since it was the first race of the season, albuquerue, barbosa and fittipaldi led the prototype drivers' championship with 35 points each. conway, curran, middleton and nasr were in second with 32 points. bennett, braun, dumas and duval were third with 30 points. westbrook, dixon and briscoe took the gtlm points standings lead with their teammates bourdais, hand and müller placing second. garcia, magnussen and rockenfeller rounded out the top three. bortolotti, perera, rik breukers and inechen led the gtd drivers' championship, followed by the second-placed allmendinger, parente, legge and hindman. caldarelli, sellers, miller and snow were third. mustang sampling racing, chip ganassi racing and grt grasser racing team became the leaders of their respective class teams' championships. cadillac, ford and lamborghini assumed the lead of their respective manufacturers' championships with 11 races left in the season.