2024 Chevrolet Grand Prix

The 2024 Chevrolet Grand Prix will be a sports car race held at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, on July 14, 2024. It will be the seventh 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.^[1] It will be the ninth time the IMSA SCC hosts a race at Mosport. The 2024 Chevrolet Grand Prix will be the seventh of eleven scheduled sports car races of 2024 by IMSA.^[2] The race will be held at the ten-turn 2.459 mi (3.957 km) Canadian Tire Motorsports Park on July 14, 2024.^[2]

Standings before the race

The LMP2 Drivers' Championship is currently led by Josh Burdon, Felipe Fraga, and Gar Robinson after their second-place finish in Watkins Glen. They hold 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.^[3] The GTD Pro Drivers' Championship is topped by Laurin Heinrich and Sebastian Priaulx with 1632 points, 49 ahead of Ben Barnicoat and Jack Hawksworth in second. Ross Gunn sits in third, 60 points behind Heinrich and Priaulx.^[3] The GTD Drivers' Championship is led by Philip Ellis and Russell Ward with 1745 points after their fourth win of the season, 305 points ahead of Robby Foley and Patrick Gallagher in second.^[3] The Manufacturers' Championships are led by Porsche and Mercedes-AMG, respectively, and the Teams Championships' are led by Riley, AO Racing, and Winward Racing, respectively.^[3]

Entry list

The entry list was revealed on July 3, 2024, and features 35 entries: 12 entries in LMP2, 9 entries in GTD Pro, and 14 entries in GTD. The LMP2 class sees some changes: Filipe Albuquerque, Renger van der Zande, Scott Huffaker, Stuart Wilshire, Pipo Derani, and Louis Delétraz will all be driving in the headline LMP2 class during the event. In GTD Pro, Ross Gunn will once again be partnered by Mario Farnbacher in the No. 23 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin.^[4] In GTD, Spencer Pumpelly re-joins the No. 27 Heart of Racing Aston Martin. Furthermore, the No. 120 Wright Motorsports Porsche will be absent during the event.^[5]

No.	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) (14 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
43	Andretti Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	TBA	TBA
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:[4][5]

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