The 2022 Hyundai Monterey SportsCar Championship was a sports car race held at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca near Monterey, California on May 1, 2022. It was the fourth round of the 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship and the second round of the 2022 WeatherTech Sprint Cup. Wayne Taylor Racing's No. 10 car piloted by Ricky Taylor and Filipe Albuquerque collected their first victory of the season. [1]
International Motor Sports Association's (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2021. [2] It was the ninth consecutive year the event was held as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The 2022 Hyundai Monterey SportsCar Championship was the fourth of twelve scheduled sports car races of 2022 by IMSA, and it was the second of eight rounds held as part of the WeatherTech Sprint Cup. [3] The race was held at the eleven-turn 2.238 mi (3.602 km) WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on May 1, 2022. [4]
On April 21, 2022, IMSA released the latest technical bulletin outlining Balance of Performance for the event. In DPi, the Acura ARX-05 received a 10 kilogram weight break while the Cadillac DPi-V.R received a 10 kilogram weight increase. In GTD Pro and GTD, the Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD received a 20 kilogram weight increase. The BMW M4 GT3 received a 6 horsepower increase. [5]
Before the race, Alex Lynn and Earl Bamber led the DPi Drivers' Championship with 1005 points, 3 points clear of Tristan Vautier and Richard Westbrook in second followed by Tom Blomqvist and Oliver Jarvis in third with 973 points. [6] In LMP2, Ben Keating, Scott Huffaker, and Mikkel Jensen led the Drivers' Championship with a 37 point advantage over Frits van Eerd and Giedo van der Garde. [6] With 990 points, Antonio García and Jordan Taylor led the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship by 30 points over Matt Campbell and Mathieu Jaminet in second followed by Ben Barnicoat and Jack Hawksworth in third with 919 points. [6] With 672 points, Stevan McAleer and Mike Skeen led the GTD Drivers' Championship, 53 points ahead of Luís Pérez Companc, Simon Mann, and Toni Vilander in second followed by Ryan Hardwick, Jan Heylen, and Zacharie Robichon in third with 615 points. [6] Cadillac, Chevrolet, and Porsche were leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while Cadillac Racing, PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, Corvette Racing, and Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports each led their own Teams' Championships. [6]
A total of 32 cars took part in the event, split across four classes. 6 were entered in DPi, 6 in LMP2, 6 in GTD Pro, and 14 in GTD. [7] In LMP2, Patrick Kelly joined Josh Pierson in the PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports No. 52 entry. [8] In GTD, Gradient Racing and Crucial Motorsports skipped after competing at Long Beach. NTE Sport returned after being forced to withdraw at the previous race. Marco Holzer joined NTE Sport making his first start in the IMSA SportsCar Championship since 2015. [9] Dirk Müller subbed for Mike Skeen, who tested positive for COVID-19, in the Team Korthoff Motorsports No. 32. [10]
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 ran for 90 minutes while the second session on Saturday morning lasted 105 minutes. [11]
Saturday's afternoon qualifying was broken into two sessions, with one session for the DPi and LMP2, GTD Pro and GTD classes, which lasted for 15 minutes each, and a ten minute interval between the sessions. [11] The rules dictated that all teams nominated a driver to qualify their cars, with the Pro-Am (LMP2/GTD) classes requiring a Bronze/Silver Rated Driver to qualify the car. The competitors' fastest lap times determined the starting order. IMSA then arranged the grid to put DPis ahead of the LMP2, GTD Pro, and GTD cars. [12]
Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by ‡.
| Pos. | Class | PIC | No. | Team | Driver | Time | Gap | Grid |
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| 1 | DPi | 1 | 10 |  WTR - Konica Minolta Acura | Ricky Taylor | 1:13.924 | - | 1‡ |
| 2 | DPi | 2 | 60 | Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian |  Oliver Jarvis | 1:14.013 | +0.089 | 2 |
| 3 | DPi | 3 | 02 | Cadillac Racing | Alex Lynn | 1:14.072 | +0.148 | 3 |
| 4 | DPi | 4 | 01 | Cadillac Racing |  Sébastien Bourdais | 1:14.517 | +0.593 | 4 |
| 5 | DPi | 5 | 5 | JDC-Miller MotorSports | Tristan Vautier | 1:14.877 | +0.953 | 5 |
| 6 | DPi | 6 | 31 | Whelen Engineering Racing | Tristan Nunez | 1:15.576 | +1.652 | 6 |
| 7 | LMP2 | 1 | 11 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | Steven Thomas | 1:17.571 | +3.647 | 7‡ |
| 8 | LMP2 | 2 | 52 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | Patrick Kelly | 1:17.628 | +3.704 | 8 |
| 9 | LMP2 | 3 | 81 | DragonSpeed - 10 Star |  Henrik Hedman | 1:18.267 | +4.343 | 9 |
| 10 | LMP2 | 4 | 20 |  High Class Racing | Dennis Andersen | 1:18.747 | +4.823 | 10 |
| 11 | LMP2 | 5 | 8 | Tower Motorsport |  John Farano | 1:19.551 | +5.627 | 11 |
| 12 | LMP2 | 6 | 18 | Era Motorsport | Dwight Merriman | 1:20.614 | +6.690 | 12 |
| 13 | GTD Pro | 1 | 9 | Pfaff Motorsports | Mathieu Jaminet | 1:23.142 | +9.218 | 13‡ |
| 14 | GTD Pro | 2 | 79 | WeatherTech Racing |  Daniel Juncadella | 1:23.164 | +9.240 | 14 |
| 15 | GTD Pro | 3 | 23 | Heart of Racing Team | Alex Riberas | 1:23.368 | +9.444 | 15 |
| 16 | GTD | 1 | 57 | Winward Racing | Russell Ward | 1:23.567 | +9.643 | 16‡ |
| 17 | GTD Pro | 4 | 25 | BMW M Team RLL | John Edwards | 1:23.740 | +9.816 | 17 |
| 18 | GTD | 2 | 42 | NTE Sport/SSR | Jaden Conwright | 1:23.777 | +9.853 | 18 |
| 19 | GTD | 3 | 96 | Turner Motorsport | Robby Foley | 1:23.821 | +9.897 | 19 |
| 20 | GTD | 4 | 27 | Heart of Racing Team | Roman De Angelis | 1:23.852 | +9.928 | 20 |
| 21 | GTD | 5 | 39 | CarBahn with Peregrine Racing | Robert Megennis | 1:23.881 | +9.957 | 21 |
| 22 | GTD Pro | 5 | 14 | Vasser Sullivan Racing | Jack Hawksworth | 1:23.953 | +10.029 | 22 |
| 23 | GTD | 6 | 1 | Paul Miller Racing | Madison Snow | 1:24.121 | +10.197 | 23 |
| 24 | GTD | 7 | 51 |  RWR Eurasia Motorsport |  Aidan Read | 1:24.126 | +10.202 | 24 |
| 25 | GTD Pro | 6 | 3 | Corvette Racing | Jordan Taylor | 1:24.160 | +10.236 | 25 |
| 26 | GTD | 8 | 32 | Team Korthoff Motorsports | Stevan McAleer | 1:24.162 | +10.238 | 26 |
| 27 | GTD | 9 | 12 | Vasser Sullivan Racing | Frankie Montecalvo | 1:24.444 | +10.520 | 32 1 |
| 28 | GTD | 10 | 28 | Alegra Motorsports | Michael de Quesada | 1:24.471 | +10.547 | 27 |
| 29 | GTD | 11 | 16 | Wright Motorsports | Ryan Hardwick | 1:24.637 | +10.713 | 28 |
| 30 | GTD | 12 | 70 | Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport | Brendan Iribe | 1:24.948 | +11.024 | 29 |
| 31 | GTD | 13 | 99 | Team Hardpoint | Rob Ferriol | 1:25.152 | +11.228 | 30 |
| 32 | GTD | 14 | 34 | GMG Racing | Kyle Washington | 1:27.310 | +13.386 | 31 |
As a result of finishing in second place, Blomqvist and Jarvis took the lead of the DPi Drivers' Championship. Filipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor advanced from fourth to second while Bamber and Lynn dropped from first to fourth. [15] Dalziel and Merriman took the lead of the LMP2 Drivers' Championship with 675 points while Farano and Delétraz advanced from eighth to second. [15] Campbell and Jaminet retook the lead of the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship with 1345 points while Antonio García and Jordan Taylor dropped from first to second. [15] Hardwick and Heylen took the lead of the GTD Drivers' Championship with 985 points while McAleer dropped from first to second. Auberlen and Foley advanced from tenth to third while Megennis and Jeff Westphal jumped from seventeenth to fifth. [15] Acura and Porsche became the leaders of their respective Manufactures' Championships while PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports continued to top the LMP2 Teams' Championship. Meyer Shank Racing, Pfaff Motorsports, and Wright Motorsports became the leaders of their respective class Teams' Championships with eight rounds remaining. [15]
Class winners are denoted in bold and ‡.
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