The 2025 Chevrolet Detroit Sports Car Classic was a sports car race held at the Detroit street circuit in Detroit, Michigan, on May 31, 2025. It was the fifth round of the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship.
Background Preview International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was part of the schedule of the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in March 2024. It was the tenth time the IMSA SCC hosted a race in Detroit, and the second consecutive time the race was hosted at the Detroit street circuit. The 2025 Detroit Sports Car Classic was the fifth of eleven scheduled sports car races of 2025 by IMSA. The race was held at the ten-turn Detroit street circuit on May 31, 2025.
Standings before the race Prior to the race, Felipe Nasr and Nick Tandy led the GTP Drivers' Championship with 1490 points, 91 points ahead of Porsche team-mates Matt Campbell and Mathieu Jaminet. Philipp Eng and Dries Vanthoor sat in third, 280 points behind Nasr and Tandy. The GTD Pro Drivers' Championship was led by Klaus Bachler and Laurin Heinrich with 1014 points, 70 points ahead of second-placed Antonio García and Alexander Sims. Porsche Penske Motorsport and AO Racing led their respective Teams' Championships, with Porsche leading the Manufacturers' Championship in both the GTP and GTD Pro classes.
Entry list The entry list was published on May 21, 2025, and featured 22 entries: 11 in both GTP and GTD Pro. Giacomo Altoè was originally listed to compete for DragonSpeed in the No. 81 entry, but was replaced last minute by Rasmus Lindh. Entrant Car Driver 1 Driver 2 GTP (Grand Touring Prototype) (11 entries) 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 Felipe Nasr Nick Tandy 10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac V-Series.R Filipe Albuquerque Ricky Taylor 23 Aston Martin THOR Team Aston Martin Valkyrie Roman De Angelis Ross Gunn 24 BMW M Team RLL BMW M Hybrid V8 Philipp Eng Dries Vanthoor 25 BMW M Team RLL BMW M Hybrid V8 Sheldon van der Linde Marco Wittmann 31 Cadillac Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R Jack Aitken Earl Bamber 40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac V-Series.R Louis Delétraz Jordan Taylor 60 Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian Acura ARX-06 Tom Blomqvist Colin Braun 85 JDC–Miller MotorSports Porsche 963 Gianmaria Bruni Tijmen van der Helm 93 Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian Acura ARX-06 Nick Yelloly Renger van der Zande GTD Pro (GT Daytona Pro) (11 entries) 1 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 Evo Madison Snow Neil Verhagen 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 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Andrea Caldarelli Marco Mapelli 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus RC F GT3 Jack Hawksworth Aaron Telitz 15 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus RC F GT3 Frankie Montecalvo Parker Thompson 48 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 Evo Dan Harper Max Hesse 64 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Ford Mustang GT3 Sebastian Priaulx Mike Rockenfeller 65 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Ford Mustang GT3 Christopher Mies Frédéric Vervisch 77 AO Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Klaus Bachler Laurin Heinrich 81 DragonSpeed Ferrari 296 GT3 Albert Costa Rasmus LindhSources:
Practice There were three practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Saturday, two on Friday and one on Saturday. The first session lasted 90 minutes on Friday morning, the second session lasted 120 minutes on Friday afternoon. The final practice session lasted 20 minutes on Saturday morning.
Practice 1 The first practice session took place at 8:00 am ET on Friday and ended with Jack Aitken topping the charts for Cadillac Whelen, with a lap time of 1:07.254, ahead of the No. 93 Acura of Renger van der Zande. GTD Pro was topped by Alexander Sims with a time of 1:10.818, ahead of the sister Corvette Racing Chevrolet of Nicky Catsburg. The session was stopped once when the No. 40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac and the No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports Lamborghini went off at turn 1. ClassTeamDriverTime1GTP31 Cadillac Whelen Jack Aitken1:07.254—2GTP93 Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian Renger van der Zande1:07.605 +0.3513GTP7 Porsche Penske Motorsport Nick Tandy1:07.651 +0.397Sources:
Practice 2 The second practice session took place at 11:30 pm ET on Friday and ended with Sheldon van der Linde topping the charts for BMW M Team RLL, with a lap time of 1:06.427. Nick Tandy in the No. 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche set the second fastest time of 1:06.720. Antonio García led the way in GTD Pro with a time of 1:10.565 in the No. 3 Chevrolet followed closely by his teammate, Tommy Milner, in the No. 4 Chevrolet with a time of 1:10.575. There were three red flags in the session, two for debris and one for an incident by the No. 10 Cadillac of Filipe Albuquerque.
ClassTeamDriverTime1GTP25 BMW M Team RLL Sheldon van der Linde1:06.427—2GTP7 Porsche Penske Motorsport Nick Tandy1:06.720 +0.2933GTP24 BMW M Team RLL Dries Vanthoor1:06.765 +0.338Sources:
Practice 3 The third and final practice session took place at 10:35 pm ET on Saturday and ended with Nick Tandy in the No. 7 Porsche fastest of the session with a time of 1:08.552 followed by Dries Vanthoor in the No. 24 BMW M Team RLL BMW in second. Marco Mapelli, in the No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports Lamborghini led the way in GTD Pro with a lap time of 1:11.116.
ClassTeamDriverTime1GTP7 Porsche Penske Motorsport Nick Tandy1:08.552—2GTP24 BMW M Team RLL Dries Vanthoor1:08.598 +0.0463GTP6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Mathieu Jaminet1:08.720 +0.168Sources:
Qualifying Friday's afternoon qualifying was broken into two sessions, with one session for both the GTP and GTD classes 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 GTP cars ahead of the GTD cars.
Qualifying results Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and with . Class Entry Driver Time 1 GTP 93 Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian Nick Yelloly 1:05.762 — 1 2 GTP 60 Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian Tom Blomqvist 1:05.908 +0.146 2 3 GTP 25 BMW M Team RLL Sheldon van der Linde 1:06.078 +0.316 3 4 GTP 24 BMW M Team RLL Dries Vanthoor 1:06.140 +0.378 4 5 GTP 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Matt Campbell 1:06.496 +0.734 5 6 GTP 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport Nick Tandy 1:06.626 +0.864 6 7 GTP 31 Cadillac Whelen Jack Aitken 1:06.835 +1.073 7 8 GTP 10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing Filipe Albuquerque 1:06.916 +1.154 8 9 GTP 40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing Louis Delétraz 1:07.553 +1.791 9 10 GTP 85 JDC–Miller MotorSports Gianmaria Bruni 1:07.682 +1.920 10 11 GTP 23 Aston Martin THOR Team Roman De Angelis 1:07.907 +2.145 11 12 GTD Pro 64 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Sebastian Priaulx 1:10.922 +5.160 12 13 GTD Pro 65 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Christopher Mies 1:11.251 +5.489 13 14 GTD Pro 1 Paul Miller Racing Neil Verhagen 1:11.480 +5.718 14 15 GTD Pro 48 Paul Miller Racing Dan Harper 1:11.884 +6.122 15 16 GTD Pro 4 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Tommy Milner 1:11.901 +6.139 16 17 GTD Pro 9 Pfaff Motorsports Andrea Caldarelli 1:12.296 +6.534 17 18 GTD Pro 77 AO Racing Klaus Bachler 1:13.346 +7.584 18 19 GTD Pro 3 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Antonio García 1:13.560 +7.798 19 20 GTD Pro 15 Vasser Sullivan Racing Frankie Montecalvo 1:14.125 +8.363 20 21 GTD Pro 81 DragonSpeed Rasmus Lindh 1:17.755 +11.993 21 22 GTD Pro 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Jack Hawksworth No time set 22 Sources:
Race Post-race The final results kept Nasr and Tandy atop GTP Drivers' Championship with 1795 points, 70 ahead of third-place finishers Campbell and Jaminet. The final results of GTD Pro meant Bachler and Heinrich continued to take the lead of the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship, but their advantage was reduced to 11 points by second-place finishers García and Sims. Priaulx and Rockenfeller advanced from seventh to third. Porsche Penske Motorsport and AO Racing continued to top their respective Teams' Championships. Porsche continued to top the GTP Manufacturers' Championship while Ford took took the lead of the GTD Pro Manufacturers' Championship with 6 rounds remaining in the season.
Class winners are in bold and .
Class Team Drivers Chassis Time/Retired Engine 1 GTP 93 Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian Nick Yelloly Renger van der Zande Acura ARX-06 84 1:40:46.658 Acura AR24e 2.4 L turbo V6 2 GTP 10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing Filipe Albuquerque Ricky Taylor Cadillac V-Series.R 84 +0.947 Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 3 GTP 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet Porsche 963 84 +3.436 Porsche 9RD 4.6 L turbo V8 4 GTP 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport Felipe Nasr Nick Tandy Porsche 963 84 +4.117 Porsche 9RD 4.6 L turbo V8 5 GTP 24 BMW M Team RLL Philipp Eng Dries Vanthoor BMW M Hybrid V8 84 +7.075 BMW P66/3 4.0 L turbo V8 6 GTP 60 Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian Tom Blomqvist Colin Braun Acura ARX-06 84 +10.032 Acura AR24e 2.4 L turbo V6 7 GTP 25 BMW M Team RLL Sheldon van der Linde Marco Wittmann BMW M Hybrid V8 84 +26.285 BMW P66/3 4.0 L turbo V8 8 GTP 23 Aston Martin THOR Team Roman De Angelis Ross Gunn Aston Martin Valkyrie 84 +29.661 Aston Martin RA 6.5 L V12 9 GTP 40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing Louis Delétraz Jordan Taylor Cadillac V-Series.R 84 +49.610 Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 10 GTP 31 Cadillac Whelen Jack Aitken Earl Bamber Cadillac V-Series.R 83 +1 Lap Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 11 GTP 85 JDC–Miller MotorSports Gianmaria Bruni Tijmen van der Helm Porsche 963 83 +1 Lap Porsche 9RD 4.6 L turbo V8 12 GTD Pro 64 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Sebastian Priaulx Mike Rockenfeller Ford Mustang GT3 81 +3 Laps Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 13 GTD Pro 3 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Antonio García Alexander Sims Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 81 +3 Laps Chevrolet LT6 5.5 L V8 14 GTD Pro 9 Pfaff Motorsports Andrea Caldarelli Marco Mapelli Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 81 +3 Laps Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 15 GTD Pro 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Jack Hawksworth Aaron Telitz Lexus RC F GT3 81 +3 Laps Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8 16 GTD Pro 77 AO Racing Klaus Bachler Laurin Heinrich Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 81 +3 Laps Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 17 GTD Pro 4 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Nicky Catsburg Tommy Milner Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 81 +3 Laps Chevrolet LT6 5.5 L V8 18 GTD Pro 48 Paul Miller Racing Dan Harper Max Hesse BMW M4 GT3 Evo 80 +4 Laps BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6 19 GTD Pro 81 DragonSpeed Albert Costa Rasmus Lindh Ferrari 296 GT3 80 +4 Laps Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 20 GTD Pro 15 Vasser Sullivan Racing Frankie Montecalvo Parker Thompson Lexus RC F GT3 80 +4 Laps Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8 21DNF GTD Pro 65 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Christopher Mies Frédéric Vervisch Ford Mustang GT3 78 Collision Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 22 GTD Pro 1 Paul Miller Racing Madison Snow Neil Verhagen BMW M4 GT3 Evo 75 +9 Laps BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6Source:
Notes
Standings after the race
+GTP Drivers' Championship standings +/– Driver Points 1 Felipe Nasr Nick Tandy 1795 2 Mathieu Jaminet Matt Campbell 1725 3 Philipp Eng Dries Vanthoor 1498 4 2 Nick Yelloly Renger van der Zande 1481 5 2 Filipe Albuquerque Ricky Taylor 1421Source:
+LMP2 Drivers' Championship standings +/– Driver Points 1 Felipe Fraga Gar Robinson Josh Burdon 645 2 Dan Goldburg Paul di Resta Rasmus Lindh 643 3 Bijoy Garg Tom Dillmann 602 4 Steven Thomas Hunter McElrea Mikkel Jensen 591 5 Benjamin Pedersen Mathias Beche Rodrigo Sales 576Source:
+GTD Pro Drivers' Championship standings +/– Driver Points 1 Klaus Bachler Laurin Heinrich 1298 2 Antonio García Alexander Sims 1287 3 4 Sebastian Priaulx Mike Rockenfeller 1243 4 1 Albert Costa 1190 5 1 Christopher Mies Frédéric Vervisch 1149Source: