The 2022 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix (formally known as the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear) was a sports car race held at The Raceway on Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan on June 4, 2022. It was the sixth round of the 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship and the fourth round of the 2022 WeatherTech Sprint Cup. Chip Ganassi Racing's No. 01 piloted by Sebastien Bourdais and Renger van der Zande earned the victory in DPi, while the VasserSullivan No. 17 Lexus RC F GT3 driven by Ben Barnicoat and Kyle Kirkwood won in the GTD class.

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. It was the eighth year the event was held as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, and the twelfth annual running of the race, counting the period between 2007 and 2013 when it was a round of the Rolex Sports Car Series and the American Le Mans Series respectively. The 2022 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix was the sixth of twelve scheduled sports car races of 2022 by IMSA, and it was the fourth of eight rounds held as part of the WeatherTech Sprint Cup. The race was held at the fourteen-turn Belle Isle Park in Detroit, Michigan on June 4, 2022.

On May 26, 2022, IMSA released the latest technical bulletin outlining Balance of Performance for the DPi and GTD classes. In DPi, the Cadillac DPi-V.R received a 15 kilogram weight increase. In GTD, the BMW M4 GT3 received a 10 kilogram weight increase.

Before the race, Filipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor led the DPi Drivers' Championship with 1707 points, 32 clear of Tom Blomqvist and Oliver Jarvis followed by Alex Lynn and Earl Bamber in third with 1603 points. With 1237 points, Stevan McAleer led the GTD Drivers' Championship, 12 points ahead of Ryan Hardwick and Jan Heylen in second followed by Bill Auberlen and Robby Foley in third with 1161 points. Acura and Mercedes-AMG were leading their respective Manufactures' Championships while Wayne Taylor Racing and Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports each led their own Teams' Championships.

Entries

A total of 16 cars took part in the event, split across two classes. 6 were entered in DPi and 10 in GTD. In DPi, Oliver Pla replaced Tristan Nunez in the Whelen Engineering Racing entry. In GTD, Inception Racing were absent due to a clash with the GT World Challenge Europe at Circuit Paul Ricard. Ben Barnicoat subbed for Jack Hawksworth, who was injured, in the Vasser Sullivan Racing No. 17. Ross Gunn subbed for Maxime Martin in the Heart of Racing team No. 27.

Practice There were two practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Saturday, both on Friday. The first session lasted 90 minutes on Friday morning while the second session lasted for 120 minutes on Friday afternoon.

Qualifying Friday's afternoon qualifying was broken into two sessions, with one session for the DPi and GTD classes, which lasted for 15 minutes each, and a ten-minute interval between the sessions. The rules dictated that all teams nominated a driver to qualify their cars, with the Pro-Am (GTD) class 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 GTD cars.

Qualifying results Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by . ClassTeamDriverTime1 DPi 1 01 Cadillac Racing Sébastien Bourdais 1:18.818 - 1 2 DPi 2 60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Tom Blomqvist 1:18.928 +0.110 23 DPi 3 10 WTR - Konica Minolta Acura Ricky Taylor 1:18.945 +0.127 34 DPi 4 02 Cadillac Racing Alex Lynn 1:19.334 +0.516 45 DPi 5 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Olivier Pla 1:20.298 +1.480 56 DPi 6 5 JDC-Miller MotorSports Tristan Vautier 1:20.331 +1.513 67 GTD 1 17 Vasser Sullivan Racing Kyle Kirkwood 1:29.096 +10.278 7 8 GTD 2 27 Heart of Racing Team Roman De Angelis 1:29.214 +10.396 89 GTD 3 1 Paul Miller Racing Madison Snow 1:29.286 +10.468 910 GTD 4 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing Frankie Montecalvo 1:29.299 +10.481 1011 GTD 5 51 RWR Eurasia Motorsport Aidan Read 1:29.544 +10.726 1112 GTD 6 39 CarBahn with Peregrine Racing Robert Megennis 1:29.781 +10.963 1213 GTD 7 57 Winward Racing Russell Ward 1:29.810 +10.992 1314 GTD 8 32 Team Korthoff Motorsports Stevan McAleer 1:29.858 +11.040 1415 GTD 9 96 Turner Motorsport Robby Foley 1:30.201 +11.383 1616 GTD 10 16 Wright Motorsports Ryan Hardwick 1:30.903 +12.085 15 Sources:

The No. 96 Turner Motorsport entry was moved to the back of the GTD field as per Article 40.1.4 of the Sporting regulations (Change of starting tires).

Race

Post-Race Blomqvist and Jarvis retook the DPi Drivers' Championship lead with 2027 points while Albuquerque and Taylor dropped to second with 2017 points. Bourdais and van der Zande advanced from sixth to fourth. The final results of GTD meant McAleer increased his gap to Hardwick and Heylen to 34 points. Montecalvo advanced from fifth to fourth while De Angelis jumped from ninth to fifth. Cadillac and BMW assumed the lead of their respective Manufacturers' Championships while Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports continued to top the GTD Teams' Championship. Meyer Shank Racing took the lead of the DPi Teams' Championship with six rounds remaining.

Race results

Class winners are denoted in bold and .

Class Team Drivers Chassis Time/Retired Engine 1 DPi 1 01 Cadillac Racing Sebastien Bourdais Renger van der Zande Cadillac DPi-V.R 73 1:40:45.972 Cadillac 5.5 L V8 2 DPi 2 60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Tom Blomqvist Oliver Jarvis Acura ARX-05 73 +0.398 Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6 3 DPi 3 02 Chip Ganassi Racing Alex Lynn Earl Bamber Cadillac DPi-V.R 73 +0.783 Cadillac 5.5 L V8 4 DPi 4 10 WTR - Konica Minolta Acura Ricky Taylor Filipe Albuquerque Acura ARX-05 73 +15.942 Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6 5 DPi 5 5 JDC-Miller MotorSports Tristan Vautier Richard Westbrook Cadillac DPi-V.R 73 +44.888 Cadillac 5.5 L V8 6 DPi 6 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Olivier Pla Pipo Derani Cadillac DPi-V.R 73 +1.663 Cadillac 5.5 L V8 7 GTD 1 17 VasserSullivan Kyle Kirkwood Ben Barnicoat Lexus RC F GT3 67 +6 Laps Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8 8 GTD 2 27 Heart of Racing Team Roman De Angelis Ross Gunn Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 67 +6 Laps Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 9 GTD 3 1 Paul Miller Racing Madison Snow Bryan Sellers BMW M4 GT3 67 +6 Laps BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 10 GTD 4 12 VasserSullivan Frankie Montecalvo Aaron Telitz Lexus RC F GT3 67 +6 Laps Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8 11 GTD 5 32 Team Korthoff Motorsports Stevan McAleer Mike Skeen Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 67 +6 laps Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 12 GTD 6 39 CarBahn With Peregrine Racing Robert Megennis Jeff Westphal Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 67 +6 Laps Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 13 GTD 7 16 Wright Motorsports Ryan Hardwick Jan Heylen Porsche 911 GT3 R 66 +7 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 14 GTD 8 96 Turner Motorsport Robby Foley Bill Auberlen BMW M4 GT3 65 +8 Laps BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 15 DNF GTD 9 51 RWR Eurasia Motorsport Aidan Read Ryan Eversley Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 62 Fuel Pressure Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6 16 DNF GTD 10 57 Winward Racing Russell Ward Philip Ellis Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 17 Accident Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 Sources:

Standings after the race

+DPi Drivers' Championship standings +/– Driver Points 1 1 Tom Blomqvist Oliver Jarvis 2027 2 1 Filipe Albuquerque Ricky Taylor 2017 3 Alex Lynn Earl Bamber 1931 4 2 Sébastien Bourdais Renger van der Zande 1884 5 1 Tristan Vautier Richard Westbrook 1868Source:

+LMP2 Drivers' Championship standings +/– Driver Points 1 Juan Pablo Montoya Henrik Hedman 972 2 Ryan Dalziel Dwight Merriman 963 3 Steven Thomas Jonathan Bomarito 950 4 John Farano 948 5 Josh Pierson 900Source:

+LMP3 Drivers' Championship standings +/– Driver Points 1 Garett Grist Ari Balogh 688 2 Jon Bennett Colin Braun 661 3 João Barbosa Lance Willsey 647 4 Dakota Dickerson 635 5 Daniel Goldburg Rasmus Lindh 596Source:

+GTD Pro Drivers' Championship standings +/– Driver Points 1 Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet 1345 2 Antonio García Jordan Taylor 1295 3 Ben Barnicoat Jack Hawksworth 1265 4 Cooper MacNeil 1112 5 Ross Gunn Alex Riberas 1106Source:

+GTD Drivers' Championship standings +/– Driver Points 1 Stevan McAleer 1520 2 Ryan Hardwick Jan Heylen 1486 3 Bill Auberlen Robby Foley 1391 4 1 Frankie Montecalvo 1314 5 4 Roman De Angelis 1289Source:

Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.

+DPi Teams' Championship standings +/– Team Points 1 1 #60 Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian 2027 2 1 #10 WTR - Konica Minolta Acura 2017 3 #02 Cadillac Racing 1931 4 2 #01 Cadillac Racing 1884 5 1 #5 JDC-Miller MotorSports 1868Source:

+LMP2 Teams' Championship standings +/– Team Points 1 #52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports 982 2 #81 DragonSpeed USA 972 3 #18 Era Motorsport 963 4 #11 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports 950 5 #8 Tower Motorsport 948Source:

+LMP3 Teams' Championship standings +/– Team Points 1 #30 Jr III Motorsports 688 2 #54 CORE Autosport 661 3 #33 Sean Creech Motorsport 647 4 #38 Performance Tech Motorsports 596 5 #74 Riley Motorsports 583Source:

+GTD Pro Teams' Championship standings +/– Team Points 1 #9 Pfaff Motorsports 1345 2 #3 Corvette Racing 1295 3 #14 Vasser Sullivan Racing 1265 4 #79 WeatherTech Racing 1112 5 #23 Heart of Racing Team 1106Source:

+GTD Teams' Championship standings +/– Team Points 1 #32 Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports 1520 2 #16 Wright Motorsports 1486 3 #96 Turner Motorsport 1391 4 1 #12 Vasser Sullivan Racing 1314 5 3 #27 Heart of Racing Team 1289Source:

Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.

+DPi Manufacturers' Championship standings +/– Manufacturer Points 1 1 Cadillac 2214 2 1 Acura 2208Source:

+GTD Pro Manufacturers' Championship standings +/– Manufacturer Points 1 Porsche 1345 2 Chevrolet 1305 3 Lexus 1295 4 Mercedes-AMG 1220 5 BMW 1180Source:

+GTD Manufacturers' Championship standings +/– Manufacturer Points 1 2 BMW 1619 2 1 Mercedes-AMG 1615 3 1 Porsche 1571 4 Aston Martin 1558 5 1 Lexus 1517Source:

Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.

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