Miguel Molina and Albert Costa, double Spanish podium at the 24 Hours of Daytona

The 2024 24 Hours of Daytona they finished a double Spanish podium in the category GTD. Michael Molinaofficial Ferrari driver in the highest class of Endurance World Cupstarted the course with a good second position at GTDalmost won in his Ferrari 296 GT3 number 21 of the team AF Corsejust ahead Albert Costa.

Indeed, after 23 hours and 49 minutes of racing, with just 11 minutes remaining, Molina was less than a second behind the Mercedes AMG GT3 of Daniel Morad. However, the number 57 was able to completely manage the traffic and his speed in the final laps to finish with 2 seconds and 7 tenths of an advantage over the driver from Girona, who finished second, with the responsibility of completing the always decisive final stint up to the purpose of the crew he assembled Mann, Heriau and Cozzolino.

In third position, there was more excitement in an exciting final sprint. The Barcelonan Albert Costa had to work magic again and defend himself to save the podium of the number 34 Ferrari 296 GT3, which he shared Balzan, Sbirrazzuoli and Manny Franco. Albert had to defend himself for more than 10 minutes until he reached the finish line with the Ferrari of Alessio Rovera just behind, finally managing to win the game and the third position on the podium by just 176 thousandths, just under two tenths with respect to Rovera .

The podium for Albert and his teammates was again something to tip their hat to, as their car lost two laps to the leaders on the night losing two laps due to having to get to the pit on three wheels. In the morning, the podium seemed very far away, with his Ferrari running outside the Top-10, but Albert led a great comeback to the final prize, never stopping believing and once again showing his tremendous speed and perseverance.

so, Albert Costa, new champion of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in LMP2 last yearstarted the year off on the right foot, with another prestigious box office.

In the premier class, Alex Palou will miss the final fight for victory due to the problems his Cadillac suffered the night before. Meanwhile, Dani Juncadella and Antonio García, who shared the number 5 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R with Alexander Sims, had to settle for the 5th last position in the GTPro category.

Victory in the premier category was hard-fought. Until the end. After more than 23 hours and 50 minutes of fighting time, reliability, road layout potholes inside Daytona and the constant turns, the battle was decided in the last moments, with former F1 Felipe Nasr (Porsche) and the British Tom Blomqvist fighting. close for victory in the final laps.

Nasr with the Porsche 963 number 7, finally managed to hold his own against the Cadillac V-Series.R number 31, perfectly managing his nerves in the last laps, without mistakes between laps to achieve the long awaited victory in one of the events .most iconic in the motor world. Nasr took the Porsche he shared with Josef Newgarden, Dane Cameron and Matt Campbell to the finish line and eventually victory over Blomqvist teamed up with Derani and Jack Aitken.