Mid-Ohio IMSA: Bourdais takes pole in Ganassi Cadillac
Sebastien Bourdais took pole position for this weekend’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race at Mid-Ohio in his Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac.
#01 Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac DPi: Renger van der Zande, Sebastien Bourdais
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The track was dry as qualifying began but rain was falling to make conditions extra sketchy.
Bourdais started the ball rolling with 1m11.979s, before being beaten by Filipe Albuquerque’s Wayne Taylor Racing Acura, who produced 1m11.481s, then 1m10.751s and finally 1m10.661s.
But Bourdais wouldn’t be denied, unleashing a 1m10.439s to take his third pole of the season, beating Albuquerque by 0.222s.
Oliver Jarvis took third for Meyer Shank Racing, producing a final lap of 1m10.791s in his Acura ARX-05. Alex Lynn will start fourth in the second CGR car, ahead of the remaining Cadillac drivers, Tristan Nunez (Action Express) and Tristan Vautier (JDC-Miller).
Patrick Kelly took LMP2 pole for PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports on 1m14.340s, ahead of the sister team car of Steven Thomas, who escaped a wild early spin.
Jarett Andretti took LMP3 pole for Andretti Autosport, ahead of Josh Sarchet (MLT Motorsports) and Dan Goldburg (Performance Tech).
#1 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3: Bryan Sellers, Madison Snow
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Snow takes GTD pole for BMW
In GTD, where there is no Pro class this weekend, the track was damp at the start but dried out quickly.
Paul Miller Racing’s BMW M4 of Madison Snow led the way when it mattered on 1m20.525s, two tenths clear of Stevan McAleer (Korthoff Mercedes), Roman De Angelis (Heart of Racing Aston Martin) and early pacesetter Robby Foley (Turner BMW).
Russell Ward (Winward Mercedes) will start fifth, ahead of the Lexuses of Frankie Montecalvo and Richard Heistand, the latter escaping the gravel after an early spin.
Qualifying results:
Cla | Num | Driver | Class | Chassis | Time | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 01 |
Renger van der Zande
Sébastien Bourdais |
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'10.439 | |
2 | 10 |
Ricky Taylor
Filipe Albuquerque |
DPi | Acura DPi | 1'10.661 | 0.222 |
3 | 60 |
Oliver Jarvis
Tom Blomqvist |
DPi | Acura DPi | 1'10.791 | 0.352 |
4 | 02 |
Earl Bamber
Alex Lynn |
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'10.995 | 0.556 |
5 | 31 |
Pipo Derani
Tristan Nunez |
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'11.053 | 0.614 |
6 | 5 |
Tristan Vautier
Richard Westbrook |
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'11.083 | 0.644 |
7 | 52 |
Josh Pierson
Patrick Kelly |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'14.340 | 3.901 |
8 | 11 |
Steven Thomas
Jonathan Bomarito |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'15.276 | 4.837 |
9 | 81 |
Henrik Hedman
Juan Pablo Montoya |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'15.332 | 4.893 |
10 | 18 |
Dwight Merriman
Ryan Dalziel |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'16.077 | 5.638 |
11 | 8 |
John Farano
Will Stevens |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'16.313 | 5.874 |
12 | 20 |
Dennis Andersen
Anders Fjordbach |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'16.515 | 6.076 |
13 | 36 |
Jarett Andretti
Gabby Chaves |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 1'17.104 | 6.665 |
14 | 58 |
Dakota Dickerson
Josh Sarchet |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 1'17.441 | 7.002 |
15 | 38 |
Daniel Goldburg
Rasmus Lindh |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 1'17.788 | 7.349 |
16 | 74 |
Gar Robinson
Felipe Fraga |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 1'17.892 | 7.453 |
17 | 54 |
Jon Bennett
Colin Braun |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 1'18.448 | 8.009 |
18 | 30 |
Ari Balogh
Garett Grist |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 1'19.279 | 8.840 |
19 | 13 |
Orey Fidani
Kuno Wittmer |
LMP3 | Duqueine D08 | 1'19.819 | 9.380 |
20 | 33 |
Joao Barbosa
Lance Willsey |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 1'19.924 | 9.485 |
21 | 1 |
Bryan Sellers
Madison Snow |
GTD | BMW M4 GT3 | 1'20.525 | 10.086 |
22 | 32 |
Mike Skeen
Stevan McAleer |
GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 1'20.725 | 10.286 |
23 | 27 |
Roman De Angelis
Maxime Martin |
GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 1'20.822 | 10.383 |
24 | 96 |
Robby Foley
Bill Auberlen |
GTD | BMW M4 GT3 | 1'21.012 | 10.573 |
25 | 57 |
Russell Ward
Philip Ellis |
GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 1'21.016 | 10.577 |
26 | 12 |
Frankie Montecalvo
Aaron Telitz |
GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 1'21.120 | 10.681 |
27 | 17 |
Jack Hawksworth
Richard Heistand |
GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 1'21.410 | 10.971 |
28 | 39 |
Robert Megennis
Jeff Westphal |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 1'21.450 | 11.011 |
29 | 51 |
Ryan Eversley
Aidan Read |
GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 1'21.469 | 11.030 |
30 | 70 |
Brendan Iribe
Jordan Lee Pepper |
GTD | McLaren 720S GT3 | 1'22.044 | 11.605 |
31 | 16 |
Ryan Hardwick
Jan Heylen |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1'22.652 | 12.213 |
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