Driver Quotes
John Potter
I say this with a bit of sadness because second place at the 24 Hours of Daytona is really kind of a sad thing when you've won it before. It was a great race, and I've got three great co-drivers. I knew them last year since we all drove together and it was great to have a much better result this year and prove what an awesome car we have, what an awesome team we have, and people we have. Even though there have been a few changes and it's now GRT Magnus, there's still a lot of the core elements there. And a lot of those new elements we brought in really shone well. It was a great race. Thank you to Gottfried Grasser and the whole crew.
Andy Lally
2004, 2006, 2010, and now 2020. I finished 2nd at the Rolex four times. I've won it five times, and I've got a third place finish here in 2008. So that’s a 10th podium. It's my ninth top two finish and these are my optimistic ways of suppressing the "how close we came to win another Rolex." But it's a good start to a season points wise, it's a great start to the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup. I'm not sure where we're at, but we're going to be first or second I think. Just massive thanks to GRT Magnus for putting together a strong car that lasted really well for 24 hours, and thank you to Flex-Box for continuing their support of this program.
Spencer Pumpelly
This is my 19th time doing this race, this is my third time finishing second, but what I really loved about it was that we were in contention the whole time. This used to be a race that if you finished the whole 24 hours without any mistakes that you'd win the race. Now it's gotten so competitive that you really need a lot of pace, you have attack the whole night, you need to have perfect strategy, you need to have no mistakes and more. We were right there. We finished 20 seconds back, but we slowed down significantly at the end when we knew it was out of reach. I think we were only about 10 seconds on the road when we finally decided to give up the fight with a couple minutes left. To be that close after that much racing, it says a lot for everyone who put this effort together. It says a lot for John, Andy, and Marco, all the Grasser guys and the Magnus guys that came together. This effort was pretty mashed together when we first got here, but the guys did such a phenomenal job in the pits and with the car I just can't say enough.
Marco Mapelli
I was upset when I jumped out of the car because I wanted to win, but the 48 had something more at the end of the race, so we finished second. The team did a good job because, this partnership with Grasser is brand new and everything was brand new. Especially the organization from the Roar. Building up from the Roar, I finished a 24 hour race with no damage and no mistakes. Everybody's happy so this is a good success and good points for the team for the next races.