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The 2019 24 Hours of Daytona (formally the 2019 Rolex 24 at Daytona) was an International Motor Sports Association (IMSA)-sanctioned endurance sports car race held at the Daytona International Speedway combined road course in Daytona Beach, Florida, on January 26–27, 2019. It was the 57th running of the race, and the first of 12 races in the 2019 IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship, and the first of four rounds of the 2019 Michelin Endurance Cup.[1]
The race was ended ahead of the 22nd hour, due to heavy rainfall.[2] The race was won overall by Renger van der Zande, Jordan Taylor, Fernando Alonso, and Kamui Kobayashi in the #10 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R. The LMP2 class was won by the #18 DragonSpeed Oreca 07, piloted by Pastor Maldonado, Roberto Gonzalez, Sebastián Saavedra and Ryan Cullen. The GTLM class was won by the #25 BMW Team RLL BMW M8 GTE of Connor de Phillippi, Augusto Farfus, Philipp Eng, and Colton Herta. The GTD class was won for a second consecutive year by the #11 GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo of Rolf Ineichen, Mirko Bortolotti, Rik Breukers, and Christian Engelhart.[3]
- ^ "IMSA releases 2019 schedule". RACER. August 3, 2018. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
- ^ Dagys, John. "WTR Wins Rain-Shortened Rolex 24 – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
- ^ Myrehn, Ryan. "Grasser: Back-to-Back Rolex 24 Wins its "Biggest Achievement" – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved January 29, 2019.