Max Verstappen wins his first race of the 2024 calendar year

As a warm-up for the real 24 Hours of Daytona, the virtual version took place this weekend. Racer at heart Max Verstappen competed with his own sim-racing team Team Redline and he finished first. The Dutchman was joined by Gianni Vecchio and Ole Steinbraten.

The team started the race in ninth place but managed to move to the front within hours. Verstappen was close to being out of the race after narrowly avoiding a crash. Verstappen finished over 1 lap ahead of Luke McKeown and Gustavo Ariel, who also drives for Team Redline. Over 920 laps were driven in the last 24 hours. In the other classes, GTP and LMP2, Atte Kauppinen and Alexander Davidson secured first place respectively.

Excitement at the real Daytona

While Verstappen drove from the comfort of his own home, Romain Grosjean drove on the real circuit. Here he escaped a fire in his car.