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. The 01 Cadillac Racing entry piloted by Sébastien Bourdais and Renger van der Zande took the overall victory. The No. 54 CORE Autosport Ligier JS P320 driven by Jon Bennett and Colin Braun won in the LMP3 class. 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.
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 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. The race was held at the ten-turn Canadian Tire Motorsports Park in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada on July 3, 2022. 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. Competitors were required to be vaccinated prior to traveling.
On June 28, 2022, IMSA issued the latest technical bulletin outlining Balance of Performance for the event. 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. 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. In GTD Pro, Matt Campbell and Mathieu Jaminet led the Drivers' Championship with 1671 points, ahead of Ben Barnicoat with 1573 points. The GTD Drivers' Championship was led by Stevan McAleer with 1765 points, 5 points ahead of Ryan Hardwick and Jan Heylen. 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.
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. 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. 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. 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.
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.
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. 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.
Qualifying results Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by . ClassTeamDriverTime1 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 23 DPi 3 5 JDC-Miller MotorSports Tristan Vautier 1:04.895 +0.501 34 DPi 4 02 Cadillac Racing Alex Lynn 1:05.082 +0.688 45 DPi 5 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Olivier Pla 1:05.126 +0.732 56 DPi 6 01 Cadillac Racing Sébastien Bourdais 1:05.266 +0.872 67 LMP3 1 36 Andretti Autosport Jarett Andretti 1:13.102 +8.708 78 LMP3 2 74 Riley Motorsports Gar Robinson 1:13.174 +8.870 89 LMP3 3 30 Jr III Motorsports Ari Balogh 1:13.815 +9.421 910 LMP3 4 54 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett 1:14.056 +9.662 1011 LMP3 5 13 AWA Orey Fidani 1::14.832 +10.438 1112 LMP3 6 33 Sean Creech Motorsport Lance Willsey 1:15.121 +10.727 1213 GTD Pro 1 9 Pfaff Motorsports Mathieu Jaminet 1:15.468 +11.074 1314 GTD 1 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing Frankie Montecalvo 1:15.633 +11.239 1415 GTD Pro 2 23 Heart of Racing Team Alex Riberas 1:15.890 +11.496 1516 GTD Pro 3 25 BMW M Team RLL John Edwards 1:15.899 +11.505 1617 GTD Pro 4 3 Corvette Racing Jordan Taylor 1:15.955 +11.561 1718 GTD 2 27 Heart of Racing Team Roman De Angelis 1:15.975 +11.581 1819 GTD 3 1 Paul Miller Racing Madison Snow 1:16.004 +11.610 1920 GTD 4 57 Winward Racing Russell Ward 1:16.039 +11.645 2021 GTD Pro 5 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Ben Barnicoat 1:16.071 +11.677 2122 GTD 5 96 Turner Motorsport Robby Foley 1:16.156 +11.762 2223 GTD 6 51 RWR Eurasia Motorsport Aidan Read 1:16.250 +11.856 2324 GTD Pro 6 79 WeatherTech Racing Cooper MacNeil 1:17.071 +12.677 24 Sources:
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. 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. 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. 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.
Race results
Class winners are denoted in bold and .
Class Team Drivers Chassis 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 22DNF GTD 6 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing Frankie Montecalvo Aaron Telitz Lexus RC F GT3 80 Accident Damage Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8 23DNF LMP3 5 74 Riley Motorsports Gar Robinson Scott Andrews Ligier JS P320 74 Accident Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 24DNF LMP3 6 33 Sean Creech Motorsport Lance Willsey João Barbosa Ligier JS P320 32 Accident Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 Sources:
Standings after the race
+DPi Drivers' Championship standings +/– 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 2463Source:
+LMP2 Drivers' Championship standings +/– 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 1188Source:
+LMP3 Drivers' Championship standings +/– 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 1122Source:
+GTD Pro Drivers' Championship standings +/– 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 1701Source:
+GTD Drivers' Championship standings +/– 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:
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 +/– 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 2463Source:
+LMP2 Teams' Championship standings +/– 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 1227Source:
+LMP3 Teams' Championship standings +/– 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 1122Source: