A IMSA já divulgou a lista de inscritos para as 24 Horas de Daytona, primeira jornada do WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Estão inscritos 54 carros, com 13 na categoria de Protótipos, 8 em Prototype Challenge, 11 GTLM e nada menos que 22 GT Daytona.
Três pilotos portugueses vão estar à partida, João Barbosa e Filipe Albuquerque no Corvette DP da Action Express Racing, equipa candidata à vitória, e Pedro Lamy, novamente com a equipa oficial da Aston Martin, mas passando da classe GTLM para a GTD, por decisão do patrocinador.
Como é habitual, a prova conta com a presença de vários pilotos convidados que habitualmente não participam no campeonato, incluindo Max Angelelli, Olivier Pla, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Alex Wurz, Andy Priaulx, Tony Kanaan, Scott Dixon, Jamie McMurray, Jack Hawksworrth, Maro Engel, Mike Rockenfeller, Marcel Fässler, August oFArfus, Bruno Spenger, Sébastien Bourdais, Gianmaria Bruni, Graham Rahal, Frank Stipller, Sabine Schmitz, Jörg Bergmeister, Marco Wittmann, o piloto de F1 Sergio Pérez e Andy Pilgrim. Alguns pilotos jovens, como Lance Stroll e Felix Rosenqvist, vão fazer a estreia em corridas de resistência.
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0 Katherine Legge/Sean Rayhall/Andy Meyrick/Andreas Wirth (Panoz/DeltaWing DWC13)
2 Scott Sharp/Ed Brown/Johannes Van Overbeek/Pipo Derani (Extreme Speed/Ligier JS P2-Honda)
5 Christian Fittipaldi/João Barbosa/Filipe Albuquerque/Scott Pruett (Action Express/Corvette DP)
10 Ricky Taylor/Jordan Taylor/Max Angelelli (WTR/Corvette DRP)
31 Dane Cameron/Eric Curran/Simon Pagenaud/Jonny Adam (Action Express/Corvette DP)
37 Maurizio Mediani/Nicolas Minassian/Mikhail Aleshin/Kirill Ladygin (SMP/BR01-Nissan)
50 Byron DeFoor/Dorsey Schroeder/David Hinton/Thomas Gruber/Jim Pace (Highway to Help/Riley-Dinan)
55 Jonathan Bomarito/Tristan Nuñez/Spencer Pigot (Mazda-Speedsource/Mazda MPR14)
60 John Pew/Oswaldo Negri Jr./AJ Allmendinger/Olivier Pla (MSR/Ligier JS P2-Honda)
70 Joel Miller/Tom Long/Ben Devlin (Mazda-Speedsource/Mazda MPR14)
90 Ryan Dalziel/Marc Goossens/Ryan Hunter-Reay (Visit Florida/Corvette DP)
01 Lance Stroll/Alex Wurz/Brendon Hartley/Andy Priaulx (Ganassi/Riley-Ford Ecoboost)
02 Scott Dixon/Tony Kanaan/Jamie McMurray/Kyle Larson (Ganassi/Riley-Ford Ecoboost)
PC
8 Alex Popow/Renger van der Zande/Chris Cumming/Jack Hawksworth (Starworks/Oreca FLM09)
20 Tomy Drissi/Marc Drumwright/Johnny Mowlem/n.a./n.a. (BAR1/Oreca FLM09)
26 Adam Merzon/Ryan Eversley/Don Yount/Ryan Lewis/John Falb (BAR1/Oreca FLM09)
38 James French/Jim Norman/Josh Norman/Brandon Gdovic (Performance Tech/Oreca FLM09)
52 Robert Alon/Tom Kimber-Smith/José Gutiérrez/Nicholas Boulle (PR1-Mathiasen/Oreca FLM09)
54 Jon Bennett/Colin Braun/Mark Wilkins/Martin Plowman (CORE autosport/Oreca FLM09)
85 Chris Miller/Misha Goikhberg/Stephen Simpson/Kenton Koch (JDC-Miller/Oreca FLM09)
88 Mark Kvamme/Sean Johnston/Maro Engel/Felix Rosenqvist (Starworks/Oreca FLM09)
GTLM
3 Antonio García/Jan Magnussen/Mike Rockenfeller (Corvette Racing/Corvette C7.R)
4 Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner/Marcel Fässler (Corvette Racing/Corvette C7.R)
25 Bill Auberlen/Dirk Werner/Augusto Farfus/Bruno Spengler (RLL/BMW M6 GTLM)
62 Giancarlo Fisichella/Toni Vilander/Davide Rigon/Olivier Beretta (Risi/Ferrari 488 GTE)
66 Joey Hand/Dirk Müller/Sébastien Bourdais (Ganassi/Ford GT)
67 Ryan Briscoe/Richard Westbrook/Stefan Mücke (Ganassi/Ford GT)
68 Alessandro Pier Guidi/Alex Prémat/Daniel Serra/Memo Rojas (Scuderia Corsa/Ferrari 488 GTE)
72 Viktor Shaytar/Andrea Bertolini/Gianmaria Bruni/James Calado (SMP/Ferrari 488 GTE)
100 Lucas Luhr/John Edwards/Kuno Wittmer/Graham Rahal (RLL/BMW M6 GTLM)
911 Patrick Pilet/Nick Tandy/Kevin Estre (Porsche NA/Porsche 911 RSR)
912 Earl Bamber/Frédérick Makowiecki/Michael Christensen (Porsche NA/Porsche 911 RSR)
GTD
6 Robin Liddell/Andrew Davis/Lawson Aschenbach/Matt Bell (Stevenson/Audi R8 LMS)
9 Kenny Habul/Boris Said/Dion Von Moltke/Tristan Vautier (Stevenson/Audi R8 LMS)
11 Townsend Bell/Bill Sweedler/Edoardo Piscopo/Richard Antinucci (O’Gara/Lamborghini Huracan GT3)
16 Spencer Pumpelly/Corey Lewis/Justin Marks/Kaz Grala (Change/Lamborghini Huracan GT3)
21 Emanuele Busnelli/Jim Michaelian/n.a./n.a. (Konrad/Lamborghini Huracan GT3)
22 David MacNeil/Cooper MacNeil/Leh Keen/Shane Van Gisbergen/Gunnar Jeannette (Alex Job/Porsche 911 GT3 R)
23 Ian James/Mario Farnbacher/Alex Riberas/Wolf Henzler (Alex Job/Porsche 911 GT3R)
28 Rolf Ineichen/Lance Willsey/Franz Konrad/Fabio Babini/Marc Basseng (Konrad/Lamborghini Huracan GT3)
30 Klaus Abbelen/Patrick Huisman/Frank Stippler/Sabine Schmitz/Sven Müller (Frikadelli/Porsche 911 GT3 R)
33 Ben Keating/Jeroen Bleekemolen/Dominik Farnbacher/Marc Miller (Riley/Dodge Viper GT3-R)
44 John Potter/Andy Lally/Marco Seefried/René Rast (Magnus/Audi R8 LMS)
45 Nic Jönsson/Pierre Kaffer/Christopher Haase/Tracy Krohn (Flying Lizard/Audi R8 LMS)
48 Mirko Bortolotti/Bryce Miller/Bryan Sellers/Madison Snow (Paul Miller/Lamborghini Huracan GT3)
51 Peter Mann/Raffaele Giammaria/Matteo Cressoni/Marco Cioci (Spirit of Race/Ferrari 458 GT3)
63 Christian Nielsen/Alessandro Balzan/Jeff Segal/Robert Renauer (Scuderia Corsa/Ferrari 458 GT3)
73 Patrick Lindsay/Matt McMurry/Jörg Bergmeister/Norbert Siedler (Park Place/Porsche 911 GT3 R)
93 Ben Keating/Gar Robinson/Jeff Mosing/Eric Foss/Damien Faulkner (Riley/Dodge Viper GT3-R)
96 Bret Curtis/Jens Klingmann/Ash Freiberg/Marco Wittmann (Turner/BMW M6 GT3)
97 Michael Marsal/Markus Palttala/Maxime Martin/Jesse Krohn (Turner/BMW M6 GT3)
98 Paul Dalla Lana/Pedro Lamy/Mathias Lauda/Richie Stanaway (AMR/Aston Martin Vantage GT3)
007 Santiago Creel/Antonio Pérez/Ricardo Pérez de Lara/Sergio Pérez/Lars Viljoen (TRG/Aston Martin Vantage GT3)
540 Tim Pappas/Nicky Catsburg/Patrick Long/Andy Pilgrim (Black Swan/Porsche 911 GT3 R)
