No es sólo la sofisticación y relevancia técnica de los autos que compiten en la Rolex 24 At Daytona esta semana lo que ha despertado el interés en la apertura del Campeonato IMSA 2023.
La 61ª edición del espectáculo de dos vueltas al reloj genera mucha anticipación por el debut competitivo de los autos Grand Touring Prototype (GTP), mientras las otras cuatro clases de competencia también completarán el espectáculo: Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2), Le Mans Prototype 3 (LMP3), GT Daytona Pro (GTD PRO) y GT Daytona (GTD).
En total son 61 autos los que tomarán parte de lo que se considera el tradicional inicio de temporada de automovilismo. Y con la lista de pilotos y equipos inscritos, no es de extrañar que la Rolex 24 atraiga la atención internacional.
VER: Lista de participantes
De los 234 pilotos en la lista, 62 son ganadores generales o de clase previos de la Rolex 24. Más de tres docenas han conquistado las «24 Horas de Le Mans». Hay tres ganadores anteriores de las «500 Millas de Indianápolis» e incluso está el ganador más reciente de las «500 Millas de Daytona».
Aquí te compartimos los logros de las estrellas que participan en el evento de este fin de semana.
GANADORES PREVIOS DE ROLEX 24 (NÚMERO, CLASE Y AÑO)
- Andy Lally (5): SRPII – 2001; GT – 2009, 2011, 2012; GTD – 2016
- Joao Barbosa (4): GTS – 2003; DP/General –2010; P/General – 2014; DPi/General – 2018
- Scott Dixon (4): DP/General – 2006; P/General – 2015; GTLM – 2018; DPi/General – 2020
- Filipe Albuquerque (3): GT – 2013; P/General – 2018; DPi/General – 2021
- Ryan Briscoe (3): GTLM – 2015, 2019; DPi/General – 2020
- Antonio Garcia (3): DP/General – 2009; GTLM – 2015, 2021
- Jordan Taylor (3): P/General – 2017; DPi/General – 2019; GTLM – 2021
- Bill Auberlen (2): GTS-3 – 1997; GT3 – 1998
- Mirko Bortolotti (2): GTD – 2018, 2019
- Sebastien Bourdais (2): P/General – 2014; GTLM – 2017
- Colin Braun (2): PC – 2014; LMP2 – 2020
- Helio Castroneves (2): DPi/General – 2021, 2022
- Ryan Dalziel (2): DP/General – 2010; LMP2 – 2021
- Augusto Farfus (2): GTLM – 2019, 2020
- Colton Herta (2): GTLM – 2019; LMP2 – 2022
- Rolf Ineichen (2): GTD – 2018, 2019
- Oliver Jarvis (2): GT – 2013; DPi/General – 2022
- John Potter (2): GT – 2012; GTD – 2016
- Spencer Pumpelly (2): GT – 2006, 2011
- Gar Robinson (2): LMP3 – 2021, 2022
- Ricky Taylor (2): P/General – 2017; DPi/General – 2021
- Renger van der Zande (2): DPi/General – 2019, 2020
- Tom Blomqvist (1): DPi/General – 2022
- Nick Boulle (1): PC – 2017
- Andrea Caldarelli (1): GTD – 2020
- Matt Campbell (1): GTD PRO – 2022
- Paul-Loup Chatin (1): LMP2 – 2021
- Michael Christensen (1): GTD – 2017
- Connor De Phillippi (1): GTLM – 2019
- Devlin DeFrancesco (1): LMP2 – 2022
- Pipo Derani (1): P/General – 2016
- Indy Dontje (1): GTD – 2021
- John Edwards (1): GTLM – 2020
- Philip Ellis (1): GTD – 2021
- Philipp Eng (1): GTLM – 2019
- Maro Engel (1): GTD – 2021
- Felipe Fraga (1): LMP3 – 2022
- James French (1): PC – 2017
- Misha Goikhberg (1): PC – 2016
- Ben Hanley (1): LMP2 – 2020
- Ryan Hardwick (1): GTD – 2022
- Jan Heylen (1): GTD – 2022
- Mathieu Jaminet (1): GTD PRO – 2022
- Ben Keating (1): GTD – 2015
- Kenton Koch (1): PC – 2016
- Corey Lewis (1): GTD – 2020
- Eric Lux (1): LMP2 – 2022
- Jan Magnussen (1): GTLM – 2015
- Dwight Merriman (1): LMP2 – 2021
- Tommy Milner (1): GTLM – 2016
- Felipe Nasr (1): GTD PRO – 2022
- Simon Pagenaud (1): DPi/General – 2022
- Franck Perera (1): GTD – 2018
- Alessandro Pier Guidi (1): GTD – 2014
- Patrick Pilet (1): GTLM – 2014
- Zacharie Robichon (1): GTD – 2022
- Bryan Sellers (1): GTD – 2020
- Madison Snow (1): GTD – 2020
- Nick Tandy (1): GTLM – 2014
- Kay van Berlo (1): LMP3 – 2022
- Russell Ward (1): GTD – 2021
- Richard Westbrook (1): GTLM – 2018
EX CAMPEONES DE IMSA EN PARRILLA (55)
- Joao Barbosa (6): WeatherTech Championship Prototype – 2014, 2015; IMSA Endurance Cup Prototype – 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
- Antonio Garcia (6): American Le Mans Series GT – 2013; IMSA Endurance Cup GTLM – 2015; WeatherTech Championship GTLM – 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021
- Ben Keating (6): IMSA Endurance Cup GTD – 2017, 2018, 2019; WeatherTech Championship LMP2 – 2021; IMSA Endurance Cup LMP2 – 2021, 2022
- Jeroen Bleekemolen (5): American Le Mans Series GTC – 2010, 2013; IMSA Endurance Cup GTD – 2017, 2018, 2019
- Jan Magnussen (5): American Le Mans Series GT1 – 2008; American Le Mans Series GT – 2013; IMSA Endurance Cup GTLM – 2015; WeatherTech Championship GTLM – 2017, 2018
- Alessandro Balzan (4): GRAND-AM GT – 2013; WeatherTech Championship GTD – 2016, 2017; IMSA Endurance Cup – 2016
- Colin Braun (4): WeatherTech Championship PC – 2014, 2015; IMSA Endurance Cup PC – 2014; WeatherTech Championship LMP3 – 2022
- Andy Lally (4): GRAND-AM SRPII – 2001; GRAND-AM SGS – 2004; GRAND-AM GT – 2006; GRAND-AM North American Endurance Cup GT – 2012
- Tommy Milner (4): American Le Mans Series GT – 2012; WeatherTech Championship GTLM – 2016; IMSA Endurance Cup GTLM – 2016, 2021
- Felipe Nasr (4): WeatherTech Championship Prototype – 2018; IMSA Endurance Cup Prototype – 2018; IMSA Endurance Cup DPi – 2019; WeatherTech Championship DPi 2021
- Jordan Taylor (4): GRAND-AM DP – 2013; WeatherTech Championship Prototype – 2017; WeatherTech Championship GTLM – 2020, 2021
- Bill Auberlen (3): IMSA GTS-3 – 1997; GRAND-AM GT – 2002, 2004
- Dane Cameron (3): WeatherTech Championship GTD – 2014; WeatherTech Championship P – 2016; WeatherTech Championship DPi – 2019
- Mario Farnbacher (3): IMSA Endurance Cup GTD – 2017; WeatherTech Championship GTD – 2019, 2020
- Mikkel Jensen (3): WeatherTech Championship LMP2 – 2021; IMSA Endurance Cup LMP2 – 2021, 2022
- Gar Robinson (3): WeatherTech Championship LMP3 – 2021; IMSA Endurance Cup LMP3 – 2021, 2022
- Ricky Taylor (3): WeatherTech Championship Prototype – 2017; WeatherTech Championship DPi – 2020; IMSA Endurance Cup DPi – 2021
- Filipe Albuquerque (2): IMSA Endurance Cup Prototype – 2017; IMSA Endurance Cup DPi – 2021
- Tom Blomqvist (2): WeatherTech Championship DPi – 2022; IMSA Endurance Cup DPi – 2022
- Ryan Briscoe (2): IMSA Endurance Cup GTLM – 2019; IMSA Endurance Cup DPi – 2020
- Pipo Derani (2): IMSA Endurance Cup DPi – 2019; WeatherTech Championship DPi – 2021
- John Edwards (2): GRAND-AM North American Endurance Cup GT – 2013; IMSA Endurance Cup GTLM – 2020
- Felipe Fraga (2): IMSA Endurance Cup GTD – 2019; IMSA Endurance Cup LMP2 – 2022
- James French (2): WeatherTech Championship PC – 2017; IMSA Endurance Cup PC – 2017
- Trent Hindman (2): WeatherTech Championship GTD – 2019; IMSA Endurance Cup GTD – 2021
- Scott Huffaker (2): IMSA Endurance Cup LMP2 – 2021, 2022
- Oliver Jarvis (2): WeatherTech Championship DPi – 2022; IMSA Endurance Cup DPi – 2022
- Cooper MacNeil (2): American Le Mans Series GTC – 2012, 2013
- Matt McMurry (2): WeatherTech Championship LMP2 – 2019; WeatherTech Championship GTD – 2020
- Patrick Pilet (2): WeatherTech Championship GTLM – 2015; IMSA Endurance Cup GTLM – 2017
- Bryan Sellers (2): WeatherTech Championship GTD – 2018; IMSA Endurance Cup GTD – 2020
- Renger van der Zande (2): WeatherTech Championship PC – 2016; IMSA Endurance Cup DPi – 2020
- Laurens Vanthoor (2): WeatherTech Championship GTLM – 2019; WeatherTech Championship GTD – 2021
- Earl Bamber (1): WeatherTech Championship GTLM – 2019
- Matt Campbell (1): WeatherTech Championship GTD PRO – 2022
- Helio Castroneves (1): WeatherTech Championship DPi – 2020
- Roman De Angelis (1): WeatherTech Championship GTD – 2022
- John Farano (1): WeatherTech Championship LMP2 – 2022
- Jan Heylen (1): IMSA Endurance Cup GTD – 2021
- Brendan Iribe (1): IMSA Endurance Cup GTD – 2022
- Ian James (1): American Le Mans Series P2 – 2004
- Mathieu Jaminet (1): WeatherTech Championship GTD PRO – 2022
- Gunnar Jeannette (1): American Le Mans Series PC – 2011
- Corey Lewis (1): IMSA Endurance Cup GTD – 2020
- Simon Pagenaud (1): American Le Mans Series LMP – 2010
- Jordan Pepper (1): IMSA Endurance Cup GTD – 2022
- John Potter (1): GRAND-AM North American Endurance Cup GT – 2012
- Davide Rigon (1): IMSA Endurance Cup GTD PRO – 2022
- Zacharie Robichon (1): WeatherTech Championship GTD – 2021
- Daniel Serra (1): IMSA Endurance Cup GTD PRO – 2022
- Madison Snow (1): WeatherTech Championship GTD – 2018
- Luca Stolz (1): IMSA Endurance Cup GTD – 2018
- Nick Tandy (1): IMSA Endurance Cup GTLM – 2021
- Kay van Berlo (1): IMSA Endurance Cup LMP3 – 2022
- Richard Westbrook (1): IMSA Endurance Cup GTLM – 2019
EX GANADORES DE 24 HORAS DE LE MANS (37)
- Gianmaria Bruni (4): GT2 – 2008; GTE Pro – 2012, 2014, 2022
- Nicolas Lapierre (4): LMP2 – 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
- Jan Magnussen (4): GTS – 2004; GT1 – 2005, 2006, 2009
- Julien Canal (3): GT1 – 2010; GTE Am – 2011, 2012
- Antonio Garcia (3): GT1 – 2008, 2009; GTE Pro – 2011
- Brendon Hartley (3): LMP1/General – 2017, 2020; Hypercar/General – 2022
- Darren Turner (3): GT1 – 2007, 2008; GTE Pro – 2017
- Earl Bamber (2): LMP1/General – 2015, 2017
- James Calado (2): GTE Pro – 2019, 2021
- Tommy Milner (2): GTE Pro – 2011, 2015
- Alessandro Pier Guidi (2): GTE Pro – 2019, 2021
- Daniel Serra (2): GTE Pro – 2017, 2019
- Harry Tincknell (2): LMP2 – 2014; GTE Pro – 2020
- Filipe Albuquerque (1): LMP2 – 2020
- James Allen (1): LMP2 Pro-Am: 2022
- Julien Andlauer (1): GTE Am – 2018
- Andrea Bertolini (1): GTE Am – 2015
- Jeroen Bleekemolen (1): LMP2 – 2008
- Sebastien Bourdais (1): GTE Pro – 2016
- Matt Campbell (1): GTE Am – 2018
- Michael Christensen (1): GTE Pro – 2018
- Mike Conway (1): Hypercar/General – 2021
- Ryan Dalziel (1): LMP2 – 2012
- Kevin Estre (1): GTE Pro – 2018
- Ben Hanley (1): LMP2 Pro-Am: 2021
- Oliver Jarvis (1): LMP2 – 2017
- Ben Keating (1): GTE Am – 2022
- Alex Lynn (1): GTE Pro – 2020
- Maxime Martin (1): GTE Pro – 2020
- Nicklas Nielsen (1): GTE Am – 2021
- Alessio Rovera (1): GTE Am – 2021
- Marco Sorensen (1): GTE Am – 2022
- Nick Tandy (1): LMP1/General – 2015
- Jordan Taylor (1): GTE Pro – 2015
- Nicki Thiim (1): GTE Am – 2014
- Steven Thomas (1): LMP2 Pro-Am 2022
- Laurens Vanthoor (1): GTE Pro – 2018
EX CAMPEONES DE AUTOS INDY (Cuatro)
- Scott Dixon (6): 2003, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2020
- Sebastien Bourdais (4): 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
- Josef Newgarden (2): 2017 y 2019
- Simon Pagenaud (1): 2016
EX GANADORES DE INDY 500 (Tres)
- Helio Castroneves (4): 2001, 2002, 2009, 2021
- Scott Dixon (1): 2008
- Simon Pagenaud (1): 2019
EX GANADORES DE DAYTONA 500
- Austin Cindric (1): 2022
EX PILOTOS DE FÓRMULA UNO (Nueve)
- Jack Aitken
- Sebastien Bourdais
- Gianmaria Bruni
- Pietro Fittipaldi
- Giedo van der Garde
- Esteban Gutiérrez
- Brendon Hartley
- Jan Magnussen
- Felipe Nasr
