2024 Chevrolet Grand Prix
The 2024 Chevrolet Grand Prix was a sports car race held at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, on July 14, 2024. It was the seventh round of the 2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship.
Background[edit]
Preview[edit]
International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was part of the 2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2023.[1] It was the ninth time the IMSA SCC hosted a race at Mosport. The 2024 Chevrolet Grand Prix was the seventh of eleven scheduled sports car races of 2024 by IMSA.[2] The race was held at the ten-turn 2.459 mi (3.957 km) Canadian Tire Motorsports Park on July 14, 2024.[2]
Standings before the race[edit]
The LMP2 Drivers' Championship was led by Josh Burdon, Felipe Fraga, and Gar Robinson after their second-place finish in Watkins Glen. They held a six-point lead over second-placed Ryan Dalziel, Dwight Merriman, Connor Zilisch, with Nick Boulle, Tom Dillmann, and Jakub Śmiechowski in third, 40 points behind Burdon, Fraga, and Robinson.[3] The GTD Pro Drivers' Championship was topped by Laurin Heinrich and Sebastian Priaulx with 1632 points, 49 ahead of Ben Barnicoat and Jack Hawksworth in second. Ross Gunn sat in third, 60 points behind Heinrich and Priaulx.[3] The GTD Drivers' Championship was led by Philip Ellis and Russell Ward with 1745 points after their fourth win of the season in Watkins Glen, 305 points ahead of Robby Foley and Patrick Gallagher in second.[3] The Manufacturers' Championships were led by Porsche and Mercedes-AMG, respectively, and the Teams Championships' were led by Riley, AO Racing, and Winward Racing, respectively.[3]
Entry list[edit]
The entry list was revealed on July 3, 2024, and featured 35 entries: 12 entries in LMP2, 9 entries in GTD Pro, and 14 entries in GTD. The LMP2 class saw some changes: Filipe Albuquerque, Renger van der Zande, Scott Huffaker, Stuart Wilshire, Pipo Derani, and Louis Delétraz all participated in the headline LMP2 class during the event. In GTD Pro, Ross Gunn was once again partnered by Mario Farnbacher in the No. 23 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin.[4] In GTD, Spencer Pumpelly re-joined the No. 27 Heart of Racing Aston Martin. Furthermore, the No. 43 Andretti Motorsports Porsche and No. 120 Wright Motorsports Porsche were absent during the event.[5]
Qualifying[edit]
Saturday's afternoon qualifying session was broken into two sessions, with one session for the LMP2, GTD Pro and GTD classes, which lasted 15 minutes each.[6] The rules dictated that all teams nominated a driver to qualify their cars, with the Pro-Am LMP2 class requiring a Bronze rated driver to qualify the car. The competitors' fastest lap times determined the starting order. IMSA then arranged the grid to put LMP2s ahead of the GTD Pro, and GTD cars.[7]
Qualifying results[edit]
Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and with ‡.
| Pos. | Class | No. | Entry | Driver | Time | Gap | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LMP2 | 99 |  AO Racing
|
P. J. Hyett
|
1:09.582 | — | 1‡ |
| 2 | LMP2 | 22 | United Autosports USA
|
Dan Goldburg
|
1:09.672 | +0.090 | 2 |
| 3 | LMP2 | 74 | Riley
|
Gar Robinson
|
1:09.690 | +0.108 | 3 |
| 4 | LMP2 | 52 |  Inter Europol by PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports
|
Nick Boulle
|
1:09.756 | +0.174 | 4 |
| 5 | LMP2 | 11 |  TDS Racing
|
Steven Thomas
|
1:09.824 | +0.242 | 5 |
| 6 | LMP2 | 04 | CrowdStrike Racing by APR
|
George Kurtz
|
1:10.017 | +0.435 | 6 |
| 7 | LMP2 | 2 | United Autosports USA
|
Ben Keating
|
1:11.392 | +1.810 | 7 |
| 8 | LMP2 | 8 | Tower Motorsports
|
 John Farano
|
1:12.020 | +2.438 | 8 |
| 9 | LMP2 | 33 | Sean Creech Motorsport
|
Lance Willsey
|
1:13.891 | +4.309 | 9 |
| 10 | LMP2 | 18 | Era Motorsport
|
 Stuart Wiltshire
|
1:13.919 | +4.337 | 10 |
| 11 | LMP2 | 88 |  Richard Mille AF Corse
|
 Luis Pérez Companc
|
1:14.195 | +4.613 | 11 |
| 12 | GTD Pro | 3 | Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports
|
Alexander Sims
|
1:14.373 | +4.791 | 13‡ |
| 13 | GTD Pro | 14 | Vasser Sullivan
|
Jack Hawksworth
|
1:14.640 | +4.791 | 14 |
| 14 | GTD | 12 | Vasser Sullivan
|
Frankie Montecalvo
|
1:15.060 | +5.478 | 15‡ |
| 15 | GTD Pro | 4 | Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports
|
Tommy Milner
|
1:15.105 | +5.523 | 16 |
| 16 | GTD Pro | 64 | Ford Multimatic Motorsports
|
Harry Tincknell
|
1:15.177 | +5.595 | 17 |
| 17 | GTD Pro | 1 | Paul Miller Racing
|
Madison Snow
|
1:15.193 | +5.611 | 18 |
| 18 | GTD Pro | 23 | Heart of Racing Team
|
 Mario Farnbacher
|
1:13.318 | +5.736 | 19 |
| 19 | GTD Pro | 9 | Pfaff Motorsports
|
Marvin Kirchhöfer
|
1:15.390 | +5.808 | 20 |
| 20 | GTD | 27 | Heart of Racing Team
|
Spencer Pumpelly
|
1:15.392 | +5.810 | 21 |
| 21 | GTD Pro | 77 | AO Racing
|
Sebastian Priaulx
|
1:15.519 | +5.937 | 22 |
| 22 | GTD | 96 | Turner Motorsport
|
Patrick Gallagher
|
1:15.560 | +5.978 | 23 |
| 23 | GTD | 32 | Korthoff/Preston Motorsports
|
Mikaël Grenier
|
1:15.605 | +6.023 | 24 |
| 24 | GTD | 70 | Inception Racing
|
Brendan Iribe
|
1:15.693 | +6.111 | 25 |
| 25 | GTD | 57 | Winward Racing
|
Russell Ward
|
1:15.742 | +6.160 | 26 |
| 26 | GTD | 45 | Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti
|
Kyle Marcelli
|
1:15.807 | +6.225 | 27 |
| 27 | GTD Pro | 65 | Ford Multimatic Motorsports
|
Joey Hand
|
1:16.000 | +6.418 | 28 |
| 28 | GTD | 78 | Forte Racing
|
Misha Goikhberg
|
1:16.314 | +6.732 | 29 |
| 29 | GTD | 66 | Gradient Racing
|
Sheena Monk
|
1:16.372 | +6.790 | 30 |
| 30 | GTD | 55 | Proton Competition
|
Giammarco Levorato
|
1:16.614 | +7.032 | 31 |
| 31 | GTD | 13 | AWA
|
Orey Fidani
|
1:16.821 | +7.239 | 32 |
| 32 | GTD | 86 | MDK Motorsports
|
 Kerong Li
|
1:18.122 | +8.540 | 33 |
| 33 | LMP2 | 20 |  MDK by High Class Racing
|
Dennis Andersen
|
No Time Established2 | 12 | |
| 34 | GTD | 34 | Conquest Racing
|
No Time Established3 | 34 | ||
| Sources:[8][9] | |||||||
- 1 The No. 88 Richard Mille AF Corse entry had its two fastest laps deleted as penalty for causing a red flag during its qualifying session.
- 2 The No. 20 MDK by High Class Racing entry had its two fastest laps deleted as penalty for causing a red flag during its qualifying session.
- 3 The No. 34 Conquest Racing entry had its two fastest laps deleted as penalty for causing a red flag during its qualifying session.
Race[edit]
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Post-race[edit]
Class winners are in bold and ‡.
References[edit]
- ^ Bradley, Charles (August 4, 2023). "IMSA reveals 2024 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship calendar". Motorsport.com. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
- ^ a b "2024 IMSA Schedules Revealed at Road America". imsa.com. August 4, 2023. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
- ^ a b c d "00_Championship Points - Official.pdf" (PDF). imsa.results.alkamelcloud.com. Alkamel Systems. June 28, 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 4, 2024. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
- ^ a b Dagys, John (July 3, 2024). "35 Entries for LMP2 Headline Race at CTMP". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
- ^ a b "2024 IWSC CTMP PreEvent EntryList.pdf" (PDF). imsa.com. IMSA. July 3, 2024. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
- ^ "2024 IMSA Official Schedule and SR CTMP 070324 V1" (PDF). imsa.results.alkamelcloud.com. July 3, 2024. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
- ^ "2024 IMSA Sporting Regulations and Series Supplementary Regulations" (PDF). Retrieved July 14, 2024.
- ^ "03_Results_Qualifying.PDF" (PDF). imsa.results.alkamelcloud.com. Alkamel Systems. July 13, 2024. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
- ^ "01_Grid_Race_Official.PDF" (PDF). imsa.results.alkamelcloud.com. Alkamel Systems. July 14, 2024. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
- ^ "03_Results_Race_Provisional.PDF" (PDF). imsa.results.alkamelcloud.com. Alkamel Systems. July 14, 2024. Retrieved July 15, 2024.