Daytona: Victory in LMP2 was awarded to Zak Brown's team.

      United Autosports, Zak Brown's team, inherited the LMP2 class victory a few days after finishing the 24 Hours of Daytona due to a penalty received by Tower Motorsports. Last Sunday, anyone following the Daytona event saw the No. 8 car finish first in the category - its crew included Sébastien Bourdais (four-time ChampCar champion and former Formula 1 driver), Sebastian Alvarez, John Farano and Job van Uytert.

      But the protracted technical inspection eventually released its findings, the gist of which was that the wear on the control bar under the bottom of the Tower Motorsports team's Oreca sports prototype exceeded the allowable 5 millimeters. As a result, the crew was deprived of the victory and moved to the 12th, the last place in the LMP2 class. The team tried to appeal against the stewards' decision, but its protest was rejected. Thus, the winners were recognized as the crew of United Autosport, driving under No. 22, which finished the race second. This quartet consisted of Paul di Resta (who also once competed in Formula 1), Daniel Goldburg, Rasmus Lindh and James Allen. On the track, he crossed the finish line 44.697 seconds behind the #8 car, but according to the decision of the stewards of the American series IMSA in the final protocol of the marathon, he moved up to the first place in his category and to the 8th place in the absolute classification. "We became the winners of the race in Daytona! - Zak Brown, CEO of McLaren Racing and co-owner of United Autosports, shared his joy. - The #22 crew of our team was recognized as the winner of the LMP2 class, and this is another great achievement! United Autosport twice won at Le Mans, twice won the pole at Daytona, and now won the 24 Hours of Daytona - congratulations to the drivers who do everything to win. Of course, the drivers who were robbed of the victory they fought for last weekend are in a very different mood, as Sébastien Bourdais wrote on his social media pages: "Racing can be brutal sometimes, but those who run it can be much worse. The Tower Motorsports team won the LMP2 class. The third rear shock absorber, which is responsible for ground clearance height, failed on our car, causing the rear of the car to drop too much and eventually leading to increased wear on the control bar. In the recent past, IMSA has always used common sense, enforcing the rules if the infringements were due to technical problems. Unfortunately, that was not the case now. I want to thank everyone on our team for their sterling work and dedication. They were made to look like cheats, which makes me feel disgusted..."