P1racenews AI automatic summary:
Felipe Nasr leads the Daytona 24 Hours for Porsche at the halfway point, with his teammate Matt Campbell making it a Porsche 1-2 art the front. The race has just been put under full course yellow, with the ´336 DXDT Corvette Z06 GT3.R on fire on the back portion of the oval, at turn 7. […]
The race has just been put under full course yellow, as the ´336 DXDT Corvette Z06 GT3.R caught fire at turn 7 on the back portion of the oval. Nasr, driving the #7 Porsche 963, took the lead shortly after the latest race restart following the seventh full course yellow. Campbell, in the sister #6 car, worked his way to second place, overtaking the #60 Meyer Shank Acura ARX-06. The #24 BMW M Hybrid V8, currently in fifth place with Kevin Magnussen driving, started the race from pole position. Meanwhile, all four manufacturers have led the race at some point, with setbacks including the #63 Lamborghini SC63 retiring after an hour and the #93 Meyer Shank Acura suffering a rear suspension failure. Disaster struck in the eighth hour, with multiple cars colliding and retiring, leaving Nasr in the lead, followed by Campbell in a Porsche 1-2. In the LMP2 class, Rasmus Lindh leads in the #22 United Autosports Oreca, while Neil Verhagen is leading GTD Pro in the #1 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 EVO. Lastly, Ayhancan Guven is currently leading in GTD in the #120 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3.R.
