IMSA Laguna Seca 2018 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Continental Tire Monterey Grand Prix featuring America's Tire 250		Date: 9.9.2018
Track: WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca (United States), 3.602 kms	Organiser: unknown
IMSA Laguna Seca
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (round 11)

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

Entered:	34
Practiced:	34
Qualified:	34
Started:	33
Finished:	25

Classes:	Pract	Start
Prototype	13	12
Grand Touring Le Mans	8	8
Grand Touring Daytona	13	13

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 7-8/9
1 qualifying session held for a total of 15 minutes on 8/9
20 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	22	Nissan Onroak DPi	Van Overbeek / Derani
Grand Touring Le Mans:	25	BMW M8 GTE	Sims / De Phillippi
Grand Touring Daytona:	86	Acura NSX GT3	Legge / Parente
Leaders:
laps 1-40:	6	Acura ARX-05
laps 41-43:	52	Oreca 07 Gibson
laps 44-68:	55	Mazda RT24-P
laps 69-71:	54	Oreca 07 Gibson
lap 72:	99	Oreca 07 Gibson
laps 73-76:	55	Mazda RT24-P
laps 77-103:	22	Nissan Onroak DPi
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	54	Oreca 07 Gibson	Colin Braun (USA)	1:16.9140	168.5788 km/h	lap 15
Grand Touring Le Mans:	67	Ford GT	Richard Westbrook (GB)	1:23.3070	155.6413 km/h	lap 43
Grand Touring Daytona:	86	Acura NSX GT3	Alvaro Parente (P)	1:25.0650	152.4258 km/h	lap 77
Pole Positions:
Overall:	10	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Jordan Taylor (USA)	1:16.1810	170.2010 km/h
Grand Touring Le Mans:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Oliver Gavin (GB)	1:22.7000	156.7839 km/h
Grand Touring Daytona:	86	Acura NSX GT3	Katherine Legge (GB)	1:24.4560	153.5250 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Oreca (4), Acura (4), Porsche (4), BMW (3), Ferrari (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Gibson (4), Acura (4), Porsche (4), BMW (3), Ferrari (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Oreca 07 (4), Ferrari 488 (3), Nissan Onroak DPi (2), Acura ARX-05 (2), Mazda RT24-P (2), Cadillac DPi-V.R (2), BMW M8 (2), Porsche 991 RSR (2), Chevrolet Corvette C7 (2), Acura NSX (2)
Driver nationalities:	USA (31), GB (9), CO (3), BR (3), DK (3), CDN (2), D (2), NL (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (69%), front-engined (24%), rear-engined (7%)
Average engine size:	4207 cc (with regard to 48% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 5014 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Scott Sharp (50), Bill Auberlen (50), Ben Keating (47)
Youngest known drivers:	Pipo Derani (25), Felipe Nasr (26), Harry Tincknell (27)
Female drivers:	Katherine Legge, Christina Nielsen

Official Race Programme:

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