The 24 Hours of Daytona, the opening race of the IMSA championship, orphaned by the Ferrari and Toyota Hypercars, was the scene of the duel between Cadillac and Porsche, with the 963 number 7 of the Penske Motorsports team driven by Cameron, Nasr, Campbell, and Newgarden , which managed to stay ahead of the V-Series R of Whelen Engineering Cadillac Racing, identified by the number 31, for a podium completed by the Acura number 40.
Another 3 Porsches in fourth, fifth, and sixth position in the premier class, the GTP, precisely the other 963 of the Penske team, number 6, the Proton Competition car, number 5, with "our" Gimmi Bruni in the crew, who achieves an excellent result among the privateers, and the JDC hypercar- Miller Motorsports, characterized by the number 85.
In the LMP2 class, triumph of the Oreca number 18 of Era Motorsport driven by Rasmussen, Zilisch, Merriman, and Dalziel;
while among the cars in the GTD Pro category comes the victory of the Ferrari 296 GT3 number 62 of the Risi Competizione team with the crew made up of Daniel Serra, Davide Rigon, Alessandro Pier Guidi, and James Calado.
The prancing horse's car preceded the Porsche 911 GT3 number 77 of AO Racing, and the BMW M4 number 1 of Paul Miller Racing.
Among the GTDs it was the AMG GT3 number 57 of Winward Racing that triumphed, with Ferrari taking second place with the 296 GT3 of the AF Corse team number 21.
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