IMSA - The 2023 24 Hours of Daytona grid in figures

We will find on the grid on Saturday :

• 15 winners of the 24 Hours of Daytona : Simon Pagenaud, Scott Dixon, Helio Castroneves, Tom Blomqvist, Oliver Jarvis, Ryan Dalziel, Sébastien Bourdais, Pipo Derani, Joao Barbosa, Antonio Garcia, Filipe Albuquerque, Renger van der Zande, Ricky Taylor, Jordan Taylor and Ryan Briscoe. With three wins, Dixon and Barbosa are the two most successful drivers at the start of this 61st edition.

• 4 winners of the 24 Hours of Le Mans : Brendon Hartley, Earl Bamber, Nick Tandy and Mike Conway.

• 3 Indy 500 winners : Simon Pagenaud, Scott Dixon and Helio Castroneves.

• 10 former Formula 1 drivers : Sébastien Bourdais, Gianmaria Bruni, Romain Grosjean, Brendon Hartley, Esteban Gutierrez, Giedo van der Garde, Jan Magnussen, Felipe Nasr, Pietro Fittipaldi and Jack Aitken.

• 1 Bathurst 1000 winner : Scott McLaughlin

• 3 FIA WEC LMP champions : Brendon Hartley, Earl Bamber and Mike Conway

• 4 IndyCar champions : Simon Pagenaud, Scott Dixon, Josef Newgarden and Sébastien Bourdais (Champ Car)

• 18 winners of the 24 Hours of Spa : Sébastien Bourdais, Jules Gounon, Raffaele Marciello, Daniel Juncadella, Nick Tandy, Earl Bamber, Kévin Estre, Philipp Eng, Laurens Vanthoor, Tom Blomqvist, Kévin Estre, Michael Christensen, Alexander Sims, Maximilian Goetz, Alessandro Pier Guidi, Nicklas Nielsen and Maxime Martin

• 12 winners of the 24 Hours of Nürburgring : Michael Christensen, Kévin Estre, Augusto Farfus, Nick Yelloly, Nick Tandy, Patrick Pilet, Alexander Sims, Connor de Philippi, Maro Engel, Jeroen Bleekemolen, Nicki Thiim and Laurens Vanthoor.

• 7 women : Doriane Pin, Rahel Frey, Michelle Gatting, Sarah Bovy, Ashton Harrison, Katherine Legge and Sheena Monk.

• 16 French drivers : Doriane Pin, Sébastien Bourdais, Mathieu Jaminet, Simon Pagenaud, Kévin Estre, Patrick Pilet, Julien Andlauer, François Perrodo, Matthieu Vaxiviere, Julien Canal, Nicolas Lapierre, Paul Loup Chatin, François Hériau, Jules Gounon, Franck Perera and Romain Grosjean

• 1987 Bill Auberlen's (below) first participation in the 24 Hours of Daytona, 36 years ago. He drove a Porsche for SP Racing. This year he is driving the #95 Turner Motorsport BMW M4 GT3.