Formula 1 star Fernando Alonso added another major win to his resume this past weekend by winning the prestigious Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona for the Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac team. It was a wet and wild Rolex 24, too– and Alonso proved his worth again by taking the wheel with the car in P8, then slicing through the field and pulling a 16 second lead over the 2nd place Whelen entry before the race was called for rain with just two hours to go.
Hilariously (or, ominously, if you have to race against him in the future), Alonso began suggesting the race be red-flagged for rain while he was still in second place. Imagine having another driver pass you, then pull out a 16 second lead while he’s being careful!
Further back, the LMP2 class was won by another ex-F1 driver, Pastor Maldonado, while the Daytona Prototype Team Penske Acura team– led by drivers Juan Pablo Montoya, Dane Cameron, and Simon Pagenaud– still feels like they had a shot at victory in the dry. Meanwhile, the super-sexy Mazda entry caught on fire … which, for the troubled Mazda team, feels like par for the course.
You can check out the full results for the Rolex 24, below, which includes both overall and class standings
| IMSA 2019 DAYTONA 24 HRS. | RESULTS | ||||||
| OVERALL | CLASS | CLASS POS. | DRIVERS | TEAM/CAR/SPONSOR | CAR NO. | NO. LAPS |
| 1 | Daytona Prototype International | 1 | Kamui Kobayashi Renger Van Der Zande Jordan Taylor Fernando Alonso | Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac DPi |
10 | 593 |
| 2 | Daytona Prototype International | 2 | Felipe Nasr Eric Curran Pipo Derani | Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac DPi |
31 | 593 |
| 3 | Daytona Prototype International | 3 | Ricky Taylor Helio Castroneves Alexander Rossi | Acura Team Penske Acura DPi |
7 | 593 |
| 4 | Daytona Prototype International | 4 | Loic Duval Jonathan Bennett Colin Braun Romain Dumas | CORE autosport Nissan DPi |
54 | 589 |
| 5 | Daytona Prototype International | 5 | Tristan Vautier Devlin DeFrancesco Rubens Barrichello Misha Goikhberg | JDC-Miller Motorsports Cadillac DPi |
85 | 586 |
| 6 | Le Mans Prototype 2 | 1 | Pastor Maldonado Sebastian Saavedra Ryan Cullen Roberto Gonzalez | DragonSpeed ORECA LMP2 |
18 | 582 |
| 7 | Le Mans Prototype 2 | 2 | Kris Wright Kyle Masson Robert Masson Cameron Cassels | Performance Tech Motorsports ORECA LMP2 |
38 | 578 |
| 8 | Daytona Prototype International | 6 | Juan Pablo Montoya Dane Cameron Simon Pagenaud | Acura Team Penske Acura DPi |
6 | 576 |
| 9 | Daytona Prototype International | 7 | Filipe Albuquerque Christian Fittipaldi Joao Barbosa | Mustang Sampling Racing Cadillac DPi |
5 | 573 |
| 10 | GT Le Mans | 1 | Colton Herta Augusto Farfus Connor De Phillippi Philipp Eng | BMW Team RLL BMW M8 GTE |
25 | 571 |
| 11 | GT Le Mans | 2 | Alessandro Pier Guidi James Calado Davide Rigon Miguel Molina | Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 GTE |
62 | 571 |
| 12 | GT Le Mans | 3 | Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor Mathieu Jaminet | Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR |
912 | 570 |
| 13 | GT Le Mans | 4 | Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook Scott Dixon | Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GT |
67 | 570 |
| 14 | GT Le Mans | 5 | Nick Tandy Frederic Makowiecki Patrick Pilet | Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR |
911 | 569 |
| 15 | Le Mans Prototype 2 | 3 | Ben HanleyNicolas LapierreJames AllenHenrik Hedman | DragonSpeed ORECA LMP2 |
81 | 567 |
| 16 | GT Le Mans | 6 | Jan Magnussen Antonio Garcia Mike Rockenfeller | Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C7.R |
3 | 563 |
| 17 | GT Daytona | 1 | Mirko Bortolotti Christian Engelhart Rik Breukers Rolf Ineichen | GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracan GT3 |
11 | 561 |
| 18 | GT Daytona | 2 | Dries Vanthoor Daniel Morad Christopher Mies Ricky Feller | Montaplast by Land Motorsport Audi R8 LMS GT3 |
29 | 561 |
| 19 | GT Daytona | 3 | Townsend Bell Aaron Telitz Jeff Segal Frank Montecalvo | AIM Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 |
12 | 561 |
| 20 | GT Daytona | 4 | Frederic Vervisch Kelvin van der Linde Ian James Roman DeAngelis | Audi Sport experience WRT Speedstar Audi R8 LMS GT3 |
88 | 561 |
| 21 | GT Daytona | 5 | Trent Hindman Justin Marks AJ Allmendinger Mario Farnbacher | Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian Acura NSX GT3 |
86 | 561 |
| 22 | GT Daytona | 6 | Jack Hawksworth Austin Cindric Nick Cassidy Richard Heistand | AIM Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 |
14 | 560 |
| 23 | GT Daytona | 7 | Luca Stolz Felipe Fraga Ben Keating Jeroen Bleekemolen | Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 |
33 | 560 |
| 24 | GT Daytona | 8 | Matt Campbell Nicholas Boulle Patrick Lindsey Patrick Long | Park Place Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R |
73 | 560 |
| 25 | GT Daytona | 9 | Marcos Gomes Andrea Bertolini Chico Longo Victor Franzoni | Via Italia Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 |
13 | 560 |
| 26 | GT Daytona | 10 | Jens Klingmann Bill Auberlen Robby Foley Dillon Machavern | Turner Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 |
96 | 560 |
| 27 | GT Daytona | 11 | Spencer Pumpelly Marco Mapelli John Potter Andy Lally | Magnus Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 |
44 | 559 |
| 28 | GT Le Mans | 7 | Joey Hand Dirk Mueller Sebastien Bourdais | Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GT |
66 | 559 |
| 29 | GT Le Mans | 8 | Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Marcel Fassler | Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C7.R |
4 | 555 |
| 30 | Daytona Prototype International | 8 | Agustin Canapino Kyle Kaiser Will Owen Rene Binder | Juncos Racing Cadillac DPi |
50 | 555 |
| 31 | GT Daytona | 12 | Markus Winkelhock Andrew Davis Alex Riberas Will Hardeman | Moorespeed Audi R8 LMS GT3 |
19 | 555 |
| 32 | GT Le Mans | 9 | Chaz Mostert Alex Zanardi Jesse KrohnJohn Edwards | BMW Team RLL BMW M8 GTE |
24 | 553 |
| 33 | GT Daytona | 13 | Katherine Legge Simona De Silvestro Ana Beatriz Christina Nielsen | Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian Acura NSX GT3 |
57 | 550 |
| 34 | GT Daytona | 14 | Toni Vilander Dominik Farnbacher Jeff Westphal Cooper MacNeil | Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 488 GT3 |
63 | 547 |
| 35 | GT Daytona | 15 | Ezequiel Perez Companc Chris Haase Parker Chase Ryan Dalziel | Starworks Motorsport Audi R8 LMS GT3 |
8 | 547 |
| 36 | GT Daytona | 16 | Matteo Cairoli Dirk Werner Timothy Pappas Marco Seefried | Black Swan Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R |
540 | 545 |
| 37 | Le Mans Prototype 2 | 4 | Enzo Guibbert Matthew McMurry Gabriel Aubry Mark Kvamme | PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports ORECA LMP2 |
52 | 512 |
| 38 | GT Daytona | 17 | Andrea Caldarelli Bryan Sellers Ryan Hardwick Corey Lewis | Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 |
48 | 491 |
| 39 | GT Daytona | 18 | Dennis Olsen Scott Hargrove Zacharie Robichon Lars Kern | PFAFF Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R |
9 | 470 |
| 40 | GT Daytona | 19 | Giacomo Altoe Emanuele Busnelli Fabio Babini Taylor Proto | EBIMOTORS Lamborghini Huracan GT3 |
46 | 470 |
| 41 | GT Daytona | 20 | Linus Lundqvist Milos Pavlovic Don Yount Steve Dunn | Precision Performance Motorsports (PPM) Lamborghini Huracan GT3 |
47 | 442 |
| 42 | Daytona Prototype International | 9 | Jonathan Bomarito Harry Tincknell Olivier Pla | Mazda Team Joest Mazda DPi |
55 | 440 |
| 43 | GT Daytona | 21 | Fabian Schiller Dominik Baumann JC Perez Maximilian Buhk | P1 Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 |
71 | 431 |
| 44 | GT Daytona | 22 | Daniel Serra Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda | Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GT3 |
51 | 349 |
| 45 | Daytona Prototype International | 10 | Simon Trummer Stephen Simpson Chris Miller Juan Piedrahita | JDC-Miller Motorsports Cadillac DPi |
84 | 225 |
| 46 | Daytona Prototype International | 11 | Timo Bernhard Rene Rast Oliver Jarvis Tristan Nunez | Mazda Team Joest Mazda DPi |
77 | 220 |
| 47 | GT Daytona | 23 | Alfred Renauer Juergen Haering Klaus Bachler Sven Muller Steffen Goerig | Via Italia Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R |
99 | 47 |
Source | Images: IMSA, via Motorsport.com; Racer.
