The 2022 Hyundai Monterey SportsCar Championship was a sports car race held at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca near Monterey, California on May 1, 2022. It was the fourth round of the 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship and the second round of the 2022 WeatherTech Sprint Cup. Wayne Taylor Racing's No. 10 car piloted by Ricky Taylor and Filipe Albuquerque collected their first victory of the season.
Background
International Motor Sports Association's (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2021. 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. The race was held at the eleven-turn WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on May 1, 2022.
On April 21, 2022, IMSA released the latest technical bulletin outlining Balance of Performance for the event. In DPi, the Acura ARX-05 received a 10 kilogram weight break while the Cadillac DPi-V.R received a 10 kilogram weight increase. In GTD Pro and GTD, the Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD received a 20 kilogram weight increase. The BMW M4 GT3 received a 6 horsepower increase.
Before the race, Alex Lynn and Earl Bamber led the DPi Drivers' Championship with 1005 points, 3 points clear of Tristan Vautier and Richard Westbrook in second followed by Tom Blomqvist and Oliver Jarvis in third with 973 points. In LMP2, Ben Keating, Scott Huffaker, and Mikkel Jensen led the Drivers' Championship with a 37 point advantage over Frits van Eerd and Giedo van der Garde. With 990 points, Antonio García and Jordan Taylor led the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship by 30 points over Matt Campbell and Mathieu Jaminet in second followed by Ben Barnicoat and Jack Hawksworth in third with 919 points. With 672 points, Stevan McAleer and Mike Skeen led the GTD Drivers' Championship, 53 points ahead of Luís Pérez Companc, Simon Mann, and Toni Vilander in second followed by Ryan Hardwick, Jan Heylen, and Zacharie Robichon in third with 615 points. Cadillac, Chevrolet, and Porsche were leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while Cadillac Racing, PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, Corvette Racing, and Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports each led their own Teams' Championships.
Entries
A total of 32 cars took part in the event, split across four classes. 6 were entered in DPi, 6 in LMP2, 6 in GTD Pro, and 14 in GTD. In LMP2, Patrick Kelly joined Josh Pierson in the PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports No. 52 entry. 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 the IMSA SportsCar Championship since 2015. Dirk Müller subbed for Mike Skeen, who tested positive for COVID-19, in the Team Korthoff Motorsports No. 32.
Practice 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.
Qualifying 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. 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.
Qualifying results Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by . ClassTeamDriverTime1 DPi 1 10 WTR - Konica Minolta Acura Ricky Taylor 1:13.924 - 1 2 DPi 2 60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Oliver Jarvis 1:14.013 +0.089 23 DPi 3 02 Cadillac Racing Alex Lynn 1:14.072 +0.148 34 DPi 4 01 Cadillac Racing Sébastien Bourdais 1:14.517 +0.593 45 DPi 5 5 JDC-Miller MotorSports Tristan Vautier 1:14.877 +0.953 56 DPi 6 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Tristan Nunez 1:15.576 +1.652 67 LMP2 1 11 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Steven Thomas 1:17.571 +3.647 78 LMP2 2 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Patrick Kelly 1:17.628 +3.704 89 LMP2 3 81 DragonSpeed - 10 Star Henrik Hedman 1:18.267 +4.343 910 LMP2 4 20 High Class Racing Dennis Andersen 1:18.747 +4.823 1011 LMP2 5 8 Tower Motorsport John Farano 1:19.551 +5.627 1112 LMP2 6 18 Era Motorsport Dwight Merriman 1:20.614 +6.690 1213 GTD Pro 1 9 Pfaff Motorsports Mathieu Jaminet 1:23.142 +9.218 1314 GTD Pro 2 79 WeatherTech Racing Daniel Juncadella 1:23.164 +9.240 1415 GTD Pro 3 23 Heart of Racing Team Alex Riberas 1:23.368 +9.444 1516 GTD 1 57 Winward Racing Russell Ward 1:23.567 +9.643 1617 GTD Pro 4 25 BMW M Team RLL John Edwards 1:23.740 +9.816 1718 GTD 2 42 NTE Sport/SSR Jaden Conwright 1:23.777 +9.853 1819 GTD 3 96 Turner Motorsport Robby Foley 1:23.821 +9.897 1920 GTD 4 27 Heart of Racing Team Roman De Angelis 1:23.852 +9.928 2021 GTD 5 39 CarBahn with Peregrine Racing Robert Megennis 1:23.881 +9.957 2122 GTD Pro 5 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Jack Hawksworth 1:23.953 +10.029 2223 GTD 6 1 Paul Miller Racing Madison Snow 1:24.121 +10.197 2324 GTD 7 51 RWR Eurasia Motorsport Aidan Read 1:24.126 +10.202 2425 GTD Pro 6 3 Corvette Racing Jordan Taylor 1:24.160 +10.236 2526 GTD 8 32 Team Korthoff Motorsports Stevan McAleer 1:24.162 +10.238 2627 GTD 9 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing Frankie Montecalvo 1:24.444 +10.520 3228 GTD 10 28 Alegra Motorsports Michael de Quesada 1:24.471 +10.547 2729 GTD 11 16 Wright Motorsports Ryan Hardwick 1:24.637 +10.713 2830 GTD 12 70 Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport Brendan Iribe 1:24.948 +11.024 2931 GTD 13 99 Team Hardpoint Rob Ferriol 1:25.152 +11.228 3032 GTD 14 34 GMG Racing Kyle Washington 1:27.310 +13.386 31Source:
The No. 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing entry was moved to the back of the GTD field as per Article 40.1.4 of the Sporting regulations (Change of starting tires).
Race
Post-Race 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. Dalziel and Merriman took the lead of the LMP2 Drivers' Championship with 675 points while Farano and Delétraz advanced from eighth to second. 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. 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. 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.
Race results
Class winners are denoted in bold and .
Class Team Drivers Chassis Time/Retired Engine 1 DPi 1 10 WTR - Konica Minolta Acura Ricky Taylor Filipe Albuquerque Acura ARX-05 117 2:41:05.230 Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6 2 DPi 2 60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Oliver Jarvis Tom Blomqvist Acura ARX-05 117 +1.080 Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6 3 DPi 3 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Tristan Nunez Pipo Derani Cadillac DPi-V.R 117 +26.744 Cadillac 5.5 L V8 4 DPi 4 5 JDC-Miller MotorSports Tristan Vautier Richard Westbrook Cadillac DPi-V.R 117 +33.375 Cadillac 5.5 L V8 5 DPi 5 02 Cadillac Racing Alex Lynn Earl Bamber Cadillac DPi-V.R 116 +1 lap Cadillac 5.5 L V8 6 LMP2 1 8 Tower Motorsport John Farano Louis Deletraz Oreca 07 114 +3 laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 7 LMP2 2 18 Era Motorsport Dwight Merriman Ryan Dalziel Oreca 07 114 +3 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 8 LMP2 3 81 DragonSpeed - 10 Star Henrik Hedman Juan Pablo Montoya Oreca 07 113 +4 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 9 LMP2 4 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Josh Pierson Patrick Kelly Oreca 07 113 +4 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 10 LMP2 5 11 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Steven Thomas Jonathan Bomarito Oreca 07 113 +4 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 11 LMP2 6 20 High Class Racing Dennis Andersen Anders Fjordbach Oreca 07 113 +4 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 12 GTD Pro 1 9 Pfaff Motorsports Mathieu Jaminet Matt Campbell Porsche 911 GT3 R 107 +10 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 13 GTD Pro 2 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Jack Hawksworth Ben Barnicoat Lexus RC F GT3 107 +10 Laps Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8 14 GTD Pro 3 25 BMW M Team RLL John Edwards Connor De Phillippi BMW M4 GT3 107 +10 Laps BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 15 GTD Pro 4 3 Corvette Racing Jordan Taylor Antonio Garcia Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD 107 +10 Laps Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 16 GTD 1 16 Wright Motorsports Ryan Hardwick Jan Heylen Porsche 911 GT3 R 107 +10 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 17 GTD 2 39 CarBahn with Peregrine Racing Robert Megennis Jeff Westphal Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 107 +10 Laps Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 18 GTD 3 96 Turner Motorsport Robby Foley Bill Auberlen BMW M4 GT3 107 +10 Laps BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 19 GTD Pro 5 23 Heart of Racing Team Alex Riberas Ross Gunn Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 107 +10 Laps Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 20 GTD 4 1 Paul Miller Racing Madison Snow Bryan Sellers BMW M4 GT3 107 +10 Laps BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 21 GTD 5 32 Team Korthoff Motorsports Stevan McAleer Dirk Muller Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 107 +10 laps Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 22 GTD 6 42 NTE Sport/SSR Jaden Conwright Marco Holzer Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 107 +10 Laps Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 23 GTD Pro 6 79 WeatherTech Racing Daniel Juncadella Cooper MacNeil Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 107 +10 laps Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 24 GTD 7 27 Heart of Racing Team Roman De Angelis Maxime Martin Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 107 +10 Laps Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 25 GTD 8 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing Frankie Montecalvo Aaron Telitz Lexus RC F GT3 107 +10 Laps Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8 26 GTD 9 28 Alegra Motorsports Michael de Quesada Daniel Morad Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 106 +11 laps Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 27 GTD 10 99 Team Hardpoint Rob Ferriol Katherine Legge Porsche 911 GT3 R 106 +11 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 28 GTD 11 34 GMG Racing Kyle Washington James Sofronas Porsche 911 GT3 R 105 +12 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 29 GTD 12 51 RWR Eurasia Motorsport Aidan Read Ryan Eversley Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 103 +14 Laps Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6 30DNF GTD 13 70 Inception Racing Brendan Iribe Frederik Schandorff McLaren 720S GT3 45 Diffuser McLaren M840T 4.0L Turbo V8 31DNF GTD 14 57 Winward Racing Russell Ward Philip Ellis Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 21 Accident Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 32DNF DPi 6 01 Cadillac Racing Sebastien Bourdais Renger van der Zande Cadillac DPi-V.R 10 Electrical Cadillac 5.5 L V8 Sources:
Standings after the race
+DPi Drivers' Championship standings +/– Driver Points 1 2 Tom Blomqvist Oliver Jarvis 1325 2 2 Filipe Albuquerque Ricky Taylor 1325 3 1 Tristan Vautier Richard Westbrook 1308 4 3 Alex Lynn Earl Bamber 1295 5 1 Pipo Derani Tristan Nunez 1249Source:
+LMP2 Drivers' Championship standings +/– Driver Points 1 2 Ryan Dalziel Dwight Merriman 675 2 6 John Farano Louis Delétraz 642 3 1 Josh Pierson 615 4 Steven Thomas Jonathan Bomarito 598 5 4 Juan Pablo Montoya Henrik Hedman 592Source:
+LMP3 Drivers' Championship standings +/– Driver Points 1 João Barbosa Lance Willsey Malthe Jakobsen 374 2 Ari Balogh Dakota Dickerson Garett Grist 343 3 Daniel Goldburg Rasmus Lindh Cameron Shields 326 4 Lars Kern Kuno Wittmer Orey Fidani 302 5 Jon Bennett Colin Braun George Kurtz 285Source: