Qualifying report

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.

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

Photo by: Richard Dole / Motorsport Images

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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