2021 Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio

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The 2021 SportsCar Challenge at Mid-Ohio, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2021 Acura SportsCar Challenge, was a sports car race held at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course near Lexington, Ohio on May 16, 2021. The race is the third round of the 2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship, and the first round of the 2021 WeatherTech GT Daytona Sprint Cup.

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Background

This race was initially meant to be the fifth round of the 2021 IMSA Championship, until the two "West Coast Swing" rounds, located at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca and Long Beach street circuit, both in California, were postponed to September due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in California. [1]

On May 5, 2021, the entry list for the event was released, featuring a total of 26 cars across three classes. Six cars were in Daytona Prototype International (DPi), another six entries were in the Le Mans Prototype 3 (LMP3) class, and 14 entries were received for the GT Daytona (GTD) class. The GT Le Mans (GTLM) and Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) classes were not present. In the GTD class, several teams who were scheduled to be present only at the 3-hour rounds on the 2021 calendar made their season debut, including CarBahn Motorsports and Compass Racing, the former of which was making the step up from the IMSA SportsCar Championship support category, the Michelin Pilot Challenge. [2] [3] [4]

This race also marked the start of the season for full-time Wright Motorsports driver, Ryan Hardwick, after suffering crashes that put him out of both the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring due to concussion. In those two races without Hardwick, Wright Motorsports built up a points lead in the GTD class. [5]

In the LMP3 class, despite the absence of Forty7 motorsports, IndyCar team Andretti Autosport made their season debut with a Ligier JS P320 piloted by Jarett Andretti and Oliver Askew.

On May 5, 2021, IMSA released a technical bulletin regarding the Balance of Performance constraints for the Mid-Ohio race. [6] The Mazda RT24-P was given a slight power boost, with the equivalent of a 7.5 horsepower increase in engine output through turbo boost levels. After winning at Daytona and Sebring, the Acura ARX-05 and Cadillac DPi-V.R respectively were each given a 1.0 liter reduction in fuel capacity.

In the GTD class, after finishing in the top two places at the 12 Hours of Sebring, the Porsche 911 GT3 R was made 20 kilograms heavier, bringing the standard weight to 1,320 kilograms. A similar change was made to the Acura NSX GT3 Evo, with a 10 kilogram weight reduction after best finishes of 11th and 4th at Daytona and Sebring respectively.

Forty7 Motorsports and Grasser Racing Team withdrew from the event prior to the first practice session. [7]

Practice

There were two practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Sunday, one on Friday and one on Saturday. The first session on Friday afternoon lasted one hour while the second session on Saturday morning lasted 75 minutes. [8]

Practice 1

The first practice session took place at 4:30 pm ET on Friday and ended with Pipo Derani topping the charts for Whelen Engineering Racing, with a lap time of 1:11.846, ahead of the No. 10 Acura of Ricky Taylor. [9] Colin Braun set the fastest time in LMP3 with a lap time of 1:17.240. [10] Jack Hawksworth was fastest in GTD with a time of 1:20.513, 0.291 seconds faster than Bill Auberlen's No. 96 BMW. [11] The session was red flagged early for ten minutes after Jarett Andretti stopped on track. [10]

Pos.ClassNo.TeamDriverTimeGap
1DPi31 Whelen Engineering Racing Pipo Derani 1:11.846_
2DPi10 WTR-Konica Minolta Acura Ricky Taylor 1:12.221+0.375
3DPi60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Dane Cameron 1:12.501+0.655
Sources: [12] [13]

Practice 2

The second and final practice session took place at 8:50 am ET on Saturday and ended with Dane Cameron topping the charts for Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian, with a lap time of 1:10.766. Pipo Derani was second fastest in the No. 31 Cadillac followed by Filipe Albuquerque in the No. 10 Acura. [14] The No. 91 Riley Motorsports Ligier of Dylan Murry was fastest in LMP3 with a time of 1:16.606. [15] The GTD class was topped by the No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus RC F GT3 of Aaron Telitz. [16]

Pos.ClassNo.TeamDriverTimeGap
1DPi60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Dane Cameron 1:10.766_
2DPi31 Whelen Engineering Racing Pipo Derani 1:10.995+0.229
3DPi10 WTR-Konica Minolta Acura Filipe Albuquerque 1:11.034+0.268
Sources: [17] [18]

Qualifying

Qualifying was broken into four sessions. [8] The first was for cars in the GTD class. Aaron Telitz qualified on pole for the class driving the No. 14 car for Vasser Sullivan Racing, beating Robby Foley in the No. 96 Turner Motorsport entry by 0.006 seconds. Daniel Morad in the No. 28 Mercedes was third followed by Frankie Montecalvo in the No. 12 Lexus. [19]

The second session was the points paying session for the GTD class. Patrick Long set the fastest time and earned 35 championship points. Long was 0.126 seconds clear of Zach Veach in the No. 12 Lexus followed by Laurens Vanthoor in the No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports Porsche. [20] [19]

The third session was for cars in the LMP3 class. Gar Robinson qualified on pole driving the No. 74 car for Riley Motorsports. Robinson was more than three-tenths clear of Jon Bennett in the No. 54 CORE Autosport car followed by Jarett Andretti in the No. 36 Andretti Autosport entry. [21]

The final session of qualifying was for the DPi class. Harry Tincknell qualified on pole driving the No. 55 car for Mazda Motorsports, beating Filipe Albuquerque in the No. 10 WTR-Konica Minolta Acura entry by 0.095 seconds. [20]

Qualifying results

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

Pos.ClassNo.TeamDriverTimeGapGrid
1DPi55 Flag of Japan.svg Mazda Motorsports Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harry Tincknell 1:10.027_1
2DPi10 Flag of the United States.svg WTR-Konica Minolta Acura Flag of Portugal.svg Filipe Albuquerque 1:10.122+0.0952
3DPi60 Flag of the United States.svg Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Flag of the United States.svg Dane Cameron 1:10.355+0.3286 1
4DPi31 Flag of the United States.svg Whelen Engineering Racing Flag of Brazil.svg Pipo Derani 1:10.432+0.4053
5DPi5 Flag of the United States.svg JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing Flag of France.svg Tristan Vautier 1:10.567+0.5405 2
6DPi01 Flag of the United States.svg Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing Flag of Denmark.svg Kevin Magnussen 1:10.934+0.9074 3
7LMP374 Flag of the United States.svg Riley Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Gar Robinson 1:17.246+7.2197
8LMP354 Flag of the United States.svg CORE Autosport Flag of the United States.svg Jon Bennett 1:17.632+7.6058
9LMP336 Flag of the United States.svg Andretti Autosport Flag of the United States.svg Jarett Andretti 1:17.713+7.6869
10LMP338 Flag of the United States.svg Performance Tech Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Dan Goldburg1:19.347+9.32010 4
11LMP391 Flag of the United States.svg Riley Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Jim Cox1:19.444+9.41711 5
12LMP333 Flag of the United States.svg Sean Creech Motorsport Flag of the United States.svg Lance Willsey1:19.629+9.60212
13GTD14 Flag of the United States.svg Vasser Sullivan Racing Flag of the United States.svg Aaron Telitz 1:20.529+10.50213
14GTD96 Flag of the United States.svg Turner Motorsport Flag of the United States.svg Robby Foley 1:20.535+10.50814
15GTD28 Flag of the United States.svg Alegra Motorsports Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Morad 1:20.687+10.66015
16GTD12 Flag of the United States.svg Vasser Sullivan Racing Flag of the United States.svg Frankie Montecalvo 1:20.812+10.78516
17GTD1 Flag of the United States.svg Paul Miller Racing Flag of the United States.svg Madison Snow 1:20.941+10.91417
18GTD9 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Pfaff Motorsports Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Zacharie Robichon 1:20.952+10.92525 6
19GTD23 Flag of the United States.svg Heart Of Racing Team Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Roman De Angelis 1:21.139+11.11218
20GTD76 Flag of the United States.svg Compass Racing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jeff Kingsley1:21.332+11.30519
21GTD39 Flag of the United States.svg CarBahn Motorsports with Peregrine Racing Flag of the United States.svg Richard Heistand1:21.478+11.45120
22GTD66 Flag of the United States.svg Gradient Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Till Bechtolsheimer1:21.856+11.82921
23GTD16 Flag of the United States.svg Wright Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Trent Hindman 1:21.975+11.94822
24GTD88 Flag of the United States.svg Team Hardpoint EBM Flag of the United States.svg Rob Ferriol1:22.036+12.00923
25GTD44 Flag of the United States.svg Magnus Racing with Archangel Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg John Potter 1:22.131+12.10424 7
Sources: [22] [23] [24] [25]

Race

Post-race

With a total of 1,070 points, Albuquerque and Taylor's victory allowed them to extend their lead in the DPi Drivers' Championship over Jarvis and Tincknell to 55 points. Derani and Nasr advanced from seventh to fourth while Cameron and Pla dropped from fourth to fifth. [29] As a result of winning the race, Robinson took the lead of the LMP3 Drivers' Championship. Lindh and Goldburg advanced from tenth to fourth while Askew jumped from seventh to fifth. [29] With 920 points, Auberlen and Foley's allowed them to take the lead of the GTD Drivers' Championship. Sellers and Snow advanced from seventh to fifth while Long dropped from first to third. [29] Porsche continued to top their respective Manufactures' Championship while Acura took the lead of the DPi Manufactures' Championship. [29] WTR-Konica Minolta Acura kept their advantage in the DPi Teams' Championship while Riley Motorsports and Turner Motorsport became the leaders of their respective class Teams' Championships with nine races left in the season. [29]

Race Results

Class winners are denoted in bold and .

PosClassNo.TeamDriversChassisLapsTime/Retired
Engine
1DPi10 Flag of the United States.svg Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 Flag of Portugal.svg Filipe Albuquerque
Flag of the United States.svg Ricky Taylor
Acura ARX-05 1222:40:21.370
Acura AR35TT 3.5L Turbo V6
2DPi31 Flag of the United States.svg Whelen Engineering Racing Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Nasr
Flag of Brazil.svg Pipo Derani
Cadillac DPi-V.R 122+0.368
Cadillac 5.5L V8
3DPi55 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mazda Motorsports Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Jarvis
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harry Tincknell
Mazda RT24-P 122+12.925
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0L Turbo I4
4DPi5 Flag of the United States.svg JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing Flag of France.svg Tristan Vautier
Flag of France.svg Loïc Duval
Cadillac DPi-V.R 122+26.719
Cadillac 5.5L V8
5DPi01 Flag of the United States.svg Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing Flag of the Netherlands.svg Renger van der Zande
Flag of Denmark.svg Kevin Magnussen
Cadillac DPi-V.R 122+33.115
Cadillac 5.5L V8
6DPi60 Flag of the United States.svg Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Flag of the United States.svg Dane Cameron
Flag of France.svg Olivier Pla
Acura ARX-05 122+37.698
Acura AR35TT 3.5L Turbo V6
7LMP374 Flag of the United States.svg Riley Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Gar Robinson
Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Fraga
Ligier JS P320 115+7 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
8LMP338 Flag of the United States.svg Performance Tech Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Dan Goldburg
Flag of Sweden.svg Rasmus Lindh
Ligier JS P320 115+7 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
9LMP391 Flag of the United States.svg Riley Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Jim Cox
Flag of the United States.svg Dylan Murry
Ligier JS P320 115+7 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
10LMP354 Flag of the United States.svg CORE Autosport Flag of the United States.svg Jon Bennett
Flag of the United States.svg Colin Braun
Ligier JS P320 115+7 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
11LMP333 Flag of the United States.svg Sean Creech Motorsport Flag of Portugal.svg João Barbosa
Flag of the United States.svg Lance Willsey
Ligier JS P320 114+8 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
12GTD96 Flag of the United States.svg Turner Motorsport Flag of the United States.svg Bill Auberlen
Flag of the United States.svg Robby Foley
BMW M6 GT3 111+11 Laps
BMW 4.4L Turbo V8
13GTD12 Flag of the United States.svg Vasser-Sullivan Racing Flag of the United States.svg Frankie Montecalvo
Flag of the United States.svg Zach Veach
Lexus RC F GT3 111+11 Laps
Lexus 5.0L V8
14GTD1 Flag of the United States.svg Paul Miller Racing Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Sellers
Flag of the United States.svg Madison Snow
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 111+11 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2L V10
15GTD23 Flag of the United States.svg Heart of Racing Team Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Roman De Angelis
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ross Gunn
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 111+11 Laps
Mercedes-Benz M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
16GTD76 Flag of the United States.svg Compass Racing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jeff Kingsley
Flag of Germany.svg Mario Farnbacher
Acura NSX GT3 Evo 111+11 Laps
Acura 3.5L Turbo V6
17GTD9 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Pfaff Motorsports Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Zacharie Robichon
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Laurens Vanthoor
Porsche 911 GT3 R 111+11 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat-6
18GTD39 Flag of the United States.svg CarBahn Motorsports with Peregrine Racing Flag of the United States.svg Richard Heistand
Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Westphal
Audi R8 LMS Evo 111+11 Laps
Audi 5.2L V10
19GTD66 Flag of the United States.svg Gradient Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Till Bechtolsheimer
Flag of the United States.svg Marc Miller
Acura NSX GT3 Evo 111+11 Laps
Acura 3.5L Turbo V6
20GTD44 Flag of the United States.svg Magnus Racing with Archangel Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg John Potter
Flag of the United States.svg Andy Lally
Acura NSX GT3 Evo 111+11 Laps
Acura 3.5L Turbo V6
21GTD28 Flag of the United States.svg Alegra Motorsports Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Morad
Flag of the United States.svg Michael de Quesada
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 111+11 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2L V8
22GTD88 Flag of the United States.svg Team Hardpoint EBM Flag of the United States.svg Rob Ferriol
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katherine Legge
Porsche 911 GT3 R 110+12 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat-6
23GTD16 Flag of the United States.svg Wright Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Trent Hindman
Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Long
Porsche 911 GT3 R 107+15 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat-6
24LMP336 Flag of the United States.svg Andretti Autosport Flag of the United States.svg Jarett Andretti
Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Askew
Ligier JS P320 85Engine
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
25GTD14 Flag of the United States.svg Vasser-Sullivan Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Hawksworth
Flag of the United States.svg Aaron Telitz
Lexus RC F GT3 77Suspension
Lexus 5.0L V8
Sources: [30] [31]

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