2022 Hyundai Monterey SportsCar Championship
The 2022 Hyundai Monterey SportsCar Championship was a sports car race held at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca near Monterey, California on May 1, 2022. It was the fourth round of the 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship and the second round of the 2022 WeatherTech Sprint Cup. Wayne Taylor Racing's No. 10 car piloted by Ricky Taylor and Filipe Albuquerque collected their first victory of the season.

Background

International Motor Sports Association's (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2021. It was the ninth consecutive year the event was held as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The 2022 Hyundai Monterey SportsCar Championship was the fourth of twelve scheduled sports car races of 2022 by IMSA , and it was the second of eight rounds held as part of the WeatherTech Sprint Cup. The race was held at the eleven-turn  WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on May 1, 2022.

On April 21, 2022, IMSA released the latest technical bulletin outlining Balance of Performance for the event. In DPi, the Acura ARX-05 received a 10 kilogram weight break while the Cadillac DPi-V.R received a 10 kilogram weight increase. In GTD Pro and GTD, the Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD received a 20 kilogram weight increase. The BMW M4 GT3 received a 6 horsepower increase.

Before the race, Alex Lynn and Earl Bamber led the DPi Drivers' Championship with 1005 points, 3 points clear of Tristan Vautier and Richard Westbrook in second followed by Tom Blomqvist and Oliver Jarvis in third with 973 points. In LMP2, Ben Keating, Scott Huffaker, and Mikkel Jensen led the Drivers' Championship with a 37 point advantage over Frits van Eerd and Giedo van der Garde. With 990 points, Antonio García and Jordan Taylor led the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship by 30 points over Matt Campbell and Mathieu Jaminet in second followed by Ben Barnicoat and Jack Hawksworth in third with 919 points. With 672 points, Stevan McAleer and Mike Skeen led the GTD Drivers' Championship, 53 points ahead of Luís Pérez Companc, Simon Mann, and Toni Vilander in second followed by Ryan Hardwick, Jan Heylen, and Zacharie Robichon in third with 615 points. Cadillac, Chevrolet, and Porsche were leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while Cadillac Racing, PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, Corvette Racing, and Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports  each led their own Teams' Championships.

Entries

A total of 32 cars took part in the event, split across four classes. 6 were entered in DPi, 6 in LMP2, 6 in GTD Pro, and 14 in GTD. In LMP2, Patrick Kelly joined Josh Pierson in the PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports No. 52 entry. In GTD, Gradient Racing and Crucial Motorsports skipped after competing at Long Beach. NTE Sport returned after being forced to withdraw at the previous race. Marco Holzer joined NTE Sport making his first start in the IMSA SportsCar Championship since 2015. Dirk Müller subbed for Mike Skeen, who tested positive for COVID-19, in the Team Korthoff Motorsports No. 32.

Qualifying

Qualifying results
Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by .

  The No. 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing entry was moved to the back of the GTD field after the team elected to change tires after qualifying.

Race

Post-Race 
As a result of finishing in second place, Blomqvist and Jarvis took the lead of the DPi Drivers' Championship. Filipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor advanced from fourth to second while Bamber and Lynn dropped from first to fourth. Dalziel and Merriman took the lead of the LMP2 Drivers' Championship with 675 points while Farano and Delétraz advanced from eighth to second. Campbell and Jaminet retook the lead of the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship with 1345 points while Antonio García and Jordan Taylor dropped from first to second. Hardwick and Heylen took the lead of the GTD Drivers' Championship with 985 points while McAleer dropped from first to second. Auberlen and Foley advanced from tenth to third while Megennis and Jeff Westphal jumped from seventeenth to fifth. Acura and Porsche became the leaders of their respective Manufactures' Championships while PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports continued to top the LMP2 Teams' Championship. Meyer Shank Racing, Pfaff Motorsports, and Wright Motorsports became the leaders of their respective class Teams' Championships with eight rounds remaining.

Race Results 

Class winners are denoted in bold and .

Standings after the race

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

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

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

References

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2022 in sports in California
April 2022 sports events in the United States
2022 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season