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Jaminet admits last-lap clash fear with sister Porsche in Penske 1-2

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Road America IMSA SportsCar Championship winner Matthieu Jaminet admits he feared a last-lap crash with Porsche colleague Felipe Nasr in the frantic finale to Sunday’s race.

Jaminet crossed the finish line just 0.39s clear of Nasr in the sister Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 in the 2h40m race at the fabled four-mile Elkhart Lake track, having juggled fuel saving with his pace and risky overtaking moves through a knot of GTD class cars in the closing stages.

Jaminet even suggested giving up his track position to the points-leading No. 7 car to ensure a 1-2 finish.

Penske’s Porsches were the slowest of the factory-entered cars and were even outqualified by the customer 963 run by Proton Competition. Jaminet’s team-mate Nick Tandy suffered a setback on the opening lap when he clashed with Pipo Derani’s Cadillac and earned himself a drive-through penalty for avoidable contact – although he blamed Derani for moving under braking.

#6 Team Penske Motorsport Porsche 963: Nick Tandy, Mathieu Jaminet

#6 Team Penske Motorsport Porsche 963: Nick Tandy, Mathieu Jaminet

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Nasr, who shares the No. 7 PPM 963 with Dane Cameron, caught Jaminet with just two minutes of the race remaining, and he had 6% more usable energy available over the leader. Nasr also had a charging Ricky Taylor’s Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Acura right on his tail – who had to charge from ninth to third in the fastest car on track after being forced to make a late fuel stop.

It was at this point that Jaminet asked over the radio “Does the 7 want position?” but he didn’t get a reply from the pitwall and deferred to team’s previous position of not imposing team orders.

Jaminet clung on to the lead, and crossed the finish line with just 5% of usable energy remaining, according to IMSA’s live GTP telemetry app. The top three cars were covered by 1.1s at the flag.

“Obviously you still need to push,” said Jaminet of the dash to the flag despite his fuel-saving efforts. “In these kinds of situation, it’s best to have your team-mate behind you but sometimes it’s the worst!

“We both wanna win and you don’t wanna crash with your team-mate, so that’s why, on the last lap, I said ‘uh, look, it would maybe make sense that we don’t compromise our championship’ – they are leading the drivers’, but we had them (on pace) in the last race, and had them a little bit also today.

“We’re leading the manufacturers’, teams’ and drivers’ (championships), so it’s an awesome day for the team, it’s been a tough weekend missing performance.”

#6 Team Penske Motorsport Porsche 963: Nick Tandy, Mathieu Jaminet

#6 Team Penske Motorsport Porsche 963: Nick Tandy, Mathieu Jaminet

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The No. 6 crew was also quick to pay tribute to one of their engineers, who is “fighting for his life”, according to Jaminet.

“That is for Zach LaGrone,” Tandy said of the former Mazda DPi strategist and race engineer. “Our engineer, who is suffering in hospital at the moment, his nickname is Zebra. So we’re carrying the zebra (plush toy) around with us.

“We’d love him to still be here. I’m sure he’s watching. He’s always with us.”

Cameron and Nasr lead the drivers’ championship by 100 points over Jaminet and Tandy with two endurance races remaining at Indianapolis and Road Atlanta’s Petit Le Mans.

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Porsche beats Cadillac after late-race Tandy pass

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Tandy (Porsche Penske Motorsport 963) passed Cadillac’s Jack Aitken inside the final dozen minutes of the 2h40m event that was run for GTP and GTD machinery only.

The win was Roger Penske’s 100th victory in sportscar competition.

Sebastien Bourdais, having whirled the Chip Ganassi-run Cadillac V-Series.R to a new track record in qualifying, led the field to green from Pipo Derani’s Action Express-run variant, who challenged at the outside of the Andretti Hairpin but couldn’t fashion an opening.

Bourdais came close to going off at the Corkscrew on the opening lap but clung on to his lead. Derani then had a scare inside the first 15 minutes when he clipped Mike Skeen’s GTD Mercedes at Turn 3. Derani pitted inside the first half an hour for two tires only, reporting that he was not happy with his car’s balance.

Behind Derani, Philipp Eng’s Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing-run BMW M Hybrid V8 held third, ahead of the factory 963s of Jaminet and Dane Cameron and the Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Acura ARX-06s of Ricky Taylor and Louis Deletraz. After 30 minutes, Cameron got jammed up in GTD traffic at the Corkscrew, which allowed both Acuras to jump ahead of him.

Both Acuras quickly came under IMSA’s scrutiny: Taylor was forced to pit early to ‘address tire operational requirements’ and got lapped, while Deletraz received a warning for failing to adhere to powertrain parameters.

The race’s only full-course caution flew after 50 minutes for debris from the rear corner of the #7 Porsche, which eradicated Bourdais’ big lead. All the leaders pitted but Derani, after his early stop, was able to hand the #31 Cadillac over to Jack Aitken in just 15s as the car didn’t need as much fuel as its rivals.

Nick Tandy took over the #6 Porsche from Jaminet and restarted the race briefly in the lead from Aitken, who didn’t follow IMSA’s instructions when the class split occurred, and Tandy passed him (legally) under the yellow.

But, just after the green flag flew, Tandy locked up and ran wide at the Andretti Hairpin, gifting P1 back to Aitken on the run through Turn 2. Bourdais handed off to Renger van der Zande, slumping from first to third as it took a full energy load, with Jordan Taylor in for Deletraz in fourth.

Van der Zande muscled past Tandy at the Corkscrew just before half distance to grab second. Felipe Nasr, in the repaired #7 Porsche, also made a forceful move past Jesse Krohn (in the #24 BMW for Eng) to snatch fifth and soon acquired fourth from Jordan Taylor.

Tandy lost a heap of time when he ran wide avoiding a GTD Lamborghini in the Corkscrew, while Krohn suffered an off on the exit of Turn 3 and picked up a sponsor banner on the front of his car, and he tumbled to the tail of the GTP pack.

Aitken pitted from the final time with just under an hour to go, again benefiting from a shorter fill due to its three-stop strategy. Although he pitted later, van der Zande needed a longer stop get to the end and rejoined 5s in arrears. CGR also opted for no fresh tires, compared to Aitken’s two-tire call.

Tandy ran long to lead for a few laps and pitted with 46 minutes to go, also staying on his old rubber, splitting the Cadillacs as he rejoined in second. Aitken’s lead was carved into by Tandy in traffic, the pair even touching as Tandy lunged him at Turn 3 inside the final 30 minutes.

Aitken was clearly faster in clear air, but Tandy’s doggedness in traffic always gave him a chance to pounce.

With 12 minutes to go, Aitken got boxed in at Turn 4 behind two GTD cars, as a Corvette tried to pass a Porsche, and ran wide onto the dirt. Tandy lunged to the inside to grab the victory by almost 6s.

Nasr passed van der Zande, who struggled to repeat the car’s earlier pace, for third in the closing stages. Taylor also bullied his way past on the run to Turn 1 after they earlier clashed at the Corkscrew.

The BMW challenge flopped, as Connor De Phillippi #25 BMW M Hybrid V8 slumped to eighth from fifth on the opening lap and suffered an issue with its left-rear corner in the first pitstop. Team-mate Nick Yelloly then suffered a spin, but he battled back to seventh.

AO Racing, Porsche 911 GT3 R (992), GTD PRO: Laurin Heinrich, Seb Priaulx

AO Racing, Porsche 911 GT3 R (992), GTD PRO: Laurin Heinrich, Seb Priaulx

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Porsche beats McLaren and Corvette in GTD

In GTD Pro, Chevrolet led after sweeping to a front row lock out in qualifying, with Nicky Catsburg in the #4 Corvette Z06 GT3.R leading team-mate Antonio Garcia (#3).

The first caution fell very kindly for the Pfaff Motorsports McLaren 720S, as Marvin Kirchhofer handed over the McLaren MP4/4 tribute-liveried car to Oliver Jarvis just at the right time to lead the #4 ’Vette, in which Tommy Milner took over from Catsburg.

Laurin Heinrich, in the AO Racing Porsche 911 he shares with Seb Priaulx, pushed Milner back to third after the restart. Heinrich then passed the McLaren for the win with a bold move at Turn 6 just after half distance.

Danny Formal led the opening GTD pro-am class exchanges in pole-winning Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti’s Lamborghini Huracan from Patrick Gallagher’s Turner Motorsport BMW M4.

But the Turner BMW hit the front after the full-course yellow, and Robby Foley (in for Gallagher) looked set for the category win until he turned in on Jordan Taylor’s Acura inside the final five minutes at Turn 4.

The off-track moment that ensued was enough for the #57 Winward Racing Mercedes of Russell Ward and Philip Ellis to jump ahead, with the #120 Wright Motorsports Porsche of Adam Adelson and Elliott Skeer finishing third, the latter getting away with a wild slide at Turn 6 late on.

Cla   Nº   Driver   Car   Laps   Time   Delay 
1  6 Nick Tandy
Mathieu Jaminet		 Porsche 119 2:40’09.438  
2  31 Pipo Derani
Jack Aitken		 Cadillac 119 2:40’15.202 5.764
3  7 Dane Cameron
Felipe Nasr		 Porsche 119 2:40’44.111 34.673
4  40 Jordan Taylor
Louis Delétraz		 Acura 119 2:40’52.883 43.445
5  01 R.van der Zande
S.Bourdais		 Cadillac 119 2:40’55.046 45.608
6  10 Ricky Taylor
F.Albuquerque		 Acura 119 2:40’55.588 46.150
7  25 C.De Phillippi
Nick Yelloly		 BMW 119 2:40’57.053 47.615
8  85 T.van der Helm
R.Westbrook		 Porsche 119 2:41’26.781 1’17.343
9  24 Jesse Krohn
Philipp Eng		 BMW 118 2:40’21.145  
10  5 Gianmaria Bruni
Bent Viscaal		 Porsche 118 2:40’21.764  
11  77 Laurin Heinrich
Seb Priaulx		 Porsche 111 2:40’41.313  
12  9 M.Kirchhöfer
Oliver Jarvis		 McLaren 111 2:40’50.387  
13  4 Tommy Milner
Nicky Catsburg		 Chevrolet 111 2:40’51.637  
14  14 Jack Hawksworth
Ben Barnicoat		 Lexus 111 2:41’16.565  
15  57 Russell Ward
Philip Ellis		 Mercedes 111 2:41’25.441  
16  3 Antonio García
Alexander Sims		 Chevrolet 111 2:41’26.565  
17  23 Ross Gunn
Mario Farnbacher		 Aston Martin 111 2:41’27.259  
18  557 Robby Foley
P.Gallagher		 BMW 111 2:41’28.899  
19  120 Adam Adelson
Elliott Skeer		 Porsche 111 2:41’34.812  
20  32 Mike Skeen
Mikaël Grenier		 Mercedes 110 2:40’15.389  
21  45 Kyle Marcelli
Danny Formal		 Lamborghini 110 2:40’16.252  
22  1 Bryan Sellers
Madison Snow		 BMW 110 2:40’29.288  
23  65 Joey Hand
Dirk Müller		 Ford 110 2:40’40.292  
24  64 Harry Tincknell
M.Rockenfeller		 Ford 110 2:40’46.447  
25  27 Roman De Angelis
Spencer Pumpelly		 Aston Martin 110 2:40’58.312  
26  55 G.Levorato
Corey Lewis		 Ford 110 2:41’04.161  
27  78 Misha Goikhberg
Loris Spinelli		 Lamborghini 110 2:41’09.571  
28  12 F.Montecalvo
Parker Thompson		 Lexus 109 2:40’14.199  
29  43 Jarett Andretti
Gabby Chaves		 Porsche 109 2:40’34.259  
30  13 Orey Fidani
Matthew Bell		 Chevrolet 109 2:40’34.862  
31  66 Sheena Monk
Stevan McAleer		 Acura 109 2:40’49.563  
32  86 Kerong Li
Anders Fjordbach		 Porsche 109 2:41’14.931  
33  70 Brendan Iribe
F.Schandorff		 McLaren 109 2:41’34.746  
34  34 Manny Franco
Albert Costa		 Ferrari 79 1:58’39.164



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New compound to thwart Porsche’s inspired Long Beach ‘no tires’ call

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Porsche Penske Motorsport claimed its first IMSA GTP victory with its 963 with Nick Tandy and Mathieu Jaminet, after a lack of pace in practice and qualifying led it to running the same set of tires for the entire 100-minute, sprint-format race.

It meant the car’s mandatory pitstop was much faster than its rivals, giving it track position and avoiding the painfully slow warm-up phase required by taking new rubber.

With the race bookended by lengthy yellows, the 963 crew was able to defeat the opposition – but only after Ricky Taylor had crashed the much faster Wayne Taylor Racing Acura while trying to pass Jaminet for the win.

But the introduction of the soft tire compound – along with an extra set now being available over last year – means warm-up will be much quicker around the 1.968-mile temporary circuit.

“I think the soft tire will mean we have even more tire strategies than we saw last year,” said PPM’s Jonathan Diuguid. “Obviously we’re looking to continue the streak of race wins and podiums that we’ve had this season.

“The #7 car is leading the championship and we’re leading the manufacturers’ points as well.”

#7 Team Penske Porsche 963: Matt Campbell, Felipe Nasr

#7 Team Penske Porsche 963: Matt Campbell, Felipe Nasr

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When asked by Motorsport.com if a no-tire call was out of the question, Diuguid refused to rule it out completely: “I think it’s less likely; I’m not going to say it’s fully off the table because in the previous two years Long Beach has been relatively caution-free.

“Our strategy last year was born out of a performance deficit. But with it being a street course, having two more GTP cars and more GTD cars than we had last year, so I think the traffic is going to be much more of a concern.

“I think anything is on the table, you’ll see people doing whatever they can to get track position on a tight street circuit. I think doing the race on one set of tires is probably unlikely but I do think there will be more strategies in play.”

Diuguid also believes that the 963 has improved its handling on bumpy circuits, which will aid its cause at Long Beach and the downtown Detroit track, which joins the schedule for the first time this year.

“We focused a lot on our bumpy-surface package,” he said. “Both in European running and testing at Sebring. Hopefully we’ll bring some improvements to where we’re closer to the front and compete on the pace.

“Where we want to be is being able to control the race, like we did in Daytona, and be fighting for the win, like we were in Sebring.”

#6 Team Penske Motorsport Porsche 963: Nick Tandy, Mathieu Jaminet, Fred Makowiecki at Sebring

#6 Team Penske Motorsport Porsche 963: Nick Tandy, Mathieu Jaminet, Fred Makowiecki at Sebring

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Jaminet continues in the #6 car with Tandy as they look to go back-to-back at the former United States Grand Prix West venue.

“It would be good to repeat with another win,” said Jaminet. “I’m not sure that many teams have back-to-back wins in Long Beach.

“It’s more cars this year, competition is tougher, and we have some unknown with the soft tire, which we’ve only really run at Daytona in the night in IMSA.

“So, it’s something really new and a big challenge for sure.”

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Ricky Taylor looking for redemption at Long Beach

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A year ago, a disastrous pit stop for issues during a swap with co-driver Filipe Albuquerque left Taylor forced to put on a furious charge in the No. 10 Acura ARX-07 for Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti.

Taylor overcame a gap of 8s with eight minutes left and stormed back through to second and, with three minutes remaining, caught the Penske Porsche 963 of race leader Mathieu Jaminet, who was on older tires. With two laps to go, Taylor dove to the inside of Jaminet entering Turn 1 but underestimated the lack of grip off the racing line as momentum carried him into the tire barrier and left the latter to coast to the win.

Although a year has passed since then, the loss – that he takes ownership of – is still fresh in his mind.

“I’m really excited to be going back because I remember my first feeling after the race last year was, ‘Gosh, I wish I could try this again’,” Taylor said.

“You don’t get a second chance in motorsport. Going back this year, I’ve been thinking about that moment for a year now and finally get a chance to go erase it from my memory hopefully, this year.”

If put if put in a similar position in Saturday’s 100-minute IMSA SportsCar Championship race, would Taylor repeat the move?

“It’s so situational,” he said.

“It didn’t seem like an overly aggressive move at the time. We were in a position in the championship where there was so much up in the air, it was so early, there wasn’t really much to gain or lose. Looking back on it, it cost us the championship, but there were a lot of other moments that also cost us the championship. …

“I wouldn’t make the same move obviously because it didn’t work. I might have waited a lap or two longer knowing what I know now; he was quite off the pace, and I might have had another chance at the time. You think you don’t have another shot, so I don’t blame myself for going for it. Last year, we really wanted to win the race. The second place wasn’t something we were interested in.”

Taylor and Albuquerque are eighth in the championship standings after two rounds, which could provide a more aggressive approach on the 11-turn, 1.968-mile temporary street circuit.

“This year, we come into it, we need to get some points and we need a result,” Taylor said.

“We’re going to be aggressive. Hopefully, that situation doesn’t happen again. Hopefully, we can get the pole and control the race from the lead. But even with one pit stop, a lot can happen.”

One factor that is likely to make a bigger impact is having a softer tire compound versus last year, when Jaminet vault to the lead and win despite never changing tires during the race.

Taylor believes the softer rubber will allow for higher tire degradation, which could make for more defensive driving.

“There’s going to be a lot more deg,” he said.

“Out laps are going to be really strong. I’m not a strategist, but obviously the drivers are always throwing around ideas of ‘Oh, we should undercut them’, but everybody’s going to try undercut. There’s going to be a lot of people defending and then who goes long?

“There’s definitely going to be people trying different stuff and I don’t think it’s a full two stints, so there’s quite a bit of room to play. I think for one stop it’s going to be pretty exciting what people do.”

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