2025 24 Hours of Daytona

The 2025 24 Hours of Daytona was an endurance sports car race sanctioned by International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The race was held at the Daytona International Speedway combined road course in Daytona Beach, Florida, from January 25 to January 26. This race was the 63rd running of the 24 Hours of Daytona and served as the opening round of the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship season.

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NASCAR founder Bill France Sr., who built Daytona International Speedway in 1959, conceived the 24 Hours of Daytona to attract European sports-car endurance racing to the United States and provide international exposure to the speedway. It is informally considered part of the Triple Crown of Endurance Racing, with the 12 Hours of Sebring and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was a part of the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in March 2024. It was the twelfth consecutive year it was a part of the IMSA SCC, and the 63rd 24 Hours of Daytona. The 24 Hours of Daytona was the first of eleven scheduled sports car endurance races by IMSA, and the first of five races of the Michelin Endurance Cup (MEC). The race took place at the 12-turn Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida from January 25 to 26.

Entry list The entry list for the 2025 24 Hours of Daytona included drivers that features in various other racing series, including IndyCar (e.g. Alex Palou, Colton Herta), Formula 1 (e.g. Kevin Magnussen, Romain Grosjean), Formula E (Pascal Wehrlein) and NASCAR (e.g Austin Cindric, Connor Zilisch). Entrant Car Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3 Driver 4 GTP (Grand Touring Prototype) (12 entries) 5 Proton Competition Porsche 963 Julien Andlauer Neel Jani Nico Pino Tristan Vautier 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 Matt Campbell Kévin Estre Mathieu Jaminet 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 Felipe Nasr Nick Tandy Laurens Vanthoor 10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac V-Series.R Filipe Albuquerque Brendon Hartley Will Stevens Ricky Taylor 24 BMW M Team RLL BMW M Hybrid V8 Philipp Eng Kevin Magnussen Raffaele Marciello Dries Vanthoor 25 BMW M Team RLL BMW M Hybrid V8 Robin Frijns Sheldon van der Linde René Rast Marco Wittmann 31 Cadillac Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R Jack Aitken Earl Bamber Felipe Drugovich Frederik Vesti 40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac V-Series.R Louis Delétraz Kamui Kobayashi Jordan Taylor 60 Acura Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Acura ARX-06 Tom Blomqvist Colin Braun Scott Dixon Felix Rosenqvist 63 Automobili Lamborghini Squadra Corse Lamborghini SC63 Mirko Bortolotti Romain Grosjean Daniil Kvyat Edoardo Mortara 85 JDC–Miller MotorSports Porsche 963 Bryce Aron Gianmaria Bruni Tijmen van der Helm Pascal Wehrlein 93 Acura Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Acura ARX-06 Kakunoshin Ohta Álex Palou Nick Yelloly Renger van der Zande LMP2 (Le Mans Prototype 2) (12 entries) 04 CrowdStrike Racing by APR Oreca 07-Gibson Colton Herta Malthe Jakobsen George Kurtz Toby Sowery 2 United Autosports USA Oreca 07-Gibson Nick Boulle Ben Hanley Oliver Jarvis Garnet Patterson 8 Tower Motorsports Oreca 07-Gibson Sebastián Álvarez Sébastien Bourdais John Farano Job van Uitert 11 TDS Racing Oreca 07-Gibson Mikkel Jensen Hunter McElrea Charles Milesi Steven Thomas 18 Era Motorsport Oreca 07-Gibson Paul-Loup Chatin Ryan Dalziel David Heinemeier Hansson Tobias Lütke 22 United Autosports USA Oreca 07-Gibson James Allen Dan Goldburg Paul di Resta Rasmus Lindh 43 Inter Europol Competition Oreca 07-Gibson Tom Dillmann António Félix da Costa Jon Field Bijoy Garg 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca 07-Gibson Mathias Beche Ben Keating Benjamin Pedersen Rodrigo Sales 73 Pratt Miller Motorsports Oreca 07-Gibson Chris Cumming Pietro Fittipaldi Callum Ilott James Roe 74 Riley Oreca 07-Gibson Josh Burdon Felipe Fraga Felipe Massa Gar Robinson 88 AF Corse Oreca 07-Gibson Nicklas Nielsen Luis Pérez Companc Matthieu Vaxivière Dylan Murry 99 AO Racing Oreca 07-Gibson Dane Cameron Jonny Edgar P. J. Hyett Christian Rasmussen GTD Pro (GT Daytona Pro) (15 entries) 007 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Roman De Angelis Ross Gunn Alex Riberas Marco Sørensen 1 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 Evo Connor De Phillippi Kelvin van der Linde Madison Snow Neil Verhagen 3 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Antonio García Daniel Juncadella Alexander Sims 4 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Nicky Catsburg Tommy Milner Nico Varrone 9 Pfaff Motorsports Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Andrea Caldarelli James Hinchcliffe Marco Mapelli Jordan Pepper 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus RC F GT3 Ben Barnicoat Townsend Bell Kyle Kirkwood Aaron Telitz 20 Proton Competition Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Matteo Cressoni Richard Lietz Thomas Preining Claudio Schiavoni 48 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 Evo Augusto Farfus Dan Harper Max Hesse Jesse Krohn 64 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Ford Mustang GT3 Austin Cindric Sebastian Priaulx Mike Rockenfeller 65 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Ford Mustang GT3 Christopher Mies Dennis Olsen Frédéric Vervisch 69 GetSpeed Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Anthony Bartone Maxime Martin Fabian Schiller Luca Stolz 75 75 Express Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Maro Engel Jules Gounon Mikaël Grenier Kenny Habul 77 AO Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Klaus Bachler Laurin Heinrich Alessio Picariello 81 DragonSpeed Ferrari 296 GT3 Albert Costa Miguel Molina Thomas Neubauer Davide Rigon 91 Trackhouse by TF Sport Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Shane van Gisbergen Ben Keating Scott McLaughlin Connor Zilisch GTD (GT Daytona) (22 entries) 021 Triarsi Competizione Ferrari 296 GT3 James Calado Stevan McAleer Sheena Monk Mike Skeen 023 Triarsi Competizione Ferrari 296 GT3 Eddie Cheever III Alessio Rovera Charlie Scardina Onofrio Triarsi 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus RC F GT3 Jack Hawksworth Kyle Kirkwood Frankie Montecalvo Parker Thompson 13 AWA Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Matt Bell Orey Fidani Lars Kern Marvin Kirchhöfer 19 van der Steur Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Valentin Hasse-Clot Anthony McIntosh Maxime Robin Rory van der Steur 21 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 Kei Cozzolino Simon Mann Alessandro Pier Guidi Lilou Wadoux 27 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Mattia Drudi Tom Gamble Zacharie Robichon Casper Stevenson 32 Korthoff Competition Motors Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Maximilian Götz Kenton Koch Seth Lucas Daniel Morad 34 Conquest Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Giacomo Altoè Manny Franco Cédric Sbirrazzuoli Daniel Serra 36 DXDT Racing Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Pipo Derani Charlie Eastwood Alec Udell Salih Yoluç 44 Magnus Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Andy Lally John Potter Spencer Pumpelly Nicki Thiim 45 Wayne Taylor Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Graham Doyle Danny Formal Trent Hindman Kyle Marcelli 47 Cetilar Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Antonio Fuoco Nicola Lacorte Roberto Lacorte Lorenzo Patrese 50 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 Riccardo Agostini Conrad Laursen Arthur Leclerc Custodio Toledo 57 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Lucas Auer Indy Dontje Philip Ellis Russell Ward 66 Gradient Racing Ford Mustang GT3 Till Bechtolsheimer Tatiana Calderón Joey Hand Harry Tincknell 70 Inception Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 David Fumanelli Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy Frederik Schandorff 78 Forte Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Mario Farnbacher Misha Goikhberg Parker Kligerman Franck Perera 80 Lone Star Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Scott Andrews Ralf Aron Eric Filgueiras Dan Knox 83 Iron Dames Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Sarah Bovy Rahel Frey Karen Gaillard Michelle Gatting 96 Turner Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 Evo Robby Foley Patrick Gallagher Jens Klingmann Jake Walker 120 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Adam Adelson Ayhancan Güven Tom Sargent Elliott Skeer Source:

Qualifying

Qualifying results ClassEntryDriverTime1GTP24 BMW M Team RLL Dries Vanthoor1:33.895—12GTP93 Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian Nick Yelloly1:34.186 +0.29123GTP7 Porsche Penske Motorsport Felipe Nasr1:34.280 +0.38534GTP31 Cadillac Whelen Jack Aitken1:34.350 +0.45545GTP85 JDC–Miller MotorSports Gianmaria Bruni1:34.374 +0.47956GTP60 Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian Tom Blomqvist1:34.432 +0.53767GTP10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing Filipe Albuquerque1:34.933 +1.03878GTP40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing Louis Delétraz1:34.935 +1.04089GTP63 Automobili Lamborghini Squadra Corse Mirko Bortolotti1:36.475 +2.580910GTP6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Matt Campbell1:36.576 +2.6811011LMP222 United Autosports USA Dan Goldburg1:38.676+4.7811312LMP252 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Ben Keating1:39.000 +5.1051413LMP22 United Autosports USA Nick Boulle1:39.203 +5.3081514LMP273 Pratt Miller Motorsports Chris Cumming1:39.217 +5.3221615LMP211 TDS Racing Steven Thomas1:39.389 +5.4941716LMP299 AO Racing P. J. Hyett1:39.600 +5.7051817LMP288 AF Corse Luis Pérez Companc1:39.754 +5.8591918LMP274 Riley Gar Robinson1:39.768 +5.8732019LMP204 CrowdStrike Racing by APR George Kurtz1:39.868 +5.9732120LMP243 Inter Europol Competition Jon Field1:40.401 +6.5062221LMP218 Era Motorsport Tobias Lütke1:41.158 +7.2632322LMP28 Tower Motorsports John Farano1:41.244 +7.3492423GTD Pro64 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Mike Rockenfeller1:45.523+11.6282524GTD Pro65 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Frédéric Vervisch1:45.855 +11.9602625GTD Pro48 Paul Miller Racing Dan Harper1:46.005 +12.1102726GTD Pro3 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Alexander Sims1:46.012 +12.1172827GTD Pro9 Pfaff Motorsports Andrea Caldarelli1:46.136 +12.2412928GTD Pro4 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Tommy Milner1:46.445 +12.5503029GTD Pro77 AO Racing Laurin Heinrich1:46.539 +12.6443130GTD Pro91 Trackhouse by TF Sport Connor Zilisch1:46.579 +12.6843231GTD Pro75 75 Express Maro Engel1:46.613 +12.7183332GTD120 Wright Motorsports Elliott Skeer1:46.634+12.7394033GTD Pro007 Heart of Racing Team Marco Sørensen1:46.646 +12.7513434GTD57 Winward Racing Philip Ellis1:46.652 +12.7574135GTD Pro69 GetSpeed Luca Stolz1:46.653 +12.7583536GTD45 Wayne Taylor Racing Trent Hindman1:46.658 +12.7634237GTD12 Vasser Sullivan Racing Parker Thompson1:46.788 +12.8934338GTD78 Forte Racing Franck Perera1:46.805 +12.9104439GTD19 van der Steur Racing Valentin Hasse-Clot1:46.851 +12.9564540GTD Pro81 DragonSpeed Davide Rigon1:46.858 +12.9633641GTD 27 Heart of Racing Team Zacharie Robichon1:46.905 +13.0104642GTD70 Inception Racing Frederik Schandorff1:46.928 +13.0334743GTD34 Conquest Racing Daniel Serra1:46.959 +13.0644844GTD Pro1 Paul Miller Racing Madison Snow1:46.963 +13.0683745GTD83 Iron Dames Michelle Gatting1:46.981 +13.0864946GTD Pro20 Proton Competition Thomas Preining1:47.115 +13.2203847GTD021 Triarsi Competizione James Calado1:47.189 +13.2945048GTD44 Magnus Racing John Potter1:47.280 +13.3855149GTD96 Turner Motorsport Robby Foley1:47.281 +13.3865250GTD Pro14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Kyle Kirkwood1:47.281 +13.3863951GTD21 AF Corse Simon Mann1:47.382 +13.4875352GTD36 DXDT Racing Charlie Eastwood1:47.592 +13.6975453GTD13 AWA Orey Fidani1:48.334 +14.4395554GTD66 Gradient Racing Till Bechtolsheimer1:48.381 +14.4865655GTD80 Lone Star Racing Dan Knox1:48.452 +14.5575756GTD47 Cetilar Racing Roberto Lacorte1:48.558 +14.6635857GTD50 AF Corse Custodio Toledo1:49.656 +15.7615958GTD32 Korthoff/Preston Motorsports Maximilian Götz1:53.205 +19.3106059GTP5 Proton CompetitionNo Time Established1160GTD023 Triarsi CompetizioneNo Time Established6161GTP25 BMW M Team RLLNo Time Established12Sources:

The No. 5 Proton Competition entry did not participate in qualifying after the car encountered a right-front upright to wishbone failure in opening practice. The No. 25 BMW M Team RLL entry stopped on track in qualifying due to a HV related issue and did not set a lap time.

Race

Post-race