IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship: Renger van der Zande/Sebastien Bourdais vencem em Long Beach

A dupla Renger van der Zande/Sebastien Bourdais (Cadillac Racing/Cadillac Dpi) venceu o Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, no circuito motntado nas ruas da cidade californiana, nos EUA, terceira etapa do IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship.

Pole-position Van de Zande/Bordais lideraram 50, das 75 voltas disputadas (prova com 1h40m de duração).  Vencendo com 3s761 de vantagem sobre os parceiros de equipe Earl Bamber/ Alex Lynn. A dupla Tristan Vautier/Richard Westbrook  (JDC-Miller Motorsports/Cadillac DPi) completou o pódio no geral, e na classe DPi.

O brasileiro Pipo Derani, em dupla com o francês Tristan Nunez (Whelen Engineering Racing/Cadillac DPi) terminou em quinto no geral, na classe DPi.

Pela classe GTP vitória da dupla Ross Gunn/Alex Riberas (Heart of Racing Team/Aston Martin Vantage GT3).

Pela classe GTD vitória da dula Bryan Sellers/Madison Snow  (Paul Miller Racing/BMW M4 GT3).

Final:

1 1 DPi 01 Renger van der Zande Sebastien Bourdais Cadillac Racing Cadillac V-Performance Academy Cadillac DPi 73
2 2 DPi 02 Earl Bamber Alex Lynn Cadillac Racing Cadillac Accessories Cadillac DPi 73
3 5 DPi 5 Tristan Vautier Richard Westbrook JDC-Miller Motorsports Mustang Sampling / Cadillac / Misahara / Galp Cadillac DPi 73
4 3 DPi 60 Stoffel Vandoorne Tom Blomqvist Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian SiriusXM / AutoNation / Arctic Wolf Acura DPi
5 4 DPi 31 Tristan Nunez Pipo Derani Whelen Engineering Racing Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi 73
6 6 DPi 10 Ricky Taylor Filipe Albuquerque Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 Konica Minolta Acura DPi 73
7 9 GTP 23 Ross Gunn Alex Riberas Heart of Racing Team – Aston Martin Vantage GT3 69
8 11 GTP 14 Jack Hawksworth Ben Barnicoat Vasser-Sullivan – Lexus RC F GT3 69
9 10 GTD 1 Bryan Sellers Madison Snow Paul Miller Racing Total Lubricants / UIS & Paul Miller Auto Group BMW M4 GT3 69
10 7 GTP 3 Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor Corvette Racing – Corvette C8.R GTD 69
11 15 GTD 66 Marc Miller Mario Farnbacher Gradient Racing Acura / Honda Performance Development Acura NSX GT3 69
12 17 GTD 12 Frankie Montecalvo Aaron Telitz Vasser Sullivan – Lexus RCF GT3 69
13 25 GTP 25 John Edwards Connor De Phillippi BMW Team RLL BMW of North America / Motul BMW M4 GT3 69
14 18 GTD 96 Robby Foley III Bill Auberlen Turner Motorsport Liqui Moly / Barletta Engineering BMW M4 GT3 69
15 23 GTD 16 Ryan Hardwick Jan Heylen Wright Motorsports 1st Phorm / Mountain Motorsports / Una Vida Tequila Porsche 911 GT3 R
16 12 GTD 32 Stevan McAleer Mike Skeen Team Korthoff Motorsports Herb Korthoff Mercedes AMG GT3 69
17 24 GTD 99 Katherine Legge Rob Ferriol Team Hardpoint Grid Rival Porsche 911 GT3 R 69
18 19 GTD 51 Ryan Eversley Aidan Read Rick Ware Racing Nurtec ODT Acura NSX GT3 69
19 20 GTD 70 Brendan Iribe Frederik Schandorff Inception Racing – McLaren 720S GT3 69
20 22 GTP 79 Cooper MacNeil Raffaele Marciello WeatherTech Racing – Porsche 911 GT3 R 69
21 26 GTD 34 Kyle Washington James Sofronas GMG Racing Eboost / BN3TH / Centr / Seaspan / Troy Lee Designs Porsche 911 GT3 R
22 21 GTD 39 Robert Megennis Jeff Westphal CarBahn with Peregrine Racing Accel / Menlo / Sail Point / Data Robot / Palantir / Optimizely Lamborghini Huracan GT3 57
23 16 GTD 27 Maxime Martin Roman DeAngelis Heart of Racing Team – Aston Martin Vantage GT3 48
24 13 GTD 59 Paul Holton Jon Miller Crucial Motorsports Motul / Belle Haven Investments / Race For RP / The FIRM McLaren 720S GT3 47
25 14 GTD 57 Russell Ward Philip Ellis Winward Racing Techemet / First Horizon / Exxon Mobil Mercedes AMG GT3 33
26 8 GTP 9 Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet Pfaff Motorsports Driveway / Pfaff Porsche / Motul Porsche 911 GT3R 29