2018 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix

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The 2018 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). It was held at Long Beach street circuit in Long Beach, California on 14 April 2018. The race was the third round of the 2018 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

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The overall race was won by the #5 Action Express Racing team of João Barbosa and Filipe Albuquerque, the duo's second win of the season. In GTLM, Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner won for Corvette Racing, their second consecutive victory at the event. [1]

Background

The Long Beach Street Circuit (pictured in 2009), where the race was held. LBGP (3544448025).jpg
The Long Beach Street Circuit (pictured in 2009), where the race was held.

International Motor Sports Association's (IMSA) president Scott Atherton confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2018 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2017. [2] It was the fifth consecutive year it was part of the IMSA SCC, and the eleventh annual running of the race, counting the period between 2006 and 2013 when it was a round of the Rolex Sports Car Series and the American Le Mans Series respectively. [2] The 2018 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix was the third of twelve scheduled sports car races of 2018 by IMSA, the shortest of the season in terms of distance, and it was the first round not held as part of the North American Endurance Cup. [2] The race was held at the eleven-turn 1.968 mi (3.167 km) Long Beach street circuit on April 14, 2018. [2]

The event was run as a support race to the Grand Prix of Long Beach, the annual IndyCar Series race held at the circuit. The Pirelli World Challenge and Stadium Super Trucks also ran during the weekend. [3] The race was also the joint-shortest of the season, at just 100 minutes, identical to the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix.

After the 12 hours of Sebring three weeks earlier, Eric Curran, Felipe Nasr, and Mike Conway led the Prototype Drivers' Championship with 62 points, ahead of Jon Bennett, Colin Braun, and Romain Dumas with 58 points, and Filipe Albuquerque, João Barbosa, and Christian Fittipaldi with 56 points. [4] With 63 points, the GTLM Drivers' Championship was led by Ryan Briscoe, Scott Dixon, and Richard Westbrook with a five-point advantage over Patrick Pilet, Nick Tandy, and Frédéric Makowiecki. [4] Cadillac and Ford were leading their respective Manufactures' Championships while Whelen Engineering Racing and Ford Chip Ganassi Racing each led their Teams' Championships. [4]

The event was run as a support race to the Grand Prix of Long Beach, the annual IndyCar Series race held at the circuit. The Pirelli World Challenge and Stadium Super Trucks also ran during the weekend. [5] The race was also the joint-shortest of the season, at just 100 minutes, identical to the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix.

Entries

A total of 22 cars took part in the event; 14 in the Prototype (P) class and 8 in the GT Le Mans (GTLM) class. [6] The GT Daytona (GTD) class did not take part in the event, owing to a lack of garage space at the circuit. Spirit of Daytona Racing withdrew from the event following a late accident in the previous month's 12 Hours of Sebring. BAR1 Motorsports also withdrew after attending Daytona, but skipping Sebring. In GTLM, the lineup remained unchanged, apart from Risi Competizione's exit. [7]

Practice

There were two practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Saturday, one on Friday morning and one on Friday afternoon. The first session lasted two hours on Friday morning while the second session on Friday afternoon lasted 45 minutes. [8]

Practice 1

The first practice session took place at 7:40 AM PT on Friday and ended with Felipe Nasr topping the charts for Whelen Engineering Racing, with a lap time of 1:13.582. [9]

Pos.ClassNo.TeamDriverTimeGap
1P31 Whelen Engineering Racing Felipe Nasr 1:13.582_
2P5 Mustang Sampling Racing Filipe Albuquerque 1:13.675+0.093
3P7 Acura Team Penske Hélio Castroneves 1:13.735+0.133
Source: [10]

Final Practice

The second and final practice session took place at 4:45 PM PT on Friday and ended with Juan Pablo Montoya topping the charts for Acura Team Penske, with a lap time of 1:13.160. [11]

Pos.ClassNo.TeamDriverTimeGap
1P6 Acura Team Penske Juan Pablo Montoya 1:13.160_
2P31 Whelen Engineering Racing Felipe Nasr 1:13.210+0.050
3P7 Acura Team Penske Ricky Taylor 1:13.217+0.057
Source: [12]

Qualifying

Friday afternoon's 35-minute qualifying session was divided into two groups. [8] Both categories had 15-minute individual sessions, and regulations stipulated teams to nominate a single driver to qualify their cars. The competitors' fastest lap times determined the starting order with the grid arranged to put the Prototype cars ahead of all the GTLM entries. [13]

Qualifying results

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by .

Pos.ClassNo.TeamDriverTimeGapGrid
1P6 Flag of the United States.svg Acura Team Penske Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Pablo Montoya 1:12.9221
2P31 Flag of the United States.svg Whelen Engineering Racing Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Nasr 1:13.109+0.1872
3P55 Flag of Germany.svg Mazda Team Joest Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harry Tincknell 1:13.156+0.2343
4P7 Flag of the United States.svg Acura Team Penske Flag of Brazil.svg Hélio Castroneves 1:13.346+0.4244
5P5 Flag of the United States.svg Mustang Sampling Racing Flag of Portugal.svg João Barbosa 1:13.733+0.8115
6P10 Flag of the United States.svg Wayne Taylor Racing Flag of the Netherlands.svg Renger van der Zande 1:13.880+0.9586
7P77 Flag of Germany.svg Mazda Team Joest Flag of the United States.svg Tristan Nunez 1:13.929+1.0077
8P2 Flag of the United States.svg Tequila Patrón ESM Flag of the United States.svg Scott Sharp 1:14.177+1.2558
9P52 Flag of the United States.svg AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports Flag of Colombia.svg Gustavo Yacamán 1:14.622+1.7009
10P22 Flag of the United States.svg Tequila Patrón ESM Flag of the United States.svg Johannes van Overbeek 1:14.821+1.89910
11P38 Flag of the United States.svg Performance Tech Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Masson 1:15.764+2.84211
12P99 Flag of the United States.svg JDC-Miller MotorSports Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Misha Goikhberg 1:15.807+2.88512
13GTLM66 Flag of the United States.svg Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Flag of the United States.svg Joey Hand 1:16.869+3.94715
14GTLM912 Flag of the United States.svg Porsche GT Team Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Laurens Vanthoor 1:17.013+4.09116
15GTLM911 Flag of the United States.svg Porsche GT Team Flag of France.svg Patrick Pilet 1:17.263+4.34117
16GTLM3 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen 1:17.293+4.37118
17GTLM4 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Gavin 1:17.533+4.61119
18GTLM67 Flag of the United States.svg Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Westbrook 1:17.549+4.62720
19P54 Flag of the United States.svg CORE Autosport Flag of the United States.svg Jon Bennett 1:17.672+4.75013
20GTLM25 Flag of the United States.svg BMW Team RLL Flag of the United States.svg Connor De Phillippi 1:18.153+5.23121
21GTLM24 Flag of the United States.svg BMW Team RLL Flag of Finland.svg Jesse Krohn 1:18.224+5.30222
22P85 Flag of the United States.svg JDC-Miller MotorSports Did Not Participate14
Sources: [14] [15]

Race

Post-race

As a result of winning the race, Albuquerque and Barbosa took the lead of the Prototype Drivers' Championship. Jordan Taylor and Renger van der Zande advanced from seventh to fourth. Goikhberg and Simpson moved to fifth after being eighth coming into Long Beach. [16] The result kept Briscoe and Westbrook atop the GTLM Drivers' Championship with 95 points. By winning the race, Gavin and Milner advanced from seventh to second while Pilet and Tandy dropped from second to fourth. [16] Cadillac and Ford continued to top their respective Manufacturers' Championships while Ford Chip Ganassi Racing kept their respective advantage in the GTLM Teams' Championship. Mustang Sampling Racing took the lead of the Prototype Teams' Championship with nine rounds left in the season. [16]

Results

Class winners are denoted in bold and .

Final race classification
PosClassNo.TeamDriversChassisTireLapsTime/Retired
Engine
1P5 Flag of the United States.svg Mustang Sampling Racing Flag of Portugal.svg Filipe Albuquerque
Flag of Portugal.svg João Barbosa
Cadillac DPi-V.R C 701:41:03.988
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
2P2 Flag of the United States.svg Tequila Patrón ESM Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ryan Dalziel
Flag of the United States.svg Scott Sharp
Ligier Nissan DPi C 70+4.766
Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6
3P10 Flag of the United States.svg Wayne Taylor Racing Flag of the United States.svg Jordan Taylor
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Renger van der Zande
Cadillac DPi-V.R C 70+5.249
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
4P77 Flag of Germany.svg Mazda Team Joest Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Jarvis
Flag of the United States.svg Tristan Nunez
Mazda RT24-P C 70+6.748
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4
5P6 Flag of the United States.svg Acura Team Penske Flag of the United States.svg Dane Cameron
Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Pablo Montoya
Acura ARX-05 C 70+10.537
Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
6P7 Flag of the United States.svg Acura Team Penske Flag of Brazil.svg Hélio Castroneves
Flag of the United States.svg Ricky Taylor
Acura ARX-05 C 70+15.532
Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
7P31 Flag of the United States.svg Whelen Engineering Racing Flag of the United States.svg Eric Curran
Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Nasr
Cadillac DPi-V.R C 70+16.340
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
8P99 Flag of the United States.svg JDC-Miller MotorSports Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Misha Goikhberg
Flag of South Africa.svg Stephen Simpson
Oreca 07 C 70+19.686
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
9P55 Flag of Germany.svg Mazda Team Joest Flag of the United States.svg Jonathan Bomarito
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harry Tincknell
Mazda RT24-P C 70+19.986
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4
10P54 Flag of the United States.svg CORE Autosport Flag of the United States.svg Jon Bennett
Flag of the United States.svg Colin Braun
Oreca 07 C 70+1:09.441
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
11GTLM4 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Gavin
Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Milner
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 69+1 Lap
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
12GTLM67 Flag of the United States.svg Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan Briscoe
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Westbrook
Ford GT M 69+1 Lap
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
13GTLM66 Flag of the United States.svg Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Flag of the United States.svg Joey Hand
Flag of Germany.svg Dirk Müller
Ford GT M 69+1 Lap
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
14GTLM3 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of Spain.svg Antonio García
Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 69+1 Lap
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
15GTLM24 Flag of the United States.svg BMW Team RLL Flag of the United States.svg John Edwards
Flag of Finland.svg Jesse Krohn
BMW M8 GTE M 69+1 Lap
BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8
16GTLM911 Flag of the United States.svg Porsche GT Team Flag of France.svg Patrick Pilet
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nick Tandy
Porsche 911 RSR M 69+1 Lap
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
17P52 Flag of the United States.svg AFS / PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports Flag of Colombia.svg Sebastián Saavedra
Flag of Colombia.svg Gustavo Yacamán
Ligier JS P217 C 68+2 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
18

DNF

GTLM912 Flag of the United States.svg Porsche GT Team Flag of New Zealand.svg Earl Bamber
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Laurens Vanthoor
Porsche 911 RSR M 52Suspension
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
19

DNF

GTLM25 Flag of the United States.svg BMW Team RLL Flag of the United States.svg Connor De Phillippi
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alexander Sims
BMW M8 GTE M 37Did Not Finish
BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8
20

DNF

P22 Flag of the United States.svg Tequila Patrón ESM Flag of Brazil.svg Pipo Derani
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Johannes van Overbeek
Ligier Nissan DPi C 32Transmission
Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6
21

DNF

P85 Flag of the United States.svg JDC-Miller MotorSports Flag of the United States.svg Robert Alon
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Simon Trummer
Oreca 07 C 20Did Not Finish
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
22

DNF

P38 Flag of the United States.svg Performance Tech Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg James French
Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Masson
Oreca 07 C 0Crash
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
Sources: [17] [18]
Tyre manufacturers
Key
SymbolTyre manufacturer
C Continental
M Michelin

Standings after the race


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