2015 24 Hours of Daytona

2015 24 Hours of Daytona

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The Daytona International Speedway road course

The 53rd Rolex 24 at Daytona was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida from 22–25 January 2015. The 53rd running of the 24 Hours of Daytona was also the first race for the 2015 United SportsCar Championship season.

Qualifying

Qualifying results

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by ‡. P stands for Prototype, PC (Prototype Challenge), GTLM (Grand Touring Le Mans) and GTD (Grand Touring Daytona).

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap	Grid
1	P	60	Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian	Oswaldo Negri Jr.	1:39.194	_	1‡
2	P	02	Chip Ganassi Racing	Scott Dixon	1:39.302	+0.108	2
3	P	01	Chip Ganassi Racing	Scott Pruett	1:39.309	+0.115	3
4	P	5	Action Express Racing	João Barbosa	1:39.568	+0.374	4
5	P	0	DeltaWing Racing Cars with Claro/TracFone	Gabby Chaves	1:39.625	+0.431	5
6	P	57	Krohn Racing	Olivier Pla	1:39.683	+0.489	6
7	P	10	Wayne Taylor Racing	Ricky Taylor	1:39.888	+0.694	7
8	P	7	Starworks Motorsport	Rubens Barrichello	1:40.260	+1.066	8
9	P	31	Action Express Racing	Max Papis	1:40.322	+1.128	9
10	P	90	VisitFlorida.com Racing	Richard Westbrook	1:40.330	+1.136	24^1
11	P	66	RG Racing	Shane Lewis	1:42.070	+2.876	10
12	PC	16	BAR1 Motorsports	Johnny Mowlem	1:42.318	+3.124	11‡
13	P	2	Tequila Patrón ESM	Johannes van Overbeek	1:42.390	+3.196	12
14	PC	54	CORE Autosport	Colin Braun	1:42.498	+3.304	13
15	PC	52	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	Tom Kimber-Smith	1:42.829	+3.635	14
16	PC	8	Starworks Motorsport	Renger van der Zande	1:43.322	+4.128	15
17	PC	61	BAR1 Motorsports	Martin Plowman	1:43.442	+4.248	16
18	GTLM	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin	1:43.488	+4.294	25‡
19	PC	85	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Stephen Simpson	1:43.514	+4.320	17
20	P	70	SpeedSource	Jonathan Bomarito	1:43.782	+4.588	18
21	GTLM	51	AF Corse	Gianmaria Bruni	1:43.830	+4.636	26
22	GTLM	98	Aston Martin Racing	Pedro Lamy	1:43.960	+4.766	27
23	GTLM	24	BMW Team RLL	John Edwards	1:43.966	+4.772	28
24	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen	1:43.976	+4.782	29
25	GTLM	62	Risi Competizione	Pierre Kaffer	1:43.986	+4.792	30
26	PC	11	RSR Racing	Chris Cumming	1:43.992	+4.798	19
27	GTLM	25	BMW Team RLL	Bill Auberlen	1:44.024	+4.830	31
28	GTLM	911	Porsche North America	Nick Tandy	1:44.082	+4.888	32
29	P	50	Fifty Plus Racing	Jim Pace	1:44.423	+5.229	20
30	GTLM	17	Team Falken Tire	Bryan Sellers	1:44.465	+5.271	33
31	PC	38	Performance Tech Motorsports	James French	1:44.473	+5.279	21
32	GTLM	912	Porsche North America	Frédéric Makowiecki	1:44.759	+5.565	34
33	GTD	007	TRG-AMR North America	James Davison	1:47.272	+8.078	35‡
34	P	07	SpeedSource	Tom Long	1:47.320	+8.126	22
35	GTD	33	Riley Motorsports	Jeroen Bleekemolen	1:47.424	+8.230	36
36	GTD	28	Konrad Motorsport	Christopher Zöchling	1:47.451	+8.257	37
37	GTD	58	Wright Motorsports	Jan Heylen	1:47.535	+8.341	38
38	GTD	64	Scuderia Corsa	Daniel Serra	1:47.805	+8.611	39
39	GTD	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Markus Winkelhock	1:47.813	+8.619	40
40	GTD	73	Park Place Motorsports	Spencer Pumpelly	1:47.860	+8.666	41
41	GTD	44	Magnus Racing	Andy Lally	1:48.099	+8.905	42
42	GTD	63	Scuderia Corsa	Townsend Bell	1:48.117	+8.923	43
43	GTD	22	Alex Job Racing	Leh Keen	1:48.200	+9.006	44
44	GTD	48	Paul Miller Racing	Christopher Haase	1:48.202	+9.008	45
45	GTD	49	AF Corse	Matt Griffin	1:48.614	+9.420	46
46	GTD	23	Team Seattle / Alex Job Racing	Mario Farnbacher	1:48.683	+9.489	47
47	GTD	19	Mühlner Motorsports America	Connor De Phillippi	1:49.035	+9.841	48
48	GTD	18	Mühlner Motorsports America	Marc Basseng	1:49.291	+10.097	49
49	GTD	93	Riley Motorsports	Kuno Wittmer	1:49.512	+10.318	53^2
50	GTD	97	Turner Motorsport	Markus Palttala	1:50.213	+11.019	50
51	GTD	81	GB Autosport	Damien Faulkner	No Time Established		51
52	P	1	Tequila Patrón ESM	No Time Established			23
53	GTD	009	TRG-AMR North America	No Time Established			52
Sources:[1][2]

• ¹ The No. 90 VFR entry was moved to the back of the Prototype grid
• ² The No. 93 Riley Motorsports Dodge had its fastest lap deleted as penalty for causing a red flag during its qualifying session and as per 40.1.5 of the Sporting regulations (Starting driver change).

Race

Start and early hours

Night

Morning

Finish

Post-race

Results

Race

Final race classification Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Time/Retired Engine 1 P 02 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Scott Dixon Tony Kanaan Kyle Larson Jamie McMurray Riley MkXXVI C 740 24:00:57.667 Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 2 P 5 Action Express Racing João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Sébastien Bourdais Chevrolet Corvette DP C 740 + 1.333 Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 3 P 90 VisitFlorida.com Racing Michael Valiante Richard Westbrook Mike Rockenfeller Guy Cosmo Chevrolet Corvette DP C 734 + 6 Laps Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 4 GTLM 3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen Antonio Garcia Ryan Briscoe Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 725 + 15 Laps Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 5 GTLM 25 BMW Team RLL Bill Auberlen Dirk Werner Augusto Farfus Bruno Spengler BMW Z4 GTE M 725 + 15 Laps BMW 4.4 L V8 6 P 31 Action Express Racing Eric Curran Dane Cameron Max Papis Phil Keen Chevrolet Corvette DP C 721 + 19 Laps Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 7 GTLM 4 Corvette Racing Tommy Milner Oliver Gavin Simon Pagenaud Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 718 + 22 Laps Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 8 PC 52 PR1/Mathiesen Motorsports Mike Guasch Andrew Novich Andrew Palmer Tom Kimber-Smith Oreca FLM09 C 714 + 26 Laps Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 9 DNF P 60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian John Pew Oswaldo Negri A. J. Allmendinger Matt McMurry Ligier JS P2 C 705 a-arm Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 10 DNF PC 54 CORE Autosport Colin Braun Jon Bennett Mark Wilkins James Gue Oreca FLM09 C 704 crash Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 11 GTD 93 Riley Motorsports Ben Keating Dominik Farnbacher Kuno Wittmer Cameron Lawrence Al Carter Dodge Viper GTS-R C 704 + 36 Laps Dodge 8.0 L V10 12 GTD 22 Alex Job Racing Cooper MacNeil Leh Keen Andrew Davis Shane van Gisbergen Porsche 911 GT America C 704 + 36 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 13 GTD 58 Wright Motorsports Jan Heylen Madison Snow Patrick Dempsey Philipp Eng Porsche 911 GT America C 702 + 38 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 14 GTLM 24 BMW Team RLL John Edwards Lucas Luhr Jens Klingmann Graham Rahal BMW Z4 GTE M 701 + 39 Laps BMW 4.4 L V8 15 PC 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Rusty Mitchell Stephen Simpson Misha Goikhberg Chris Miller Tristan Vautier Oreca FLM09 C 701 + 39 Laps Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 16 GTD 49 AF Corse Pasin Lathouras Michele Rugolo Rui Águas Matt Griffin Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 C 701 + 39 Laps Ferrari 4.5 L V8 17 GTD 48 Paul Miller Racing Dion von Moltke Christopher Haase René Rast Bryce Miller Audi R8 LMS C 695 + 45 Laps Audi 5.2 L V10 18 DNF GTD 63 Scuderia Corsa Bill Sweedler Townsend Bell Anthony Lazzaro Jeff Segal Jeff Westphal Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 C 691 clutch Ferrari 4.5 L V8 19 GTD 81 GB Autosport Damien Faulkner Kuba Giermaziak Mike Skeen Rory Butcher Michael Avenatti Porsche 911 GT America C 687 + 53 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 20 GTD 009 TRG-AMR Derek DeBoer Max Riddle Eliseo Salazar Kris Wilson Brandon Davis Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 C 678 + 62 Laps Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 21 DNF GTD 33 Riley Motorsports Ben Keating Jeroen Bleekemolen Sebastiaan Bleekemolen Al Carter Marc Goossens Dodge Viper GTS-R C 674 did not finish Dodge 8.0 L V10 22 GTD 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Marcus Winkelhock Robert Thorne Satoshi Hoshino Tomonobu Fujii Audi R8 LMS C 670 + 70 Laps Audi 5.2 L V10 23 DNF P 01 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Scott Pruett Joey Hand Charlie Kimball Sage Karam Riley MkXXVI C 669 clutch Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 24 P 66 RG Racing Robert Gewirtz Shane Lewis Mark Kvamme David Cheng Riley MkXXVI C 644 + 96 Laps Dinan-BMW 5.0 L V8 25 GTLM 911 Porsche North America Nick Tandy Patrick Pilet Marc Lieb Michael Christensen Porsche 911 RSR M 640 + 100 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 26 GTLM 98 Aston Martin Racing Darren Turner Stefan Mücke Mathias Lauda Pedro Lamy Paul Dalla Lana Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE M 632 + 108 Laps Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 27 GTD 44 Magnus Racing Andy Lally John Potter Marco Seefried Martin Ragginger Porsche 911 GT America C 616 + 124 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 28 GTD 94 Turner Motorsport Markus Palttala Michael Marsal Boris Said Andy Priaulx BMW Z4 GT3 C 604 + 136 Laps BMW 4.4 L V8 29 GTD 007 TRG-AMR James Davison Christina Nielsen Christoffer Nygaard Brandon Davis Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 C 593 + 147 Laps Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 30 P 50 Highway to Help Dorsey Schroeder Jim Pace Byron DeFoor David Hinton Doug Smith Riley MkXXVI C 590 + 150 Laps Dinan-BMW 5.0 L V8 31 DNF GTLM 912 Porsche North America Jörg Bergmeister Earl Bamber Frédéric Makowiecki Michael Christensen Porsche 911 RSR M 581 crash Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 32 DNF GTD 64 Scuderia Corsa Francisco Longo Daniel Serra Marcos Gomes Andrea Bertolini Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 C 545 crash Ferrari 4.5 L V8 33 GTD 18 Mühlner Motorsports America Darryl O'Young Matteo Beretta Marc Basseng Connor De Phillippi Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof Porsche 911 GT America C 539 + 201 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 34 DNF PC 11 RSR Racing Jack Hawksworth Chris Cumming Bruno Junqueira Gustavo Menezes Oreca FLM09 C 535 water pump Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 35 DNF GTD 73 Park Place Motorsports Kévin Estre Patrick Lindsey Jim Norman Spencer Pumpelly Nelson Canache, Jr. Porsche 911 GT America C 532 gearbox Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 36 DNF GTLM 17 Team Falken Tire Bryan Sellers Wolf Henzler Patrick Long Porsche 911 RSR F 530 drive train Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 37 DNF P 7 Starworks Motorsport Rubens Barrichello Brendon Hartley Tor Graves Ryan Hunter-Reay Scott Mayer Riley MkXXVI C 426 engine Dinan-BMW 5.0 L V8 38 GTD 19 Mühlner Motorsports America Jim Michaelian Michael Lira Ricardo Flores, Jr. Connor De Phillippi Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof Porsche 911 GT America C 414 + 326 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 39 DNF P 1 Tequila Patrón ESM Scott Sharp Ryan Dalziel David Heinemeier Hansson HPD ARX-04b C 389 gearbox Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 40 DNF PC 61 BAR1 Motorsports Shelby Blackstock Ivo Breukers Marc Drumwright Martin Plowman Remo Ruscitti Oreca FLM09 C 361 engine Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 41 DNF P 07 SpeedSource Tom Long Joel Miller Ben Devlin Sylvain Tremblay Mazda Prototype C 348 overheating Mazda Skyactiv-D 2.2 L Turbo I4 (Diesel) 42 DNF GTLM 62 Risi Competizione Giancarlo Fisichella Pierre Kaffer Davide Rigon Olivier Beretta Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 310 electrical Ferrari 4.5 L V8 43 DNF PC 8 Starworks Motorsport Renger van der Zande Mirco Schultis Mike Hedlund Alex Popow Filipe Albuquerque Oreca FLM09 C 299 engine Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 44 DNF PC 38 Performance Tech Motorsports James French Jerome Mee James Vance Sean Johnston Oreca FLM09 C 238 crash Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 45 DNF GTD 23 Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing Ian James Mario Farnbacher Alex Riberas Porsche 911 GT America C 233 engine Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 46 DNF GTLM 51 AF Corse Gianmaria Bruni Toni Vilander François Perrodo Emmanuel Collard Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 211 crash Ferrari 4.5 L V8 47 DNF P 70 SpeedSource Sylvain Tremblay Tristan Nunez Jonathan Bomarito James Hinchcliffe Mazda Prototype C 198 oil pressure Mazda Skyactiv-D 2.2 L Turbo I4 (Diesel) 48 DNF GTD 28 Konrad Motorsport Klaus Bachler Christopher Zöchling Christian Engelhart Lance Willsey Rolf Ineichen Porsche 911 GT America C 176 did not finish Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 49 DNF P 57 Krohn Racing Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson Alex Brundle Olivier Pla Ligier JS P2 C 172 engine Judd HK 3.6 L V8 50 DNF P 2 Tequila Patrón ESM Ed Brown Johannes van Overbeek Jon Fogarty HPD ARX-04b C 49 oil pressure Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 51 DNF P 0 DeltaWing Racing Cars with Claro/TracFone Andy Meyrick Katherine Legge Memo Rojas Gabby Chaves DeltaWing DWC13 C 42 transmission Élan 1.9 L Turbo I4 DQ P 10 Wayne Taylor Racing[N 1] Ricky Taylor Jordan Taylor Max Angelelli Chevrolet Corvette DP C 740 + 1:07.074 Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 DQ PC 16 BAR1 Motorsports[N 2] Johnny Mowlem Tom Papadopoulos Tomy Drissi Brian Alder Martin Plowman Oreca FLM09 C 713 + 27 Laps Chevrolet 6.2 L V8

Tyre manufacturers Key Symbol Tyre manufacturer C Continental M Michelin F Falken Tire

Footnotes

1. Car finished 3rd on track but was disqualified after breaching rules on maximum driving time for a single driver.^[3]
2. Car finished 9th on track (2nd in class) but was disqualified after breaching rules on maximum driving time for a single driver.^[4]

Standings after the race

References

1. "Qualifying" (PDF). IMSA. 22 January 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
2. "Official Grid" (PDF). IMSA. 24 January 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
3. Dagys, John (30 January 2015). "WTR Loses Rolex 24 Podium Finish, Points Over Drive Time Infraction". Sportscar365.com. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
4. Di Zinno, Tony (3 February 2015). "WTR Loses Rolex 24 Podium Finish, Points Over Drive Time Infraction". Sportscar365.com.

• Provisional Race results

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