Frederik Vesti leads the Daytona 24 Hours, 2 and half hours in, with the race currently under full course yellow after an accident on the infield for Hunter McElrea in the #11 TDS Oreca 07-Gibson.
Second behind Vesti in the full course yellow queue is Nick Tandy in the in the #7 Porsche 963. Rene Rast in the #25 BMW M Hybrid V8, which started last in GTP with Sheldon van der Linde at the wheel, is third. Fourth is #60 Meyer Shank Acura of Felix Rosenqvist.
Dries Vanthoor led the race from pole in the sister #24 BMW. Over the first hour he built a good lead of around eight seconds. When he pitted at the end of his second stint, with a lead over Nick Yelloly in the #93 Meyer Shank Acura.
However, the Belgian knocked the pit wall when he pitted. Although the car was undamaged, the team had to move the car and straighten it into the pit stand, losing them time. Philipp Eng, who replaced D. Vanthoor at the wheel, currently sits fifth.
In LMP2, Rasmus Lindh leads the way in the #22 United Autosports Oreca 07-Gibson. It’s a United Autosports 1-2 under FCY, in fact, with his teammate Garnet Patterson second in the sister #2 car. Third is PJ Hyett in the #99 AO Racing Oreca.
Ben Keating started the race on pole and led the fiekd away. He created a commanding gap in the #52 PR1 Mathiasen Oreca, but two mistakes on successive laps, dropped him to third. While he later overtook Chris Cumming in the #73 Pratt Miller Motorsports Oreca, Hyett was well up the road by this point.
Keating’s teammates Rodrigo Sales currently sits ninth in class.
GTD Pro is led by the two Ford Mustangs, with Dennis Olsen in the #65 Ford Mustang GT3 ahead of the #64 car of Seb Priaulx. Third is Augusto Farfus in the #48 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3.
In GTD, Misha Goikhberg leads in the #78 Forte Racing Lamborghini Huracan EVO2 GT3. Lilou Wadoux is second in the #21 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3, while third is John Potter in the #44 Magnus Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo.
