2018 Rolex 24 At Daytona - After Seven Hours (January 27, 2018)

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

7th Hour (8:40 p.m.-9:40 p.m.)

-       Leader (P): Helio Castroneves, #7 Acura DPi (236 laps completed; car’s best lap of 1:38.160 on Lap 25)
o   1st Hour: Filipe Albuquerque, #5 Cadillac DPi
o   2nd Hour: Joao Barbosa, #5 Cadillac DPi
o   3rd Hour: Joao Barbosa, #5 Cadillac DPi
o   4th Hour: Paul di Resta, #32 Ligier
o   5th Hour: Christian Fittipaldi, #5 Cadillac DPi
o   6th Hour: Mike Conway, #31 Cadillac DPi

-       Leader (GTLM): Sebastien Bourdais, #66 Ford GT (227 laps completed; car’s best lap of 1:44.086 on Lap 4)
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

-       Leader (GTD): Sheldon van der Linde, #29 Audi R8 (219 laps completed; car’s best lap of 1:48.077 on Lap 161)
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

-       All 50 cars were on the track at the end of the seventh hour. No car has officially retired from the event.
-       A total of 35 laps (124.6 miles/200.52 kilometers) were completed during the seventh hour and total of 236 laps (840.16 miles/1352.11 kilometers) were completed through seven 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)
-       A total of nine cars (13 drivers) have led throughout the race in Prototype; four cars (six drivers) in GTLM; and six cars (nine drivers) in 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); #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); #51 Ferrari 488 GT3 (Mathias Lauda)
-       The distance between overall leader Helio Castroneves and second-place Dane Cameron (#6 Acura) at the end of the seventh hour was about 30 seconds. Filipe Albuquerque (#5 Cadillac) was third.
-       Four of the nine GTLM cars have led the race at one point in the first seven hours.
-       The temperature was 65 degrees Fahrenheit (18.3 degrees Celsius) at the end of the seventh hour.
-       There were seven cars on the lead lap overall at the end of the seventh hour.
-       There were one full-course caution in the first seven hours.

-       Old nose comes off and new nose goes on for Helio Castroneves (#7 Acura DPi) while leading; team wanted to try something new with the dive planes on the front of the nose. Team refuels as well but no tires; Castroneves stays in. Lando Norris takes over the lead overall.

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