Laguna Seca IMSA: Albuquerque secures pole for WTR Acura

Cameron set the early pace in his Meyer Shank Acura DPi at 1m14.957s, repeatedly swapping the top spot early on with Albuquerque, who eventually took over with a lap of 1m14.441s that won the pole position, compared to Cameron’s 1m14.464s.

Kevin Magnussen (Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac) was third quickest, over half a second off the pace, ahead of Mazda’s Harry Tincknell who was only fourth fastest after topping the morning’s practice session.

Pipo Derani (Action Express Cadillac DPi) will start fifth, while Tristan Vautier’s JDC-Miller MotorSports Cadillac was just over a second off the pace in sixth.

Ben Keating took LMP2 pole in his PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports ORECA at 1m17.227s, well clear of Dwight Merriman in his Era Motorsport ORECA, whose best time was 1m19.873s.

#3 Corvette Racing Corvette C8.R, GTLM: Antonio Garcia, Jordan Taylor

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Taylor beats Milner for GTLM pole

Jordan Taylor scored his now customary GTLM pole for Corvette Racing by lapping his C8.R in 1m21.151s, which was 0.116s faster than Tommy Milner. Cooper MacNeil was 0.78s off the pace in the WeatherTech Racing Porsche 911 RSR-19.

In GTD, Robby Foley’s Turner Motorsports BMW M6 set the early pace at 1m25.089s. Practice pacesetter Madison Snow, in his Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini Huracan, took control with 1m24.711s before he was toppled again by Foley who set a 1m24.568s.

Trent Hindman’s Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3R then hit P1 with 1m24.505s, grabbing pole from Foley by 0.063s.

Roman de Angelis qualified third in his Heart of Racing-run Aston Martin Vantage, ahead of Snow, Richard Heistand (CarBahn with Peregrine Audi R8) and Zacharie Robichon in the Pfaff Motorsports Porsche.

IMSA Laguna Seca - Qualifying Results

Cla	Num	Driver	Class	Chassis	Time	Gap
1	10	Ricky Taylor Filipe Albuquerque	DPi	Acura DPi	1'14.441
2	60	Dane Cameron Olivier Pla	DPi	Acura DPi	1'14.464	0.023
4	55	Oliver Jarvis Harry Tincknell	DPi	Mazda DPi	1'15.052	0.611
5	31	Felipe Nasr Pipo Derani	DPi	Cadillac DPi	1'15.384	0.943
6	5	Tristan Vautier Loic Duval	DPi	Cadillac DPi	1'15.451	1.010
7	52	Ben Keating Mikkel Jensen	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	1'17.227	2.786
8	18	Dwight Merriman Ryan Dalziel	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	1'19.873	5.432
9	11	Thomas Steven Tristan Nunez	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	1'19.894	5.453
10	3	Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor	GTLM	Corvette C8.R	1'21.151	6.710
11	4	Tommy Milner Nick Tandy	GTLM	Corvette C8.R	1'21.267	6.826
12	8	John Farano Gabriel Aubry	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	1'21.563	7.122
13	79	Cooper MacNeil Matt Campbell	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR - 19	1'21.931	7.490
14	16	Trent Hindman Patrick Long	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	1'24.505	10.064
15	96	Bill Auberlen Robby Foley	GTD	BMW M6 GT3	1'24.568	10.127
16	23	Roman De Angelis Ross Gunn	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	1'24.591	10.150
17	1	Bryan Sellers Madison Snow	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	1'24.711	10.270
18	39	Richard Heistand Jeff Westphal	GTD	Audi R8 LMS GT3	1'24.751	10.310
19	9	Zacharie Robichon Laurens Vanthoor	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	1'24.754	10.313
20	14	Aaron Telitz Jack Hawksworth	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3	1'24.802	10.361
21	27	Ian James Alex Riberas	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	1'25.385	10.944
22	12	Frankie Montecalvo Zach Veach	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3	1'25.600	11.159
23	88	Rob Ferriol Katherine Legge	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	1'25.813	11.372
24	76	Mario Farnbacher Jacob Abel	GTD	Acura NSX GT3	1'25.875	11.434
25	44	John Potter Andy Lally	GTD	Acura NSX GT3	1'26.613	12.172
26	66	Till Bechtolsheimer Marc Miller	GTD	Acura NSX GT3
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