Daytona paddock – 24 January 2018Continuing with our Daytona diary, Martin has sent us the following selection of images from the Rolex 24. So catch up with the action…
Wednesday’s on track activity was limited to practice for the Ferrari challenge and the IMSA Continental Challenge. The Weathertech cars will run for the first time only on Thursday.
Day 2 – Rolex 24 at Daytona, 24 January 2018
Andrea Montermini (left) with the authorYou meet interesting people at Daytona. Here I am standing with Andrea Montermini, a former F1, Indy car and sports car driver. I was one of his mechanics in 1997!
Don Caesar, tyre-meister for the #911 Porsche RSR‘The Donald’ – my good friend of many years, Don Caesar, is the tyre meister for the #911 Porsche 911 RSR of Tandy, Pilet and Makowiecki
BMW M8 GTLMThe new BMW M8 GTLM gets some door work done. A very nice looking car, but it is very new compared to the others in class
Grasser Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3The fastest GTD car at the ROAR test three weeks ago was the Grasser Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3
Wright Motorsports GTD Porsche 911 GT3 RThe Wright Motorsports GTD 911 GT3 R is using PFC brakes
#59 Manthey-Racing GTD Porsche 911 GT3 RThe Manthey-Racing GT3 R travels through the Daytona technical inspection bay
Spares for the factory Porsche RSRsSpares for the factory RSRs. Some work still to be done on these, as the sign on the left headlight reads, ‘bad lights’….
More tomorrow…
Written by: Martin Raffauf
Images by: Martin Raffauf
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