2024 Lengthy Seaside Grand Prix: A Powerful Weekend for Mercedes-AMG

The Mercedes-AMG workforce nonetheless holds the factors lead within the GTD class regardless of a disappointing end on the 2024 Lengthy Seaside Grand Prix.

The 2024 Lengthy Seaside Grand Prix was held April 19 – 21. And as soon as once more MBWorld was there to soak up the motion. The occasion supplied followers a ton of racing pleasure, identical to it does yearly. Scott Dixon received the IndyCar race by .9798 of a second. It was his first victory of the season and 57th win of his profession. However there was loads of different racing to maintain followers entertained over the weekend. There was Stadium Tremendous Truck, GT America, and Tremendous Drift motion on the observe. In fact, there was additionally loads of IMSA racing with the third spherical of the WeatherTech Sportscar Championship additionally going down.

The Mercedes-AMG workforce had been having fun with a powerful begin to the 2024 IMSA season. The workforce took first place at each the 24 Hours at Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring. Nonetheless, the 2024 Lengthy Seaside Grand Prix is way shorter than both of these occasions because it runs for under 100 minutes. And the GT Daytona Mercedes-AMG GT3 might do no higher than third at school.

2024 Lengthy Seaside Grand Prix

Mikael Grenier and Mike Skeen drove the quantity 32 Mercedes-AMG GT3 of Korthoff/Preston Motorsports to a third-place end within the GTD class. Philip Ellis and Russell Ward ended up seventh at school driving the quantity 57 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3. Regardless of the disappointing exhibiting they preserve the workforce, driver and producer leads in GTD factors. Parker Thompson and Ben Barnicoat received the GTD class behind the wheel of the quantity 89 VasserSullivan Lexus RC F GT3. They drove a dominating race, main for 63 of the 65 complete laps.

Trying Forward

The Mercedes-AMG workforce can be again in motion quickly as the subsequent WeatherTech Championship occasion is the Motul Course de Monterey Powered by Hyundai N at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca from Might 10 – 12. That race can be simply spherical 4 of the eleven spherical season. So, there are many alternatives for Mercedes-AMG to increase their lead. Or for the opposite groups to catch up, so Mercedes-AMG must shortly put this weekend behind them and give attention to the longer term. Two of these remaining races are 6 hours lengthy and the ultimate race is the Motul Petit Le Mans which is 10 hours lengthy. That bodes effectively for a workforce that early within the season appears to carry out higher within the longer occasions.

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