IMSA Mid-Ohio 2018 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Acura Sports Car Challenge Mid-Ohio		Date: 6.5.2018
Track: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (United States), 3.862 kms	Organiser: unknown
IMSA Mid-Ohio
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (round 4)

Weather:	dry
Start time:	13:05
Grid:	2-2-2, rolling start
Distance:	2 hours 40 minutes
Attendance:	unknown

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

Classes:	Pract	Start
Prototype	14	14
Grand Touring Le Mans	8	8
Grand Touring Daytona	12	12

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 4-5/5
1 qualifying sessions held for a total of 15 minutes on 5/5
20 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	7	Acura ARX-05	Castroneves / Taylor
Grand Touring Le Mans:	912	Porsche 991 RSR	Bamber / Vanthoor
Grand Touring Daytona:	14	Lexus RC F GT3	Marcelli / Baumann
Leaders:
laps 1-35:	7	Acura ARX-05
laps 36-70:	6	Acura ARX-05
laps 71-90:	7	Acura ARX-05
laps 91-93:	6	Acura ARX-05
laps 94-125:	7	Acura ARX-05
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	99	Oreca 07 Gibson	Stephen Simpson (ZA)	1:13.8320	177.1856 km/h	lap 98
Grand Touring Le Mans:	67	Ford GT	Richard Westbrook (GB)	1:19.4510	164.6536 km/h	lap 55
Grand Touring Daytona:	15	Lexus RC F GT3	Jack Hawksworth (GB)	1:20.5360	162.4359 km/h	lap 6
Pole Positions:
Overall:	7	Acura ARX-05	Helio Castroneves (USA)	1:11.8370	182.1053 km/h
Grand Touring Le Mans:	24	BMW M8 GTE	John Edwards (USA)	1:17.8530	168.0332 km/h
Grand Touring Daytona:	15	Lexus RC F GT3	Jack Hawksworth (GB)	1:19.3170	164.9320 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Acura (4), Oreca (4), Porsche (4), Cadillac (3), BMW (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Gibson (5), Acura (4), Porsche (4), Cadillac (3), BMW (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Oreca 07 (4), Cadillac DPi-V.R (3), Acura ARX-05 (2), Mazda RT24-P (2), Nissan Onroak DPi (2), Porsche 991 RSR (2), BMW M8 (2), Chevrolet Corvette C7 (2), Ford GT (2), Lexus RC F (2)
Driver nationalities:	USA (31), GB (8), P (3), CO (3), D (3), DK (3), AUS (2), BR (2), CDN (2), NL (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (67%), front-engined (26%), rear-engined (7%)
Average engine size:	4351 cc (with regard to 41% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 5064 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Scott Sharp (50), Bill Auberlen (50), Ben Keating (47)
Youngest known drivers:	Pipo Derani (25), Felipe Nasr (26), Laurens Vanthoor (27)
Female drivers:	Katherine Legge, Christina Nielsen

Official Race Programme:

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