NOTE: IF YOU HAVEN'T
ALREADY READ DPi, PLEASE GO BACK AND READ THAT ONE FIRST. IT GIVES IMPORTANT
BACKGROUND ON THE NUMBERS.
GTD Pro:
GTD Pro was a bit of a runaway this year with the 9 Pfaff
Porsche claiming five wins (Daytona, Laguna Seca, CTMP, Lime Rock, and VIR) out
of the ten races. CamJam, a name I’m trying to make stick for the dynamic duo
of Matt Campbell and Mathieu Jaminet, were on the podium eight times, missing
out only at Sebring and Long Beach. Since May, the duo hasn’t missed a podium.
Wowza.
Qualifying went their way as well, with Jaminet taking pole
at Laguna and CTMP, and Campbell getting his first pole at Lime Rock. They went
on to win all three of those races as well. Jack Hawksworth was the only other
driver to claim multiple poles in the class, grabbing two for himself, while
Daniel Serra, Jordan Taylor, Connor De Phillippi, and Ross Gunn each got one a
piece.
Qualifying points:
|
GTD Pro |
||
|
Earned |
W/O Q Pts |
|
|
9 |
307 |
3190 |
|
14 |
287 |
2990 |
|
3 |
284 |
2910 |
|
23 |
303 |
2800 |
|
25 |
272 |
2600 |
|
Pro Manu |
Earned |
W/O Q Pts |
||
|
Por |
287 |
3210 |
||
|
Lex |
287 |
3020 |
||
|
Che |
284 |
2920 |
||
|
Ast |
303 |
2870 |
||
|
BMW |
277 |
2680 |
||
Delving into these charts is pretty straight forward.
Qualifying for both the teams and manufacturers had no impact on the ultimate
championship result. Let’s take it by team first. The 9 Porsche outscored the
23 Aston by four points on the year, but more impressively was the difference
between first and last in class. With only five cars contesting every round of
the championship, but extras added in here and there, the gap from Pfaff to BMW
M Team was 35 points! That’s a bonus pole position earned as far as points are
concerned! In the manufacturer battle, Aston gained the most favor with 303
points, and the spread was only 26 back to BMW.
Qualifying to Race:
Despite getting two poles, the 14 Lexus gained the most
spots over the course of the year! I say despite, because usually the pole
sitters stand to lose positions rather than gain them. The 14 Lexus moved up a
mere five spots, but that was the most out of the class for the full season
runners. On the other side, the 23 Aston Martin, which we established above
with the points demonstration, qualified very well but only finished on the
podium four times (the two wins at Watkins Glen and Long Beach, as well as a 3rd
at CTMP and 2nd at Lime Rock). They lost a total of 19 spots.
For our GT Categories, I’m going to break down the race
performance a bit further to see just how well each manufacturer did. I do this
as well for the drivers. So, let’s start with finishing average.
Manufacturer Wins 2nds 3rds DNFs Average
|
Aston Martin |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4.8 |
|
BMW |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4.9 |
|
Chevrolet |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
3.6 |
|
Ferrari |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
|
Lexus |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
3.3 |
|
Mercedes |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4.7 |
|
Porsche |
5 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2.3 |
Okay, so a couple of things jump out right away. Porsche’s
average finish of 2.3 is remarkable, with just the one DNF as well from the
errant wheel nut at Long Beach that punctured their radiator. Lexus also had a
banner season, claiming their first endurance race win out of 44 attempts!
Ferrari only ran the 4 races, so a 50% finishing rate of 2nd isn’t
bad, but it doesn’t stack up when compared to the proper competition we were
treated to throughout the rest of the season. Aston Martin wouldn’t say they
had a bad year, but when their average finishing position was only 0.1 above
BMW, who would say they had a bad year, context is gained.
Before we transition fully onto the drivers, I did look at
how the Average Fast Lap by Manufacturer stacked up. This was pretty cool!
Manufacturer Avg. FL
Position Fastest Driver (# of times)
|
Aston Martin |
7.6 |
Gunn (7) |
|
BMW |
7.5 |
De Phillippi
(4) |
|
Chevrolet |
5.7 |
Garcia (6) |
|
Ferrari |
3 |
Serra (2) |
|
Lexus |
5 |
Hawksworth
(7) |
|
Mercedes |
4.6 |
Juncadella
(3) |
|
Porsche |
6.4 |
Campbell
& Jaminet (4 each) |
Props to Ross Gunn, Antonio Garcia, and Jack Hawksworth, all
three of whom shared qualifying duties fairly with their co-driver (didn’t
always get fresh tires) and showed remarkable speed! It’s fun to note that
these three drivers are in three different decades of life, so there’s no
saying that age is any tell of speed 😉
On Track by Driver Performances:
The GTD Pro driver of the year, as evidenced by the numbers,
is a man who didn’t contest every race. In fact, for a while, we were worried
about his recovery from a bad accident off track and his ability to get back in
the car in the 2022 season. But Jack Hawksworth proved all of us wrong, and
came back arguably stronger than ever. He won all three categories of on track
performance of all the full season drivers. His average Fast Lap position was
5.25 (tied with Daniel Serra). The class was super tight in this category, but
he had less than half the score of John Edwards on 11.8.
Serra was the least off the pace with an average of 0.23,
but Jack was hot on his heels at 0.399. Again, like Barbosa, the Road America
race really skewed the averages with Jordan Taylor not registering a
representative lap time during his rain affected stint, and thus he wound up as
the furthest off the average Fast Lap and co-driver with 2.107 and 1.803
respectively. In terms of being off his co-driver, Hawksworth once again
claimed the highest honor with a scant 0.038 of a second off whomever with he
was sharing the car. Super consistency, super speed, and ending on a high by
winning Petit Le Mans. If we get Hawksworth and Barnicoat back as a duo for
2023, they are real championship contenders. They figured out how to win Petit,
but the biggest test for the Lexus team will be finding the podium at Daytona
and Sebring.
|
By Avg. Pos FL |
D24 |
S12 |
LB |
LS |
WG6 |
CTMP |
LR |
RAm |
VIR |
PLM |
FL |
Avg. P |
||||
|
14 |
Hawksworth |
2 |
6 |
10 |
9 |
|
|
2 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
|
|
5.25 |
||
|
62 |
Serra |
6 |
9 |
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
5.25 |
||
|
9 |
Jaminet |
4 |
25 |
8 |
4 |
9 |
8 |
8 |
5 |
3 |
9 |
|
|
8.3 |
||
|
3 |
Garcia |
28 |
17 |
2 |
8 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
10 |
7 |
|
1 |
8.5 |
||
|
23 |
Gunn |
26 |
26 |
7 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
6 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
|
|
8.6 |
||
|
14 |
Barnicoat |
23 |
14 |
9 |
11 |
7 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
7 |
12 |
|
|
9.4 |
||
|
9 |
Campbell |
10 |
24 |
|
10 |
15 |
5 |
7 |
1 |
9 |
5 |
|
1 |
9.56 |
||
|
3 |
Taylor |
34 |
8 |
3 |
3 |
13 |
10 |
4 |
10 |
1 |
18 |
|
1 |
10.4 |
||
|
25 |
CDP |
43 |
15 |
4 |
6 |
2 |
4 |
10 |
7 |
8 |
8 |
|
|
10.7 |
||
|
62 |
Rigon |
8 |
3 |
|
|
12 |
|
|
|
|
20 |
|
|
10.75 |
||
|
23 |
Riberas |
35 |
22 |
6 |
7 |
6 |
7 |
1 |
8 |
6 |
14 |
|
1 |
11.2 |
||
|
25 |
Edwards |
40 |
16 |
5 |
5 |
10 |
11 |
9 |
9 |
2 |
11 |
|
|
11.8 |
||
* Bold Denotes Slowest Driver of Class
|
By Avg Time Off FL |
By Avg Time Off Co-driver |
|||||
|
62 |
Serra |
0.23 |
14 |
Hawksworth |
0.038 |
|
|
14 |
Hawksworth |
0.399 |
23 |
Gunn |
0.04 |
|
|
23 |
Gunn |
0.494 |
62 |
Serra |
0.083 |
|
|
9 |
Jaminet |
0.548 |
9 |
Jaminet |
0.098 |
|
|
3 |
Garcia |
0.556 |
25 |
CDP |
0.12 |
|
|
14 |
Barnicoat |
0.613 |
9 |
Campbell |
0.246 |
|
|
62 |
Rigon |
0.635 |
3 |
Garcia |
0.252 |
|
|
9 |
Campbell |
0.696 |
14 |
Barnicoat |
0.262 |
|
|
25 |
CDP |
0.757 |
23 |
Riberas |
0.314 |
|
|
23 |
Riberas |
0.768 |
62 |
Rigon |
0.488 |
|
|
25 |
Edwards |
1.174 |
25 |
Edwards |
0.61 |
|
|
3 |
Taylor |
2.107 |
3 |
Taylor |
1.803 |
|
Tomorrow we will delve into the final and most complex
class, GTD.
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