2016 24 Hours of Daytona
Robert Alon, Tom Kimber-Smith, Jose Gutiérrez and Nicholas Boulle finished five laps down in second, while BAR1 Motorsports' Tomy Drissi, Marc Drumwright, Brendan Gaughan, Johnny Mowlem and Ricardo Vera was third.
Tommy Milner and Marcel Fässler beating their teammates Antonio García, Jan Magnussen and Mike Rockenfeller by the race's closest finishing margin of 0.034 seconds.
Konrad Motorsport led the final nine minutes in Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) until its lead Lamborghini Huracán made a pit stop for fuel handing the victory to Magnus Racing's Andy Lally, John Potter, René Rast and Marco Seefried.
Black Swan Racing were second in class with Nicky Catsburg, Patrick Long, Tim Pappas and Andy Pilgrim, and Damien Faulkner, Eric Foss, Ben Keating, Jeff Mosing and Gar Robinson took third for Riley Motorsports.
[16] These additional participants were recruited from a variety of racing categories, including the FIA World Endurance Championship (such as Marcel Fässler for Corvette and Richie Stanaway for Aston Martin),[17] the IndyCar Series (such as Ryan Hunter-Reay for VFR and Scott Dixon for CGR),[18] and the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (such as Augusto Farfus and Bruno Spengler for Team RLL) among others.
Separate crashes by Stroll at turn five soon after he left the pit lane, and João Barbosa of AXR at the Bus Stop chicane due to a possible broken rear suspension, led to stoppages on the first day.
[30][32] The third and final day of testing held in cloudy and clear weather saw Daytona debutant Derani's ESM Ligier-Honda go fastest with a 1-minute, 39.438 seconds time with 15 minutes left.
The GTD, Aston Martin, Audi, Dodge and Ferrari all had 20 kg (44 lb) of weight deducted, as Lamborghini and BMW received ballast increases of the same amount.
[38][40] Due to a cold air temperature preventing the track from drying and a forecast for more rain, cars used wet-weather tires for the second practice session.
72 SMP car hydroplaned entering turn one and struck a tire barrier, damaging the vehicle's left-rear corner and removing the rear wing.
[45] Negri took third for MSR,[48] and Ricky Taylor in fourth was the fastest Daytona Prototype driver after failing to control the car on the sodden circuit; WTR did not drive the final 31⁄2 minutes.
37 SMP BR01's Nissan engine failed leaving the West Horseshoe and the session was stopped briefly to allow for its recovery to the pit lane.
Notes: The weather at the start were clear and cool with a slight breeze;[61] forecasts four days before the event indicated it would be partially cloudy with a maximum air temperature of 67 °F (19 °C).
[61][63] Derani maintained the lead from Negri and Legge at the rolling restart on lap 16,[63][67] moving clear from the rest of the field with slower GT traffic behind his car.
66 Ford stopped on the apron between NASCAR turns two and three with a dislodged brake line, a faulty gearbox and an intermittent kill switch issue.
[66] John Pew's MSR Ligier-Honda appeared to miss the braking point and struck the rear of Van Overbeek's car at the Bus Stop chicane.
[61][66] Almost 11⁄2 minutes later,[66] Meyrick could not react in time,[72] braked 150 feet (46 m) after not noticing yellow flags, and the DeltaWing's front struck the rear of Cumming's car with enough force to lift it from the ground.
28 Lamborghini earned a penalty for failing to comply with the wave-around procedure during the caution, falling one lap behind Bryan Sellers' PMR car.
60 MSR Ligier-Honda developed engine problems that caused it to leak oil on the track as Negri stopped on the run-off area at the Western Horseshoe turn.
[61] Its retirement promoted Sharp's ESM Ligier-Honda to the outright lead before he took a stop-and-hold penalty for passing a red light at the exit of the pit lane and handing the position to Scott Pruett's No.
52 PR1/Mathiasen Oreca was forced to enter the garage for repairs to a malfunctioning fuel pump relay, losing the team 20 laps to the PC class-leading No.
21 Konrad Lamborghini made contact causing the Aston Martin to spin and rest against a tire barrier on the outside of the Bus Stop chicane.
4 Corvette ignored a red light at the exit of the pit lane, earning him a one-minute stop-and-hold penalty, and lost the category lead to his teammate Rockenfeller.
44 Magnus Audi at the front of GTD when the car's rear wing collapsed with 50 minutes left due to a negative camber setting creating stress.
[66][91] Van Gisbergen made a pit stop for repairs to the rear wing and AJR dropped out of contention for a GTD class podium.
90 Corvette DP to complete the overall podium in third after recovering from a lap down due to a switch of electronic control unit at a pit stop late on.
"[96] Gavin recalled before the 2017 race he had celebrated shortly after achieving victory for the team and praised his teammate García's sportsmanship,[96] "All I could think about was my boss, Doug Fehan and what he would say if we did touch.
[102] The five Lamborghini Huracán V10 engines were impounded post-race and sent to NASCAR's research and development center in Concord, North Carolina, for dyno testing in February 2016.
[103][104] This came after the GTD manufacturers and IMSA communicated via e-mail about a series of requests to adjust the balance of performance before the race because Lamborghini ran an illegal air restrictor from an outdated Audi R8 LMS.
Misha Goikhberg, Koch, Chris Miller and Simpson led the PC points standings from Robert Alon, Nicholas Boulle, Gutiérrez and Kimber-Smith.
