Rolex 24 Hour 6: Bourdais leads in the #5 Cadillac at 1/4-mark

Sebastien Bourdais (shown above) has continued to keep the #5 Mustang Sampling Cadillac DPi-V.R out front in the Rolex 24 at Daytona as the race reached the one-quarter mark.

The Frenchman holds a 11.3-second lead over the #01 Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac of Scott Dixon, with Helio Castroneves running third in the #10 Wayne Taylor Racing Acura ARX-05.

The #10 remains in contention despite a slow pit stop for an issue mounting the car’s right-rear tire in the fifth hour.

The #48 Cadillac and early leader – the #31 Action Express Cadillac, round out the top-5.

The #55 Mazda runs in 6th with Oliver Jarvis at the wheel, 1-lap back.

The #11 WIN Autosport entry of Matt Bell leads LMP2 by 40-secondse over the No. 82 DragonSpeed Oreca 07 Gibson of Fabian Schiller, with Tower Motorsports’ John Farano currently running in third.

Corvette Racing ended the first quarter of the Rolex 24 At Daytona just as it started: first and second place in its class. Alexander Sims led Nicky Catsburg by less than two seconds as the pair of Chevrolet Corvette C8.Rs flexed their muscle in the GT Le Mans (GTLM) category of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

#3: Corvette Racing Corvette C8.R, GTLM: Antonio Garcia, Jordan Taylor, Nicky Catsburg chases the #4 sister Corvette – LAT Images for IMSA

Both Corvettes swapped the lead in the first six hours as they avoided much of the same trouble that befell other cars in the opening portion of the race. A total of 46 cars took the green flag, which saw Tommy Milner hold the lead from the GTLM pole in the No. 4 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Corvette for the first 20 minutes before Antonio Garcia moved ahead in the No. 3 Mobil 1/SiriusXM C8.R for the bulk of his stint.

Both Milner and Garcia drove three stints before handing over respectively to Nick Tandy and Jordan Taylor. The two Corvette teammates took turns in the lead before Tandy regained the advantage for the No. 4 Corvette team just past the four-hour mark. The two C8.Rs ran in that position through the six-hour mark.

The Corvettes, both Rahal BMWs and the #62 Risi Ferrari run on the same lap – 9 laps behind the leader

J. Calado / A. Pier Guidi #62 Ferrari 488 GTE GTLM runs in 5th and on the lead lap with the leading Corvettes

GT Daytona, which has seen the closest-fought battle so far, is currently being led by the No. 16 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R of Klaus Bachler.

#16: Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3R, GTD: Ryan Hardwick, Patrick Long, Klaus Bachler, Jan Heylen – LAT Images for IMSA

Hour 6 Standings

Pos	No.	Class	Team	Driver_1	Driver_2	Driver_3	Driver_4	Vehicle	Laps	Behind
1	5	DPi	Mustang Sampling / JDC-Miller MotorSports	Tristan Vautier	Loic Duval	Sebastien Bourdais		Cadillac DPi	198	0.000s
2	01	DPi	Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing	Renger van der Zande	Kevin Magnussen	Scott Dixon		Cadillac DPi	198	11.338s
3	10	DPi	Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05	Ricky Taylor	Filipe Albuquerque	Alexander Rossi	Helio Castroneves	Acura DPi	198	45.721s
4	48	DPi	Ally Cadillac Racing	Jimmie Johnson	Kamui Kobayashi	Simon Pagenaud	Mike Rockenfeller	Cadillac DPi	198	46.851s
5	31	DPi	Whelen Engineering Racing	Felipe Nasr	Mike Conway	Pipo Derani	Chase Elliott	Cadillac DPi	197	1 Laps
6	55	DPi	Mazda Motorsports	Oliver Jarvis	Harry Tincknell	Jonathan Bomarito		Mazda DPi	197	1 Laps
7	60	DPi	Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb-Agajanian	Dane Cameron	Olivier Pla	Juan Pablo Montoya	AJ Allmendinger	Acura DPi	197	1 Laps
8	11	LMP2	WIN Autosport	Steven Thomas	Tristan Nunez	Thomas Merrill	Matthew Bell	ORECA LMP2 07	194	4 Laps
9	82	LMP2	DragonSpeed USA LLC	Christopher Mies	Eric Lux	Devlin DeFrancesco	Fabian Schiller	ORECA LMP2 07	193	5 Laps
10	8	LMP2	Tower Motorsport	John Farano	Gabriel Aubry	Tim Buret	Matthieu Vaxiviere	ORECA LMP2 07	192	6 Laps
11	47	LMP2	Cetilar Racing	Roberto Lacorte	Antonio Fuoco	Andrea Belicchi	Giorgio Sernagiotto	Dallara LMP2	192	6 Laps
12	51	LMP2	RWR-Eurasia	Cody Ware	Salih Yoluc	Austin Dillon	Sven Muller	Ligier LMP2	191	7 Laps
13	18	LMP2	Era Motorsport	Dwight Merriman	Kyle Tilley	Ryan Dalziel	Paul-Loup Chatin	ORECA LMP2 07	191	7 Laps
14	4	GTLM	Corvette Racing	Tommy Milner	Nick Tandy	Alexander Sims		Corvette C8.R	189	9 Laps
15	3	GTLM	Corvette Racing	Antonio Garcia	Jordan Taylor	Nicky Catsburg		Corvette C8.R	189	9 Laps
16	25	GTLM	BMW Team RLL	Connor De Phillippi	Philipp Eng	Timo Glock	Bruno Spengler	BMW M8 GTE	189	9 Laps
17	24	GTLM	BMW Team RLL	John Edwards	Jesse Krohn	Augusto Farfus	Marco Wittmann	BMW M8 GTE	189	9 Laps
18	62	GTLM	Risi Competizione	James Calado	Alessandro Pier Guidi	Jules Gounon	Davide Rigon	Ferrari 488 GTE	189	9 Laps
19	74	LMP3	Riley Motorsports	Gar Robinson	Scott Andrews	Oliver Askew	Spencer Pigot	Ligier JS P320	186	12 Laps
20	52	LMP2	PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports	Ben Keating	Mikkel Jensen	Scott Huffaker	Nicolas Lapierre	ORECA LMP2 07	186	12 Laps
21	33	LMP3	Sean Creech Motorsport	Lance Willsey	Joao Barbosa	Wayne Boyd	Yann Clairay	Ligier JS P320	185	13 Laps
22	6	LMP3	Muehlner Motorsports America	Moritz Kranz	Laurents Hoerr	Kenton Koch	Stevan McAleer	Duqueine D08	184	14 Laps
23	54	LMP3	Core Autosport	Jonathan Bennett	George Kurtz	Colin Braun	Matt McMurry	Ligier JS P320	184	14 Laps
24	16	GTD	Wright Motorsports	Trent Hindman	Patrick Long	Jan Heylen	Klaus Bachler	Porsche 911 GT3R	183	15 Laps
25	1	GTD	Paul Miller Racing	Bryan Sellers	Madison Snow	Corey Lewis	Andrea Caldarelli	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	183	15 Laps
26	23	GTD	Heart Of Racing Team	Ian James	Roman De Angelis	Darren Turner	Ross Gunn	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	183	15 Laps
27	75	GTD	Sun Energy 1	Kenny Habul	Raffaele Marciello	Mikael Grenier	Luca Stolz	Mercedes-AMG GT3	183	15 Laps
28	57	GTD	Winward Racing	Russell Ward	Philip Ellis	Indy Dontje	Maro Engel	Mercedes-AMG GT3	183	15 Laps
29	97	GTD	TF Sport	Maxwell Root	Charlie Eastwood	Ben Keating	Richard Westbrook	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	183	15 Laps
30	21	GTD	Af Corse	Simon Mann	Nicklas Nielsen	Daniel Serra	Matteo Cressoni	Ferrari 488 GT3	183	15 Laps
31	9	GTD	Pfaff Motorsports	Zacharie Robichon	Laurens Vanthoor	Lars Kern	Matt Campbell	Porsche 911 GT3R	183	15 Laps
32	63	GTD	Scuderia Corsa	Ed Jones	Bret Curtis	Ryan Briscoe	Marcos Gomes	Ferrari 488 GT3	182	16 Laps
33	28	GTD	Alegra Motorsports	Daniel Morad	Mike Skeen	Billy Johnson	Maxi Buhk	Mercedes-AMG GT3	182	16 Laps
34	19	GTD	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Misha Goikhberg	Franck Perera	Albert Costa	Tim Zimmermann	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	182	16 Laps
35	96	GTD	Turner Motorsport	Bill Auberlen	Robby Foley	Aidan Read	Colton Herta	BMW M6 GT3	182	16 Laps
36	14	GTD	Vasser Sullivan	Aaron Telitz	Oliver Gavin	Kyle Kirkwood	Jack Hawksworth	Lexus RC F GT3	182	16 Laps
37	88	GTD	Team Hardpoint EBM	Rob Ferriol	Earl Bamber	Katherine Legge	Christina Nielsen	Porsche 911 GT3R	182	16 Laps
38	44	GTD	Magnus with Archangel	John Potter	Andy Lally	Spencer Pumpelly	Mario Farnbacher	Acura NSX GT3	181	17 Laps
39	42	GTD	NTE Sport	Alan Metni	Andrew Davis	JR Hildebrand	Don Yount	Audi R8 LMS GT3	179	19 Laps
40	64	GTD	TeamTGM	Ted Giovanis	Owen Trinkler	Hugh Plumb	Matt Plumb	Porsche 911 GT3R	177	21 Laps
41	79	GTLM	WeatherTech Racing	Cooper MacNeil	Kevin Estre	Richard Lietz	Gianmaria Bruni	Porsche 911 RSR – 19	177	21 Laps
42	91	LMP3	Riley Motorsports	Jim Cox	Dylan Murry	Austin McCusker	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Ligier JS P320	173	25 Laps
43	12	GTD	Vasser Sullivan	Robert Megennis	Zach Veach	Townsend Bell	Frankie Montecalvo	Lexus RC F GT3	158	40 Laps
44	7	LMP3	Forty7 Motorsports	Mark Kvamme	Ryan Norman	Gabby Chaves	Trenton Estep	Duqueine D08	151	47 Laps
45	111	GTD	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Steijn Schothorst	Marco Mapelli	Rolf Ineichen	Mirko Bortolotti	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	150	48 Laps
46	38	LMP3	Performance Tech Motorsports	Rasmus Lindh	Cameron Cassels	Mateo LLarena	Ayrton Ori	Ligier JS P320	126	72 Laps
47	29	LMP2	Racing Team Nederland	Frits Van Eerd	Giedo van der Garde	Job van Uitert	Charles Milesi	ORECA LMP2 07	64	134 Laps
48	20	LMP2	High Class Racing	Dennis Andersen	Ferdinand Habsburg-Lothringen	Anders Fjordbach	Robert Kubica	ORECA LMP2 07	56	142 Laps
49	81	LMP2	DragonSpeed USA LLC	Ben Hanley	Rob Hodes	Garett Grist	Rinus Veekay	ORECA LMP2 07	53	145 Laps