2018 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix

The 2018 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). It was held at Long Beach street circuit in Long Beach, California on 14 April 2018. The race was the third round of the 2018 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

The layout of the Long Beach Street Circuit

The overall race was won by the #5 Action Express Racing team of João Barbosa and Filipe Albuquerque, the duo's second win of the season. In GTLM, Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner won for Corvette Racing, their second consecutive victory at the event.[1]

Background

International Motor Sports Association's (IMSA) president Scott Atherton confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2018 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2017.[2] It was the fifth consecutive year it was part of the IMSA SCC, and the eleventh annual running of the race, counting the period between 2006 and 2013 when it was a round of the Rolex Sports Car Series and the American Le Mans Series respectively.[2] The 2018 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix was the third of twelve scheduled sports car races of 2018 by IMSA, the shortest of the season in terms of distance, and it was the first round not held as part of the North American Endurance Cup.[2] The race was held at the eleven-turn 1.968 mi (3.167 km) Long Beach street circuit on April 14, 2018.[2]

The event was run as a support race to the Grand Prix of Long Beach, the annual IndyCar Series race held at the circuit. The Pirelli World Challenge and Stadium Super Trucks also ran during the weekend.[3] The race was also the joint-shortest of the season, at just 100 minutes, identical to the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix.

After the 12 hours of Sebring three weeks earlier, Eric Curran, Felipe Nasr, and Mike Conway led the Prototype Drivers' Championship with 62 points, ahead of Jon Bennett, Colin Braun, and Romain Dumas with 58 points, and Filipe Albuquerque, João Barbosa, and Christian Fittipaldi with 56 points.[4] With 63 points, the GTLM Drivers' Championship was led by Ryan Briscoe, Scott Dixon, and Richard Westbrook with a five-point advantage over Patrick Pilet, Nick Tandy, and Frédéric Makowiecki.[4] Cadillac and Ford were leading their respective Manufactures' Championships while Whelen Engineering Racing and Ford Chip Ganassi Racing each led their Teams' Championships.[4]

The event was run as a support race to the Grand Prix of Long Beach, the annual IndyCar Series race held at the circuit. The Pirelli World Challenge and Stadium Super Trucks also ran during the weekend.[5] The race was also the joint-shortest of the season, at just 100 minutes, identical to the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix.

Entries

A total of 22 cars took part in the event; 14 in the Prototype (P) class and 8 in the GT Le Mans (GTLM) class.[6] The GT Daytona (GTD) class did not take part in the event, owing to a lack of garage space at the circuit. Spirit of Daytona Racing withdrew from the event following a late accident in the previous month's 12 Hours of Sebring. BAR1 Motorsports also withdrew after attending Daytona, but skipping Sebring. In GTLM, the lineup remained unchanged, apart from Risi Competizione's exit.[7]

Practice

There were two practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Saturday, one on Friday morning and one on Friday afternoon. The first session lasted two hours on Friday morning while the second session on Friday afternoon lasted 45 minutes.[8]

Practice 1

The first practice session took place at 7:40 AM PT on Friday and ended with Felipe Nasr topping the charts for Whelen Engineering Racing, with a lap time of 1:13.582.[9]

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap
1	P	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Felipe Nasr	1:13.582	_
2	P	5	Mustang Sampling Racing	Filipe Albuquerque	1:13.675	+0.093
3	P	7	Acura Team Penske	Hélio Castroneves	1:13.735	+0.133
Source:[10]

Final Practice

The second and final practice session took place at 4:45 PM PT on Friday and ended with Juan Pablo Montoya topping the charts for Acura Team Penske, with a lap time of 1:13.160.[11]

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap
1	P	6	Acura Team Penske	Juan Pablo Montoya	1:13.160	_
2	P	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Felipe Nasr	1:13.210	+0.050
3	P	7	Acura Team Penske	Ricky Taylor	1:13.217	+0.057
Source:[12]

Qualifying Results

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by ‡.

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap	Grid
1	P	6	Acura Team Penske	Juan Pablo Montoya	1:12.922	—	1‡
2	P	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Felipe Nasr	1:13.109	+0.187	2
3	P	55	Mazda Team Joest	Harry Tincknell	1:13.156	+0.234	3
4	P	7	Acura Team Penske	Hélio Castroneves	1:13.346	+0.424	4
5	P	5	Mustang Sampling Racing	João Barbosa	1:13.733	+0.811	5
6	P	10	Konica Minolta Cadillac	Renger van der Zande	1:13.880	+0.958	6
7	P	77	Mazda Team Joest	Tristan Nunez	1:13.929	+1.007	7
8	P	2	Tequila Patron ESM	Scott Sharp	1:14.177	+1.255	8
9	P	52	AFS / PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports	Gustavo Yacamán	1:14.622	+1.700	9
10	P	22	Tequila Patron ESM	Johannes van Overbeek	1:14.821	+1.899	10
11	P	38	Performance Tech Motorsports	Kyle Masson	1:15.764	+2.842	11
12	P	99	JDC-Miller Motorsports	Mikhail Goikhberg	1:15.807	+2.885	12
13	GTLM	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Joey Hand	1:16.869	+3.947	13‡
14	GTLM	912	Porsche GT Team	Laurens Vanthoor	1:17.013	+4.091	14
15	GTLM	911	Porsche GT Team	Patrick Pilet	1:17.263	+4.341	15
16	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen	1:17.293	+4.371	16
17	GTLM	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin	1:17.533	+4.611	17
18	GTLM	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Richard Westbrook	1:17.549	+4.627	18
19	P	54	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett	1:17.672	+4.750	19
20	GTLM	25	BMW Team RLL	Connor De Phillippi	1:18.153	+5.231	20
21	GTLM	24	BMW Team RLL	Jesse Krohn	1:18.224	+5.302	21
—	P	85	JDC-Miller Motorsports	Did Not Participate			—
Source:[13]

Race

Post-race

As a result of winning the race, Albuquerque and Barbosa took the lead of the Prototype Drivers' Championship. Jordan Taylor and Renger van der Zande advanced from seventh to fourth. Goikhberg and Simpson moved to fifth after being eighth coming into Long Beach.[14] The result kept Briscoe and Westbrook atop the GTLM Drivers' Championship with 95 points. By winning the race, Gavin and Milner advanced from seventh to second while Pilet and Tandy dropped from second to fourth.[14] Cadillac and Ford continued to top their respective Manufacturers' Championships while Ford Chip Ganassi Racing kept their respective advantage in the GTLM Teams' Championship. Mustang Sampling Racing took the lead of the Prototype Teams' Championship with nine rounds left in the season.[14]

Results

Class winners are denoted in bold and ‡.

Final race classification
Pos	Class	No.	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tire	Laps	Time/Retired
Pos	Class	No.	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tire	Laps	Time/Retired
1	P	5	Mustang Sampling Racing	Filipe Albuquerque João Barbosa	Cadillac DPi-V.R	C	70	1:41:03.988‡
1	P	5	Mustang Sampling Racing	Filipe Albuquerque João Barbosa	Cadillac 5.5 L V8	C	70	1:41:03.988‡
2	P	2	Tequila Patron ESM	Ryan Dalziel Scott Sharp	Ligier Nissan DPi	C	70	+4.766
2	P	2	Tequila Patron ESM	Ryan Dalziel Scott Sharp	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6	C	70	+4.766
3	P	10	Konica Minolta Cadillac	Jordan Taylor Renger van der Zande	Cadillac DPi-V.R	C	70	+5.249
3	P	10	Konica Minolta Cadillac	Jordan Taylor Renger van der Zande	Cadillac 5.5 L V8	C	70	+5.249
4	P	77	Mazda Team Joest	Oliver Jarvis Tristan Nunez	Mazda RT24-P	C	70	+6.748
4	P	77	Mazda Team Joest	Oliver Jarvis Tristan Nunez	Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4	C	70	+6.748
5	P	6	Acura Team Penske	Dane Cameron Juan Pablo Montoya	Acura ARX-05	C	70	+10.537
5	P	6	Acura Team Penske	Dane Cameron Juan Pablo Montoya	Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6	C	70	+10.537
6	P	7	Acura Team Penske	Hélio Castroneves Ricky Taylor	Acura ARX-05	C	70	+15.532
6	P	7	Acura Team Penske	Hélio Castroneves Ricky Taylor	Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6	C	70	+15.532
7	P	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Eric Curran Felipe Nasr	Cadillac DPi-V.R	C	70	+16.340
7	P	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Eric Curran Felipe Nasr	Cadillac 5.5 L V8	C	70	+16.340
8	P	99	JDC-Miller Motorsports	Mikhail Goikhberg Stephen Simpson	Oreca 07	C	70	+19.686
8	P	99	JDC-Miller Motorsports	Mikhail Goikhberg Stephen Simpson	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	C	70	+19.686
9	P	55	Mazda Team Joest	Jonathan Bomarito Harry Tincknell	Mazda RT24-P	C	70	+19.986
9	P	55	Mazda Team Joest	Jonathan Bomarito Harry Tincknell	Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4	C	70	+19.986
10	P	54	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett Colin Braun	Oreca 07	C	70	+1:09.441
10	P	54	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett Colin Braun	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	C	70	+1:09.441
11	GTLM	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	M	69	+1 Lap‡
11	GTLM	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner	Chevrolet 5.5 L V8	M	69	+1 Lap‡
12	GTLM	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook	Ford GT	M	69	+1 Lap
12	GTLM	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook	Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6	M	69	+1 Lap
13	GTLM	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Joey Hand Dirk Müller	Ford GT	M	69	+1 Lap
13	GTLM	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Joey Hand Dirk Müller	Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6	M	69	+1 Lap
14	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Antonio García Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	M	69	+1 Lap
14	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Antonio García Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet 5.5 L V8	M	69	+1 Lap
15	GTLM	24	BMW Team RLL	John Edwards Jesse Krohn	BMW M8 GTE	M	69	+1 Lap
15	GTLM	24	BMW Team RLL	John Edwards Jesse Krohn	BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8	M	69	+1 Lap
16	GTLM	911	Porsche GT Team	Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy	Porsche 911 RSR	M	69	+1 Lap
16	GTLM	911	Porsche GT Team	Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	69	+1 Lap
17	P	52	AFS / PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports	Sebastián Saavedra Gustavo Yacamán	Ligier JS P217	C	68	+2 Laps
17	P	52	AFS / PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports	Sebastián Saavedra Gustavo Yacamán	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	C	68	+2 Laps
18	GTLM	912	Porsche GT Team	Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche 911 RSR	M	52	Did Not Finish
18	GTLM	912	Porsche GT Team	Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	52	Did Not Finish
19	GTLM	25	BMW Team RLL	Connor De Phillippi Alexander Sims	BMW M8 GTE	M	37	Did Not Finish
19	GTLM	25	BMW Team RLL	Connor De Phillippi Alexander Sims	BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8	M	37	Did Not Finish
20	P	22	Tequila Patron ESM	Pipo Derani Johannes van Overbeek	Ligier Nissan DPi	C	32	Did Not Finish
20	P	22	Tequila Patron ESM	Pipo Derani Johannes van Overbeek	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6	C	32	Did Not Finish
21	P	85	JDC-Miller Motorsports	Robert Alon Simon Trummer	Oreca 07	C	20	Did Not Finish
21	P	85	JDC-Miller Motorsports	Robert Alon Simon Trummer	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	C	20	Did Not Finish
22	P	38	Performance Tech Motorsports	James French Kyle Masson	Oreca 07	C	—	Did Not Finish
22	P	38	Performance Tech Motorsports	James French Kyle Masson	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	C	—	Did Not Finish
Source:[15]

Tyre manufacturers
Key
Symbol	Tyre manufacturer
C	Continental
M	Michelin

Standings after the race

Prototype Drivers' Championship standings[14]
Pos.	+/–	Driver	Points
1	2	Filipe Albuquerque João Barbosa	91
2	1	Eric Curran Felipe Nasr	86
3	1	Jon Bennett Colin Braun	79
4	3	Jordan Taylor Renger van der Zande	78
5	3	Misha Goikhberg Stephen Simpson	71

GTLM Drivers' Championship standings[14]
Pos.	+/–	Driver	Points
1		Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook	95
2	5	Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner	88
3	1	Joey Hand Dirk Müller	84
4	2	Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy	83
5	1	Antonio García Jan Magnussen	81

GTD Drivers' Championship standings[14]
Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Bryan Sellers Madison Snow	65
2	Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben Keating Luca Stolz	58
3	Katherine Legge Álvaro Parente Trent Hindman	55
4	Cooper MacNeil Gunnar Jeannette Alessandro Balzan	53
5	Sheldon van der Linde Christopher Mies	52

Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.

Prototype Teams' Championship standings[14]
Pos.	+/–	Team	Points
1	2	No. 5 Mustang Sampling Racing	91
2	1	No. 31 Whelen Engineering Racing	86
3	2	No. 54 CORE Autosport	79
4	2	No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing	78
5	2	No. 99 JDC-Miller Motorsports	71

GTLM Teams' Championship standings[14]
Pos.	+/–	Team	Points
1		No. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	95
2	5	No. 4 Corvette Racing	88
3	1	No. 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	84
4	2	No. 911 Porsche GT Team	83
5	1	No. 3 Corvette Racing	81

GTD Teams' Championship standings[14]
Pos.	Team	Points
1	No. 48 Paul Miller Racing	65
2	No. 33 Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports	58
3	No. 86 Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	55
4	No. 63 Scuderia Corsa	53
5	No. 29 Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	52

Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.

Prototype Manufacturers' Championship standings[14]
Pos.	+/–	Manufacturer	Points
1		Cadillac	102
2		Nissan	95
3	1	Mazda	90
4	1	Acura	88

GTLM Manufacturers' Championship standings[14]
Pos.	+/–	Manufacturer	Points
1		Ford	97
2	1	Chevrolet	93
3	1	Porsche	91
4		BMW	88
5		Ferrari	58

GTD Manufacturers' Championship standings[14]
Pos.	Manufacturer	Points
1	Lamborghini	70
2	Ferrari	60
3	Mercedes-AMG	60
4	Acura	56
5	Audi	54

Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.

References

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"2018 Toyota Grand Prix Of Long Beach Schedule". the562.org. 14 April 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
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"22 Car Entry List Released for 2018 IMSA Long Beach Contest". thedrive.com. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
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"03_Results.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. April 13, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
O'Malley, J.J (April 14, 2018). "Montoya, Gavin pace second IMSA practice". racer.com. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
"03_Results.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. April 13, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
"03_Results.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
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"03_Results - Official.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. Retrieved 5 March 2021.

External links

IMSA Entry List Notebook

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[2018IMSASchedule-2] Goodwin, Graham (August 6, 2017). "IMSA Announce 2018 Calendar". DailySportsCar. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2023.

[3] "2018 Toyota Grand Prix Of Long Beach Schedule". the562.org. 14 April 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2021.

[:0-4] "00_Championship Points - Official.pdf" (PDF). results.imsa.com. March 20, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2023.

[5] "2018 Toyota Grand Prix Of Long Beach Schedule". the562.org. 14 April 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2021.

[6] "IMSA Long Beach entry list released". racer.com. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2021.

[7] "22 Car Entry List Released for 2018 IMSA Long Beach Contest". thedrive.com. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2021.

[8] "Continental Tire Keys to the Race: Long Beach". sportscar365.com. April 12, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2023.

[9] Dagys, John (April 13, 2018). "Nasr Tops Opening Practice at Long Beach". sportscar365.com. Retrieved July 9, 2023.

[10] "03_Results.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. April 13, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2023.

[11] O'Malley, J.J (April 14, 2018). "Montoya, Gavin pace second IMSA practice". racer.com. Retrieved July 9, 2023.

[12] "03_Results.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. April 13, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2023.

[13] "03_Results.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. Retrieved 5 March 2021.

[:1-14] "00_Championship Points - Official.pdf" (PDF). results.imsa.com. April 17, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2023.

[15] "03_Results - Official.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. Retrieved 5 March 2021.