RNW Staff

United Autosports are pleased to confirm that Paul Di Resta will return to the team for the 2022 Asian Le Mans Series and the opening round of the FIA World Endurance Championship at Sebring. 

KC Motorgroup Ltd. (KCMG) took a podium finish on its debut at the Rolex 24 at Daytona, with the Hong Kong outfit battling for the lead in the GTD Pro class throughout the race.

United Autosports have finished sixth at the end of a gruelling Rolex 24 At Daytona today as Jim McGuire, Guy Smith, Phil Hanson and Will Owen crossed the line after 740 laps of the Daytona International Speedway. 

Era Motorsport, defending Rolex 24 At Daytona winners, had high hopes of a repeat win this weekend at Daytona International Speedway. Though the No. 18 Oreca had early race setbacks in the 24-hour endurance race, the drivers and crew of Era Motorsport kept pushing, determined to produce their best effort to the end. A mechanical issue ended the LMP2 team’s day early, just 30 minutes before the checkered flag. 

For the second time in two years, Sean Creech Motorsport (SCM) captured a podium finish in one of the greatest endurance races in the world, the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway – season opener of the 2022 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

Sunday afternoon at Daytona International Speedway, Porsche customer racing team Wright Motorsports celebrated a well-earned victory at one of the most prestigious sports car racing events in the world: the Rolex 24 At Daytona. The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTD class team executed a near-flawless race to triumph in the end at the Daytona Beach, Florida-track, racing the No. 16 Porsche 911 GT3 R with drivers Ryan Hardwick, Jan Heylen, Zacharie Robichon, and Richard Lietz. The team also secured the most points towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, the four-race championship within the full season championship, a title the team won in 2021.

Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) scored a nail-biting victory in the 60th Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway on Sunday. Helio Castroneves, Tom Blomqvist, Simon Pagenaud and Oliver Jarvis teamed in the No. 60 AutoNation/Sirius XM Acura ARX-05, leading the final hour to capture the 2022 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship opener.

The first 24 Hours of Daytona (USA) proved to be a tough test for the BMW M Motorsport teams and the new BMW M4 GT3. After a race full of challenges, BMW M Team RLL’s two MOTUL BMW M4 GT3s crossed the finish line in seventh and ninth places in the GTD-PRO class. Both cars suffered issues with their underbodies early in the race. Work had to be carried out on the rear diffusor multiple times which cost a lot of time and saw both cars drop well down the field. Turner Motorsport made an impressive fightback in the GTD class and was running in the top five until they were forced to retire after an incident in the night.

The 60th edition of the Daytona 24 Hours went down to the wire with the Ferrari of Risi Competizione second in the GTD-Pro class and a 4th place finish in GTD for AF Corse. The first round of the IMSA SportsCar Championship, run in perfect weather conditions but with very cold temperatures, provided a thrilling spectacle from green flag to chequered flag, although there were also phases of Full Course Yellow. The Ferraris competing in Florida, after a less-than-perfect qualifying session in last weekend’s Roar before 24, proved themselves up to the challenge of this iconic endurance marathon.

Aston Martin recorded its best-ever finish in the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona, on Sunday, thanks to a brilliant performance by new-for-2022 IMSA team partner Magnus Racing, which charged through the field to second place in the highly-contested GTD class of the US endurance classic.

Porsche customer teams have left an indelible mark on the 24 Hours of Daytona. The 911 GT3 R fielded by Pfaff Motorsports won the new GTD-Pro class after a gripping duel with KCMG. In a big showdown, the works drivers Mathieu Jaminet from France, Matt Campbell from Australia and Felipe Nasr from Brazil beat the crew of the customer squad from Hong Kong. In the GTD category, Wright Motorsports clinched victory with the 500+ PS GT3 car from Weissach. Works driver Richard Lietz (Austria) shared the No. 16 vehicle with Jan Heylen from Belgium, Zacharie Robichon from Canada and American Ryan Hardwick. With these results, another great chapter has been added to Porsche’s history as the most successful manufacturer at the endurance classic in Florida: 18 overall wins as a constructor and four as an engine partner, and now 80 class wins round off the Daytona statistics for the sports car manufacturer from Stuttgart.

Whelen Engineering drivers Pipo Derani (Brazil), Tristan Nunez (Boynton Beach, Fla.) and Mike Conway (Great Britain) are third at the 18-hour mark of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Rolex 24 At Daytona.

WeatherTech Racing has two cars still circulating with five hours remaining in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Rolex 24 At Daytona.

WeatherTech Racing’s three entries continue to circulate at the halfway point of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Rolex 24 At Daytona.

Whelen Engineering drivers Pipo Derani (Brazil), Tristan Nunez (Boynton Beach, Fla.) and Mike Conway (Great Britain) are running seventh halfway through the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Rolex 24 At Daytona.

Ally Cadillac drivers Jimmie Johnson (El Cajon, Calif.), Kamui Kobayashi (Japan), Mike Rockenfeller (Germany), and José María López (Argentina) are currently fifth at the halfway point in IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Rolex 24 At Daytona.

Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian bounced back from an early setback without missing a beat, running in the lead for 42 laps in the 60th Rolex 24 At Daytona.

Ford Mustang, the iconic sports car that created the pony car segment, will lead Ford’s return to global sports car racing as Ford Performance prepares a new GT3 race car for competition in 2024.

Ryan Suhle will join Earl Bamber Motorsport (EBM) for the 2022 Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship.

D’Station Racing, ABSSA and CarGuy Racing will contest Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS’s new Japan Cup this season.