Wonder if this Alpine WEC news means Alpine will sell its stake in Signatech...

This is an insane thing for the head of Instagram to say. If I was drinking alcohol for 16 hours a day that would qualify as addiction. Or playing video games for 16 hours a day.

A local BBC Radio station: hi, do you fancy coming on our lunchtime show to talk about Adam Mosseri and the trial in LA? Me: um, I can talk about the issues, sure, but I think it's not great to discuss ongoing court cases, even if they are in the US and not subject to our laws on contempt of court

The ACO/LMEM have confirmed to me that the European Le Mans Series and Michelin Le Mans Cup, both previously streamed on YouTube, will be broadcast for free through the new WEC app for this year. 📸 Jan Patrick Wagner © FocusPackMedia / ELMS

New streaming platform for FIA WEC announced, replacing FIAWEC TV. It's called FIAWEC+. No word yet on if the live timing will improve to show tyre compound and energy usage... More here: www.fiawec.com/en/fia-wec-p... 📸 DPPI / WEC

Submitting a task for a job interview process is an excruciating feeling. I can't help thinking I've done it wrong, although when I rationalise it I don't think I have. It's that overhanging feeling of dread and doubt that I can't stand.

I turn on the Formula E to a bloke with tattoos, a baseball cap and chain with a gold medallion on it, rapping with dancers behind him. Formula E gets weird sometimes.

Had plans to write the next long form feature for @onlyendurance.com today, but toothache pain from having my wisdom tooth removed and a resultant headache has mostly put paid to that. Shame. Maybe I'll try this evening after Formula E.

"We know in other series, sportscars and stuff, they have ovens to keep the tyres warm..." Karun Chandhok clearly hasn't watched IMSA/WEC recently... can't even keep tyres in the sun these days. #FormulaE

Thinking about this "Alpine may quit WEC at the end of 2026" thing. Their cars aren't selling in great numbers and the US tariffs killed their business plan, as I understand it. Before the tariffs there was a very real possibility of selling cars in the US and using an IMSA entry to market that.

The Honda/HRC notebook I got at Daytona takes on a new relevance now 🏁

Inter Europol and Honda got back to us 👀 On @onlyendurance.com now: www.onlyendurance.com/honda-acura-...

📊 ANALYSIS: Porsche dominated the Rolex 24 at Daytona… but did they? 🧐 We dive into the numbers to see whether PPM really did have a pace advantage over their GTP rivals. ▶️ onlyendurance.com/daytona-role... #IMSA

Also I had a wisdom tooth out earlier and it appears this was maybe the worst day, in terms of sportscar stuff happening, to choose to have that done. Typical.

Have asked Honda and Inter Europol for comments on the reports they're looking to team up for a WEC Hypercar campaign as early as next year. More on @onlyendurance.com when I receive responses from both.

Fair enough from Sam really. 📸 Via /u/Michal_Baranowski on /r/weccirclejerk

Trying to work out, through Alkamel CSVs, whether a car took tyres or not at pitstops is a very difficult task. Thing is, for IMSA the data does exist, through the pitnotes.org service. But it's all in PDF docs, which isn't hugely useful when you're trying to match it up to Alkamel data in CSVs.

New Daytona wallpaper from @onlyendurance.com photographer Griff Bean...

Good fun going through Griff's images to choose the best ones. Got lots more including some excellent portrait shots which would work as mobile wallpapers... 👀

TOP SHOTS: We've picked out our favourite images from Daytona, taken by Griffith Bean for OE. Which one is your favourite? 🤩 See all the images on the site 👉 www.onlyendurance.com/gallery-top-... #IMSA #Rolex24

Glad to see Kubica back for another year in WEC. I have my own theories that the #83 may disappear next year - grid space is going to be very very tight - but it's good we'll get the yellow satellite Ferrari again this year at least.

Finally got to the bottom of this, with Chat GPT's help. It was a series of weird edge cases but is fixed now.

Back home from Daytona now and back to reality... rain at Heathrow and heading into the day job office 😭

Also there's a bug somewhere in my code that makes my analysis tool think the Valkyrie led 17 laps (12 for Gunn, 5 for de Angelis), when they should be attributed to the #7 Porsche. So I'll hunt that down. This sort of thing is always a little tricky because of how Alkamel formats their data.

A few more interesting (well, to me) stats from Daytona: * The #7 led 50.8% of the race - 375 laps from a total of 705. * Porsche led the race overall for 71.5% - 445 laps. * 9 GTP cars overall for at least a lap. The exceptions were the #10 WTR Cadillac and #23 Aston Martin THOR Valkyrie.

Heinrich is quick. This graph takes each driver's top 20% laps and creates an average for each. All factory Porsche GTP drivers are within 4 tenths of each other, so they're all incredibly consistent and extracting the most from the 963. None of them are "slow"; they're all world class.

6:30am in Daytona. Our flight is at 2pm. Gonna start doing some Daytona analysis for @onlyendurance.com soon.

Bye Daytona, for another year. I'll be back. 🇺🇸 👋

Winner. 🏆

@jamesremuscat.bsky.social hi James - could you send me Timing71 analysis and replay files when you have them? Thanks - helps massively while writing reports!

Statement from Cadillac on the #10 Wayne Taylor Racing's retirement: “Due to a mechanical issue and combined with the time remaining in the race, the No. 10 team will retire. We will fully investigate the reasons as we prepare for the next event.” 📸 Kevin Dejewski @kevindmotors.bsky.social

Aitken 🔥🔥🔥

Connor Zilisch on driving 4 hours under safety car: "Absolutely boring. Not much else to say about it. It was probably some of the most miserable hours I've ever had inside of a race car. But I tried to sing to myself and tried to make it as enjoyable as possible." 😵‍💫

Under 4 hours left in this year's Daytona 24 Hours. In GTP, it feels like Porsche can take this if they stay out of trouble. But BMW currently lead. Manthey winning their first ever IMSA race would be quite an achievement. Corvette look like very fierce competition though... 📸 Kevin Dejewski

Thanks @nickjthorn.com and @cattitude.xyz! 👊 🙏

One more follower...

When IMSA's comms officer announced the safety car was coming in, there was cheering and clapping from the bleary eyed journalists and photographers. 120 laps. 6h33m in length. Longest in Daytona 24 Hours history. But we're back! 📸 Kevin Dejewski @kevindmotors.bsky.social

Things this safety car period has been longer than: * A regular FIA WEC race * A discussion/explanation about how BoP works * A "quick" Zoom/Teams meeting which takes 2 hours * Driving from Birmingham in the UK to Edinburgh * The 2011 Canadian Grand Prix

FORECAST UPDATE: The race remains under full course yellow due to the low visibility. Sunrise is at 07:15 local time. The fog is expected to linger for a time after sunrise, then it should turn patchy by 09:00, and finally burn away by late morning. #IMSA | #Rolex24 🇺🇸

We have now been under safety car for more than 6 hours. I believe this is now easily the longest safety car period in motorsport history. And worse yet, there's no real end in sight for when the fog will lift and we can go racing again.

Good news: the excellent Daytona International Speedway media center staff have restocked the snacks trolley. The staff cook meals and provide snacks or coffee (or for the Brits among us, me included, tea) for media and photographers - thank you!

Took a walk through the fog to get some moody shots while the cars circulate behind the pace car. #IMSA #Rolex24

Two more followers to get to 400. Can I make that by the end of this year's Daytona 24 Hours? By the time we go green again? Help me out, #IMSA bsky!

5 hours under yellow. This yellow period is officially longer than the Le Mans 2024 safety car period for rain, which was 4 and a half hours. 📸 Kevin Dejewski @kevindmotors.bsky.social / DPPI/WEC

New drinking game: Drink whenever John Hindhaugh says "Sacred Coffee". You'll be blathered in no time. Maybe it'll help pass the time in this extended caution period.

The pit lane service road is still, unsurprisingly, quite busy. Team members milling around, carrying car parts, etc. Although there are quite a few people sleeping. Guess there's not an awful lot to do... I may head back to the media centre for a nap.

Fog update: it's bad. Daytona infield, usually busy even at night during the race, is a ghost town. Don't think we'll be going green for quite a while yet. The air is also quite moist and damp, which probably doesn't help conditions.

This FCY was always coming. The fog is getting worse. We may be under caution for a while. This may call for a Le Mans 2024-style nap in the media centre.

Turn 6, the transition between road course and oval, is very cool. The speed of the cars as they exit onto the oval is mesmerising. And that sound!

The noise and view up here is fantastic. Even with the large amounts of fog.