Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona: Schedule, how to watch on TV, and more

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The 61st Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona International Speedway starts at 13:40 ET on Saturday, January 28. Sixty-one cars will take the green flag in America’s biggest sportscar race of the year, which kicks off the IMSA season.

New for 2023 is the GTP class – prototype sportscars from Acura, BMW, Cadillac and Porsche – that feature electrical hybrid systems, as IMSA embraces a new era.

Subsidiary classes are for LMP2 and LMP3 prototypes, featuring an array of professional and amateur drivers. The GTD ranks are for production-based cars, and these are divided into two separate classes – one for all-pro driver lineups and one for pro-am.

Click here for the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona entry list

Qualifying was held on Sunday, and here is what happened.

How can I watch the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona?

From Saturday afternoon, live TV coverage is available on NBC’s Peacock streaming service for the full 24-hour cycle, while network NBC will provide 10 minutes of build-up and then the first 50 minutes of the race, and then the final 1hr40mins and 20mins of post-race.

In the meantime, USA Network will cover 13.5 hours of the race.

Peacock, NBC’s streaming service, will broadcast all 24 hours in the USA
IMSA TV, available at imsa.com, will broadcast all 24 hours outside of the USA
Saturday, January 28, 1:30-2:30pm – NBC
Saturday, 2:30-8:00pm – USA network
Saturday, 10:00-11:59pm – USA network
Sunday, January 29, 6:00am-12:00pm – USA network
Sunday, 12:00-2:00pm – NBC

What type of track is Daytona?

The Daytona International Speedway road course is a 3.56-mile layout that incorporates all three turns of the banked tri-oval but inserts a fiddly infield section and a ‘Bus Stop’ chicane to create a total of 12 turns.

#10 Konica Minolta Acura ARX-06 Acura ARX-06: Ricky Taylor, Filipe Albuquerque, Louis Deletraz, Brendon Hartley, #31 Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac V-LMDh Cadillac V- LMDh: Pipo Derani, Alexander Sims, Jack Aitken

Photo by: Art Fleischmann

What’s the average fastest lap speed?

Driving a Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R last year, the 2021 IndyCar champion Alex Palou set a new race lap record around the course of 1min33.724sec, an average speed of 136.74mph.

IMSA at Daytona schedule (all times in ET)

Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona
Wednesday, Jan. 25
1.45-2.30pm	Mazda MX-5 Cup practice 1
2.45-3.45pm	Michelin Pilot Challenge practice 1
Thursday, Jan. 26
9.00-9.30am	Mazda MX-5 Cup practice 2
9.45-10.45am	Michelin Pilot Challenge practice 2
11.05am-12.35pm	IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship practice 1
12.55-1.10pm	Mazda MX-5 Cup qualifying
2.25-3.00pm	Michelin Pilot Challenge qualifying
3.20-5.05pm	IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship practice 2
5.30-6.15pm	Mazda MX-5 Cup RACE 1
7.15-9.00pm	IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship practice 3
Friday, Jan. 27
9.25-9.55am	Michelin Pilot Challenge practice 3
10.15-11.00am	Mazda MX-5 Cup RACE 2
11.20pm-12.20pm	IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship practice 4
1.45-5.45pm	Michelin Pilot BMW M Endurance Challenge at Daytona RACE
6.25-6.45pm	IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship practice 4 (GTP class only)
Saturday, Jan. 28
1.40pm	IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona RACE starts
Sunday, Jan. 29
1.40pm	IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona RACE finishes

Qualifying times for the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona:

Cla	Driver	Chassis	Laps	Time	Gap	km/h
1	Tom Blomqvist Colin Braun Helio Castroneves Simon Pagenaud	Acura ARX-06	8	1'34.031		136.295
2	Matt Campbell Felipe Nasr Michael Christensen	Porsche 963	6	1'34.114	0.083	136.175
3	Ricky Taylor Filipe Albuquerque Louis Deletraz Brendon Hartley	Acura ARX-06	7	1'34.198	0.167	136.054
4	Sébastien Bourdais Renger van der Zande Scott Dixon	Cadillac V-LMDh	4	1'34.262	0.231	135.961
5	Earl Bamber Alex Lynn Richard Westbrook	Cadillac V-LMDh	3	1'34.389	0.358	135.779
6	Pipo Derani Alexander Sims Jack Aitken	Cadillac V-LMDh	6	1'34.608	0.577	135.464
7	Philipp Eng Augusto Farfus Marco Wittmann Colton Herta	BMW M Hybrid V8	6	1'34.723	0.692	135.300
8	Connor de Phillippi Nick Yelloly Sheldon Van Der Linde Colton Herta	BMW M Hybrid V8	7	1'34.846	0.815	135.124
9	Ben Keating Paul-Loup Chatin Alex Quinn Nicolas Lapierre	ORECA LMP2 07	6	1'40.541	6.510	127.470
10	François Heriau Giedo van der Garde Josh Pierson Job Van Uitert	ORECA LMP2 07	6	1'41.751	7.720	125.955
11	Thomas Steven Mikkel Jensen Scott Huffaker Rinus van Kalmthout	ORECA LMP2 07	6	1'41.813	7.782	125.878
12	François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxiviere Julien Canal Nicklas Nielsen	ORECA LMP2 07	5	1'41.942	7.911	125.719
13	George Kurtz Ben Hanley Matt McMurry Esteban Gutierrez	ORECA LMP2 07	6	1'41.951	7.920	125.707
14	Eric Lux Devlin DeFrancesco Austin Cindric Pietro Fittipaldi	ORECA LMP2 07	6	1'42.111	8.080	125.510
15	Dennis Andersen Ed Jones Anders Fjordbach Raffaele Marciello	ORECA LMP2 07	5	1'42.277	8.246	125.307
16	Lance Willsey Joao Barbosa Nicolas Pino Danny Soufi	Ligier JS P320	9	1'43.197	9.166	124.190
17	Jarett Andretti Gabby Chaves Dakota Dickerson Rasmus Lindh	Ligier JS P320	8	1'43.307	9.276	124.057
18	John DeAngelis Christopher Allen Cameron Shields Connor Bloum	Ligier JS P320	8	1'43.351	9.320	124.005
19	Sebastian Alvarez Danial Frost Alex Vogel Guilherme de	Ligier JS P320	8	1'43.557	9.526	123.758
20	Gar Robinson Felipe Fraga Glenn van Berlo Josh Burdon	Ligier JS P320	9	1'43.840	9.809	123.421
21	Till Bechtolsheimer Tijmen van der Helm Luca Mars Mason Filippi	Duqueine D08	7	1'43.883	9.852	123.370
22	Dwight Merriman Ryan Dalziel Christian Rasmussen Oliver Jarvis	ORECA LMP2 07	5	1'43.965	9.934	123.272
23	Yu Kanamaru James Vance Antonio Serravalle Nicholas Boulle	Duqueine D08	8	1'44.237	10.206	122.951
24	Orey Fidani Matthew Bell Lars Kern Moritz Kranz	Duqueine D08	9	1'45.822	11.791	121.109
25	Russell Ward Philip Ellis Indy Dontje Lucas Auer	Mercedes AMG GT3	7	1'46.093	12.062	120.800
26	Anthony Mantella Wayne Boyd Nico Varrone Thomas Merrill	Duqueine D08	8	1'46.187	12.156	120.693
27	Fabian Schiller Axcil Jefferies	Mercedes AMG GT3	7	1'46.312	12.281	120.551
28	Mike Skeen Mikael Grenier Kenton Koch Maximillian Goetz	Mercedes AMG GT3	7	1'46.705	12.674	120.107
29	Cooper MacNeil Daniel Juncadella Jules Gounon Maro Engel	Mercedes AMG GT3	8	1'46.784	12.753	120.018
30	Ross Gunn Alex Riberas David Pittard	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	8	1'46.825	12.794	119.972
31	Ashton Harrison Danny Formal Kyle Marcelli Ryan Briscoe	Acura NSX GT3	8	1'46.867	12.836	119.925
32	Jack Hawksworth Ben Barnicoat Mike Conway	Lexus RC F GT3	8	1'46.923	12.892	119.862
33	Sheena Monk Katherine Legge Mario Farnbacher Marc Miller	Acura NSX GT3	8	1'46.960	12.929	119.820
34	Brendan Iribe Frederik Schandorff Ollie Millroy Marvin Kirchhofer	McLaren 720S GT3	7	1'46.979	12.948	119.799
35	Roman De Angelis Marco Sorensen Ian James Darren Turner	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	7	1'47.088	13.057	119.677
36	Aaron Telitz Frankie Montecalvo Kyle Kirkwood Parker Thompson	Lexus RC F GT3	7	1'47.361	13.330	119.373
37	Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor Tommy Milner	Corvette C8.R GTD	7	1'48.077	14.046	118.582
38	Ted Giovanis Hugh Plumb Matt Plumb Owen Trinkler	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	8	1'48.081	14.050	118.578
39	Andrea Caldarelli Mirko Bortolotti Jordan Lee Pepper Romain Grosjean	Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2	8	1'48.233	14.202	118.411
40	Roberto Lacorte Giorgio Sernagiotto Antonio Fuoco Alessandro Balzan	Ferrari 296 GT3	6	1'48.309	14.278	118.328
41	Raffaele Giammaria Frank Perera Claudio Schiavoni Rolf Ineichen	Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2	8	1'48.432	14.401	118.194
42	Bill Auberlen Chandler Hull Bruno Spengler John Edwards	BMW M4 GT3	6	1'48.505	14.474	118.114
43	Bryan Sellers Madison Snow Corey Lewis Maxime Martin	BMW M4 GT3	5	1'48.526	14.495	118.092
44	Patrick Gallagher Robby Foley Michael Dinan Jens Klingmann	BMW M4 GT3	6	1'48.756	14.725	117.842
45	John Potter Andy Lally Spencer Pumpelly Nicki Thiim	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	8	1'48.820	14.789	117.772
46	Ryan Hardwick Jan Heylen Zacharie Robichon Dennis Olsen	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	7	1'48.942	14.911	117.641
47	Klaus Bachler Patrick Pilet Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	7	1'48.977	14.946	117.603
48	Rahel Frey Sarah Bovy Michelle Gatting Doriane Pin	Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2	7	1'48.991	14.960	117.588
49	Mikhail Goikhberg Loris Spinelli Benjamin Hites Marco Mapelli	Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2	7	1'49.075	15.044	117.497
50	Mann Simon Luis Perez Companc Miguel Molina Francesco Castellacci	Ferrari 296 GT3	8	1'49.265	15.234	117.293
51	Alan Brynjolfsson Trent Hindman Max Root Kevin Estre	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	8	1'49.358	15.327	117.193
52	David Brule Alec Udell Andrew Davis Jeroen Bleekemolen	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	7	1'49.373	15.342	117.177
53	Alessandro Pier Guidi James Calado Daniel Serra Davide Rigon	Ferrari 296 GT3	7	1'49.495	15.464	117.046
54	Alan Metni Kay van Berlo Jaxon Evans Julien Andlauer	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	8	1'49.507	15.476	117.034
55	PJ Hyett Seb Priaulx Gunnar Jeannette Harry Tincknell	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	8	1'49.644	15.613	116.887
56	John Farano Scott McLaughlin Josef Newgarden Kyffin Simpson	ORECA LMP2 07	4	1'49.679	15.648	116.850
57	Onofrio Triarsi Charles Scardina Alessio Rovera Andrea Bertolini	Ferrari 296 GT3	8	1'49.763	15.732	116.761
58	Mark Kvamme Trenton Estep Jan Magnussen Jason Hart	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	7	1'50.628	16.597	115.848
59	Don Yount Jaden Conwright Kerong Li Alessio Deledda	Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2	8	1'50.873	16.842	115.592
60	Fred Poordad Francesco Pizzi James Allen Giammaria Bruni	ORECA LMP2 07	4	1'50.969	16.938	115.492
61	Mathieu Jaminet Nick Tandy Dane Cameron	Porsche 963	3
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