo van der Garde, and Ben Hanley, among others.

The entry count would drop to 49 for the race itself. Just prior to the testing weekend, the team owner of Porsche GT Daytona entrant Black Swan Racing, Tim Pappas, tested positive for COVID-19. He had contracted it after racing in the 2021 Dubai 24 Hour event two weeks prior. As a safety precaution, Pappas withdrew the entire team, which consisted of himself, Porsche factory driver Patrick Pilet, Patrick Lindsey, and Larry ten Voorde, who also tested positive for COVID-19 shortly after Pappas.[7]

Pre-Race

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Balance of Performance

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Prior to the 24-hour race, and indeed the mandatory testing session that came a week prior, IMSA released a technical bulletin regarding the Balance of Performance for the 24 Hours of Daytona. Every year a unique set of BoP constraints are determined exclusively for the 24-hour event, due to the unique challenges the length of the race brings relative to the other events in the IMSA calendar. There was a large focus on changes in the GT classes. After winning both the 2019 and 2020 editions of the Rolex, the BMW M8 GTE was put at a 10-kilogram weight disadvantage, along with restricted levels of turbo boost. Meanwhile, the Porsche 911 RSR and Chevrolet Corvette C8.R were both given increases in the sizes of their air restrictors, with the latter being made 10 kilograms lighter. In GTD, several cars had their constraints changed, most notably the Porsche 911 GT3 R and 2020-edition-winning Lamborghini Huracan GT3. The former was given a hefty 20-kilogram weight increase, and the latter would run at restricted power levels.[8]

Roar Before the 24

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Motul Pole Award 100

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The Motul Pole Award 100 was held January 24. It was a qualifying race, awarding qualifying points and determining the starting lineup for the 24 Hours of Daytona.

Results

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Pos Class No. Team / Entrant Drivers Chassis Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 DPi 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Brazil Pipo Derani
Brazil Felipe Nasr
Cadillac DPi-V.R 51 1:41:06.688
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
2 DPi 55 Mazda Motorsports United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell
Mazda RT24-P 51 +3.664
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4
3 DPi 5 Mustang Sampling / JDC-Miller Motorsports France Loïc Duval
France Tristan Vautier
Cadillac DPi-V.R 51 +4.627
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
4 DPi 60 Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb-Agajanian United States Dane Cameron
France Olivier Pla
Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya
Acura ARX-05 51 +6.995
Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
5 DPi 10 Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
United States Ricky Taylor
Acura ARX-05 51 +8.997
Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
6 DPi 48 Ally Cadillac Racing United States Jimmie Johnson
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Cadillac DPi-V.R 51 +19.985
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
7 DPi 01 Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing Denmark Kevin Magnussen
Netherlands Renger van der Zande
Cadillac DPi-V.R 51 +1:14.834
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
8 LMP2 52 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports Denmark Mikkel Jensen
United States Ben Keating
Oreca 07 51 +1:33.798
Gibson Technology GK428 4.2 L V8
9 LMP2 20 High Class Racing Denmark Dennis Andersen
Austria Ferdinand Habsburg-Lothringen
Oreca 07 50 +1 Lap
Gibson Technology GK428 4.2 L V8
10 LMP2 8 Tower Motorsport France Gabriel Aubry
Canada John Farano
Oreca 07 50 +1 Lap
Gibson Technology GK428 4.2 L V8
11 LMP2 29 Racing Team Nederland Netherlands Frits van Eerd [nl]
Netherlands Giedo van der Garde
Oreca 07 50 +1 Lap
Gibson Technology GK428 4.2 L V8
12 LMP2 81 DragonSpeed USA LLC Canada Garett Grist
United States Rob Hodes
Oreca 07 50 +1 Lap
Gibson Technology GK428 4.2 L V8
13 LMP2 47 Cetilar Racing Italy Antonio Fuoco
Italy Roberto Lacorte
Dallara P217 50 +1 Lap
Gibson Technology GK428 4.2 L V8
14 LMP2 18 Era Motorsport France Paul-Loup Chatin
United States Dwight Merriman
Oreca 07 49 +2 Laps
Gibson Technology GK428 4.2 L V8
15 LMP2 51 RWR-Eurasia United States Cody Ware
Turkey Salih Yoluç
Ligier JS P217 49 +2 Laps
Gibson Technology GK428 4.2 L V8
16 GTLM 4 Corvette Racing United Kingdom Alexander Sims
United Kingdom Nick Tandy
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 49 +2 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
17 GTLM 3 Corvette Racing Netherlands Nicky Catsburg
United States Jordan Taylor
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 49 +2 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
18 GTLM 79 WeatherTech Racing France Kévin Estre
United States Cooper MacNeil
Porsche 911 RSR-19 49 +2 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
19 LMP2 82 DragonSpeed USA LLC Canada Devlin DeFrancesco
United States Eric Lux
Oreca 07 48 +3 Laps
Gibson Technology GK428 4.2 L V8
20 LMP2 11 WIN Autosport United States Tristan Nunez
United States Steven Thomas
Oreca 07 48 +3 Laps
Gibson Technology GK428 4.2 L V8
21 GTLM 62 Risi Competizione United Kingdom James Calado
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
Ferrari 488 GTE 48 +3 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
22 GTD 96 Turner Motorsport United States Bill Auberlen
United States Robby Foley
BMW M6 GT3 48 +3 Laps
BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8
23 GTD 9 Pfaff Motorsports Canada Zacharie Robichon
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
Porsche 911 GT3 R 48 +3 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
24 GTD 111 GRT Grasser Racing Team Italy Mirko Bortolotti
Switzerland Rolf Ineichen
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO 48 +3 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
25 GTLM 25 BMW Team RLL Austria Philipp Eng
Germany Timo Glock
BMW M8 GTE 48 +3 Laps
BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8
26 GTD 14 Vasser Sullivan United Kingdom Oliver Gavin
United States Aaron Telitz
Lexus RC F GT3 48 +3 Laps
Lexus 5.4 L V8
27 LMP3 6 Mühlner Motorsports America Germany Laurents Hörr
Germany Moritz Kranz
Duqueine D-08 48 +3 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
28 GTD 57 Winward Racing United Kingdom Philip Ellis
United States Russell Ward
Mercedes-AMG GT3 48 +3 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
29 GTD 23 Heart of Racing Team Canada Roman De Angelis
United Kingdom Ian James
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 47 +4 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
30 LMP3 7 Forty7 Motorsports United States Mark Kvamme
United States Ryan Norman
Duqueine D-08 47 +4 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
31 GTLM 24 BMW Team RLL Brazil Augusto Farfus
Germany Marco Wittmann
BMW M8 GTE 47 +4 Laps
BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8
32 LMP3 54 CORE Autosport United States Jon Bennett
United States George Kurtz
Ligier JS P320 47 +4 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
33 GTD 63 Scuderia Corsa United States Bret Curtis
United Arab Emirates Ed Jones
Ferrari 488 GT3 47 +4 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
34 GTD 16 Wright Motorsports United States Ryan Hardwick
United States Patrick Long
Porsche 911 GT3 R 47 +4 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
35 GTD 12 Vasser Sullivan United States Robert Megennis
United States Zach Veach
Lexus RC F GT3 46 +5 Laps
Lexus 5.4 L V8
36 GTD 75 SunEnergy1 Australia Kenny Habul
Italy Raffaele Marciello
Mercedes-AMG GT3 46 +5 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
37 GTD 44 Magnus with Archangel United States Andy Lally
United States John Potter
Acura NSX GT3 45 +6 Laps
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
38 GTD 97 TF Sport Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood
United States Max Root
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 45 +6 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
39 GTD 88 Team Hardpoint EBM New Zealand Earl Bamber
Denmark Christina Nielsen
Porsche 911 GT3 R 45 +6 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
40 GTD 28 Alegra Motorsports Canada Daniel Morad
United States Michael de Quesada
Mercedes-AMG GT3 45 +6 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
41 GTD 21 AF Corse Italy Simon Mann
Denmark Nicklas Nielsen
Ferrari 488 GT3 44 +7 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
42

DNF

LMP3 33 Sean Creech Motorsport Portugal João Barbosa
United States Lance Willsey
Ligier JS P320 30 Not Running
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
43

DNF

GTD 42 NTE Sport United States Andrew Davis
United States Alan Metni
Audi R8 LMS GT3 18 Not Running
Audi BXA 5.2 L V10
44

DNF

LMP3 38 Performance Tech Motorsports Canada Cameron Cassels
Sweden Rasmus Lindh
Ligier JS P320 13 Not Running
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
45

DNF

LMP3 91 Riley Motorsports United States Jim Cox
United States Dylan Murry
Ligier JS P320 8 Not Running
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
46

DNF

GTD 1 Paul Miller Racing United States Madison Snow
United States Bryan Sellers
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 2 Not Running
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
47 GTD 19 GRT Grasser Racing Team Canada Misha Goikhberg
France Franck Perera
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 48 +3 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
DNS LMP3 74 Riley Motorsports United States Spencer Pigot
United States Gar Robinson
Ligier JS P320 0 Not Started
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
DNS GTD 64 Team TGM United States Ted Giovanis
United States Owen Trinkler
Porsche 911 GT3 R 0 Not Started
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
Source:[9]

Class winners in bold.

†: Post-event penalty. Moved to back of class.

Race

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Start and early hours

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Night

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Morning

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Finish

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Post-race

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Since it was the season's first race, Albuquerque, Castroneves, Ricky Taylor, and Rossi Pagenaud led the DPi Drivers' Championship with 376 points each. Johnson, Kobayashi, Pagenaud, and Rockenfeller were second with 345 points. Bomarito, Jarvis, and Tincknell were third with 332 points. Nicky Catsburg, Jordan Taylor, and Antonio García led the GTLM Drivers' Championship with 382 points each. Milner, Sims, and Tandy were second with 355 points. Edwards, Farfus, Krohn, and Wittmann were third with 325 points. Dontje, Ward, Ellis, and Engel led the GTD Drivers' Championship, followed by the second-placed Grenier, Habul, Marciello, and Stolz. Caldarelli, Lewis, Snow, and Sellers were third.[10] LMP2 drivers and teams as well as LMP3 drivers and teams didn't score full season points due to the event only counting towards the Michelin Endurance Cup. WTR-Konica Minolta Acura, Corvette Racing, and Winward Racing became the leaders of their respective class Teams' Championships. Acura, Chevrolet, and Mercedes-AMG assumed the lead of their respective Manufacturers' Championships with eleven races left in the season.[10]

Results

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Class winners denoted in bold and with ‡

Pos Class No. Team / Entrant Drivers Chassis Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 DPi 10 United States Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
Brazil Hélio Castroneves
United States Alexander Rossi
United States Ricky Taylor
Acura ARX-05 807 24:00:14.673‡
Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
2 DPi 48 United States Ally Cadillac Racing United States Jimmie Johnson
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
France Simon Pagenaud
Germany Mike Rockenfeller
Cadillac DPi-V.R 807 +4.704
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
3 DPi 55 Canada Mazda Motorsports United States Jonathan Bomarito
United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell
Mazda RT24-P 807 +6.562
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4
4 DPi 60 United States Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian United States A. J. Allmendinger
United States Dane Cameron
Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya
France Olivier Pla
Acura ARX-05 807 +54.418
Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
5 DPi 01 United States Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing New Zealand Scott Dixon
Denmark Kevin Magnussen
Netherlands Renger van der Zande
Cadillac DPi-V.R 807 +1:07.744
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
6 LMP2 18 United States Era Motorsport France Paul-Loup Chatin
United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel
United States Dwight Merriman
United Kingdom Kyle Tilley
Oreca 07 787 +20 Laps‡
Gibson Technology GK428 V8
7 LMP2 8 United Kingdom Tower Motorsports by Starworks France Gabriel Aubry
France Timothé Buret
Canada John Farano
France Matthieu Vaxivière
Oreca 07 787 +20 Laps
Gibson Technology GK428 V8
8 DPi 31 United States Whelen Engineering Racing United Kingdom Mike Conway
Brazil Pipo Derani
United States Chase Elliott
Brazil Felipe Nasr
Cadillac DPi-V.R 783 +24 Laps
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
9 LMP2 82 United States DragonSpeed USA LLC Canada Devlin DeFrancesco
United States Eric Lux
Germany Christopher Mies
Germany Fabian Schiller
Oreca 07 783 +24 Laps
Gibson Technology GK428 V8
10 LMP2 51 Philippines RWR-Eurasia United States Austin Dillon
Germany Sven Müller
United States Cody Ware
Turkey Salih Yoluç
Ligier JS P217 778 +29 Laps
Gibson Technology GK428 V8
11 GTLM 3 United States Corvette Racing Netherlands Nicky Catsburg
Spain Antonio García
United States Jordan Taylor
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 770 +37 Laps‡
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
12 GTLM 4 United States Corvette Racing United States Tommy Milner
United Kingdom Alexander Sims
United Kingdom Nick Tandy
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 770 +37 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
13 GTLM 24 United States BMW Team RLL United States John Edwards
Brazil Augusto Farfus
Finland Jesse Krohn
Germany Marco Wittmann
BMW M8 GTE 769 +38 Laps
BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8
14 GTLM 62 United States Risi Competizione United Kingdom James Calado
France Jules Gounon
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
Italy Davide Rigon
Ferrari 488 GTE 769 +38 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
15 GTLM 25 United States BMW Team RLL Austria Philipp Eng
Germany Timo Glock
United States Connor De Phillippi
Canada Bruno Spengler
BMW M8 GTE 768 +39 Laps
BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8
16 LMP2 11 United States WIN Autosport United Kingdom Matthew Bell
United States Thomas Merrill
United States Tristan Nunez
United States Steven Thomas
Oreca 07 764 +43 Laps
Gibson Technology GK428 V8
17 GTLM 79 United States WeatherTech Racing Italy Gianmaria Bruni
France Kévin Estre
Austria Richard Lietz
United States Cooper MacNeil
Porsche 911 RSR-19 760 +47 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
18 LMP3 74 United States Riley Motorsports Australia Scott Andrews
United States Oliver Askew
United States Spencer Pigot
United States Gar Robinson
Ligier JS P320 757 +50 Laps‡
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
19 LMP3 33 United States Sean Creech Motorsport Portugal João Barbosa
United Kingdom Wayne Boyd
France Yann Clairay
United States Lance Willsey
Ligier JS P320 754 +53 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
20 LMP3 6 Belgium Mühlner Motorsport America Germany Laurents Hörr
United States Kenton Koch
Germany Mortiz Kranz
United Kingdom Stevan McAleer
Duqueine M30 - D08 750 +57 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
21 LMP3 91 United States Riley Motorsports Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
United States Jim Cox
United States Austin McCusker
United States Dylan Murry
Ligier JS P320 746 +61 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
22 GTD 57 United States HTP Winward Racing Netherlands Indy Dontje
United Kingdom Philip Ellis
Germany Maro Engel
United States Russell Ward
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 745 +62 Laps‡
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
23 GTD 75 Australia SunEnergy1 Racing Canada Mikaël Grenier
Australia Kenny Habul
Italy Raffaele Marciello
Germany Luca Stolz
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 745 +62 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
24 GTD 1 United States Paul Miller Racing Italy Andrea Caldarelli
United States Corey Lewis
United States Bryan Sellers
United States Madison Snow
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 745 +62 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
25 GTD 16 United States Wright Motorsports Austria Klaus Bachler
Belgium Jan Heylen
United States Trent Hindman
United States Patrick Long
Porsche 911 GT3 R 745 +62 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
26 GTD 23 United States Heart of Racing Team Canada Roman De Angelis
United Kingdom Ross Gunn
United Kingdom Ian James
United Kingdom Darren Turner
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 745 +62 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
27 GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport United States Bill Auberlen
United States Robby Foley
United States Colton Herta
Australia Aidan Read
BMW M6 GT3 744 +63 Laps
BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8
28 GTD 97 United Kingdom TF Sport Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood
United States Ben Keating
United States Max Root
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 744 +63 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
29 GTD 21 Italy AF Corse Italy Matteo Cressoni
Italy Simon Mann
Denmark Nicklas Nielsen
Brazil Daniel Serra
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 743 +64 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
30 GTD 28 United States Alegra Motorsports Germany Maximilian Buhk
United States Billy Johnson
Canada Daniel Morad
United States Mike Skeen
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 741 +66 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
31 LMP3 54 United States CORE Autosport United States Jon Bennett
United States Colin Braun
United States George Kurtz
United States Matt McMurry
Ligier JS P320 737 +70 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
32 GTD 88 United States Team Hardpoint EBM New Zealand Earl Bamber
United States Rob Ferriol
United Kingdom Katherine Legge
Denmark Christina Nielsen
Porsche 911 GT3 R 737 +70 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
33 GTD 44 United States Magnus Racing with Archangel Motorsports Germany Mario Farnbacher
United States Andy Lally
United States John Potter
United States Spencer Pumpelly
Acura NSX GT3 Evo 736 +71 Laps
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
34
DNF
DPi 5 United States JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing France Sébastien Bourdais
France Loïc Duval
France Tristan Vautier
Cadillac DPi-V.R 723 Accident damage
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
35 LMP2 47 Italy Cetilar Racing Italy Andrea Belicchi
Italy Antonio Fuoco
Italy Roberto Lacorte
Italy Giorgio Sernagiotto
Dallara P217 710 +97 Laps
Gibson Technology GK428 V8
36 GTD 9 Canada Pfaff Motorsports Australia Matt Campbell
Germany Lars Kern
Canada Zacharie Robichon
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
Porsche 911 GT3 R 702 +105 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
37 LMP3 38 United States Performance Tech Motorsports Canada Cameron Cassels
Sweden Rasmus Lindh
Guatemala Mateo Llarena
United States Ayrton Ori
Ligier JS P320 687 +120 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
38 GTD 12 United States Vasser Sullivan Racing United States Townsend Bell
United States Robert Megennis
United States Frankie Montecalvo
United States Zach Veach
Lexus RC F GT3 681 +126 Laps
Lexus 5.4 L V8
39
DNF
GTD 63 United States Scuderia Corsa Australia Ryan Briscoe
United States Bret Curtis
Brazil Marcos Gomes
United Arab Emirates Ed Jones
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 676 Overheating
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
40
DNF
GTD 42 United States NTE Sport United States Andrew Davis
United States J. R. Hildebrand
United States Alan Metni
United States Don Yount
Audi R8 LMS Evo 665 Gearbox
Audi BXA 5.2 L V10
41
DNF
LMP2 52 United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United States Scott Huffaker
Denmark Mikkel Jensen
United States Ben Keating
France Nicolas Lapierre
Oreca 07 664 Starter motor
Gibson Technology GK428 V8
42
DNF
GTD 14 United States Vasser Sullivan Racing United Kingdom Oliver Gavin
United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth
United States Kyle Kirkwood
United States Aaron Telitz
Lexus RC F GT3 641 Mechanical
Lexus 5.4 L V8
43
DNF
GTD 64 United States Team TGM United States Ted Giovanis
United States Hugh Plumb
United States Matt Plumb
United States Owen Trinkler
Porsche 911 GT3 R 515 Drivetrain
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
44
DNF
LMP3 7 United States Forty7 Motorsports Colombia Gabby Chaves
United States Trenton Estep
United States Mark Kvamme
United States Ryan Norman
Duqueine M30 - D-08 413 Oil cooling pump
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
45
DNF
GTD 111 Austria GRT Grasser Racing Team Italy Mirko Bortolotti
Switzerland Rolf Ineichen
Italy Marco Mapelli
Netherlands Steijn Schothorst
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 347 Electrical
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
46
DNF
GTD 19 Austria GRT Grasser Racing Team Spain Albert Costa
Canada Misha Goikhberg
France Franck Perera
Germany Tim Zimmermann
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 195 Engine
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
47
DNF
LMP2 29 Netherlands Racing Team Nederland Netherlands Frits van Eerd [nl]
Netherlands Giedo van der Garde
France Charles Milesi
Netherlands Job van Uitert
Oreca 07 64 Gearbox
Gibson Technology GK428 V8
48
DNF
LMP2 20 Denmark High Class Racing Denmark Dennis Andersen
Denmark Anders Fjordbach
Austria Ferdinand Habsburg-Lothringen
Poland Robert Kubica
Oreca 07 56 Gearbox
Gibson Technology GK428 V8
49
DNF
LMP2 81 United States DragonSpeed USA LLC Canada Garett Grist
United Kingdom Ben Hanley
United States Rob Hodes
Netherlands Rinus VeeKay
Oreca 07 53 Misfire
Gibson Technology GK428 V8
Box Score

Standings after the race

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.
  • : Points only awarded towards Michelin Endurance Cup championship.
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.
  • : Points only awarded towards Michelin Endurance Cup championship.
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.


References

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  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "00_Championship Points - Official.pdf" (PDF). results.imsa.com. February 3, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2023.


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