2022 Grand Prix of Long Beach

The 2022 Grand Prix of Long Beach (formally known as the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach) was a sports car race held at Long Beach street circuit in Long Beach, California on April 9, 2022. It was the third round of the 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship and the first round of the 2022 WeatherTech Sprint Cup.

The layout of the Long Beach Street Circuit

Background

Entries

A total of 26 cars took part in the event, split across three classes. 6 were entered in DPi, 6 in GTD Pro, and 15 in GTD.

Qualifying

Qualifying results

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

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 DPi 01 Cadillac Racing Sébastien Bourdais 1:09.472 - 1
2 DPi 02 Cadillac Racing Alex Lynn 1:09.833 +0.361 2
3 DPi 60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Tom Blomqvist 1:09.939 +0.467 3
4 DPi 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Pipo Derani 1:10.001 +0.529 4
5 DPi 5 JDC-Miller MotorSports Tristan Vautier 1:10.376 +0.904 5
6 DPi 10 WTR - Konica Minolta Acura Filipe Albuquerque 1:10.576 +1.104 6
7 GTD Pro 3 Corvette Racing Jordan Taylor 1:18.048 +8.576 7
8 GTD Pro 25 BMW M Team RLL Connor De Phillippi 1:18.115 +8.643 25[lower-alpha 1]
9 GTD Pro 9 Pfaff Motorsports Mathieu Jaminet 1:18.173 +8.701 8
10 GTD Pro 23 Heart of Racing Team Ross Gunn 1:18.437 +8.965 9
11 GTD 1 Paul Miller Racing Madison Snow 1:18.487 +9.015 10
12 GTD 96 Turner Motorsport Robby Foley 1:18.599 +9.127 18[lower-alpha 2]
13 GTD Pro 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Jack Hawksworth 1:18.627 +9.155 11
14 GTD 32 Team Korthoff Motorsports Mike Skeen 1:18.918 +9.446 12
15 GTD 59 Crucial Motorsports Jon Miller 1:18.932 +9.460 13
16 GTD 57 Winward Racing Russell Ward 1:18.973 +9.501 14
17 GTD 66 Gradient Racing Marc Miller 1:19.146 +9.674 15
18 GTD 27 Heart of Racing Team Roman De Angelis 1:19.181 +9.709 16
19 GTD 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing Frankie Montecalvo 1:19.181 +9.709 17
20 GTD 51 RWR Eurasia Motorsport Aidan Read 1:19.366 +9.894 19
21 GTD 70 Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport Brendan Iribe 1:19.385 +9.913 20
22 GTD 39 CarBahn with Peregrine Racing Robert Megennis 1:19.742 +10.270 21
23 GTD Pro 79 WeatherTech Racing Cooper MacNeil 1:19.743 +10.271 22
24 GTD 16 Wright Motorsports Ryan Hardwick 1:20.072 +10.600 23
25 GTD 99 Team Hardpoint Rob Ferriol 1:21.079 +11.607 24
26 GTD 34 GMG Racing Kyle Washington 1:23.938 +14.466 26
QUALIFYING RESULTS STARTING GRID
  1. The no. 25 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports qualifying time was invalidated post-session due to a technical infraction, and remaining valid time of 1:21.425 was used for grid instead.
  2. The no. 96 Turner Motorsport qualifying time was invalidated post-session due to a technical infraction, and remaining valid time of 1:19.254 was used for grid instead.

Race

Results

Class winners are denoted in bold and .

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 DPi 01 Cadillac Racing Sébastien Bourdais
Renger van der Zande
Cadillac DPi-V.R 73 1:40:48.134
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
2 DPi 02 Cadillac Racing Alex Lynn
Earl Bamber
Cadillac DPi-V.R 73 +3.761
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
3 DPi 5 JDC-Miller MotorSports Tristan Vautier
Richard Westbrook
Cadillac DPi-V.R 73 +9.048
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
4 DPi 60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Tom Blomqvist
Oliver Jarvis
Acura ARX-05 73 +10.014
Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
5 DPi 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Pipo Derani
Tristan Nunez
Cadillac DPi-V.R 73 +10.535
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
6 DPi 10 WTR - Konica Minolta Acura Filipe Albuquerque
Ricky Taylor
Acura ARX-05 73 +11.979
Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
7 GTD Pro 23 Heart of Racing Team Ross Gunn
Alex Riberas
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 69 +4 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
8 GTD Pro 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Jack Hawksworth
Ben Barnicoat
Lexus RC F GT3 69 +4 Laps
Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8
9 GTD 1 Paul Miller Racing Madison Snow
Bryan Sellers
BMW M4 GT3 69 +4 Laps
BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6
10 GTD Pro 3 Corvette Racing Jordan Taylor
Antonio García
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD 69 +4 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
11 GTD 66 Gradient Racing Marc Miller
Mario Farnbacher
Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 69 +4 Laps
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
12 GTD 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing Frankie Montecalvo
Aaron Telitz
Lexus RC F GT3 69 +4 Laps
Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8
13 GTD 96 Turner Motorsport Robby Foley
Bill Auberlen
BMW M4 GT3 69 +4 Laps
BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6
14 GTD 16 Wright Motorsports Ryan Hardwick
Jan Heylen
Porsche 911 GT3 R 69 +4 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
15 GTD 32 Team Korthoff Motorsports Mike Skeen
Stevan McAleer
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 69 +4 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
16 GTD 99 Team Hardpoint Rob Ferriol
Katherine Legge
Porsche 911 GT3 R 69 +4 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
17 GTD 51 RWR Eurasia Motorsport Aidan Read
Ryan Eversley
Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 69 +4 Laps
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
18 GTD 70 Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport Brendan Iribe
Frederik Schandorf
McLaren 720S GT3 69 +4 Laps
McLaren M840T 4.0L Turbo V8
19 GTD Pro 79 WeatherTech Racing Cooper MacNeil
Raffaele Marciello
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 69 +4 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
20 GTD 34 GMG Racing Kyle Washington
James Sofronas
Porsche 911 GT3 R 67 +6 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
21
DNF
GTD 39 CarBahn with Peregrine Racing Robert Megennis
Jeff Westphal
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 57 Accident Damage
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
22
DNF
GTD 27 Heart of Racing Team Roman De Angelis
Maxime Martin
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 48 Accident
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
23
DNF
GTD 59 Crucial Motorsports Jon Miller
Paul Holton
McLaren 720S GT3 47 Alternator Belt
McLaren M840T 4.0L Turbo V8
24
DNF
GTD 57 Winward Racing Russell Ward
Philip Ellis
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 33 Accident Damage
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
25
DNF
GTD Pro 9 Pfaff Motorsports Mathieu Jaminet
Matt Campbell
Porsche 911 GT3 R 29 Radiator
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
26 GTD Pro 25 BMW M Team RLL Connor De Phillippi
John Edwards
BMW M4 GT3 691 +4 Laps
BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6
OFFICIAL RESULTS

References

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