Following qualifying for the 2026 Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona, the technical inspectors imposed two extreme penalties that considerably altered the beginning grid.Â
The No. 31 Motion Categorical Cadillac (Aitken/Bamber/Vesti/Zilisch), which had simply celebrated pole place with Jack Aitken behind the wheel, was stripped of pole place and moved to the again of the GTP discipline. Through the technical inspection, the stewards discovered that the rear skid block had been floor down an excessive amount of.
It’s uncommon for such put on to happen after only a brief qualifying session, suggesting that the Cadillac was arrange extraordinarily low and aggressively. Because of this, the No. 93 Meyer Shank Racing Acura (van der Zande/Yelloly/Palou/Ohta) inherits pole place for the endurance racing traditional. They are going to be joined on the entrance row by The No. 40 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac (J. Taylor/Deletraz/Herta).
BMW high workforce additionally penalized
It wasn’t simply within the high class that there have been adjustments. In GTD Professional, the No. 1 Paul Miller BMW (Verhagen/de Phillippi/Hesse/Harper) was additionally relegated to the again of the category.Â
The explanation right here was a technical violation referring to the chassis: the camber didn’t adjust to the desired vary within the laws. The workforce, which was supposed to start out from P2 within the class, now has to work its method up from the again of the GTD Professional discipline.
These penalties transfer quite a few opponents up the grid. In GTP, the WTR Cadillac #40 (J. Taylor/Deletraz/Herta) strikes as much as the entrance row, with the very best Porsche 963 now ranging from third place. The #59 RLL McLaren (Esterson/N. Johnson/Vips/MacDonald) will now begin from the entrance row in GTP Professional on its debut within the IMSA SportsCar Championship.
However being a 24-hour occasion, these groups could have loads of time to make up misplaced floor, even when they begin the race with some harm satisfaction. The No. 31 workforce did not appeared too rattled both, as they instantly went out in night observe on Thursday and as soon as once more set the quickest laptime.
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