Taylor completed a 1m13.924s lap of the 2.238-mile circuit to beat Jarvis’s effort in the Meyer Shank Racing Acura by just 0.089s.
No less impressive was Alex Lynn’s first-ever qualifying effort around Laguna Seca. Not only did he beat his Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac team-mate Sebastien Bourdais by 0.45s, but he was also only 0.148s from top spot to secure third place.
Tristan Vautier was 0.95s off pole in the JDC Miller MotorSports Cadillac in fifth place ahead of Tristan Nunez in the Action Express Racing who rounded out the DPi contenders.
PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports locked out the LMP2 front row, with Steven Thomas getting the edge by just 0.057s over Patrick Kelly.
Henrik Hedman was third for DragonSpeed as Dennis Andersen of High Class racing was fourth, ahead of the Tower Motorsports and Era Motorsport cars.
In the GTD Pro class, Mathieu Jaminet grabbed pole, putting the Pfaff Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R at the top of the times with a 1m23.142s lap late in the qualifying session, which left him a mere 0.022s clear of Daniel Juncadella’s best effort in the WeatherTech Racing Mercedes AMG GT3 that he shares with Cooper MacNeil.
Alex Riberas was within quarter of a second of top spot in the Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage, ahead of Russell Ward in the Winward Racing Mercedes as the fastest of the GTD pro-am entries and fourth overal in the GTD class with a time of 1m23.567s.
That was two-tenths faster than Jaden Conwright’s fastest lap in the NTe/SSR Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan, the pair separated by the GTD Pro entry of John Edwards in the works BMW M4 run by Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.
IMSA Laguna Seca - Qualifying results
| Cla | Driver | Class | Chassis | Laps | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Ricky Taylor  Filipe Albuquerque
| DPi | Acura DPi | 9 | 1'13.924 | |
| 2 |
 Oliver Jarvis Tom Blomqvist
| DPi | Acura DPi | 11 | 1'14.013 | 0.089 |
| 3 |
 Earl Bamber Alex Lynn
| DPi | Cadillac DPi | 7 | 1'14.072 | 0.148 |
| 4 |
 Renger van der Zande  Sébastien Bourdais
| DPi | Cadillac DPi | 7 | 1'14.517 | 0.593 |
| 5 |
Tristan Vautier Richard Westbrook
| DPi | Cadillac DPi | 7 | 1'14.877 | 0.953 |
| 6 |
 Pipo Derani Tristan Nunez
| DPi | Cadillac DPi | 9 | 1'15.576 | 1.652 |
| 7 |
Thomas Steven Jonathan Bomarito
| LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 11 | 1'17.571 | 3.647 |
| 8 |
Josh Pierson Patrick Kelly
| LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 11 | 1'17.628 | 3.704 |
| 9 |
 Henrik Hedman  Juan Pablo Montoya
| LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 11 | 1'18.267 | 4.343 |
| 10 |
 Dennis Andersen Anders Fjordbach
| LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 11 | 1'18.747 | 4.823 |
| 11 |
 John Farano  Louis Deletraz
| LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 10 | 1'19.551 | 5.627 |
| 12 |
Dwight Merriman Ryan Dalziel
| LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 9 | 1'20.614 | 6.690 |
| 13 |
 Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet
| GTD PRO | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 6 | 1'23.142 | 9.218 |
| 14 |
Cooper MacNeil  Daniel Juncadella
| GTD PRO | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 8 | 1'23.164 | 9.240 |
| 15 |
Ross Gunn Alex Riberas
| GTD PRO | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 7 | 1'23.368 | 9.444 |
| 16 |
Russell Ward Philip Ellis
| GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 10 | 1'23.567 | 9.643 |
| 17 |
Connor de Phillippi John Edwards
| GTD PRO | BMW M4 GT3 | 8 | 1'23.740 | 9.816 |
| 18 |
Marco Holzer Jaden Conwright
| GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 11 | 1'23.777 | 9.853 |
| 19 |
Robby Foley Bill Auberlen
| GTD | BMW M4 GT3 | 10 | 1'23.821 | 9.897 |
| 20 |
Roman De Angelis  Maxime Martin
| GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 10 | 1'23.852 | 9.928 |
| 21 |
Robert Megennis Jeff Westphal
| GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 6 | 1'23.881 | 9.957 |
| 22 |
Jack Hawksworth Ben Barnicoat
| GTD PRO | Lexus RC F GT3 | 8 | 1'23.953 | 10.029 |
| 23 |
Bryan Sellers Madison Snow
| GTD | BMW M4 GT3 | 9 | 1'24.121 | 10.197 |
| 24 |
Ryan Eversley Aidan Read
| GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 11 | 1'24.126 | 10.202 |
| 25 |
Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor
| GTD PRO | Corvette C8.R GTD | 9 | 1'24.160 | 10.236 |
| 26 |
 Dirk Muller Stevan McAleer
| GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 8 | 1'24.162 | 10.238 |
| 27 |
Frankie Montecalvo Aaron Telitz
| GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 9 | 1'24.444 | 10.520 |
| 28 |
Michael de Quesada Daniel Morad
| GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 11 | 1'24.471 | 10.547 |
| 29 |
Ryan Hardwick Jan Heylen
| GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 11 | 1'24.637 | 10.713 |
| 30 |
Brendan Iribe Frederik Schandorff
| GTD | McLaren 720S GT3 | 8 | 1'24.948 | 11.024 |
| 31 |
Rob Ferriol Katherine Legge
| GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 11 | 1'25.152 | 11.228 |
| 32 |
Kyle Washington James Sofronas
| GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 11 | 1'27.310 | 13.386 |
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