Nine things to watch at the 2021 Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona

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Gary Watkins

Jan 29, 2021, 4:39 PM

After a 100-minute sprint race to whet the appetite, the 2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship gets underway properly this weekend. With plenty of significant changes during the winter, here are the key points you need to keep an eye on

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The 2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship kicks off this weekend with a packed grid of 49 cars contesting the traditional season-opening Daytona 24 Hours.

With reigning Daytona Prototype international teams' championship winner Team Penske not returning and close runner-up Wayne Taylor Racing learning new machinery, there's a different look and feel to the new season, which welcomes LMP3 machinery for the first time and marks the swansong for the GT Le Mans class.

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Gary Watkins has, for reasons best known to himself, devoted all his working life to covering sportscar racing. This season is his 32nd as a motorsport journalist, during which time he has reported on major long-distance events on four continents and approaching 75 24-hour races. He reckons a degree in political philosophy makes him well qualified for covering the sometimes Machiavellian world of international sportscars.

Gary, who also writes for Autoweek, Motor Sport, Autocourse, RACER and others, lives in Surbiton but spends more time on the road than at home for most of the year.