The Rolex Daytona 24 race has been won by Porsche, with a former F1 star at the wheel for the critical final stint.

Porsche’s Felipe Nasr has led home the German manufacturer’s victory in the 63rd running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona, having got the better of Porsche teammate Matt Campbell in the final hour of the race.

Felipe Nasr and Porsche win the Rolex 24 at Daytona

Nasr came out on top of an intra-Porsche fight for the lead of the race at Daytona with 30 minutes to remaining, with Porsche winning back-to-back races at the Florida circuit.

Following a late full-course yellow which grouped the pack together with 40 minutes to go, a dramatic battle between the #6 Porsche of Matt Campbell and Nasr’s #7 resulted in the former Sauber driver getting ahead of his teammate.

Nasr was able to weather Campbell’s best efforts to get back into the lead, as the Brazilian then pulled away in the closing stages to open up a two-second gap as traffic played a part in separating the leaders.

But Campbell’s runner-up spot wasn’t to be, with Acura’s #60 getting past in the final 10 minutes as Tom Blomqvist sprang a late attack to separate the Porsches.

The top three came home separated by just 4.4 seconds, with Nasr completing the race on behalf of his entry’s line-up with Nick Tandy and Laurens Vanthoor.

Kevin Magnussen’s entry, the #24 BMW M Hybrid, had been a strong contender for victory as the Danish driver proved more than capable upon his return to IMSA after the conclusion of his F1 career. But contact between the BMW, driven by Dries Vanthoor in the final stint, with the back of Campebell’s Porsche at Turn 1 at the final restart, resulted in damage to the BMW.

This forced Vanthoor to return to the pits for repairs as the car’s front bumper had come loose, with bodywork scraping against the ground preventing Vanthoor from turning in for the Le Mans chicane. The BMW effort thus finished a lap down in fourth place.

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