Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona: Schedule, how to watch on TV, and more
All you need to know ahead of the 2023 season-opening action for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona.
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The 61st Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona International Speedway starts at 13:40 ET on Saturday, January 28. Sixty-one cars will take the green flag in America’s biggest sportscar race of the year, which kicks off the IMSA season.
New for 2023 is the GTP class – prototype sportscars from Acura, BMW, Cadillac and Porsche – that feature electrical hybrid systems, as IMSA embraces a new era.
Subsidiary classes are for LMP2 and LMP3 prototypes, featuring an array of professional and amateur drivers. The GTD ranks are for production-based cars, and these are divided into two separate classes – one for all-pro driver lineups and one for pro-am.
Click here for the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona entry list
Qualifying was held on Sunday, and here is what happened.
How can I watch the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona?
From Saturday afternoon, live TV coverage is available on NBC’s Peacock streaming service for the full 24-hour cycle, while network NBC will provide 10 minutes of build-up and then the first 50 minutes of the race, and then the final 1hr40mins and 20mins of post-race.
In the meantime, USA Network will cover 13.5 hours of the race.
- Peacock, NBC’s streaming service, will broadcast all 24 hours in the USA
- IMSA TV, available at imsa.com, will broadcast all 24 hours outside of the USA
- Saturday, January 28, 1:30-2:30pm – NBC
- Saturday, 2:30-8:00pm – USA network
- Saturday, 10:00-11:59pm – USA network
- Sunday, January 29, 6:00am-12:00pm – USA network
- Sunday, 12:00-2:00pm – NBC
What type of track is Daytona?
The Daytona International Speedway road course is a 3.56-mile layout that incorporates all three turns of the banked tri-oval but inserts a fiddly infield section and a ‘Bus Stop’ chicane to create a total of 12 turns.
#10 Konica Minolta Acura ARX-06 Acura ARX-06: Ricky Taylor, Filipe Albuquerque, Louis Deletraz, Brendon Hartley, #31 Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac V-LMDh Cadillac V- LMDh: Pipo Derani, Alexander Sims, Jack Aitken
Photo by: Art Fleischmann
What’s the average fastest lap speed?
Driving a Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R last year, the 2021 IndyCar champion Alex Palou set a new race lap record around the course of 1min33.724sec, an average speed of 136.74mph.
IMSA at Daytona schedule (all times in ET)
Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona |
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Wednesday, Jan. 25 |
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1.45-2.30pm |
Mazda MX-5 Cup practice 1 |
2.45-3.45pm |
Michelin Pilot Challenge practice 1 |
Thursday, Jan. 26 |
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9.00-9.30am |
Mazda MX-5 Cup practice 2 |
9.45-10.45am |
Michelin Pilot Challenge practice 2 |
11.05am-12.35pm |
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship practice 1 |
12.55-1.10pm |
Mazda MX-5 Cup qualifying |
2.25-3.00pm |
Michelin Pilot Challenge qualifying |
3.20-5.05pm |
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship practice 2 |
5.30-6.15pm |
Mazda MX-5 Cup RACE 1 |
7.15-9.00pm |
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship practice 3 |
Friday, Jan. 27 |
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9.25-9.55am |
Michelin Pilot Challenge practice 3 |
10.15-11.00am |
Mazda MX-5 Cup RACE 2 |
11.20pm-12.20pm |
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship practice 4 |
1.45-5.45pm |
Michelin Pilot BMW M Endurance Challenge at Daytona RACE |
6.25-6.45pm |
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship practice 4 (GTP class only) |
Saturday, Jan. 28 |
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1.40pm |
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona RACE starts |
Sunday, Jan. 29 |
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1.40pm |
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona RACE finishes |
Qualifying times for the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona:
Cla | Driver | Chassis | Laps | Time | Gap | km/h |
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1 | Tom Blomqvist Colin Braun Helio Castroneves Simon Pagenaud |
Acura ARX-06 | 8 | 1'34.031 | 136.295 | |
2 | Matt Campbell Felipe Nasr Michael Christensen |
Porsche 963 | 6 | 1'34.114 | 0.083 | 136.175 |
3 | Ricky Taylor Filipe Albuquerque Louis Deletraz Brendon Hartley |
Acura ARX-06 | 7 | 1'34.198 | 0.167 | 136.054 |
4 | Sébastien Bourdais Renger van der Zande Scott Dixon |
Cadillac V-LMDh | 4 | 1'34.262 | 0.231 | 135.961 |
5 | Earl Bamber Alex Lynn Richard Westbrook |
Cadillac V-LMDh | 3 | 1'34.389 | 0.358 | 135.779 |
6 | Pipo Derani Alexander Sims Jack Aitken |
Cadillac V-LMDh | 6 | 1'34.608 | 0.577 | 135.464 |
7 | Philipp Eng Augusto Farfus Marco Wittmann Colton Herta |
BMW M Hybrid V8 | 6 | 1'34.723 | 0.692 | 135.300 |
8 | Connor de Phillippi Nick Yelloly Sheldon Van Der Linde Colton Herta |
BMW M Hybrid V8 | 7 | 1'34.846 | 0.815 | 135.124 |
9 | Ben Keating Paul-Loup Chatin Alex Quinn Nicolas Lapierre |
ORECA LMP2 07 | 6 | 1'40.541 | 6.510 | 127.470 |
10 | François Heriau Giedo van der Garde Josh Pierson Job Van Uitert |
ORECA LMP2 07 | 6 | 1'41.751 | 7.720 | 125.955 |
11 | Thomas Steven Mikkel Jensen Scott Huffaker Rinus van Kalmthout |
ORECA LMP2 07 | 6 | 1'41.813 | 7.782 | 125.878 |
12 | François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxiviere Julien Canal Nicklas Nielsen |
ORECA LMP2 07 | 5 | 1'41.942 | 7.911 | 125.719 |
13 | George Kurtz Ben Hanley Matt McMurry Esteban Gutierrez |
ORECA LMP2 07 | 6 | 1'41.951 | 7.920 | 125.707 |
14 | Eric Lux Devlin DeFrancesco Austin Cindric Pietro Fittipaldi |
ORECA LMP2 07 | 6 | 1'42.111 | 8.080 | 125.510 |
15 | Dennis Andersen Ed Jones Anders Fjordbach Raffaele Marciello |
ORECA LMP2 07 | 5 | 1'42.277 | 8.246 | 125.307 |
16 | Lance Willsey Joao Barbosa Nicolas Pino Danny Soufi |
Ligier JS P320 | 9 | 1'43.197 | 9.166 | 124.190 |
17 | Jarett Andretti Gabby Chaves Dakota Dickerson Rasmus Lindh |
Ligier JS P320 | 8 | 1'43.307 | 9.276 | 124.057 |
18 | John DeAngelis Christopher Allen Cameron Shields Connor Bloum |
Ligier JS P320 | 8 | 1'43.351 | 9.320 | 124.005 |
19 | Sebastian Alvarez Danial Frost Alex Vogel Guilherme de |
Ligier JS P320 | 8 | 1'43.557 | 9.526 | 123.758 |
20 | Gar Robinson Felipe Fraga Glenn van Berlo Josh Burdon |
Ligier JS P320 | 9 | 1'43.840 | 9.809 | 123.421 |
21 | Till Bechtolsheimer Tijmen van der Helm Luca Mars Mason Filippi |
Duqueine D08 | 7 | 1'43.883 | 9.852 | 123.370 |
22 | Dwight Merriman Ryan Dalziel Christian Rasmussen Oliver Jarvis |
ORECA LMP2 07 | 5 | 1'43.965 | 9.934 | 123.272 |
23 | Yu Kanamaru James Vance Antonio Serravalle Nicholas Boulle |
Duqueine D08 | 8 | 1'44.237 | 10.206 | 122.951 |
24 | Orey Fidani Matthew Bell Lars Kern Moritz Kranz |
Duqueine D08 | 9 | 1'45.822 | 11.791 | 121.109 |
25 | Russell Ward Philip Ellis Indy Dontje Lucas Auer |
Mercedes AMG GT3 | 7 | 1'46.093 | 12.062 | 120.800 |
26 | Anthony Mantella Wayne Boyd Nico Varrone Thomas Merrill |
Duqueine D08 | 8 | 1'46.187 | 12.156 | 120.693 |
27 | Fabian Schiller Axcil Jefferies |
Mercedes AMG GT3 | 7 | 1'46.312 | 12.281 | 120.551 |
28 | Mike Skeen Mikael Grenier Kenton Koch Maximillian Goetz |
Mercedes AMG GT3 | 7 | 1'46.705 | 12.674 | 120.107 |
29 | Cooper MacNeil Daniel Juncadella Jules Gounon Maro Engel |
Mercedes AMG GT3 | 8 | 1'46.784 | 12.753 | 120.018 |
30 | Ross Gunn Alex Riberas David Pittard |
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 8 | 1'46.825 | 12.794 | 119.972 |
31 | Ashton Harrison Danny Formal Kyle Marcelli Ryan Briscoe |
Acura NSX GT3 | 8 | 1'46.867 | 12.836 | 119.925 |
32 | Jack Hawksworth Ben Barnicoat Mike Conway |
Lexus RC F GT3 | 8 | 1'46.923 | 12.892 | 119.862 |
33 | Sheena Monk Katherine Legge Mario Farnbacher Marc Miller |
Acura NSX GT3 | 8 | 1'46.960 | 12.929 | 119.820 |
34 | Brendan Iribe Frederik Schandorff Ollie Millroy Marvin Kirchhofer |
McLaren 720S GT3 | 7 | 1'46.979 | 12.948 | 119.799 |
35 | Roman De Angelis Marco Sorensen Ian James Darren Turner |
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 7 | 1'47.088 | 13.057 | 119.677 |
36 | Aaron Telitz Frankie Montecalvo Kyle Kirkwood Parker Thompson |
Lexus RC F GT3 | 7 | 1'47.361 | 13.330 | 119.373 |
37 | Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor Tommy Milner |
Corvette C8.R GTD | 7 | 1'48.077 | 14.046 | 118.582 |
38 | Ted Giovanis Hugh Plumb Matt Plumb Owen Trinkler |
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 8 | 1'48.081 | 14.050 | 118.578 |
39 | Andrea Caldarelli Mirko Bortolotti Jordan Lee Pepper Romain Grosjean |
Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 | 8 | 1'48.233 | 14.202 | 118.411 |
40 | Roberto Lacorte Giorgio Sernagiotto Antonio Fuoco Alessandro Balzan |
Ferrari 296 GT3 | 6 | 1'48.309 | 14.278 | 118.328 |
41 | Raffaele Giammaria Frank Perera Claudio Schiavoni Rolf Ineichen |
Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 | 8 | 1'48.432 | 14.401 | 118.194 |
42 | Bill Auberlen Chandler Hull Bruno Spengler John Edwards |
BMW M4 GT3 | 6 | 1'48.505 | 14.474 | 118.114 |
43 | Bryan Sellers Madison Snow Corey Lewis Maxime Martin |
BMW M4 GT3 | 5 | 1'48.526 | 14.495 | 118.092 |
44 | Patrick Gallagher Robby Foley Michael Dinan Jens Klingmann |
BMW M4 GT3 | 6 | 1'48.756 | 14.725 | 117.842 |
45 | John Potter Andy Lally Spencer Pumpelly Nicki Thiim |
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 8 | 1'48.820 | 14.789 | 117.772 |
46 | Ryan Hardwick Jan Heylen Zacharie Robichon Dennis Olsen |
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 7 | 1'48.942 | 14.911 | 117.641 |
47 | Klaus Bachler Patrick Pilet Laurens Vanthoor |
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 7 | 1'48.977 | 14.946 | 117.603 |
48 | Rahel Frey Sarah Bovy Michelle Gatting Doriane Pin |
Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 | 7 | 1'48.991 | 14.960 | 117.588 |
49 | Mikhail Goikhberg Loris Spinelli Benjamin Hites Marco Mapelli |
Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 | 7 | 1'49.075 | 15.044 | 117.497 |
50 | Mann Simon Luis Perez Companc Miguel Molina Francesco Castellacci |
Ferrari 296 GT3 | 8 | 1'49.265 | 15.234 | 117.293 |
51 | Alan Brynjolfsson Trent Hindman Max Root Kevin Estre |
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 8 | 1'49.358 | 15.327 | 117.193 |
52 | David Brule Alec Udell Andrew Davis Jeroen Bleekemolen |
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 7 | 1'49.373 | 15.342 | 117.177 |
53 | Alessandro Pier Guidi James Calado Daniel Serra Davide Rigon |
Ferrari 296 GT3 | 7 | 1'49.495 | 15.464 | 117.046 |
54 | Alan Metni Kay van Berlo Jaxon Evans Julien Andlauer |
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 8 | 1'49.507 | 15.476 | 117.034 |
55 | PJ Hyett Seb Priaulx Gunnar Jeannette Harry Tincknell |
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 8 | 1'49.644 | 15.613 | 116.887 |
56 | John Farano Scott McLaughlin Josef Newgarden Kyffin Simpson |
ORECA LMP2 07 | 4 | 1'49.679 | 15.648 | 116.850 |
57 | Onofrio Triarsi Charles Scardina Alessio Rovera Andrea Bertolini |
Ferrari 296 GT3 | 8 | 1'49.763 | 15.732 | 116.761 |
58 | Mark Kvamme Trenton Estep Jan Magnussen Jason Hart |
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 7 | 1'50.628 | 16.597 | 115.848 |
59 | Don Yount Jaden Conwright Kerong Li Alessio Deledda |
Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 | 8 | 1'50.873 | 16.842 | 115.592 |
60 | Fred Poordad Francesco Pizzi James Allen Giammaria Bruni |
ORECA LMP2 07 | 4 | 1'50.969 | 16.938 | 115.492 |
61 | Mathieu Jaminet Nick Tandy Dane Cameron |
Porsche 963 | 3 | |||
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