Winners and losers from IMSA's Laguna Seca race
With a very busy and strategical 2h40m race to sink our teeth into - even if there were some familiar winners - here’s our winners and losers from the Monterey IMSA event
Porsche Penske Motorsport has now won all four of IMSA’s races this year with victory at Laguna Seca, lapping all but the two BMWs, and its lead car now has a 280-point lead before we’ve even reached pre-season.
And in GTD Pro, Porsche also has a stranglehold thanks to two wins in a row for the #77 AO Racing 911 GT3, which destroyed the field in that class.
Mercedes at least stopped a Porsche whitewash with another Winward Racing victory.
With a very busy and strategic 2h40m race to sink our teeth into, here’s our winners and losers.
Loser: Anyone in GTP that isn’t in a Porsche
With the leading #7 Porsche now 280 points clear after four of nine races, it’s reached crisis point for its rivals.
Dries Vanthoor scored a fourth successive pole for BMW but the team was outsmarted in strategy and execution by Porsche once again - even if it was unfortunate not to challenge for second after traffic for Nick Tandy pushed him into Vanthoor who spun at the last corner of the last lap. The #25 sister car was fourth just behind. TO THE CHECKERED FLAG !!!
