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The three Chevy Corvette Z06 GT3.Rs in the GTD PRO class of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship sped toward the front of the class Thursday in qualifying ahead of this weekend’s Rolex 24 At Daytona.
Alexander Sims in the No. 3 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports entry led the way for the Corvette camp by qualifying fourth in the 15-minute session for the 15-car GTD PRO field with a lap of 1:46.012 (120.892 mph) less than a half-second off the class pole-winning time. Sims had another half-second in hand over Tommy Milner in the No. 4 Corvette Z06 GT3.R from the Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports squad that will see both of its cars on the second and third rows for Saturday’s start.
The No. 91 Trackhouse by TF Sport Corvette Z06 GT3.R will start on the next row after Connor Zilisch’s effort that saw him qualify eighth in class and barely a tenth-of-a-second off Milner’s time. In the GTD ranks, the DXDT Racing and AWA Corvettes qualified 16th and 17th respectively in the massive 22-car field in the class. Charlie Eastwood did the honors in the No. 36 Corvette Z06 GT3.R for DXDT’s maiden qualifying run as a full-season WeatherTech Championship team. His lap of 1:47.592 (119.116 mph) was about eight-tenths clear of Orey Fidani in the No. 13 AWA Corvette.
GTD PRO Corvette Z06 GT3.R Qualifying Times • No. 3 Corvette – Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports – Antonio Garcia, Alexander Sims, Dani Juncadella – 1:46.012 (120.892 mph) – fourth in class • No. 4 Corvette – Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports – Tommy Milner, Nicky Catsburg, Nico Varrone – 1:46.445 (120.400 mph) – sixth in class • No. 91 Corvette – Trackhouse by TF Sport – Ben Keating, Scott McLaughlin, Shane van Gisbergen, Connor Zilisch – 1:46.579 (120.249 mph) – eighth in class
GTD Corvette Z06 GT3.R Weekend Fast Times
• No. 36 Corvette – DXDT Racing – Charlie Eastwood, Pipo Derani, Alec Udell, Salih Yoluc – 1:47.592 (119.116 mph) – 15th in class • No. 13 Corvette – AWA – Matt Bell, Orey Fidani, Lars Kern, Marvin Kirchhöfer – 1:48.334 (118.301 mph) – 16th in class
The Rolex 24 marks the start of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the second season of the Corvette Z06 GT3.R program. This year’s group marks the largest number of production-based racing Corvettes in the race since 2007. The Corvette Racing brand has a deep history at the Rolex 24 and includes four GT class victories, one of those an overall win in 2001. In addition, Corvette’s successes at Daytona have bolstered Chevrolet’s impressive record of 122 wins at the circuit across IMSA and NASCAR’s national series.
The Rolex 24 At Daytona goes green at 1:40 p.m. ET on Saturday, January 25 with live television segments on NBC and USA plus flag-to-flag coverage on Peacock in the U.S., and IMSA.com for international viewers.
CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R QUALIFYING DRIVER QUOTES
ALEXANDER SIMS, NO. 3 OSHKOSH / MOBIL 1 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R:
“First of all, low fuel run here. You’re getting a load of laptime on the straights, and the car is pretty alive. Qualifying at any point is quite exciting when it comes down to two or three laps of the tire peak where you’ve got to try and nail a lap, which is always tough in itself. Simply the fact I was doing qualifying, it was exciting.
In these conditions, it was really hard to switch the tire on and I didn’t get it. It was just challenging to switch the tire on compared to normal. The car was feeling nice. This Corvette is lovely. It’s great in loads of phases, but it’s really exciting when you’re driving it on low fuel.
The team gave me a really nice car. We did the best with what we could in terms of the balance of the Corvette out there. It was really nice to drive. Quite a big delta to the Fords. I can imagine where the laptime is gained on that, but well done to those guys, and we’re looking forward to the race. We’ll know more, honestly, 12, 14, 16 hours into the race. It seems like the car is working well, and that’s all you can ask for now. ” TOMMY MILNER, NO. 4 OSHKOSH / MOBIL 1 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R:
“Glad to be at the pointier end of the class. Obviously, P1 is a little bit out of touch there, but otherwise, we’re generally pretty close. We’ve worked very hard in the off season. The engineers have based on last year’s data and the car we’ve had to try and improve our Corvette and I think we’ve done a great job in improving the car. Hopefully, that will translate to a good race for us. So far, reliability-wise, we’ve been very good, which is I think is another important part to make this race successful for this team. From that side, all good. It’s been a great week so far with my teammates Nicky and Nico.
We’ve got a couple more practice sessions here to work on it a bit more. I think we’re in the hunt. I don’t think we quite have the fastest car, but like I said, we still have two more practice sessions to work on it. I think more than anything, we’ve gone down a good path with the car so far all through the Roar, practice and qualifying as well. Good car balance, so we’ll just continue to tweak on it.”
CONNOR ZILISCH, NO. 91 WEATHERTECH CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R:
“It definitely feels good to get qualifying out of the way. It doesn’t mean too much in a 24-hour race. There are a few cars out there that are going to be tough to beat. We’re going to need some help, but overall the car is driving well, and I think we’ll have a good car for race runs and longer stints. I feel like that’s one thing we were really good at in practice. Just hoping we can keep that up in the race and keep our car driving well, and I think that will pay off for us.”
CHARLIE EASTWOOD, NO. 36 MOBIL 1 / SuCo CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R:
“Not what we expected. Just didn’t seem to be able to generate a lot of grip. It’s a very different condition than what we had in the Roar, and we seemed a bit more comfortable. Both in FP1 and there in qualifying, we just didn’t seem to be able to gain enough grip. We need to look at the data to see where we’re missing it. Ultimately, if it heats up again for the weekend, we might be in a better window, but we still need to understand why we’re not there at the minute. Bit of work to do, for sure.
“Ultimately, we still had the same opportunities as everyone else to be up front and we’re not. For sure, it’s not a be all to end all with 24 hours to go to the front, which is very straightforward if we have the pace. But we definitely seem to be missing a bit at the minute. It’s going to be a case of working out where we’re missing that, and go from there.”
OREY FIDANI, NO. 13 AWA CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R:
“Qualifying went well. The car felt amazing out there, and it just kept getting better and better with every lap. Huge credit to the team for their hard work dialing it in. I’m feeling confident and excited heading into the race!”
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This year’s Rolex 24 brings five Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3Rs together for the largest field of Corvettes to race at the twice-around-the-clock affair since 2007. This year we’ll have our two Yellow/Black Corvette Z06s from Pratt Miller Motorsports and a new entry from Trackhouse Racing by TF Sport in the GTD Pro class, while AWA Racing and DXDT Racing will each field a single Z06 GT3R entry in the GTD Am class.
2025 Rolex 24 at Daytona
Track: Daytona International Speedway Race Duration: 24 hours Circuit Length: 3.56 miles
Entries by Class • GTP (12) • LMP2 (12) • GTD Pro (15) • GTD (22)
Television/Online Broadcast: (ROLEX 24)
Saturday, January 25 (All Times ET)
USA: • 1:30 pm ET – 11:59 pm ET Peacock Streaming • 1:30 pm ET – 2:30 pm ET NBC • 2:30 pm ET – 6:30 pm ET USA • 1:35 pm ET – 11:59 am ET IMSA YouTube
International: • 1:35 pm ET – 11:59 pm ET IMSA TV • 1:35 pm ET – 11:59 pm ET Rev Canada
Sunday, January 26 (All Times ET)
USA: • 12:00 am ET – 2:00 pm ET Peacock streaming • 12:00 pm ET – 2:00 pm ET NBC • 12:00 am ET – 1:40 pm ET IMSA YouTube
International: • 12:00 am ET- 1:40 pm ET IMSA TV • TBA REV Canada
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First Hour Completed
Under the best weather to grace Daytona International Speedway all week, Dries Vanthoor led the field of 61 cars to the green flag to start the 63rd annual Rolex 24 At Daytona. Vanthoor remained out front through the entirety of his opening stint in the No. 24 BMW M Hybrid V8, and after the first round of pit stops, he remains out front after the first hour of racing.
Nick Yelloly holds second in the No. 93 Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-06, 13 seconds behind the younger Vanthoor brother, with Jack Aitken in third aboard the No.31 Cadillac Whelen V-Series.R. Tom Blomqvist has moved up to fourth in the No.60 MSR Acura.
PJ Hyett took the lead in LMP2, taking advantage of a mistake from Ben Keating to move the No. 99 AO Racing ORECA 07 up to the lead. Keating locked up heading into the West Horseshoe in consecutive laps and conceded not only the lead but second place as well, but he was able to recover and hand off the No. 52 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports machine off to co-driver Rodrigo Sales from second place.
But now it’s the No. 88 AF Corse car of Luis Perez Companc in second, followed by Chris Cumming in the Pratt Miller Motorsports No. 73, with Sales in fourth. It wasn’t the best start for Nick Boulle, who spun around on his own at Turn 2. The reigning Jim Trueman Award winner was able to regroup and has time to get his No. 2 United Autosports USA car back up the class order.
GTD PRO has seen multiple lead changes, from pole sitter Mike Rockenfeller to Dan Harper to Andrea Caldarelli.
Right now the advantage is back in the hands of Harper in the No. 48 Paul Miller Racing BMW, with the Fords of Mike Rockenfeller and Frederic Vervisch in second and third, and Alexander Sims running fourth in the No. 3 Pratt Miller Corvette.
Caldarelli was leading in the No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports Lamborghini, but on his first pit stop, the left-front wheel nut wouldn’t come off and he slipped down the order as mechanics used hammers to pry the tricky wheel off.
Elliott Skeer led GTD from pole in the No. 120 Wright Motorsports Porsche, but now after pit stops and driver changes, it’s the No. 57 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG that leads, with Russell Ward taking the baton from Ellis, and Adam Adelson taking over the No. 120 Porsche.
Trent Hindman runs third in the No. 45 WTR Lamborghini, followed by Brendan Iribe in the No. 70 Inception Racing Ferrari.
Hour Two
Dries Vanthoor was cruising along with a 25-second lead until an error heading into the pits cost him and BMW M Team RLL the lead of the 63rd Rolex 24 At Daytona.
Thanks to a strategic call from the Acura Meyer Shank Racing crew, IMSA debutant Kakunoshin Ohta is now leading GTP in the No. 93 Acura ARX-06, despite spinning on cold tires during his first out lap of his first stint in America.
He’s ahead of Frederik Vesti, now aboard the No. 31 Cadillac Whelen V-Series.R in second, with Nick Tandy in the No. 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 in third and the No. 5 Proton Competition Porsche in a pleasantly surprising fourth, in the hands of Julien Andlauer.
Vanthoor misjudged his approach into his pit box, and ended up with his left-front quarter panel against the pit wall. Adding insult to injury, the No. 24 BMW M Hybrid V8 picked up a drive-through penalty for refueling while the car was on its jacks. That’s left Philipp Eng down the GTP order in 10th.
For fans of the Lamborghini SC63, it’s a bitter and early end for the No. 63’s long-awaited Daytona debut. Mirko Bortolotti drove the No. 63 back to the pits and walked away from the car. The car went behind the wall, into the garage and officially retired with a cooling system issue, as confirmed by a Lamborghini Squadra Corse representative.
The 75 Express Mercedes-AMG GT3 has also suffered a problem just as owner/driver Kenny Habul was bedding in for his first stint, he missed the Bus Stop and the entrance of pit lane with smoke coming off the right-front wheel. The car has since returned to the race, though it is eight laps down, just after Maro Engel had started the race and driven up to second in GTD PRO.
After the last round of GTD PRO pit stops, Laurin Heinrich leads aboard the No. 77 AO Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R but is off-sequence after having to make an unscheduled pit stop in the last hour. An apparent mismatch between IMSA and the team’s energy readings led AO Racing to bring “Rexy” in to fix the issue, which has put Heinrich on the back foot.
The No. 65 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Mustang GT3 of Frederic Vervisch took the lead from the BMW of Dan Harper, and the Ford is still in the ‘net lead’ (second place on the road) in GTD PRO.
Antonio Garcia runs third in the No. 3 Corvette, with Augusto Farfus now aboard the No. 48 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 EVO, after relieving Harper. Russell Ward has kept the No. 57 Winward Racing Mercedes up front in GTD, with Adam Adelson running second in the No. 120 Wright Motorsports Porsche, and Misha Goikhberg up into third in the No. 78 Forte Racing Lamborghini.
At this time only the 2 GM Corvette Z06s been running towards the top, the other 3 Corvettes running further back
Standings after 2 hours
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The sun is beginning to set over Daytona International Speedway
With four hours gone, FIA WEC Hypercar co-champions Laurens Vanthoor and Kevin Estre are running 1-2 overall and in GTP. Vanthoor in the No. 7 Porsche 963 has a seven-second advantage over Estre in the No. 6, which has fully recovered from its sluggish start as the track temperatures begin to sink.
But it’s two German brands vying for the lead with BMW M Team RLL’s two cars third and fourth. Robin Frijns in the No. 25 BMW M Hybrid V8 leads Rene Rast in the No. 24, while Felipe Drugovich has taken the No. 31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series R up to fifth at the top of the hour.
LMP2 has been mostly dominated by AO Racing and “Spike the LMP2 Dragon,” with Dane Cameron aboard for his first stint in the No. 99 ORECA 07, leading the class by over 45 seconds.
Nick Boulle is back in the No. 2 United Autosports USA machine in second, followed by Luis Perez Companc for AF Corse, and Daniel Goldburg in the No. 22 United Autosports car.
TDS Racing’s No. 11 ORECA is now behind the wall for repairs, joining the now-retired No. 63 Lamborghini SC63 as the only cars not circulating right now. The Blue Oval is still in front of GTD PRO, but Ford Multimatic Motorsports’ cars have changed places it’s now the No. 64 Mustang GT3 of Seb Priaulx ahead of the No. 65 of Dennis Olsen.
And there’s great news for Pfaff Motorsports fans after the stuck wheel nut problem in the first hour, the No. 9 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 is back in contention with Marco Mapelli in third ahead of the No. 3 Corvette Racing Z06 GT3.R of Antonio Garcia. Nicky Catsburg is fifth in the No. 4 works Corvette.
Heart of Racing leads GTD with Casper Stevenson up front by over 15 seconds in the No. 27 Aston Martin Vantage GT3. He took the lead after a broken wing mirror for Forte Racing’s Lamborghini. The entire right-side door needed to be changed in the pit stop.
NASCAR driver/commentator Parker Kligerman is currently second in the No. 78 Lamborghini, with Ayhancan Guven back up to third in the No. 120 Wright Motorsports Porsche, and Marvin Kirchhofer moving up the field in the No. 13 AWA Corvette.
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With the first 6 hours of the 63rd Rolex 24 At Daytona complete, Colin Braun drove Acura Meyer Shank Racing to the lead after a full course yellow restart brought about by possibly the highest-profile retirement of the race.
Andy Lally’s final IMSA race as a full-time driver and Magnus Racing’s last IMSA race for the foreseeable future has come to a disappointing end. Lally brought the No. 44 Aston Martin to a halt at Turn 2. With fluid pouring out from under the car, the engine failure brought out the third full course yellow of the race.
As he walked out of his car, Lally waved to the fans at Daytona International Speedway.
“Not the final lap around here I was hoping for,” he said. “Right after I got onto the power, there was a huge explosion. I’m pleased the guys had given me perfect earpieces, I could feel the compression through the car. I’ve never had a failure like that in 25 years here.
It’s a massive shame for the whole team, and in particular for John Potter, who did a fantastic triple-stint to start right on the pace. It’s not the way to finish this story anyone else would have wanted. It’s the end of this chapter.
“I’ll take a few days to think about it, but I’m excited about the next chapter for me [as the new President of Trans Am]. I’m hugely grateful for everyone who’s played a part in my driving career, and in particular, of course, my family here at Magnus Racing.”
When action resumed, Braun overtook Earl Bamber in the No. 31 Cadillac and Felipe Nasr in the No. 7 Porsche 963 to grab the lead of the race.
Nasr is still second for Porsche Penske Motorsports, ahead of Bamber and Kamui Kobayashi in their respective Cadillacs.
Mathias Beche took the lead in LMP2 for PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports in the No. 52 ORECA. He leads Riley’s Felipe Fraga and CrowdStrike Racing by APR’s Colton Herta.
Deeper into their respective stints, Connor De Phillippi leads GTD PRO in the No. 1 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 EVO, ahead of Nico Varrone in the No. 4 Corvette Racing Z06 GT3.R. Behind them, Jesse Krohn in the No. 48 BMW leads the No. 3 Corvette of Daniel Juncadella.
In GTD, Frederik Schandorff kept the No. 70 Inception Racing Ferrari ahead of the No. 120 Wright Motorsports Porsche of Tom Sargent and the No. 021 Triarsi Competizione Ferrari of James Calado.
The 75 Express Mercedes-AMG GT3 is the second official retirement of the race, joining the No. 63 Lamborghini SC63. A team source confirmed an apparent engine failure for the No. 75. A visibly upset Jules Gounon told RACER, “It’s tough to take after two weeks here to be out by 7:00 p.m. I had the same last year out at 6:00 p.m. I’ll try again next week [at Bathurst].”
TDS Racing’s ORECA is also back running after a gearbox change following its West Horseshoe incident earlier in the race.
Meyer Shank Racing’s No. 93 Acura ARX-06 returned as well, though 40 laps down after its left-rear wishbone mount sheared off. Mechanics needed to take out the gearbox to fix the problem and eventually put the car back together again after an hour of repairs.
So far, 197 laps have been completed with three full course yellows and two official retirements.
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The 8th hour of the Rolex 24 At Daytona started under yellow and soon saw another restart, one that claimed six cars in a chaotic incident as cars entered the infield.
Louis Deletraz in the No. 40 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac V-Series.R lost control exiting Turn 2, twitched and spun off into the barrier to his right, the car’s momentum then carrying him back across the track into traffic.
Nick Boulle couldn’t avoid the stranded Cadillac and struck Deletraz, before Chris Cumming hit both the No. 40 and the No. 2 United Autosports ORECA of Boulle. Trying to avoid that pileup, Jordan Pepper in the No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports Lamborghini ran into the side of the No. 48 Paul Miller Racing BMW of Max Hesse.
The No. 8 Tower Motorsports ORECA LMP2 of Sebastien Bourdais also suffered damage in the incident after getting brushed by the other LMP2s. Despite appearing to have been collected at first, the No. 77 AO Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R was able to stop and avoid damage. Both drove away from the incident.
All other drivers were able to walk away from their respective cars without any apparent injuries.
The race resumed after a 25-minute full course yellow. Leading GTP at the moment is the No. 31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R of Jack Aitken, followed by the No. 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 of Nick Tandy and the No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-06 of Tom Blomqvist.
Sheldon van der Linde spun out in Turn 2 after contact by Neel Jani, but the No. 25 BMW M Hybrid V8 was able to drive away and the race remained green.
Paul Di Resta and United Autosports USA’s sole surviving No. 22 ORECA leads LMP2 from Paul-Loup Chatin in the No. 18 ERA Motorsport car, followed by Jonny Edgar in the No. 99 AO Racing “Spike” car.
In GTD PRO, Ford Multimatic is back in the front, running 1-3 with the No. 65 Mustang of Frederic Vervisch leading and the No. 64 of Mike Rockenfeller just behind the second-place No. 69 GetSpeed Mercedes-AMG GT3 of Fabian Schiller.
Franck Perera leads GTD for Forte Racing, the No. 78 Lamborghini out in front of the No. 27 Heart of Racing Aston Martin of Mattia Drudi and the No. 19 Van der Steur Racing Aston Martin of Anthony McIntosh.
Heart of Racing is down to one contending car after the No. 007 GTD PRO car lost its left-rear wheel as Roman de Angelis was contending for a place in the top five. This brought out the FCY which preceded the multi-car accident that followed.
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Hour 18
The sun is rising over Daytona International Speedway as we enter the fourth quarter of the 63rd Rolex 24 At Daytona.
With six hours left, and 585 laps completed, Porsche Penske Motorsport is in command of the GTP class. Nick Tandy and Matt Campbell are fighting hard but fair for the lead as they pursue one another through traffic. Tandy in the No. 7 Porsche 963 has built a bit of a lead to the No. 6 of Campbell, now around five seconds at the interval.
Over 30 seconds behind the leading Porsches, the No. 24 RLL BMW M Hybrid V8 is third, ahead of the No. 60 MSR Acura ARX-06 and the No. 10 WTR Cadillac V-Series.R, at the end of the lead lap.
It is still cold but expected to get warmer as the end of the race approaches.
We’ve had 10 full course yellows but none since around 3:30am when the Inter Europol Competition LMP2 had its breakdown, and 13 official retirements including the No. 5 Porsche, No. 40 Cadillac and No. 63 Lamborghini from GTP.
AO Racing leads LMP2 at the interval with its No. 99 ORECA 07 LMP2. Christian Rasmussen has a six-second advantage over the No. 8 Tower Motorsports car of Job van Uitert. Colton Herta runs third in the No. 04 CrowdStrike Racing by APR car, with the top three all very much in contention for the LMP2 win.
The No. 73 Pratt Miller Motorsports ORECA has rejoined the race after extensive repairs — miraculously so after Chris Cumming was involved in the six-car pile-up at Turn 2 last night, which took out the No. 2 United Autosports USA car.
GTD PRO is kicking off as the pace begins to rapidly pick up. Madison Snow set the fastest lap of the race in the No. 1 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 EVO this hour, and just minutes ago he forcefully overtook the No. 77 AO Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R of Klaus Bachler for the class lead.
Dennis Olsen runs third, waiting to pounce in his No. 65 Ford Multimatic Mustang GT3, with the No. 3 Corvette Racing Z06 GT3.R of Antonio Garcia in a distant fourth but definitely not out of the hunt, ahead of the No. 69 GetSpeed Mercedes-AMG GT3.
AWA leads GTD at the interval courtesy of a strong drive from Englishman Matt Bell, who now has a narrow lead over the No. 80 Lone Star Racing Mercedes-AMG of Ralf Aron in second.
Aron has a buffer to Korthoff Competition Motors’ Kenton Koch in third, then the Ferraris of Conrad Laursen for AF Corse and James Calado for Triarsi Competizione.
The No. 13 AWA Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R of Matt Bell was out front in GTD after the then class-leading No. 57 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo was handed a drive-through penalty for a pit lane infringement in the previous hour.
