2022 Hyundai Monterey SportsCar Championship

The 2022 Hyundai Monterey SportsCar Championship was a sports car race held at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca near Monterey, California on May 1, 2022. It was the fourth round of the 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship and the second round of the 2022 WeatherTech Sprint Cup. Wayne Taylor Racing's No. 10 car piloted by Ricky Taylor and Filipe Albuquerque collected their first victory of the season.[1]

Background

International Motor Sports Association's (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2021.[2] It was the ninth consecutive year the event was held as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The 2022 Hyundai Monterey SportsCar Championship was the fourth of twelve scheduled sports car races of 2022 by IMSA , and it was the second of eight rounds held as part of the WeatherTech Sprint Cup.[3] The race was held at the eleven-turn 2.238 mi (3.602 km) WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on May 1, 2022.[4]

On April 21, 2022, IMSA released the latest technical bulletin outlining Balance of Performance for the event. In DPi, the Acura ARX-05 received a 10 kilogram weight break while the Cadillac DPi-V.R received a 10 kilogram weight increase. In GTD Pro and GTD, the Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD received a 20 kilogram weight increase. The BMW M4 GT3 received a 6 horsepower increase.[5]

Before the race, Alex Lynn and Earl Bamber led the DPi Drivers' Championship with 1005 points, 3 points clear of Tristan Vautier and Richard Westbrook in second followed by Tom Blomqvist and Oliver Jarvis in third with 973 points.[6] In LMP2, Ben Keating, Scott Huffaker, and Mikkel Jensen led the Drivers' Championship with a 37 point advantage over Frits van Eerd and Giedo van der Garde.[6] With 990 points, Antonio García and Jordan Taylor led the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship by 30 points over Matt Campbell and Mathieu Jaminet in second followed by Ben Barnicoat and Jack Hawksworth in third with 919 points.[6] With 672 points, Stevan McAleer and Mike Skeen led the GTD Drivers' Championship, 53 points ahead of Luís Pérez Companc, Simon Mann, and Toni Vilander in second followed by Ryan Hardwick, Jan Heylen, and Zacharie Robichon in third with 615 points.[6] Cadillac, Chevrolet, and Porsche were leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while Cadillac Racing, PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, Corvette Racing, and Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports each led their own Teams' Championships.[6]

Entries

Further information: 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship § Entries

A total of 32 cars took part in the event, split across four classes. 6 were entered in DPi, 6 in LMP2, 6 in GTD Pro, and 14 in GTD.[7] In LMP2, Patrick Kelly joined Josh Pierson in the PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports No. 52 entry.[8] In GTD, Gradient Racing and Crucial Motorsports skipped after competing at Long Beach. NTE Sport returned after being forced to withdraw at the previous race. Marco Holzer joined NTE Sport making his first start in the IMSA SportsCar Championship since 2015.[9] Dirk Müller subbed for Mike Skeen, who tested positive for COVID-19, in the Team Korthoff Motorsports No. 32.[10]

Practice

There were two practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Sunday; one on Friday and one on Saturday. The first session on Friday afternoon ran for 90 minutes while the second session on Saturday morning lasted 105 minutes.[11]

Qualifying

Saturday's afternoon qualifying was broken into two sessions, with one session for the DPi and LMP2, GTD Pro and GTD classes, which lasted for 15 minutes each, and a ten minute interval between the sessions.[11] The rules dictated that all teams nominated a driver to qualify their cars, with the Pro-Am (LMP2/GTD) classes requiring a Bronze/Silver Rated Driver to qualify the car. The competitors' fastest lap times determined the starting order. IMSA then arranged the grid to put DPis ahead of the LMP2, GTD Pro, and GTD cars.[12]

Qualifying results

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

Pos. Class PIC No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 DPi 1 10 WTR - Konica Minolta Acura Ricky Taylor 1:13.924 - 1‡
2 DPi 2 60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Oliver Jarvis 1:14.013 +0.089 2
3 DPi 3 02 Cadillac Racing Alex Lynn 1:14.072 +0.148 3
4 DPi 4 01 Cadillac Racing Sébastien Bourdais 1:14.517 +0.593 4
5 DPi 5 5 JDC-Miller MotorSports Tristan Vautier 1:14.877 +0.953 5
6 DPi 6 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Tristan Nunez 1:15.576 +1.652 6
7 LMP2 1 11 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Steven Thomas 1:17.571 +3.647 7‡
8 LMP2 2 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Patrick Kelly 1:17.628 +3.704 8
9 LMP2 3 81 DragonSpeed - 10 Star Henrik Hedman 1:18.267 +4.343 9
10 LMP2 4 20 High Class Racing Dennis Andersen 1:18.747 +4.823 10
11 LMP2 5 8 Tower Motorsport John Farano 1:19.551 +5.627 11
12 LMP2 6 18 Era Motorsport Dwight Merriman 1:20.614 +6.690 12
13 GTD Pro 1 9 Pfaff Motorsports Mathieu Jaminet 1:23.142 +9.218 13‡
14 GTD Pro 2 79 WeatherTech Racing Daniel Juncadella 1:23.164 +9.240 14
15 GTD Pro 3 23 Heart of Racing Team Alex Riberas 1:23.368 +9.444 15
16 GTD 1 57 Winward Racing Russell Ward 1:23.567 +9.643 16‡
17 GTD Pro 4 25 BMW M Team RLL John Edwards 1:23.740 +9.816 17
18 GTD 2 42 NTE Sport/SSR Jaden Conwright 1:23.777 +9.853 18
19 GTD 3 96 Turner Motorsport Robby Foley 1:23.821 +9.897 19
20 GTD 4 27 Heart of Racing Team Roman De Angelis 1:23.852 +9.928 20
21 GTD 5 39 CarBahn with Peregrine Racing Robert Megennis 1:23.881 +9.957 21
22 GTD Pro 5 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Jack Hawksworth 1:23.953 +10.029 22
23 GTD 6 1 Paul Miller Racing Madison Snow 1:24.121 +10.197 23
24 GTD 7 51 RWR Eurasia Motorsport Aidan Read 1:24.126 +10.202 24
25 GTD Pro 6 3 Corvette Racing Jordan Taylor 1:24.160 +10.236 25
26 GTD 8 32 Team Korthoff Motorsports Stevan McAleer 1:24.162 +10.238 26
27 GTD 9 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing Frankie Montecalvo 1:24.444 +10.520 321
28 GTD 10 28 Alegra Motorsports Michael de Quesada 1:24.471 +10.547 27
29 GTD 11 16 Wright Motorsports Ryan Hardwick 1:24.637 +10.713 28
30 GTD 12 70 Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport Brendan Iribe 1:24.948 +11.024 29
31 GTD 13 99 Team Hardpoint Rob Ferriol 1:25.152 +11.228 30
32 GTD 14 34 GMG Racing Kyle Washington 1:27.310 +13.386 31

Source:[13][14]

  • 1 The No. 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing entry was moved to the back of the GTD field as per Article 40.1.4 of the Sporting regulations (Change of starting tires).[12]

Race

Post-Race

As a result of finishing in second place, Blomqvist and Jarvis took the lead of the DPi Drivers' Championship. Filipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor advanced from fourth to second while Bamber and Lynn dropped from first to fourth.[15] Dalziel and Merriman took the lead of the LMP2 Drivers' Championship with 675 points while Farano and Delétraz advanced from eighth to second.[15] Campbell and Jaminet retook the lead of the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship with 1345 points while Antonio García and Jordan Taylor dropped from first to second.[15] Hardwick and Heylen took the lead of the GTD Drivers' Championship with 985 points while McAleer dropped from first to second. Auberlen and Foley advanced from tenth to third while Megennis and Jeff Westphal jumped from seventeenth to fifth.[15] Acura and Porsche became the leaders of their respective Manufactures' Championships while PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports continued to top the LMP2 Teams' Championship. Meyer Shank Racing, Pfaff Motorsports, and Wright Motorsports became the leaders of their respective class Teams' Championships with eight rounds remaining.[15]

Race Results

Class winners are denoted in bold and ‡.

Pos Class PIC No. Team Drivers Chassis Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 DPi 1 10 WTR - Konica Minolta Acura Ricky Taylor
Filipe Albuquerque 		Acura ARX-05 117 2:41:05.230 ‡
Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
2 DPi 2 60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Oliver Jarvis
Tom Blomqvist 		Acura ARX-05 117 +1.080
Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
3 DPi 3 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Tristan Nunez
Pipo Derani 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 117 +26.744
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
4 DPi 4 5 JDC-Miller MotorSports Tristan Vautier
Richard Westbrook 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 117 +33.375
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
5 DPi 5 02 Cadillac Racing Alex Lynn
Earl Bamber 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 116 +1 lap
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
6 LMP2 1 8 Tower Motorsport John Farano
Louis Deletraz 		Oreca 07 114 +3 laps‡
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
7 LMP2 2 18 Era Motorsport Dwight Merriman
Ryan Dalziel 		Oreca 07 114 +3 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
8 LMP2 3 81 DragonSpeed - 10 Star Henrik Hedman
Juan Pablo Montoya 		Oreca 07 113 +4 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
9 LMP2 4 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Josh Pierson
Patrick Kelly 		Oreca 07 113 +4 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
10 LMP2 5 11 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Steven Thomas
Jonathan Bomarito 		Oreca 07 113 +4 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
11 LMP2 6 20 High Class Racing Dennis Andersen
Anders Fjordbach 		Oreca 07 113 +4 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
12 GTD Pro 1 9 Pfaff Motorsports Mathieu Jaminet
Matt Campbell 		Porsche 911 GT3 R 107 +10 Laps‡
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
13 GTD Pro 2 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Jack Hawksworth
Ben Barnicoat 		Lexus RC F GT3 107 +10 Laps
Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8
14 GTD Pro 3 25 BMW M Team RLL John Edwards
Connor De Phillippi 		BMW M4 GT3 107 +10 Laps
BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6
15 GTD Pro 4 3 Corvette Racing Jordan Taylor
Antonio Garcia 		Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD 107 +10 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
16 GTD 1 16 Wright Motorsports Ryan Hardwick
Jan Heylen 		Porsche 911 GT3 R 107 +10 Laps‡
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
17 GTD 2 39 CarBahn with Peregrine Racing Robert Megennis
Jeff Westphal 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 107 +10 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
18 GTD 3 96 Turner Motorsport Robby Foley
Bill Auberlen 		BMW M4 GT3 107 +10 Laps
BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6
19 GTD Pro 5 23 Heart of Racing Team Alex Riberas
Ross Gunn 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 107 +10 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
20 GTD 4 1 Paul Miller Racing Madison Snow
Bryan Sellers 		BMW M4 GT3 107 +10 Laps
BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6
21 GTD 5 32 Team Korthoff Motorsports Stevan McAleer
Dirk Muller 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 107 +10 laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
22 GTD 6 42 NTE Sport/SSR Jaden Conwright
Marco Holzer 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 107 +10 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
23 GTD Pro 6 79 WeatherTech Racing Daniel Juncadella
Cooper MacNeil 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 107 +10 laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
24 GTD 7 27 Heart of Racing Team Roman De Angelis
Maxime Martin 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 107 +10 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
25 GTD 8 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing Frankie Montecalvo
Aaron Telitz 		Lexus RC F GT3 107 +10 Laps
Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8
26 GTD 9 28 Alegra Motorsports Michael de Quesada
Daniel Morad 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 106 +11 laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
27 GTD 10 99 Team Hardpoint Rob Ferriol
Katherine Legge 		Porsche 911 GT3 R 106 +11 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
28 GTD 11 34 GMG Racing Kyle Washington
James Sofronas 		Porsche 911 GT3 R 105 +12 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
29 GTD 12 51 RWR Eurasia Motorsport Aidan Read
Ryan Eversley 		Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 103 +14 Laps
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
30
DNF 		GTD 13 70 Inception Racing Brendan Iribe
Frederik Schandorff 		McLaren 720S GT3 45 Diffuser
McLaren M840T 4.0L Turbo V8
31
DNF 		GTD 14 57 Winward Racing Russell Ward
Philip Ellis 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 21 Accident
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
32
DNF 		DPi 6 01 Cadillac Racing Sebastien Bourdais
Renger van der Zande 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 10 Electrical
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
Sources:[16][17]

Standings after the race

  • 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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