Climate forecast, rain probabilities, begin time and watch Rolex 24

The 24 Hours of Daytona 2026 is formally again. Followers are in for a high-octane season-opening 24 straight hours of auto racing on the iconic Daytona Worldwide Speedway from Saturday, January twenty fourth to Sunday, January twenty fifth.

This yr’s 24 Hours of Daytona, the endurance sports activities automobile race, will see 60 groups rotate drivers for 2 days to compete for the prize, which in fact features a model new Rolex watch.

Climate forecast for the 24 Hours of Daytona

Right here’s the climate forecast for the season-opening spherical of the 2026 IMSA SportsCar Championship season at Daytona Worldwide Speedway:

Saturday, January 24

Afternoon: Excessive 23°C, low 20°C, principally cloudy turning into partly cloudy, mild breeze from the northeast 10-15 km/hr, and 10% to twenty% likelihood of rain.

Night time: Excessive 20°C, low 17°C, partly cloudy, gentle breeze from the northeast wind round 5-15 km/hr, and possibilities of precipitation lower than 10%.

Sunday, January 25

Afternoon: Excessive 19°C, low 17°C, partly cloudy, calm winds veering to the east then south in a single day, and possibilities of precipitation lower than 10%.

Night time: Excessive 28°C, low 25°C, principally cloudy, with a low round 63, and a 30% likelihood of showers after 1 a.m.

watch 24 Hours of Daytona: Begin Time and TV Channel

The 24 Hours of Daytona, the endurance race, is to kick off at 1:40 p.m. ET on Saturday and finish at 1:40 p.m. ET on Sunday, Jan. 25. The race can be broadcast on NBC Sports activities. Followers can stream the occasion on Fubo and Peacock.

Full beginning grid for the 24 Hours of Daytona 2026

The 2026 24 Hours of Daytona is ready to see a complete of 60 groups rotate drivers lined up on the grid in numerous courses, that are as follows:

GTP

1. No. 93 Meyer Shank Racing Acura
2. No. 40 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac
3. No. 7 Penske Porsche
4. No. 60 Meyer Shank Acura
5. No. 6 Penske Porsche
6. No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac
7. No. 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Porsche
8. No. 24 BMW M Workforce WRT
9. No. 25 BMW M Workforce WRT
10. No. 23 THOR Workforce Aston Martin
11. No. 31 Whelen Cadillac

LMP2

1. No. 43 Inter Europol Competitors Oreca
2. No. 99 AO Racing Oreca
3. No. 22 United Autosports USA Oreca
4. No. 52 Bryan Herta Autosport Oreca
5. No. 11 TDS Racing Oreca
6. No. 343 Inter Europol Competitors Oreca
7. No. 18 Period Motorsport Oreca
8. No. 04 Crowdstrike Racing Oreca
9. No. 73 Pratt Miller Motorsports Oreca
10. No. 2 United Autosports USA Oreca
11. No. 8 Tower Motorsports Oreca
12. No. 83 Af Corse Usa Oreca
13. No. 37 Intersport Racing Oreca

GTD Professional

1. No. 3 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Corvette
2. No. 59 RLL Workforce McLaren
3. No. 75 75 Categorical Mercedes-AMG
4. No. 033 Triarsi Competizione Ferrari
5. No. 65 Ford Racing Mustang
6. No. 69 GetSpeed Mercedes-AMG
7. No. 4 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Corvette
8. No. 62 Risi Competizione Ferrari
9. No. 48 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG
10. No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports Lamborghini
11. No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus
12. No. 64 Ford Racing Mustang
13. No. 911 Manthey Porsche
14. No. 77 AO Racing Porsche
15. No. 1 Paul Miller Racing BMW

GTD

1. No. 27 Coronary heart of Racing Workforce Aston Martin
2. No. 57 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG
3. No. 96 Turner Motorsport BMW
4. No. 36 DXDT Racing Corvette
5. No. 19 van der Steur Racing Aston Martin
6. No. 21 Af Corse Usa Ferrari
7. No. 81 DragonSpeed Corvette
8. No. 80 Lone Star Racing Mercedes-AMG
9. No. 70 Inception Racing Ferrari
10. No. 120 Wright Motorsports Porsche
11. No. 023 Triarsi Competizione Ferrari
12. No. 45 Wayne Taylor Racing Lamborghini
13. No. 34 Conquest Racing Ferrari
14. No. 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus
15. No. 44 Magnus Racing Aston Martin
16. No. 13 13 Autosport Corvette
17. No. 66 Gradient Racing Mustang
18. No. 912 Manthey 1St Phorm Porsche
19. No. 123 Muehlner Motorsports America Porsche
20. No. 28 Rs1 Porsche
21. No. 16 Myers Riley Motorsports Mustang

Edited by Yash Soni