Laguna Seca IMSA: Albuquerque sets pole position in WTR Acura
Filipe Albuquerque’s Wayne Taylor Racing Acura will start IMSA’s Hyundai Monterey Sports Car event at Laguna Seca from pole position after beating Dane Cameron by 0.023s in qualifying.
Watch: IMSA: Albuquerque sets pole position in WTR Acura
Cameron set the early pace in his Meyer Shank Acura DPi at 1m14.957s, repeatedly swapping the top spot early on with Albuquerque, who eventually took over with a lap of 1m14.441s that won the pole, compared to Cameron’s 1m14.464s.
Kevin Magnussen (Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac) was third quickest, over half a second off the pace, ahead of Mazda’s Harry Tincknell – who was only fourth fastest after pacing the morning’s practice session.
UPDATE: After qualifying, the Mazda failed technical inspection and will start at the rear of the six-car DPi field.
Pipo Derani (Action Express Cadillac DPi) now starts fourth, while Tristan Vautier’s JDC-Miller MotorSports Cadillac was just over a second off the pace but starts fifth.
Ben Keating took LMP2 pole in his PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports ORECA at 1m17.227s, well clear of Dwight Merriman in his Era Motorsport ORECA, whose best time was 1m19.873s.
#3 Corvette Racing Corvette C8.R, GTLM: Antonio Garcia, Jordan Taylor
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Taylor beats Milner for GTLM pole
Jordan Taylor scored his now customary GTLM pole for Corvette Racing by lapping his C8.R in 1m21.151s, which was 0.116s faster than Tommy Milner. Cooper MacNeil was 0.78s off the pace in the WeatherTech Racing Porsche 911 RSR-19.
In GTD, Robby Foley’s Turner Motorsports BMW M6 set the early pace at 1m25.089s. Practice pacesetter Madison Snow, in his Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini Huracan, took control with 1m24.711s before he was toppled again by Foley on 1m24.568s.
Trent Hindman’s Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3R then hit P1 with 1m24.505s, grabbing pole from Foley by 0.063s.
Roman de Angelis qualified third in his Heart of Racing-run Aston Martin Vantage, ahead of Snow, Richard Heistand (CarBahn with Peregrine Audi R8) and Zacharie Robichon in the Pfaff Motorsports Porsche.
Cla | Driver | Class | Chassis | Time | Gap | km/h |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Ricky Taylor
Filipe Albuquerque |
DPi | Acura DPi | 1'14.441 | 108.231 | |
2 |
Dane Cameron
Olivier Pla |
DPi | Acura DPi | 1'14.464 | 0.023 | 108.197 |
3 |
Renger van der Zande
Kevin Magnussen |
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'15.026 | 0.585 | 107.387 |
4 |
Oliver Jarvis
Harry Tincknell |
DPi | Mazda DPi | 1'15.052 | 0.611 | 107.350 |
5 |
Felipe Nasr
Pipo Derani |
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'15.384 | 0.943 | 106.877 |
6 |
Tristan Vautier
Loic Duval |
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'15.451 | 1.010 | 106.782 |
7 |
Ben Keating
Mikkel Jensen |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'17.227 | 2.786 | 104.326 |
8 |
Dwight Merriman
Ryan Dalziel |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'19.873 | 5.432 | 100.870 |
9 |
Thomas Steven
Tristan Nunez |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'19.894 | 5.453 | 100.844 |
10 |
Antonio Garcia
Jordan Taylor |
GTLM | Corvette C8.R | 1'21.151 | 6.710 | 99.282 |
11 |
Tommy Milner
Nick Tandy |
GTLM | Corvette C8.R | 1'21.267 | 6.826 | 99.140 |
12 |
John Farano
Gabriel Aubry |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'21.563 | 7.122 | 98.780 |
13 |
Cooper MacNeil
Matt Campbell |
GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR - 19 | 1'21.931 | 7.490 | 98.336 |
14 |
Trent Hindman
Patrick Long |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1'24.505 | 10.064 | 95.341 |
15 |
Bill Auberlen
Robby Foley |
GTD | BMW M6 GT3 | 1'24.568 | 10.127 | 95.270 |
16 |
Roman De Angelis
Ross Gunn |
GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 1'24.591 | 10.150 | 95.244 |
17 |
Bryan Sellers
Madison Snow |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 1'24.711 | 10.270 | 95.109 |
18 |
Richard Heistand
Jeff Westphal |
GTD | Audi R8 LMS GT3 | 1'24.751 | 10.310 | 95.064 |
19 |
Zacharie Robichon
Laurens Vanthoor |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1'24.754 | 10.313 | 95.061 |
20 |
Aaron Telitz
Jack Hawksworth |
GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 1'24.802 | 10.361 | 95.007 |
21 |
Ian James
Alex Riberas |
GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 1'25.385 | 10.944 | 94.358 |
22 |
Frankie Montecalvo
Zach Veach |
GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 1'25.600 | 11.159 | 94.121 |
23 |
Rob Ferriol
Katherine Legge |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1'25.813 | 11.372 | 93.888 |
24 |
Mario Farnbacher
Jacob Abel |
GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 1'25.875 | 11.434 | 93.820 |
25 |
John Potter
Andy Lally |
GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 1'26.613 | 12.172 | 93.021 |
26 |
Till Bechtolsheimer
Marc Miller |
GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | |||
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