The 2025 Chevrolet Grand Prix is a sports car race that was held at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, on July 13, 2025. It was the seventh round of the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship.
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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 at Mosport, and the second consecutive time the race was hosted at the Canadian Tire Motorsports Park. The 2025 Chevrolet Grand Prix was the seventh of eleven scheduled sports car races of 2025 by IMSA. The race was held at the ten-turn Canadian Tire Motorsports Park on July 13, 2025.
Standings before the race Preceding the event, Dan Goldburg, Paul di Resta, and Rasmus Lindh led the LMP2 Drivers' Championship with 1023 points, 94 points ahead of Josh Burdon, Felipe Fraga, and Gar Robinson. Dane Cameron, Jonny Edgar, and P. J. Hyett were third, a further 17 points behind. The GTD Pro Drivers' Championship is led by Antonio García and Alexander Sims with 1632 points, 52 ahead of Klaus Bachler and Laurin Heinrich. Albert Costa was third, 114 points behind García and Sims. Philip Ellis and Russell Ward led the GTD Drivers' Championship with 1550 points, 60 points ahead of Casper Stevenson. Jack Hawksworth and Parker Thompson were third, 76 points behind Ellis and Ward. United Autosports USA, Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports, and Winward Racing led their respective Teams' Championships, whilst Chevrolet and Mercedes-AMG were leading the GTD Pro and GTD Manufacturers' Championships, respectively.
Entry list
The entry list was published on July 2, 2025, and featured 35 entries: 12 in LMP2, 10 in GTD Pro, and 13 in GTD. Kenton Koch and Onofrio Triarsi completed Triarsi Competizione's No. 021 lineup. Mathias Beche and Rodrigo Sales were originally listed to compete for PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports in the No. 52 entry, but were replaced by Nick Boulle and Benjamin Pedersen prior to the event.
Entrant Car Driver 1 Driver 2 LMP2 (Le Mans Prototype 2) (12 entries) 04 CrowdStrike Racing by APR Oreca 07-Gibson George Kurtz Alex Quinn 2 United Autosports USA Oreca 07-Gibson Phil Fayer Ben Hanley 8 Tower Motorsports Oreca 07-Gibson John Farano Renger van der Zande 11 TDS Racing Oreca 07-Gibson Hunter McElrea Steven Thomas 18 Era Motorsport Oreca 07-Gibson Ryan Dalziel Travis Hill 22 United Autosports USA Oreca 07-Gibson Tom Blomqvist Dan Goldburg 43 Inter Europol Competition Oreca 07-Gibson Jeremy Clarke Tom Dillmann 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca 07-Gibson Nick Boulle Benjamin Pedersen 73 Pratt Miller Motorsports Oreca 07-Gibson Chris Cumming Pietro Fittipaldi 74 Riley Oreca 07-Gibson Felipe Fraga Gar Robinson 79 JDC–Miller MotorSports Oreca 07-Gibson Scott Andrews Gerry Kraut 99 AO Racing Oreca 07-Gibson Dane Cameron P. J. Hyett GTD Pro (GT Daytona Pro) (10 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 Ben Barnicoat Aaron Telitz 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 Giacomo Altoè Albert Costa GTD (GT Daytona) (13 entries) 021 Triarsi Competizione Ferrari 296 GT3 Kenton Koch Onofrio Triarsi 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus RC F GT3 Jack Hawksworth Parker Thompson 13 AWA Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Matt Bell Orey Fidani 27 Heart of Racing TeamAston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Roman De Angelis Casper Stevenson 34 Conquest Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Manny Franco Daniel Serra 36 DXDT Racing Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Alec Udell Robert Wickens 45 Wayne Taylor Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Danny Formal Trent Hindman 57 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Philip Ellis Russell Ward 66 Gradient Racing Ford Mustang GT3 Jenson Altzman Robert Megennis 70 Inception Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Brendan Iribe Frederik Schandorff 78 Forte Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Mario Farnbacher Misha Goikhberg 96 Turner Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 Evo Robby Foley Patrick Gallagher 120 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Adam Adelson Elliott Skeer Source:
Practice Two practice sessions were held preceding the start of the race on Sunday, one on Friday and on Saturday. The first session lasted 90 minutes Friday afternoon, and the second session on Saturday morning also lasted 90 minutes.
Practice 1 The first practice took place at 1:55 pm ET on Friday. Renger van der Zande topped the session in the No. 8 Tower Motorsports Oreca, with a lap time of 1:08.402. Ben Hanley was second-quickest in the No. 2 United Autosports USA Oreca, 0.104 seconds behind Van der Zande. Andrea Caldarelli paced the GTD Pro class in his No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports Lamborghini, with a 1-minute, 15.580-second lap time. Nicky Catsburg set the second-best time in the No. 4 Pratt Miller Motorsports Corvette, with a lap time of 1:16.040. The GTD class was topped by Jack Hawksworth in the No. 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus, with a lap time of 1:16.323. Hawksworth's lap was 0.089 seconds quicker than that of second-placed Philip Ellis in the No. 57 Winward Racing Mercedes. The session saw one stoppage, after an early crash from Steven Thomas in the No. 11 TDS Racing Oreca.
Class Team Driver Time 1 LMP2 8 Tower Motorsports Renger van der Zande 1:08.402 — 2 LMP2 2 United Autosports USA Ben Hanley 1:08.506 +0.104 3 LMP2 99 AO Racing Dane Cameron 1:08.702 +0.300Sources:
Practice 2 The second and final practice session took place at 10:35 am ET on Saturday and ended with Van der Zande once again topping the time sheets in the No. 8 Tower Oreca, with a lap time of 1:08.175. His lap was 0.325 seconds quicker than that of second-placed Dan Goldburg in the No. 22 United Oreca, with Felipe Fraga setting the third-quickest time in the No. 74 Riley Oreca. Aaron Telitz claimed the top spot in the GTD Pro class in his No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Lexus, lapping the circuit in 1 minute and 15.270 seconds. Antonio García was second-quickest in the No. 3 Chevrolet, 0.233 seconds behind Telitz. Hawksworth once again topped the GTD class in the sister No. 12 Lexus with a 1-minute, 15.597-second lap time, ahead of Robert Wickens in the No. 36 DXDT Racing Chevrolet.
Class Team Driver Time 1 LMP2 8 Tower Motorsports Renger van der Zande 1:08.175 — 2 LMP2 22 United Autosports USA Dan Goldburg 1:08.500 +0.325 3 LMP2 74 Riley Felipe Fraga 1:08.512 +0.337Sources:
Qualifying Qualifying results Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and with . Class Entry Driver Time 1 LMP2 99 AO Racing P. J. Hyett 1:08.888 — 1 2 LMP2 22 United Autosports USA Dan Goldburg 1:08.986 +0.098 2 3 LMP2 11 TDS Racing Steven Thomas 1:09.179 +0.291 3 4 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition Jeremy Clarke 1:09.347 +0.459 4 5 LMP2 04 CrowdStrike Racing by APR George Kurtz 1:09.673 +0.785 5 6 LMP2 73 Pratt Miller Motorsports Chris Cumming 1:09.733 +0.845 6 7 LMP2 2 United Autosports USA Phil Fayer 1:09.910 +1.022 7 8 LMP2 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Nick Boulle 1:09.994 +1.106 8 9 LMP2 74 Riley Gar Robinson 1:10.286 +1.398 9 10 LMP2 18 Era Motorsport Travis Hill 1:10.778 +1.890 10 11 LMP2 8 Tower Motorsports John Farano 1:12.361 +3.473 11 12 LMP2 79 JDC–Miller MotorSports Gerry Kraut 1:13.837 +4.949 WD 13 GTD Pro 1 Paul Miller Racing Neil Verhagen 1:15.046 +6.158 12 14 GTD 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing Jack Hawksworth 1:15.101 +6.213 22 15 GTD Pro 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Aaron Telitz 1:15.309 +6.421 13 16 GTD 57 Winward Racing Russell Ward 1:15.319 +6.431 23 17 GTD Pro 3 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Antonio García 1:15.334 +6.446 14 18 GTD Pro 4 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Tommy Milner 1:15.464 +6.576 15 19 GTD Pro 48 Paul Miller Racing Dan Harper 1:15.478 +6.590 16 20 GTD Pro 9 Pfaff Motorsports Andrea Caldarelli 1:15.588 +6.700 17 21 GTD Pro 64 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Sebastian Priaulx 1:15.687 +6.799 18 22 GTD Pro 77 AO Racing Klaus Bachler 1:15.747 +6.859 19 23 GTD Pro 65 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Frédéric Vervisch 1:15.800 +6.912 20 24 GTD 36 DXDT Racing Robert Wickens 1:15.876 +6.988 24 25 GTD Pro 81 DragonSpeed Giacomo Altoè 1:16.000 +7.112 21 26 GTD 27 Heart of Racing Team Casper Stevenson 1:16.061 +7.173 25 27 GTD 45 Wayne Taylor Racing Danny Formal 1:16.199 +7.311 26 28 GTD 96 Turner Motorsport Patrick Gallagher 1:16.270 +7.382 27 29 GTD 120 Wright Motorsports Elliott Skeer 1:16.392 +7.504 28 30 GTD 021 Triarsi Competizione Onofrio Triarsi 1:16.427 +7.539 29 31 GTD 34 Conquest Racing Manny Franco 1:16.626 +7.738 30 32 GTD 78 Forte Racing Misha Goikhberg 1:16.687 +7.799 31 33 GTD 70 Inception Racing Brendan Iribe 1:16.818 +7.930 32 34 GTD 66 Gradient Racing Jenson Altzman 1:16.939 +8.051 33 35 GTD 13 AWA Orey Fidani 1:17.914 +9.026 34 Source:
Race Post-race The final results of LMP2 kept Goldburg atop the LMP2 Drivers' Championship with 1375 points, 78 ahead of race-winners Cameron and Hyett. The final results of GTD Pro allowed García and Sims to extend their advantage to 39 points over Bachler and Heinrich in the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship. The final results of GTD kept Ellis and ward atop the GTD Drivers' Championship, 93 points ahead of third-place finishers Hawksworth and Thompson. United Autosports USA, Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports, and Winward Racing continued to top their respective Teams' Championships. Chevrolet and Mercedes-AMG continued to their Manufacturers' Championship with 4 rounds remaining in the season.
Class winners are in bold and .