IMSA Rolex 24 Hour 2: Ganassi Cadillac #01 assumes the lead

After the incident-packed opening hour, the second hour of the 2024 Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona saw the #01 Ganassi Cadillac lead the race overall.

Sebastien Bourdais schooled Ricky Taylor in the #10 WTRAndretti Acura when the race restarted. The move, made on the outside at Turn 1, was bold and came in the sequence after the Full-Course Yellow ended for the clean-up of the incidents at the Bus Stop and Turn 1.

Taylor lost further ground after relinquishing the lead and is now running fourth after the second round of GTP pit stops, which came in the final quarter of the hour of the Rolex 24.

Behind Scott Dixon, who took the wheel of the #01 from Bourdais at the second stops, is Dane Cameron in the #7 Penske Porsche. He takes over from Felipe Nasr.

The #31 Action Express Cadillac, which led early in the race from pole, is now back up to third after falling back at the first set of stops.

“The Caddy looks strong now, as expected, they seem to have the edge right now in the heat of the day,” Nasr said when asked about the start of the Rolex 24 race.

In LMP2, Nico Pino has taken over the reins of the #2 United ORECA and leads the #51 PR1 Inter Europol ORECA of Kuba Smiechowski and the #88 AF Corse 07 Gibson of Lilou Wadoux.

In GTD Pro, the latest round of stops shuffled the pack. The #9 Pfaff McLaren now leads, with Marvin Kirchhöfer aboard. The #3 Corvette sits second with Alex Sims installed. The #4 Corvette is now third, making it two Z06 GT3.Rs in the top three.

“The car has been good. It’s been hot, the hottest it’s been all weekend. We are managing the tires as best we can,” Tommy Milner, who drove the #4 Corvette at the start said after his stint.

“It was hard to stay out of trouble in the Rlex 24. Everybody is being very aggressive right away. I think the Ferrari has a bit more than us, but we just need to be there,” #3 Corvette driver Antonio Garcia added.

Rolex 24 Hour 2 Standings