IMSA 2022: ROLEX 24 at Daytona
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The start of the 60th ROLEX 24 at Daytona saw Filipe Albuquerque holding his pole in #10 Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 but not for long, as he couldn’t follow the speed of the Cadillacs.
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Kamui Kobayashi was 1st at the hour and hour 2 with his #48 Ally Cadillac. After 2 hours, the 6 top DPi were within 7.653 sec.
After 3 hours, the two Acura were leading the race with
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Tom Blomqvist in P1 with his Meyer Shank Racing Acura #60
Filipe Albuquerque in P2 in the #10 Konica Minolta Acura.
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After 4 Hours, it was the turn of Sebastien Bourdais in #01 Cadillac Racing Cadillac to take P1 in front of Albuquerque. The top 6 cars were within 5.007 Sec.
During the 5th hour, Albuquerque’s #10 Acura suffered a flat tire sending last year's winner two laps down. The other 6 DPi were still within 38.765 sec. with Sebastien Bourdais still in the lead in his #01 Cadillac Racing Cadillac.
After 6 Hours, the top 5 cars were within 4.287 sec., with Sebastien Bourdais still in the lead.
After 7 hours, it was to the turn of Earl Bamber to take the lead with his #02 Chip Ganassi racing Cadillac. 7.536 sec. were separating the top 6 cars. #10 Konica Minolta Acura was one lap behind the leaders.
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After 8 hours, #48 Ally Cadillac was leading with the top 5 cars in less than 14 sec.
After 9 Hours, #02 Cadillac was back in the lead but the 2 Acura were gaining momentum as #10 Konica Minolta was 2nd and #60 Meyer Shank Racing 3rd. Important to mention that all 7 DPi were within 5.515 sec.
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After 10 hours 37’, #31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac was the new leader but with 17 pits, whereas the two Acura in P2 and P3 had 18 pits and Cadillac #01 and #48, 19 pits.
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Many changes of leaders during the first half of the race with the 7 DPi’s within 5.5 sec. At mid-race #5 JDC Miller Motorsport Cadillac holds the lead, thanks to fewer pits than its competitors.
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Four cars are within 6 sec.: #14 Lexus, #62 Ferrari, #9 and #2 Porsche, #15 and #97 Mercedes-AMG.. The ranking changed regularly but those 6 always remained in the forefront.
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