IMSA 2022: Looking to the present?

[WyldStallion]

https://racer.com/2021/12/23/turner-...-for-imsa-gtd/


First of all the liveries are great. Best ones I have seen on the BMW M4's so far. But this quote stands out in the article:

“The 2022 GT Daytona class rules allow us to compete against all teams on equal footing,” said team owner Will Turner. “Everything will be hopefully balanced with Gold and Silver drivers racing head-to-head with the Platinum drivers. The pairing of Bill Auberlen and Robby Foley is as good as anyone, so our expectations are pretty high.


Translation: Turner team will be expecting to compete for OVERALL GT wins. Take the fight to R.L.L too.

[broadrun96]

Originally Posted by joeb

Gotta be happy for the team to be able to put a second program together. And I can't believe Ben Keating runs into cars every year for Daytona. That guy is legit tough and in shape.

And this year in the top 2 classes, DPi and P2 has to be tough on the body

[Simmi]

Originally Posted by broadrun96

Add 2 PR1-Mathiasen Oreca LMP2s to Daytona

https://racer.com/2021/12/23/pr1-mat...-lmp2-program/

Would bring your list to 8 so according to MP there are 2 more to be announced.

The second G-Drive/Algarve is missing off that list I believe:
G-Drive Racing - Oreca 07 Gibson - John Falb / James Allen / Luca Ghiotto / Tijmen van der Helm

[Bcarr6]

Add Perfomance Tech to the entry list on top of all of the above and we are at 42 entries, getting close o what will likely be the final entry. I imagine a few more LMP3's maybe a few more GTD's.

In DPi, with the second AXR car confirmed for Endurance, we are up to 7 cars... same as 2021 despite the loss of Mazda (thanks to the second CGR car).

In LMP2, its also currently the same count as last year with 9 cars.

LMP3 last year had 7 cars in P3, currently we have 4 for 2022 but still time for a few more announcements, not the end of the world if that class stays small.

GTD Pro has certainly seen an improvement after its move from GTLM spec, with 6 cars last year, and 8 for this year. Weathertech could well still announce a GTD Pro entry, so we might see that increase too.. for now I have them listed in GTD.

GTD had 19 cars last year, with currently only 14 cars announced this is the only cars that is really heavily down on numbers, one factor of course being the opening up of GTD Pro to the same cars, which Lexus and Pfaff at least has taken advantage of. Theres a good 5-6 cars from last years GTD Daytona entry that havent made any announcements yet so we could still see GTD hit maybe 16-17 cars.

So, as it stands a month from the big race we are at 42 cars, compared to the 49 entered in 2021. My guess is we will see something like 48-49 cars so pretty similar to last year

24 Hours of Daytona 2022 - 42 Cars

DPI Class - 7 Cars

Action Express - Cadillac DPI-V.R - Pipo Derani / Tristan Nunez / Mike Conway
Action Express - Cadillac DPI-V.R - Jimmie Johnson / Kamui Kobayashi / Mike Rockenfeller / Jose Maria Lopez
CGR - Cadillac DPI-V.R - Sebastien Bourdais / Alex Lynn / Scott Dixon
CGR - Cadillac DPI-V.R - Renger van der Zande / Earl Bamber / Kevin Magnussen
JDC-Miller Motorsports - Cadillac DPI-V.R - Tristan Vautier / Loic Duval / Richard Westbrook / Ben Keating
Meyer Shank Racing - Acura ARX-05 - Tom Blomqvist / Oliver Jarvis / Helio Castroneves / TBC
Wayne Taylor Racing - Acura ARX-05 - Ricky Taylor / Filipe Albuquerque / Will Stevens / Alexander Rossi

LMP2 Class - 9 Cars

Dragonspeed - Oreca 07 Gibson - Pato O’Ward / Colton Herta / Devlin DeFrancesco
Era Motorsport - Oreca 07 Gibson - Dwight Merriman / Ryan Dalziel / Kyle Tilley / Paul-Loup Chatin
G-Drive Racing - Oreca 07 Gibson - Rene Rast / Ed Jones / Oliver Rasmussen / Francois Heriau
G-Drive Racing - Oreca 07 Gibson - John Falb / James Allen / Luca Ghiotto / Tijmen van der Helm
High Class Racing - Oreca 07 Gibson - Nico Mueller / Anders Fjordbach / Dennis Andersen / Fabio Scherer
PR1-Mathoasen - Oreca 07 Gibson - Ben Keating / Mikkel Jensen / Scott Huffaker / Nicolas Lapierre
PR1-Mathoasen - Oreca 07 Gibson - Steven Thomas / Jonathon Bomarito / Josh Pierson / Harry Ticknell
Racing Team Nederland - Oreca 07 Gibson - Frits van Eerd / Giedo van der Garde / Dylan Murry / Rinus VeeKay
United Autosport - Oreca 07 Gibson - Guy Smith / Jim McGuire / Phil Hanson / Will Owen

LMP3 Class - 4 Cars

Andretti Autosport - Ligier JS P320 Nissan - Josh Burdon / Jarett Andretti / Gabby Chaves / Rasmus Lindh
AWA - Duqueine D08 Nissan - Kuno Wittmer / Frey Fidani / Lars Kern / Matt Bell
Performance Tech Motorsports - Ligier JS P320 Nissan - Hikaru Abe / Nico Pino / Garrett Grist / Dan Goldburg
Riely Motorsports - Ligier JS P320 Nissan - Gar Robinson / Felipe Fraga / Michael Cooper / Kay van Berlo

GTD PRO Class - 8 Cars

Corvette Racing - Corvette C8.R - Tommy Milner / Nick Tandy / Marco Sorensen
Corvette Racing - Corvette C8.R - Antonio Garcia / Jordan Taylor / Nicky Catsburg
Heart of Racing - Aston Martin Vantage GT3 - Ross Gunn / Alex Riberas / Maxime Martin
Pfaff Motorsports - Porsche 911 GT3 R - Matt Campbell / Mathieu Jaminet /Felipe Nasr
Team RLL - BMW M4 GT3 - TBC / TBC / TBC
Team RLL - BMW M4 GT3 - TBC / TBC / TBC
TR3 Racing - Lamborghini Huracan GT3 - Mirko Bortolotti / Andrea Caldarelli / Marco Mapelli / Rolf Ineichen
Vasser Sullivan - Lexus RC F GT3 - Ben Barnicoat / Jack Hawksworth / Kyle Kirkwood

GTD Class - 14 Cars

CarBahn with Peregine Racing - Lamborghini Huracan GT3 - Robert Megennis / Jeff Westphal / TBC / TBC
Cetilar Racing - Ferrari 488 GT3 - Roberto Lacorte / Giorgio Sernagiotto / Antonio Fuoco / Alessio Rovera
Crucial Motorsports - McLaren 720s GT3 - Paul Holton / TBC / TBC / TBC
Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports - Mercedes AMG GT3 - Guy Cosmo / Mike Skeen / Stevan McAleer / Scott Andrews
Heart of Racing - Aston Martin Vantage GT3 - Roman De Angelis / Tom Gamble / Darren Turner / Ian James
Magnus Racing - Aston Martin Vantage GT3 - Andy Lally / Spencer Pumpelly / John Potter
Paul Miller Racing - TBC - Madison Snow / Bryan Sellers / TBC / TBC
T3 Motorsport - Lamborghini Huracan GT3 - TBC / TBC / TBC
TR3 Racing - Lamborghini Huracan GT3 - Jeff Segal / Bill Sweedler / Giacomo Altoe / John Megrue
Turner Motorsport - BMW M4 GT3 - Jens Klingmann / Michael Dinan / Bill Auberlen / Robby Foley
Weathertech Racing - TBC
Weathertech Racing - TBC
Wright Motorsport - Porsche 911 GT3 R - Ryan Hardwick / Jan Heylen / Zach Robichon / TBC
Vasser Sullivan - Lexus RC F GT3 - Aaron Telitz / Frankie Motecalvo / Richard Heistand / TBC

[broadrun96]

There must be a decent number of projects waiting confirmation to get to MP's 55 number he feels confident in coming through.

[Coach Ep]

Originally Posted by broadrun96

There must be a decent number of projects waiting confirmation to get to MP's 55 number he feels confident in coming through.

Isn't it already confirmed the Rolex is 'sold out' at 60? Or is this the score for what's announced so far?

[joeb]

Originally Posted by Coach Ep

Isn't it already confirmed the Rolex is 'sold out' at 60? Or is this the score for what's announced so far?

I thought I had read 60 cars as well plus a waiting list, but I cannot find the news story at this moment.

[Anyopenroad]

Here: https://racer.com/2021/12/20/rolex-2...s-to-capacity/

"RACER has learned IMSA is ready for Round 1 in January with an expanded field of 60 cars, including 25 entries coming from the prototype ranks and 35 from the GT paddock. Extra entries have been placed on a wait list, and will be accommodated if any withdrawals take place."

[chunterer]

Fantastic number of cars with some great line ups. Isn't Montoya running this year then?

[Racing Harz]

Franck Perera, Maximilian Paul, Mateo Llarena and Misha Goikhberg will race for T3 Motorsport in Daytona.
The german team will race in Sebring aswell.
https://gt-place.com/2021/12/31/angr...ytona-bekannt/

[Coach Ep]

Originally Posted by chunterer

Fantastic number of cars with some great line ups. Isn't Montoya running this year then?

He is: https://www.imsa.com/news/2021/12/15...se-of-montoya/

Daytona is not a P2 championship round so Dragonspeed is hosting the 'Am' Indycar crew for the Rolex. Regular crew doesn't kick off until the 12H.

[Bcarr6]

Originally Posted by Coach Ep

He is: https://www.imsa.com/news/2021/12/15...se-of-montoya/

Daytona is not a P2 championship round so Dragonspeed is hosting the 'Am' Indycar crew for the Rolex. Regular crew doesn't kick off until the 12H.

Is it just me who finds it odd, that you can win a championship (LMP2) without competing in the hallmark race of the season within the series?

I get it is to save money but it just seems off

[Coach Ep]

Just another example why P2 is not exactly a priority for IMSA.

[Tique]

Originally Posted by Coach Ep

Just another example why P2 is not exactly a priority for IMSA.

My understanding of not having the LMP2 in the championship at Daytona is the cost of this race. As IMSA wanted to have the cost of running in the LMP2 championship at the minimum, they did put the most expensive race ou of the championship.

[broadrun96]

Originally Posted by Coach Ep

Just another example why P2 is not exactly a priority for IMSA.

The teams didn't want Rolex included, IMSA added it to the schedule and teams complained.

[Bcarr6]

Two Muehlner Motorsport P3's takes the entry total to 44 cars,

Interesting, based on MP's assertion that we will see 60 cars, we are still waiting on 16 more car announcements with just under 4 weeks to go.

I imagine we have seen everything we will see in DPI and P2. MP said there is 25 prototypes, we currently have 22, so id really imagine seeing those last few in P3.

Biggest one is GT, where there is 22 entries so far, and Mp says itll be 35 cars. very curious where those 13 more cars are going to come from.

Will be a heack of a grid if it all happens. Who's guessing number of hours under yellow?????

Muehlner Motorsports - Ligier JS P320 Nissan - Nolan Siegel / Cameron Shields / Charles Crews / Ugo De Wilde
Muehlner Motorsports - Ligier JS P320 Nissan - Moritz Kranz / Joel Miller / Efrin Castro / Aryton Ori

[bella]

think a lot of the time lots of teams and drivers just don't have a commercial (or social media) interest in making a big announcement.

would be nice to see a proper entry list though.

[broadrun96]

And many of the GT funding guys have business and other concerns, whether we get to know early about what they are working on is not their concern. As they confirm their plans we'll hear the slow trickle of the remaining cars until race week

[WyldStallion]

The Roar starts on January 21. Knowing IMSA's history with entry list releases I will guess it will be posted on Wednesday January 12.

AF Corse Ferrari for GTD set (by why are they not car #51?!)
https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/a...-for-rolex-24/

Look at this. Weathertech Mercedes and Porsche BOTH in GTD Pro
https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/w...es-in-gtd-pro/

[broadrun96]

Cooper in both GTD cars for Rolex, the 79 MB Weathertech car is Rolex ONLY. He will run the 97 for the season with Andlauder.

Lineups according to MP:
"Joining MacNeil in the No. 97 will be Maro Engel, Jules Gounon and Daniel Juncadella, while Julien Andlauer, Matteo Cairoli and Alessio Picariello will round out the line-up for the No.79."

[Bcarr6]

Gradient for Endurance Cup. Marc Miller the 4th man for Daytona

Gradient Racing - Acura NSX GT3 - Mario Farnbacher / Till Bechtolsheimer / Kyffin Simpson / Marc Miller

[gert]

Originally Posted by broadrun96

Cooper in both GTD cars for Rolex, the 79 MB Weathertech car is Rolex ONLY. He will run the 97 for the season with Andlauder.

Lineups according to MP:
"Joining MacNeil in the No. 97 will be Maro Engel, Jules Gounon and Daniel Juncadella, while Julien Andlauer, Matteo Cairoli and Alessio Picariello will round out the line-up for the No.79."

It's the other way around (as far as the race car numbers go)

97 is the Mercedes and is Daytona only, 79 is the Porsche and is full season

[Coach Ep]

Originally Posted by WyldStallion

The Roar starts on January 21. Knowing IMSA's history with entry list releases I will guess it will be posted on Wednesday January 12.

Keep an eye on https://www.imsa.com/competitors/ This is were you can find the detailed schedules as well.

[GriffM3]

Paul Miller switching out of the Lambo to run a BMW M4 GT3 in GTD class...will start at Sebring.

[Koenigsegg]

Originally Posted by GriffM3

Paul Miller switching out of the Lambo to run a BMW M4 GT3 in GTD class...will start at Sebring.

Good news!

But surely there would be a car around if they really wanted to do Daytona? An M6 GT3 for example.