2021 Grand Prix of Long Beach

The 2021 Grand Prix of Long Beach (formally known as the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach) was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The race was held at Long Beach street circuit in Long Beach, California on September 25, 2021. It was the tenth round of the 2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship, and seventh the round of 2021 WeatherTech Sprint Cup.

The layout of the Long Beach Street Circuit

Background

The race marked IMSA's return to Long Beach after the previous year's edition was cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Originally scheduled to be run on April 17, 2021, the race was to kick off the two "West Coast Swing" rounds also consisting of WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, however, the event postponed to September 25, 2021, due to the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic in California.[1] As a result of getting postponed, the race was set to clash with the 6 Hours of Fuji WEC race at Fuji, however the WEC event would get cancelled.[2] The race marked the first time since the 2021 Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio where spectators and fans were mandated to wear masks.[3] GTD Would be returning to Long Beach for the first time since 2017.

On September 17, 2021, IMSA released the latest technical bulletin outlining Balance of Performance for the event.[4] In GTD, the Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 received a 10 kilogram weight increase while the Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo got a fuel capacity reduction of 2 liters. No changes were made in DPi and GTLM.

Entries

A total of 26 cars took part in the event, split across 3 classes. 6 cars were entered in DPi, 3 in GTLM, 17 and in GTD.[5][6] In GTLM, Cooper MacNeil would be joined by Mathieu Jaminet in the #79 WeatherTech Racing entry. GTD saw Scuderia Corsa return for the first time since Daytona. GMG Racing would be competing in the series for the first time since 2014 featuring drivers Kyle Washington and James Sofronas.[7] US RaceTronics also made their IMSA SportsCar Championship debut at this event.[8]

Qualifying

Qualifying results

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by double-dagger.

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 DPi 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Felipe Nasr 1:11.620 _ 1double-dagger
2 DPi 01 Chip Ganassi Racing Kevin Magnussen 1:11.724 +0.104 2
3 DPi 5 JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing Loïc Duval 1:11.827 +0.207 3
4 DPi 60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Dane Cameron 1:12.440 +0.820 4
5 DPi 10 Konica Minolta Acura Filipe Albuquerque 1:12.461 +0.841 5
6 DPi 55 Mazda Motorsports Oliver Jarvis 1:13.179 +1.559 6
7 GTLM 3 Corvette Racing Jordan Taylor 1:16.801 +5.181 7double-dagger
8 GTLM 4 Corvette Racing Tommy Milner 1:17.098 +5.478 8
9 GTD 1 Paul Miller Racing Madison Snow 1:19.475 +7.855 9double-dagger
10 GTD 96 Turner Motorsport Robby Foley 1:19.609 +7.989 10
11 GTLM 79 WeatherTech Racing Cooper MacNeil 1:19.686 +8.066 11
12 GTD 39 CarBahn Motorsports with Peregrine Racing Richard Heistand 1:19.707 +8.087 12
13 GTD 9 Pfaff Motorsports Zacharie Robichon 1:19.772 +8.152 16
14 GTD 63 Scuderia Corsa Daniel Mancinelli 1:19.849 +8.229 17
15 GTD 16 Wright Motorsports Trent Hindman 1:20.018 +8.398 13
16 GTD 14 Vasser-Sullivan Racing Aaron Telitz 1:20.083 +8.463 14
17 GTD 23 Heart of Racing Team Roman De Angelis 1:20.196 +8.576 15
18 GTD 12 Vasser-Sullivan Racing Frankie Montecalvo 1:20.221 +8.601 18
19 GTD 66 Gradient Racing Till Bechtolsheimer 1:20.272 +8.652 19
20 GTD 26 O'Gara Motorsport - USRT Steven Aghakhani 1:20.283 +8.663 20
21 GTD 19 GRT Grasser Racing Team Misha Goikhberg 1:20.498 +8.878 21
22 GTD 76 Compass Racing Matt McMurry 1:20.635 +9.015 22
23 GTD 27 Heart of Racing Team Ian James 1:21.133 +9.513 23
24 GTD 88 Team Hardpoint Rob Ferriol 1:21.167 +9.547 24
25 GTD 44 Magnus Racing with Archangel Motorsports John Potter 1:21.697 +10.077 25
26 GTD 34 GMG Racing Kyle Washington 1:22.435 +10.815 26
Sources:[9][10][11]

Results

Class winners are denoted in bold and double-dagger.

Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 DPi 31 United States Whelen Engineering Racing Brazil Felipe Nasr
Brazil Pipo Derani
Cadillac DPi-V.R 78 1:40:46.781double-dagger
Cadillac 5.5L V8
2 DPi 01 United States Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing Netherlands Renger van der Zande
Denmark Kevin Magnussen
Cadillac DPi-V.R 78 +10.952
Cadillac 5.5L V8
3 DPi 5 United States JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing France Tristan Vautier
France Loïc Duval
Cadillac DPi-V.R 78 +15.869
Cadillac 5.5L V8
4 DPi 10 United States Konica Minolta Acura United States Ricky Taylor
Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
Acura ARX-05 78 +50.566
Acura AR35TT 3.5L Turbo V6
5 DPi 55 Canada Mazda Motorsports United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell
Mazda RT24-P 78 +1:13.185
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0L Turbo I4
6 GTLM 4 United States Corvette Racing United States Tommy Milner
United Kingdom Nick Tandy
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 75 +15.107double-dagger
Chevrolet 5.5L V8
7 GTLM 3 United States Corvette Racing Spain Antonio García
United States Jordan Taylor
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 75 +4 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5L V8
8 GTLM 79 United States WeatherTech Racing United States Cooper MacNeil
France Mathieu Jaminet
Porsche 911 RSR-19 74 +4 Laps
Porsche 4.2L Flat-6
9 GTD 1 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Bryan Sellers
United States Madison Snow
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 73 +5 Lapsdouble-dagger
Lamborghini 5.2L V10
10 GTD 9 Canada Pfaff Motorsports Canada Zacharie Robichon
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
Porsche 911 GT3 R 73 +5 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat-6
11 GTD 16 United States Wright Motorsports United States Trent Hindman
United States Patrick Long
Porsche 911 GT3 R 73 +5 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat-6
12 GTD 14 United States Vasser-Sullivan Racing United States Aaron Telitz
United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth
Lexus RC F GT3 73 +5 Laps
Lexus 5.0L V8
13 GTD 39 United States CarBahn Motorsports with Peregrine Racing United States Richard Heistand
United States Jeff Westphal
Audi R8 LMS Evo 73 +5 Laps
Audi 5.2L V10
14 GTD 23 United States Heart of Racing Team Canada Roman De Angelis
United Kingdom Ross Gunn
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 73 +5 Laps
Mercedes-Benz M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
15 GTD 26 United States O'Gara Motorsport - USRT United States Steven Aghakhani
Australia Jake Eidson
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 73 +5 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2L V8
16 GTD 66 United States Gradient Racing United Kingdom Till Bechtolsheimer
United States Marc Miller
Acura NSX GT3 Evo 73 +5 Laps
Acura 3.5L Turbo V6
17 GTD 88 United States Team Hardpoint United States Rob Ferriol
United Kingdom Katherine Legge
Porsche 911 GT3 R 72 +6 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat-6
18 GTD 63 United States Scuderia Corsa United States Colin Braun
Italy Daniel Mancinelli
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 72 +6 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
19 GTD 76 United States Compass Racing United States Matt McMurry
Germany Mario Farnbacher
Acura NSX GT3 Evo 72 +6 Laps
Acura 3.5L Turbo V6
20 GTD 27 United States Heart of Racing Team United Kingdom Ian James
Spain Alex Riberas
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 72 +6 Laps
Mercedes-Benz M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
21 GTD 12 United States Vasser-Sullivan Racing United States Frankie Montecalvo
United States Zach Veach
Lexus RC F GT3 72 +6 Laps
Lexus 5.0L V8
22 GTD 44 United States Magnus Racing with Archangel Motorsports United States John Potter
United States Andy Lally
Acura NSX GT3 Evo 71 +7 Laps
Acura 3.5L Turbo V6
23 GTD 34 United States GMG Racing United States James Sofronas
United States Kyle Washington
Porsche 911 GT3 R 70 +8 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat-6
24 GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport United States Bill Auberlen
United States Robby Foley
BMW M6 GT3 69 +9 Laps
BMW 4.4L Turbo V8
25 DPi 60 United States Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian United States Dane Cameron
France Olivier Pla
Acura ARX-05 68 Did Not Finish
Acura AR35TT 3.5L Turbo V6
26 GTD 19 Austria GRT Grasser Racing Team Canada Misha Goikhberg
France Franck Perera
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 25 Did Not Finish
Lamborghini 5.2L V10
Source:[12]

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