2017 Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix

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The 2017 Mobil 1 SportsCar 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, 2017. The race was the seventh round of the 2017 IMSA SportsCar Championship.

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Background

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Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, where the race was held.

IMSA's president Scott Atherton confirmed the Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix was part of the series' schedule for the 2017 IMSA SportsCar Championship at Road America's victory lane in August 2016. [1] It was the fourth consecutive year the event was held as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the thirty-sixth annual running of the race. The 2017 Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix was the seventh of twelve scheduled sports car races of 2017 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 9, 2017. [2] After the Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen one week earlier, Jordan Taylor and Ricky Taylor led the Prototype Drivers' Championship with 202 points, ahead of João Barbosa and Christian Fittipaldi with 182 points, and Misha Goikhberg and Stephen Simpson with 167 points. [3] With 180 points, the PC Drivers' Championship was led by James French and Patricio O'Ward with a thirty-point advantage over Don Yount. [3] Antonio García and Jan Magnussen led the GTLM Drivers' Championship with 154 points, ahead of Joey Hand and Dirk Müller with 146 points. [3] In GTD, the Drivers' Championship was led by Alessandro Balzan and Christina Nielsen with 173 points, ahead of Ben Keating and Jeroen Bleekemolen with 171 points. Cadillac, Chevrolet, and Mercedes-AMG were leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while Wayne Taylor Racing, Performance Tech Motorsports, Corvette Racing, and Scuderia Corsa each led their own Teams' Championships. [3]

Entries

A total of 36 cars took part in the event split across 4 classes. 10 cars were entered in P, 3 in PC, 8 in GTLM, and 15 in GTD. [4] In P, David Ostella and Nicholas Boulle replaced José Gutiérrez and Olivier Pla in the PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports entry. [5] Pipo Derani joined Johannes van Overbeek in the #22 Tequila Patrón ESM. In PC, Ryan Lewis joined Don Yount in the #20 BAR1 Motorsports entry. Garett Grist and James Vance shared the #26 BAR1 Motorsports entry. [6] In GTD, Alex Job Racing and Dream Racing Motorsport skipped the event. Jörg Bergmeister returned to the Park Place Motorsports entry after missing the previous round at Watkins Glen due to a family emergency. [6] Bret Curtis returned to the Turner Motorsport entry.

Practice

There were three practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Saturday, two on Friday and one on Saturday. The first two one-hour sessions were on Friday morning and afternoon. The third on Saturday morning lasted an hour. [7]

Practice 1

The first practice session took place at 11:20 am ET on Friday and ended with Jordan Taylor topping the charts for Wayne Taylor Racing, with a lap time of 1:09.443. [8] The PC class was topped by the #38 Performance Tech Motorsports Oreca FLM09 of Patricio O'Ward with a time of 1:12.512. [9] Laurens Vanthoor was fastest in GTLM while Andy Lally set the fastest time in GTD. [9]

Pos.ClassNo.TeamDriverTimeGap
1P10 Wayne Taylor Racing Jordan Taylor 1:09.443_
2P2 Tequila Patrón ESM Ryan Dalziel 1:09.450+0.007
3P55 Mazda Motorsports Jonathan Bomarito 1:09.741+0.298
Sources: [10] [11]

Practice 2

The second practice session took place at 3:55 pm ET on Friday and ended with Ryan Dalziel topping the charts for Tequila Patrón ESM, with a lap time of 1:08.994. [12] James French set the fastest time in PC. The GTLM class was topped by the #912 Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR of Laurens Vanthoor with a time of 1:14.753. Patrick Pilet was second in the sister #911 car and John Edwards rounded out the top 3. [13] Sage Karam was fastest in GTD. [13]

Pos.ClassNo.TeamDriverTimeGap
1P2 Tequila Patrón ESM Ryan Dalziel 1:08.994_
2P10 Wayne Taylor Racing Ricky Taylor 1:09.053+0.059
3P22 Tequila Patrón ESM Pipo Derani 1:09.093+0.099
Sources: [14] [15]

Practice 3

The third and final practice session took place at 9:20 am ET on Saturday and ended with Stephen Simpson topping the charts for JDC-Miller MotorSports, with a lap time of 1:09.142. [16] Patricio O'Ward set the fastest time PC by 1.678 seconds ahead of Ryan Lewis in the #20 BAR1 Motorsports entry. [16] The GTLM class was topped by the #911 Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR of Dirk Werner with a time of 1:14.799. [17] Tristan Vautier was fastest in GTD. [17] The session was red flagged two times. 20 minutes into the session, the #15 3GT Racing Lexus RC F GT3 of Jack Hawksworth crashed at turn 3 after going wide, and dipped into the grass launching the car into the tire barriers before becoming airborne. The car suffered heavy damage to the front, but Hawksworth was uninjured and exited his car without external aid. [18] The final stoppage came for debris on the track. [16]

Pos.ClassNo.TeamDriverTimeGap
1P85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Stephen Simpson 1:09.142_
2P10 Wayne Taylor Racing Jordan Taylor 1:09.195+0.053
3P22 Tequila Patrón ESM Pipo Derani 1:09.374+0.232
Sources: [19] [20]

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. [21] [7]

The first was for cars in GTD class. Sage Karam qualified on pole for the class driving the #14 3GT Racing entry, besting Andrew Davis in the #57 Stevenson Motorsports entry. [22]

The second session of qualifying was for cars in the GTLM class. Dirk Werner qualified on pole driving the #911 car for Porsche GT Team, beating Bill Auberlen in the #25 BMW Team RLL entry by less than one tenth of a second. [23]

The third session of qualifying was for cars in the PC class. James French set the fastest time driving the #38 Performance Tech Motorsports entry. [24]

The final session of qualifying was for the P class. Ricky Taylor qualified on pole driving the #10 car for Wayne Taylor Racing, besting Mikhail Goikhberg in the #85 entry from JDC-Miller MotorSports. [24] [22]

Qualifying results

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

Pos.ClassNo.TeamDriverTimeGapGrid
1P10 Flag of the United States.svg Wayne Taylor Racing Flag of the United States.svg Ricky Taylor 1:08.459_1
2P85 Flag of the United States.svg JDC-Miller MotorSports Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mikhail Goikhberg 1:08.587+0.1282
3P2 Flag of the United States.svg Tequila Patrón ESM Flag of the United States.svg Scott Sharp 1:08.886+0.4273
4P22 Flag of the United States.svg Tequila Patrón ESM Flag of the United States.svg Johannes van Overbeek 1:08.934+0.4754
5P55 Flag of Japan.svg Mazda Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Jonathan Bomarito 1:08.959+0.5005
6P5 Flag of the United States.svg Mustang Sampling Racing Flag of Brazil.svg Christian Fittipaldi 1:09.173+0.7146
7P90 Flag of the United States.svg VisitFlorida Racing Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Marc Goossens 1:09.286+0.8277
8P31 Flag of the United States.svg Whelen Engineering Racing Flag of the United States.svg Eric Curran 1:09.895+1.4368
9P52 Flag of the United States.svg PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Nicholas Boulle 1:09.958+1.4999
10P70 Flag of Japan.svg Mazda Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Tom Long 1:09.959+1.50010
11PC38 Flag of the United States.svg Performance Tech Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg James French 1:11.471+3.01211
12PC26 Flag of the United States.svg BAR1 Motorsports Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Garett Grist 1:13.193+4.73412
13PC20 Flag of the United States.svg BAR1 Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Don Yount1:13.821+5.36213
14GTLM911 Flag of the United States.svg Porsche GT Team Flag of Germany.svg Dirk Werner 1:14.085+5.62614
15GTLM25 Flag of the United States.svg BMW Team RLL Flag of the United States.svg Bill Auberlen 1:14.103+5.64415
16GTLM912 Flag of the United States.svg Porsche GT Team Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Laurens Vanthoor 1:14.251+5.79216
17GTLM24 Flag of the United States.svg BMW Team RLL Flag of Germany.svg Martin Tomczyk 1:14.294+5.83517
18GTLM67 Flag of the United States.svg Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan Briscoe 1:14.434+5.97518
19GTLM66 Flag of the United States.svg Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Flag of the United States.svg Joey Hand 1:14.732+6.27319
20GTLM3 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen 1:14.844+6.38520
21GTLM4 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Gavin 1:14.904+6.44521
22GTD14 Flag of the United States.svg 3GT Racing Flag of the United States.svg Sage Karam 1:16.563+8.10422
23GTD57 Flag of the United States.svg Stevenson Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Davis1:16.828+8.26623
24GTD86 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Segal 1:17.106+8.36924
25GTD48 Flag of the United States.svg Paul Miller Racing Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Sellers 1:17.149+8.64725
26GTD63 Flag of the United States.svg Scuderia Corsa Flag of Denmark.svg Christina Nielsen 1:17.149+8.69026
27GTD93 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katherine Legge 1:17.265+8.80627
28GTD16 Flag of the United States.svg Change Racing Flag of the United States.svg Corey Lewis 1:17.281+8.82228
29GTD96 Flag of the United States.svg Turner Motorsport Flag of the United States.svg Bret Curtis 1:17.524+9.06529
30GTD73 Flag of the United States.svg Park Place Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Lindsey 1:17.672+9.21330
31GTD75 Flag of Australia (converted).svg SunEnergy1 Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kenny Habul 1:17.817+9.35831
32GTD50 Flag of the United States.svg Riley Motorsports – WeatherTech Racing Flag of the United States.svg Cooper MacNeil 1:17.959+9.50032
33GTD33 Flag of the United States.svg Riley Motorsports – Team AMG Flag of the United States.svg Ben Keating 1:18.073+9.61433
34GTD28 Flag of the United States.svg Alegra Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Michael de Quesada1:18.085+9.62634
35GTD54 Flag of the United States.svg CORE Autosport Flag of the United States.svg Jon Bennett 1:19.220+10.76136 1
36GTD15 Flag of the United States.svg 3GT Racing Did Not Participate35 2
Sources: [25] [26]

Race

Post-race

The result kept Jordan Taylor and Ricky Taylor atop the Prototype Drivers' Championship with 226 points, 19 points ahead of fifth-place finishers Barbosa and Fittipaldi. [27] In the PC Drivers' Championship, French and O'Ward extended their points lead to thirty-two points over Yount. [27] In the GTLM Drivers' Championship, Auberlen and Sims advanced from third to second. [27] The result kept Balzan and Nielsen atop the GTD Drivers' Championship while Aschenbach and Davis advanced from seventh to fifth. [27] Cadillac, and Chevrolet continued to top their respective Manufacturers' Championships. Ferrari took the lead of the GTD Manufacturers' Championship while Wayne Taylor Racing, Performance Tech Motorsports, Corvette Racing, and Scuderia Corsa kept their respective advantages in the Teams' Championships with five rounds left in the season. [27]

Results

Class winners are denoted in bold and .

Final race classification
PosClassNo.TeamDriversChassisTireLapsTime/Retired
Engine
1P31 Flag of the United States.svg Whelen Engineering Racing Flag of the United States.svg Dane Cameron
Flag of the United States.svg Eric Curran
Cadillac DPi-V.R C 1222:41:14.508
Cadillac 6.2 L V8
2P85 Flag of the United States.svg JDC-Miller MotorSports Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mikhail Goikhberg
Flag of South Africa.svg Stephen Simpson
Oreca 07 C 122+8.295
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
3P2 Flag of the United States.svg Tequila Patrón ESM Flag of the United States.svg Scott Sharp
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ryan Dalziel
Nissan Onroak DPi C 122+12.420
Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6
4P55 Flag of Japan.svg Mazda Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Tristan Nunez
Flag of the United States.svg Jonathan Bomarito
Mazda RT24-P C 122+13.234
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4
5P70 Flag of Japan.svg Mazda Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Tom Long
Flag of the United States.svg Joel Miller
Mazda RT24-P C 122+14.716
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4
6P5 Flag of the United States.svg Mustang Sampling Racing Flag of Portugal.svg João Barbosa
Flag of Brazil.svg Christian Fittipaldi
Cadillac DPi-V.R C 122+21.083
Cadillac 6.2 L V8
7P10 Flag of the United States.svg Wayne Taylor Racing Flag of the United States.svg Ricky Taylor
Flag of the United States.svg Jordan Taylor
Cadillac DPi-V.R C 120+2 Laps
Cadillac 6.2 L V8
8PC38 Flag of the United States.svg Performance Tech Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg James French
Flag of Mexico.svg Patricio O'Ward
Oreca FLM09 C 117+5 Laps
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
9GTLM25 Flag of the United States.svg BMW Team RLL Flag of the United States.svg Bill Auberlen
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alexander Sims
BMW M6 GTLM M 117+5 Laps
BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8
10GTLM24 Flag of the United States.svg BMW Team RLL Flag of the United States.svg John Edwards
Flag of Germany.svg Martin Tomczyk
BMW M6 GTLM M 117+5 Laps
BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8
11GTLM67 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 117+5 Laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Twin-turbo V6
12GTLM3 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen
Flag of Spain.svg Antonio García
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 117+5 Laps
Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
13GTLM66 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 117+5 Laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Twin-turbo V6
14GTLM912 Flag of the United States.svg Porsche GT Team Flag of Italy.svg Gianmaria Bruni
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Laurens Vanthoor
Porsche 911 RSR M 117+5 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
15P52 Flag of the United States.svg PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Nicholas Boulle
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg David Ostella
Ligier JS P217 C 116Crash
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
16PC20 Flag of the United States.svg BAR1 Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Don Yount
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ryan Lewis
Oreca FLM09 C 116+6 Laps
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
17GTD57 Flag of the United States.svg Stevenson Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Davis
Flag of the United States.svg Lawson Aschenbach
Audi R8 LMS C 114+8 Laps
Audi 5.2L V10
18GTD93 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian Flag of the United States.svg Andy Lally
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katherine Legge
Acura NSX GT3 C 114+8 Laps
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
19GTD63 Flag of the United States.svg Scuderia Corsa Flag of Denmark.svg Christina Nielsen
Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Balzan
Ferrari 488 GT3 C 114+8 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
20GTD96 Flag of the United States.svg Turner Motorsport Flag of Germany.svg Jens Klingmann
Flag of the United States.svg Bret Curtis
BMW M6 GT3 C 114+8 Laps
BMW 4.4L Turbo V8
21GTD14 Flag of the United States.svg 3GT Racing Flag of the United States.svg Scott Pruett
Flag of the United States.svg Sage Karam
Lexus RC F GT3 C 114+8 Laps
Lexus 5.0L V8
22GTD16 Flag of the United States.svg Change Racing Flag of the United States.svg Corey Lewis
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeroen Mul
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 C 114+8 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
23GTD33 Flag of the United States.svg Riley Motorsports – Team AMG Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeroen Bleekemolen
Flag of the United States.svg Ben Keating
Mercedes-AMG GT3 C 114+8 Laps
Mercedes AMG M159 6.2 L V8
24GTD48 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 113+9 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
25GTD73 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 113+9 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
26GTD86 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Segal
Flag of Brazil.svg Oswaldo Negri Jr.
Acura NSX GT3 C 113+9 Laps
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
27GTD50 Flag of the United States.svg Riley Motorsports – WeatherTech Racing Flag of the United States.svg Cooper MacNeil
Flag of the United States.svg Gunnar Jeannette
Mercedes-AMG GT3 C 113+9 Laps
Mercedes AMG M159 6.2 L V8
28PC26 Flag of the United States.svg BAR1 Motorsports Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Garett Grist
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg James Vance
Oreca FLM09 C 113+9 Laps
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
29GTD15 Flag of the United States.svg 3GT Racing Flag of the United States.svg Robert Alon
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Hawksworth
Lexus RC F GT3 C 63+10 Laps
Lexus 5.0L V8
30GTD75 Flag of the United States.svg SunEnergy1 Racing Flag of France.svg Tristan Vautier
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kenny Habul
Mercedes-AMG GT3 C 112+10 Laps
Mercedes AMG M159 6.2 L V8
31GTD54 Flag of the United States.svg CORE Autosport Flag of the United States.svg Jon Bennett
Flag of the United States.svg Colin Braun
Porsche 911 GT3 R C 112+10 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
32GTD28 Flag of the United States.svg Alegra Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Michael de Quesada
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Morad
Porsche 911 GT3 R C 112+10 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
33GTLM911 Flag of the United States.svg Porsche GT Team Flag of France.svg Patrick Pilet
Flag of Germany.svg Dirk Werner
Porsche 911 RSR M 109+13 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
34

DNF

GTLM4 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 102Crash
Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
35

DNF

P22 Flag of the United States.svg Tequila Patrón ESM Flag of the United States.svg Johannes van Overbeek
Flag of Brazil.svg Pipo Derani
Nissan Onroak DPi C 89Fire
Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6
36

DNF

P90 Flag of the United States.svg VisitFlorida Racing Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Marc Goossens
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Renger van der Zande
Riley Mk. 30 C 35Electrical
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
Sources: [28] [29]
Tyre manufacturers
Key
SymbolTyre manufacturer
C Continental
M Michelin

Standings after the race

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