2021 Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio

Third round of the 2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship season

The layout of Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course

The 2021 SportsCar Challenge at Mid-Ohio, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2021 Acura SportsCar Challenge, was a sports car race held at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course near Lexington, Ohio on May 16, 2021. The race is the third round of the 2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship, and the first round of the 2021 WeatherTech GT Daytona Sprint Cup.

Background

This race was initially meant to be the fifth round of the 2021 IMSA Championship, until the two "West Coast Swing" rounds, located at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca and Long Beach street circuit, both in California, were postponed to September due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in California.^[1]

On May 5, 2021, the entry list for the event was released, featuring a total of 26 cars across three classes. Six cars were in Daytona Prototype International (DPi), another six entries were in the Le Mans Prototype 3 (LMP3) class, and 14 entries were received for the GT Daytona (GTD) class. The GT Le Mans (GTLM) and Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) classes were not present. In the GTD class, several teams who were scheduled to be present only at the 3-hour rounds on the 2021 calendar made their season debut, including CarBahn Motorsports and Compass Racing, the former of which was making the step up from the IMSA SportsCar Championship support category, the Michelin Pilot Challenge.^[2]^[3]^[4]

This race also marked the start of the season for full-time Wright Motorsports driver, Ryan Hardwick, after suffering crashes that put him out of both the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring due to concussion. In those two races without Hardwick, Wright Motorsports built up a points lead in the GTD class.^[5]

In the LMP3 class, despite the absence of Forty7 motorsports, IndyCar team Andretti Autosport made their season debut with a Ligier JS P320 piloted by Jarett Andretti and Oliver Askew.

On May 5, 2021, IMSA released a technical bulletin regarding the Balance of Performance constraints for the Mid-Ohio race.^[6] The Mazda RT24-P was given a slight power boost, with the equivalent of a 7.5 horsepower increase in engine output through turbo boost levels. After winning at Daytona and Sebring, the Acura ARX-05 and Cadillac DPi-V.R respectively were each given a 1.0 liter reduction in fuel capacity.

In the GTD class, after finishing in the top two places at the 12 Hours of Sebring, the Porsche 911 GT3 R was made 20 kilograms heavier, bringing the standard weight to 1,320 kilograms. A similar change was made to the Acura NSX GT3 Evo, with a 10 kilogram weight reduction after best finishes of 11th and 4th at Daytona and Sebring respectively.

Forty7 Motorsports and Grasser Racing Team withdrew from the event prior to the first practice session.^[7]

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 lasted one hour while the second session on Saturday morning lasted 75 minutes.^[8]

Practice 1

The first practice session took place at 4:30 pm ET on Friday and ended with Pipo Derani topping the charts for Whelen Engineering Racing, with a lap time of 1:11.846, ahead of the No. 10 Acura of Ricky Taylor.^[9] Colin Braun set the fastest time in LMP3 with a lap time of 1:17.240.^[10] Jack Hawksworth was fastest in GTD with a time of 1:20.513, 0.291 seconds faster than Bill Auberlen's No. 96 BMW.^[11] The session was red flagged early for ten minutes after Jarett Andretti stopped on track.^[10]


Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap
1	DPi	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Pipo Derani	1:11.846	_
2	DPi	10	WTR-Konica Minolta Acura	Ricky Taylor	1:12.221	+0.375
3	DPi	60	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	Dane Cameron	1:12.501	+0.655
Sources:^[12]^[13]

Practice 2

The second and final practice session took place at 8:50 am ET on Saturday and ended with Dane Cameron topping the charts for Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian, with a lap time of 1:10.766. Pipo Derani was second fastest in the No. 31 Cadillac followed by Filipe Albuquerque in the No. 10 Acura.^[14] The No. 91 Riley Motorsports Ligier of Dylan Murry was fastest in LMP3 with a time of 1:16.606.^[15] The GTD class was topped by the No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus RC F GT3 of Aaron Telitz.^[16]

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap
1	DPi	60	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	Dane Cameron	1:10.766	_
2	DPi	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Pipo Derani	1:10.995	+0.229
3	DPi	10	WTR-Konica Minolta Acura	Filipe Albuquerque	1:11.034	+0.268
Sources:^[17]^[18]

Qualifying

Qualifying was broken into four sessions.^[8] The first was for cars in the GTD class. Aaron Telitz qualified on pole for the class driving the No. 14 car for Vasser Sullivan Racing, beating Robby Foley in the No. 96 Turner Motorsport entry by 0.006 seconds. Daniel Morad in the No. 28 Mercedes was third followed by Frankie Montecalvo in the No. 12 Lexus.^[19]

The second session was the points paying session for the GTD class. Patrick Long set the fastest time and earned 35 championship points. Long was 0.126 seconds clear of Zach Veach in the No. 12 Lexus followed by Laurens Vanthoor in the No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports Porsche.^[20]^[19]

The third session was for cars in the LMP3 class. Gar Robinson qualified on pole driving the No. 74 car for Riley Motorsports. Robinson was more than three-tenths clear of Jon Bennett in the No. 54 CORE Autosport car followed by Jarett Andretti in the No. 36 Andretti Autosport entry.^[21]

The final session of qualifying was for the DPi class. Harry Tincknell qualified on pole driving the No. 55 car for Mazda Motorsports, beating Filipe Albuquerque in the No. 10 WTR-Konica Minolta Acura entry by 0.095 seconds.^[20]

Qualifying results

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

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap	Grid
1	DPi	55	Mazda Motorsports	Harry Tincknell	1:10.027	_	1‡
2	DPi	10	WTR-Konica Minolta Acura	Filipe Albuquerque	1:10.122	+0.095	2
3	DPi	60	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	Dane Cameron	1:10.355	+0.328	6¹
4	DPi	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Pipo Derani	1:10.432	+0.405	3
5	DPi	5	JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing	Tristan Vautier	1:10.567	+0.540	5²
6	DPi	01	Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing	Kevin Magnussen	1:10.934	+0.907	4³
7	LMP3	74	Riley Motorsports	Gar Robinson	1:17.246	+7.219	7‡
8	LMP3	54	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett	1:17.632	+7.605	8
9	LMP3	36	Andretti Autosport	Jarett Andretti	1:17.713	+7.686	9
10	LMP3	38	Performance Tech Motorsports	Dan Goldburg	1:19.347	+9.320	10⁴
11	LMP3	91	Riley Motorsports	Jim Cox	1:19.444	+9.417	11⁵
12	LMP3	33	Sean Creech Motorsport	Lance Willsey	1:19.629	+9.602	12
13	GTD	14	Vasser Sullivan Racing	Aaron Telitz	1:20.529	+10.502	13‡
14	GTD	96	Turner Motorsport	Robby Foley	1:20.535	+10.508	14
15	GTD	28	Alegra Motorsports	Daniel Morad	1:20.687	+10.660	15
16	GTD	12	Vasser Sullivan Racing	Frankie Montecalvo	1:20.812	+10.785	16
17	GTD	1	Paul Miller Racing	Madison Snow	1:20.941	+10.914	17
18	GTD	9	Pfaff Motorsports	Zacharie Robichon	1:20.952	+10.925	25⁶
19	GTD	23	Heart Of Racing Team	Roman De Angelis	1:21.139	+11.112	18
20	GTD	76	Compass Racing	Jeff Kingsley	1:21.332	+11.305	19
21	GTD	39	CarBahn Motorsports with Peregrine Racing	Richard Heistand	1:21.478	+11.451	20
22	GTD	66	Gradient Racing	Till Bechtolsheimer	1:21.856	+11.829	21
23	GTD	16	Wright Motorsports	Trent Hindman	1:21.975	+11.948	22
24	GTD	88	Team Hardpoint EBM	Rob Ferriol	1:22.036	+12.009	23
25	GTD	44	Magnus Racing with Archangel Motorsports	John Potter	1:22.131	+12.104	24⁷
Sources:^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25]

¹ The No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian entry initially qualified third for the DPi class. However, the team changed engines. By IMSA rules, the entry was moved to the rear of the DPi field on the starting grid. Additionally, the team elected to change tires after qualifying.^[26]
² The No. 5 JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing entry was moved to the back of the DPi field as per Article 40.1.4 of the Sporting regulations (Change of starting tires).^[26]
³ The No. 01 Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing entry was moved to the back of the DPi field as per Article 40.1.4 of the Sporting regulations (Change of starting tires).^[26]
⁴ The No. 38 Performance Tech Motorsports entry initially qualified fourth for the LMP3 class. However, the car suffered an engine failure during qualifying, forcing the team to use its IMSA Prototype Challenge chassis due to a lack of spare engines. By IMSA rules, the entry was moved to the rear of the LMP3 field on the starting grid.^[27]
⁵ The No. 91 Riley Motorsports entry was moved to the back of the LMP3 field as per Article 40.1.4 of the Sporting regulations (Change of starting tires).^[26]
⁶ The No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports entry was moved to the rear of the GTD classification for violating competition rules regarding the car's ride height.^[28]
⁷ The No. 44 Magnus 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).^[26]

Race

Post-race

With a total of 1,070 points, Albuquerque and Taylor's victory allowed them to extend their lead in the DPi Drivers' Championship over Jarvis and Tincknell to 55 points. Derani and Nasr advanced from seventh to fourth while Cameron and Pla dropped from fourth to fifth.^[29] As a result of winning the race, Robinson took the lead of the LMP3 Drivers' Championship. Lindh and Goldburg advanced from tenth to fourth while Askew jumped from seventh to fifth.^[29] With 920 points, Auberlen and Foley's allowed them to take the lead of the GTD Drivers' Championship. Sellers and Snow advanced from seventh to fifth while Long dropped from first to third.^[29] Porsche continued to top their respective Manufactures' Championship while Acura took the lead of the DPi Manufactures' Championship.^[29] WTR-Konica Minolta Acura kept their advantage in the DPi Teams' Championship while Riley Motorsports and Turner Motorsport became the leaders of their respective class Teams' Championships with nine races left in the season.^[29]

Race Results

Class winners are denoted in bold and ‡.

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Laps	Time/Retired
Pos	Class	No.	Team	Drivers	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired
1	DPi	10	Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05	Filipe Albuquerque Ricky Taylor	Acura ARX-05	122	2:40:21.370‡
1	DPi	10	Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05	Filipe Albuquerque Ricky Taylor	Acura AR35TT 3.5L Turbo V6	122	2:40:21.370‡
2	DPi	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Felipe Nasr Pipo Derani	Cadillac DPi-V.R	122	+0.368
2	DPi	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Felipe Nasr Pipo Derani	Cadillac 5.5L V8	122	+0.368
3	DPi	55	Mazda Motorsports	Oliver Jarvis Harry Tincknell	Mazda RT24-P	122	+12.925
3	DPi	55	Mazda Motorsports	Oliver Jarvis Harry Tincknell	Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0L Turbo I4	122	+12.925
4	DPi	5	JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing	Tristan Vautier Loïc Duval	Cadillac DPi-V.R	122	+26.719
4	DPi	5	JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing	Tristan Vautier Loïc Duval	Cadillac 5.5L V8	122	+26.719
5	DPi	01	Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing	Renger van der Zande Kevin Magnussen	Cadillac DPi-V.R	122	+33.115
5	DPi	01	Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing	Renger van der Zande Kevin Magnussen	Cadillac 5.5L V8	122	+33.115
6	DPi	60	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	Dane Cameron Olivier Pla	Acura ARX-05	122	+37.698
6	DPi	60	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	Dane Cameron Olivier Pla	Acura AR35TT 3.5L Turbo V6	122	+37.698
7	LMP3	74	Riley Motorsports	Gar Robinson Felipe Fraga	Ligier JS P320	115	+7 Laps‡
7	LMP3	74	Riley Motorsports	Gar Robinson Felipe Fraga	Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8	115	+7 Laps‡
8	LMP3	38	Performance Tech Motorsports	Dan Goldburg Rasmus Lindh	Ligier JS P320	115	+7 Laps
8	LMP3	38	Performance Tech Motorsports	Dan Goldburg Rasmus Lindh	Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8	115	+7 Laps
9	LMP3	91	Riley Motorsports	Jim Cox Dylan Murry	Ligier JS P320	115	+7 Laps
9	LMP3	91	Riley Motorsports	Jim Cox Dylan Murry	Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8	115	+7 Laps
10	LMP3	54	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett Colin Braun	Ligier JS P320	115	+7 Laps
10	LMP3	54	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett Colin Braun	Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8	115	+7 Laps
11	LMP3	33	Sean Creech Motorsport	João Barbosa Lance Willsey	Ligier JS P320	114	+8 Laps
11	LMP3	33	Sean Creech Motorsport	João Barbosa Lance Willsey	Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8	114	+8 Laps
12	GTD	96	Turner Motorsport	Bill Auberlen Robby Foley	BMW M6 GT3	111	+11 Laps‡
12	GTD	96	Turner Motorsport	Bill Auberlen Robby Foley	BMW 4.4L Turbo V8	111	+11 Laps‡
13	GTD	12	Vasser-Sullivan Racing	Frankie Montecalvo Zach Veach	Lexus RC F GT3	111	+11 Laps
13	GTD	12	Vasser-Sullivan Racing	Frankie Montecalvo Zach Veach	Lexus 5.0L V8	111	+11 Laps
14	GTD	1	Paul Miller Racing	Bryan Sellers Madison Snow	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	111	+11 Laps
14	GTD	1	Paul Miller Racing	Bryan Sellers Madison Snow	Lamborghini 5.2L V10	111	+11 Laps
15	GTD	23	Heart of Racing Team	Roman De Angelis Ross Gunn	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	111	+11 Laps
15	GTD	23	Heart of Racing Team	Roman De Angelis Ross Gunn	Mercedes-Benz M177 4.0 L Turbo V8	111	+11 Laps
16	GTD	76	Compass Racing	Jeff Kingsley Mario Farnbacher	Acura NSX GT3 Evo	111	+11 Laps
16	GTD	76	Compass Racing	Jeff Kingsley Mario Farnbacher	Acura 3.5L Turbo V6	111	+11 Laps
17	GTD	9	Pfaff Motorsports	Zacharie Robichon Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche 911 GT3 R	111	+11 Laps
17	GTD	9	Pfaff Motorsports	Zacharie Robichon Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	111	+11 Laps
18	GTD	39	CarBahn Motorsports with Peregrine Racing	Richard Heistand Jeff Westphal	Audi R8 LMS Evo	111	+11 Laps
18	GTD	39	CarBahn Motorsports with Peregrine Racing	Richard Heistand Jeff Westphal	Audi 5.2L V10	111	+11 Laps
19	GTD	66	Gradient Racing	Till Bechtolsheimer Marc Miller	Acura NSX GT3 Evo	111	+11 Laps
19	GTD	66	Gradient Racing	Till Bechtolsheimer Marc Miller	Acura 3.5L Turbo V6	111	+11 Laps
20	GTD	44	Magnus Racing with Archangel Motorsports	John Potter Andy Lally	Acura NSX GT3 Evo	111	+11 Laps
20	GTD	44	Magnus Racing with Archangel Motorsports	John Potter Andy Lally	Acura 3.5L Turbo V6	111	+11 Laps
21	GTD	28	Alegra Motorsports	Daniel Morad Michael de Quesada	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	111	+11 Laps
21	GTD	28	Alegra Motorsports	Daniel Morad Michael de Quesada	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2L V8	111	+11 Laps
22	GTD	88	Team Hardpoint EBM	Rob Ferriol Katherine Legge	Porsche 911 GT3 R	110	+12 Laps
22	GTD	88	Team Hardpoint EBM	Rob Ferriol Katherine Legge	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	110	+12 Laps
23	GTD	16	Wright Motorsports	Trent Hindman Patrick Long	Porsche 911 GT3 R	107	+15 Laps
23	GTD	16	Wright Motorsports	Trent Hindman Patrick Long	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	107	+15 Laps
24	LMP3	36	Andretti Autosport	Jarett Andretti Oliver Askew	Ligier JS P320	85	Engine
24	LMP3	36	Andretti Autosport	Jarett Andretti Oliver Askew	Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8	85	Engine
25	GTD	14	Vasser-Sullivan Racing	Jack Hawksworth Aaron Telitz	Lexus RC F GT3	77	Suspension
25	GTD	14	Vasser-Sullivan Racing	Jack Hawksworth Aaron Telitz	Lexus 5.0L V8	77	Suspension
Sources:^[30]^[31]

Standings after the race

DPi Drivers' Championship standings^[29]
Pos.	+/–	Driver	Points
1		Filipe Albuquerque Ricky Taylor	1070
2		Oliver Jarvis Harry Tincknell	1015
3		Loïc Duval Tristan Vautier	925
4	3	Pipo Derani Felipe Nasr	920
5	1	Dane Cameron Olivier Pla	884

LMP2 Drivers' Championship standings^[29]
Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Scott Huffaker Mikkel Jensen Ben Keating	382
2	Ryan Dalziel Dwight Merriman Kyle Tilley	350
3	Gabriel Aubry Timothé Buret John Farano	326
4	Thomas Merrill Tristan Nunez Steven Thomas	315
5	Wayne Boyd James McGuire Guy Smith	388

LMP3 Drivers' Championship standings^[29]
Pos.	+/–	Driver	Points
1	4	Gar Robinson	715
2	1	Jon Bennett Colin Braun	690
3		Jim Cox Dylan Murry	646
4	6	Rasmus Lindh Dan Goldburg	620
5	2	Oliver Askew	592

GTLM Drivers' Championship standings^[29]
Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Nicky Catsburg Antonio García Jordan Taylor	697
2	Cooper MacNeil	656
3	John Edwards Augusto Farfus Jesse Krohn	653
4	Tommy Milner Alexander Sims Nick Tandy	647
5	Connor De Phillippi Philipp Eng Bruno Spengler	636

GTD Drivers' Championship standings^[29]
Pos.	+/–	Driver	Points
1	5	Bill Auberlen Robby Foley	920
2	1	Roman De Angelis Ross Gunn	913
3	2	Patrick Long	874
4		Zacharie Robichon Laurens Vanthoor	872
5	2	Madison Snow Bryan Sellers	854

Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.

DPi Teams' Championship standings^[29]
Pos.	+/–	Team	Points
1		#10 WTR-Konica Minolta Acura	1070
2		#55 Mazda Motorsports	1015
3		#5 JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing	925
4	3	#31 Whelen Engineering Racing	920
5	1	#60 Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian	920

LMP2 Teams' Championship standings^[29]
Pos.	Team	Points
1	#52 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports	382
2	#18 Era Motorsport	350
3	#8 Tower Motorsport	326
4	#11 WIN Autosport	315
5	#22 United Autosports	288

LMP3 Teams' Championship standings^[29]
Pos.	+/–	Team	Points
1	2	#74 Riley Motorsports	715
2	1	#54 CORE Autosport	690
3	1	#91 Riley Motorsports	646
4	2	#38 Performance Tech Motorsports	620
5		#33 Sean Creech Motorsport	571

GTLM Teams' Championship standings^[29]
Pos.	Team	Points
1	#3 Corvette Racing	697
2	#79 WeatherTech Racing	656
3	#24 BMW Team RLL	653
4	#4 Corvette Racing	647
5	#25 BMW Team RLL	636

GTD Teams' Championship standings^[29]
Pos.	+/–	Team	Points
1	4	#96 Turner Motorsport	920
2		#23 Heart of Racing Team	913
3	2	#16 Wright Motorsports	874
4	1	#9 Pfaff Motorsports	872
5	1	#1 Paul Miller Racing	854

Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.

DPi Manufacturers' Championship standings^[29]
Pos.	+/–	Manufacturer	Points
1	1	Acura	1094
2	1	Cadillac	1090
3		Mazda	1017

GTLM Manufacturers' Championship standings^[29]
Pos.	Manufacturer	Points
1	Chevrolet	720
2	BMW	700
3	Porsche	692
4	Ferrari	330

GTD Manufacturers' Championship standings^[29]
Pos.	+/–	Manufacturer	Points
1		Porsche	999
2	4	BMW	963
3		Aston Martin	957
4		Lamborghini	938
5	2	Lexus	925

Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.

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