2021 WeatherTech 240 at The Glen

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The 2021 WeatherTech 240 at The Glen was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The race was held at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York on July 2, 2021. This race was the sixth round of the 2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship, and the third round of the 2021 WeatherTech Sprint Cup.

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The race featured a 46-minute weather-enforced red flag period, and was won by the Whelen Engineering Racing duo of Pipo Derani and Felipe Nasr. [1]

Background

Watkins Glen International, where the race was held. Cars drive through the Esses during the 2014 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen.jpg
Watkins Glen International, where the race was held.

The race was a late addition to the 2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship calendar, after travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the round at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park for the second consecutive year. [2] With the round scheduled for the July 4th weekend, the WeatherTech 240 was run less than a week after the 2021 6 Hours of The Glen, creating a veritable double header at Watkins Glen.

On June 30, 2021, IMSA released the latest technical bulletin outlining Balance of Performance for the event. [3] The lone change occurred in DPi, where the Cadillac DPi-V.R received a one-liter fuel capacity increase after finishing fourth through seventh in class the previous weekend.

Before the race, Filipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor led the DPi Drivers' Championship with 1733 points, ahead of Oliver Jarvis and Harry Tincknell in second with 1701 points, and Pipo Derani and Felipe Nasr with 1576 points. [4] In LMP2, Scott Huffaker, Mikkel Jensen, and Ben Keating led the Drivers' Championship with 702 points, ahead of Thomas Merrill, Tristan Nunez, and Steven Thomas. [4] With 1090 points, Gar Robinson led the LMP3 Drivers' Championship, 50 points ahead of Jon Bennett and Colin Braun. [4] Nicky Catsburg, Antonio García, and Jordan Taylor led the GTLM Drivers' Championship with 1082 points, 81 points ahead of John Edwards, Augusto Farfus, and Jesse Krohn followed by Connor De Phillippi, Philipp Eng, and Bruno Spengler in third. [4] With 1296 points, the GTD Drivers' Championship was led by Bill Auberlen and Robby Foley, ahead of Roman De Angelis and Ross Gunn. [4] Cadillac, Chevrolet, and BMW were leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while WTR-Konica Minolta Acura, PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, Riley Motorsports, Corvette Racing, and Turner Motorsport each led their own Teams' Championships. [4]

Entries

A total of 30 cars took part in the event, split across five classes. 6 cars were entered in DPi, 3 in LMP2, 6 in LMP3, 3 in GTLM, and 12 in GTD. The pre-event entry list featured 31 cars, but was reduced to the final tally of 30 following the #16 Wright Motorsports entry's withdrawal. [5]

The only change from the previous round in DPi was the absence of Ally Cadillac Racing, while LMP2 saw a reduced three full-season entries after Era Motorsport announced their intention to scale back their 2021 program. [6] The Michelin Endurance Cup entry from United Autosports was also absent, as was their entry in LMP3. BMW Team RLL's absence saw the return of the three-car GTLM field, while GTD featured a host of changes owing to the round only paying points towards the WeatherTech Sprint Cup. Pfaff Motorsports and Magnus Racing withdrew, as they had done at Detroit, while Gradient Racing and Compass Racing replaced them as part of their Sprint Cup-only campaigns. [7] Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports also made their IMSA SportsCar Championship debut at this event, bringing the GTD class tally to 13. [8]

Practice

There was one practice session preceding the start of the race on Friday, taking place on Thursday afternoon. [9]

Practice 1

The first and only practice session took place at 9:20 am ET on Thursday and ended with Olivier Pla topping the charts for Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian, with a lap time of 1:48.813, ahead of the No. 01 Cadillac of Renger van der Zande. [10] Gabriel Aubry set the fastest time in LMP2. [11] Oliver Askew was fastest in LMP3 with a time of 1:59.440. [12] The GTLM class was topped by the No. 4 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C8.R of Nick Tandy with a time of 1:59.440, ahead of teammate Jordan Taylor in the No. 3 Corvette. [12] Robby Foley was fastest in GTD. [11] The session was red flagged three times for on-track incidents. Kevin Magnussen crashed the No. 01 Cadillac at turn five and sustained rear end damage. [11] [12] Oliver Jarvis's Mazda came to a stop on an out lap causing the session to be stopped. The final stoppage came when Jarett Andretti spun the No. 36 Andretti Autosport Ligier. [10]

Pos.ClassNo.TeamDriverTimeGap
1DPi60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Olivier Pla 1:48.813_
2DPi01 Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing Renger van der Zande 1:48.953+0.140
3DPi10 WTR-Konica Minolta Acura Ricky Taylor 1:49.305+0.492
Sources: [13] [14]

Qualifying

Qualifying was broken into four sessions. [9] The first was for cars in GTD class. Madison Snow qualified on pole driving the No. 1 car for Paul Miller Racing, beating Frankie Montecalvo in the No. 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing by less than five tenths of a second. Richard Heistand was third in the No. 39 Audi followed by the No. 66 Acura of Till Bechtolsheimer, and Jeff Kingsley rounded out the top 5. [15]

The second session was for cars in the GTLM and GTD classes. Jordan Taylor qualified on pole in GTLM driving the No. 3 car for Corvette Racing, besting teammate Nick Tandy in the sister No. 4 Corvette Racing entry. [16] Jack Hawksworth set the fastest time in the GTD points paying session and earned 35 championship points. [16]

The third session was for cars in the LMP3 class. Mateo Llarena qualified on pole for the class driving the No. 38 car for Performance Tech Motorsports. Llarena was more than seven-tenths clear of Jon Bennett in the No. 54 CORE Autosport entry followed by Jarett Andretti in the No. 36 Andretti Autosport car in third. [17]

The final session of qualifying was for cars in the DPi and LMP2 classes. Ricky Taylor took overall pole for the event driving the No. 10 car for WTR-Konica Minolta Acura, besting Oliver Pla in the No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian. Following in third was the No. 01 Cadillac of Kevin Magnussen, with the No. 31 Cadillac of Pipo Derani in fourth. The Mazda Motorsports entry and JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing entries rounded out the DPi field. [16] Ben Keating qualified on pole in LMP2 driving the PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca. Keating was 0.423 seconds clear of Steven Thomas in the WIN Autosport entry followed by John Farano in the No. 8 Tower Motorsport By Starworks car. [18]

Qualifying results

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

Pos.ClassNo.TeamDriverTimeGapGrid
1DPi10 Flag of the United States.svg WTR-Konica Minolta Acura Flag of the United States.svg Ricky Taylor 1:30.058_1‡
2DPi60 Flag of the United States.svg Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian Flag of France.svg Olivier Pla 1:30.404+0.3462
3DPi01 Flag of the United States.svg Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing Flag of Denmark.svg Kevin Magnussen 1:30.545+0.4873
4DPi31 Flag of the United States.svg Whelen Engineering Racing Flag of Brazil.svg Pipo Derani 1:30.684+0.6264
5DPi55 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mazda Motorsports Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harry Tincknell 1:30.947+0.8895
6DPi5 Flag of the United States.svg JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing Flag of France.svg Loïc Duval 1:31.094+1.0366
7LMP252 Flag of the United States.svg PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Ben Keating 1:34.969+4.9117‡
8LMP211 Flag of the United States.svg WIN Autosport Flag of the United States.svg Steven Thomas 1:35.392+5.3348
9LMP28 Flag of the United States.svg Tower Motorsport By Starworks Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg John Farano 1:39.644+9.5869
10LMP338 Flag of the United States.svg Performance Tech Motorsports Flag of Guatemala.svg Mateo Llarena1:42.633+12.57510‡
11LMP354 Flag of the United States.svg CORE Autosport Flag of the United States.svg Jon Bennett 1:43.368+13.31011
12LMP336 Flag of the United States.svg Andretti Autosport Flag of the United States.svg Jarett Andretti 1:43.608+13.55012
13GTLM3 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of the United States.svg Jordan Taylor 1:43.821+13.76316‡
14GTLM4 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nick Tandy 1:44.045+13.98717
15LMP374 Flag of the United States.svg Riley Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Gar Robinson1:44.650+14.59213
16LMP384 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg D3+ Transformers-Dawson Racing Flag of Norway.svg Theodor Olsen1:49.677+19.61915 1
17LMP391 Flag of the United States.svg Riley Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Jim Cox1:50.230+20.17214 2
18GTLM79 Flag of the United States.svg WeatherTech Racing Flag of the United States.svg Cooper MacNeil 1:57.420+27.36218
19GTD1 Flag of the United States.svg Paul Miller Racing Flag of the United States.svg Madison Snow 1:59.380+29.32219‡
20GTD12 Flag of the United States.svg Vasser Sullivan Racing Flag of the United States.svg Frankie Montecalvo 1:59.820+29.76220
21GTD39 Flag of the United States.svg CarBahn Motorsports with Peregrine Racing Flag of the United States.svg Richard Heistand2:00.946+30.88821
22GTD66 Flag of the United States.svg Gradient Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Till Bechtolsheimer2:01.146+31.08822
23GTD76 Flag of the United States.svg Compass Racing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jeff Kingsley2:01.146+31.08823
24GTD23 Flag of the United States.svg Heart Of Racing Team Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Roman De Angelis 2:01.198+31.14024
25GTD28 Flag of the United States.svg Alegra Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Michael de Quesada2:01.201+31.14325
26GTD14 Flag of the United States.svg Vasser Sullivan Racing Flag of the United States.svg Aaron Telitz 2:01.396+31.33826
27GTD96 Flag of the United States.svg Turner Motorsport Flag of the United States.svg Robby Foley 2:01.894+31.83627
28GTD88 Flag of the United States.svg Team Hardpoint EBM Flag of the United States.svg Rob Ferriol2:02.907+32.84928
29GTD32 Flag of the United States.svg Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Shane Lewis 2:04.610+34.55229
—GTD19 Flag of Austria.svg GRT Grasser Racing Team Time Disallowed—
Sources: [19] [20] [21] [22] [23]

Race

Post-race

The result kept Filipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor atop the DPi Drivers' Championship with 2068 points. Magnussen and van der Zande advanced from fifth to fourth while Cameron and Pla dropped from fourth to fifth. [24] With a total of 1087 points, Jensen and Keating's victory allowed them to increase their advantage over Nunez and Thomas in the LMP2 Drivers' Championship to 35 points. [24] With a total of 1468 points, Robinson's victory allowed him to increase his advantage over Bennett and Braun in the LMP3 Drivers' Championship to 96 points. [24] By finishing second place Milner and Tandy advanced from fourth to second in the GTLM Drivers' Championship. MacNeil jumped from fifth to third while the absent Edwards, Farfus, and Krohn dropped from second to fourth. [24] GTD drivers, teams, and manufactures did not score full season points due to the event only counting towards the WeatherTech Sprint Cup. Cadillac and Chevrolet continued to top their respective Manufacturers' Championships while WTR-Konica Minolta Acura, PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, Riley Motorsports, and Corvette Racing kept their respective advantages in the their respective of Teams' Championships with six rounds remaining in the season. [24]

Race results

Class winners are denoted in bold and ‡.

PosClassNo.TeamDriversChassisLapsTime/Retired
Engine
1DPi31 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 632:41:27.882‡
Cadillac 5.5L V8
2DPi01 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 63+1.473
Cadillac 5.5L V8
3DPi10 Flag of the United States.svg Konica Minolta Acura Flag of the United States.svg Ricky Taylor
Flag of Portugal.svg Filipe Albuquerque 		Acura ARX-05 63+10.315
Acura AR35TT 3.5L Turbo V6
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 63+12.025
Cadillac 5.5L V8
5DPi55 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 63+12.446
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0L Turbo I4
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 63+15.107
Acura AR35TT 3.5L Turbo V6
7LMP252 Flag of the United States.svg PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Ben Keating
Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Jensen 		Oreca 07 59+4 Laps‡
Gibson 4.2L GK428 V8
8LMP211 Flag of the United States.svg WIN Autosport Flag of the United States.svg Steven Thomas
Flag of the United States.svg Tristan Nunez 		Oreca 07 59+4 Laps
Gibson 4.2L GK428 V8
9LMP28 Flag of the United States.svg Tower Motorsport by Starworks Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg John Farano
Flag of France.svg Gabriel Aubry 		Oreca 07 59+4 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
10LMP374 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 59+4 Laps‡
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
11LMP391 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 59+4 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
12LMP354 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 59+4 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
13LMP336 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 59+4 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
14GTLM3 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of Spain.svg Antonio García
Flag of the United States.svg Jordan Taylor 		Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 59+4 Laps‡
Chevrolet 5.5L V8
15GTLM4 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Milner
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nick Tandy 		Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 59+4 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5L V8
16GTLM79 Flag of the United States.svg WeatherTech Racing Flag of the United States.svg Cooper MacNeil
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matt Campbell 		Porsche 911 RSR-19 58+5 Laps
Porsche 4.2L Flat-6
17LMP338 Flag of the United States.svg Performance Tech Motorsports Flag of Guatemala.svg Mateo Llarena
Flag of Sweden.svg Rasmus Lindh 		Ligier JS P320 58+5 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
18GTD14 Flag of the United States.svg Vasser-Sullivan Racing Flag of the United States.svg Aaron Telitz
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Hawksworth 		Lexus RC F GT3 57+6 Laps‡
Lexus 5.0L V8
19GTD12 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 57+6 Laps
Lexus 5.0L V8
20GTD23 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 57+6 Laps
Mercedes-Benz M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
21GTD39 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 57+6 Laps
Audi 5.2L V10
22GTD28 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 57+6 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2L V8
23GTD66 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 57+6 Laps
Acura 3.5L Turbo V6
24GTD32 Flag of the United States.svg Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Guy Cosmo
Flag of the United States.svg Shane Lewis 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 57+6 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2L V8
25GTD88 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 57+6 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat-6
26GTD76 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 54+9 Laps
Acura 3.5L Turbo V6
27GTD1 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 48Did Not Finish
Lamborghini 5.2L V10
28GTD19 Flag of Austria.svg GRT Grasser Racing Team Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Misha Goikhberg
Flag of France.svg Franck Perera 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 48+15 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2L V10
29GTD96 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 31Did Not Finish
BMW 4.4L Turbo V8
30LMP384 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg D3+ Transformers-Dawson Racing Flag of Norway.svg Theodor Olsen
Flag of the United States.svg Dominic Cicero		 Ligier JS P320 31Did Not Finish
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
Source: [25]

Standings after the race



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