2022 Chevrolet Grand Prix

The 2022 Chevrolet Grand Prix was a sports car race held at the Canadian Tire Motorsports Park in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada on July 3, 2022. It was the eighth round of the 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship and the fifth round of the 2022 WeatherTech Sprint Cup.[1] The 01 Cadillac Racing entry piloted by Sébastien Bourdais and Renger van der Zande took the overall victory.[2] The No. 54 CORE Autosport Ligier JS P320 driven by Jon Bennett and Colin Braun won in the LMP3 class.[3] In the GTD Pro class, the No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R driven by Mathieu Jaminet and Matt Campbell claimed victory, while in GTD the No. 27 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 driven by Roman De Angelis and Maxime Martin claimed victory.[4]

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.[5] It was the seventh year the event was held as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The 2022 Chevrolet Grand Prix was the eighth of twelve scheduled sports car races of 2022 by IMSA , and it was the fifth of eight rounds held as part of the WeatherTech Sprint Cup.[6] The race was held at the ten-turn 2.459 mi (3.957 km) Canadian Tire Motorsports Park in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada on July 3, 2022.[7] The race marked IMSA's return to Canadian Tire Motorsports Park after the previous 2 years editions were cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada.[8] Competitors were required to be vaccinated prior to traveling.[9]

On June 28, 2022, IMSA issued the latest technical bulletin outlining Balance of Performance for the event.[10] In the GTD classes, the Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3, BMW M4 GT3, and Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 received a 20 kilogram weight increase while the Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo received a 20 kilogram weight break. No changes were made in DPi.

Before the race, Filipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor led the DPi Drivers' Championship with 2399 points, 17 points ahead of Tom Blomqvist and Oliver Jarvis.[11] With 1001 points, Jon Bennett and Colin Braun led the LMP3 Drivers' Championship; the duo held a fifty-point advantage over Garett Grist and Ari Balogh.[11] In GTD Pro, Matt Campbell and Mathieu Jaminet led the Drivers' Championship with 1671 points, ahead of Ben Barnicoat with 1573 points.[11] The GTD Drivers' Championship was led by Stevan McAleer with 1765 points, 5 points ahead of Ryan Hardwick and Jan Heylen.[11] Acura, Porsche, and BMW were leading their respective Manufactures' Championships while Wayne Taylor Racing, CORE Autosport, Pfaff Motorsports, and Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports each led their own Teams' Championships.[11]

Entries
Further information: 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship § Entries

A total of 24 cars took part in the event, split across four classes. 6 were entered in DPi, 6 in LMP3, 6 in GT Daytona Pro, and 6 in GTD.[12][13] The only changed from the previous round in DPi was the absence of Ally Cadillac Racing. Risi Competizione's absence saw 6 cars competing in GTD Pro. Kamui Kobayashi substituted for Jack Hawsworth in the Vasser Sullivan Racing #14.[14] Scott Andrews substituted for Felipe Fraga in the Riley Motorsports entry due to a clash with the DTM round at the Norisring. In GTD, CarBahn with Peregrine Racing were forced to skip after their primary car was destroyed in a crash at Watkins Glen.[15] Wright Motorsports, Team Korthoff Motorsports, and Inception Racing elected to forego the round due to its championship point output only counting for the WeatherTech Sprint Cup.[16]

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.[17]

Qualifying

Saturday's afternoon qualifying was broken into three sessions, with one session for the DPi LMP3, GTD Pro and GTD classes, which lasted for 15 minutes each, and a ten minute interval between the sessions.[17] The rules dictated that all teams nominated a driver to qualify their cars, with the Pro-Am (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 LMP3, GTD Pro, and GTD cars.[18]

Qualifying results

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by ‡.

Pos. Class PIC No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 DPi 1 60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Tom Blomqvist 1:04.394 - 1‡
2 DPi 2 10 WTR - Konica Minolta Acura Ricky Taylor 1:04.462 +0.068 2
3 DPi 3 5 JDC-Miller MotorSports Tristan Vautier 1:04.895 +0.501 3
4 DPi 4 02 Cadillac Racing Alex Lynn 1:05.082 +0.688 4
5 DPi 5 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Olivier Pla 1:05.126 +0.732 5
6 DPi 6 01 Cadillac Racing Sébastien Bourdais 1:05.266 +0.872 6
7 LMP3 1 36 Andretti Autosport Jarett Andretti 1:13.102 +8.708 7‡
8 LMP3 2 74 Riley Motorsports Gar Robinson 1:13.174 +8.870 8
9 LMP3 3 30 Jr III Motorsports Ari Balogh 1:13.815 +9.421 9
10 LMP3 4 54 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett 1:14.056 +9.662 10
11 LMP3 5 13 AWA Orey Fidani 1::14.832 +10.438 11
12 LMP3 6 33 Sean Creech Motorsport Lance Willsey 1:15.121 +10.727 12
13 GTD Pro 1 9 Pfaff Motorsports Mathieu Jaminet 1:15.468 +11.074 13‡
14 GTD 1 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing Frankie Montecalvo 1:15.633 +11.239 14‡
15 GTD Pro 2 23 Heart of Racing Team Alex Riberas 1:15.890 +11.496 15
16 GTD Pro 3 25 BMW M Team RLL John Edwards 1:15.899 +11.505 16
17 GTD Pro 4 3 Corvette Racing Jordan Taylor 1:15.955 +11.561 17
18 GTD 2 27 Heart of Racing Team Roman De Angelis 1:15.975 +11.581 18
19 GTD 3 1 Paul Miller Racing Madison Snow 1:16.004 +11.610 19
20 GTD 4 57 Winward Racing Russell Ward 1:16.039 +11.645 20
21 GTD Pro 5 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Ben Barnicoat 1:16.071 +11.677 21
22 GTD 5 96 Turner Motorsport Robby Foley 1:16.156 +11.762 22
23 GTD 6 51 RWR Eurasia Motorsport Aidan Read 1:16.250 +11.856 23
24 GTD Pro 6 79 WeatherTech Racing Cooper MacNeil 1:17.071 +12.677 24
Sources:[19][20]

    Race

    Post-Race

    Blomqvist and Jarvis retook the lead of the DPi Drivers' Championship while Filipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor dropped to second. Bourdais and van der Zande advanced from fourth to third while Bamber and Lynn dropped from third to fourth.[21] In The LMP3 Drivers' Championship, Bennett and Braun extended their lead to 98 points over Grist and Balogh, while Andretti and Chaves moved to fifth after being eighth coming into Canadian Tire Motorsports Park.[21] With a total of 2056 points, Campbell and Jaminet's victory increase their advantage to 138 points as Antonio García and Jordan Taylor took over second position in the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship.[21] GTD drivers, teams, and manufactures did not score full season points due to the event only counting towards the WeatherTech Sprint Cup. Acura and Porsche continued to top their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while CORE Autosport and Pfaff Motorsports kept their respective advantages in their Teams' Championships. Meyer Shank Racing took the lead of the DPi Teams' Championship with four rounds remaining.[21]

    Race Results

    Class winners are denoted in bold and ‡.

    Pos Class PIC No. Team Drivers Chassis Laps Time/Retired
    Engine
    1 DPi 1 01 Cadillac Racing Sébastien Bourdais
    Renger van der Zande    		 Cadillac DPi-V.R 123 2:40:31.158‡
    Cadillac 5.5 L V8
    2 DPi 2 60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Tom Blomqvist
    Oliver Jarvis    		 Acura ARX-05 123 +3.509
    Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
    3 DPi 3 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Olivier Pla
    Pipo Derani    		 Cadillac DPi-V.R 123 +4.272
    Cadillac 5.5 L V8
    4 DPi 4 02 Chip Ganassi Racing Alex Lynn
    Earl Bamber    		 Cadillac DPi-V.R 123 +4.704
    Cadillac 5.5 L V8
    5 DPi 5 5 JDC-Miller MotorSports Tristan Vautier
    Richard Westbrook    		 Cadillac DPi-V.R 123 +5.785
    Cadillac 5.5 L V8
    6 DPi 6 10 WTR - Konica Minolta Acura Ricky Taylor
    Filipe Albuquerque    		 Acura ARX-05 123 +15.025
    Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
    7 LMP3 1 54 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett
    Colin Braun    		 Ligier JS P320 115 +8 Laps‡
    Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
    8 LMP3 2 36 Andretti Autosport Jarett Andretti
    Gabby Chaves    		 Ligier JS P320 115 +8 Laps
    Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
    9 LMP3 3 30 Jr III Motorsports Ari Balogh
    Garett Grist    		 Ligier JS P320 115 +8 Laps
    Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
    10 LMP3 4 13 AWA Orey Fidani
    Kyle Marcelli    		 Duqueine M30 - D08 114 +9 Laps
    Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
    11 GTD Pro 1 9 Pfaff Motorsports Mathieu Jaminet
    Matt Campbell    		 Porsche 911 GT3 R 111 +12 Laps‡
    Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
    12 GTD Pro 2 3 Corvette Racing Jordan Taylor
    Antonio Garcia    		 Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD 111 +12 Laps
    Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
    13 GTD Pro 3 23 Heart of Racing Team Alex Riberas
    Ross Gunn    		 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 111 +12 Laps
    Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
    14 GTD 1 27 Heart of Racing Team Roman De Angelis
    Maxime Martin    		 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 111 +12 Laps‡
    Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
    15 GTD 2 57 Winward Racing Russell Ward
    Philip Ellis    		 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 111 +12 Laps
    Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
    16 GTD Pro 4 79 WeatherTech Racing Cooper MacNeil
    Daniel Juncadella    		 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 111 +12 laps
    Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
    17 GTD Pro 5 25 BMW M Team RLL John Edwards
    Connor De Phillippi    		 BMW M4 GT3 111 +12 Laps
    BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6
    18 GTD 3 51 RWR with Eurasia Motorsport Aidan Read
    Ryan Eversley    		 Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 111 +12 Laps
    Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
    19 GTD Pro 6 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Ben Barnicoat
    Kamui Kobayashi    		 Lexus RC F GT3 111 +12 Laps
    Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8
    20 GTD 4 96 Turner Motorsport Robby Foley
    Bill Auberlen    		 BMW M4 GT3 111 +12 Laps
    BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6
    21 GTD 5 1 Paul Miller Racing Madison Snow
    Bryan Sellers    		 BMW M4 GT3 111 +12 Laps
    BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6
    22
    DNF    		 GTD 6 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing Frankie Montecalvo
    Aaron Telitz    		 Lexus RC F GT3 80 Accident Damage
    Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8
    23
    DNF    		 LMP3 5 74 Riley Motorsports Gar Robinson
    Scott Andrews    		 Ligier JS P320 74 Accident
    Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
    24
    DNF    		 LMP3 6 33 Sean Creech Motorsport Lance Willsey
    João Barbosa    		 Ligier JS P320 32 Accident
    Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
    Sources:[22][23]

    Standings after the race
    • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.
    • ‡: Points count towards WeatherTech Sprint Cup championship only.
    • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.
    • ‡: Points count towards WeatherTech Sprint Cup championship only.
    • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.
    • ‡: Points count towards WeatherTech Sprint Cup championship only.

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