The No. 31 Whelen Cadillac suffered a devastating setback during Hour 11 of the Rolex 24 when Fred Vesti experienced what appeared to be a left rear failure, sending him hard into the SAFER barriers at NASCAR 4. The impact caused significant front-end damage, forcing the car to retire despite Vesti's attempts to restart.

Prior to this incident, Phillip Eng had taken the lead from Felipe Albuquerque, with Julien Andlauer moving the Mustang Sampling Proton Porsche into third position ahead of Kevin Estre.

Key developments during Hour 11:

• GTD PRO: Sebastian Priaulx claimed the lead from Nick Catsburg's Corvette
• LMP2: Paul di Resta led for United, with Christian Rasmussen third and Toby Sowery second
• Multiple penalties affected the race, including a 3:12 stop-and-hold for the No. 25 BMW GTP
• Both GTD PRO factory Corvettes received pit lane penalties

End of Hour 11 standings:

GTP:

• Lead: No. 7 Porsche (Nasr)
• Second: No. 60 Acura (Dixon)

LMP2:

• Lead: No. 43 Inter Europol ORECA (de Costa)
• Second: No. 22 United Autosports (di Resta)
• Third: No. 04 Crowdstrike by APR (Sowery)

GTD PRO:

• Lead: No. 1 Paul Miller BMW (Snow)
• Second: No. 77 AO Racing Porsche (Bachler)
• Third: No. 65 Ford Mustang (Olsen)

GTD:

• Lead: No. 120 Wright Porsche (Skeer)
• Second: No. 47 Cetilar Ferrari (Fuoco)
• Third: No. 70 Inception Racing Ferrari (Fumanelli)

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