CTMP IMSA: Blomqvist grabs pole from Taylor by 0.068s in Acura 1-2

Wayne Taylor Racing’s Ricky Taylor set the early pace at the 2.45-mile track, formerly known as Mosport Park, and worked his way down to 1m04.462s in his Acura – over a second under the lap record.

Friday pacesetter Blomqvist then produced a stunning lap of 1m04.394 that was right on the ragged edge in Turn 3, before he then slid right off the track at Moss Corner while trying to improve on his P1 time on the following tour.

“It was an absolute wild ride, I was over my limit, I’m not going to lie,” he admitted. “That session was a case of putting your brain to one side.”

Tristan Vautier (JDC-Miller Motorsports) was the fastest of the Cadillacs but over half a second off the Acuras. Alex Lynn (Chip Ganassi Racing), Olivier Pla (Action Express) and Sebastien Bourdais completed the top six, the latter suffering a spin at Moss.

Jarrett Andretti (Andretti Autosport) and Gar Robinson (Riley Motorsports) dueled over the pole in LMP3, with Andretti taking it by 0.072s. Ari Balogh will start third for Jr III Racing, ahead of Jon Bennett (CORE Autosport).

#9 Pfaff Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3R: Matt Campbell, Mathieu Jaminet

Photo by: Jake Galstad / Motorsport Images

In the GTD classes, Mathieu Jaminet’s Pfaff Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3R beat the Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F of Frankie Montecalvo to pole position.

Jaminet started off with a lap of 1m15.703s, before a grassy off at the exit of the final corner cost him time on a potentially quicker lap. As Montecalvo reeled off a 1m15.633s to grab P1, Jaminet regrouped and lowered his best time to a class record-breaking 1m15.468s.

Montecalvo was second fastest overall, and first of the non-Pro cars, ahead of Alex Riberas in the Pro class Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage entry. John Edwards was fourth in the Team RLL BMW M4, just pipping Jordan Taylor in the factory Corvette C8.R.

Canadian Tire Motorsports Park - IMSA qualifying results:

Cla	Num	Driver	Class	Chassis	Time	Gap
1	60	Oliver Jarvis Tom Blomqvist	DPi	Acura DPi	1'04.394
2	10	Ricky Taylor Filipe Albuquerque	DPi	Acura DPi	1'04.462	0.068
3	5	Tristan Vautier Richard Westbrook	DPi	Cadillac DPi	1'04.895	0.501
4	02	Earl Bamber Alex Lynn	DPi	Cadillac DPi	1'05.082	0.688
5	31	Olivier Pla Pipo Derani	DPi	Cadillac DPi	1'05.126	0.732
6	01	Renger van der Zande Sébastien Bourdais	DPi	Cadillac DPi	1'05.266	0.872
7	36	Jarett Andretti Gabby Chaves	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	1'13.102	8.708
8	74	Gar Robinson Scott Andrews	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	1'13.174	8.780
9	30	Ari Balogh Garett Grist	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	1'13.815	9.421
10	54	Jon Bennett Colin Braun	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	1'14.056	9.662
11	13	Orey Fidani Kyle Marcelli	LMP3	Duqueine D08	1'14.832	10.438
12	33	Joao Barbosa Lance Willsey	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	1'15.121	10.727
13	9	Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet	GTD PRO	Porsche 911 GT3 R	1'15.468	11.074
14	12	Frankie Montecalvo Aaron Telitz	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3	1'15.633	11.239
15	23	Ross Gunn Alex Riberas	GTD PRO	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	1'15.890	11.496
16	25	Connor de Phillippi John Edwards	GTD PRO	BMW M4 GT3	1'15.899	11.505
17	3	Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor	GTD PRO	Corvette C8.R GTD	1'15.955	11.561
18	27	Roman De Angelis Maxime Martin	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	1'15.975	11.581
19	1	Bryan Sellers Madison Snow	GTD	BMW M4 GT3	1'16.004	11.610
20	57	Russell Ward Philip Ellis	GTD	Mercedes AMG GT3	1'16.039	11.645
21	14	Ben Barnicoat Kamui Kobayashi	GTD PRO	Lexus RC F GT3	1'16.071	11.677
22	96	Robby Foley Bill Auberlen	GTD	BMW M4 GT3	1'16.156	11.762
23	51	Ryan Eversley Aidan Read	GTD	Acura NSX GT3	1'16.250	11.856
24	79	Cooper MacNeil Daniel Juncadella	GTD PRO	Mercedes AMG GT3	1'17.071	12.677
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