christian fittipaldi, ao lado de joão barbosa e sebastien bourdais venceram a tradicional prova (e a categoria lmp1) e na chegada, coube ao lusitano superar max angelelli e os irmãos taylor, da wayne taylor racing, por meros 1s4. o segundo carro da action expresss, time defendido por christian no carro vencedor, ficou em terceiro.

na lmp2, o oreca da muscle milk conduzido por graf/luhr/brundle, ficou com a vitória, e na classe pc o triunfo foi da core autosport de bennett/gue/braun/wilkins.

os outros brasileiros presentes ao evento tiveram os seguintes resultados na classificação geral: raphael matos foi o 13º, duas posições à frente do trio da ganassi liderado por tony kanaan. augusto farfus foi o 25º e a ferrari do quarteto brasileiro composto por longo/serra/negrao/gomes foi a 29ª colocada. osvaldo negri jr foi o 47º. o carro de bruno junqueira foi o 63º colocado no fim da prova.

confira o resultado final em daytona:
1 – barbosa/fittipaldi/bourdais (coyote-corvette) – actionex. – 695 voltas
2 – taylor/taylor/taylor/angelelli (dallara-corvette) – taylor – 695
3 – frisselle/frisselle/martin/giroix (coyote-corvette) – action ex. – 695
4 – westbrook/valiante/rockenfeller (coyote-corvette) – sod – 693
5 – graf/luhr/brundle (oreca 03-nissan) – pickett – 692
6 – tandy/lietz/pilet (porsche 991 gt2) – porsche-core – 679
7 – auberlen/priaulx/hand/martin (bmw z4 gt2) – rahal – 679
8 – yacaman/pla/rusinov/webb (morgan-nissan) – oak – 678
9 – bennett/braun/gue/wilkins (oreca flm09) – core – 678
10 – potolicchio/marsal/kimber-smith (oreca flm09) – 8star – 677
11 – brown/van overbeek/pagenaud/lazzaro (hpd arx-03b) – esm – 676
12 – farnbacher/goossens/hunter-reay (srt viper gt2) – srt-riley – 675
13 – ostella/matos/drissi/casagrande/campos (oreca flm09) – perf.tech – 669
14 – muller/edwards/rahal/werner (bmw z4 gt2) – rahal – 668
15 – dixon/kanaan/franchitti/larson (riley-ford) – ganassi – 667
16 – gavin/milner/liddell (corvette c7.r) – corvette – 666
17 – guasch/montecalvo/jeannette/cheng (oreca flm09) – pr1 – 662
18 – canache/pumpelly/pappas/winkelhock (audi r8) – flying lizard – 662
19 – snow/heylen/seefried (porsche 991) – snow – 662
20 – rotenberg/zlobin/mediani/salo (ferrari 458) – smp – 662
21 – bell/sweedler/segal/tucker/pier guidi (ferrari 458) – level5 – 662
22 – neiman/von moltke/latif/albuquerque (audi r8) – flying lizard – 661
23 – borcheller/lamarra/cosmo/valverde (ferrari 458) – level5 – 661
24 – schultis/lux/van der zande/bird (oreca flm09) – starworks – 659
25 – cameron/dalla lana/farfus/palttala (bmw z4) – turner – 659
26 – macneil/keen/van gisbergen/lewis/dumoulin (porsche 991) – alex job – 656
27 – bomarito/wittmer/bell (srt viper gt2) – srt-riley – 653
28 – cisneros/giermaziak/nielsen/thiim (audi r8) – ngt – 652
29 – longo/serra/negrao/gomes (ferrari 458) – scuderia corsa – 649
30 – balzan/westphal/vilander/casè (ferrari 458) – scuderia corsa – 647
31 – potter/lally/henzler/dumoulin (porsche 991) – magnus – 645
32 – lindsey/de philippi/hart/vess/estre (porsche 991) – park place – 645
33 – randall/farano/wilden/empringham (ferrari 458) – scuderia corsa – 645
34 – james/farnbacher/holzer/riberas (porsche 991) – alex job – 639
35 – defoor/pace/beck/hinton (riley-ford) – highwaytohelp – 631
36 – miller/rast/haase/bell (audi r8) – miller – 626
37 – krohn/jonsson/bertolini/dumbreck (ferrari 458 gt2) – krohn – 625
38 – griffin/cioci/rugolo/gerber (ferrari 458) – spirit of race – 620
39 – perazzini/roda/ruberti/rigon (ferrari 458) – spirit of race – 618
40 – keating/bleekemolen/bleekemolen/collard (porsche 991) – riley – 615
41 – curran/said/papis/smith (coyote-corvette) – marsh – 613
42 – tutumlu/marcelli/popow/fuentes/kaffer (oreca flm09) – starworks – 612
43 – pruett/rojas/mcmurray/karam (riley-ford) – ganassi – 610
44 – mucke/turner/lamy/stanaway/dalla lana (aston martin vantage gt2) – amr – 610
45 – taggart/gewirtz/kvamme/michaelian/pobst (porsche 991) – muehlner – 603
46 – engelhart/ineichen/bachler/wilsey/konrad (porsche 991) – dempsey – 601
47 – pew/negri/allmendinger/wilson (riley-ford) – shank – 599
48 – block/carter/davis/davison (aston martin vantage) – trg – 580
49 – norman/stanton/siedler/bernhard (ferrari 458) – park place – 566
50 – foster/dempsey/davis/lieb (porsche 991) – dempsey – 566
51 – faieta/faulkner/huisman (porsche 991) – gb autosport – 560
52 – lockie/mcintosh/nimkroff/riddle (aston martin vantage) – trg – 516
53 – amos/bamber/blum/imperatori/zitza (porsche 991) – muehlner – 492
54 – long/bergmeister/christensen (porsche 991 gt2) – porsche-core – 489
55 – rayhall/kovacic/bielefeld/kearby/kaemets (oreca flm09) – bar1 – 460
56 – miller/nunez/vautier (lola b12/80-mazdad) – speedsource – 445
57 – tremblay/long/hinchcliffe (lola b12/80-mazdad) – speedsource – 369
58 – cumming/tagliani/mitchell/daly (oreca flm09) – rsr – 361
59 – sharp/dalziel/brabham (hpd arx-03b) – esm – 359
60 – magnussen/garcia/briscoe (corvette c7.r) – corvette – 329
61 – meyrick/legge/rossi/chaves (deltawing-mazda) – deltawing – 288
62 – mayer/hartley/popow/viso/saavedra (riley-bmw) – starworks – 238
63 – ende/junqueira/heinemeier-hansson/menzes (oreca flm09) – rsr – 177
64 – welch/sofronas/stippler/basseng (srt viper gt3) – gmg – 151
65 – gurney/fogarty/gidley/law (riley-corvette) – stallings – 92
66 – malucelli/fisichella/bruni/beretta (ferrari 458 gt2) – risi – 88
67 – putman/espenlaub/jarvis/walker (audi r8) – fall-line – 5