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2021 Grand Prix of Long Beach

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The layout of the Long Beach Street Circuit

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.

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[]

Further information: 2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship § 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 1:1.724 +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 25px USA Whelen Engineering Racing 25px Brazil Felipe Nasr
25px Brazil Pipo Derani 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 78 1:40:46.781double-dagger
Cadillac 5.5L V8
2 DPi 01 25px USA Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing 25px Netherlands Renger van der Zande
25px Flag of Denmark Kevin Magnussen 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 78 +10.952
Cadillac 5.5L V8
3 DPi 5 25px USA JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing 25px France Tristan Vautier
25px France Loïc Duval 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 78 +15.869
Cadillac 5.5L V8
4 DPi 10 25px USA Konica Minolta Acura 25px USA Ricky Taylor
25px Flag of Portugal Filipe Albuquerque 		Acura ARX-05 78 +50.566
Acura AR35TT 3.5L Turbo V6
5 DPi 55 25px Canada Mazda Motorsports 25px Great Britain Oliver Jarvis
25px Great Britain Harry Tincknell 		Mazda RT24-P 78 +1:13.185
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0L Turbo I4
6 GTLM 4 25px USA Corvette Racing 25px USA Tommy Milner
25px Great Britain Nick Tandy 		Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 75 +15.107double-dagger
Chevrolet 5.5L V8
7 GTLM 3 25px USA Corvette Racing 25px Spain Antonio García
25px USA Jordan Taylor 		Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 75 +4 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5L V8
8 GTLM 79 25px USA WeatherTech Racing 25px USA Cooper MacNeil
25px France Mathieu Jaminet 		Porsche 911 RSR-19 74 +4 Laps
Porsche 4.2L Flat-6
9 GTD 1 25px USA Paul Miller Racing 25px USA Bryan Sellers
25px USA Madison Snow 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 73 +5 Lapsdouble-dagger
Lamborghini 5.2L V10
10 GTD 9 25px Canada Pfaff Motorsports 25px Canada Zacharie Robichon
25px Belgium Laurens Vanthoor 		Porsche 911 GT3 R 73 +5 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat-6
11 GTD 16 25px USA Wright Motorsports 25px USA Trent Hindman
25px USA Patrick Long 		Porsche 911 GT3 R 73 +5 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat-6
12 GTD 14 25px USA Vasser-Sullivan Racing 25px USA Aaron Telitz
25px Great Britain Jack Hawksworth 		Lexus RC F GT3 73 +5 Laps
Lexus 5.0L V8
13 GTD 39 25px USA CarBahn Motorsports with Peregrine Racing 25px USA Richard Heistand
25px USA Jeff Westphal 		Audi R8 LMS Evo 73 +5 Laps
Audi 5.2L V10
14 GTD 23 25px USA Heart of Racing Team 25px Canada Roman De Angelis
25px Great Britain Ross Gunn 		Aston Martin Vantage GT3 73 +5 Laps
Mercedes-Benz M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
15 GTD 26 25px USA O'Gara Motorsport - USRT 25px USA Steven Aghakhani
25px Australia Jake Eidson 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 73 +5 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2L V8
16 GTD 66 25px USA Gradient Racing 25px Great Britain Till Bechtolsheimer
25px USA Marc Miller 		Acura NSX GT3 Evo 73 +5 Laps
Acura 3.5L Turbo V6
17 GTD 88 25px USA Team Hardpoint 25px USA Rob Ferriol
25px Great Britain Katherine Legge 		Porsche 911 GT3 R 72 +6 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat-6
18 GTD 63 25px USA Scuderia Corsa 25px USA Colin Braun
25px Italy Daniel Mancinelli 		Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 72 +6 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
19 GTD 76 25px USA Compass Racing 25px USA Matt McMurry
25px Germany Mario Farnbacher 		Acura NSX GT3 Evo 72 +6 Laps
Acura 3.5L Turbo V6
20 GTD 27 25px USA Heart of Racing Team 25px Great Britain Ian James
25px Spain Alex Riberas 		Aston Martin Vantage GT3 72 +6 Laps
Mercedes-Benz M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
21 GTD 12 25px USA Vasser-Sullivan Racing 25px USA Frankie Montecalvo
25px USA Zach Veach 		Lexus RC F GT3 72 +6 Laps
Lexus 5.0L V8
22 GTD 44 25px USA Magnus Racing with Archangel Motorsports 25px USA John Potter
25px USA Andy Lally 		Acura NSX GT3 Evo 71 +7 Laps
Acura 3.5L Turbo V6
23 GTD 34 25px USA GMG Racing 25px USA James Sofronas
25px USA Kyle Washington 		Porsche 911 GT3 R 70 +8 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat-6
24 GTD 96 25px USA Turner Motorsport 25px USA Bill Auberlen
25px USA Robby Foley 		BMW M6 GT3 69 +9 Laps
BMW 4.4L Turbo V8
25 DPi 60 25px USA Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian 25px USA Dane Cameron
25px France Olivier Pla 		Acura ARX-05 68 Did Not Finish
Acura AR35TT 3.5L Turbo V6
26 GTD 19 25px Austria GRT Grasser Racing Team 25px Canada Misha Goikhberg
25px France Franck Perera 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 25 Did Not Finish
Lamborghini 5.2L V10
Source:[12]

References[]

  1. ↑ "Long Beach, Laguna Seca Rounds Moved to September". 17 December 2020. https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/long-beach-laguna-seca-moved-to-september/. 
  2. ↑ Llyod, Daniel (7 July 2021). "6H Fuji Canceled, Replaced with Second Bahrain Date". https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/6h-fuji-canceled-replaced-with-second-bahrain-date/. 
  3. ↑ Dagys, John (20 September 2021). "Revised COVID-19 Protocol for Long Beach". https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/revised-covid-19-protocol-for-long-beach/. 
  4. ↑ Dagys, John (17 September 2021). "Ferrari 488 GT3 Gets Weight Increase for Long Beach". https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/ferrari-488-gt3-evo-2020-gets-weight-increase-for-long-beach/. 
  5. ↑ "GTD Additions See Long Beach Entry Boosted To 26 Cars". 16 September 2021. https://www.dailysportscar.com/2021/09/16/gtd-additions-see-long-beach-entry-boosted-to-26-cars.html. 
  6. ↑ Dagys, John (15 September 2021). "GMG, Scuderia Corsa Boost Long Beach Entry to 26 Cars". https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/gmg-scuderia-corsa-boosts-long-beach-entry-to-26/. 
  7. ↑ Dagys, John (21 September 2021). "Washington to Join Sofronas in GMG Porsche at Long Beach". https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/washington-to-join-sofronas-in-gmg-porsche-at-long-beach/. 
  8. ↑ Dagys, John (1 September 2021). "Aghakhani, Eidson Set for Mercedes Entry in Long Beach". https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/aghakhani-eidson-set-for-mercedes-gtd-entry-in-long-beach/. 
  9. ↑ "DPi-qualifying.pdf". https://motorsports.nbcsports.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/09/DPi-qualifying.pdf. 
  10. ↑ "Long-Beach_Results_Qualifying-GTD-Points-GTLM-Position-and-Points.pdf". https://motorsports.nbcsports.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/09/Long-Beach_Results_Qualifying-GTD-Points-GTLM-Position-and-Points.pdf. 
  11. ↑ "Long-Beach_Results_Qualifying-GTD-Position.pdf". https://motorsports.nbcsports.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/09/Long-Beach_Results_Qualifying-GTD-Position.pdf. 
  12. ↑ "03_Results_Race_Unofficial.PDF". http://results.imsa.com/Results/21_2021/18_Long%20Beach%20Street%20Circuit/01_IMSA%20WeatherTech%20SportsCar%20Championship/202109251405_Race/03_Results_Race_Unofficial.PDF. Retrieved April 6, 2023. 


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