IMSA Mosport: Blomqvist on pole from Taylor in Acura 1-2

Wayne Taylor Racing’s Ricky Taylor set the early pace at the 2.45-mile track and worked his way down to 1m04.462s in his Acura, over a second under the lap record.

Friday pacesetter Blomqvist then produced a stunning lap of 1m04.394 that was right on the edge in Turn 3, before he then slid right off the track at Moss Corner while trying to improve on his top time on the following tour.

Tristan Vautier (JDC-Miller Motorsports) was the fastest of the Cadillacs but over half a second off the Acuras. Alex Lynn (Chip Ganassi Racing), Olivier Pla (Action Express) and Sebastien Bourdais completed the top six, the latter suffering a spin at Moss.

Jarrett Andretti (Andretti Autosport) and Gar Robinson (Riley Motorsports) battled over the pole in LMP3, with Andretti taking it by 0.072s. Ari Balogh will start third for Jr III Racing, ahead of Jon Bennett (CORE Autosport).

#9 Pfaff Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3R: Matt Campbell, Mathieu Jaminet

Photo by: Jake Galstad / Motorsport Images

In the GTD classes, Mathieu Jaminet’s Pfaff Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3R beat the VasserSullivan Lexus RC F of Frankie Montecalvo to pole position.

Jaminet started off with a lap of 1m15.703s, before a grassy off at the exit of the final corner cost him time on a potentially quicker lap. As Montecalvo reeled off a 1m15.633s to grab provisional pole, Jaminet regrouped and lowered his best time to a class record-breaking 1m15.468s.

Montecalvo was second fastest overall, and first of the non-Pro cars, ahead of Alex Riberas in the Pro class Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage entry. John Edwards was fourth in the Team RLL BMW M4, just pipping Jordan Taylor in the factory Corvette C8.R.

IMSA Canadian Tire Motorsport Park - Qualifying Results

Cla	Driver	Chassis	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Oliver Jarvis Tom Blomqvist	Acura DPi	8	1'04.394			137.472
2	Ricky Taylor Filipe Albuquerque	Acura DPi	11	1'04.462	0.068	0.068	137.327
3	Tristan Vautier Richard Westbrook	Cadillac DPi	8	1'04.895	0.501	0.433	136.411
4	Earl Bamber Alex Lynn	Cadillac DPi	7	1'05.082	0.688	0.187	136.019
5	Olivier Pla Pipo Derani	Cadillac DPi	12	1'05.126	0.732	0.044	135.927
6	Renger van der Zande Sébastien Bourdais	Cadillac DPi	8	1'05.266	0.872	0.140	135.636
7	Jarett Andretti Gabby Chaves	Ligier JS P320	12	1'13.102	8.708	7.836	121.097
8	Gar Robinson Scott Andrews	Ligier JS P320	12	1'13.174	8.780	0.072	120.977
9	Ari Balogh Garett Grist	Ligier JS P320	12	1'13.815	9.421	0.641	119.927
10	Jon Bennett Colin Braun	Ligier JS P320	9	1'14.056	9.662	0.241	119.537
11	Orey Fidani Kyle Marcelli	Duqueine D08	12	1'14.832	10.438	0.776	118.297
12	Joao Barbosa Lance Willsey	Ligier JS P320	12	1'15.121	10.727	0.289	117.842
13	Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet	Porsche 911 GT3 R	7	1'15.468	11.074	0.347	117.300
14	Frankie Montecalvo Aaron Telitz	Lexus RC F GT3	7	1'15.633	11.239	0.165	117.044
15	Ross Gunn Alex Riberas	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	7	1'15.890	11.496	0.257	116.648
16	Connor de Phillippi John Edwards	BMW M4 GT3	13	1'15.899	11.505	0.009	116.634
17	Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor	Corvette C8.R GTD	10	1'15.955	11.561	0.056	116.548
18	Roman De Angelis Maxime Martin	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	7	1'15.975	11.581	0.020	116.517
19	Bryan Sellers Madison Snow	BMW M4 GT3	9	1'16.004	11.610	0.029	116.473
20	Russell Ward Philip Ellis	Mercedes AMG GT3	12	1'16.039	11.645	0.035	116.419
21	Ben Barnicoat Kamui Kobayashi	Lexus RC F GT3	9	1'16.071	11.677	0.032	116.370
22	Robby Foley Bill Auberlen	BMW M4 GT3	10	1'16.156	11.762	0.085	116.240
23	Ryan Eversley Aidan Read	Acura NSX GT3	10	1'16.250	11.856	0.094	116.097
24	Cooper MacNeil Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes AMG GT3	10	1'17.071	12.677	0.821	114.860
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