I’m not sure they would have been good for pole, but the car and the rhythm were still coming in. Then we there was another crash at Turn Eight. “The McLaren spun in front of me in Turn Five, and I had to bail on that lap. Maybe it should have been better than that but it’s a shame that a 15-minute qualifying went down to five or six laps total around here.
It’s a shame I only got one good-ish lap. So far we have been struggling to put temperature in the tires. It was difficult to gauge the traffic and when people were going to spin. 3 MOBIL 1/SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C8.R – QUALIFIED FOURTH IN GTD PRO: “It was a difficult session in a way. IMSA Radio will carry the race at along with Sirius 217, XM 207 and SiriusXM Online 992.ĪNTONIO GARCIA, NO.
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That meant a dual-focused approach in Friday’s two practice sessions for establish the best qualifying and race setups in order to not just earn track position in Friday’s time trials but to also keep and improve it Saturday in the race. Due to the 100-minute race time and no margin for error with concrete walls lining the circuit, qualifying and track position are everything. The event is, of course, miles different than the team’s first two races of the season – the Rolex 24 and Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring. It’s an event that Corvette Racing has won more than another team in series history – four times since 2014 – to go along with four more victories in the American Le Mans Series era from 2007-2013. Long Beach is an intense 100-minute dash for the Corvette program and the rest of the WeatherTech Championship teams. The race likely will feature one planned pit stop, so the potential is there for the stellar Corvette Racing crew to gain spots in the pitlane. Still, Garcia will look to make up spots early and often at the tight and twisty 1.968-mile, 11-turn circuit.
He lost two of his best laps in the qualifying due to cars spinning ahead of him, which meant the Corvette had to bail out on those flying laps.
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3 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C8.R with teammate Jordan Taylor, Garcia finished the session a half-second off the GTD PRO pole time. (April 14, 2023) – Corvette Racing will start fourth in class and fifth among all production-based GT cars Saturday for the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach following Friday’s qualifying session for the Acura Grand Prix.Īntonio Garcia set a best lap of 1:18.329 (90.449 mph) in a tough-luck, 15-minute qualifying for GT Daytona (GTD) PRO cars in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Garcia, Taylor aim to charge forward in street fight with No.
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