Daytona 24 Hours: Both Audi R8 LMS cars in the top ten

The two Audi R8 LMS cars of Paul Miller Racing and Flying Lizard Motorsports finished the 24 Hours of Daytona (USA) in the top ten of the GT Daytona class. The Germans René Rast and Christopher Haase, together with Bryce Miller and Dion von Moltke in the R8 LMS of Paul Miller Racing, were initially among the front runners in the field. In the eleventh hour of the race, René Rast took the class lead for the first time. However, spins and collisions in the second half of the race deprived the team of its chance for victory and meant fifth place. Flying Lizard Motorsports with Markus Winkelhock, Tomonobu Fuji, Satoshi Hoshino and Robert Thorne suffered an early setback when Hoshino spun in the first hour of the race and lost 32 laps in the process. Thanks to making a recovery the team still managed to finish the GT Daytona class in tenth place.