2021 Virtual 24 Hours

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2021 Virtual 24 Hours
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Layout of the Daytona International Speedway Road Course
Layout of the Daytona International Speedway Road Course
Logo for the 2021 Virtual 24 Hours
Logo for the 2021 Virtual 24 Hours

The 2021 Rolex Virtual 24 Hours of Daytona will be the 2nd Annual Virtual 24 Hour Race, taking place on 11-12 December 2020. The event will be the second running of the event created by the Automobile Club Virtuel to act as a final event of virtual motorsport's calendar year, and to celebrate the past season.

The race will feature bespoke Prototype cars in the headline category, alongside two classes dedicated to production-based GT cars - GT Le Mans for all-professional driver lineups, and GT Daytona, with amateur drivers. For the first time, an amateur subcategory will be added to the Prototype ranks. Additionally, an Innovative category will be included for the first time, with an entry from Quantum Industries Motorsport showcasing driverless car technology.

Concept

The race was devised as an event to conclude the calendar year, coinciding with the European off-season, to celebrate the year in virtual motorsport, and as a unique challenge within virtual motorsport.

Following the inaugural Virtual 24 Hour at the Nurburgring Nordschleife, the continental rotation of the event sees the first race to be held in North America, at the Daytona International Speedway Road Course in Daytona Beach, Florida - the first time an FVA-affiliated race will take place at the venue. The class winners will each be awarded with commemorative Rolex Virtual watches for victory in the event.

Entries

Entry process

Entry invites for the 2021 Virtual 24 Hour were extended to all teams currently competing in a virtual motorsport series, as well as all other interested parties, with the entry period beginning on Saturday 21st August, and closing on Sunday 12th September. Due to the capacity limits of the venue, the race grid will be capped to 43 entries, and a surge in the event's popularity resulted in an XX car entry, and increase of YY over last year's 32 car grid, with XY Prototypes (XZ in P-PRO and XA in P-AM), XB GT Le Mans and XC GT Daytona cars.

Entry List

No Entrant Car Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3
Prototype Pro (21 entries)
1 23px-Flag of Spain.svg-1-.png Campos Motorsport Tauro V8 Prototype 23px-Flag of Spain.svg-1-.png Diego Campos 23px-Flag of Russia.svg-1-.png Nikolai Milkovich 23px-Flag of France.svg-1-.png Jean Mattson
3 23px-Flag of Australia.svg-1-.png Sapporo Nakley Nissan Racing Nissan PV-R Nismo 23px-Flag of Japan.svg-1-.png Hiroto Nakumaya 23px-Flag of the United States.svg-1-.png Douglas Bacon 23px-Flag of Croatia.svg-1-.png Ivan Lesic
4 23px-Flag of Australia.svg-1-.png Sapporo Nakley Nissan Racing Nissan PV-R Nismo 23px-Flag of Canada.svg-1-.png Hugh Dwyer 23px-Flag of Belgium (civil).svg-1-.png Regi Abott 23px-Flag of Austria.svg-1-.png Arden Hutchinson
5 23px-Flag of Australia.svg-1-.png Sapporo Nakley Nissan Racing Nissan PV-R Nismo 23px-Flag of Australia.svg-1-.png Daniel Bruner 23px-Flag of Malaysia.svg-1-.png Jawa Ahmad 23px-Flag of Australia.svg-1-.png James Harding
9 23px-Flag of France.svg-1-.png TotalEnergies Peugeot Sport Westwood Peugeot 9X8 Hybrid4 23px-Flag of Finland.svg-1-.png Tumo Kinnumen 23px-Flag of Italy.svg-1-.png Puccio Giodano 23px-Flag of the Netherlands.svg-1-.png Jochem van Snelheid
10 23px-Flag of France.svg-1-.png TotalEnergies Peugeot Sport Westwood Peugeot 9X8 Hybrid4 23px-Flag of Canada.svg-1-.png Jules Barclay 19px-Flag of Monaco.svg-1-.png Olen Inman 23px-Flag of Lithuania.svg-1-.png Dominykas Zvironas
11 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png JFPT Franklin Honda Honda HPD-05 16px-Flag of Switzerland.svg-1-.png Danilo Forini 23px-Flag of Australia.svg-1-.png Nick Addison 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Luke Stokey
12 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png JFPT Franklin Honda Honda HPD-05 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Jamie Davies 23px-Flag of Japan.svg-1-.png Ryota Onishi 23px-Flag of Mexico.svg-1-.png Itzel Santiago
13 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Downton Motorsport Downton MCL001 Hybrid 23px-Flag of the United States.svg-1-.png Brock Kidd 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Marcus Thunder 23px-Flag of Argentina.svg-1-.png Sergio Alvarez
14 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Downton Motorsport Downton MCL001 Hybrid 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Nathaniel Powers 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Kip Maxwell 23px-Flag of the United States.svg-1-.png Sam Hudson
21 23px-Flag of Germany.svg-1-.png DHL Porsche Team Mathershaw Porsche RS Hybrid 22px-Flag of Brazil.svg-1-.png Enrique Ruiz 23px-Flag of France.svg-1-.png Sebastien Vocquelin 23px-Flag of Estonia.svg-1-.png Allar Kangur
22 23px-Flag of Germany.svg-1-.png DHL Porsche Team Mathershaw Porsche RS Hybrid 23px-Flag of France.svg-1-.png Adrien Simon 23px-Flag of Italy.svg-1-.png Rossendo Werner 23px-Flag of Germany.svg-1-.png Karl Beckenbauer
27 23px-Flag of Canada.svg-1-.png Cerberus Motorsport Maserati MC24-V 23px-Flag of Australia.svg-1-.png Hunter Ryan 23px-Flag of Japan.svg-1-.png Ryota Yoshida 23px-Flag of Japan.svg-1-.png Yuki Takamura
28 23px-Flag of Canada.svg-1-.png Cerberus Motorsport Maserati MC24-V File:21px-Flag of Cuba.svg Felix Rivera 23px-Flag of Japan.svg-1-.png Ryo Matsuoka 23px-Flag of Turkey.svg-1-.png Kadir Yilmaz Sari
37 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Ingram Jaguar Racing Jaguar P-Type SVR 23px-Flag of Colombia.svg-1-.png James Vasquez 23px-Flag of Ukraine.svg-1-.png Oleksandr Zozulya 23px-Flag of Estonia.svg-1-.png Urmo Kruuda
42 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Phoenix Motorsport Downton MCL001 Hybrid 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Will Taylor 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Callum Brandon 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png James Thompson
44 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png OSM Racing International Downton MCL001 Hybrid 23px-Flag of Belgium (civil).svg-1-.png Thierry Xylander 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Ethan Matthews 23px-Flag of Estonia.svg-1-.png Ott Eskola
56 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Cadillac Gray Autosport Cadillac P-V.R 23px-Flag of Germany.svg-1-.png Niklaus Holzberg 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Luca Gray 23px-Flag of Argentina.svg-1-.png Alfredo di Fernandez
57 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Cadillac Gray Autosport Cadillac P-V.R 21px-Flag of Norway.svg-1-.png Ellenor Haugland 23px-Flag of Sweden.svg-1-.png Viktor Ostberg 23px-Flag of Australia.svg-1-.png Sean Bruner
82 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Mercedes-AMG Team K8ley-Arrow Mercedes-AMG P24-2021 16px-Flag of Switzerland.svg-1-.png Steven Kasami 21px-Flag of Norway.svg-1-.png Zander Brynildsen 23px-Flag of the Netherlands.svg-1-.png Henk Dekzwabber
88 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Mercedes-AMG Team K8ley-Arrow Mercedes-AMG P24-2021 23px-Flag of Italy.svg-1-.png Enzo Domenicalli 23px-Flag of Japan.svg-1-.png Yakumi Takahashi 23px-Flag of Spain.svg-1-.png Rodolfo de la Fuente
Prototype Amateur (5 entries)
17 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Downton Motorsport Downton MCL001 Hybrid 23px-Flag of New Zealand.svg-1-.png Chase Newfield 23px-Flag of Greece.svg-1-.png Nikolajs Christodoulou 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Bradley Downton
23 23px-Flag of the United States.svg-1-.png Medexiq Racing Porsche RS Hybrid 23px-Flag of the United States.svg-1-.png Stuart Harrison 23px-Flag of the United States.svg-1-.png Clint Trevino 23px-Flag of the United States.svg-1-.png Cliff Trevino
49 23px-Flag of Ireland.svg-1-.png Highwind Endurance Racing Ligier JS-PV Alfa Romeo 23px-Flag of Ireland.svg-1-.png Ahmed Cheema 23px-Flag of New Zealand.svg-1-.png John Doe 23px-Flag of Finland.svg-1-.png Kimi Young
69 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Samsung Galaxy S Westwood Racing Technology Peugeot 9V8 Hybrid4 21px-Flag of Albania.svg-1-.png Bayurn Zrigovic 23px-Flag of France.svg-1-.png Blaise Duval 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Lilly Westwood
81 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png K8ley-Arrow Racing Mercedes-AMG P24-2021 23px-Flag of Canada.svg-1-.png Keith Murphy 23px-Flag of China.svg-1-.png Qing Xun Zhao 23px-Flag of Cyprus.svg.png Ellie-Mae Theodoulou
GT Le Mans (15 entries)
7 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Monster Energy Downton McLaren Racing McLaren 720S GT 23px-Flag of Jamaica.svg-1-.png Spencer James 23px-Flag of New Zealand.svg-1-.png Caspar Davidson 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Ethan Knight
19 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png JFPT Franklin Honda Honda NSX GT 20px-Flag of Denmark.svg-1-.png Johan Halvosen 23px-Flag of Mexico.svg-1-.png Felix Perez 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Will Hoskins
24 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Monster Energy Downton McLaren Racing McLaren 720S GT 23px-Flag of Sweden.svg-1-.png Maximilian Thunstrom 23px-Flag of the Netherlands.svg-1-.png Luuk van der Straten 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Scott Parsons
33 23px-Flag of the United States.svg-1-.png Legion Dodge Motorsports Dodge Viper SRT 23px-Flag of Germany.svg-1-.png Erik Maximoff 23px-Flag of South Korea.svg-1-.png Son Mi-Ki 23px-Flag of Uruguay.svg-1-.png Saul Porto
38 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Ingram Jaguar Racing Jaguar F-Type SVR 23px-Flag of Finland.svg-1-.png Heikki Veskila 23px-Flag of France.svg-1-.png Fleur-Elora Delacour 23px-Flag of Poland.svg-1-.png Krzysztof Kozlowski
43 23px-Flag of the United States.svg-1-.png Legion Dodge Motorsports Dodge Viper SRT 20px-Flag of San Marino.svg-1-.png Luca Romero 23px-Flag of Australia.svg-1-.png Riley Shaw 23px-Flag of the United States.svg-1-.png Cosmo Roberts
47 23px-Flag of the United States.svg-1-.png Legion Dodge Motorsports Dodge Viper SRT 23px-Flag of the Netherlands.svg-1-.png Felix Beyer 23px-Flag of Colombia.svg-1-.png Pablo del Fuego 23px-Flag of Puerto Rico.svg-1-.png Sebastian Callejon
55 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Cadillac Gray Autosport Cadillac ATS-V.R 23px-Flag of the United States.svg-1-.png Andrew Wright 23px-Flag of the United States.svg-1-.png Mike Fredrickson Jr 23px-Flag of the United States.svg-1-.png Brittany Johnson
58 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Cadillac Gray Autosport Cadillac ATS-V.R 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Dino Palma 23px-Flag of Hong Kong.svg-1-.png Frank Yang 23px-Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg-1-.png Ziauddin Alfarsi
71 23px-Flag of Ireland.svg-1-.png Highwind Endurance Racing Ferrari 488 GTB 23px-Flag of New Zealand.svg-1-.png Alexander McLaughlin 23px-Flag of Poland.svg-1-.png Daniel Zientek 23px-Flag of Finland.svg-1-.png Henri Ruotsalainen
80 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Mercedes-AMG Team K8ley Mercedes-AMG GT24 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Ethan Wright 23px-Flag of Sweden.svg-1-.png Ludwig von Signe 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Jamie Gerrard
83 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Mercedes-AMG Team K8ley-GTV Mercedes-AMG GT24 23px-Flag of Ireland.svg-1-.png Fergal Devitt 23px-Flag of Ireland.svg-1-.png Declan Byrne File:23px-Flag of Moldova.svg-1-.png Alexi Luga
91 23px-Flag of the United States.svg-1-.png Matmut Porsche Team Lapierre-Brumos Porsche 911 RSR-V 23px-Flag of Germany.svg-1-.png Timo Ziegler 23px-Flag of Sweden.svg-1-.png Sebastian Bergkvist 23px-Flag of South Africa.svg-1-.png Max Meyer
92 23px-Flag of the United States.svg-1-.png Matmut Porsche Team Lapierre-Brumos Porsche 911 RSR-V 23px-Flag of France.svg-1-.png Gerard Alaniz 23px-Flag of Poland.svg-1-.png Aleksey Nowosinki 23px-Flag of Spain.svg-1-.png Carlos Zapatero
GT Daytona (7 entries)
8 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png K8ley Racing Mercedes-AMG GT24 23px-Flag of Germany.svg-1-.png Anton Hahn 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Ben Farrell 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Rhys Kateley
18 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png JFPT Franklin Racing Honda NSX GT 22px-Flag of Brazil.svg-1-.png Felipe Cesar 23px-Flag of Mexico.svg-1-.png Daniela Mendoza 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Jamie Franklin
41 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Royal Phoenix Motorsport McLaren 720S GT 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Dominic Hanson 23px-Flag of France.svg-1-.png Jean-Claude Chazelas 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Alex Easton
93 23px-Flag of France.svg-1-.png Lapierre Formule Porsche 911 RSR-V 23px-Flag of France.svg-1-.png Didier Arnaud 23px-Flag of Germany.svg-1-.png Heinrich Wallinger 23px-Flag of France.svg-1-.png Jean-Claude Sabatini
94 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Downton Motorsport McLaren 720S GT 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Dino Palma 23px-Flag of Mexico.svg-1-.png Rodrigo Sanchez 23px-Flag of the Bahamas.svg-1-.png Drake Davies
95 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Ingram Endurance Jaguar F-Type SVR 23px-Flag of Belgium (civil).svg-1-.png Edgardo Agretha 23px-Flag of Argentina.svg-1-.png Jonas Phipps 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png William Ingram
99 23px-Flag of Ireland.svg-1-.png Highwind Endurance Racing Ferrari 488 GTB 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Lewis Ellington 23px-Flag of Sweden.svg-1-.png Erik Oliversson 23px-Flag of Japan.svg-1-.png Rai Miyamoto
Innovative Car (1 entry)
00 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png JFPT Quantum Industries Motorsport Honda HPD-05 Driverless Flag of None.svg DriverBot

Testing and Pre-qualifying

The test week will incorporate four days of running, a one day increase on the 2020 running of the race. This is due to the oversubscribed grid, with testing now incorporating the pre-qualifying session for the Virtual 24 Hour Race.

Pre-qualifying format

Each class was guaranteed a minimum of seven entries on the grid, with classes above that threshold being subject to pre-qualifying. The top three teams from each class in the 2020 running of the event automatically qualified to the 2021 race. Each driver in every team must drive in one of the opening three days, with the aggregate time of the three drivers used to rank each entry. Depending on the entry within the class, the top ranked cars will then automatically qualify according to the entry in the class, while the lowest cars will compete to qualify for the Virtual 24 Hour race on day four of testing, with each team nominating a driver to compete.

Pre-Qualifying Format for the 2021 Virtual 24 Hour
Class Entries In Race At Risk on Day 4
P-PRO 21 18 10
P-AM 5 5 0
GT LM 14 12 7
GT D 7 7 0
INNO 1 1 0
Total 48 43 14

Any non-qualifying entries will be placed on the reserve list in case of any withdrawals from the cars who have qualified. Should an entry fail to qualify, a maximum of one driver from that car may be placed in another car being run by the same team in another professional category.

Automatic Entries

The overall and class winners are offered a guaranteed spot at the 2021 Virtual 24 Hour Race, avoiding the need for pre-qualifying during test week. This will be allocated to a car prior to the start of test week, granting that car a "Protected Entry". Should the car not be in a qualifying position after the three days of testing, they will be added to the list of qualifiers, and will not be replaced in the pre-qualifying session.

Automatic entries for the 2021 Virtual 24 Hours
Category No. 2020 Winner Protected 2021 Entry
Prototype Pro 9 23px-Flag of Spain.svg-1-.png Campos Motorsport 23px-Flag of Spain.svg-1-.png Campos Motorsport #1
GT Le Mans 91 23px-Flag of the United States.svg-1-.png Porsche Team Lapierre-Brumos 23px-Flag of the United States.svg-1-.png Porsche Team Lapierre-Brumos #91
GT Daytona 18 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png JFPT Franklin Honda 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png JFPT Franklin Honda #18

Results

Note:
Bold: Automatic Qualifier to the 2021 Virtual 24 Hour Race
Italics: Did not qualify for the 2021 Virtual 24 Hour Race

Post-testing balance of performance changes

Following testing, the ACV reserves the right to alter the Balance of Performance in both the Prototype and GT classes to ensure parity between competitors heading into the week of the race.

Practice

Qualifying

Format

Opening Session

Superpole

Qualifying Results

Race

Start and opening hours

Sunset to night

Early morning to afternoon

Finish

Post-race

Race results