IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship: Ricky Taylor/Filipe Albuquerque vencem em Mid-Ohio

A dupla formada pelo norte-americano Ricky Taylor e o português Filipe Albuquerque (Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 Konica Minolta Acura DPi) venceu a Acura Sports Car Challenge, no Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, terceira etapa do IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship. Foi a segunda vitória da dupla no ano.

Após 2h40m de prova, Taylor/Albuquerque venceram com apenas 0s398 de vantagem sobre a dupla brasileira Felipe Nasr Pipo Derani (Whelen Engineering Racing Whelen Engineering / Cadillac / Lucas Oil Cadillac DPi).

A dupla Oliver Jarvis/Harry Tincknell (Mazda Motorsports Mazda DPi) fechou o pódio no geral, e na classe DPi.

O brasileiro Felipe Fraga, em dupla com o norte-americano Gar Robinson (Riley Motorsports 74 Ranch Resort Ligier JS P320) venceu na classe LMP3.

A dupla Robby Foley III Bill Auberlen (Turner Motorsport Liqui Moly / H&R Springs BMW M6 GT3) venceu na classe GTD.

A próxima etapa, apenas para as categorias DPi, GTLM e GTD, com 1h40m de duração, acontece em Detroit, no ia 12 de junho.

Final:

1 Ricky Taylor Filipe Albuquerque Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 Konica Minolta Acura DPi 122
2 Felipe Nasr Pipo Derani Whelen Engineering Racing Whelen Engineering / Cadillac / Lucas Oil Cadillac DPi 122
3 Oliver Jarvis Harry Tincknell Mazda Motorsports Mazda DPi 122
4 Tristan Vautier Loic Duval Mustang Sampling Racing / JDC-Miller Motorsports Mustang Sampling / Cadillac / Misahara / Galp Cadillac DPi 122
5 Renger van der Zande Kevin Magnussen Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac Cadillac DPi 122
6 Olivier Pla Dane Cameron Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian SiriusXM / AutoNation / Acura Type S / Curb Records Acura DPi 122
7 Gar Robinson Felipe Fraga Riley Motorsports 74 Ranch Resort Ligier JS P320 115
8 Rasmus Lindh Dan Goldburg Performance Tech Motorsports Centenial Spine / Aero / AIG / Cadio Access Ligier JS P320 115
9 Jim Cox Dylan Murry Riley Motorsports Wynn’s / Motul Ligier JS P320 115
10 Jon Bennett Colin Braun Core Autosport Composite Resources / Crowdstrike Ligier JS P320 115
11 Lance Willsey Joao Barbosa Sean Creech Motorsport Exelixis Ligier JS P320 114
12 Robby Foley III Bill Auberlen Turner Motorsport Liqui Moly / H&R Springs BMW M6 GT3 111
13 Frankie Montecalvo Zach Veach Vasser Sullivan Bayshore Recycling Lexus RCF GT3 111
14 Madison Snow Bryan Sellers Paul Miller Racing Total Lubricants / UIS / Paul Miller Auto Group Lamborghini Huracan GT3 111
15 Ross Gunn Roman DeAngelis Heart of Racing Team The Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 111
16 Jeff Kingsley Mario Farnbacher Compass Racing Richard Mille / Honda Performance Development / Motul / Race Day Foundation Acura NSX GT3 111
17 Zacharie Robichon Laurens Vanthoor Pfaff Motorsports Motul / Pfaff Porsche / Porsche Centre Markham Porsche 911 GT3 R 111
18 Richard Heistand Jeff Westphal CarBahn with Peregrine Racing Menlo / Accel Audi R8 LMS GT3 111
19 Till Bechtolsheimer Marc Miller Gradient Racing Unit Nutrition Acura NSX GT3 111
20 John Potter Andy Lally Magnus with Archangel Acura NSX GT3 111
21 Daniel Morad Michael de Quesada Alegra Motorsports NANOProMT / InSync Healthcare Solutions Mercedes AMG GT3 111
22 Rob Ferriol Katherine Legge Team Hardpoint EBM Richard Mille / Champion Porsche / GridRival.com Porsche 911 GT3 R 110
23 Ryan Hardwick Patrick Long Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R 107
24 Jarett Andretti Oliver Askew Andretti Motorsports Gallant / Window World Ligier JS P320 85
25 Jack Hawksworth Aaron Telitz Vasser Sullivan Rice Lake Weighing Systems Lexus RCF GT3 77