Penske Porsche Motorsport’s Mathieu Jaminet took the lead at the final caution on Sunday (Aug. 4) when Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Global’s Ricky Taylor chose to pit for tire changes. Jaminet managed to hold off teammate Felipe Nasr to win the IMSA SportsCar Weekend event at Road America alongside Nick Tandy. This is the duo’s second win of the year after their victory at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in May.
“In this type of [situation], it’s more productive to have your teammate, but at the same time, it’s the worst,” Jaminet told NBC Sports’ Chris Wilner in victory lane. “Or we need to win, but at the same time it is not necessary to overwhelm your teammate. Great day for the team. It was a difficult weekend with lost performances.
Jaminet and Tandy’s margin of victory is 0. 390 seconds over teammates Nasr and Dane Cameron. Ricky Taylor and Filipe Albuquerque recovered from their pit delay to finish third, followed by Action Express Racing’s Jack Aitken and Pipo Derani. Proton Competition’s Gianmaria Bruni and Bent Viscaal finished fifth in their visiting Porsche.
Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Global’s Filipe Albuquerque from pole in his Acura and held off teammate Jordan Taylor. However, it turned out to be a very complicated first round.
Action Express Racing’s Pipo Derani spun in Turn 6 and fell to the bottom of the order after making contact with Porsche Penske Motorsport’s Nick Tandy. Tandy assessed a passing penalty for the incident.
Meanwhile, Corvette Racing with Pratt Miller Motorsports’ Alexander Sims ran through Ford Multimatic Motorsports’ Mike Rockenfeller at Turn 5, spinning Sims into the gravel.
Sims couldn’t get out of the trap and fired the first yellow flag of the race. Meanwhile, Rockenfeller broke a lower control arm when he hit Sims, causing the wall to be repaired.
After the restart, Jordan Taylor began to push Albuquerque for the overall lead. Taylor finally managed to make it through in round 8.
Soon after, WTRAndretti’s Danny Formal veered off course on the car’s stand with smoke in the cabin. Fearing a fire, Formal stopped the car to retrieve a fire extinguisher, which turned the moment yellow.
The warning resulted in a split pit strategy as Taylor and many leaders collided. Albuquerque decided to pull away and regained the lead.
The warnings kept Albuquerque out beyond the hour. After 68 minutes of racing, TDS Racing’s Steven Thomas stopped at Kink with a mechanical issue.
The concept of a third yellow flag throughout the course was given to everyone in the pits for tyre, fuel and (for some) motive power changes. In the end, the yellow flag was not issued because Thomas was able to pull away.
After the stops were over, Nick Yelloly dropped a wheel as he exited the carousel and lost his BMW M Hybrid V8. Yelloly slipped against the wall and spun on the grass.
Behind him, Chip Ganassi Racing’s Sebastien Bourdais slammed on the brakes to avoid Yelloly and the cloud of dust he created. Unfortunately, this unloaded the car and Bourdais crashed into the inner wall. Bourdais was able to continue after a pit stop to get a new nose. however, Yelloly ended the day.
Viscaal found himself in the lead at the restart, but lost maximum merit immediately to Ricky Taylor. Mathieu Jaminet followed just before another yellow flag disappeared due to most of the rear frame being torn from Joey Hand’s Mustang due to causal contact. .
Further down the order, things started to get complicated. The touch between The Heart of Racing’s Roman DeAngelis and Tommy Milner in the No. four Corvette led to a series of complicated moments.
It ultimately ended with Wright Motorsports’ Elliott Skeer racing Forte Racing’s Loris Spinelli braking into Turn 5. Both cars ended up smoking long afterward, but Spinelli was forced to stop, resulting in a yellow.
Tire wear is a real challenge at Road America. Ricky Taylor opted to stop here to change tires, thus giving the advantage to Jaminet. The stoppage returned number 10 to ninth position for the restart with 16 minutes remaining.
Prevention in the pits returned Ricky Taylor to ninth and gave Porsche Penske Motorsports a one-two finish. Jaminet took a small lead, but then lost it when he joined GT traffic on the final two laps.
Ricky Taylor’s new tires allowed him to sneak into the GTP field. He passed Aitken for third with just over a lap to go, then nearly passed Nasr on the final lap of Turn 5.
The leaders had to fight their way through GT traffic on the final lap as they battled for the win. In the end, Jaminet managed to hold on to the victory.
In LMP2, AO Racing’s PJ Hyett started from pole in “Spike”, but his time out front was very short. United Autosports’ Ben Keating got off to a wonderful start and was able to take the lead into the first turn.
Keating continued to lead despite early warnings. A third caution was avoided when Sean Creech Motorsports’ Tonis Kasemets spun in the gravel in turn five after touching High Class Racing’s Dennis Andersen. Despite being in the gravel, Kasemets controlled himself to get out of it and not make a full lap. yellow field. Andersen was given a drive-in to play.
AO Racing’s Paul-Loup Chatin took the lead in elegance when United Autosports stopped to put Ben Hanley in the car. He had a decent car, but he was running out of gas and couldn’t take much credit because of the warnings.
Hanley took the lead in elegance when Chatin stopped at the last yellow flag. From there, he broke away to get the team’s first win of the year.
Hanley and Keating’s margin of victory was 6. 685 seconds over JDC-Miller MotorSports’ Scott Andrews and Gerry Kraut. Hyett and Paul-Loup Chatin were third, followed by Ryan Dalziel and Stuart Wiltshire of Era Motorsport. Richard Mille AF Corse’s Nicklas Nielsen and Luis Perez Companc finished fifth.
In GTD Pro, Corvette Racing with Nicky Catsburg and Sims from Pratt Miller Motorsports occupied the front row at the start. While Catsburg controlled to open up a small gap, Sims through the gravel disappointed the order.
Vasser Sullivan’s Jack Hawksworth took second position for the restart, Paul Miller Racing’s Madison Snow took second position into Turn 6 just after the restart.
Momentary caution also resulted in a split strategy. Conquest Racing’s Giacomo Altoe opted to stay on the sidelines as the leaders battled for the lead in his Ferrari.
The No. 35 Conquest Racing chose a fuel-saving strategy to test and win the race itself. They were five laps behind most other competitors, which required very large savings.
Despite those problems, Daniel Serra managed to save enough fuel to take his Ferrari to the finish and take the victory for himself and Altoe. For Serra, it is his second victory of the year after winning the Rolex 24 at Daytona in January with Risi Competizione. It is Altoe’s first IMSA victory in his third career start.
Altoe and Serra’s margin of victory was 1. 873 seconds over Paul Miller Racing’s Bryan Sellers and Madison Snow. Heart of Racing’s Ross Gunn and Alex Riberas finished third in their Aston Martin, while AO Racing’s Julien Andlauer and Laurin Heinrich were fourth on one lap. Sims and Antonio Garcia recovered from Sims’ initial incident and finished fifth.
Mikael Grenier of Korthoff Preston Motorsports drove GTD elegance to green in his Mercedes. He only threatened ahead in the yellow moment, when he braked for the first time. With minimal driving time at stake, none of the GTD groupsets that stopped here made any change in motive power.
Triarsi Competizione’s Onofrio Triarsi took the lead and stayed away in his Ferrari. Giammarco Levorato of Proton Competizione was right. They did one and two until they stopped after 55 minutes of racing. This gave Grenier the lead again, followed by Turner Motorsport’s Patrick Gallagher.
In the end, fuel consumption decided the race. Once Alessio Rovera pitted the Ferrari Triarsi against each other in the latter yellow, Vasser Sullivan’s Parker Thompson took the lead amid a fuel-saving strategy similar to Serra’s.
Unfortunately, Thompson was forced to pit with only a few laps left to refuel. This gave Robby Foley the lead in his BMW with Inception Racing’s Frederik Schandorff hot on his heels.
As the overall leaders advanced across the field, Foley controlled to hold off the McLaren and take the win in the GTD class. It’s Turner Motorsport’s first win since 2022, when Foley and Bill Auberlen won at Mid-Ohio. It’s also Gallagher’s first professional win at WeatherTech.
Foley and Gallagher’s margin of victory was 1. 130 seconds over Schandorff and Brendan Iribe. Gradient Racing’s Stevan McAleer and Sheena Monk were third in their Acura, followed by Winward Racing’s Philip Ellis and Russell Ward in the Mercedes for the lead. Matt Bell and Andrew Wojteczko Autosport. Orey Fidani finished fifth in his most productive run of the season.
From there, WeatherTech groups have a shared schedule. Prototype groups will then be in action at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Battle on the Bricks in TireRack. com. Coverage of the six-hour race will begin on Sept. 22 at 11:30 a. m. ET on Peacock. NBC will register for the ongoing race at 3 p. m. h. ET.
The GTD Pro and GTD categories are a GT-only race at VIRginia International Raceway on August 25. The race will air live on USA Network starting at noon ET.
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