Williams Esports Continue to Lead 4 Hours in @ the 2024 iRacing Daytona 24
4 hours into the 2024 iRacing Daytona 24 Hour race, and things are slowly a-changing in each of the three classes. The biggest change has been in GTD where the #198 Apex Racing Team car is now out of contention because of an issue with its teammate bump drafting through the Le Mans Chicane, then involved in a further incident with a PGZ LMP2 car an hour later.
Attirition overall continues to be light with only one LMP2 car out of the race, and no GTP retirements since the first hour of the race. In fact, the #54 TC Corse E-Sports W has decided to rejoin the race, working back up to 34th place overall and 18th place in class. In GTD, the attrition was much higher for a point but again cars are heading back onto the track once repairs are complete.
GTP
Williams Esports Playseat maintain the overall lead by 12.5 seconds over DRAGO Racing GTP. Behind there is still a close battle for the final podium position between Williams Esports Fanatec and BMW M Team Redline. All the teams have made a number of driver changes, but there seems to be little variation in strategy. The key test will be in the next couple of hours as we enter ‘happy hour’ and the night time running of the event, to see if cars are better in the cooler conditions.
#
NAME
CAR
Qual Position
H1 Position
H2 Position
H4 Position
6
Williams Esports Playseat
Acura ARX-06
2
1
1
1
69
DRAGO RACING GTP
Acura ARX-06
7
5
5
2
5
Williams Esports Fanatec
Acura ARX-06
1
2
3
3
20
BMW M Team Redline
BMW M Hybrid V8
9
6
6
4
92
VRS Coanda
Porsche 963 GTP
4
3
4
5
98
Apex Racing Team
Porsche 963 GTP
3
4
2
6
8
VRS Coanda
Porsche 963 GTP
8
8
7
7
21
Team Redline
BMW M Hybrid V8
6
13
12
8
89
BMW M Team BS+COMPETITION
BMW M Hybrid V8
13
10
10
9
15
Race Clutch Red
Acura ARX-06
11
12
11
10
03
Mivano Corse GTP
Acura ARX-06
10
11
13
11
99
Apex Racing Team
Porsche 963 GTP
20
14
14
12
7
Altus Esports
BMW M Hybrid V8
12
9
9
13
81
VRS Coanda
Porsche 963 GTP
5
7
8
14
10
MAHLE RACING TEAM
BMW M Hybrid V8
16
16
16
15
13
ATRS eSports
Cadillac V-Series.R
0
15
15
16
97
Apex Racing Team
Acura ARX-06
17
17
17
17
54
TC CORSE E-SPORTS W
Acura ARX-06
18
18
18
18
22
Apex One
Cadillac V-Series.R
19
19
19
19
11
FYRA SimSport
Porsche 963 GTP
15
20
20
20
9
SCHERER eSPORT Blue
Porsche 963 GTP
14
21
21
21
LMP2
Perhaps the quietest class of the day so far is the LMP2 field. Here, the WSR Esports ButtKicker #23 has continued to lead, by 5.1 seconds over MAG Performance. There are battles remaining in the Top 5, especially between the #81 VRS Coanda Esports car and the #76 SimRC machine. This field normally would be spread out the most due to the fact that they have to navigate and be navigated around traffic, but this seems not to be the case so much. The key will continue to be how they cope when the track gets cooler, and how long the teams can make driver stints last.
#
NAME
CAR
Qual Position
H1 Position
H2 Position
H4 Position
16
Race Clutch White
Dallara P217 LMP2
0
9
1
1
24
Race Clutch Black
Dallara P217 LMP2
9
17
3
2
23
WSR Esports ButtKicker
Dallara P217 LMP2
0
1
4
3
120
MAG Performance LMP
Dallara P217 LMP2
2
2
5
4
003
Grid-and-Go.com eSports
Dallara P217 LMP2
6
13
2
5
18
Calce Team
Dallara P217 LMP2
7
8
10
6
12
VRS Coanda
Dallara P217 LMP2
8
3
6
7
76
SimRC
Dallara P217 LMP2
3
6
8
8
299
Apex Racing Team
Dallara P217 LMP2
0
10
12
9
114
Team PGZ
Dallara P217 LMP2
4
7
11
10
123
WSR Esports ButtKicker
Dallara P217 LMP2
12
11
13
11
33
Simufy Esports LMP
Dallara P217 LMP2
1
5
7
12
119
Team PGZ
Dallara P217 LMP2
5
14
14
13
17
JM Esports
Dallara P217 LMP2
11
12
15
14
201
Apex One
Dallara P217 LMP2
13
15
16
15
124
Team PGZ
Dallara P217 LMP2
10
16
17
16
19
INET Motorsport BLUE
Dallara P217 LMP2
0
4
9
17
GTD
With a SOF of 9800, this is one of the most stacked fields in the history of iRacing. For a long time it was a two horse race with Apex Racing Team leading the way on their alternate strategy, but this changed with the incident between the Stormforce ART #199 and Apex Racing Team #198 down at the Le Mans Chicane. The #199 still has an 11.2 second advantage over the Team Redline #70 car, but this hasn’t grown since the two Apex car incident. Max Verstappen has gotten behind the wheel of the #69 Team Redline Car, and is now charging behind his team mate and offering bump drafting support of his own.
#
NAME
CAR
Qual Position
H1 Position
H2 Position
H4 Position
199
Stormforce ART
Mercedes-AMG GT3 2020
3
2
1
1
2
Team Redline
Mercedes-AMG GT3 2020
5
4
6
2
4
Team Redline
Mercedes-AMG GT3 2020
9
6
5
3
1
Williams Esports BenQ
Ferrari 296 GT3
2
3
4
4
001
DeltaSimTech by GnG
Mercedes-AMG GT3 2020
10
5
3
5
44
Falken Simracing Team
Mercedes-AMG GT3 2020
11
8
7
6
14
Simufy Esports GTD
Ferrari 296 GT3
6
9
8
7
002
Virtualcoach.gg by GnG
Mercedes-AMG GT3 2020
12
10
9
8
198
Apex Racing Team
Mercedes-AMG GT3 2020
4
1
2
9
3
Williams Esports Chillblast
Ferrari 296 GT3
1
11
11
10
77
Williams Esports Academy
Ferrari 296 GT3
7
7
10
11
189
BS+COMPETITION
Ferrari 296 GT3
8
12
12
12
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