The 24 hours of Daytona will start this Saturday (19:30) with the Acura ARX-06 from the Meyer Shank Racing defending the title from the commanding position thanks to the time of 1:34.031 set by tom blomqvist. The Japanese car prevailed over the Porsche number 7 by a minimum difference of 83 thousandths in a pole that was decided in the last meter: Nasr gave the provisional pole to the Germans a few seconds from the end, until the number 60 Acura left him without pole for a breath.
Behind, another Acura, the Konica Minolta 10and of squires of the top-3 three Cadillacs, the two from Racing and the one from Whelen Cadillac, who left the BMWs behind in the red lantern of the highest category, until another of the Porsches, the 6, set no time in the grid setup due to a DNF: Nick Tandy lost control of the rear of his 963 under braking at the Bus Stop chicane, which ended up hitting the tire barrier. In any case, the eight cars that posted time at the checkered flag are separated between the first Acura and the last BMW by 8 tenths, which in a 24-hour race is minutiae.
Spanish representation
This 2023 the California event will have four Spanish representatives: Dani Juncadella, Alex Riberas, Antonio Garcia Y Miguel Molina. And for the moment, things are going better at Daytona for Juncadella, pole position in his GTD Pro class ahead of Riberas, second, and Antonio GarcÃa, fourth. Three Spaniards in the top four, with Mercedes, Aston Martin and Corvette, respectively. Miguel Molina, for his part, was 17th in GTD with the Ferrari 296 GT3.
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