Why I want an LMP2 car to win Daytona

By:

Gary Watkins

Jan 22, 2015, 10:55 PM

The Daytona Prototypes held sway over the LMP2s in United SportsCar's debut year, but GARY WATKINS reckons a P2 victory in this weekend's 24 Hours would help the sport's future

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I don't like taking sides before an event. I just want to see a great race and have plenty to write about at the end of it. But I really want an LMP2 car to win the Daytona 24 Hours this weekend.

That's not because I favour any of the teams running P2 machinery, nor any of their drivers, rather because I believe it would be good for sportscar racing.

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Gary Watkins has, for reasons best known to himself, devoted all his working life to covering sportscar racing. This season is his 33rd as a motorsport journalist, during which time he has reported on major long-distance events on four continents and approaching 80 24-hour races. He reckons a degree in political philosophy makes him well qualified for covering the sometimes Machiavellian world of international sportscars.

Gary, who also writes for Motor Sport, Autocourse, RACER and others, lives in Surbiton close to the former workshops of the Cooper Formula 1 team but spends more time on the road than at home for most of the year.