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You are here: Home / Featured / Daytona Diary 24 January 2018

Daytona Diary 24 January 2018

25th January 2018 by: Martin Raffauf | Leave a Comment

Daytona paddock
Daytona paddock – 24 January 2018

Continuing 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.

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Porsche G-Model

Day 2 – Rolex 24 at Daytona, 24 January 2018

Andrea Montermini and Martin Raffauf
Andrea Montermini (left) with the author

You 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!

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Don Caesar
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 GTLM
BMW M8 GTLM

The 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

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Porsche - The Carrera Dynasty
Lamborghini Huracán GT3
Grasser Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3

The fastest GTD car at the ROAR test three weeks ago was the Grasser Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3

#58 Porsche 911 GT3 R
Wright Motorsports GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R

The Wright Motorsports GTD 911 GT3 R is using PFC brakes

#59 Manthey-Racing GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R
#59 Manthey-Racing GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R

The Manthey-Racing GT3 R travels through the Daytona technical inspection bay

Spares for the factory Porsche RSRs
Spares for the factory Porsche RSRs

Spares 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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