2023 Grand Prix of Long Beach

For the IndyCar race, see 2023 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach.
The layout of the Long Beach Street Circuit

The 2023 Grand Prix of Long Beach (formally known as the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach) was a sports car race held at Long Beach street circuit in Long Beach, California on April 15, 2023. It was the third round of the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship and the first round of the 2023 WeatherTech Sprint Cup.

The No. 10 Acura driven by Filipe Albuquerque won the pole position by posting the fastest lap in qualifying and held the lead until a slow pit stop. This handed the lead to Mathieu Jaminet in the No. 6 Porsche who held the first position until 2 laps remaining. Ricky Taylor attempted a pass at turn one, but crashed into the tire barrier and handed Jaminet the victory. The No. 25 BMW of Connor De Phillippi and Nick Yelloly finished in second, and the No. 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport car of Matt Campbell and Felipe Nasr came in third.

Ben Barnicoat and Jack Hawksworth in the No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus were unchallenged throughout the race and took the victory in the Grand Touring Daytona Professional (GTD Pro) class ahead of second-placed No. 3 Corvette Racing drivers Antonio García and Jordan Taylor. The Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) class was won by Bryan Sellers and Madison Snow after they took the lead during the pit stop cycle to secure their second victory of the season, and was followed by the No. 27 Heart of Racing Team car of Roman De Angelis and Marco Sørensen.

The result meant Jaminet and Tandy took over the lead of the GTP Drivers' Championship with 955 points. Matt Campbell and Felipe Nasr moved from sixth to fifth while Pipo Derani and Alexander Sims dropped from first to second. Cadillac remained in the lead of the Manufcatures' Championship, but their advantage was reduced to 41 points as BMW and Porsche jumped one position each. In the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship, Barnicoat and Hawksworth the lead from Jules Gounon and Daniel Juncadella as Lexus took lead of the GTD Pro Manufactures' Championship. Sellers and Snow jumped from second to first in the GTD Drivers' Championship with 1008 points, as BMW took the lead of the GTD Manufactures' Championship with eight races left in the season.

Background[edit]

The Long Beach Street Circuit (pictured in 2009), where the race was held.

International Motor Sports Association's (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2022.[1] It was the ninth year the event was held as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, and the fifteenth annual running of the race, counting the period between 2006 and 2013 when it was a round of the Rolex Sports Car Series and the American Le Mans Series respectively. The 2023 Grand Prix of Long Beach was the third of eleven scheduled sports car races of 2023 by IMSA, the shortest of the season in terms of distance, and it was the first round held as part of the WeatherTech Sprint Cup.[2] The race was held at the eleven-turn 1.968 mi (3.167 km) Long Beach street circuit on April 15, 2023.[2]

After the 12 Hours of Sebring four weeks earlier, Pipo Derani, Alexander Sims, and Jack Aitken led the GTP Drivers' Championship with 670 points, ahead of Filipe Albuquerque, Ricky Taylor, and Louis Delétraz with 660 points followed by Sébastien Bourdais, Renger van der Zande, and Scott Dixon with 600 points.[3] With 708 points, GTD Pro was led by Jules Gounon, Daniel Juncadella, and Maro Engel with a twenty-six point advantage over Ben Barnicoat and Jack Hawksworth. In GTD, the Drivers' Championship was led by Brendan Iribe, Ollie Millroy, and Frederik Schandorff with 629 points; the trio held a one point gap over Corey Lewis, Bryan Sellers, and Madison Snow.[3] Cadillac, Mercedes-AMG, and McLaren were leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while Whelen Engineering Racing, WeatherTech Racing, and Inception Racing each led their own Teams' Championships.[3]

On April 3, 2023, IMSA released the latest technical bulletin outlining Balance of Performance for the GTP, GTD Pro, and GTD classes. In GTP, all cars received weight reductions compared to Sebring. The Cadillac ran at the lowest weight (1031 kg), with the BMW and Porsche at 1036 kg, and the Acura at 1045 kg. As a result, the Cadillac ran on 513 kilowatts of power, while the BMW ran on 515 kW (up 2 kW from Sebring), the Porsche ran on 515 kW (down 2 kW from Sebring), and the Acura on 520 kW. Maximum stint energy figures were also adjusted.[4] In GTD Pro and GTD, the Acura and BMW received weight adjustments. The Corvette, Lamborghini, and the Mercedes received air restrictor size changes. Other changes included a change in fuel tank capacity for almost all cars, except the BMW and Mercedes, and an adjustment of average power delta.[4]

Entries[edit]

Further information: 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship § Entries

A total of 28 cars took part in the event, split across three classes. 8 were entered in GTP, 5 in GTD Pro, and 15 in GTD.[5] Risi Competizione and Iron Lynx were absent in GTD Pro while Turner Motorsport moved its entry to GTD. In GTD, Jeroen Bleekmeolen replaced David Brule in the #92 Kelly-Moss lineup. Wright Motorsports scaled down to 1 car after initially citing BoP concerns and scaling back their #16 entry to only contesting the Michelin Endurance Cup.[6] Racers Edge Motorsports with WTR added a partial sprint campaign in addition to committing to the Michelin Endurance Cup.[7]

Practice[edit]

There were two practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Saturday, one on Friday morning and one on Friday afternoon. The first session lasted one hour on Friday morning while the second session on Friday afternoon lasted 105 minutes.[8]

Practice 1[edit]

The first practice session took place at 9:00 AM PT on Friday after being delayed by ten minutes due to the opening practice for Porsche Deluxe Carrera Cup North America having track communication issues which delayed the practice session.[9] Eventually, opening practice for the IMSA SportsCar Championship got underway and ended with Ricky Taylor topping the charts for Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport, with a lap time of 1:11.942. Tom Blomqvist was second fastest in the No. 60 Acura followed by Mathieu Jaminet in the No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport entry.[10] The GTD Pro class was topped by the #23 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 of Alex Riberas with a time of 1:19.303, 0.071 seconds faster than Jack Hawksworth's No. 14 Lexus.[11] Alec Udell was fastest in GTD with a time of 1:19.488, ahead of Loris Spinelli in the No. 78 Forte Racing Powered by US RaceTronics entry.[9]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 GTP 10 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport Ricky Taylor 1:11.942 _
2 GTP 60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Tom Blomqvist 1:12.800 +0.858
3 GTP 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Mathieu Jaminet 1:13.550 +1.608
Sources:[12][13]

Final Practice[edit]

The second and final practice session took place at 12:45 PM PT on Friday and ended with Tom Blomqvist topping the charts for Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian, with a lap time of 1:10.391. Filipe Albuquerque was second fastest in the No. 10 Acura followed by Nick Yelloly in the No. 25 BMW M Team RLL entry.[14] The GTD Pro class was topped by the #14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus RC F GT3 of Jack Hawksworth with a time of 1:17.876. Patrick Pilet was second in the No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports Porsche and Antonio García rounded out the top 3.[15] Mario Farnbacher was fastest in GTD with a time of 1:18.516.[16]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 GTP 60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Tom Blomqvist 1:10.391 _
2 GTP 10 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport Filipe Albuquerque 1:10.714 +0.323
3 GTP 25 BMW M Team RLL Nick Yelloly 1:11.693 +1.302
Sources:[17][18]

Qualifying[edit]

Filipe Albuquerque (pictured in 2016) took the overall pole position for Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport.

Friday's qualification session was divided into two groups with the first session lasting 15 minutes while the second session lasted 20 minutes. Cars in GTD Pro and GTD were sent out first. After a ten-minute interval, GTP vehicles drove onto the track. Regulations stipulated teams to nominate one qualifying driver, with the fastest laps determining each classes starting order. IMSA arranged the grid to put GTP vehicles ahead of the GTD Pro and GTD cars.[19][8]

Qualifying was broken into two sessions. The first was cars in the GTD Pro and GTD classes. Jack Hawksworth qualified on pole in GTD Pro driving the No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing entry, beating Ross Gunn in the No. 23 Heart of Racing Team entry by 0.141 seconds. Following in third was Pilet's No. 9 Porsche. The No. 3 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD and the No. 79 WeatherTech Racing Mercedes rounded out the GTD Pro qualifiers. Marco Sørensen set the fastest time among all GTD cars driving the No. 27 car for Heart of Racing Team, 0.006 seconds faster than GTD Pro pole winner Hawksworth.[20] Sørensen was five-tenths clear of Frankie Montecalvo in the No. 12 Lexus followed by Madison Snow in the No. 1 Paul Miller Racing Car in third. The session was shortened after Ashton Harrison driving the No. 93 car for Racers Edge Motorsports with WTR crashed at turn eight. Moments later, P. J. Hyett driving the No. 80 car for AO Racing Team also crashed at turn eight. The Racers Edge Motorsports Acura caught fire and Harrison walked away from the accident.[21] Hyett walked away from the incident unhurt.[21] For causing the red flag, both the No. 93 and No. 80 had their best two times from the session deleted. Due to the extensive damage on their cars, Racers Edge Motorsports with WTR and AO Racing Team withdrew from the event.[22][23]

The final session of qualifying was for the GTP class. Several teams scrubbed tires in the first half of the session for the race.[24] Filipe Albuquerque qualified on pole driving the #10 car for Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport, beating Tom Blomqvist in the #60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian entry by over six-tenths of a second.[20] Following in third was the No. 01 Cadillac of Sébastien Bourdais, with the No. 25 BMW of Nick Yelloly in fourth.[20] Augusto Farfus completed the top 5 in the slower No. 24 BMW.[21] Porsche Penske Motorsport were sixth and eighth: Nick Tandy in the No. 6 car was faster than the sister No. 7 entry of Felipe Nasr. They were separated by the seventh-placed Alexander Sims in the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac V-Series.R.[24]

Qualifying results[edit]

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by ‡.

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 GTP 10 United States Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport Portugal Filipe Albuquerque 1:09.909 _ 1‡
2 GTP 60 United States Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist 1:10.583 +0.674 2
3 GTP 01 United States Cadillac Racing France Sébastien Bourdais 1:10.981 +1.072 3
4 GTP 25 United States BMW M Team RLL United Kingdom Nick Yelloly 1:11.002 +1.093 4
5 GTP 24 United States BMW M Team RLL Brazil Augusto Farfus 1:11.368 +1.459 5
6 GTP 6 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport United Kingdom Nick Tandy 1:11.406 +1.497 6
7 GTP 31 United States Whelen Engineering Racing United Kingdom Alexander Sims 1:11.410 +1.501 7
8 GTP 7 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport Brazil Felipe Nasr 1:11.591 +1.682 8
9 GTD 27 United States Heart of Racing Team Denmark Marco Sørensen 1:17.811 +7.902 9‡
10 GTD Pro 14 United States Vasser Sullivan Racing United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth 1:17.817 +7.908 10‡
11 GTD Pro 23 United States Heart of Racing Team United Kingdom Ross Gunn 1:17.958 +8.049 11
12 GTD Pro 9 Canada Pfaff Motorsports France Patrick Pilet 1:18.083 +8.174 12
13 GTD Pro 3 United States Corvette Racing Spain Antonio García 1:18.329 +8.420 16
14 GTD 12 United States Vasser Sullivan Racing United States Frankie Montecalvo 1:18.376 +8.467 17
15 GTD 1 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Madison Snow 1:18.383 +8.474 13
16 GTD 32 United States Team Korthoff Motorsports United States Mike Skeen 1:18.455 +8.546 14
17 GTD 78 United States Forte Racing Powered by US RaceTronics Canada Misha Goikhberg 1:18.831 +8.922 15
18 GTD 57 United States Winward Racing United States Russell Ward 1:18.943 +9.034 18
19 GTD 97 United States Turner Motorsport United States Chandler Hull 1:19.159 +9.250 19
20 GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport United States Patrick Gallagher 1:19.171 +9.262 20
21 GTD 70 United Kingdom Inception Racing United States Brendan Iribe 1:19.188 +9.279 21
22 GTD Pro 79 United States WeatherTech Racing Spain Daniel Juncadella 1:19.436 +9.527 22
23 GTD 93 United States Racers Edge Motorsports with WTR United States Ashton Harrison 1:19.583 +9.674 271
24 GTD 77 United States Wright Motorsports United States Alan Brynjolfsson 1;19.629 +9.720 252
25 GTD 66 United States Gradient Racing United States Sheena Monk 1:19.716 +9.807 263
26 GTD 80 United States AO Racing Team United States P. J. Hyett 1:19.767 +9.858 284
27 GTD 92 United States Kelly-Moss w/ Riley Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen 1:19.807 +9.989 23
28 GTD 91 United States Kelly-Moss w/ Riley United States Alan Metni 1:20.789 +10.880 24
Sources:[25][26]
  • 1 The No. 93 Racers Edge Motorsports with WTR entry had its two fastest laps deleted as penalty for causing a red flag during its qualifying session.
  • 2 The No. 77 Wright Motorsports started at the rear of the GTD class after deciding to change their starting race tires.
  • 3 The No. 66 Gradient Racing entry started at the rear of the GTD class after deciding to change their starting race tires.
  • 4 The No. 80 AO Racing Team entry had its two fastest laps deleted as penalty for causing a red flag during its qualifying session.

Race[edit]

Weather conditions at the start were dry and clear. The race began at 2:05 pm Pacific Standard Time (UTC−08:00).[27]

Albuquerque maintained his pole position advantage while Tom Blomqvist blocked Sébastien Bourdais. Bourdais lifted to avoid touching the rear of the No. 60 Acura. Moments later, the No. 01 Cadillac was on the marbles and Bourdais outbraked himself going into turn one and crashed into the barrier. Blomqvist's Acura was tagged by the No. 25 BMW of Nick Yelloly, sending the Acura into a spin. The No. 01 Cadillac and No. 60 Acura came to a stop at the turn one runoff area. Blomqvist stalled his Acura and a full course caution was displayed soon after. Blomqvist lost a lap and continued while Bourdais's Cadillac retired due to heavy nose damage.[28][29]

Racing resumed with 90 minutes remaining with Albuquerque maintaining his lead over Nick Tandy with Jack Hawksworth leading the five-car GTD Pro field and Marco Sørensen led GTD.[30] The No. 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac V-Series.R of Alexander Sims pitted at the end of lap 7.[28] The No. 31 Cadillac was refueled and Pipo Derani took over from Sims.[31] With 78 minutes and 39 seconds remaining, The No. 70 Inception Racing McLaren of Brendan Iribe made contact with the No. 97 Turner Motorsport BMW of Chandler Hull at turn eleven.[30] 6 minutes later, Hull spun Iribe at the same corner and blocked the track for several cars.[32] Hull was issued a drive-through penalty for incident responsibility.[32]

Majority of the field made their first scheduled pit stops for fuel, tires, and driver changes. Sellers overtook De Angelis in the pit cycle to take the lead of GTD after the No. 1 Paul Miller Racing BMW pitted one lap after the No. 27 Aston Martin.[32] Sellers held off De Angelis on his out lap and kept the GTD lead.[33] The No. 10 Acura had a slow pit stop after Ricky Taylor selected neutral on the car's steering wheel causing the car to not launch.[34] Taylor eventually got the clutch engaged and rejoined the race. Mathieu Jaminet, Matt Campbell, Pipo Derani, and Connor De Phillippi jumped Taylor in the pit cycle.[31][29]

Derani passed Campbell for second at turn six with 49 minutes and 42 seconds remaining.[31] Jordan Taylor passed Klaus Bachler for second in GTD Pro at the same corner 8 minutes later.[30][35] The No. 31 Cadillac of Pipo Derani pitted on lap 52 and dropped to sixth in the GTP class.[36][31] De Phillippi attempted to pass Campbell at turn six on lap 59, but missed his braking point and went into the runoff area.[32] De Phillippi spun his car around in the runoff area and Ricky Taylor was promoted to third place while De Phillippi rejoined in fourth.[31][37] The No. 60 Acura of Colin Braun received a drive-through penalty for speeding in the pits.[30]

On lap 60, the No. 25 BMW M Hybrid V8 of Connor De Phillippi set the overall fastest lap of the race, a 1:11.503.[38] Ricky Taylor caught Jaminet on lap 62 and passed Campbell at turn 6, but was quickly overtaken by Campbell. The No. 10 Acura touched the rear of the No. 7 Porsche on seaside way one lap later and the Porsche lost its left-rear wing endplate.[31][32] On the next lap, Taylor went around the outside at turn six to try overtaking Campbell for second overall. Campbell blocked Taylor from overtaking him for second position. Ricky Taylor went wide at turn eight on lap 67 was caught by De Phillippi's BMW.[31] 3 laps later, Taylor passed Campbell for second position at turn eight while De Phillippi overtook Campbell for third position shortly afterwards.[28]

Going into turn one on the penultimate lap, Ricky Taylor dived down the inside of Mathieu Jaminet and out braked Jaminet going into turn one. However, Taylor carried too much speed and went into the tire barrier.[31][32] A full course caution was displayed soon after and the race ended behind the safety car.[37] Jaminet inherited the overall lead and took the first win of the season for the No. 6 Porsche.[39] De Phillippi finished second in the No. 25 BMW, and Campbell completed the podium positions by finishing third.[40] The No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus of Barnicoat and Hawksworth secured victory in GTD Pro, ahead of the No. 3 Corvette of Antonio García and Jordan Taylor, and third-position finishers Klaus Bachler and Patrick Pilet of Pfaff Motorsports.[32] Bryan Sellers and Madison Snow took their second win of the season in GTD.[41] The No. 27 Heart of Racing Team entry of Roman De Angelis and Marco Sørensen finished second, and Frankie Montecalvo and Aaron Telitz in the No. 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing entry rounded out the podium.[42]

Post-race[edit]

Ricky Taylor expressed his disappointment after crashing out on the penultimate lap: "I’m very sorry for Acura, HPD and the WTRAndretti team. With the [previous] Acura ARX-05, this was always the track where we had the most performance deficit to the field. It just says so much about Acura, HPD, ORECA and Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport to turn our weakest track into our strongest track [with the new Acura ARX-06]. Unfortunately, we got behind with a little issue mid race, but we had such a strong car while fighting back. It came down so close in the end, if we had more time maybe I would have been more patient, but we just wanted to win this for Acura. Everyone at Acura, HPD and Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport deserved to win this today and it’s just disappointing, but I’m just so proud to drive an Acura and be part of this team."[43] Jaminet admitted he saw Taylor's overtake attempt happening: "I kind of saw it coming. He had fresher tires and I got held up in traffic the lap before. It was two to go and he went for us. I braked very late and I just saw he was going and if he could make it stop I’d be impressed."[44]

Hawksworth described the No. 14 Lexus victory in GTD Pro as a "perfect weekend": "One of the best-executed races we’ve been a part of. It was good to clear Sorensen off the start, and that put our Lexus RC F GT3 up at the front. Had an amazing pit stop and then Ben drove his tail off from there."[32]

De Angelis admitted the No. 27 Aston Martin couldn't keep pace with the GTD class winning No. 1 BMW: "We just didn’t have the pace of the BMW. We are looking long term and want to win the championship. I’m still disappointed we didn’t win the race today, but we still have to be happy for good points."[33]

As a result of winning the race, Tandy and Jaminet advanced from fifth to first in the GTP Drivers' Championship.[45] In GTD Pro, Barnicoat and Hawksworth moved to first after being second coming into Long Beach.[45] In the GTD Drivers' Championship, De Angelis and Sørensen advanced from fifth to second while Iribe and Millroy dropped from first to fourth. Additionally, Foley and Gallagher jumped from eighth to fifth.[45] Cadillac continued to top their respective Manufacturers' Championship while Lexus took the lead of the GTD Pro Manufacturers' Championship while BMW took the lead of the GTD Manufacturers' Championship.[45] Porsche Penske Motorsport, Vasser Sullivan Racing, and Paul Miller Racing took the lead in the trio of Teams' Championships with eight races left in the season.[45]

Race Results[edit]

Class winners are denoted in bold and ‡.

Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 GTP 6 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport France Mathieu Jaminet
United Kingdom Nick Tandy 		Porsche 963 78 1:42:08.126‡
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
2 GTP 25 United States BMW M Team RLL United States Connor De Phillippi
United Kingdom Nick Yelloly 		BMW M Hybrid V8 78 +0.903
BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8
3 GTP 7 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport Australia Matt Campbell
Brazil Felipe Nasr 		Porsche 963 78 +2.904
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
4 GTP 24 United States BMW M Team RLL Austria Philipp Eng
Brazil Augusto Farfus 		BMW M Hybrid V8 78 +3.692
BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8
5 GTP 31 United States Whelen Engineering Racing Brazil Pipo Derani
United Kingdom Alexander Sims 		Cadillac V-Series.R 78 +56.151
Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
6 GTP 60 United States Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist
United States Colin Braun 		Acura ARX-06 77 +1 lap
Acura AR24e 2.4 L Turbo V6
7

DNF

GTP 10 United States Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport United States Ricky Taylor
Portugal Filipe Albuquerque 		Acura ARX-06 76 Accident
Acura AR24e 2.4 L Turbo V6
8 GTD Pro 14 United States Vasser Sullivan Racing United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat
United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth 		Lexus RC F GT3 73 +5 Laps‡
Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8
9 GTD Pro 3 United States Corvette Racing Spain Antonio García
United States Jordan Taylor 		Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD 73 +5 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5L V8
10 GTD Pro 9 Canada Pfaff Motorsports Austria Klaus Bachler
France Patrick Pilet 		Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 73 +5 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
11 GTD 1 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Bryan Sellers
United States Madison Snow 		BMW M4 GT3 73 +5 Laps‡
BMW SS58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6
12 GTD 27 United States Heart of Racing Team Canada Roman De Angelis
Denmark Marco Sørensen 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 73 +5 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
13 GTD Pro 23 United States Heart of Racing Team United Kingdom Ross Gunn
Spain Alex Riberas 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 73 +5 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
14 GTD 12 United States Vasser Sullivan Racing United States Frankie Montecalvo
United States Aaron Telitz 		Lexus RC F GT3 73 +5 Laps
Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8
15 GTD 32 United States Team Korthoff Motorsports Canada Mikaël Grenier
United States Mike Skeen 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 72 +6 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
16 GTD 57 United States Winward Racing United Kingdom Philip Ellis
United States Russell Ward 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 72 +6 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
17 GTD 70 United Kingdom Inception Racing United States Brendan Iribe
Denmark Frederik Schandorff 		McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 72 +6 Laps
McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
18 GTD 78 United States Forte Racing Powered by US RaceTronics Canada Misha Goikhberg
Italy Loris Spinelli 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 72 +6 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
19 GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport United States Robby Foley
United States Patrick Gallagher 		BMW M4 GT3 72 +6 Laps
BMW SS58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6
20 GTD 66 United States Gradient Racing United Kingdom Katherine Legge
United States Sheena Monk 		Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 72 +6 Laps
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
21 GTD 77 United States Wright Motorsports United States Alan Brynjolfsson
United States Trent Hindman 		Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 72 +6 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
22 GTD Pro 79 United States WeatherTech Racing Andorra Jules Gounon
Spain Daniel Juncadella 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 72 +6 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
23 GTD 97 United States Turner Motorsport United States Bill Auberlen
United States Chandler Hull 		BMW M4 GT3 72 +6 Laps
BMW SS58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6
24 GTD 91 United States Kelly-Moss w/ Riley United States Alan Metni
Netherlands Kay van Berlo 		Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 71 +7 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
25 GTD 92 United States Kelly-Moss w/ Riley United States Alec Udell
Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen 		Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 71 +7 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
26

DNF

GTP 01 United States Cadillac Racing France Sébastien Bourdais
Netherlands Renger van der Zande 		Cadillac V-Series.R 0 Accident
Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
WD GTD 80 United States AO Racing Team United States P. J. Hyett
United Kingdom Sebastian Priaulx 		Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) -- Did not start[a]
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
WD GTD 93 United States Racers Edge Motorsports with WTR United States Ashton Harrison
Germany Mario Farnbacher 		Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 -- Did not start[b]
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
Sources:[46][47]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The #80 AO Racing Team entry did not make the start due to sustaining too much damage in an accident in qualifying.
  2. ^ The #93 Racers Edge Motorsports with WTR entry did not make the start due to sustaining too much damage in an accident in qualifying.

Standings after the race[edit]

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.


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