2018 Rolex 24 At Daytona - After 10 Hours (January 28, 2018)

Here are the statistics after 10 hours through the 56th annual Rolex 24 At Daytona, on the 3.56-mile, 12-turn Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.



10th Hour (11:40 p.m.-12:40 a.m.)

-       Leader (P): Ricky Taylor, #7 Acura DPi (completed 338 laps; car’s best lap was 1:37.618)
o   1st Hour: Filipe Albuquerque, #5 Cadillac DPi (+5.880 seconds)
o   2nd Hour: Joao Barbosa, #5 Cadillac DPi (+16.977 seconds)
o   3rd Hour: Joao Barbosa, #5 Cadillac DPi (+2.476 seconds)
o   4th Hour: Paul di Resta, #32 Ligier (1.934 seconds)
o   5th Hour: Christian Fittipaldi, #5 Cadillac DPi (+16.436 seconds)
o   6th Hour: Mike Conway, #31 Cadillac DPi (+7.705 seconds)
o   7th Hour: Helio Castroneves, #7 Acura DPi (+30 seconds)
o   8th Hour: Filipe Albuquerque, #5 Cadillac DPi (+23 seconds)
o   9th Hour: Joao Barbosa, #5 Cadillac DPi (+29.395 seconds)

-       Leader (GTLM): Joey Hand, #66 Ford GT (18th overall; completed 325 laps; car’s best lap was 1:44.086)
o   1st Hour: Joey Hand, #66 Ford GT
o   2nd Hour: Joey Hand, #66 Ford GT
o   3rd Hour: Dirk Mueller, #66 Ford GT
o   4th Hour: Dirk Mueller, #66 Ford GT
o   5th Hour: Dirk Mueller, #66 Ford GT
o   6th Hour: Sebastien Bourdais, #66 Ford GT
o   7th Hour: Sebastien Bourdais, #66 Ford GT
o   8th Hour: Joey Hand, #66 Ford GT
o   9th Hour: Joey Hand, #66 Ford GT

-       Leader (GTD): Adam Christodoulou, #33 Mercedes-AMG (26th overall; completed 285 laps; car’s best lap was 1:48.077)
o   1st Hour: Jeffrey Schmidt, #29 Audi R8
o   2nd Hour: Jeffrey Schmidt, #29 Audi R8
o   3rd Hour: Luca Stolz, #33 Mercedes-AMG
o   4th Hour: Luca Stolz, #33 Mercedes-AMG
o   5th Hour: Kelvin van der Linde, #29 Audi R8
o   6th Hour: Kelvin van der Linde, #29 Audi R8
o   7th Hour: Sheldon van der Linde, #29 Audi R8
o   8th Hour: Sheldon van der Linde, #29 Audi R8
o   9th Hour: Jeffrey Schmidt, #29 Audi R8

-       A total of 48 cars were on the track at the end of the 10th hour. No car has officially retired from the event.
-       A total of 32 laps (113.92 miles/183.34 kilometers) were completed during the 10th hour and total of 338 laps (1203.28 miles/1936.49 kilometers) were completed through 10 hours.
o   1st Hour: 36 laps, 128.16 miles
o   2nd Hour: 34 laps, 121.04 miles (70 laps, 259.20 miles total)
o   3rd Hour: 31 laps, 110.36 miles (101 laps, 359.56 miles total)
o   4th Hour: 34 laps, 121.04 miles (135 laps, 480.6 miles total)
o   5th Hour: 36 laps, 128.16 miles (171 laps, 608.76 miles total)
o   6th Hour: 30 laps, 106.8 miles (201 laps, 715.56 miles total)
o   7th Hour: 35 laps, 124.6 miles (236 laps, 840.16 miles total)
o   8th Hour: 35 laps, 124.6 miles (271 laps, 964.76 miles total)
o   9th Hour: 35 laps, 124.6 miles (306 laps, 1089.36 miles total)
-       A total of nine cars (14 drivers) have led throughout the race in Prototype; four of the nine cars (six drivers) in GTLM have led; and six cars (10 drivers) have sat atop GTD.
o   P: #10 Cadillac (Renger van der Zende); #5 Cadillac (Filipe Albuquerque, Joao Barbosa, Christian Fittipaldi – first car in which all scheduled drivers lead at least a lap); #55 Mazda (Jonathan Bomarito); #23 Ligier (Fernando Alonso, Lando Norris); #32 Ligier (Paul di Resta); #90 Cadillac DPi (Matthew McMurry); #7 Acura DPi (Graham Rahal, Helio Castroneves, Ricky Taylor); #6 Acura DPi (Simon Pagenaud); #31 Cadillac DPi (Mike Conway)
o   GTLM: #66 Ford GT (Joey Hand, Dirk Mueller, Sebastien Bourdais); #67 Ford GT (Richard Westbrook); #4 Chevrolet Corvette (Marcel Fassler); #911 Porsche 911 RSR (Patrick Pilet)
o   GTD: #82 Ferrari 488 GT3 (Miguel Molina); #15 Lexus RC F GT3 (Jack Hawksworth); #29 Audi R8 (Jeffrey Schmidt, Christopher Mies, Kelvin van der Linde, Sheldon van der Linde); #14 Lexus RC F GT3 (Dominik Baumann); #33 Mercedes-AMG GT3 (Luca Stolz, Adam Christodoulou); #51 Ferrari 488 GT3 (Mathias Lauda)
-       The distance between overall leader Ricky Taylor and second-place Simon Pagenaud (#6 Acura) at the end of the 10th hour was about three seconds (under caution). Joao Barbosa (#5 Cadillac) was third.
-       The temperature was 66 degrees Fahrenheit (18.9 degrees Celsius) at the end of the 10th hour.
-       There were four cars on the lead lap overall at the end of the 10th hour.
-       There have been two full-course cautions in the first 10 hours.
-       Moments after the 10th hour began, Nick Tandy (#911 Porsche 911 RSR) spun in the chicane and tagged the tire wall. He rushed back to the garage area for repairs.
-       Felipe Nasr’s car (#31 Cadillac DPi), during a triple stint, suffered a flat right-rear tire, and he slowly took the car back to the pits. There was no visible bodywork damage from the tire problems.
-       Jeffrey Schmidt (#29 Audi R8) was brought into the pits for a five-minute stop for too quick of fuel flow during pit stop refueling. They had a one-lap lead. Adam Christodoulou (#33 Mercedes-AMG) took the lead at nine hours, 35 minutes. The #33 Mercedes actually had a quicker lap than the #29. Schmidt dropped from first to seventh, two laps behind Christodoulou, due to the stop.
-       Ricardo Perez de Lara (#82 Ferrari 488 GT3) slowed at about the nine-hour, 45-minute mark.
-       Roberto Gonzalez (#52 Ligier LMP2), running 12th in the Prototype class and 12th overall, hit the tire wall in the International Horseshoe. That brought out only the second full-course caution period.

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