Qualifying report

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.

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

Photo by: Jake Galstad / Motorsport Images

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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