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The 2019 Acura Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The race was held at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio, on May 5, 2019. It was the fourth round of the 2019 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the first round of the 2019 WeatherTech Sprint Cup.

Background

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

International Motor Sports Association's (IMSA) president Scott Atherton confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2019 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2018. [1] It was the second consecutive year it was part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The 2019 Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio was the fourth of twelve sports car races of 2019 by IMSA, and it was the first of seven rounds held as part of the WeatherTech Sprint Cup. [2] The race was held at the thirteen-turn 2.258 mi (3.634 km) Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio on May 5, 2019. [3]

The event marked the inaugural event of a new support championship for the GT Daytona (GTD) class called the WeatherTech Sprint Cup. It is a championship of all the non-endurance events in the GTD calendar, using the same scoring system as the overall full-time championship, unlike its sister support championship, the Michelin Endurance Cup. [4]

Two and a half weeks prior to the event, Ford announced they would end their factory program with Chip Ganassi Racing in the GTLM class in both the World Endurance Championship and the WeatherTech championship at the end of 2019. [5]

On April 24, 2019, IMSA released a technical bulletin regarding the Balance of Performance for the race. There were no changes made to either the DPi or GT Le Mans classes. In GTD, the Lamborghini Huracán GT3, which had been victorious in the previous two rounds at Daytona and Sebring, received a 30 kilogram weight increase and a 1-liter reduction in fuel capacity. In contrast, the Audi R8 LMS and Mercedes-AMG GT3 cars were given weight reductions of 25 and 20 kilograms, respectively. The McLaren 720S GT3 received its baseline weight of 1320 kilograms and RPM of 8,000 for its first IMSA event. [6]

Before the race, Pipo Derani and Felipe Nasr led the DPi Drivers' Championship with 92 points, 2 points ahead of Hélio Castroneves and Ricky Taylor in second position followed by Filipe Albuquerque and João Barbosa in third with 89 points. [7] In LMP2, Cameron Cassels and Kyle Masson led the Drivers' Championship with 67 points; the duo held a seven-point gap over Matt McMurry and Gabriel Aubry. [7] Earl Bamber and Laurens Vanthoor led the GTLM Drivers' Championship with 91 points, ahead of Patrick Pilet and Nick Tandy with 87 points, and Antonio García and Jan Magnussen in third with 87 points. [7] With 70 points, Mirko Bortolotti, Rik Breukers, and Rolf Ineichen led the GTD Drivers' Championship, 16 points clear of Frankie Montecalvo, Townsend Bell, and Aaron Telitz. [7] Cadillac, Porsche, and Lamborghini were leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while Whelen Engineering Racing, Performance Tech Motorsports, Porsche GT Team, and GRT Grasser Racing Team each led their own Teams' Championships. [7]

Entries

Further information: 2019 IMSA SportsCar Championship § Entries

A total of 36 cars took part in the event split across four classes. There were 11 cars in the Daytona Prototype international (DPi) class, two in the Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) class, eight entries in GT Le Mans (GTLM), and 15 entries in the GTD class. [8]

There were some considerable additions and changes among the field. Lone Star Racing returned to IMSA competition in the GTD class, having previously participated at Laguna Seca in 2017. Starworks Motorsport driver Parker Chase, who had previously only been on contract for the endurance events, would sign an agreement to run the full season with Starworks in 2019, alongside the existing full-season driver Ryan Dalziel. [9] The biggest addition to the entry list, however, was Compass Racing, who would field a new McLaren 720S GT3 with factory backing in the full Sprint Cup-only campaign for the season. Their drivers were McLaren factory driver Paul Holton and Matt Plumb. On April 19, 2019, McLaren Automotive signed a multi-year agreement with IMSA in which they officially became an automotive partner of the International Motor Sports Association. [10] [11]

After initially confirming full-season programs, GTD teams Precision Performance Motorsports and P1 Motorsports would not return for Mid-Ohio, with the latter pulling the plug on using their Mercedes-AMG GT3 cars in championships.

Due to scheduling conflicts for full-season drivers Gabriel Aubry, Patrick Lindsey and Harry Tincknell, who were at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps for the FIA World Endurance Championship, drivers Eric Lux, Marco Seefried and Ryan Hunter-Reay respectively would replace these drivers for the Mid-Ohio event. [12]

Practice

There were three practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Sunday, two on Friday and one on Saturday. The session on Friday morning lasted 75 minutes while the second session on Friday afternoon lasted one hour. The third session on Saturday morning lasted one hour. [13]

Practice 1

The first practice session took place at 10:05 am ET on Friday and ended with Juan Pablo Montoya topping the charts for Acura Team Penske, with a lap time of 1:41.568. Colin Braun put the No. 54 CORE Autosport second fastest in the DPi class followed by the No. 7 Acura of Ricky Taylor. [14] Earl Bamber set the fastest time in GTLM with a time of 1:42.230, 2.208 seconds faster than Tom Blomqvist's No. 25 BMW. [14] Trent Hindman was fastest in GTD. [15] Neither of the LMP2 entries set a lap time. [16] 14 of the 36 entries did not get a time in due to heavy rain. [15]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 DPi 6 Acura Team Penske Juan Pablo Montoya 1:41.568 _
2 GTLM 912 Porsche GT Team Earl Bamber 1:42.230 +0.662
3 GTLM 25 BMW Team RLL Tom Blomqvist 1:44.438 +2.870
Sources: [17] [18]

Practice 2

The second practice session took place at 3:15 PM ET on Friday and ended with Oliver Jarvis topping the charts for Mazda Team Joest, with a lap time of 1:28.158. The No. 55 Mazda of Ryan Hunter-Reay was second fastest followed by Simon Trummer in the No. 84 Cadillac. [19] Eric Lux set the fastest time in LMP2. The GTLM class was topped by the No. 911 Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR of Nick Tandy with a time of 1:32.142. Jesse Krohn in the No. 24 BMW was second fastest followed by Laurens Vanthoor in the No. 912 Porsche. [20] [19] The GTD class was topped by the No. 14 AIM Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 of Jack Hawksworth with a time of 1:30.190. Zacharie Robichon was second fastest in the No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports Porsche followed by Marco Seefried in the No. 73 Park Place Motorsports Porsche. [19] The Konica Minolta Cadillac, Whelen Engineering Racing, and Starworks Motorsport entries did not set a lap time. [21] The session was red flagged two times. 6 minutes into the session, Ricky Taylor spun the No. 7 Acura ARX-05 at turn 12 and hit the tire barrier. Taylor got the car back to the pit lane and the session was stopped for eight minutes. [22] The final stoppage came when Will Hardeman spun the No. 19 Audi at turn 12 and was beached in the gravel trap. [22]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 DPi 77 Mazda Team Joest Oliver Jarvis 1:28.158 _
2 DPi 55 Mazda Team Joest Ryan Hunter-Reay 1:28.222 +0.064
3 DPi 84 JDC-Miller Motorsports Simon Trummer 1:28.556 +0.398
Sources: [23] [24]

Practice 3

The third and final practice session took place at 8:00 am ET and ended with Hélio Castroneves topping the charts for Acura Team Penske, with a lap time of 1:12.737. Dane Cameron was second fastest in the sister No. 6 Acura followed by João Barbosa in the No. 5 Cadillac. [25] Kyle Masson set the fastest time in LMP2. [25] The GTLM class was topped by the No. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GT of Ryan Briscoe with a time of 1:20.100. Laurens Vanthoor was second fastest in the No. 912 Porsche GT Team entry followed by Patrick Pilet in the sister No. 911 Porsche. [26] [27] The GTD class was topped by the No. 86 Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3 Evo of Trent Hindman with a time of 1:21.818. Richard Heistand was second fastest in the No. 14 Lexus followed by Lawson Aschenbach in the No. 74 Lone Star Racing Mercedes-AMG. [27] The session was red flagged two times. 4 minutes into the session, Townsend Bell's No. 12 Lexus went wide at turn 2 and got stuck in the grass. [27] The final stoppage came when Bell's co-driver, Frankie Montecalvo went wide at the Carousel and got stuck in the grass. Montecalvo got the car back to the pit lane and the session was restarted with 6 minutes remaining. [26]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 DPi 7 Acura Team Penske Hélio Castroneves 1:12.737 _
2 DPi 6 Acura Team Penske Dane Cameron 1:13.563 +0.826
3 DPi 5 Mustang Sampling Racing João Barbosa 1:13.851 +1.114
Sources: [28] [29]

Qualifying

Oliver Jarvis (pictured in 2022) helped take the No. 77 Mazda's second pole position of 2019.

Saturday's late morning qualification session was broken into three groups that lasted 15 minutes each. [13] Cars in GTD were sent out first before those grouped in GTLM and DPi/LMP2 had two separate identically timed sessions. All cars were required to be driven by one participant and the starting order was determined by the competitor's fastest lap. [30] IMSA then arranged the grid so that the DPi, LMP2, and GTLM cars started in front of the GTD field.

The first was for cars in the GTD class. Richard Heistand qualified on pole for the class driving the No. 14 car for AIM Vasser Sullivan. The session saw one incident when Marco Seefried, driving the No. 73 Park Place Motorsports Porsche, spun at turn two and got stuck in the grass. Seefried had his best two laps from the session deleted for causing a red flag, effectively leaving him with no time set. [31] Zacharie Robichon was second fastest, but lost his fastest lap for not serving a drive-through penalty in the pitlane during the session's only red flag. As a result, Robichon would start from fifth position, while Ben Keating in the No. 33 Mercedes-AMG was promoted to second followed by Frankie Montecalvo's No. 12 Lexus in third position, and Will Hardeman's No. 19 Audi in fourth. [32] [33] [34]

The second session was for cars in the GTLM class. Sébastien Bourdais qualified on pole for the class driving the No. 66 car for Ford Chip Ganassi Racing, besting Laurens Vanthoor in the No. 912 Porsche GT Team entry by 0.275 seconds. Following in third was Jesse Krohn's No. 24 BMW with the No. 4 Corvette of Tommy Milner in fourth. [35] Ryan Briscoe completed the top five in the No. 67 Ford GT followed by Connor De Phillippi's No. 25 BMW in sixth. The No. 3 Corvette Racing and No. 911 Porsche GT Team entries rounded out the GTLM qualifiers. [36]

The final session of qualifying was for cars in the LMP2 and DPi classes. Oliver Jarvis qualified on pole driving the No. 77 car for Mazda Team Joest, beating Hélio Castroneves in the No. 7 Acura by 0.022 seconds. [31] Jarvis ran out of fuel on his final lap and coasted to the pitlane. [34] Dane Cameron qualified the No. 6 Acura Team Penske entry in third position followed by Pipo Derani's No. 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac. [34] João Barbosa in the No. 5 Mustang Sampling Racing Cadillac started from fifth place. [36] Following in sixth was Ryan Hunter-Reay's No. 55 Mazda followed by Renger van der Zande in the No. 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac in seventh place. [31] [37] Kyle Masson's No. 38 Performance Tech Motorsports Oreca set the fastest time in LMP2, but the car would be dropped to the rear of the LMP2 field because the team changed their starting driver. As a result, Eric Lux was promoted to first and would start the race from pole position. [33]

Qualifying Results

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

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 DPi 77 Germany Mazda Team Joest United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis 1:10.705 _ 1‡
2 DPi 7 United States Acura Team Penske Brazil Hélio Castroneves 1:10.727 +0.022 2
3 DPi 6 United States Acura Team Penske United States Dane Cameron 1:10.806 +0.101 3
4 DPi 31 United States Whelen Engineering Racing Brazil Pipo Derani 1:11.720 +1.016 4
5 DPi 5 United States Mustang Sampling Racing Portugal João Barbosa 1:12.320 +1.615 5
6 DPi 55 Germany Mazda Team Joest United States Ryan Hunter-Reay 1:12.326 +1.621 6
7 DPi 10 United States Konica Minolta Cadillac Netherlands Renger van der Zande 1:12.525 +1.820 7
8 DPi 84 United States JDC-Miller Motorsports Switzerland Simon Trummer 1:12.595 +1.890 8
9 DPi 50 Argentina Juncos Racing United States Will Owen 1:13.394 +2.689 9
10 DPi 85 United States JDC-Miller Motorsports Canada Misha Goikhberg 1:13.570 +2.865 10
11 LMP2 38 United States Performance Tech Motorsports United States Kyle Masson 1:14.877 +4.172 13 1
13 DPi 54 United States CORE Autosport United States Jon Bennett 1:17.321 +6.616 11
13 GTLM 66 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing France Sébastien Bourdais 1:19.124 +8.419 14‡
14 GTLM 912 United States Porsche GT Team Belgium Laurens Vanthoor 1:19.399 +8.694 15
15 GTLM 24 United States BMW Team RLL Finland Jesse Krohn 1:19.623 +8.918 16
16 GTLM 4 United States Corvette Racing United States Tommy Milner 1:19.721 +9.016 17
17 GTLM 67 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Australia Ryan Briscoe 1:19.724 +9.019 18
18 GTLM 25 United States BMW Team RLL United States Connor De Phillippi 1:19.893 +9.188 19
19 GTLM 3 United States Corvette Racing Denmark Jan Magnussen 1:19.919 +9.214 20
20 GTLM 911 United States Porsche GT Team France Patrick Pilet 1:20.026 +9.321 21
21 LMP2 52 United States PR1/ Mathiasen Motorsports United States Eric Lux 1:21.752 +11.047 12‡
22 GTD 14 Canada AIM Vasser Sullivan United States Richard Heistand 1:24.281 +13.576 22‡
23 GTD 33 United States Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports United States Ben Keating 1:26.109 +15.404 23
24 GTD 12 Canada AIM Vasser Sullivan United States Frankie Montecalvo 1:26.451 +15.746 24
25 GTD 19 United States Moorespeed United States Will Hardeman 1:26.951 +16.246 25
26 GTD 9 Canada Pfaff Motorsports Canada Zacharie Robichon 1:27.113 +16.408 26
27 GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport United States Robby Foley 1:27.152 +16.447 27
28 GTD 48 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Ryan Hardwick 1:27.300 +16.595 28
29 GTD 76 Canada Compass Racing United States Matt Plumb 1:27.657 +16.952 29
30 GTD 86 United States Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian United States Trent Hindman 1:27.725 +17.020 30
31 GTD 8 United States Starworks Motorsport United States Parker Chase 1:27.753 +17.048 31
32 GTD 63 United States Scuderia Corsa United States Cooper MacNeil 1:27.777 +17.072 32
33 GTD 74 United States Lone Star Racing United States Gar Robinson 1:30.778 +20.073 33
34 GTD 44 United States Magnus Racing United States John Potter 1:31.124 +20.419 34
35 GTD 57 United States Heinricher Racing w/Meyer Shank Racing Denmark Christina Nielsen 1:31.851 +21.146 35
36 GTD 73 United States Park Place Motorsports None None N/A 36
Sources: [38] [39]
  • 1 The No. 38 Performance Tech Motorsports was moved to the back of the LMP2 field for starting the race with a different driver than who qualified.

Race

Post-race

The final results of DPi kept Derani and Nasr atop the Drivers' Championship with 120 points while Albuquerque and Barbose dropped from third to fifth. Cameron and Montoya's victory allowed them to advance from fifth to fourth. [40] The final results of LMP2 kept Cassels and Masson atop the Drivers' Championship, but their advantage was reduced to four points by race winner McMurry. [40] With a total of 126 points, Bamber and Vanthoor's victory allowed them to extend their advantage to seven points while García and Magnussen took over second position in the GTLM Drivers' Championship. [40] Farnbacher and Hindman took the lead of the GTD Drivers' Championship with 84 points while the absent Bortolotti, Breukers, and Ineichen dropped to sixth. Heinstand and Hawksworth advanced from seventh to third while Long jumped from sixth to fourth. [40] Cadillac, Porsche, and Lamborghini continued to top their respective Manufacturers' Championships while, Whelen Engineering Racing, Performance Tech Motorsports, and Porsche GT Team kept their respective advantages in their Teams' Championships. Meyer Shank Racing took the lead of the GTD Teams' Championship with eight rounds left in the season. [40]

Race Results

Class winners are denoted in bold and ‡.

Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 DPi 6 United States Acura Team Penske United States Dane Cameron
Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya 		Acura ARX-05 123 2:41:05.736‡
Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
2 DPi 77 Germany Mazda Team Joest United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
United States Tristan Nunez 		Mazda RT24-P 123 +2.022
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4
3 DPi 55 Germany Mazda Team Joest United States Jonathan Bomarito
United States Ryan Hunter-Reay 		Mazda RT24-P 123 +30.050
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4
4 DPi 31 United States Whelen Engineering Racing Brazil Pipo Derani
Brazil Felipe Nasr 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 123 +39.114
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
5 DPi 7 United States Acura Team Penske Brazil Hélio Castroneves
United States Ricky Taylor 		Acura ARX-05 122 +1 Lap
Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
6 DPi 10 United States Konica Minolta Cadillac United States Jordan Taylor
Netherlands Renger van der Zande 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 122 +1 Lap
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
7 DPi 84 United States JDC-Miller Motorsports South Africa Stephen Simpson
Switzerland Simon Trummer 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 122 +1 Lap
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
8 DPi 5 United States Mustang Sampling Racing Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
Portugal João Barbosa 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 122 +1 Lap
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
9 DPi 50 United States Juncos Racing United States Kyle Kaiser
United States Will Owen 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 122 +1 Lap
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
10 DPi 85 United States JDC-Miller Motorsports Canada Misha Goikhberg
France Tristan Vautier 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 122 +1 Lap
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
11 LMP2 52 United States PR1/ Mathiasen Motorsports United States Eric Lux
United States Matt McMurry 		Oreca 07 116 +7 Laps‡
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
12 GTLM 912 United States Porsche GT Team New Zealand Earl Bamber
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor 		Porsche 911 RSR 116 +7 Laps‡
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
13 GTLM 3 United States Corvette Racing Spain Antonio García
Denmark Jan Magnussen 		Chevrolet Corvette C7.R 116 +7 Laps
Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
14 GTLM 911 United States Porsche GT Team France Patrick Pilet
United Kingdom Nick Tandy 		Porsche 911 RSR 116 +7 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
15 GTLM 25 United States BMW Team RLL United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist
United States Connor De Phillippi 		BMW M8 GTE 116 +7 Laps
BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8
16 GTLM 67 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Australia Ryan Briscoe
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook 		Ford GT 116 +7 Laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
17 GTLM 24 United States BMW Team RLL United States John Edwards
Finland Jesse Krohn 		BMW M8 GTE 116 +7 Laps
BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8
18 GTLM 66 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing France Sébastien Bourdais
Germany Dirk Müller 		Ford GT 115 +8 Laps‡
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
19 GTD 14 Canada AIM Vasser Sullivan United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth
United States Richard Heistand 		Lexus RC F GT3 114 +9 Laps‡
Lexus 5.0 L V8
20 GTD 86 United States Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Germany Mario Farnbacher
United States Trent Hindman 		Acura NSX GT3 Evo 114 +9 Laps
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
21 GTD 48 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Ryan Hardwick
United States Bryan Sellers 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 113 +10 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
22 GTD 73 United States Park Place Motorsports United States Patrick Long
Germany Marco Seefried 		Porsche 911 GT3 R 113 +10 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
23 GTD 12 Canada AIM Vasser Sullivan United States Townsend Bell
United States Frankie Montecalvo 		Lexus RC F GT3 113 +10 Laps
Lexus 5.0 L V8
24 GTD 19 United States Moorespeed United States Will Hardeman
Spain Alex Riberas 		Audi R8 LMS GT3 123 +10 Laps
Audi 5.2 L V10
25 GTD 63 United States Scuderia Corsa United States Cooper MacNeil
Finland Toni Vilander 		Ferrari 488 GT3 122 +11 Laps
Ferrari F154 3.9 L Turbo V8
26 GTD 44 United States Magnus Racing United States Andy Lally
United States John Potter 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 112 +11 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
27 GTD 8 United States Starworks Motorsport United States Parker Chase
United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel 		Audi R8 LMS GT3 112 +11 Laps
Audi 5.2 L V10
28 GTD 57 United States Heinricher Racing w/Meyer Shank Racing United Kingdom Katherine Legge
Denmark Christina Nielsen 		Acura NSX GT3 Evo 112 +11 Laps
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
29 GTD 74 United States Lone Star Racing United States Lawson Aschenbach
United States Gar Robinson 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 112 +11 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
30

DNF

GTD 9 Canada Pfaff Motorsports Canada Scott Hargrove
Canada Zacharie Robichon 		Porsche 911 GT3 R 107 Spun Off
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
31 GTLM 4 United States Corvette Racing United Kingdom Oliver Gavin
United States Tommy Milner 		Chevrolet Corvette C7.R 105 +18 Laps
Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
32

DNF

DPi 54 United States CORE Autosport United States Jon Bennett
United States Colin Braun 		Nissan DPi 97 Suspension
Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6
33

DNF

GTD 76 Canada Compass Racing United States Paul Holton
United States Matt Plumb 		McLaren 720S GT3 82 Electrical
McLaren M480T 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8
34 LMP2 38 United States Performance Tech Motorsports Canada Cameron Cassels
United States Kyle Masson 		Oreca 07 82 +41 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
35

DNF

GTD 33 United States Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
United States Ben Keating 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 34 Crash Damage
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
36

DNF

GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport United States Bill Auberlen
United States Robby Foley 		BMW M6 GT3 1 Crash Damage
BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8
Sources: [41] [42]

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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