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.
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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 at Mosport. The 2024 Chevrolet Grand Prix was the seventh of eleven scheduled sports car races of 2024 by IMSA. The race was held at the ten-turn Canadian Tire Motorsports Park on July 14, 2024.
Standings before the race 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. 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. 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. 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.
Entry list
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. 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.
Entrant Car Driver 1 Driver 2 LMP2 (Le Mans Prototype 2) (12 entries) 04 CrowdStrike Racing by APR Oreca 07-Gibson Colin Braun George Kurtz 2 United Autosports USA Oreca 07-Gibson Ben Hanley Ben Keating 8 Tower Motorsports Oreca 07-Gibson John Farano Renger van der Zande 11 TDS Racing Oreca 07-Gibson Scott Huffaker Steven Thomas 18 Era Motorsport Oreca 07-Gibson Ryan Dalziel Stuart Wiltshire 20 MDK by High Class Racing Oreca 07-Gibson Dennis Andersen Seth Lucas 22 United Autosports USA Oreca 07-Gibson Filipe Albuquerque Dan Goldburg 33 Sean Creech Motorsport Ligier JS P217-Gibson João Barbosa Lance Willsey 52 Inter Europol by PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca 07-Gibson Nick Boulle Tom Dillmann 74 Riley Oreca 07-Gibson Felipe Fraga Gar Robinson 88 Richard Mille AF Corse Oreca 07-Gibson Luis Pérez Companc Pipo Derani 99 AO Racing Oreca 07-Gibson Louis Delétraz P. J. Hyett GTD Pro (GT Daytona Pro) (9 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 23 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Mario Farnbacher Ross Gunn 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 GTD (GT Daytona) (13 entries) 12 Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 Frankie Montecalvo Parker Thompson 13 AWA Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Matt Bell Orey Fidani 27 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Roman De Angelis Spencer Pumpelly 32 Korthoff/Preston Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mikaël Grenier Mike Skeen 34 Conquest Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Albert Costa Manny Franco 45 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Danny Formal Kyle Marcelli 55 Proton Competition Ford Mustang GT3 Giammarco Levorato Corey Lewis 57 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Philip Ellis Russell Ward 66 Gradient Racing Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 Stevan McAleer Sheena Monk 70 Inception Racing McLaren 720S GT3 Evo Brendan Iribe Frederik Schandorff 78 Forte Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Misha Goikhberg Loris Spinelli 86 MDK Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Anders Fjordbach Kerong Li 96 Turner Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 Robby Foley Patrick Gallagher Source:
Qualifying 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. 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.
Qualifying results Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and with . ClassEntryDriverTime1LMP299 AO Racing P. J. Hyett1:09.582—12LMP222 United Autosports USA Dan Goldburg1:09.672 +0.09023LMP274 Riley Gar Robinson1:09.690 +0.10834LMP252 Inter Europol by PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Nick Boulle1:09.756 +0.17445LMP211 TDS Racing Steven Thomas1:09.824 +0.24256LMP204 CrowdStrike Racing by APR George Kurtz1:10.017 +0.43567LMP22 United Autosports USA Ben Keating1:11.392 +1.81078LMP28 Tower Motorsports John Farano1:12.020 +2.43889LMP233 Sean Creech Motorsport Lance Willsey1:13.891 +4.309910LMP218 Era Motorsport Stuart Wiltshire1:13.919 +4.3371011LMP288 Richard Mille AF Corse Luis Pérez Companc1:14.195 +4.6131112GTD Pro3 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Alexander Sims1:14.373 +4.7911313GTD Pro14 Vasser Sullivan Jack Hawksworth1:14.640 +4.7911414GTD12 Vasser Sullivan Frankie Montecalvo1:15.060 +5.4781515GTD Pro4 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Tommy Milner1:15.105 +5.5231616GTD Pro64 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Harry Tincknell1:15.177 +5.5951717GTD Pro1 Paul Miller Racing Madison Snow1:15.193 +5.6111818GTD Pro23 Heart of Racing Team Mario Farnbacher1:13.318 +5.7361919GTD Pro9 Pfaff Motorsports Marvin Kirchhöfer1:15.390 +5.8082020GTD27 Heart of Racing Team Spencer Pumpelly1:15.392 +5.8102121GTD Pro77 AO Racing Sebastian Priaulx1:15.519 +5.9372222GTD96 Turner Motorsport Patrick Gallagher1:15.560 +5.9782323GTD32 Korthoff/Preston Motorsports Mikaël Grenier1:15.605 +6.0232424GTD70 Inception Racing Brendan Iribe1:15.693 +6.1112525GTD57 Winward Racing Russell Ward1:15.742 +6.1602626GTD45 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Kyle Marcelli1:15.807 +6.2252727GTD Pro65 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Joey Hand1:16.000 +6.4182828GTD78 Forte Racing Misha Goikhberg1:16.314 +6.7322929GTD66 Gradient Racing Sheena Monk1:16.372 +6.7903030GTD55 Proton Competition Giammarco Levorato1:16.614 +7.0323131GTD13 AWA Orey Fidani1:16.821 +7.2393232GTD86 MDK Motorsports Kerong Li1:18.122 +8.5403333LMP220 MDK by High Class Racing Dennis AndersenNo Time Established1234GTD34 Conquest RacingNo Time Established34Sources:
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. 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. The No. 34 Conquest 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 Fraga and Robinson atop the LMP2 Drivers' Championship with 1308 points, 12 ahead of race winners Boulle and Dillmann. The final results of GTD Pro meant Heinrich and Priaulx extended their advantage to 98 points as Gunn advanced to second. Sims and García jumped from sixth to fourth while Sellers and Snow dropped to fifth. Ellis and Ward's second-place finish allowed them to extend their advantage to 340 points over fourth-place finishers Foley and Gallagher in the GTD Drivers' Championship. Porsche and Mercedes-AMG continued to top their respective Manufactures' Championships while Riley, AO Racing, and Winward Racing kept their respective advantages in their of Teams' Championships with four rounds remaining.
Class winners are in bold and .