( Motorsport-Total. com)– Severe problem for Mike Rockenfeller in the fight for the total triumph of the 60 th edition of the 24 Hours of Daytona: the Action Express Cadillac n °48( Rockenfeller/Kobayashi/Johnson/ Lopez) is still around eleven o’clock on the clock “behind the wall”!
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The Ally-Cadillac #48 is presently losing numerous laps due to repair
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This was preceded by a spin from Jimmie Johnson into the infield after a crash, most likely with a GT vehicle. After his pirouette, Johnson slipped around the 5.7 kilometer oval and spun through the bus stop chicane on his method to the pit lane. Triggers has actually currently shown that all is not well with the Cadillac.
A couple of minutes later on, the following Cadillac was struck: Ganassi-Cadillac #01(van der Zande/Bourdais/Dixon/ Palou) likewise needed to be fixed “behind the wall”! That implies 2 curling irons run out contention for total success at the anniversary edition of the 24- hour race at Daytona.
But n °48and n °01 were not the only DPi models to have actually experienced troubles in current hours. The Ganassi Cadillac #02( Bamber/Lynn/Ericsson/ Magnussen) was associated with 2 controversial scenes in the dark.
In among the eleven restarts, the #10 Wayne-Taylor-Acura( R. Taylor/Albuquerque/Rossi/ Stevens) remained in the lead, which is why it was provided a drive-through charge. There was a later accident with the #31 Cadillac Action Express( Derani/Nunez/Conway) in the infield.
Things are still not working out for the #60 Mayer-Shank-Acura( Jarvis/Blomqvist/Castroneves/ Pagenaud). You had to carry out a pass charge for driving too quickly in the pit lane. Later On, Oliver Jarvis had a hard time to go out after a rest stop. The Briton made a bad brake two times in one lap.
Nevertheless, on the present twelfth caution of the race( Misha Goikhberg in the # 71 Lamborghini T3 is obstructed), 5 of the 7 DPi models are still in the lead lap. The #60likewise resisted after quiting the lead lap early in the race.
In the LMP2 classification, IndyCar star Patricio O’Ward took the Oreca #81 Dragonspeed( Lux/DeFrancesco/O’ Ward/Herta) to the top. In the LMP3 classification, the n °74 Riley-Ligier( Robinson/Fraga/van Berlo/Cooper )is one lap ahead of the closest pursuer.
Everything is still open in the GTD classifications, where there are still half a lots automobiles in the lead lap. The Vasser-Sullivan-Lexus n °14( Hawksworth/Barnicoat/Kirkwood) and the Weathertech-Mercedes n ° 97( MacNeil/Juncadella/Engel/ Gounon) even recuperated from a 3h30 stop-start!
Both automobiles, along with TR3-Lamborghini #19(Sweedler/Megrue/Altoe/ Segal) and Magnus-Aston-Martin #44(Potter/Lally/Pumpelly/ Adam) got it due to the fact that of a “. Extraordinary: The Aston Martin is still in the lead in its classification regardless of the charge.
Always in mind:
DPI: # 5, #10, #60, #31, #02
LMP2: #81, # 8, #29, #69, #52
LMP3: #74
GTD Pro: #97, #62, # 9, #14, #63, # 2, #15
GT: #44, #57, #32, #42, #66, #16
