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The 2023 Rolex 24 At Daytona, The Grid With Drivers As Things Stand

Grand Touring Prototype (GTP)

#01 Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac V-LMDh: Sebastien Bourdais and Renger van der Zande for full season, Scott Dixon for Rolex 24.

#02 Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac V-LMDh: A Rolex 24-only entry with Earl Bamber, Alex Lynn and Richard Westbrook.

#6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963: Nick Tandy and Mathieu Jaminet for the full season, at the 24 Hours of Daytona, the pair will be joined by Dane Cameron

#7 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963: Matt Campbell pairs with Felipe Nasr for the full season with Michael Christensen as the third driver at Daytona.

#10 Konica Minolta Acura ARX-06: Filipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor for full season, Louis Deletraz for IMEC and Brendon Hartley for Rolex 24.

#24 BMW M Team RLL BMW M Hybrid V8: Philipp Eng and Augusto Farfus for the season, Marco Wittmann and Colton Herta for Daytona

#25 BMW M Team RLL BMW M Hybrid V8: Connor De Phillippi and Nick Yelloly for the season and Sheldon van der Linde and Colton Herta for Daytona

#31 Action Express Racing Cadillac V-LMDh: Returning with Whelen Engineering Racing sponsorship, Pipo Derani and Alexander Sims are in for the full season, with Jack Aitken on board for the Rolex 24.

#60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian Acura ARX-06: Tom Blomqvist and Colin Braun for full season, Helio Castroneves for IMEC and Simon Pagenaud for Rolex 24.

Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2)

#04 CrowdStrike Racing by APR ORECA LMP2 07: Entered for IMEC rounds only with Ben Hanley, George Kurtz and Matt McMurry, along with Esteban Gutierrez for Rolex 24.

#8 Tower Motorsport ORECA LMP2 07: Entered for the Rolex 24 only with drivers John Farano, Scott McLaughlin, Josef Newgarden and Kyffin Simpson.

#11 TDS Racing ORECA LMP2 07: Steven Thomas, Mikkel Jensen and Scott Huffaker are set to contest the Rolex 24 Hours and the full IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship. Rinus Veekay is added for Daytona

#18 Era Motorsport ORECA LMP2 07: Dwight Merriman and Ryan Dalziel for the full season, Christian Rasmussen for the Michelin Endurance Cup and Oliver Jarvis for the Rolex 24 Hours

#20 High Class Racing ORECA LMP2 07: Dennis Anderson and Ed Jones for full season, Anders Fjordbach for IMEC rounds and Raffaele Marciello for Rolex 24.

#35 TDS Racing ORECA LMP2 07: Giedo van der Garde, Josh Pierson and Francois Heriau will contest the full IMSA Championship. Job van Uitert joins for Daytona

#51 Rick Ware Racing ORECA LMP2 07: Eric Lux and Pietro Fittipaldi for the full season, Devlin DeFrancesco for the Michelin Endurance Cup, Austin Cindric for Daytona.

#52 PR1 Mathiesen Motorsport ORECA LMP2 07: Ben Keating, Alex Quinn and Paul Loup Chatin for the IMEC, Nico Lapierre joins for Daytona

#55 Proton Racing ORECA LMP2 07: Likely to be a bridging programme until delivery of the team’s Porsche 963 GTP car.- Gianmaria Bruni, Fred Poordad and James Allen

#88 AF Corse ORECA LMP2 07: Francois Perrodo is understood to be entering the Michelin Endurance Challenge with team-mates at Daytona Nicklas Nielsen, Mathieu Vaxiviere and Julien Canal

Le Mans Prototype 3 (LMP3)

#13 AWA Duqueine D08: Matt Bell, Orey Fidani, Lars Kern and Moritz Kranz for the Rolex 24.

#17 AWA Duqueine D08: Wayne Boyd, Anthony Mantella, Thomas Merrill and Nicolas Varrone for the Rolex 24. Varrone is named for the Michelin Endurance cup

#33 Sean Creech Motorsports Ligier JS P320: Joao Barbosa and Lance Willsey for full season. Nico Pino and Danny Soufi are added for Daytona.

#36 Andretti Autosport Ligier JS P320: Jarett Andretti joined by Gabby Chaves, Dakota Dickerson and Rasmus Lindh.

#38 Performance Tech Motorsports Ligier JS P320: John DeAngelis, Connor Bloum, Cameron Shields and Christopher Allen for the Rolex 24

#43 MRS GT-Racing Ligier JS P320: Guilherme de Oliveira, Danial Frost, Axel Vogel and Sebastian Alvarez

#74 Riley Ligier JS P320: Gar Robinson together with Felipe Fraga, Josh Burdon and Glenn van Berlo.

#85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Duqueine D08: Tijmen van der Helm, Till Bechtolsheimer, Luca Mars and Mason Filippi will crew the car for Daytona

#87 FastMD Racing Duqueine D08: Yu Kanamaru, James French, Nick Boulle and James Vance

GT Daytona Pro (GTD PRO)

#3 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD: Antonio Garcia and Jordan Taylor for full season with Tommy Milner for IMEC rounds.

#9 Pfaff Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R (992): Klaus Bachler and Patrick Pilet for full season with Laurens Vanthoor for IMEC rounds.

#14 Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3: Ben Barnicoat and Jack Hawksworth for full season. Mike Conway for Rolex 24

#23 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage GT3: Ross Gunn and Alex Riberas for full season with David Pittard for Rolex 24.

#62 Risi Competizione Ferrari 296 GT3: James Calado, Alessandro Pier Guidi, Daniel Serra and Davide Rigon

#63 Iron Lynx Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2: Joining IMSA for the IMEC rounds with Romain Grosjean, Andrea Caldarelli and Mirko Bortolotti, Jordan Pepper is added for Daytona.

#64 TGM/TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage GT3: Ted Giovanis, Hugh Plumb, Matt Plumb and Owen Trinkler for Rolex 24 only.

#79 WeatherTech Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3: Jules Gounon and Daniel Juncadella for full season, Maro Engel for IMEC rounds and Cooper MacNeil for Rolex 24.

#95 Turner Motorsports BMW M4 GT3: Bill Auberlen, Chandler Hull and John Edwards will be joined by Bruno Spengler at Daytona – The car will contest GTD Pro for the IMSA enduros and GTD in the Sprint rounds.

GT Daytona (GTD)

#1 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3: Bryan Sellers and Madison Snow for the full IMSA season, Corey Lewis for Enduros, Maxime Martin for Daytona

#12 Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3: Frankie Montecalvo and Aaron Telitz for full season. Parker Thompson for the IMEC rounds, Kyle Kirkwood for the Rolex 24

#16 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R (992): Ryan Hardwick, Jan Heylen and Zacharie Robichon for IMEC rounds, with Dennis Olsen joining for the Rolex 24.

#19 Iron Lynx Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2: Car will compete in the Rolex 24 with Claudio Schiavoni, Raffaele Giammaria, Franck Perera, and Rolf Ineichen

#21 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3: Miguel Molina, Simon Mann, Francesco Castealacci and Luis Perez Companc

#023 Triarsi Competizione Ferrari 296 GT3: Onofrio Triarsi, Charlie Scardina (for the Michelin Endurance Cup) Alessio Rovera and Andrea Bertolini for the Rolex 24.

#27 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage GT3: Roman De Angelis and Marco Sorensen for full season with Ian James and Darren Turner joining for the Rolex 24.

#32 Team Korthoff Motorsports Mercedes AMG GT3 Evo: Mike Skeen and Mikael Grenier will crew the car for the full season – Kenton Koch and Maxi Goetz complete the Daytona roster.

#42 NTE Sport/SSR Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2: Don Yount, Jaden Conwright, Kerong Li, and Alessio Deledda for Rolex 24

#44 Magnus Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage GT3: Andy Lally, John Potter and Spencer Pumpelly for IMEC rounds. Nicki Thiim joins for Rolex 24

#47 Cetilar Racing Ferrari 296 GT3: Roberto Lacorte, Giorgio Sernagiotto, Alessandro Balzan and Antonio Fuoco for Daytona.

#53 MDK Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R: Mark Kvamme and Jan Magnussen for the IMEC rounds, with Kevin Magnussen and Trenton Estep joining for the Rolex 24.

#57 Winward Racing Mercedes AMG GT3 Evo: Philip Ellis and Russell Ward for full season, Indy Dontje for the IMEC rounds and Lucas Auer for the Rolex 24.

#66 Gradient Racing Acura NSX GT3 Evo 2022: Katherine Legge and Sheena Monk for the full season, Mario Farnbacher and Marc Miller for Rolex 24

#70 Inception Racing McLaren 720S GT3: Brendan Iribe and Frederik Schandorff for full season, Ollie Millroy for IMEC rounds and Marvin Kirchhofer for Rolex 24.

#75 SunEnergy1 Mercedes AMG GT3 Evo: Kenny Habul Fabian Schiller, Axcil Jeffries and Will Power for Daytona – car set to contest Michelin Endurance Cup

#77 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R (992): Alan Brynjolfsson and Trent Hindman for full season, Max Root for IMEC rounds and Kevin Estre for Rolex 24.

#78 US RaceTronics Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2: Misha Goikhberg, Loris Spinelli, Benja Hites and Marco Mapelli

#80 AO Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992): PJ Hyett and Seb Priaulx for full season, Gunnar Jeannette for IMEC rounds and Harry Tincknell for Rolex 24.

#83 Iron Dames Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2: Car will compete in IMEC rounds. Rahel Frey, Michelle Gatting, Doriane Pin and Sarah Bovy will crew at Daytona

#91 Kelly-Moss with Riley Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R (992): Alan Metni and Kay van Berlo for the full season with Jaxon Evans and Julien Andlauer joining for the Rolex 24 at Daytona.

#92 Kelly-Moss with Riley Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R (992): Full season entry with Alec Udell and David Brule – Jeroen Bleekemolen and Andrew Davis for Daytona.

#93 Racers Edge Motorsports with WTR Acura NSX GT3: Danny Formal, Ashton Harrison and Kyle Marcelli for IMEC rounds, joined by Ryan Briscoe for Rolex 24.

#96 Turner Motorsports BMW M4 GT3: Patrick Gallagher, Robby Foley USA, Michael Dinan and Jens Klingmann

Picture top Mike Levitt/ IMSA/ LAT