Suzuka International Racing Course (Grand Prix)
IMSA Vintage Series - 2023 Season 1 - W9
- Date: February 11, 2023
- Total Drivers: 43 (18 Audi 90 GTO, 25 Nissan GTP)
- Strength of Field: 2599
🤖 Race Summary
In the Nissan GTP class, Hugh Haycox won from P1, finishing 256.32 seconds ahead of Ferran S. Grau in P2, with Laust Olsen taking third. The Audi 90 GTO class saw Arturas Kundelis secure victory from P4, finishing 46.25 seconds ahead of Andreas Schuster in P2, while Javier del Olmo rounded out the podium in third. Notably, Ove Trengereid disconnected during the race, while Alvaro G Cortines and Ste Morris faced significant incident counts with 20 and 16 incidents, respectively. Andreas Schuster made an impressive gain of 10 positions throughout the race despite his own 9 incidents.
Race Results
| Pos | Class | Driver | Car | Grid | Laps | Interval | Best Lap | iR Δ | Incs | Pts | Jr Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Haycox | Nissan GTP | 1 | 24 | - | 1:41.86 | 5.4k +37 | 4 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Ferran S. Grau | Nissan GTP | 4 | 24 | +25.63 | 1:43.02 | 2.5k +91 | 9 | 22 | 15 | ||
| Laust Olsen | Nissan GTP | 5 | 24 | +26.57 | 1:42.64 | 4.2k +42 | 1 | 20 | 0 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Fabian Jungbluth | Nissan GTP | 6 | 24 | +26.65 | 1:42.84 | 4.3k +32 | 3 | 18 | 0 |
| 5 | 5 | Aitor Sintes-Galindo | Nissan GTP | 7 | 24 | +30.41 | 1:42.61 | 4.3k +24 | 4 | 16 | 0 |
| 6 | 6 | Stéphane Lesly | Nissan GTP | 9 | 24 | +46.47 | 1:43.67 | 2.3k +64 | 4 | 15 | 12 |
| 7 | 7 | Martin Krejcirik | Nissan GTP | 8 | 24 | +58.01 | 1:43.38 | 3.4k +28 | 4 | 14 | 0 |
| 8 | 8 | Germán Suárez | Nissan GTP | 12 | 24 | +1:09.33 | 1:43.84 | 2.7k +38 | 5 | 13 | 10 |
| 9 | 9 | Jason Dunnington | Nissan GTP | 17 | 24 | +1:09.70 | 1:44.51 | 2.8k +28 | 3 | 12 | 8 |
| 10 | 10 | Marty Novak | Nissan GTP | 16 | 24 | +1:13.14 | 1:44.69 | 2.3k +33 | 6 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 11 | Aaron Humphrey4 | Nissan GTP | 13 | 24 | +1:13.83 | 1:43.97 | 3.3k -2 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| 12 | 12 | Antonio J. Vicens | Nissan GTP | 18 | 24 | +1:17.12 | 1:44.19 | 2.3k +17 | 5 | 9 | 5 |
| 13 | 13 | Ove Trengereid | Nissan GTP | 3 | 23 | - | 1:42.66 | 4.0k -34 | 7 | 8 | 0 |
| 14 | 14 | Matthew Palmer23 | Nissan GTP | 19 | 23 | - | 1:45.40 | 756 +55 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| 15 | 15 | Oscar Prado | Nissan GTP | 14 | 23 | - | 1:45.23 | 2.3k -8 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| 16 | 16 | Jason Clapper | Nissan GTP | 22 | 23 | - | 1:43.41 | 3.0k -36 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | 17 | Alvaro G Cortines | Nissan GTP | 21 | 23 | - | 1:46.29 | 1.6k -1 | 20 | 4 | 2 |
| 18 | 18 | Ste Morris | Nissan GTP | 20 | 22 | - | 1:47.47 | 1.8k -16 | 16 | 3 | 1 |
| 19 | 19 | Kurt Clapper | Nissan GTP | 23 | 21 | - | 1:45.46 | 2.1k -36 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Arturas Kundelis | Audi 90 GTO | 4 | 21 | - | 2:00.27 | 4.8k +57 | 2 | 25 | 0 | |
| 21 | Andreas Schuster | Audi 90 GTO | 6 | 21 | +4.62 | 2:00.60 | 4.2k +57 | 9 | 22 | 0 | |
| 22 | Javier del Olmo | Audi 90 GTO | 2 | 21 | +6.13 | 1:59.65 | 5.4k +23 | 14 | 20 | 0 | |
| 23 | 4 | Ian Haycox | Audi 90 GTO | 5 | 21 | +7.81 | 2:00.40 | 4.6k +27 | 1 | 18 | 0 |
| 24 | 5 | Marti Olle | Audi 90 GTO | 7 | 21 | +8.28 | 2:00.56 | 3.0k +53 | 9 | 16 | 0 |
| 25 | 6 | Jamie Hamel-Smith | Audi 90 GTO | 8 | 21 | +16.60 | 2:00.57 | 2.8k +46 | 3 | 15 | 15 |
| 26 | 7 | Doug Cloud | Audi 90 GTO | 10 | 21 | +23.72 | 2:00.72 | 2.8k +34 | 10 | 14 | 0 |
| 27 | 8 | Robert Plumley | Audi 90 GTO | 13 | 21 | +40.52 | 2:01.11 | 2.9k +23 | 7 | 13 | 0 |
| 28 | 9 | steve Low | Audi 90 GTO | 14 | 21 | +51.74 | 2:02.40 | 1.9k +38 | 4 | 12 | 12 |
| 29 | 10 | Philippe Savoie | Audi 90 GTO | 11 | 20 | - | 2:01.06 | 2.9k +1 | 15 | 11 | 0 |
| 30 | 11 | Bjoern Ackermann | Audi 90 GTO | 15 | 20 | - | 2:03.14 | 2.2k +8 | 15 | 10 | 10 |
| 31 | 12 | Andrew Lowery | Audi 90 GTO | 17 | 20 | - | 2:03.00 | 1.9k +4 | 17 | 9 | 8 |
| 32 | 13 | Jouko Leskela | Audi 90 GTO | 1 | 19 | - | 1:59.35 | 6.5k -104 | 13 | 8 | 0 |
| 33 | 20 | Togo Hisada | Nissan GTP | 2 | 18 | - | 1:42.85 | 5.1k -111 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | 21 | Brendan Hobbart | Nissan GTP | 11 | 13 | - | 1:43.54 | 2.4k -59 | 3 | NC | NC |
| 35 | 14 | Esko Lehtiniemi | Audi 90 GTO | 3 | 12 | - | 2:00.51 | 3.9k -72 | 8 | NC | NC |
| 36 | 22 | Chaz Johnson | Nissan GTP | 24 | 10 | - | 1:49.78 | 659 -7 | 4 | NC | NC |
| 37 | 23 | Jorge Fernandez Suarez | Nissan GTP | 10 | 8 | - | 1:43.86 | 2.3k -73 | 5 | NC | NC |
| 38 | 24 | Romain Belo | Nissan GTP | 15 | 7 | - | 1:44.36 | 2.5k -88 | 6 | NC | NC |
| 39 | 15 | Andre Schumacher | Audi 90 GTO | 9 | 6 | - | 2:01.03 | 1.5k -15 | 16 | NC | NC |
| 40 | 16 | Alex Mas | Audi 90 GTO | 16 | 6 | - | 2:01.25 | 3.0k -71 | 13 | NC | NC |
| 41 | 17 | Magnus Johansson | Audi 90 GTO | 12 | 5 | - | 2:01.15 | 2.9k -79 | 7 | NC | NC |
| 42 | 18 | Robbie Kirtley | Audi 90 GTO | 18 | 3 | - | - | 929 -30 | 5 | NC | NC |
| 43 | 25 | Branden Dugan | Nissan GTP | 25 | 1 | - | - | 394 -18 | 5 | NC | NC |