Fernando Alonso leads the Rolex 24 at Daytona at the four-hour mark after a scintillating opening stiᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚnt for Wayne Taylor Racing in the Cadillac DPi car that saw him open up a 20-second buffer over the rest of the pack at one stage.

Having taken over from teammate Jordan Taylor in the #10 Cadillac near the two-hour mark, Alonso closed up on the lead ♒runners after a full course caution was called following a stoppage for the🌃 #24 BMW M8 GTE at pit exit.

The Spaniard managed to jump up to fourth at his first visit to the pits before pulling overtakes on Eric Curran, Helio Ca♔stroneves and race leader Rene Rast to move into the lead during the fourth hour.

Alonso then forged a healthy lead at the front of the pack, running up to two seconds per lap faster at points to run 20 secon𓆏ds clear of the #77 Mazda, having also completed the #10 car's sixth stop during his stint.

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However, Alonso's lead was wiped away when a full course caution was called in the closing stages of the fourth hour after a sဣtoppage for the #50 Juncos Racing Cadillac, allowing the chasing DPi runners to close up again. The race rem🍸ained under full course caution with 20 hours remaining.

In LMP2, Nicolas Lapierre headed the class for DragonSpeed in the #10 Oreca 07 Gibson, while Frederic Makowiecki took the lead in GTLM in the #911 Porsche 911 RSR, running eight seconds clear of Marcel Fassler in the #4 Corvette a🧜s the two cars continued to battle fo🔥r top honours in the lead GT class.

Montapl🐲ast by Land Motorsport continued to lead the way in GTD with its #29 Audi R8 LMS GT3 ahead of Riley Motorsports' #33 Mercedes AMG GT3, with Meyer-Shank Racing's #86 Acura NSX GT3 sitting third in class.