Juncadella takes on the 24 Hours of Daytona in GTDPro

The Catalan pilot dani juncadella He signed up with his teammates in the 79 Mercedes car for the WeatherTech Racing 24 Hours of Daytona in the GTD Pro category, where Antonio García, also a Spaniard, finished second. Acura renews its title of 24 Hours of Daytona champion, third in a row in 2021 with Wayne Taylor Racing and in 2022 and 2023 with Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) represented this year by Tom Blomqvist, Colin Braun, Helio Castroneves and Simon Pagenaud.

In the GTD Pro category was where there was more Spanish representation and Antonio García with Corvette, Dani Juncadella with Mercedes and Álex Riberas with Aston Martin were in the front positions for almost the entire test. Riberas was the first to be eliminated due to a mechanical problem, leaving the teams of Juncadella-Gounon-Engel and García-Taylor-Milner to fight for victory two hours from the finish which was finally chosen by the Mercedes drivers # 79, the second 24 Hours taking place at Juncadella after last year’s success at Spa.

Miguel Molina, recently confirmed by Ferrari as a driver for the Scuderia in the WEC, did not complete the 24 Hours after crashing in the last half hour.

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Final Four at GTP

The 24 Hours in the premier class was decided in the last minutes, in a duel between the #60 Acura of Meyer Shank Racing, defending champion, and the #10 Konica Minolta after leaving the Cadillac 1# and 2# of the Chip team Ganassi.

Tom Blomqvist manages to take the #60 Acura to the finish line as champion and hand over to his teammate Helio Castroneves his third win at Daytona, with a double for the Japanese brand thanks to the #10 Acura of Taylor, Albuquerque, Deletraz and Hartley entering 4″190. The #1 Cadillac of Ganassi with Bourdais, Van der Zande and Dixon was placed third at 9″630 ahead of his teammates Barber, Lynn and Westbrook, at 11″176.