Английская Википедия:2021 GT Challenge at VIR
The 2021 Michelin GT Challenge at VIR was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The race was held at Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia on October 9, 2021. The race was the eleventh round of the 2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship, and the eighth round of the WeatherTech Sprint Cup.
Background
International Motor Sports Association's (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in September 2020. It was the eighth consecutive year it was part of the IMSA SCC.[1] The 2021 Michelin GT Challenge at VIR was the eleventh of twelve sports car races of 2021 by IMSA, and it was the eighth round held as part of the WeatherTech Sprint Cup.[2] The race was held at the seventeen-turn Шаблон:Convert Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia. As in previous years, the event was also the second GT-only round of the IMSA SportsCar Championship season, in which only the GTLM and GTD classes were scheduled to compete.[3]
Originally scheduled to run on August 22, 2021, the race was set to clash with the 24 Hours of Le Mans after the event was postponed from its original date in June to August.[4] As a result, IMSA rescheduled the event to October 9, 2021, and moved Petit Le Mans to November 13, 2021.[3][5]
On September 30, 2021, IMSA released the latest technical bulletin outlining Balance of Performance for the event.[6] In GTD, the Lexus RC F GT3 received a 10 kilogram weight break. No changes were made in GTLM.
Before the race, Antonio García and Jordan Taylor led the GTLM Drivers' Championship with 2917 points, 160 points ahead of Tommy Milner and Nick Tandy followed by Cooper MacNeil in third.[7] With 2570 points, the GTD Drivers' Championship was led by Zacharie Robichon and Laurens Vanthoor, ahead of Madison Snow and Bryan Sellers.[7] Chevrolet and Porsche were leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while Corvette Racing and Pfaff Motorsports each led their own Teams' Championships.[7]
Entries
Шаблон:Further A total of 18 cars took part in the event, split across 2 classes. 3 cars were entered in GTLM, and 15 in GTD.[8] In GTLM, Kévin Estre would be joining Cooper MacNeil in the #79 WeatherTech Racing entry. GTD saw various changes after the previous round, as Alegra Motorsports would return after skipping the previous 3 rounds.[9] Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports also returned for the first time since the Road America race with Mike Skeen partnering Guy Cosmo.[10] Compass Racing withdrew from the event in order to focus on the Indianapolis 8 Hours.[11] Mario Farnbacher subbed for Marc Miller, who was injured, in the Gradient Racing #66. [12]
Practice
There were two practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Saturday, both on Friday. The first session lasted one hour on Friday morning while the second session on Friday afternoon lasted 75 minutes.[13]
Practice 1
The first practice session took place at 8:00 am ET on Friday and ended with Kévin Estre topping the charts for WeatherTech Racing, with a lap time of 1:41.124, ahead of Nick Tandy in the No. 4 Corvette.[14] The GTD class was topped by the No. 96 Turner Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 of Bill Auberlen with a time of 1:44.391. Franck Perera in the No. 19 Lamborghini was second fastest followed by Ross Gunn in the No. 23 Aston Martin.[15]
Шаблон:Tooltip | Class | Шаблон:Tooltip | Team | Driver | Time | Шаблон:Tooltip |
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1 | GTLM | 79 | WeatherTech Racing | Kévin Estre | 1:41.124 | _ |
2 | GTLM | 4 | Corvette Racing | Nick Tandy | 1:41.921 | +0.797 |
3 | GTLM | 3 | Corvette Racing | Antonio García | 1:41.969 | +0.845 |
Sources:[16][17] |
Practice 2
The second and final practice session took place at 11:55 am ET on Friday and ended with Kévin Estre topping the charts for WeatherTech Racing, with a lap time of 1:41.124. Tommy Milner's No. 4 Corvette was second fastest followed by Jordan Taylor in the No. 3 Corvette.[18] The GTD class was topped by the No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus RC F GT3 of Jack Hawksworth with a time of 1:44.407, ahead of Ross Gunn in the No. 23 Aston Martin.[19]
Шаблон:Tooltip | Class | Шаблон:Tooltip | Team | Driver | Time | Шаблон:Tooltip |
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1 | GTLM | 79 | WeatherTech Racing | Kévin Estre | 1:40.838 | _ |
2 | GTLM | 4 | Corvette Racing | Tommy Milner | 1:41.200 | +0.362 |
3 | GTLM | 3 | Corvette Racing | Jordan Taylor | 1:41.313 | +0.475 |
Sources:[20][21] |
Qualifying
Qualifying was broken into two sessions.[13] The first was for cars in the GTD class. Robby Foley qualified on pole for the class driving the No. 96 car for Turner Motorsport, beating Madison Snow in the No. 1 Lamborghini by 0.236 seconds. Trent Hindman was third in the No. 16 Wright Motorsports Porsche followed by Roman De Angelis in the No. 23 Aston Martin.[22]
The final session of qualifying was for the GTLM and GTD classes. Tommy Milner qualified on pole in GTLM driving the No. 4 car for Corvette Racing, besting teammate Jordan Taylor in the sister No. 3 Corvette Racing entry by less than 0.010 seconds.[23] Cooper MacNeil in the No. 79 Porsche rounded out the GTLM field.[24] Ross Gunn set the fastest time in the GTD points paying session driving the No. 23 car for Heart of Racing Team and earned 35 championship points. Gunn was 0.141 seconds clear of teammate Alex Riberas in the sister No. 27 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin.[23] Jack Hawksworth was third in the No. 14 Lexus followed by Bryan Sellers in the No. 1 Lamborghini.[24]
Qualifying results
Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by Шаблон:Double-dagger.
- Шаблон:Ref The No. 16 Wright Motorsports entry was moved to the rear of the GTD classification for violating competition rules regarding the car's ride height.[28]
- Шаблон:Ref The No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports entry was moved to the back of the GTD classification as per Article 40.2.9. of the Sporting regulations (car was touched by the crew during qualifying without permission by the officials).[29]
- Шаблон:Ref The No. 27 Heart of Racing Team entry was moved to the back of the GTLM classification for violating competition rules regarding the car's rear wing.[30] Additionally, the team elected to change tires after qualifying.
Race
Post-race
The result kept Antonio García and Jordan Taylor atop the GTLM Drivers' Championship.[31] With 2938 points, Robichon and Vanthoor's victory allowed them to increase their advantage over Sellers and Snow in the GTD Drivers' Championship. Long advanced from fifth to fourth while Auberlen and Foley dropped from fourth to fifth.[31] Chevrolet and Porsche continued to top their respective Manufacturers' Championships while Corvette Racing and Pfaff Motorsports kept their respective advantages in the their respective of Teams' Championships with one round remaining in the season.[31]
Race results
Class winners are denoted in bold and Шаблон:Double-dagger.
Standings after the race
Шаблон:Tooltip | +/– | Driver | Points |
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1 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Filipe Albuquerque Шаблон:Flagicon Ricky Taylor |
3071 |
2 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Pipo Derani Шаблон:Flagicon Felipe Nasr |
3052 |
3 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Oliver Jarvis Шаблон:Flagicon Harry Tincknell |
2882 |
4 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Kevin Magnussen Шаблон:Flagicon Renger van der Zande |
2879 |
5 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Dane Cameron Шаблон:Flagicon Olivier Pla |
2668 |
Шаблон:Tooltip | +/– | Driver | Points |
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1 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Mikkel Jensen Шаблон:Flagicon Ben Keating |
1807 |
2 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Tristan Nunez Шаблон:Flagicon Steven Thomas |
1694 |
3 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Gabriel Aubry Шаблон:Flagicon John Farano |
1634 |
4 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Ryan Dalziel Шаблон:Flagicon Dwight Merriman |
1330 |
5 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Scott Huffaker | 702 |
Шаблон:Tooltip | +/– | Driver | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Gar Robinson | 1800 |
2 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Jon Bennett Шаблон:Flagicon Colin Braun |
1750 |
3 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Jim Cox Шаблон:Flagicon Dylan Murry |
1594 |
4 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Rasmus Lindh | 1538 |
5 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Oliver Askew | 1504 |
Шаблон:Tooltip | +/– | Driver | Points |
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1 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Antonio García Шаблон:Flagicon Jordan Taylor |
3269 |
2 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Tommy Milner Шаблон:Flagicon Nick Tandy |
3142 |
3 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Cooper MacNeil | 2924 |
4 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Matt Campbell | 1702 |
5 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Mathieu Jaminet | 1324 |
Шаблон:Tooltip | +/– | Driver | Points |
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1 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Zacharie Robichon Шаблон:Flagicon Laurens Vanthoor |
2938 |
2 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Madison Snow Шаблон:Flagicon Bryan Sellers |
2888 |
3 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Roman De Angelis Шаблон:Flagicon Ross Gunn |
2761 |
4 | Файл:1uparrow green.svg 1 | Шаблон:Flagicon Patrick Long | 2659 |
5 | Файл:1downarrow red.svg 1 | Шаблон:Flagicon Bill Auberlen Шаблон:Flagicon Robby Foley |
2638 |
- Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.
Шаблон:Tooltip | +/– | Team | Points |
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1 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon #10 WTR-Konica Minolta Acura | 3071 |
2 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon #31 Whelen Engineering Racing | 3052 |
3 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon #55 Mazda Motorsports | 2882 |
4 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon #01 Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing | 2879 |
5 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon #60 Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian | 2668 |
Шаблон:Tooltip | +/– | Team | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon #52 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports | 1807 |
2 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon #11 WIN Autosport | 1694 |
3 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon #8 Tower Motorsport | 1634 |
4 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon #18 Era Motorsport | 1330 |
5 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon #22 United Autosports | 614 |
Шаблон:Tooltip | +/– | Team | Points |
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1 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon #74 Riley Motorsports | 1800 |
2 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon #54 CORE Autosport | 1750 |
3 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon #91 Riley Motorsports | 1594 |
4 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon #38 Performance Tech Motorsports | 1538 |
5 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon #36 Andretti Autosport | 1192 |
Шаблон:Tooltip | +/– | Team | Points |
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1 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon #3 Corvette Racing | 3269 |
2 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon #4 Corvette Racing | 3142 |
3 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon #79 WeatherTech Racing | 2974 |
4 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon #24 BMW Team RLL | 1001 |
5 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon #25 BMW Team RLL | 966 |
Шаблон:Tooltip | +/– | Team | Points |
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1 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon #9 Pfaff Motorsports | 2938 |
2 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon #1 Paul Miller Racing | 2888 |
3 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon #23 Heart of Racing Team | 2761 |
4 | Файл:1uparrow green.svg 1 | Шаблон:Flagicon #16 Wright Motorsports | 2659 |
5 | Файл:1downarrow red.svg 1 | Шаблон:Flagicon #96 Turner Motorsport | 2638 |
- Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.
Шаблон:Tooltip | +/– | Manufacturer | Points |
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1 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Cadillac | 3311 |
2 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Acura | 3223 |
3 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Mazda | 3039 |
Шаблон:Tooltip | +/– | Manufacturer | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Chevrolet | 3385 |
2 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Porsche | 3164 |
3 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon BMW | 1052 |
4 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Ferrari | 330 |
Шаблон:Tooltip | +/– | Manufacturer | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Porsche | 3077 |
2 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Lamborghini | 3005 |
3 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Aston Martin | 2889 |
4 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon BMW | 2827 |
5 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Lexus | 2799 |
- Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.
References
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