Porsche Penske eyes Laguna Seca
- Porsche Penske Motorsport's 963s are targeting a repeat 1‑2 finish at the IMSA race at Laguna Seca. (x.com) - The Laguna Seca event is scheduled as a roughly 2 hour 40 minute race on the calendar. (x.com) - Teams and fans see this race as a key early-season endurance benchmark for Daytona prototypes. (x.com)
Porsche Penske Motorsport arrives at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca aiming to repeat the 1‑2 Grand Touring Prototype finish it scored at the track in May 2025. (racer.com) The IMSA Monterey SportsCar Championship weekend is set for May 1–3, 2026, and the GTP race is scheduled as a 2 hours 40 minutes (160‑minute) event. (imsa.com) Last year the No. 6 Porsche 963 driven by Mathieu Jaminet and Matt Campbell beat sister car No. 7 of Felipe Nasr and Nick Tandy to complete Porsche Penske’s 1‑2 at Laguna Seca. (motorsport.com) IMSA’s entry notes call Laguna Seca the first standard‑length sprint of the season — a 160‑minute race that serves as an early benchmark for GTP race pace and strategy. (imsa.com) Rivals arrive sharpened: BMW, Cadillac and Acura have all made setup changes after Daytona and Sebring, and IMSA’s provisional entry listed an 11‑car GTP field at Laguna Seca. (racer.com) WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca is a 2.238‑mile, 11‑turn natural‑terrain circuit whose famous Corkscrew drop creates a key overtaking and setup challenge for the 963 prototypes. (imsa.com) Team engineers have highlighted Laguna Seca’s resurfaced pavement and tyre behaviour as crucial data points before the summer endurance rounds, making this race a technical measuring stick. (sportscar365.com) IMSA then moves on to the Streets of Detroit on May 29–30, where Porsche Penske will try to carry any momentum from Laguna Seca as rivals continue to press for parity. (imsa.com)
