P1racenews AI automatic summary:
Daytona 24h, H1: Acura grabs lead from Cadillac after crash-filled opening
Movie producer Jerry Bruckheimer started the race, and Pipo Derani took the lead in his #31 Action Express Cadillac. Felipe Nasr in the #7 Penske Porsche overtook Sebastian Bourdais’ Chip Ganassi Cadillac to secure second place. Derani quickly opened up a 1-second lead, with Bourdais chasing Nasr. They ran close together for most of the first hour. Connor De Phillippi’s #25 BMW held fourth place, followed by Ricky Taylor’s #10 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Acura. A full-course caution was necessitated by a crash involving the #78 Forte Racing Lamborghini in the GTD class. Taylor took the lead after the caution period, with Derani, Bourdais, and Nasr following closely behind. The race resumed but went back to yellow after a multi-car wreck and a collision involving Mike Conway’s Lexus and a spinning LMP2 car. After one hour, Taylor was leading, with Bourdais and Nasr behind him. In the LMP2 class, George Kurtz’s #04 Crowdstrike by APR car was leading, with Pietro Fittipaldi taking over the #52 Inter Europol car. In the GTD Pro class, Lexus was leading with Ben Barnicoat in the #14 RC F, but they lost their entry due to a crash.
