The2022 Hyundai Monterey SportsCar Championship was asports car race held atWeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca nearMonterey, California on May 1, 2022. It was the fourth round of the2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship and the second round of the 2022 WeatherTech Sprint Cup.Wayne Taylor Racing's No. 10 car piloted byRicky Taylor andFilipe Albuquerque collected their first victory of the season.[1]
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International Motor Sports Association's (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the2022 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 outliningBalance of Performance for the event. In DPi, theAcura ARX-05 received a 10 kilogram weight break while theCadillac DPi-V.R received a 10 kilogram weight increase. In GTD Pro and GTD, theChevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD received a 20 kilogram weight increase. TheBMW M4 GT3 received a 6 horsepower increase.[5]
Before the race,Alex Lynn andEarl Bamber led the DPi Drivers' Championship with 1005 points, 3 points clear ofTristan Vautier andRichard Westbrook in second followed byTom Blomqvist andOliver Jarvis in third with 973 points.[6] In LMP2,Ben Keating,Scott Huffaker, andMikkel Jensen led the Drivers' Championship with a 37 point advantage overFrits van Eerd andGiedo van der Garde.[6] With 990 points,Antonio García andJordan Taylor led the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship by 30 points overMatt Campbell andMathieu Jaminet in second followed byBen Barnicoat andJack Hawksworth in third with 919 points.[6] With 672 points,Stevan McAleer andMike Skeen led the GTD Drivers' Championship, 53 points ahead ofLuís Pérez Companc,Simon Mann, andToni Vilander in second followed by Ryan Hardwick,Jan Heylen, andZacharie Robichon in third with 615 points.[6]Cadillac,Chevrolet, andPorsche were leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships, whileCadillac 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 inDPi, 6 inLMP2, 6 inGTD Pro, and 14 inGTD.[7] In LMP2, Patrick Kelly joinedJosh Pierson in thePR1/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 theIMSA SportsCar Championship since 2015.[9]Dirk Müller subbed forMike Skeen, who tested positive forCOVID-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 inbold 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 withCurb-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 | 321 |
| 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 withOptimum 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 inbold and ‡.
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