2016 SportsCar Grand Prix

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The 2016 Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) held at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park near Bowmanville, Ontario on July 10, 2016. [1] The race was the seventh round of the 2016 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the event marked the 31st IMSA sanctioned sports car race held at the facility.

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Background

Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, where the race was held. 2003 Mosport Trans-Am Race Start.jpg
Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, where the race was held.

International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president Scott Atherton confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2016 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2015. [2] It was the third consecutive year the event was held as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, thirty-fifth annual running of the race. [2] The 1 Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix was the second of seventh scheduled automobile endurance races of 2016 by IMSA, and was the fourth round not held on the held as part of the North American Endurance Cup. [2] The race was held at the ten-turn 2.459 mi (3.957 km) Canadian Tire Motorsports Park in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada on July 10, 2016. [2] For 2016, the WeatherTech Championship race featured all four classes, Prototype (P), Prototype Challenge (PC), GT Le Mans (GTLM) and the GT Daytona (GTD) for the first time since the 2013 edition of the Grand Prix. [3] The weekend also included races for the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, Mazda Prototype Lites, the Global MX-5 Cup and the Nissan Micra Cup. [4]

Before the race, João Barbosa and Christian Fittipaldi led the Prototype Drivers' Championship with 187 points, ahead of Jordan Taylor and Ricky Taylor in second by 7 points, and Eric Curran and Dane Cameron in third 180 points. [5] With 198 points, PC was led by Alex Popow and Renger van der Zande over Robert Alon and Tom Kimber-Smith by 3 points. [5] In GTLM, Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner led the Drivers' Championship with 159 points, 8 points ahead of Ryan Briscoe and Richard Westbrook. [5] In GTD, the Drivers' Championship was led by Alessandro Balzan and Christina Nielsen with 162 points; the duo held an thirteen-point advantage over Mario Farnbacher and Alex Riberas. [5] Chevrolet and Ferrari were leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while Wayne Taylor Racing, Starworks Motorsport, Corvette Racing, and Scuderia Corsa each led their own Teams' Championships. [5]

Practice

There were three practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Sunday: two on Friday and one on Saturday. The first two one-hour sessions were on Friday morning and afternoon while the third session on Saturday morning lasted one hour. [6]

The first practice session was held in damp weather. [7] Jordan Taylor set the fastest lap in the No. 10 WTR Corvette DP at 1 minute, 11.158 seconds, 0.985 seconds faster than Tristan Nunez's No. 55 Mazda. Ryan Dalziel in VFR's No. 90 vehicle was third, and Oswaldo Negri Jr.'s No. 60 MSR ligier was fourth. [8] The seven-vehicle PC class was led by PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports's No. 52 car, driven by Tom Kimber-Smith with a time of 1 minute, 13.154 seconds. [7] [8] The two Corvette Racing team cars of Oliver Gavin (No. 4) and Antonio García (No. 3) led GTLM. Andy Lally's No. 44 Magnus Audi R8 recorded the fastest time in GTD. [8]

Rain continued to affect the track in the second practice session. Jordan Taylor was fastest with a time of 1 minute, 11.206 seconds, followed by the AER cars of Fittipaldi and Cameron in second and third. [9] A 1:12.131 lap saw Renger van der Zande's No. 8 Starworks vehicle lead PC. [10] Bill Auberlen led GTLM in the No. 25 BMW with a 1-minute, 15.961 lap. Tommy Milner's No. 4 Corvette was second. Müller in the No. 66 CGR Ford GT was third in GTLM. [9] Lally's No. 44 Magnus Audi R8 led GTD, and Spencer Pumpelly, in the No.16 Change Racing Lamborghini, was second in class. [10]

The final practice was held on a dry race track which allowed for faster lap times. [11] Negri's MSR Ligier set the fastest overall lap of 1:10.522, 0.002 seconds faster than Bomarito's No. 55 Mazda. [12] [11] van der Zande led the PC class with a 1 minute, 11.884 second lap in Starworks' No. 8 car. [12] Corvette Racing paced GTLM with García's No. 3 car lapping 1:15.233, ahead of the two BMW M6 GTLMs. [12] With a 1:17.888 lap, David led the GTD class in the No. 6 Stevenson Audi R8. [12]

Qualifying

In Saturday afternoon's 90-minute four-group qualifying, each category had separate 15-minute sessions. Regulations stipulated that teams nominate one qualifying driver, with the fastest laps determining each class' starting order. IMSA arranged the grid to put Prototypes ahead of the PC, GTLM and GTD cars. [13] [6]

Qualifying results

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by . P stands for Prototype, PC (Prototype Challenge), GTLM (Grand Touring Le Mans) and GTD (Grand Touring Daytona).

Pos.ClassNo.TeamDriverTimeGapGrid
1P55 Flag of Japan.svg Mazda Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Tristan Nunez 1:10.126_1
2P10 Flag of the United States.svg Wayne Taylor Racing Flag of the United States.svg Ricky Taylor 1:10.435+0.3092
3P70 Flag of Japan.svg Mazda Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Tom Long 1:10.572+0.4463
4P5 Flag of the United States.svg Action Express Racing Flag of Brazil.svg Christian Fittipaldi 1:10.761+0.6354
5P31 Flag of the United States.svg Action Express Racing Flag of the United States.svg Eric Curran 1:11.177+1.0515
6P90 Flag of the United States.svg VisitFlorida Racing Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Marc Goossens 1:11.296+1.1706
7P60 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Flag of the United States.svg John Pew 1:11.760+1.6347
8PC54 Flag of the United States.svg CORE Autosport Flag of the United States.svg Colin Braun 1:11.946+1.82015 1
9PC38 Flag of the United States.svg Performance Tech Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg James French 1:12.372+2.2468
10PC85 Flag of the United States.svg JDC-Miller MotorSports Flag of South Africa.svg Stephen Simpson 1:12.448+2.3229
11PC20 Flag of the United States.svg BAR1 Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Matt McMurry 1:12.471+2.34510
12PC52 Flag of the United States.svg PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Robert Alon 1:12.505+2.379111
13PC8 Flag of the United States.svg Starworks Motorsport Flag of Venezuela.svg Alex Popow 1:13.197+3.07112
14P0 Flag of the United States.svg Panoz DeltaWing Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katherine Legge 1:14.077+3.95113
15PC88 Flag of the United States.svg Starworks Motorsport Flag of the United States.svg Mark Kvamme 1:15.020+4.89414
16GTLM3 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of Spain.svg Antonio García 1:15.198+5.07216
17GTLM66 Flag of the United States.svg Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Flag of Germany.svg Dirk Müller 1:15.236+5.11017
18GTLM67 Flag of the United States.svg Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Westbrook 1:15.430+5.30418
19GTLM100 Flag of the United States.svg BMW Team RLL Flag of Germany.svg Lucas Luhr 1:15.446+5.32019
20GTLM25 Flag of the United States.svg BMW Team RLL Flag of the United States.svg Bill Auberlen 1:15.501+5.37520
21GTLM4 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Gavin 1:15.549+5.42321
22GTLM62 Flag of the United States.svg Risi Competizione Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella 1:15.780+5.65422
23GTLM912 Flag of the United States.svg Porsche North America Flag of New Zealand.svg Earl Bamber 1:16.230+6.10423
24GTLM911 Flag of the United States.svg Porsche North America Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nick Tandy 1:16.476+6.35024
25GTD23 Flag of the United States.svg Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing Flag of Spain.svg Alex Riberas 1:18.245+8.11925
26GTD6 Flag of the United States.svg Stevenson Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Davis1:18.582+8.45626
27GTD16 Flag of the United States.svg Change Racing Flag of the United States.svg Spencer Pumpelly 1:18.672+8.54627
28GTD96 Flag of the United States.svg Turner Motorsport Flag of the United States.svg Bret Curtis 1:18.673+8.54728
29GTD73 Flag of the United States.svg Park Place Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Lindsey 1:18.745+8.61929
30GTD9 Flag of the United States.svg Stevenson Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Matt Bell 1:18.832+8.70630
31GTD27 Flag of the United States.svg Dream Racing Flag of Monaco.svg Cédric Sbirrazzuoli1:19.000+8.87431
32GTD33 Flag of the United States.svg Riley Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Ben Keating 1:19.132+9.00632
33GTD48 Flag of the United States.svg Paul Miller Racing Flag of the United States.svg Madison Snow 1:19.151+9.02533
34GTD63 Flag of the United States.svg Scuderia Corsa Flag of Denmark.svg Christina Nielsen 1:19.332+9.20634
35GTD97 Flag of the United States.svg Turner Motorsport Flag of the United States.svg Michael Marsal1:20.070+9.94435
36GTD44 Flag of the United States.svg Magnus Racing Flag of the United States.svg John Potter 1:20.197+10.07136 2
37GTD22 Flag of the United States.svg Alex Job Racing Flag of the United States.svg Cooper MacNeil 1:20.269+10.14337
Sources: [14] [15]

Report

Race summary

The race was won overall by Eric Curran and Dane Cameron, driving a Chevrolet Corvette DP for Action Express Racing. They finished ahead of the Action Express Racing sister car of João Barbosa and Christian Fittipaldi, while the podium was completed by Ricky and Jordan Taylor of Wayne Taylor Racing. In sixth place overall, CORE Autosport won the Prototype Challenge class with drivers Jon Bennett and Colin Braun, while the GT Le Mans honors were taken by Ford Chip Ganassi Racing drivers Ryan Briscoe and Richard Westbrook in the Ford GT in fourteenth place overall. The GT Daytona class was won by Bret Curtis and Jens Klingmann in the Turner Motorsport BMW M6 GT3. [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]

Post-race

With a total of 220 points, Barbosa and Fittipaldi's second-place finished allowed them to keep their advantage in the Prototype Drivers' Championship. Curran and Cameron advanced from third to second. [5] The final results of PC allowed Popow and van der Zande to extend their advantage in the Drivers' Championship to 14 points over Alon and Kimber-Smith. [5] Gavin and Milner's fourth-place finish kept them atop the GTLM Drivers' Championship, but their advantage was reduced to 5 points over race winners Briscoe and Westbrook. [5] Balzan and Nielsen's fourth-place finish allowed them to increase their advantage in the GTD Drivers' Championship to 22 points over Farnbacher and Riberas. Davis and Liddell advanced from sixth to fifth while Keen and MacNeil dropped to seventh. [5] Chevrolet and Ferrari continued to top their respective Manufactures' Championships while Action Express Racing, Starworks Motorsport, Corvette Racing, and Scuderia Corsa kept their respective advantages in their of Teams' Championships with five rounds left in the season. [5]

Race results

Class winners are denoted in bold and .

Final race classification
PosClassNo.TeamDriversChassisTireLapsTime/Retired
Engine
1P31 Flag of the United States.svg Action Express Racing Flag of the United States.svg Eric Curran

Flag of the United States.svg Dane Cameron

Corvette Daytona Prototype C 1252:41:22.601
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
2P5 Flag of the United States.svg Action Express Racing Flag of Portugal.svg João Barbosa
Flag of Brazil.svg Christian Fittipaldi
Corvette Daytona Prototype C 125+10.112
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
3P10 Flag of the United States.svg Wayne Taylor Racing Flag of the United States.svg Jordan Taylor
Flag of the United States.svg Ricky Taylor
Corvette Daytona Prototype C 125+18.124
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
4P90 Flag of the United States.svg VisitFlorida Racing Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Marc Goossens
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ryan Dalziel
Corvette Daytona Prototype C 125+32.183
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
5P70 Flag of Japan.svg Mazda Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Tom Long
Flag of the United States.svg Joel Miller
Mazda Prototype C 125+42.575
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L I4 Turbo
6PC54 Flag of the United States.svg CORE Autosport Flag of the United States.svg Jon Bennett
Flag of the United States.svg Colin Braun
Oreca FLM09 C 123+2 Laps
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
7PC8 Flag of the United States.svg Starworks Motorsport Flag of Venezuela.svg Alex Popow
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Renger van der Zande
Oreca FLM09 C 123+2 Laps
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
8PC52 Flag of the United States.svg PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Robert Alon
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Kimber-Smith
Oreca FLM09 C 123+2 Laps
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
9PC38 Flag of the United States.svg Performance Tech Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg James French
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kyle Marcelli
Oreca FLM09 C 123+2 Laps
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
10PC85 Flag of the United States.svg JDC-Miller MotorSports Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Misha Goikhberg
Flag of South Africa.svg Stephen Simpson
Oreca FLM09 C 122+3 Laps
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
11P60 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Flag of the United States.svg John Pew
Flag of Brazil.svg Oswaldo Negri Jr.
Ligier JS P2 C 122+3 Laps
Honda HR35TT 3.5 Turbo V6
12PC20 Flag of the United States.svg BAR1 Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Matt McMurry
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Mowlem
Oreca FLM09 C 122+3 Laps
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
13P0 Flag of the United States.svg Panoz DeltaWing Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katherine Legge
Flag of the United States.svg Sean Rayhall
DeltaWing DWC13 C 121+4 Laps
Élan (Mazda) 1.9 L I4 Turbo
14GTLM67 Flag of the United States.svg Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan Briscoe
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Westbrook
Ford GT M 119+6 Laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Twin-turbo V6
15GTLM4 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Gavin
Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Milner
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 119+6 Laps
Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
16PC88 Flag of the United States.svg Starworks Motorsport Flag of the United States.svg Mark Kvamme
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Bradley
Oreca FLM09 C 119+6 Laps
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
17GTLM3 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of Spain.svg Antonio García
Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 119+6 Laps
Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
18GTLM25 Flag of the United States.svg BMW Team RLL Flag of the United States.svg Bill Auberlen
Flag of Germany.svg Dirk Werner
BMW M6 GTLM M 119+6 Laps
BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8
19GTLM66 Flag of the United States.svg Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Flag of Germany.svg Dirk Müller
Flag of the United States.svg Joey Hand
Ford GT M 119+6 Laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Twin-turbo V6
20GTLM912 Flag of the United States.svg Porsche North America Flag of New Zealand.svg Earl Bamber
Flag of France.svg Frédéric Makowiecki
Porsche 911 RSR M 119+6 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
21GTLM62 Flag of the United States.svg Risi Competizione Flag of Finland.svg Toni Vilander
Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella
Ferrari 488 GTE M 119+6 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
22GTLM911 Flag of the United States.svg Porsche North America Flag of France.svg Patrick Pilet
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nick Tandy
Porsche 911 RSR M 119+6 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
23GTD96 Flag of the United States.svg Turner Motorsport Flag of the United States.svg Bret Curtis
Flag of Germany.svg Jens Klingmann
BMW M6 GT3 C 116+9 Laps
BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8
24GTD6 Flag of the United States.svg Stevenson Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Davis
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robin Liddell
Audi R8 LMS C 116+9 Laps
Audi 5.2L V10
25GTD48 Flag of the United States.svg Paul Miller Racing Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Sellers
Flag of the United States.svg Madison Snow
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 C 116+9 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
26GTD63 Flag of the United States.svg Scuderia Corsa Flag of Denmark.svg Christina Nielsen
Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Balzan
Ferrari 488 GT3 C 116+9 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
27GTD16 Flag of the United States.svg Change Racing Flag of the United States.svg Corey Lewis
Flag of the United States.svg Spencer Pumpelly
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 C 116+9 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
28GTD73 Flag of the United States.svg Park Place Motorsports Flag of Germany.svg Jörg Bergmeister
Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Lindsey
Porsche 911 GT3 R C 116+9 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
29GTD22 Flag of the United States.svg Alex Job Racing Flag of the United States.svg Cooper MacNeil
Flag of the United States.svg Leh Keen
Porsche 911 GT3 R C 115+10 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
30GTD27 Flag of the United States.svg Dream Racing Flag of Monaco.svg Cédric Sbirrazzuoli
Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Babini
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 C 115+10 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
31GTD9 Flag of the United States.svg Stevenson Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Lawson Aschenbach
Flag of the United States.svg Matt Bell
Audi R8 LMS C 114+11 Laps
Audi 5.2L V10
32

DNF

GTD44 Flag of the United States.svg Magnus Racing Flag of the United States.svg John Potter
Flag of the United States.svg Andy Lally
Audi R8 LMS C 112Accident
Audi 5.2L V10
33GTD33 Flag of the United States.svg Riley Motorsports Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeroen Bleekemolen
Flag of the United States.svg Ben Keating
Dodge Viper GT3-R C 110+15 Laps
Dodge 8.3L V10
34GTLM100 Flag of the United States.svg BMW Team RLL Flag of the United States.svg John Edwards
Flag of Germany.svg Lucas Luhr
BMW M6 GTLM M 108+17 Laps
BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8
35GTD23 Flag of the United States.svg Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing Flag of Germany.svg Mario Farnbacher
Flag of Spain.svg Alex Riberas
Porsche 911 GT3 R C 106+19 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
36

DNF

P55 Flag of Japan.svg Mazda Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Jonathan Bomarito
Flag of the United States.svg Tristan Nunez
Mazda Prototype C 60Rear hub
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L I4 Turbo
37

DNF

GTD97 Flag of the United States.svg Turner Motorsport Flag of the United States.svg Michael Marsal
Flag of Finland.svg Markus Palttala
BMW M6 GT3 C 34Gearbox
BMW 4.4L Turbo V8
Sources: [23] [24]
Tyre manufacturers
Key
SymbolTyre manufacturer
C Continental
M Michelin

Championship standings after the race

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