Louis Deletraz delivered a breakthrough efficiency to place Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing on pole at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.
The 29-year-old Swiss driver wheeled the #40 Cadillac V-Sequence.R to a flying lap of 1m13.221s across the 11-turn, 2.238-mile pure terrain street course to take the highest spot. It marks the primary pole for Wayne Taylor Racing since 2024 (Highway America).
“That’s superior,” Deletraz mentioned. “I’m so joyful. We’ve been working actually onerous. All of the girls and boys have been actually pushing for efficiency and it’s nice to reward them with a pole place.”
The WTR Cadillac could have firm on the entrance row as Jack Aitken put the the #31 Whelen Cadillac in second, 0.280s behind.
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The 15-minute session noticed Deletraz put down his greatest lap with slightly below 5 minutes to go, and remained untouched all through.
Behind Deletraz and Aitken was Nick Yelloloy, who had the #93 Acura Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-06 in third with a late fast lap of 1m13.696s. Dries Vanthoor handed the #24 BMW M Hybrid V8 a fourth-place begin for BMW M Workforce WRT, 0.514s behind.
Tom Blomqvist (Acura Meyer Shank Racing) was fifth, with Ross Gunn (Aston Martin THOR Workforce) in sixth.
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Vasser Sullivan’s Jack Hawksworth delivered a robust run of 1m21.228s to place the #14 Lexus RC F GT3 on pole. It’s the Briton’s sixteenth profession pole, however first at Laguna Seca. He now has taken pole at 9 completely different race tracks.
Neil Verhagen twice put up a robust laps however each had been disallowed resulting from exceeding observe limits, however was capable of nonetheless mount an excellent lap of 1m21.485 to place Paul Miller Racing’s #1 BMW M4 GT3 EVO in second.
Ford Racing’s Christopher Mies ended up third within the #65 Ford Mustang GT3, with AO Racing’s Harry King fourth within the #77 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992). Antonio Garcia was fifth within the #4 Corvette Z06 GT3.R for Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports.
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Lorenzo Patrese put the #34 Ferrari 296 GT3 EVO for Conquest Racing on pole in GTD with a fast lap of 1m21.441s. It marks the primary pole for Conquest Racing in 14 years, and stands as Patrese’s second profession pole.
Danny Formal’s #45 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 (Wayne Taylor Racing) was simply 0.022s wanting Patrese’s pole tempo, which got here with a couple of minutes left within the 15-minute session. Formal tried to go faster however ran out of gasoline with just a few corners left on the next lap and was compelled to dive again to pit lane.
Coronary heart of Racing Workforce’s #27 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo of Dude Barrichello, the present class factors chief, ended up third at 0.266s behind.
Russell Ward (Winward Racing) was fourth, whereas Benjamin Pedersen, who co-drove the #12 Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 with Aaron Telitz to victory within the final spherical at Lengthy Seaside, ended up fifth.
Qualifying for IMSA Weathertech Laguna Seca 2026
All Stats
1
40
Cadillac V-Sequence.R
10
110.034
2
31
Cadillac V-Sequence.R
12
0.280
109.615
3
93
Acura ARX-06
9
0.195
109.325
4
24
BMW M Hybrid V8
10
0.039
109.267
5
60
Acura ARX-06
9
0.125
109.082
6
23
Aston Martin Valkyrie
10
0.079
108.965
7
10
Cadillac V-Sequence.R
11
0.137
108.764
8
6
Porsche 963
11
0.214
108.451
9
7
Porsche 963
11
0.048
108.381
10
25
BMW M Hybrid V8
11
0.028
108.340
11
5
Porsche 963
10
0.033
108.292
12
14
Lexus RC F GT3
10
6.829
99.187
13
34
Ferrari 296 GT3
8
0.213
98.928
14
45
Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2
8
0.022
98.901
15
1
BMW M4 GT3 EVO
10
0.022
98.875
16
65
Ford Mustang GT3
10
0.087
98.769
17
H. King AO Racing
77
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)
10
0.023
98.741
18
3
Corvette Z06 GT3.R
10
0.066
98.662
19
9
Lamborghini Temerario GT3
10
0.007
98.653
20
27
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo
7
0.039
98.606
21
M. Esterson
N. Johnson RLL Workforce McLaren
59
McLaren 720S GT3 EVO
10
0.169
98.402
22
4
Corvette Z06 GT3.R
10
0.051
98.341
23
57
Mercedes-AMG GT3
9
0.086
98.238
24
64
Ford Mustang GT3
10
0.101
98.117
25
12
Lexus RC F GT3
10
0.073
98.030
26
19
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo
9
0.195
97.798
27
96
BMW M4 GT3 EVO
9
0.009
97.787
28
120
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)
8
0.061
97.715
29
70
Ferrari 296 GT3
9
0.023
97.688
30
66
Ford Mustang GT3
10
0.498
97.101
31
16
Ford Mustang GT3
10
0.559
96.452
32
13
Corvette Z06 GT3.R
10
1.082
95.218
33
81
Corvette Z06 GT3.R
10
2.443
92.546
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