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2023 Chevrolet Grand Prix

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The 2023 Chevrolet Grand Prix was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The race was held at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada on July 9, 2023. The race was the sixth round of the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship, and the third round of the 2023 WeatherTech Sprint Cup.

Background

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International Motor Sports Association's (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2022.[1] It was the eighth year the event was held as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the fortieth annual running of the race.[1] The 2023 Chevrolet Grand Prix was the sixth of eleven scheduled sports car races of 2023 by IMSA, and the third of seven races of the WeatherTech Sprint Cup.[2] The race was held at the ten-turn 2.459 mi (3.957 km) Canadian Tire Motorsports Park on July 9, 2023.[2]

After the Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen two weeks earlier, Pipo Derani and Alexander Sims led the GTP Drivers' Championship with 1602 points, ahead of Connor De Phillippi and Nick Yelloly with 1583 points followed by Nick Tandy and Mathieu Jaminet with 1527 points.[3] With 730 points, Josh Burdon, Felipe Fraga, and Gar Robinson led the LMP3 Drivers' Championship ahead of Wayne Boyd, Anthony Mantella, and Nicolás Varrone with 606 points.[3] Ben Barnicoat and Jack Hawksworth led the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship with 1795 points ahead of Jules Gounon and Daniel Juncadella with 1682 points.[3] In GTD, the Drivers' Championship was led by Bryan Sellers and Madison Snow with 1592 points, ahead of Frankie Montecalvo and Aaron Telitz with 1488 points.[3] Cadillac, Lexus, and BMW were leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while Whelen Engineering Racing, Riley Motorsports, Vasser Sullivan Racing, and Paul Miller Racing each led their own Teams' Championships.[3]

On July 4, 2023, IMSA released the latest technical bulletin outlining Balance of Performance for the GTP, GTD Pro, and GTD classes. In GTP, all of the cars received weight breaks. The Acura ran at 1046 kg, the BMW ran at 1031 kg, the Cadillac ran at 1030 kg, and the Porsche ran at 1037 kg. Maximum stint energy figures were also adjusted.[4] In GTD Pro and GTD, the Acura, Corvette, McLaren, Mercedes, and Porsche received power increases as well as fuel capacity increases.[5]

Entries

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A total of 34 cars took part in the event split across four classes. 9 cars were entered in GTP, 6 in LMP3, 5 in GTD Pro, and 14 in GTD.[6]

In LMP3, Andretti Autosport, Performance Tech Motorsports, MLT Motorsports, and JDC-Miller MotorSports were absent. Antoine Comeau and George Staikos shared the Ave Motorsports entry.[7]

In GTD Pro, AF Corse, Risi Competizione and Iron Lynx were absent. In GTD, Triarsi Competizione, NTE Sport, Magnus Racing, Cetilar Racing, Iron Dames, and Racer's Edge Motorsports with WTR Andretti skipped.

Practice

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There were two practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Sunday, one on Friday and one on Saturday. The first session lasted 90 minutes on Friday while the second session on Saturday lasted 105 minutes.[8]

Practice 1

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The first practice session took place at 2:50 pm ET on Friday and ended with Colin Braun topping the charts for Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian, with a lap time of 1:07.341.[9] The LMP3 class was topped by the #30 Jr III Motorsports Ligier JS P320 of Garett Grist with a time of 1:12.270.[10] Antonio García was fastest in GTD Pro while Frankie Montecalvo set the fastest time amongst all GTD cars.[11]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 GTP 60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Colin Braun 1:07.341 _
2 GTP 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Pipo Derani 1:08.121 +0.780
3 GTP 10 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport Filipe Albuquerque 1:08.138 +0.797
Sources:[12][13]

Final Practice

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The second and final practice session took place at 8:00 am ET on Saturday and ended with Ricky Taylor topping the charts for Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport, with a lap time of 1:05.870.[14] Garett Grist set the fastest time in LMP3.[15] The GTD Pro class was topped by the #14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus RC F GT3 of Jack Hawksworth while Loris Spinelli was fastest in GTD.[16]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 GTP 10 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport Ricky Taylor 1:05.870 _
2 GTP 60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Tom Blomqvist 1:06.138 +0.268
3 GTP 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport Felipe Nasr 1:06.738 +0.868
Sources:[17][18]

Qualifying

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Tom Blomqvist (pictured in 2022) helped take the No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura's second pole position of 2023.

Saturday’s afternoon qualifying was broken into three sessions, with one session for the GTP, LMP3, and GTD Pro and GTD classes, which lasted for 20 minutes for the GTP session, and 15 minutes for the LMP3, and GTD Pro/GTD sessions.[8] The rules dictated that all teams nominated a driver to qualify their cars, with the Pro-Am LMP3 class 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 GTPs ahead of the LMP3, GTD Pro, and GTD cars.[19]

The first was cars in the GTD Pro and GTD classes. Jack Hawksworth qualified on pole in GTD Pro driving the No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing entry. Roman De Angelis qualified on pole in GTD driving the No. 27 Heart of Racing Team, besting Frankie Montecalvo in the No. 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing entry.[20]

The second session of qualifying was for cars in the LMP3 class. Gar Robinson qualified on pole for the class driving the No. 74 car for Riley Motorsports, besting Orey Fidani in the No. 13 AWA entry.[21]

The final session of qualifying was for the GTP class. Tom Blomqvist qualified on pole driving the No. 60 car for Meyer Shank Racing, beating Ricky Taylor in the No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport entry by less than one tenth of a second.[22]

Qualifying results

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Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by ‡.

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 GTP 60 United States Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist 1:05.653 _ 1
2 GTP 10 United States Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport United States Ricky Taylor 1:05.734 +0.071 2
3 GTP 31 United States Whelen Engineering Racing Brazil Pipo Derani 1:05.829 +0.176 3
4 GTP 01 United States Cadillac Racing France Sébastien Bourdais 1:06.266 +0.613 4
5 GTP 7 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport Brazil Felipe Nasr 1:06.521 +0.868 5
6 GTP 24 United States BMW M Team RLL Brazil Augusto Farfus 1:06.801 +1.148 6
7 GTP 25 United States BMW M Team RLL United Kingdom Nick Yelloly 1:06.848 +1.195 7
8 GTP 5 United States JDC-Miller MotorSports Germany Mike Rockenfeller 1:06.946 +1.293 8
9 GTP 6 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport France Mathieu Jaminet 1:07.329 +1.676 9
10 LMP3 74 United States Riley Motorsports United States Gar Robinson 1:12.946 +7.293 10
11 LMP3 13 Canada AWA Canada Orey Fidani 1:13.355 +7.702 11
12 LMP3 30 United States Jr III Motorsports United States Ari Balogh 1:13.593 +7.940 12
13 LMP3 17 Canada AWA Canada Anthony Mantella 1:13.682 +8.029 13
14 LMP3 4 United States Ave Motorsports Canada Antoine Comeau 1:13.884 +8.231 14
15 LMP3 33 United States Sean Creech Motorsport United States Lance Willsey 1:14.751 +9.098 15
16 GTD Pro 14 United States Vasser Sullivan Racing United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth 1:15.029 +9.376 16‡
17 GTD Pro 79 United States WeatherTech Racing Andorra Jules Gounon 1:15.103 +9.450 17
18 GTD Pro 23 United States Heart of Racing Team Spain Alex Riberas 1:15.341 +9.688 18
19 GTD 27 United States Heart of Racing Team Canada Roman De Angelis 1:15.478 +9.825 19‡
20 GTD Pro 3 United States Corvette Racing United States Jordan Taylor 1:15.494 +9.841 20
21 GTD 12 United States Vasser Sullivan Racing United States Frankie Montecalvo 1:15.508 +9.855 341
22 GTD Pro 9 Canada Pfaff Motorsports Austria Klaus Bachler 1:15.584 +9.931 21
23 GTD 1 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Madison Snow 1:15.595 +9.941 22
24 GTD 32 United States Team Korthoff Motorsports Canada Mikaël Grenier 1:15.670 +10.017 23
25 GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport United States Patrick Gallagher 1:15.992 +10.339 24
26 GTD 78 United States Forte Racing powered by US RaceTronics Canada Misha Goikhberg 1:16.100 +10.447 25
27 GTD 57 United States Winward Racing United States Russell Ward 1:16.165 +10.512 26
28 GTD 97 United States Turner Motorsport United States Chandler Hull 1:16.196 +10.543 27
29 GTD 70 United Kingdom Inception Racing United States Brendan Iribe 1:16.360 +10.707 28
30 GTD 80 United States AO Racing Team United States P.J. Hyett 1:16.983 +11.330 29
31 GTD 77 United States Wright Motorsports United States Alan Brynjolfsson 1:17.028 +11.375 30
32 GTD 91 United States Kelly-Moss with Riley United States Alan Metni 1:17.126 +11.473 31
33 GTD 66 United States Gradient Racing United States Sheena Monk 1:17.213 +11.560 32
34 GTD 92 United States Kelly-Moss with Riley United States David Brule 1:20.469 +14.816 33
Sources:[23][24]
  • 1 The No. 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing entry initially qualified second for the GTD class. However, the team changed engines after qualifying. By IMSA rules, the entry was moved to the rear of the GTD field on the starting grid.

Race

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Post-race

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The result kept Derani and Sims atop the GTP Drivers' Championship, 20 points ahead of third-place finishers De Phillippi and Yelloly. Albuquerque and Taylor advanced from fifth to third.[25] Fraga, and Robinson extended their advantage in the LMP3 Drivers' Championship over Boyd, and Mantella to 181 points.[25] The result kept Barnicoat and Hawksworth atop the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship.[25] In the GTD Drivers' Championship, Sellers and Snow extended their points lead to 212 points while Grenier and Skeen advanced from eleventh to fifth.[25] Cadillac, Lexus, and BMW continued to top their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while Whelen Engineering Racing, Riley Motorsports, Vasser Sullivan Racing, and Paul Miller Racing kept their respective advantages in their respective of Teams' Championships with five races left in the season.[25]

Class winners are in bold and ‡.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 GTP 60 United States Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist
United States Colin Braun
Acura ARX-06 120 2:41:01.603‡
Acura AR24e 2.4 L Turbo V6
2 GTP 10 United States Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
United States Ricky Taylor
Acura ARX-06 120 +9.157
Acura AR24e 2.4 L Turbo V6
3 GTP 25 United States BMW M Team RLL United States Connor De Phillippi
United Kingdom Nick Yelloly
BMW M Hybrid V8 120 +18.565
BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8
4 GTP 5 United States JDC-Miller MotorSports Germany Mike Rockenfeller
Netherlands Tijmen van der Helm
Porsche 963 120 +19.531
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
5 GTP 6 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport France Mathieu Jaminet
United Kingdom Nick Tandy
Porsche 963 120 +20.640
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
6 GTP 7 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport Australia Matt Campbell
Brazil Felipe Nasr
Porsche 963 120 +22.402
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
7 GTP 31 United States Whelen Engineering Racing Brazil Pipo Derani
United Kingdom Alexander Sims
Cadillac V-Series.R 120 +23.883
Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
8 GTP 24 United States BMW M Team RLL Austria Philipp Eng
Brazil Augusto Farfus
BMW M Hybrid V8 120 +54.373
BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8
9 GTP 01 United States Cadillac Racing France Sébastien Bourdais
Netherlands Renger van der Zande
Cadillac V-Series.R 117 Crash
Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
10 LMP3 74 United States Riley Motorsports Brazil Felipe Fraga
United States Gar Robinson
Ligier JS P320 113 +7 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine
11 LMP3 30 United States Jr III Motorsports United States Ari Balogh
Canada Garett Grist
Ligier JS P320 113 +7 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine
12 LMP3 17 Canada AWA United Kingdom Wayne Boyd
Canada Anthony Mantella
Duqueine M30 - D08 113 +7 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine
13 LMP3 13 Canada AWA United Kingdom Matt Bell
Canada Orey Fidani
Duqueine M30 - D08 113 +7 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine
14 LMP3 33 United States Sean Creech Motorsport Portugal João Barbosa
United States Lance Willsey
Ligier JS P320 113 +7 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine
15 GTD Pro 3 United States Corvette Racing Spain Antonio García
United States Jordan Taylor
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD 111 +9 Laps‡
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
16 GTD Pro 9 Canada Pfaff Motorsports Austria Klaus Bachler
France Patrick Pilet
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 111 +9 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
17 GTD 1 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Bryan Sellers
United States Madison Snow
BMW M4 GT3 111 +9 Laps‡
BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6
18 GTD 70 United Kingdom Inception Racing United States Brendan Iribe
Denmark Frederik Schandorff
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 111 +9 Laps
McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
19 GTD Pro 79 United States WeatherTech Racing Andorra Jules Gounon
Spain Daniel Juncadella
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 111 +9 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
20 GTD 32 United States Team Korthoff Motorsports Canada Mikaël Grenier
United States Mike Skeen
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 111 +9 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
21 GTD 27 United States Heart of Racing Team Canada Roman De Angelis
Denmark Marco Sørensen
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 111 +9 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
22 GTD 97 United States Turner Motorsport United States Bill Auberlen
United States Chandler Hull
BMW M4 GT3 110 +10 Laps
BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6
23 GTD 12 United States Vasser Sullivan Racing United States Frankie Montecalvo
United States Aaron Telitz
Lexus RC F GT3 110 +10 Laps
Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8
24 GTD 77 United States Wright Motorsports United States Alan Brynjolfsson
United States Trent Hindman
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 110 +10 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
25 GTD 80 United States AO Racing Team United States P.J. Hyett
United Kingdom Sebastian Priaulx
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 110 +10 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
26 GTD 91 United States Kelly-Moss with Riley Netherlands Kay van Berlo
United States Alan Metni
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 110 +10 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
27 LMP3 4 United States Ave Motorsports Canada Antoine Comeau
Canada George Staikos
Ligier JS P320 110 +10 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine
28 GTD 57 United States Winward Racing United Kingdom Philip Ellis
United States Russell Ward
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 110 +10 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
29 GTD 66 United States Gradient Racing United Kingdom Katherine Legge
United States Sheena Monk
Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 103 +17 Laps
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
30 GTD 92 United States Kelly-Moss with Riley United States David Brule
United States Alec Udell
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 103 +17 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
31 GTD Pro 14 United States Vasser Sullivan Racing United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat
United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth
Lexus RC F GT3 89 +31 Laps
Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8
32 GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport United States Robby Foley
United States Patrick Gallagher
BMW M4 GT3 86 Collision
BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6
33 GTD 78 United States Forte Racing powered by US RaceTronics Canada Misha Goikhberg
Italy Loris Spinelli
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 82 +38 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
34 GTD Pro 23 United States Heart of Racing Team United Kingdom Ross Gunn
Spain Alex Riberas
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 58 Accident
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
Source:[26]

Standings after the race

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.

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