2019 Monterey Grand Prix
The race was held at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey County, California, on September 15, 2019.
[1] It was the sixth consecutive year the event was held as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
The 2019 Monterey Grand Prix was the eleventh of twelve sports car races of 2019 by IMSA, and it was the last of seven rounds held as part of the WeatherTech Sprint Cup.
[2] The race was held at the eleven-turn 2.238 mi (3.602 km) WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey County, California on September 15, 2019.
The Cadillac DPI-V.R was made 20 kilograms lighter, as well as a 0.3-millimeter larger air restrictor, and a fuel capacity increase of 2 liters.
[5] In LMP2, Matt McMurry led the Drivers' Championship with 200 points, ahead of Cameron Cassels.
[5] Earl Bamber and Laurens Vanthoor led the GTLM Drivers' Championship with 280 points; the duo held an eleven-point advantage over Patrick Pilet and Nick Tandy in second.
In LMP2, Dalton Kellett returned to PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports after James French competed at Road America.
57 Meyer Shank Racing entry after being substituted by Bia Figueiredo and Alice Powell in the 2 previous rounds.
[13] In the final practice session, Ricky Taylor set the fastest time of the weekend so far at 1 minute, 15.497 seconds in the No.
[15] Hélio Castroneves necessitated the showing of a red flag when he spun and beached the No.
[7] Cars in GTD were sent out first before those grouped in GTLM and DPi/LMP2 had two separate identically timed sessions.
All cars were required to be driven by one participant and the starting order was determined by the competitor's fastest lap.
[7] IMSA then arranged the grid so that the DPi, LMP2, and GTLM cars started in front of the GTD field.
7 Acura set a new track record to clinch his first pole position of the season with a time of 1 minute and 15.035 seconds.
84 JDC-Miller MotorSports Cadillac DPi-V.R of Simon Trummer and Jon Bennett in the CORE Autosport Nissan rounded out the DPi qualifiers.
[17][20] In LMP2, Kyle Masson set the fastest time in the Performance Tech Motorsports entry, but the car would be dropped to the rear of the LMP2 field because the team changed their starting driver.
86 Acura on the grid's front row with his best lap being 0.101 seconds slower, and Cooper MacNeil drove the No.
73 Park Place Motorsports Porsche, crashed heavily at turn ten.
[18] Lindsey had his best two laps from the session deleted for causing a red flag, effectively leaving him with no time set.
Due to the extensive damage on their car, Park Place Motorsports withdrew from the event.
[27] McMurry's victory allowed him to increase his advantage to eighth points over Cassels in the LMP2 Drivers' Championship.
Kellett jumped to fifth after being eighth coming into WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.
[27] The final results of GTLM kept Bamber and Vanthoor atop the Drivers' Championship with 304 points while Müller advanced from fifth to fourth.
[27] The final results of GTD kept Farnbacher and Hindman atop the Divers' Championship with 264 points while Lally and Potter jumped to fourth.
