The layout of the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course

The 2022 Lexus Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio was a sports car race held at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course near Lexington, Ohio on May 15, 2022. It was the fifth round of the 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship and the third round of the 2022 WeatherTech Sprint Cup. Wayne Taylor Racing's #10 car piloted by Ricky Taylor and Filipe Albuquerque collected their second victory of the season.[1]

Background

Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, where the race was held.

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.[2] It was the fifth consecutive year the event was held as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The 2022 Lexus Grand Prix at Mid-Ohio was the fifth of twelve scheduled sports car races of 2022 by IMSA , and it was the third of eight rounds held as part of the WeatherTech Sprint Cup.[3] The race was held at the thirteen-turn 2.258 mi (3.634 km) Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course near Lexington, Ohio on May 5, 2022.[4]

On May 5, 2022, IMSA released the latest technical bulletin outlining Balance of Performance for the event. In DPi, the Cadillac DPi-V.R received a 10 kilogram weight break. In GTD, The Porsche 911 GT3 R received a 10 kilogram weight increase.[5]

Before the race, Tom Blomqvist and Oliver Jarvis led the DPi Drivers' Championship, ahead of Filipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor on countback followed by Tristan Vautier and Richard Westbrook with 1308 points in third.[6] In LMP2, Ryan Dalziel and Dwight Merriman led the Drivers' Championship by 33 points over John Farano and Louis Delétraz.[6] With 374 points, João Barbosa, Lance Willsey, and Malthe Jakobsen led the LMP3 Drivers' Championship with a 31 point advantage over Ari Balogh, Dakota Dickerson, and Garett Grist.[6] The GTD Drivers' Championship was led by Ryan Hardwick and Jan Heylen with 985 points followed by Stevan McAleer with 955 points.[6] Acura and Porsche were leading their respective Manufactures' Championships while Meyer Shank Racing, PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, Sean Creech Motorsport, and Wright Motorsports each led their own Teams' Championships.[6]

Entries

A total of 31 cars took part in the event, split across four classes. 6 were entered in DPi, 6 in LMP2, 8 in LMP3, and 11 in GTD.[7] In LMP2, Will Stevens subbed for Louis Deletraz in the Tower Motorsport entry due to a clash with the European Le Mans Series round at Imola.[8] In LMP3, MLT Motorsports made its debut in the IMSA SportsCar Championship. In GTD, Team Hardpoint was absent while Vasser Sullivan Racing added a second entry featuring Jack Hawksworth and Richard Heistand. NTE Sport withdrew from the event due to a lack of funding.[9] Jordan Pepper joined Brendan Iribe in the Inception Racing entry.

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.[10]

Qualifying

Saturday's afternoon qualifying was broken into three sessions, with one session for the DPi and LMP2, LMP3, and GTD classes, which lasted for 15 minutes each, and a ten minute interval between the sessions.[10] The rules dictated that all teams nominated a driver to qualify their cars, with the Pro-Am (LMP2/LMP3/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, LMP3, and GTD cars.[11]

Qualifying results

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

Pos. Class PIC No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 DPi 1 01 United States Cadillac Racing France Sébastien Bourdais 1:10.439 - 1
2 DPi 2 10 United States WTR - Konica Minolta Acura Portugal Filipe Albuquerque 1:10.661 +0.222 2
3 DPi 3 60 United States Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis 1:10.791 +0.352 3
4 DPi 4 02 United States Cadillac Racing United Kingdom Alex Lynn 1:10.995 +0.556 4
5 DPi 5 31 United States Whelen Engineering Racing United States Tristan Nunez 1:11.053 +0.614 5
6 DPi 6 5 United States JDC-Miller MotorSports France Tristan Vautier 1:11.083 +0.644 6
7 LMP2 1 52 United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United States Patrick Kelly 1:14.340 +3.901 7
8 LMP2 2 11 United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United States Steven Thomas 1:15.276 +4.837 8
9 LMP2 3 81 United States DragonSpeed - 10 Star Sweden Henrik Hedman 1:15.332 +4.893 9
10 LMP2 4 18 United States Era Motorsport United States Dwight Merriman 1:16.077 +5.638 10
11 LMP2 5 8 United States Tower Motorsport Canada John Farano 1:16.313 +5.874 11
12 LMP2 6 20 Denmark High Class Racing Denmark Dennis Andersen 1:16.515 +6.076 12
13 LMP3 1 36 United States Andretti Autosport United States Jarett Andretti 1:17.104 +6.665 13
14 LMP3 2 58 United States MLT Motorsports United States Josh Sarchet 1:17.441 +7.002 14
15 LMP3 3 38 United States Performance Tech Motorsports United States Dan Goldburg 1:17.788 +7.349 15
16 LMP3 4 74 United States Riley Motorsports United States Gar Robinson 1:17.892 +7.453 16
17 LMP3 5 54 United States CORE Autosport United States Jon Bennett 1:18.448 +8.009 17
18 LMP3 6 30 United States Jr III Motorsports United States Ari Balogh 1:19.279 +8.840 18
19 LMP3 7 13 Canada AWA Canada Orey Fidani 1:19.819 +9.380 19
20 LMP3 8 33 United States Sean Creech Motorsport United States Lance Willsey 1:19.924 +9.485 20
21 GTD 1 1 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Madison Snow 1:20.525 +10.086 21
22 GTD 2 32 United States Team Korthoff Motorsports United Kingdom Stevan McAleer 1:20.725 +10.286 22
23 GTD 3 27 United States Heart of Racing Team Canada Roman De Angelis 1:20.822 +10.383 23
24 GTD 4 96 United States Turner Motorsport United States Robby Foley 1:21.012 +10.573 24
25 GTD 5 57 United States Winward Racing United States Russell Ward 1:21.016 +10.577 25
26 GTD 6 12 United States Vasser Sullivan Racing United States Frankie Montecalvo 1:21.120 +10.681 26
27 GTD 7 17 United States Vasser Sullivan Racing United States Richard Heistand 1:21.410 +10.971 27
28 GTD 8 39 United States CarBahn with Peregrine Racing United States Robert Megennis 1:21.450 +11.011 28
29 GTD 9 51 Philippines RWR Eurasia Motorsport Australia Aidan Read 1:21.469 +11.030 29
30 GTD 10 70 United Kingdom Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport United States Brendan Iribe 1:22.044 +11.605 30
31 GTD 11 16 United States Wright Motorsports United States Ryan Hardwick 1:22.652 +12.213 31

Sources:[12][13]

    Race

    Post-Race

    Albuquerque and Taylor took the lead of the DPi Drivers' Championship with 1707 points while Blomqvist and Jarvis dropped to second with 1675 points. Bamber and Lynn jumped from fourth to third.[14] The result in LMP2 meant Montoya and Hedman took the lead of the LMP2 Drivers' Championship with 972 points while Bomarito and Thomas advanced from fourth to third.[14] Grist and Balogh took the led of the LMP3 Drivers' Championship with 688 points while Braun and Bennett advanced from fifth to second with 661 points.[14] The result in GTD meant McAleer retook the lead of the Drivers' Championship with 1237 points while Hardwick and Heylen dropped to second with 1225 points. Megennis and Westphal jumped from fifth to fourth while Montecalvo advanced from eighth to fifth.[14] PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports continued to top the LMP2 Teams' Championship while Wayne Taylor Racing, Jr III Motorsports, and Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports became the leaders of their respective class Teams' Championships.[14] Acura and Mercedes-AMG assumed the lead of their respective Manufacturers' Championships with seven rounds remaining.[14]

    Race Results

    Class winners are denoted in bold and .

    Pos Class PIC No. Team Drivers Chassis Laps Time/Retired
    Engine
    1 DPi 1 10 United States WTR - Konica Minolta Acura Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
    United States Ricky Taylor
    Acura ARX-05 121 2:40:20.108
    Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
    2 DPi 2 60 United States Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
    United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist
    Acura ARX-05 121 +2.098
    Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
    3 DPi 3 31 United States Whelen Engineering Racing United States Tristan Nunez
    Brazil Pipo Derani
    Cadillac DPi-V.R 121 +16.910
    Cadillac 5.5 L V8
    4 DPi 4 02 United States Cadillac Racing United Kingdom Alex Lynn
    New Zealand Earl Bamber
    Cadillac DPi-V.R 121 +36.916
    Cadillac 5.5 L V8
    5 DPi 5 01 United States Cadillac Racing France Sebastien Bourdais
    Netherlands Renger van der Zande
    Cadillac DPi-V.R 121 +37.104
    Cadillac 5.5 L V8
    6 DPi 6 5 United States JDC-Miller MotorSports France Tristan Vautier
    United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
    Cadillac DPi-V.R 121 +1:02.301
    Cadillac 5.5 L V8
    7 LMP2 1 81 United States DragonSpeed - 10 Star Sweden Henrik Hedman
    Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya
    Oreca 07 118 +3 Laps
    Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
    8 LMP2 2 11 United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United States Steven Thomas
    United States Jonathan Bomarito
    Oreca 07 118 +3 Laps
    Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
    9 LMP2 3 20 Denmark High Class Racing Denmark Dennis Andersen
    Denmark Anders Fjordbach
    Oreca 07 118 +3 Laps
    Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
    10 LMP2 4 8 United States Tower Motorsport Canada John Farano
    United Kingdom Will Stevens
    Oreca 07 117 +4 Laps
    Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
    11 LMP2 5 18 United States Era Motorsport United States Dwight Merriman
    United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel
    Oreca 07 117 +4 Laps
    Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
    12 LMP2 6 52 United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United States Patrick Kelly
    United States Josh Pierson
    Oreca 07 117 +4 Laps
    Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
    13 LMP3 1 54 United States CORE Autosport United States Jon Bennett
    United States Colin Braun
    Ligier JS P320 114 +7 Laps
    Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
    14 LMP3 2 30 United States Jr III Motorsports United States Ari Balogh
    Canada Garett Grist
    Ligier JS P320 113 +8 Laps
    Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
    15 LMP3 3 36 United States Andretti Autosport United States Jarett Andretti
    Colombia Gabby Chaves
    Ligier JS P320 113 +8 Laps
    Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
    16 LMP3 4 74 United States Riley Motorsports United States Gar Robinson
    Brazil Felipe Fraga
    Ligier JS P320 113 +8 Laps
    Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
    17 LMP3 5 58 United States MLT Motorsports United States Josh Sarchet
    United States Dakota Dickerson
    Ligier JS P320 113 +8 Laps
    Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
    18 LMP3 6 33 United States Sean Creech Motorsport United States Lance Willsey
    Portugal João Barbosa
    Ligier JS P320 112 +9 Laps
    Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
    19 GTD 1 96 United States Turner Motorsport United States Robby Foley
    United States Bill Auberlen
    BMW M4 GT3 110 +11 Laps
    BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6
    20 GTD 2 1 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Madison Snow
    United States Bryan Sellers
    BMW M4 GT3 110 +11 Laps
    BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6
    21 GTD 3 12 United States Vasser Sullivan Racing United States Frankie Montecalvo
    United States Aaron Telitz
    Lexus RC F GT3 110 +11 Laps
    Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8
    22 GTD 4 39 United States CarBahn With Peregrine Racing United States Robert Megennis
    United States Jeff Westphal
    Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 110 +11 Laps
    Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
    23 GTD 5 57 United States Winward Racing United States Russell Ward
    United Kingdom Philip Ellis
    Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 110 +11 laps
    Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
    24 GTD 6 32 United States Team Korthoff Motorsports United Kingdom Stevan McAleer
    United States Mike Skeen
    Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 110 +11 laps
    Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
    25 GTD 7 17 United States Vasser Sullivan Racing United States Richard Heistand
    United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth
    Lexus RC F GT3 110 +11 Laps
    Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8
    26 GTD 8 27 United States Heart of Racing Team United Kingdom Roman De Angelis
    Belgium Maxime Martin
    Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 110 +11 Laps
    Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
    27 GTD 9 16 United States Wright Motorsports United States Ryan Hardwick
    Belgium Jan Heylen
    Porsche 911 GT3 R 110 +11 Laps
    Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
    28 GTD 10 51 Philippines RWR with Eurasia Motorsport Australia Aidan Read
    United States Ryan Eversley
    Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 109 +12 Laps
    Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
    29 GTD 11 70 United Kingdom Inception Racing United States Brendan Iribe
    South Africa Jordan Pepper
    McLaren 720S GT3 110 +11 laps (Post race penalty)
    McLaren M840T 4.0L Turbo V8
    30 LMP3 7 38 United States Performance Tech Motorsports United States Dan Goldburg
    Sweden Rasmus Lindh
    Ligier JS P320 106 +15 Laps
    Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
    31 LMP3 8 13 Canada AWA Canada Orey Fidani
    Canada Kuno Wittmer
    Ligier JS P320 100 +21 Laps
    Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
    Sources:[15][16]

    Standings after the race

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


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


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