Long Beach - Qualifications: Cadillac in a strong position

Qualifying for the 10th round of the season at Long Beach was largely dominated by the Cadillacs in DPi. Felipe Nasr (Whelen Engineering) took pole position.

Published on 25/09/2021 à 09:20

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Long Beach – Qualifying: Cadillac in a strong position

Felipe Nasr set the best time in Long Beach (© Geoffrey M. Miller)

In a qualifying session marked by Oliver Jarvis (Mazda Motorsports) going off the track into the tire wall, the Cadillacs left nothing to their opponents. Felipe Nasr (Whelen Engineering) took pole position in 1:11.620 ahead. Kevin Magnussen (Chip Ganassi Racing) and the French Loïc duval (JDC-Miller Motorsports). The three DPi of the General Motors group dominated the two Acuras with only a fifth place for the championship leaders, Filipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor (Wayne Taylor Racing), winners of the previous round at Laguna Seca.

In GT LM, the best time went to Jordan Taylor on Corvette in 1:16.801 during the night from Friday to Saturday. The first row of this category will be entirely Chevrolet Corvette this Saturday with the Milner/Tandy duo in second position ahead of the Porsche 911 GT3R from Pfaff Motorsports (Robichon/Vanthoor)

Paul Miller Racing's Lamborghini Huracan GT3 dominated the GTD session with Madison Snow in 1:19.475. Turner Motorsport's BMW M6 GT3 (Auberlen/Foley) will start alongside him.