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Felipe Nasr fended off Jack Aitken in the final hour to win IMSA's endurance classic

Felipe Nasr has won the Rolex 24 for a third consecutive year, fending off Jack Aitken in the closing laps

The trio of Indy Dontje, Philip Ellis and Russell Ward were part both winning squads, but this latest one featured Daniel Morad, who closed out the contest in the No. 57 Mercedes AMG GT3.

Keen had been due to compete in the championship decider alongside Cottingham in 2 Seas's #4 Mercedes-AMG GT3, replacing regular driver Jonny Adam who is unable to race at Donington due to a European Le Mans Series commitment.

The #7 Penske Porsche Motorsport 963 of Matt Campbell started on pole and led the field to the green flag.

The race’s fifth full-course caution was caused by the #24 BMW M Hybrid V8 of Augusto Farfus grinding to a halt, then proceeding slowly toward the pits – a destination it never made. Almost simultaneously, Kyffin Simpson had a sizeable off in his Tower Motorsport LMP2 car.

Three-time Sebring winner Derani secured the first pole of IMSA's GTP era for its hybrid Cadillac V-Series.R by just 0.087s over the similar Chip Ganassi Racing machine driven by 2021 victor Bourdais in a 20-minute session that was cut short by Campbell's off. 

A 20-minute session for eight class entrants on a 3.74-mile racecourse meant the teams could space themselves well on track. Wayne Taylor Racing Andretti Autosport’s Ricky Taylor delivered a 1m46.100 to go half a second clear of fellow Acura ARX-06 runner, Tom Blomqvist in the Meyer Shank Racing entry. They…

Amid a flurry of new-tired times at the end of the session, Blomqvist’s 1m47.049s was just 0.026s faster than Sebastien Bourdais in Chip Ganassi Racing’s Cadillac.