Once the race restarted following the caution caused by a crash for the Era Motorsport LMP2 ORECA, the Ally-liveried Action Express Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R that led at the one-hour mark in Kamui Kobayashi’s hands continued out in front following its handover to Jose Maria Lopez.
Lopez survived contact with the Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac of Sebastien Bourdais approaching Turn 1 – which caused the #01 machine to later have its nose section changed – but the Argentinian later made a mistake on cold tyres starting his second stint and ran wide at Turn 6.
That allowed the Ganassi machine now driven by Renger van der Zande to move into the lead, with Will Stevens taking second in the Wayne Taylor Racing Acura ARX-05 that won Daytona in 2021.
Castroneves pitted late in the Meyer Shank Racing Acura and cycled up to third, with Alex Lynn moving up to fourth in the #02 Ganassi Cadillac before handing over to Marcus Ericsson.
The second caution period, caused by the GTD class GMG Porsche…
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