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LIVE: 24 Hours of Daytona 2025 Updates and Results

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Updated: Jan 26

Updates from Owen Bradley, Aaron Carroll, Sean McKean and Evan Veer


DIVEBOMB Motorsport presents LIVE coverage of the 24 Hours of Daytona 2025, an eagerly anticipated race featuring drivers from all across the world, racing at the iconic Daytona International Speedway.



Credit: Brandon Badraoui/LAT Images and IMSA
Credit: Brandon Badraoui/LAT Images and IMSA

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Round one of the IMSA championship begins at Daytona for the iconic 24-Hour endurance race. Featuring many iconic names and faces from a large variety of different motorsport paddocks, like Formula One, IndyCar, Formula E and the GT Racing world - the iconic 24 Hours of Daytona is a tough, strategic battle to the end.


From Formula One, in the GTP class there are: Felipe Nasr (No.7 Porsche), Will Stevens (No.10 Cadillac), Brendon Hartley (No.10 Cadillac), Kevin Magnussen (No.24 BMW), Jack Aitken (No.31 Cadillac), Kamui Kobayashi (No.40 Cadillac), Romain Grosjean (No.63 Lamborghini), Daniil Kvyat (No.63 Lamborghini), Pascal Wehrlein (No.85 Porsche), Gianmaria Bruni (No.85 Porsche).


Starting Grid - GTP Top 10


1st No.24 BMW, Magnussen, D. Vanthoor, Marciello, Eng

2nd No.93 Acura, Ohta, Palou, Yelloly, van der Zande

3rd No.7 Porsche Penske, Nasr, L. Vanthoor, Tandy

4th No.31 Cadillac, Bamber, Drugovich, Vesti, Aitken

5th No.85 Porsche, Bruni, Aron, Wehrlein, van der Helm

6th No.60 Acura, F. Rosenqvist, Dixon, Braun, Blomqvist

7th No.10 Cadillac, Hartley, Stevens, Albuquerque, R.Taylor

8th No.40 Cadillac, Kobayashi, Lynn, Deletraz, J.Taylor

9th No.63 Lamborghini, Mortara, Kvyat, Grosjean, Bortolotti

10th No.6 Porsche Penske, Estre, Campbell, Jaminet


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24 Hours of Daytona RESULTS- Top 3 of each class


GTP

1st No.7 Porsche Penske, Nasr

2nd No.60 Acura, Blomqvist

3rd No.6 Porsche Penske, Campbell


LMP2

1st No.8 Tower Motorsports, Bourdais

2nd No.22 United Autosports, Di Resta

3rd No.74 Riley, Fraga


GTD Pro

1st No.65 Ford Mustang, Olsen

2nd No.3 Corvete, Sims

3rd No.64 Ford Mustang, Priaulx


GTD

1st No.13 Chevrolet, Bell

2nd No.120 Porsche Guven

3rd No.27 Aston Martin, Drudi


18:41 - Felipe Nasr WINS the Daytona 24 Hours with the No.7 Porsche Penske tea, No.60 Acura second place as the No.6 Porsche Penske completes the podium.


18:40 - No.7 Porsche leads


18:39 - FINAL LAP


18:37 - No.60 Acura gets past the No.6 Porsche with 4 minutes to go, 2 seconds separate them from the leaders.


18:36 - No.6 Porsche successfully defends from the No.60 Acura at Turn 1 with 5 minutes to go


18:35 - No.65 Ford Mustang leads GTD Pro by 3 seconds


18:34 - No.7 Porsche leads by over a second to the No.6 Porsche and No.60 Acura


18:32 - No.4 Corvette DRIVE-THROUGH PENALTY for contact


18:31 - The No.4 Corvette hits the No.1 BMW and spins the BMW around at turn 1


18:29 - Sims and K Van der Linde MAKE CONTACT, battling over 2nd and 3rd place in GTD Pro


18:28 - In GTD, the No.13 Corvette leads from the No.27 Aston Martin by half a second


18:26 - Nasr leads in the No.7 Porsche, No.6 Porsche just behind followed by the No.60 Acura


18:25 - The No.65 Ford Mustang leads the GTD Pro class, Sims just behind in the No.3 Corvette, followed by the No.1 BMW


18:23 - It's a 3-way shootout for the overall win between the No.7 Porsche, No.6 Porsche and No.60 Acura


18:21 - Bourdais leads the LMP2 class in the No.8 Tower Motorsport car after the No.52 PR1 Mathiasen car was given a penalty for contact with the No.18


18:19 - The Porsche's BATTLE AT THE FRONT, going side-by side for almost a lap, No.7 Porsche ahead


18:17 - No.18 Era Motorsport LMP2 leader has spun at Turn 1 after potential contact with the No.52 PR1 Mathiasen Motorpsports car, as the No.8 Tower Motorsport car of Bourdais is just behind.


18:15 - Alex Sims in the No.3 Corvette hounds the No.65 Ford Mustang through sector 1, the No.1 BMW finally overtakes Sims, before Sims comes back at him in Turn 9the top 3 separated by half a second.


18:13 - The No.60 Acura is fighting the leading Porsche's, the top 3 separated by 1 second with 30 minutes to go.


18:11 - The No.65 Ford Mustang leads the GTD Pro class by 2 seconds, Alex Sims behind in the No.3 Corvette


18:08 - The No.77 AO Racing GTD Pro has sustained front end damage and sinks back through the field.


18:08 - The No.22 United Autosports car of Di Resta was given a penalty earlier on for contact


18:06 - The No.24 BMW comes into the pits to repair their damage, they are likely out of the fight.


18:06 - The GTD Pro leaders go 3-wide into Turn 9 as bodywork sprays the track


18:04 - The No.24 BMW has been overtaken by the No.7 Porsche for 2nd place, smoke pouring out from the left front due to bodywork damage


18:02 -



17:57 - The No.4 Corvette of Varrone leads the GTD Pro class following the final pit stop phase


17:55 - GTD cars now pit for the final time


17:53 - All of the GTP leaders pit


17:53 - RACE UPDATE


GTP Top 4 - Lead Lap

1st No.6 Porsche, Campbell

2nd No.24 BMW, D Vanthoor

3rd No.7 Porsche, Nasr

4th No.60 Acura, Blomqvist


LMP2 - Top 3

1st No.8 Tower Motorsports, Bourdais

2nd No.22 United Autosports, Di Resta

3rd No.52 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports, Beche


17:45 - GTD cars pit despite it being a closed pit lane.


17:44 - No.24 BMW might be able to pit and fit a new nose under the FCY


17:41 - Lamborghini No.45 stopped on track, bringing out the FCY



17:40 - ONE HOUR REMAINING


17:40 - The No.24 BMW misjudged it's braking zone at Turn 1 and runs well deep


17:39 - The No.24 BMW is still closing to the leading No.6 Porsche


17:37 - The No.24 BMW has a lot of porpoising after contact with a GTD car.


17:33 - The No.24 BMW and the No.7 Porsche both come in for their stops, as we await for the No.6 Porsche to come in.


17:31 - The No.7 Porsche has come in for their stop, taking on new tyres


17:24 - The Top 7 in GTD Pro are within 3 seconds of one another, as they approach their final stops


17:22 - The No.7 Porsche is only half a second ahead of the sister No.6 Porsche, as the pair approach lapped traffic.


17:19 - The No.99 AO Racing LMP2 leader has come in for a pit stop, but it's slow! the engine has been turned off for the No.99 AO Racing LMP2, Bourdais leads LMP2 aboard the No.8 Tower Motorsport car


17:17 - The No.1 BMW and No.65 Ford Mustang are duelling all through the first sector, the BMW just about keeps the lead of GTD Pro


17:16 - The stewards have said that the penalty has been served for the No.6 Porsche, who is still ahead of the No.24 BMW in 2nd place.


17:12 - The No.6 Porsche has been ordered to give back 2nd place to the No.24 BMW for a shortcut at Turn 9


17:09 - The GTP leaders are now coming through the traffic, as the Porsche No.6 comes through on the No.24 BMW at turn 8


17:05 - The top 3 in GTD Pro are all within one second of one another, the No.1 BMW currently leads the way from the No.65 Ford Mustang


17:02 - The No.7 Porsche of Nasr has extended their lead slightly, meanwhile the No.6 Porsche closes onto the back of the No.24 BMW


16:57 - The No.7 Porsche holds the lead, as the No.24 BMW and No.6 Porsche close in, both less than a second behind


16:55 - The No.7 Porsche makes a great restart, as the No.24 BMW catches and passes the Porsche at Turn 1 on the following lap, the BMW put two wheels on the grass on the exit of Turn 1 as the Porsche re-takes the lead


16:53 -



16:51 - Arthur Leclerc is 8th in class for the GTD No.50 Ferrari team.


16:49 - RACE UPDATE

GTP TOP 3

1st No.7 Porsche, Nasr

2nd No.24 BMW, D Vanthoor

3rd No.6 Porsche, Estre


LMP2 Top 3

1st No.99 AO Racing, Rasmussen

2nd No.18 Era Motorsport, Dalziel

3rd No.8 Tower Motorsports, Bourdais


GTD Pro -Top 3

1st No.65 Ford Mustang, Mies

2nd No.4 Corvette, Varrone

3rd No.1 BMW, K Van der Linde


GTD Top 3

1st No.13 Corvette, Bell

2nd No.57 Mercedes, Auer

3rd No.120 Porsche, Guven


16:42 - GTD traffic now comes in for their pit stops, multiple close calls, leader updates by class to follow


16:41 - The No.6 Porsche has a problem in the pit lane with their rear bodywork, they will now come out a long way behind the leader under the FCY.


16:39 - GTP Pit lane is open, as the No.6 Porsche Penske and the No.24 BMW both come into the pits


16:34 - The No.99 AO Racing "Spike" car will now take the lead of LMP2


16:32 - FCY



16:31 - The LMP2 race leading No.88 AF Corse car has stopped at the side of the track


16:28 - Nick Tandy has come into the pits, bringing the No.7 Porsche in for fresh tyres. They will hope to do the undercut on the sister No.6 Porsche, who were just 3 seconds ahead.


16:27 - The No.4 Corvette in GTD Pro, running in 2nd place, has been given a black flag for rear-end damage, they are currently in the pits for a mandatory pit stop.


16:25 - No.85 Porsche has been given a black flag for tyre pressures, they were running in 5th place in GTP but willl now have to come into the pits.


16:24 - The No.88 AF Corse of Vaxiviere leads in LMP2 by half a minute. All of the other classes have a lead gap of just a few seconds or less.


16:19 - The No.7 Porsche cut across the bus stop chicane, without going down the escape road. A warning has been issued from the stewards.


16:14 - The No.6 Porsche now takes the lead after going up the inside of the No.7 Porsche at the tri-oval before Turn 1.


16:13 - The two Porsche's now are fighting one another, and the lapped traffic. Meanwhile, Philipp Eng in the No.24 BMW has brought the gap down from 25 seconds, to 15 seconds to the Porsche's ahead.


16:10 - The gap between the two Porsche's is now down to less than a second, the No.6 Porsche now closing onto the rear of the No.7.


16:07 - No.6 Porsche of Kevin Estre is bringing the gap to the leading No.7 Porsche of Nick Tandy, the gap down to just over one second.


16:05 - The No.10 Cadilac of Will Stevens, running in 5th place, has just gone airborne briefly at Turn 9 after running over a sausage kerb.


15:56 - Intrerestingly the Corvette is being held up by the BMWs teammate who is laps down, race control have now intervened and given the lapped car a drive through for blocking after contact, and damage for the Corvette


15:50 - Battle for the lead in GTD rages on between the No.4 and No.1


15:45 - Pitstop Time again for the GTPs, the No.7 once again a few laps offset to the other cars



3 Hours to go, Update

GTP

1st no.7 Porsche Vanthoor

2nd No.6 Porsche, Jaminet

3rd No.24 BMW, Eng


LMP2

No.88, Nielsen


GTD Pro

No.4 Corvette, Milner


GTD

No.13 Corvette, Kirchhofer





15:22 - Change for the lead in GTD Pro, the No.4 Corvette getting past the No.1 BMW



15:17 - In GTD the No.57 Mercedes, who have been constantly been put backwards in the order through mechanical issues and penalties, now sit third in class after a pit stop, a strong showing from the team there



15:12 - A battle raging now in GTD Pro between the No.77 and No.64 for fifth place, Porsche vs Ford



15:06 - The No.60 now leads, but owes a stop the rest of the GTP order remains the same after their stops. A lap later the Acura pits




15:02 - No.99 leading LMP2 is given a drive through penalty for a tyre pressure infringment, both the leading Porsche and BMW also come into the pits



14:56 - Side by side between the No.24 and No.6 , Porsche comes out on top in the infield section



14:51 - mathieu Jaminet reinstates the Porsche 1-2 before the leading No.7 Porsche comes into the pits, they are slightly offset to the two chasing cars by roughly 20% energy. Before the stop the 7 lead by 13 seconds



14 Hours to go, Update


GTP

1st No.7 Porsche, Vanthoor

2nd No.24 BMW, Magnussen

3rd No.6 Porsche, Jaminet


LMP2

1st No.99 AO Racing, Cameron


GTD Pro

1st No.1 BMW, De Phillippi


GTD

1st No.13 Corvette, Kirchhofer



14:31 - The gaps between those GTDs have grown a bit, 2.1 seconds between the BMW and Corvette, and then the Ford is now battling with the No.69 Mercedes a further 6 seconds back



14:25 - The Corvette pits now, and leaves the BMW and Ford to battle for the lead for a lap, before they pit together and come out with the Corvette in between them again



14:19 - There is also a battle for the lead in GTD Pro, the No.1 BMW, NO.4 Corvette and No.65 Ford all covered by one second, as the No.93 Acura has an off narrowly avoiding the barrier



14:16 - So out of the pit stops Magnussen leads in the BMW, but the No.7 of Laurens Vanthoor reovertakes him, so it is now Porsche, BMW, Porsche



14:10 - Close moment between the Acura GTP and an LMP2 car, the LMP2 being forced onto the grass as the Acura puts another lap on it



14:05 - So the leaders are coming in for their pit stops now, the No.7 Porsche has been in and is now running again, the No.24 leads from the No.6, they both owe us stops



13:58 - Magnussen in the No.24 BMW has closed the gap to the leader, now to under 2 seconds.


13:52 - Kevin Magnussen sets the fastest lap of the race, and closes the gap to the No.7 Porsche of Tandy. The lap time was: 1:35.977.


13:51 - Maxime Martin, who makes his debut with Mercedes AMG, has put the No.69 Mercedes up into 4th place in GTD Pro


13:48 - Drama in the LMP2 class, the No.88 AF Corse of Vaxiviere is challenging the No.99 AO Racing car of Dane Cameron for the lead.


13:46 - Magnussen in the No.24 BMW is attacking the No.6 Porsche Penske for 2nd place, overtaking Matt Campbell at Turn 9 for second position.


13:44 - Your current class leaders are:

GTP Leader - No.7 Porsche Penske, Tandy

LMP2 Leader - No.99 AO Racing, Cameron

GTD Pro Leader - No.1 BMW, Verhagen

GTD - No.13 Chevrolet, Kirchhofer


13:41 - The No.60 Acura of Scott Dixon served a Drive-Through penalty earlier on, they are around 50 seconds down on the leaders.


13:39 - No.10 Cadillac - DRIVE-THROUGH Penalty for contact with the No.25 BMW.


13:39 - Felipe Massa is up to 5th place in the No.74 Riley LMP2 car, as the leaders duel at the front.


13:37 - Kevin Magnussen is running in 3rd place for the No.24 BMW team, just a few seconds down on the leading Porsche's


13:34 - The No.25 BMW has been spun around at the first corner at the restart.


13:34 -



13:34 - The No.04 Crowdstrike by APR car has rejoined the race after bringing out the initial FCY about 30 minutes ago.


13:32 - With just over 5 hours remaining, we are under a FCY for a GTD pileup crash earlier on.


13:23 - The No.78 Lamborghini GTD car driven by Franck Perera has sustained a large amount of damage, as has the No.80 Mercedes.


13:21 -



13:20 - Multiple GTD cars are now in the barriers at Turn 1, the yellow flag has been brought out once again.


13:19 -



13:13 - Cars are now doing brake changes, many of the GTD cars doing brake changes which wil cost them more time than a regular pit stop.


13:11 - GTD cars are now coming into the pits, major track position changes for the GTD Pro class.


13:09 - Most cars have come into the pits for a brief top-up on fuel, many GTP cars have come in


13:08 - With the FCY period active, the pit lane is now open for the GTP cars.


13:06 - FULL COURSE YELLOW


13:02 -



13:01 - Colton Herta has crashed at Turn 6, the No.04 Crowdstrike by APR car now falls well out of contention with heavy rear end damage. Debris all over the circuit.


12:59 - The leaders in LMP2 are now battling, the No.8 Tower Motorsports car takes the lead of LMP2 from the No.99 AO Racing crew, with Dane Cameron currently at the wheel of the No.99.


12:56 - Kevin Magnussen is back behind the wheel of the No.24 BMW, now only 10 seconds down on the No.6 Porsche Penske car. K-Mag runs in 3rd place for the BMW squad.


12:55 - The No.6 Porsche Penske locked up in Turn 1 and was forced to do a 180 degree flickspin, losing a lot of time as the sister No.7 Porsche leads.


12:53 - The No.6 and No.7 Porsche's have both come into the pits, the pair now separated by around 10 seconds, the No.7 Porsche is our net race leader.


12:50 - For any Americans waking up, here is a brief update on some of the IndyCar drivers taking part in the 24 Hours of Daytona:

Scott Dixon is currently driving the No.60 Acura, in 4th place in the GTP class.

Kyle Kirkwood's No.14 Vasser Sullivan GTD Pro car is running 11th in class.

Callum Ilott's No.73 Pratt Miller Motorsport LMP2 car has been forced to retire after a crash overnight.

Colton Herta's No.04 Crowdstrike by APR LMP2 car is running 3rd in class, less than 10 seconds down on the leader.

Christian Rasmussen currently leads the LMP2 class in the No.99 AO Racing car.

Scott McLaughlin's No.91 Trackhouse by TF Sport car is currently 9th in the GTD Pro class.


12:40 - RACE UPDATE


GTP - Top 5

1st No.7 Porsche, Tandy

2nd No.6 Porsche, Campbell +5 seconds

3rd No.24 BMW, Eng +1 Minute, 7 seconds

4th No.60 Acura, Dixon +1 Lap

5th No.10 Cadillac, Hartley +1 Lap


LMP2 Top 3

1st No.99 AO Racing, Rasmussen

2nd No.8 Tower Motorsport, Van Uttert +6 seconds

3rd No.04 Crowdstrike by APR, Herta +8 seconds


GTD Pro Top 3

1st No.1 BMW, Snow

2nd No.77 Porsche, Bachler +2 seconds

3rd No.65 Ford Mustang, Olsen +3 seconds


GTD Top 3

1st No.13 Chevrolet, M Bell

2nd No.80 Mercedes, Aron +2 seconds

3rd No.32 Mercedes, Koch +10 seconds


12:34 - With the Porsche's of the No.7 and No.6 leading the way in GTP, the next manufacturer on track is the No.24 BMW currently being driven by Phillipp Eng.


12:29 - The No.1 BMW is coming under pressure from the No.65 Ford Mustang for second place in the GTD Pro class, the pair of them a few seconds down on the leading No.77 Porsche. The No.1 BMW now pits.


12:24 - Rasmussen puts the No.99 AO Racing team ahead of the No.8 Tower Motorsports car for the lead of LMP2, crucially just before we hand out the next load of points.


12:22 - The Porsche's have gone WHEEL TO WHEEL once again - Tandy puts the No.7 Porsche ahead of Matt Campbell's No.6 Porsche on the run into Turn 1.


12:20 - Christian Rasmussen in the No.99 AO Racing LMP2 car has closed the lead gap to now under one second, taking around 2.5 seconds out of the leading No.8 Tower Motorsports car.


12:16 - The No.7 Porsche of Tandy has closed the gap to the sister No.6 Porsche of Campbell as the pair might be about to engage in another duel.


12:12 - Toby Sowery comes into the pits for the No.04 Crowdstrike by APR car, they pit from 2nd place in LMP2, as Colton Herta jumps behind the wheel.


12:10 - Your current race leaders by class:

GTP - No.6 Porsche Penske, Campbell

LMP2 - No.8 Tower Motorsport, Van Uttert

GTD Pro - No.77 Porsche, Bachler

GTD - No.120 Porsche, Skeer


12:08 - The Porsche's go WHEEL-TO-WHEEL in the first sector, Matt Campbell overtakes Nick Tandy to put the No.6 Porsche Penske back into the net race lead.


12:06 - The No.7 Porsche of Nick Tandy has taken the net lead of the race, with the sister No.6 Porsche just half a second behind, the leading No.60 Acura is due to pit.


12:01 - The No.6 Porsche Penske car comes into the pits, they will be looking to beat their sister No.7 Porsche driven by Felipe Nasr out of the pits, to maintain their lead.


11:52 - Some of the GTD runners start to light up the timing screens once again, as the track temperature increases the times will drop in this 'golden hour'


11:48 - The gap out front between the two Porsches has stayed around three seconds, but the gap to the BMW behind is now 50 seconds, pure domination from Porsche in these early hours of the morning


7 Hours to go, Update

GTP

1st No.6 Porsche, Estre

2nd No.7 Porsche, Nasr

3rd No.24 BMW, Eng