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IMSA Roar Before the 24
Rolex 24: Vautier takes pole for qualifying race
Tristan Vautier of JDC-Miller MotorSports scored pole in the Cadillac DPi-V.R in a curtailed qualifying session for tomorrow’s Rolex 24 qualifying race, as fellow Cadillac driver Renger van der Zande crashed while trying to beat him.
David Malsher-Lopez
Edited: Jan 23, 2022, 7:28 PM
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Vautier lapped the 3.56-mile course in 1min34.034sec, which eclipsed van der Zande in the similar #01 Cadillac of Chip Ganassi Racing by less than 0.1sec. The Dutchman was trying to respond when he went off at Turn 5 and went into the tires.
That brought out the red flag with under five minutes to go and so the session ended. Van der Zande lost his best laps and will start seventh.
Filipe Albuquerque will thus share the front row with Vautier, 0.122sec off the Caddy’s time in his Wayne Taylor Racing Acura ARX-05.
In third will be Alex Lynn in the second Ganassi Cadillac, alongside Tristan Nunez in Action Express Racing’s Whelen Engineering-backed entry.
AXR’s part-time car, the Ally Racing #48, was piloted very impressively to fifth by NASCAR legend and IndyCar sophomore Jimmie Johnson, less than 1sec off the ultimate pace and well ahead of Tom Blomqvist in the Meyer Shank Racing Acura.
LMP2
Ben Keating and Steven Thomas, although 0.637sec apart, locked out the LMP2 front row for PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, with Dennis Andersen claiming third for High Class Racing.
The two G-Drive by APR cars of Francois Heriau and John Falb were next up, ahead of Fritz van Eerd in the Racing Team Nederland car and John Farano of Tower Motorsports.
LMP3
IMSA debutant Cameron Shields claimed pole in class for Muehlner Motorsports, the #26 Duqueine lapping in 1min42.182sec, which was 0.286sec quicker than Niko Pino in the Performance Tech Motorsports Ligier.
Jarett Andretti was third fastest, 1.6sec off the ultimate pace, but 0.016sec quicker than Ayrton Ori in the second Muehlner car. Jon Bennett was fifth in the CORE autosport Ligier ahead of Lance Willsey.
GTD Pro and GTD
Alex Imperatori took pole for KCMG on the squad’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship debut as times tumbled on a damp but drying track, his Porsche 911 GT3 R beating Porsche works driver Mathieu Jaminet in the Pfaff Porsche by just 0.063sec.
Andrea Caldarelli in TR3 Racing’s Lamborghini Huracan was third fastest in class, fifth of the GTs overall, ahead of Ross Gunn’s Aston Martin Vantage from the Heart of Racing team.
Davide Rigon will start fifth in class in the Risi Competizione Ferrari 488, just ahead of Vasser Sullivan Racing’s new boy in the Lexus RC F, Ben Barnicoat, and Maro Engel in the Proton Competition Mercedes-AMG GT3.
The sister Proton Mercedes piloted by Austin Cindric had a wayward moment that saw him damage his car against the GTD Carbahn with Peregrine Racing Lamborghini of Robert Megennis.
Fastest of the GTD non-Pro runners was the Sun Energy Mercedes of Kenny Habul, who did a remarkable job to be third fastest overall of the 29 GT cars that completed at least one flyer. He was less than two-tenths off Imperatori’s Lambo, and 0.151sec ahead of Russell Ward in the Winward Racing Mercedes.
John Miller got the McLaren 720S of Crucial Motorsports into third, while Michael de Quesada was fourth in the Alegra Motorsports Mercedes.
Fifth in class was Roberto Lacorte’s Ferrari 488 run by Cetilar Racing, with Frankie Montecalvo showing well as usual with the second VSR Lexus, ahead of the two GTD Pro Corvettes.
That isn’t the end of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship action, as there will be a two-hour evening practice starting at 7.00pm local (Eastern) time.
Cla Num Driver Class Chassis Time Gap 1 5 Tristan Vautier
Richard Westbrook
Loic Duval
Ben Keating
DPi Cadillac DPi 1'34.034 2 10 Ricky Taylor
Filipe Albuquerque
Alexander Rossi
Will Stevens
DPi Acura DPi 1'34.156 0.122 3 02 Earl Bamber
Alex Lynn
Marcus Ericsson
Kevin Magnussen
DPi Cadillac DPi 1'34.259 0.225 4 31 Pipo Derani
Tristan Nunez
Mike Conway
DPi Cadillac DPi 1'34.440 0.406 5 48 Jimmie Johnson
Kamui Kobayashi
Mike Rockenfeller
Jose Maria Lopez
DPi Cadillac DPi 1'34.941 0.907 6 60 Oliver Jarvis
Tom Blomqvist
Helio Castroneves
Simon Pagenaud
DPi Acura DPi 1'35.407 1.373 7 52 Ben Keating
Mikkel Jensen
Scott Huffaker
Nicolas Lapierre
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'37.296 3.262 8 11 Thomas Steven
Josh Pierson
Jonathan Bomarito
Harry Tincknell
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'37.933 3.899 9 20 Dennis Andersen
Anders Fjordbach
Fabio Scherer
Nico Mueller
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'38.175 4.141 10 01 Renger van der Zande
Sébastien Bourdais
Scott Dixon
Alex Palou
DPi Cadillac DPi 1'38.593 4.559 11 68 François Heriau
Oliver Rasmussen
Ed Jones
René Rast
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'38.876 4.842 12 69 John Falb
James Allen
Luca Ghiotto
Tijmen van
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'38.929 4.895 13 81 Eric Lux
Devlin DeFrancesco
Patricio O'Ward
Colton Herta
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'38.987 4.953 14 29 Frits van Eerd
Giedo van der Garde
Murry Dylan
Rinus van Kalmthout
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'40.044 6.010 15 8 John Farano
Louis Deletraz
Rui Pinto
Ferdinand Habsburg
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'40.091 6.057 16 18 Dwight Merriman
Kyle Tilley
Ryan Dalziel
Paul-Loup Chatin
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'40.668 6.634 17 26 Nolan Siegel
Cameron Shields
Charles Crews
Ugo De
LMP3 Duqueine D08 1'42.182 8.148 18 38 Dan Goldburg
Hikaru Abe
Garett Grist
Nicolas Pino
LMP3 Ligier JS P320 1'42.468 8.434 19 36 Jarett Andretti
Josh Burdon
Rasmus Lindh
Gabby Chaves
LMP3 Ligier JS P320 1'43.783 9.749 20 6 Efrin Castro
Moritz Kranz
Ori Ayrton
Joel Miller
LMP3 Duqueine D08 1'43.799 9.765 21 54 Jon Bennett
Colin Braun
George Kurtz
Nic Jönsson
LMP3 Ligier JS P320 1'44.783 10.749 22 33 Joao Barbosa
Malthe Jakobsen
Seb Priaulx
Lance Willsey
LMP3 Ligier JS P320 1'46.053 12.019 23 22 Jim McGuire
Guy Smith
Philip Hanson
Will Owen
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'46.112 12.078 24 2 Laurens Vanthoor
Patrick Pilet
Dennis Olsen
Alexandre Imperatori
GTD PRO Porsche 911 GT3 R 1'46.136 12.102 25 9 Matt Campbell
Mathieu Jaminet
Felipe Nasr
GTD PRO Porsche 911 GT3 R 1'46.199 12.165 26 75 Kenny Habul
Luca Stolz
Raffaele Marciello
Fabian Schiller
GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 1'46.313 12.279 27 57 Russell Ward
Philip Ellis
Mikael Grenier
Lucas Auer
GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 1'46.464 12.430 28 13 Orey Fidani
Kuno Wittmer
Lars Kern
Matthew Bell
LMP3 Duqueine D08 1'46.545 12.511 29 63 Marco Mapelli
Andrea Caldarelli
Mirko Bortolotti
Rolf Ineichen
GTD PRO Lamborghini Huracan GT3 1'46.577 12.543 30 23 Ross Gunn
Alex Riberas
Maxime Martin
GTD PRO Aston Martin Vantage GT3 1'46.683 12.649 31 59 Lance Bergstein
Jon Miller
Patrick Gallagher
Paul Holton
GTD McLaren 720S GT3 1'46.800 12.766 32 62 Alessandro Pier Guidi
James Calado
Daniel Serra
Davide Rigon
GTD PRO Ferrari 488 GT3 1'46.805 12.771 33 14 Jack Hawksworth
Ben Barnicoat
Kyle Kirkwood
GTD PRO Lexus RC F GT3 1'46.833 12.799 34 97 Cooper MacNeil
Daniel Juncadella
Maro Engel
Jules Gounon
GTD PRO Mercedes-AMG GT3 1'47.017 12.983 35 28 Michael de Quesada
Daniel Morad
Linus Lundqvist
Maximillian Goetz
GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 1'47.075 13.041 36 24 Philipp Eng
Marco Wittmann
Nick Yelloly
Sheldon Van Der Linde
GTD PRO BMW M4 GT3 1'47.198 13.164 37 7 Mark Kvamme
Austin McCusker
Trenton Estep
Antoine Doquin
LMP3 Duqueine D08 1'47.220 13.186 38 79 Cooper MacNeil
Julien Andlauer
Matteo Cairoli
Alessio Picariello
GTD PRO Porsche 911 GT3 R 1'47.226 13.192 39 47 Roberto Lacorte
Giorgio Sernagiotto
Antonio Fuoco
Alessio Rovera
GTD Ferrari 488 GT3 1'47.271 13.237 40 12 Frankie Montecalvo
Aaron Telitz
Richard Heistand
Townsend Bell
GTD Lexus RC F GT3 1'47.625 13.591 41 4 Tommy Milner
Nick Tandy
Marco Sorensen
GTD PRO Corvette C8.R GTD 1'47.661 13.627 42 3 Antonio Garcia
Jordan Taylor
Nick Catsburg
GTD PRO Corvette C8.R GTD 1'47.894 13.860 43 70 Brendan Iribe
Frederik Schandorff
Ollie Millroy
Jordan Lee Pepper
GTD McLaren 720S GT3 1'47.930 13.896 44 44 John Potter
Andy Lally
Spencer Pumpelly
Jonathan Adam
GTD Aston Martin Vantage GT3 1'48.014 13.980 45 25 Connor de Phillippi
John Edwards
Augusto Farfus
Jesse Krohn
GTD PRO BMW M4 GT3 1'48.082 14.048 46 21 Mann Simon
Luis Perez Companc
Nicklas Nielsen
Toni Vilander
GTD Ferrari 488 GT3 1'48.125 14.091 47 71 Franck Perera
LLarena Mateo
Paul Maximilian
Mikhail Goikhberg
GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 1'48.586 14.552 48 16 Ryan Hardwick
Zacharie Robichon
Jan Heylen
Richard Lietz
GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R 1'49.747 15.713 49 42 Don Yount
Benja Hites
Jaden Conwright
Markus Palttala
GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 1'51.790 17.756 50 39 Robert Megennis
Corey Lewis
Sandy Mitchell
Jeff Westphal
GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 1'54.042 20.008 51 32 Mike Skeen
Guy Cosmo
Stevan McAleer
Scott Andrews
GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 1'54.796 20.762 52 98 Paul Dalla Lana
David Pittard
Charlie Eastwood
Nicki Thiim
GTD Aston Martin Vantage GT3 1'54.870 20.836 53 96 Robby Foley
Bill Auberlen
Michael Dinan
Jens Klingmann
GTD BMW M4 GT3 1'55.147 21.113 54 19 Bill Sweedler
John Megrue
Giacomo Altoè
Jeff Segal
GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 1'58.809 24.775 55 15 Dirk Muller
Patrick Assenheimer
Austin Cindric
GTD PRO Mercedes-AMG GT3 56 27 Roman De Angelis
Ian James
Darren Turner
Tom Gamble
GTD Aston Martin Vantage GT3 57 34 Kyle Washington
James Sofronas
Jeroen Bleekemolen
Klaus Bachler
GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R 58 64 Ted Giovanis
Hugh Plumb
Matt Plumb
Owen Trinkler
GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R 59 66 Kyffin Simpson
Till Bechtolsheimer
Marc Miller
Mario Farnbacher
GTD Acura NSX GT3 60 74 Gar Robinson
Felipe Fraga
Kay van Berlo
Michael Cooper
LMP3 Ligier JS P320 61 99 Rob Ferriol
Katherine Legge
Stefan Wilson
Nicholas Boulle
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