The 2024 Chevrolet Detroit Sports Car Classic was a sports car race held at the Detroit street circuit in Detroit, Michigan, on June 1, 2024. It was the fifth round of the 2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship.
Background Preview International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was part of the 2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2023. It was the ninth time the IMSA SCC hosted a race in Detroit, and the first time the race was hosted at the Detroit street circuit. The 2024 Detroit Grand Prix was the fifth of eleven scheduled sports car races of 2024 by IMSA. The race was held at the ten-turn Detroit street circuit on June 1, 2024.
Standings before the race Prior to the race, the GTP Drivers' Championship was led by Dane Cameron and Felipe Nasr with 1357 points, 50 ahead of second-placed Jack Aitken and Pipo Derani. Sébastien Bourdais and Renger van der Zande sat 88 points behind Cameron and Nasr in third place. Laurin Heinrich and Sebastian Priaulx were on top in the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship with 981 points, 56 ahead of Ben Barnicoat and Jack Hawksworth in second. Bryan Sellers and Madison Snow sat a further 37 points behind in third place. Cadillac and Porsche were leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships, whilst Porsche Penske Motorsport and AO Racing were leading their Teams' Championships.
Entry list
The entry list was revealed on May 22, 2024, and featured 21 entries: 10 entries in GTP, and 11 entries in GTD Pro. The GTP entry list stayed the same as it was in Laguna Seca, whilst GTD Pro saw the addition of two additional entries: the No. 15 Vasser Sullivan Lexus, and the No. 35 Conquest Racing Ferrari. The No. 15 Lexus was piloted by Frankie Montecalvo and Parker Thompson, whilst the No. 35 Ferrari was driven by Albert Costa and Daniel Serra. Furthermore, Alex Riberas returned in the No. 23 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin, after being replaced by Mario Farnbacher in the previous round.
Entrant Car Driver 1 Driver 2 GTP (Grand Touring Prototype) (10 entries) 01 Cadillac Racing Cadillac V-Series.R Sébastien Bourdais Renger van der Zande 5 Proton Competition Mustang Sampling Porsche 963 Gianmaria Bruni Bent Viscaal 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 Mathieu Jaminet Nick Tandy 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 Dane Cameron Felipe Nasr 10 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Acura ARX-06 Filipe Albuquerque Ricky Taylor 24 BMW M Team RLL BMW M Hybrid V8 Philipp Eng Jesse Krohn 25 BMW M Team RLL BMW M Hybrid V8 Connor De Phillippi Nick Yelloly 31 Whelen Cadillac Racing Cadillac V-Series.R Jack Aitken Pipo Derani 40 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Acura ARX-06 Louis Delétraz Jordan Taylor 85 JDC–Miller MotorSports Porsche 963 Tijmen van der Helm Richard Westbrook GTD Pro (GT Daytona Pro) (11 entries) 1 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 Bryan Sellers Madison Snow 3 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Antonio García Alexander Sims 4 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Nicky Catsburg Tommy Milner 9 Pfaff Motorsports McLaren 720S GT3 Evo Oliver Jarvis Marvin Kirchhöfer 14 Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 Ben Barnicoat Jack Hawksworth 15 Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 Frankie Montecalvo Parker Thompson 23 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Ross Gunn Alex Riberas 35 Conquest Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Albert Costa Daniel Serra 64 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Ford Mustang GT3 Mike Rockenfeller Harry Tincknell 65 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Ford Mustang GT3 Joey Hand Dirk Müller 77 AO Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Laurin Heinrich Sebastian Priaulx Source:
Practice There were two practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Saturday, one on Friday morning and one on Friday afternoon. The first session lasted 90 minutes on Friday morning while the second session on Friday afternoon lasted 2 hours.
Qualifying
Friday's afternoon qualifying was broken into two sessions, with one session for the GTP and GTD Pro classes, which lasted 15 minutes each. The rules dictated that all teams nominated a driver to qualify their cars. The competitors' fastest lap times determined the starting order. IMSA then arranged the grid to put GTPs ahead of the GTD Pro cars.
Qualifying results Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and with . ClassEntryDriverTime1GTP6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Nick Tandy1:05.390—12GTP7 Porsche Penske Motorsport Dane Cameron1:05.514 +0.12423GTP01 Cadillac Racing Sébastien Bourdais1:05.762 +0.37234GTP10 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Filipe Albuquerque1:05.767 +0.37745GTP40 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Jordan Taylor1:05.901 +0.51156GTP24 BMW M Team RLL Philipp Eng1:06.001 +0.61167GTP5 Proton Competition Mustang Sampling Bent Viscaal1:06.326 +0.93678GTP25 BMW M Team RLL Nick Yelloly1:06.425 +1.03589GTP85 JDC–Miller MotorSports Tijmen van der Helm1:06.657 +1.267910GTP31 Whelen Cadillac Racing Pipo Derani1:06.861 +1.4711011GTD Pro3 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Antonio García1:09.092 +3.7021112GTD Pro4 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Tommy Milner1:09.428 +4.0381213GTD Pro14 Vasser Sullivan Jack Hawksworth1:09.626 +4.2361314GTD Pro77 AO Racing Sebastian Priaulx1:09.705 +4.3151415GTD Pro35 Conquest Racing Daniel Serra1:09.799 +4.4091516GTD Pro23 Heart of Racing Team Ross Gunn1:09.891 +4.5011617GTD Pro64 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Harry Tincknell1:09.997 +4.6071718GTD Pro9 Pfaff Motorsports Oliver Jarvis1:10.025 +4.6351819GTD Pro65 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Joey Hand1:10.401 +5.0111920GTD Pro15 Vasser Sullivan Frankie Montecalvo1:10.466 +5.0762021GTD Pro1 Paul Miller Racing Madison Snow1:11.249 +5.85921Sources:
The No. 31 Whelen Cadillac Racing entry had its two fastest laps deleted as penalty for causing a red flag during its qualifying session.
Race
Post-race The final results kept Cameron and Nasr atop the GTP Drivers' Championship with 1669 points, 70 ahead of third-place finishers Bourdais and van der Zande, who in turn were 13 points in front of Jaminet and Tandy. Heinrich and Priaulx's victory allowed them to extend their advantage to 84 points over second-place finishers Barnicoat and Hawksworth in the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship. Porsche topped their respective Manufactures' Championships while Porsche Penske Motorsport and AO Racing kept their respective advantages in their of Teams' Championships with six rounds remaining.
Race results Class winners are in bold and . Class Team Drivers Chassis Time/Retired Engine 1 GTP 10 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Filipe Albuquerque Ricky Taylor Acura ARX-06 75 1:40:02.133 Acura AR24e 2.4 L twin-turbo V6 2 GTP 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Mathieu Jaminet Nick Tandy Porsche 963 75 +1.132 Porsche 9RD 4.6 L twin-turbo V8 3 GTP 01 Cadillac Racing Sébastien Bourdais Renger van der Zande Cadillac V-Series.R 75 +4.198 Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 4 GTP 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport Dane Cameron Felipe Nasr Porsche 963 75 +5.142 Porsche 9RD 4.6 L twin-turbo V8 5 GTP 40 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Louis Delétraz Jordan Taylor Acura ARX-06 75 +10.120 Acura AR24e 2.4 L twin-turbo V6 6 GTP 31 Whelen Cadillac Racing Jack Aitken Pipo Derani Cadillac V-Series.R 75 +10.359 Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 7 GTP 24 BMW M Team RLL Philipp Eng Jesse Krohn BMW M Hybrid V8 75 +10.793 BMW P66/3 4.0 L twin-turbo V8 8 GTP 85 JDC–Miller MotorSports Tijmen van der Helm Richard Westbrook Porsche 963 74 +1 Lap Porsche 9RD 4.6 L twin-turbo V8 9 GTD Pro 77 AO Racing Laurin Heinrich Sebastian Priaulx Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 74 +1 Lap Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 10 GTD Pro 14 Vasser Sullivan Ben Barnicoat Jack Hawksworth Lexus RC F GT3 74 +1 Lap Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8 11 GTD Pro 23 Heart of Racing Team Ross Gunn Alex Riberas Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo 74 +1 Lap Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 12 GTD Pro 15 Vasser Sullivan Frankie Montecalvo Parker Thompson Lexus RC F GT3 74 +1 Lap Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8 13 GTD Pro 1 Paul Miller Racing Bryan Sellers Madison Snow BMW M4 GT3 74 +1 Lap BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6 14 GTD Pro 65 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Joey Hand Dirk Müller Ford Mustang GT3 73 +2 Laps Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 15DNF GTD Pro 35 Conquest Racing Albert Costa Daniel Serra Ferrari 296 GT3 72 Did not finish Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 16DNF GTD Pro 9 Pfaff Motorsports Oliver Jarvis Marvin Kirchhöfer McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 71 Did not finish McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 17 GTD Pro 4 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Nicky Catsburg Tommy Milner Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 69 +6 Laps Chevrolet LT6 5.5 L V8 18DNF GTP 5 Proton Competition Mustang Sampling Gianmaria Bruni Bent Viscaal Porsche 963 65 Did not finish Porsche 9RD 4.6 L twin-turbo V8 19 GTD Pro 3 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Antonio García Alexander Sims Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 59 +16 Laps Chevrolet LT6 5.5 L V8 20 GTD Pro 64 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Mike Rockenfeller Harry Tincknell Ford Mustang GT3 51 +24 Laps Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 21DNF GTP 25 BMW M Team RLL Connor De Phillippi Nick Yelloly BMW M Hybrid V8 33 Suspension BMW P66/3 4.0 L twin-turbo V8Source:
Standings after the race
+GTP Drivers' Championship standings +/– Driver Points 1 Dane Cameron Felipe Nasr 1669 2 1 Sébastien Bourdais Renger van der Zande 1599 3 2 Mathieu Jaminet Nick Tandy 1586 4 2 Jack Aitken Pipo Derani 1578 5 1 Louis Delétraz Jordan Taylor 1530 Source:
+LMP2 Drivers' Championship standings +/– Driver Points 1 Ryan Dalziel Dwight Merriman Connor Zilisch 741 2 Josh Burdon Felipe Fraga Gar Robinson 614 3 Malthe Jakobsen 612 4 Colin Braun George Kurtz Toby Sowery 595 5 Nick Boulle Tom Dillmann Jakub Śmiechowski 590 Source:
+GTD Pro Drivers' Championship standings +/– Driver Points 1 Laurin Heinrich Sebastian Priaulx 1359 2 Ben Barnicoat Jack Hawksworth 1275 3 1 Ross Gunn 1192 4 1 Bryan Sellers Madison Snow 1168 5 1 Nicky Catsburg Tommy Milner 1060 Source:
+GTD Drivers' Championship standings +/– Driver Points 1 Philip Ellis Russell Ward 1367 2 Robby Foley Patrick Gallagher 1154 3 Adam Adelson Elliott Skeer 1059 4 Parker Thompson 1038 5 Mikaël Grenier Mike Skeen 1033 Source:
Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.
+GTP Teams' Championship standings +/– Team Points 1 #7 Porsche Penske Motorsport 1669 2 1 #01 Cadillac Racing 1599 3 2 #6 Porsche Penske Motorsport 1586 4 2 #31 Whelen Cadillac Racing 1578 5 1 #40 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti 1530 Source:
+LMP2 Teams' Championship standings +/– Team Points 1 #18 Era Motorsport 741 2 #74 Riley 614 3 #04 CrowdStrike Racing by APR 595 4 #52 Inter Europol by PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports 590 5 #22 United Autosports USA558 Source:
+GTD Pro Teams' Championship standings +/– Team Points 1 #77 AO Racing 1359 2 #14 Vasser Sullivan 1275 3 1 #23 Heart of Racing Team 1192 4 1 #1 Paul Miller Racing 1168 5 1 #4 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports 1060 Source:
+GTD Teams' Championship standings +/– Team Points 1 #57 Winward Racing 1367 2 #96 Turner Motorsport 1154 3 #120 Wright Motorsports 1059 4 #32 Korthoff/Preston Motorsports 1033 5 #43 Andretti Motorsports 952 Source:
Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.
+GTP Manufacturers' Championship standings +/– Manufacturer Points 1 1 Porsche 1795 2 1 Cadillac 1782 3 Acura 1726 4 BMW 1572 5 Lamborghini 286 Source:
+GTD Pro Manufacturers' Championship standings +/– Manufacturer Points 1 Porsche 1383 2 Lexus 1299 3 Aston Martin 1206 4 Chevrolet 1142 5 McLaren 1115 Source:
+GTD Manufacturers' Championship standings +/– Manufacturer Points 1 Mercedes-AMG 1457 2 Porsche 1208 3 Lamborghini 1199 4 Lexus 1178 5 Aston Martin 1059 Source:
Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.
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