The 2022 Chevrolet Grand Prix was a sports car race held at the

Canadian Tire Motorsports Park Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (formerly Mosport Park and Mosport International Raceway) is a multi-track motorsport venue located north of Bowmanville, in Ontario, Canada, east of Toronto. The facility features a , 10-turn road course; a adva ...

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on July 3, 2022. It was the eighth round of the

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and the fifth round of the 2022 WeatherTech Sprint Cup. The 01 Cadillac Racing entry piloted by

Sébastien Bourdais Sébastien Olivier Bourdais (born 28 February 1979) is a French professional racing driver. He is one of the most successful drivers in the history of American open-wheel car racing, having won 37 races. He won four successive championships ...

and

Renger van der Zande Renger van der Zande (born 16 February 1986) is a Dutch racing driver who currently competes in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for Chip Ganassi Racing. He is the son of the 1978 National Dutch Rallycross Champion Ronald van der Zan ...

took the overall victory. The No. 54

CORE Autosport CORE Autosport was an American auto racing team founded by Jon Bennett in 2010 and based out of Rock Hill, South Carolina. After claiming the IMSA Lites Championship in 2010, the team, led by team manager, Morgan Brady, made the move to competin ...

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driven by Jon Bennett and

Colin Braun Colin Braun (; born September 22, 1988) is an American racing driver. He is the 2014 and 2015 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Prototype Challenge Champion and currently drives the No. 54 CORE autosport Ligier LMP3 for CORE autosport in the IMSA ...

won in the LMP3 class. In the GTD Pro class, the No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R driven by

Mathieu Jaminet Mathieu Jaminet (born 24 October 1994) is a French racing driver. He is currently employed by Porsche as a Factory-backed, factory driver and participates primarily in Endurance racing (motorsport), endurance racing, including the Intercontinenta ...

and Matt Campbell claimed victory, while in GTD the No. 27 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 driven by

Roman De Angelis Roman Senna De Angelis (born 15 February 2001) is a Canadian racing driver, who currently competes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for the Heart of Racing Team. Career De Angelis began his racing career in karting at the age of 9 and at the ...

and

Maxime Martin Maxime Martin (born 20 March 1986) is a Belgian professional racing driver and son of four-time Spa 24 Hours winner Jean-Michel Martin. He currently is an Aston Martin Racing driver for which he competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship be ...

claimed victory.

Background

International Motor Sports Association The International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) is a North American sports car racing sanctioning body based in Daytona Beach, Florida under the jurisdiction of the ACCUS arm of the FIA. It was started by John Bishop, a former executive direc ...

's (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the

(IMSA SCC) in August 2021. It was the seventh year the event was held as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The 2022 Chevrolet Grand Prix was the eighth of twelve scheduled sports car races of 2022 by IMSA , and it was the fifth of eight rounds held as part of the WeatherTech Sprint Cup. The race was held at the ten-turn

on July 3, 2022. The race marked IMSA's return to

after the previous 2 years editions were cancelled as a result of the

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. Competitors were required to be vaccinated prior to traveling. On June 28, 2022, IMSA issued the latest technical bulletin outlining Balance of Performance for the event. In the GTD classes, the Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3, BMW M4 GT3, and Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 received a 20 kilogram weight increase while the Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo received a 20 kilogram weight break. No changes were made in DPi. Before the race,

Filipe Albuquerque Filipe Miguel Delgadinho Albuquerque (born 13 June 1985) is a Portuguese professional racing driver, currently driving a Acura ARX-05 in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Wayne Taylor Racing, and an Oreca 07 in the FIA World Endurance Champions ...

and

Ricky Taylor Ricky Taylor (born August 3, 1989) is an American racing driver, most notably in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. His career highlights include an IMSA Series Championship in 2017, as well as marquee wins at the Daytona 24, 12 Hours o ...

led the DPi Drivers' Championship with 2399 points, 17 points ahead of

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and

Oliver Jarvis Oliver Jarvis (born 9 January 1984) is a British professional racing driver currently racing in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for Mazda Team Joest. Jarvis won the 2022 24 Hours of Daytona with Meyer Shank Racing. Early life Bo ...

. With 1001 points, Jon Bennett and

led the LMP3 Drivers' Championship; the duo held a fifty-point advantage over

Garett Grist Garett Grist (born April 9, 1995 in Grimsby, Ontario, Canada) is a racing driver. Grist made his professional debut in the 2013 U.S. F2000 National Championship from Andretti Autosport. In 2014 moved up the Road to Indy ladder into the Pro Mazda ...

and Ari Balogh. In GTD Pro, Matt Campbell and

led the Drivers' Championship with 1671 points, ahead of

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with 1573 points. The GTD Drivers' Championship was led by

Stevan McAleer Stevan Gordon McAleer (born 28 August 1984) is a British racing driver who competes for Team Korthoff Motorsports in the IMSA SportsCar Championship. Career Early Career McAleer was introduced to motorsports at the age of 10, visiting a karting ...

with 1765 points, 5 points ahead of Ryan Hardwick and

Jan Heylen Jan Heylen (born 1 May 1980 in Geel) is a championship-winning Belgian racing driver, based out of Tampa, Florida. Racing career Early career (1992-2004) He began karting in 1992, and worked his way up through various feeder series through the ...

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, and BMW were leading their respective Manufactures' Championships while

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, Pfaff Motorsports, and Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports each led their own Teams' Championships.

Entries

A total of 24 cars took part in the event, split across four classes. 6 were entered in

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, 6 in

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, 6 in GT Daytona Pro, and 6 in GTD. The only changed from the previous round in DPi was the absence of Ally Cadillac Racing.

Risi Competizione Risi Competizione is an Italo-American auto racing Ferrari factory-backed team formed by Giuseppe Risi in 1997. Initially, the team had a partnership with Doyle Racing using the name Doyle-Risi Racing, but soon Giuseppe Risi took full control of t ...

's absence saw 6 cars competing in GTD Pro.

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substituted for Jack Hawsworth in the

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#14. Scott Andrews substituted for

Felipe Fraga Felipe Fraga (born 3 July 1995 in Jacundá) is a racing driver from Brazil. He currently competes in the Stock Car Pro Series, IMSA SportsCar Championship and Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. He was the Stock Car champion in 2016 as well as Stock Ca ...

in the Riley Motorsports entry due to a clash with the

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round at the

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. In GTD, CarBahn with Peregrine Racing were forced to skip after their primary car was destroyed in a crash at Watkins Glen. Wright Motorsports, Team Korthoff Motorsports, and Inception Racing elected to forego the round due to its championship point output only counting for the WeatherTech Sprint Cup.

Practice

There were two practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Sunday; one on Friday and one on Saturday. The first session on Friday afternoon ran for 90 minutes while the second session on Saturday morning lasted 105 minutes.

Qualifying

Saturday's afternoon qualifying was broken into three sessions, with one session for the DPi LMP3, GTD Pro and GTD classes, which lasted for 15 minutes each, and a ten minute interval between the sessions. The rules dictated that all teams nominated a driver to qualify their cars, with the Pro-Am (LMP3/GTD) classes 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 DPis ahead of the LMP3, GTD Pro, and GTD cars.

Qualifying results

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in each class are indicated in bold and by .

Race

Post-Race

Blomqvist and Jarvis retook the lead of the DPi Drivers' Championship while Filipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor dropped to second. Bourdais and van der Zande advanced from fourth to third while Bamber and Lynn dropped from third to fourth. In The LMP3 Drivers' Championship, Bennett and Braun extended their lead to 98 points over Grist and Balogh, while Andretti and Chaves moved to fifth after being eighth coming into Canadian Tire Motorsports Park. With a total of 2056 points, Campbell and Jaminet's victory increase their advantage to 138 points as Antonio García and Jordan Taylor took over second position in the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship. GTD drivers, teams, and manufactures did not score full season points due to the event only counting towards the WeatherTech Sprint Cup. Acura and Porsche continued to top their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while CORE Autosport and Pfaff Motorsports kept their respective advantages in their Teams' Championships. Meyer Shank Racing took the lead of the DPi Teams' Championship with four rounds remaining.

Race Results

Class winners are denoted in bold and .

Standings after the race

* Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings. * ‡: Points count towards WeatherTech Sprint Cup championship only. * Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings. * ‡: Points count towards WeatherTech Sprint Cup championship only. * Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings. * ‡: Points count towards WeatherTech Sprint Cup championship only.

References

External links

{{Grand Prix of Mosport 2022 Chevrolet Grand Prix

Chevrolet Grand Prix The Chevrolet Grand Prix is an annual International Motor Sports Association, IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race held every July at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada. The race originated in 1975 and is curre ...

Grand Prix of Mosport 2022 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season