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]

The Canadian Tire Motorsports Park

Background

Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, where the race was held.

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

DPi Drivers' Championship standings Pos. +/– Driver Points 1 1 Tom Blomqvist Oliver Jarvis 2737 2 1 Filipe Albuquerque Ricky Taylor 2681 3 1 Sébastien Bourdais Renger van der Zande 2589 4 1 Alex Lynn Earl Bamber 2547 5 Pipo Derani 2463 Source:[21]

LMP2 Drivers' Championship standings Pos. +/– Driver Points 1 John Farano 1294 2 Juan Pablo Montoya Henrik Hedman 1257 3 Steven Thomas Jonathan Bomarito 1232 4 Ryan Dalziel Dwight Merriman 1227 5 Dennis Andersen Anders Fjordbach 1188 Source:[21]

LMP3 Drivers' Championship standings Pos. +/– Driver Points 1 Jon Bennett Colin Braun 1391 2 Garett Grist Ari Balogh 1293 3 Gar Robinson 1253 4 João Barbosa Lance Willsey 1203 5 3 Jarett Andretti Gabby Chaves 1122 Source:[21]

GTD Pro Drivers' Championship standings Pos. +/– Driver Points 1 Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet 2056 2 1 Antonio García Jordan Taylor 1918 3 1 Ben Barnicoat 1849 4 Ross Gunn Alex Riberas 1820 5 Cooper MacNeil 1701 Source:[21]

GTD Drivers' Championship standings Pos. +/– Driver Points 1 Stevan McAleer 1765‡ 2 Ryan Hardwick Jan Heylen 1760‡ 3 Bill Auberlen Robby Foley 1721‡ 4 Roman De Angelis 1660‡ 5 Robert Megennis Jeff Westphal 1549‡ Source:[21]

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

DPi Teams' Championship standings Pos. +/– Team Points 1 1 #60 Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian 2737 2 1 #10 WTR - Konica Minolta Acura 2681 3 1 #01 Cadillac Racing 2589 4 1 #02 Cadillac Racing 2547 5 #31 Whelen Engineering Racing 2463 Source:[21]

LMP2 Teams' Championship standings Pos. +/– Team Points 1 #52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports 1367 2 #8 Tower Motorsport 1294 3 #81 DragonSpeed USA 1257 4 #11 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports 1232 5 #18 Era Motorsport 1227 Source:[21]

LMP3 Teams' Championship standings Pos. +/– Team Points 1 #54 CORE Autosport 1391 2 #30 Jr III Motorsports 1293 3 #74 Riley Motorsports 1253 4 #33 Sean Creech Motorsport 1203 5 2 #36 Andretti Autosport 1122 Source:[21]

GTD Pro Teams' Championship standings Pos. +/– Team Points 1 #9 Pfaff Motorsports 2056 2 1 #3 Corvette Racing 1918 3 1 #14 Vasser Sullivan Racing 1849 4 #23 Heart of Racing Team 1820 5 #79 WeatherTech Racing 1701 Source:[21]

GTD Teams' Championship standings Pos. +/– Team Points 1 #32 Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports 1765‡ 2 #16 Wright Motorsports 1760‡ 3 #96 Turner Motorsport 1721‡ 4 #27 Heart of Racing Team 1660‡ 5 #39 CarBahn with Peregrine Racing 1549‡ Source:[21]

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

DPi Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos. +/– Manufacturer Points 1 Acura 2948 2 Cadillac 2948 Source:[21]

GTD Pro Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos. +/– Manufacturer Points 1 Porsche 2056 2 1 Chevrolet 1928 3 1 Aston Martin 1890 4 2 Lexus 1879 5 1 Mercedes-AMG 1809 Source:[21]

GTD Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos. +/– Manufacturer Points 1 BMW 1949‡ 2 Aston Martin 1931‡ 3 Mercedes-AMG 1880‡ 4 Porsche 1857‡ 5 Lexus 1769‡ Source:[21]

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