The 2022 Lexus Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio was a sports car race held at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course near Lexington, Ohio on May 15, 2022. It was the fifth round of the 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship and the third round of the 2022 WeatherTech Sprint Cup. Wayne Taylor Racing's #10 car piloted by Ricky Taylor and Filipe Albuquerque collected their second 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 fifth consecutive year the event was held as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The 2022 Lexus Grand Prix at Mid-Ohio was the fifth of twelve scheduled sports car races of 2022 by IMSA, and it was the third of eight rounds held as part of the WeatherTech Sprint Cup. The race was held at the thirteen-turn Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course near Lexington, Ohio on May 5, 2022.

On May 5, 2022, IMSA released the latest technical bulletin outlining Balance of Performance for the event. In DPi, the Cadillac DPi-V.R received a 10 kilogram weight break. In GTD, The Porsche 911 GT3 R received a 10 kilogram weight increase.

Before the race, Tom Blomqvist and Oliver Jarvis led the DPi Drivers' Championship, ahead of Filipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor on countback followed by Tristan Vautier and Richard Westbrook with 1308 points in third. In LMP2, Ryan Dalziel and Dwight Merriman led the Drivers' Championship by 33 points over John Farano and Louis Delétraz. With 374 points, João Barbosa, Lance Willsey, and Malthe Jakobsen led the LMP3 Drivers' Championship with a 31 point advantage over Ari Balogh, Dakota Dickerson, and Garett Grist. The GTD Drivers' Championship was led by Ryan Hardwick and Jan Heylen with 985 points followed by Stevan McAleer with 955 points. Acura and Porsche were leading their respective Manufactures' Championships while Meyer Shank Racing, PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, Sean Creech Motorsport, and Wright Motorsports each led their own Teams' Championships.

Entries

A total of 31 cars took part in the event, split across four classes. 6 were entered in DPi, 6 in LMP2, 8 in LMP3, and 11 in GTD. In LMP2, Will Stevens subbed for Louis Deletraz in the Tower Motorsport entry due to a clash with the European Le Mans Series round at Imola. In LMP3, MLT Motorsports made its debut in the IMSA SportsCar Championship. In GTD, Team Hardpoint was absent while Vasser Sullivan Racing added a second entry featuring Jack Hawksworth and Richard Heistand. NTE Sport withdrew from the event due to a lack of funding. Jordan Pepper joined Brendan Iribe in the Inception Racing entry.

Practice There were two practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Sunday; one on Friday and one on Saturday. The first session on Friday afternoon ran for 90 minutes while the second session on Saturday morning lasted 105 minutes.

Qualifying Saturday's afternoon qualifying was broken into three sessions, with one session for the DPi and LMP2, LMP3, and GTD classes, which lasted for 15 minutes each, and a ten minute interval between the sessions. The rules dictated that all teams nominated a driver to qualify their cars, with the Pro-Am (LMP2/LMP3/GTD) classes requiring a Bronze/Silver Rated Driver to qualify the car. The competitors' fastest lap times determined the starting order. IMSA then arranged the grid to put DPis ahead of the LMP2, LMP3, and GTD cars.

Qualifying results Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by . ClassTeamDriverTime1 DPi 1 01 Cadillac Racing Sébastien Bourdais 1:10.439 - 1 2 DPi 2 10 WTR - Konica Minolta Acura Filipe Albuquerque 1:10.661 +0.222 23 DPi 3 60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Oliver Jarvis 1:10.791 +0.352 34 DPi 4 02 Cadillac Racing Alex Lynn 1:10.995 +0.556 45 DPi 5 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Tristan Nunez 1:11.053 +0.614 56 DPi 6 5 JDC-Miller MotorSports Tristan Vautier 1:11.083 +0.644 67 LMP2 1 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Patrick Kelly 1:14.340 +3.901 78 LMP2 2 11 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Steven Thomas 1:15.276 +4.837 89 LMP2 3 81 DragonSpeed - 10 Star Henrik Hedman 1:15.332 +4.893 910 LMP2 4 18 Era Motorsport Dwight Merriman 1:16.077 +5.638 1011 LMP2 5 8 Tower Motorsport John Farano 1:16.313 +5.874 1112 LMP2 6 20 High Class Racing Dennis Andersen 1:16.515 +6.076 1213 LMP3 1 36 Andretti Autosport Jarett Andretti 1:17.104 +6.665 1314 LMP3 2 58 MLT Motorsports Josh Sarchet 1:17.441 +7.002 1415 LMP3 3 38 Performance Tech Motorsports Dan Goldburg 1:17.788 +7.349 1516 LMP3 4 74 Riley Motorsports Gar Robinson 1:17.892 +7.453 1617 LMP3 5 54 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett 1:18.448 +8.009 1718 LMP3 6 30 Jr III Motorsports Ari Balogh 1:19.279 +8.840 1819 LMP3 7 13 AWA Orey Fidani 1:19.819 +9.380 1920 LMP3 8 33 Sean Creech Motorsport Lance Willsey 1:19.924 +9.485 2021 GTD 1 1 Paul Miller Racing Madison Snow 1:20.525 +10.086 2122 GTD 2 32 Team Korthoff Motorsports Stevan McAleer 1:20.725 +10.286 2223 GTD 3 27 Heart of Racing Team Roman De Angelis 1:20.822 +10.383 2324 GTD 4 96 Turner Motorsport Robby Foley 1:21.012 +10.573 2425 GTD 5 57 Winward Racing Russell Ward 1:21.016 +10.577 2526 GTD 6 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing Frankie Montecalvo 1:21.120 +10.681 2627 GTD 7 17 Vasser Sullivan Racing Richard Heistand 1:21.410 +10.971 2728 GTD 8 39 CarBahn with Peregrine Racing Robert Megennis 1:21.450 +11.011 2829 GTD 9 51 RWR Eurasia Motorsport Aidan Read 1:21.469 +11.030 2930 GTD 10 70 Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport Brendan Iribe 1:22.044 +11.605 3031 GTD 11 16 Wright Motorsports Ryan Hardwick 1:22.652 +12.213 31Sources:

Race

Post-Race Albuquerque and Taylor took the lead of the DPi Drivers' Championship with 1707 points while Blomqvist and Jarvis dropped to second with 1675 points. Bamber and Lynn jumped from fourth to third. The result in LMP2 meant Montoya and Hedman took the lead of the LMP2 Drivers' Championship with 972 points while Bomarito and Thomas advanced from fourth to third. Grist and Balogh took the led of the LMP3 Drivers' Championship with 688 points while Braun and Bennett advanced from fifth to second with 661 points. The result in GTD meant McAleer retook the lead of the Drivers' Championship with 1237 points while Hardwick and Heylen dropped to second with 1225 points. Megennis and Westphal jumped from fifth to fourth while Montecalvo advanced from eighth to fifth. PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports continued to top the LMP2 Teams' Championship while Wayne Taylor Racing, Jr III Motorsports, and Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports became the leaders of their respective class Teams' Championships. Acura and Mercedes-AMG assumed the lead of their respective Manufacturers' Championships with seven rounds remaining.

Race results

Class winners are denoted in bold and .

Class Team Drivers Chassis Time/Retired Engine 1 DPi 1 10 WTR - Konica Minolta Acura Filipe Albuquerque Ricky Taylor Acura ARX-05 121 2:40:20.108 Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6 2 DPi 2 60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Oliver Jarvis Tom Blomqvist Acura ARX-05 121 +2.098 Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6 3 DPi 3 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Tristan Nunez Pipo Derani Cadillac DPi-V.R 121 +16.910 Cadillac 5.5 L V8 4 DPi 4 02 Cadillac Racing Alex Lynn Earl Bamber Cadillac DPi-V.R 121 +36.916 Cadillac 5.5 L V8 5 DPi 5 01 Cadillac Racing Sebastien Bourdais Renger van der Zande Cadillac DPi-V.R 121 +37.104 Cadillac 5.5 L V8 6 DPi 6 5 JDC-Miller MotorSports Tristan Vautier Richard Westbrook Cadillac DPi-V.R 121 +1:02.301 Cadillac 5.5 L V8 7 LMP2 1 81 DragonSpeed - 10 Star Henrik Hedman Juan Pablo Montoya Oreca 07 118 +3 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 8 LMP2 2 11 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Steven Thomas Jonathan Bomarito Oreca 07 118 +3 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 9 LMP2 3 20 High Class Racing Dennis Andersen Anders Fjordbach Oreca 07 118 +3 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 10 LMP2 4 8 Tower Motorsport John Farano Will Stevens Oreca 07 117 +4 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 11 LMP2 5 18 Era Motorsport Dwight Merriman Ryan Dalziel Oreca 07 117 +4 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 12 LMP2 6 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Patrick Kelly Josh Pierson Oreca 07 117 +4 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 13 LMP3 1 54 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett Colin Braun Ligier JS P320 114 +7 Laps Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 14 LMP3 2 30 Jr III Motorsports Ari Balogh Garett Grist Ligier JS P320 113 +8 Laps Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 15 LMP3 3 36 Andretti Autosport Jarett Andretti Gabby Chaves Ligier JS P320 113 +8 Laps Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 16 LMP3 4 74 Riley Motorsports Gar Robinson Felipe Fraga Ligier JS P320 113 +8 Laps Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 17 LMP3 5 58 MLT Motorsports Josh Sarchet Dakota Dickerson Ligier JS P320 113 +8 Laps Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 18 LMP3 6 33 Sean Creech Motorsport Lance Willsey João Barbosa Ligier JS P320 112 +9 Laps Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 19 GTD 1 96 Turner Motorsport Robby Foley Bill Auberlen BMW M4 GT3 110 +11 Laps BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 20 GTD 2 1 Paul Miller Racing Madison Snow Bryan Sellers BMW M4 GT3 110 +11 Laps BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 21 GTD 3 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing Frankie Montecalvo Aaron Telitz Lexus RC F GT3 110 +11 Laps Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8 22 GTD 4 39 CarBahn With Peregrine Racing Robert Megennis Jeff Westphal Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 110 +11 Laps Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 23 GTD 5 57 Winward Racing Russell Ward Philip Ellis Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 110 +11 laps Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 24 GTD 6 32 Team Korthoff Motorsports Stevan McAleer Mike Skeen Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 110 +11 laps Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 25 GTD 7 17 Vasser Sullivan Racing Richard Heistand Jack Hawksworth Lexus RC F GT3 110 +11 Laps Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8 26 GTD 8 27 Heart of Racing Team Roman De Angelis Maxime Martin Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 110 +11 Laps Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 27 GTD 9 16 Wright Motorsports Ryan Hardwick Jan Heylen Porsche 911 GT3 R 110 +11 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 28 GTD 10 51 RWR with Eurasia Motorsport Aidan Read Ryan Eversley Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 109 +12 Laps Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6 29 GTD 11 70 Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport Brendan Iribe Jordan Pepper McLaren 720S GT3 110 +11 laps (Post race penalty) McLaren M840T 4.0L Turbo V8 30 LMP3 7 38 Performance Tech Motorsports Dan Goldburg Rasmus Lindh Ligier JS P320 106 +15 Laps Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 31 LMP3 8 13 AWA Orey Fidani Kuno Wittmer Ligier JS P320 100 +21 Laps Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 Sources:

Standings after the race

+DPi Drivers' Championship standings +/– Driver Points 1 1 Filipe Albuquerque Ricky Taylor 1707 2 1 Tom Blomqvist Oliver Jarvis 1675 3 1 Alex Lynn Earl Bamber 1603 4 1 Tristan Vautier Richard Westbrook 1583 5 Pipo Derani Tristan Nunez 1575Source:

+LMP2 Drivers' Championship standings +/– Driver Points 1 4 Juan Pablo Montoya Henrik Hedman 972 2 1 Ryan Dalziel Dwight Merriman 963 3 1 Steven Thomas Jonathan Bomarito 950 4 2 John Farano 948 5 2 Josh Pierson 900Source:

+LMP3 Drivers' Championship standings +/– Driver Points 1 1 Garett Grist Ari Balogh 688 2 3 Jon Bennett Colin Braun 661 3 2 João Barbosa Lance Willsey 647 4 2 Dakota Dickerson 635 5 2 Daniel Goldburg Rasmus Lindh 596Source:

+GTD Pro Drivers' Championship standings +/– Driver Points 1 Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet 1345 2 Antonio García Jordan Taylor 1295 3 Ben Barnicoat Jack Hawksworth 1265 4 Cooper MacNeil 1112 5 Ross Gunn Alex Riberas 1106Source:

+GTD Drivers' Championship standings +/– Driver Points 1 1 Stevan McAleer 1237 2 1 Ryan Hardwick Jan Heylen 1225 3 Bill Auberlen Robby Foley 1161 4 1 Robert Megennis Jeff Westphal 1012 5 3 Frankie Montecalvo 1006Source:

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

+DPi Teams' Championship standings +/– Team Points 1 2 #10 WTR - Konica Minolta Acura 1707 2 1 #60 Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian 1675 3 1 #02 Cadillac Racing 1603 4 1 #5 JDC-Miller MotorSports 1583 5 #31 Whelen Engineering Racing 1575Source: