IMSA Championship Laguna Seca 2017

Event: Continental Tire Monterey Grand Prix at Laguna Seca		Date: 24.9.2017
Track: Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca (United States), 3.602 kms	Organiser: unknown
IMSA Championship Laguna Seca
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (round 11)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	17:05
Grid:	2-2-2, rolling start
Distance:	2 hours 40 minutes
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	33
Practiced:	33
Qualified:	33
Started:	33
Finished:	32

Classes:	Pract	Start
Prototype	8	8
Grand Touring Le Mans	9	9
Grand Touring Daytona	16	16

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Lap Times

Pre-race sessions:
3 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 180 minutes on 22-23/9
1 qualifying session held for a total of 15 minutes on 23/9
20 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	90	Ligier JS P217 Gibson	Goossens / van der Zande
Grand Touring Le Mans:	24	BMW M6 GTLM	Edwards / Tomczyk
Grand Touring Daytona:	63	Ferrari 488 GT3	Nielsen / Balzan
Leaders:
laps 1-30:	10	Cadillac DPi-V.R
lap 31:	90	Ligier JSP217 Gibson
lap 32:	2	Nissan Onroak DPi
laps 33-59:	10	Cadillac DPi-V.R
laps 60-79:	31	Cadillac DPi-V.R
lap 80:	10	Cadillac DPi-V.R
laps 81-83:	52	Ligier JSP217 Gibson
laps 84-111:	31	Cadillac DPi-V.R
laps 112-114:	90	Ligier JSP217 Gibson
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	52	Ligier JS P217 Gibson	Olivier Pla (F)	1:17.9210	166.4014 km/h	lap 74
Grand Touring Le Mans:	62	Ferrari 488 GTE	Toni Vilander (FIN)	1:23.0380	156.1466 km/h	lap 73
Grand Touring Daytona:	63	Ferrari 488 GT3	Alessandro Balzan (I)	1:25.7700	151.1721 km/h	lap 35
Pole Positions:
Overall:	10	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Ricky Taylor (USA)	1:16.8530	168.7124 km/h
Grand Touring Le Mans:	62	Ferrari 488 GTE	Toni Vilander (FIN)	1:21.9140	158.2887 km/h
Grand Touring Daytona:	48	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Madison Snow (USA)	1:24.4690	153.5008 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (6), Cadillac (3), BMW (3), Mercedes-AMG (3), Ligier (2), Nissan (2), Ferrari (2), Chevrolet (2), Ford (2), Acura (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (6), Gibson (3), Cadillac (3), BMW (3), Mercedes-AMG (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 991 GT3 R (4), Cadillac DPi-V.R (3), BMW M6 (3), Mercedes-AMG GT3 (3)
Driver nationalities:	USA (29), GB (6), D (5), F (3), BR (3), I (3), NL (3), CDN (2), AUS (2), B (2), FIN (2), DK (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (57%), front-engined (30%), rear-engined (13%)
Average engine size:	4676 cc (with regard to 29% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 5218 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Scott Pruett (57), Scott Sharp (49), Bill Auberlen (49)
Youngest known drivers:	Jose Gutierrez (21), Pipo Derani (24), Laurens Vanthoor (26)
Female drivers:	Katherine Legge, Christina Nielsen

Official Race Programme:

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