P1racenews AI automatic summary:
After the longest safety car period in motorsport history, due to bad visibility with fog settling over Daytona International Speedway during the night, the Daytona 24 Hours has finally gone back to green flag racing. When the full course yellow caution was called at 00:45 local time, Laurin Heinrich led the race in the #7 […]
After the longest safety car period in motorsport history, due to bad visibility with fog settling over Daytona International Speedway during the night, the Daytona 24 Hours has finally gone back to green flag racing. During the full course yellow caution called at 00:45 local time, Laurin Heinrich led the race in the #7 Porsche.
The two Porsches, #6 and #7, both stopped multiple times under the 6 and a half hour safety car period, with mechanics removing front and rear bodywork of both cars at various times. Earlier in the race in daylight, before the fog, the #6 car was involved in at least one incident resulting in contact and damage.
Throughout the night, multiple other cars led the race under the safety car, including the #24 and #25 BMWs and the #85 JDC Miller Porsche. At the restart, the GTP class was led by Laurin Heinrich in the #7 Porsche, with Kevin Magnussen second in the #25 BMW and his teammate Robin Frijns in the sister #24 BMW third.
In LMP2, Sebastien Bourdais leads as the race got back underway in the #8 Tower Motorsports Oreca. Ben Barker led GTD Pro in the #64 Ford Mustang GT3, and Lilou Wadoux led GTD in the #21 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3.
