2022 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix (IMSA)

Not to be confused with 2022 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix.

The layout of The Raceway on Belle Isle

The 2022 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix (formally known as the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear) was a sports car race held at The Raceway on Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan on June 4, 2022. It was the sixth round of the 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship and the fourth round of the 2022 WeatherTech Sprint Cup. Chip Ganassi Racing's No. 01 piloted by Sebastien Bourdais and Renger van der Zande earned the victory in DPi, ^[1] while the VasserSullivan No. 17 Lexus RC F GT3 driven by Ben Barnicoat and Kyle Kirkwood won in the GTD class. ^[2]

Background

The Raceway on Belle Isle, where the race was held.

International Motor Sports Association's (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2021. ^[3] It was the eighth year the event was held as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, and the twelfth annual running of the race, counting the period between 2007 and 2013 when it was a round of the Rolex Sports Car Series and the American Le Mans Series respectively. The 2022 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix was the sixth of twelve scheduled sports car races of 2022 by IMSA, and it was the fourth of eight rounds held as part of the WeatherTech Sprint Cup. ^[4] The race was held at the fourteen-turn 2.350 mi (3.782 km) Belle Isle Park in Detroit, Michigan on June 4, 2022. ^[5]

On May 26, 2022, IMSA released the latest technical bulletin outlining Balance of Performance for the DPi and GTD classes. In DPi, the Cadillac DPi-V.R received a 15 kilogram weight increase. In GTD, the BMW M4 GT3 received a 10 kilogram weight increase. ^[6]

Before the race, Filipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor led the DPi Drivers' Championship with 1707 points, 32 clear of Tom Blomqvist and Oliver Jarvis followed by Alex Lynn and Earl Bamber in third with 1603 points. ^[7] With 1237 points, Stevan McAleer led the GTD Drivers' Championship, 12 points ahead of Ryan Hardwick and Jan Heylen in second followed by Bill Auberlen and Robby Foley in third with 1161 points. ^[8] Acura and Mercedes-AMG were leading their respective Manufactures' Championships while Wayne Taylor Racing and Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports each led their own Teams' Championships. ^[8]

Entries

Further information: 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship § Entries

A total of 16 cars took part in the event, split across two classes. 6 were entered in DPi and 10 in GTD. ^[9] In DPi, Oliver Pla replaced Tristan Nunez in the Whelen Engineering Racing entry. ^[10] In GTD, Inception Racing were absent due to a clash with the GT World Challenge Europe at Circuit Paul Ricard. ^[11] Ben Barnicoat subbed for Jack Hawksworth, who was injured, in the Vasser Sullivan Racing No. 17. ^[12] Ross Gunn subbed for Maxime Martin in the Heart of Racing team No. 27. ^[13]

Practice

There were two practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Saturday, both on Friday. The first session lasted 90 minutes on Friday morning while the second session lasted for 120 minutes on Friday afternoon. ^[14]

Qualifying

Friday’s afternoon qualifying was broken into two sessions, with one session for the DPi and GTD classes, which lasted for 15 minutes each, and a ten minute interval between the sessions. ^[14] The rules dictated that all teams nominated a driver to qualify their cars, with the Pro-Am (GTD) 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 DPis ahead of the GTD cars. ^[15]

Qualifying results

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

Pos.	Class	PIC	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap	Grid
1	DPi	1	01	Cadillac Racing	Sébastien Bourdais	1:18.818	-	1‡
2	DPi	2	60	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	Tom Blomqvist	1:18.928	+0.110	2
3	DPi	3	10	WTR - Konica Minolta Acura	Ricky Taylor	1:18.945	+0.127	3
4	DPi	4	02	Cadillac Racing	Alex Lynn	1:19.334	+0.516	4
5	DPi	5	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Olivier Pla	1:20.298	+1.480	5
6	DPi	6	5	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Tristan Vautier	1:20.331	+1.513	6
7	GTD	1	17	Vasser Sullivan Racing	Kyle Kirkwood	1:29.096	+10.278	7‡
8	GTD	2	27	Heart of Racing Team	Roman De Angelis	1:29.214	+10.396	8
9	GTD	3	1	Paul Miller Racing	Madison Snow	1:29.286	+10.468	9
10	GTD	4	12	Vasser Sullivan Racing	Frankie Montecalvo	1:29.299	+10.481	10
11	GTD	5	51	RWR Eurasia Motorsport	Aidan Read	1:29.544	+10.726	11
12	GTD	6	39	CarBahn with Peregrine Racing	Robert Megennis	1:29.781	+10.963	12
13	GTD	7	57	Winward Racing	Russell Ward	1:29.810	+10.992	13
14	GTD	8	32	Team Korthoff Motorsports	Stevan McAleer	1:29.858	+11.040	14
15	GTD	9	96	Turner Motorsport	Robby Foley	1:30.201	+11.383	16 1
16	GTD	10	16	Wright Motorsports	Ryan Hardwick	1:30.903	+12.085	15
Sources: [16] [17]

• ¹ The No. 96 Turner Motorsport entry was moved to the back of the GTD field as per Article 40.1.4 of the Sporting regulations (Change of starting tires). ^[15]

Race

Post-Race

Blomqvist and Jarvis retook the DPi Drivers' Championship lead with 2027 points while Albuquerque and Taylor dropped to second with 2017 points. Bourdais and van der Zande advanced from sixth to fourth. ^[8] The final results of GTD meant McAleer increased his gap to Hardwick and Heylen to 34 points. Montecalvo advanced from fifth to fourth while De Angelis jumped from ninth to fifth. ^[8] Cadillac and BMW assumed the lead of their respective Manufacturers' Championships while Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports continued to top the GTD Teams' Championship. Meyer Shank Racing took the lead of the DPi Teams' Championship with six rounds remaining. ^[8]

Race Results

Class winners are denoted in bold and ‡.

Pos	Class	PIC	No.	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Laps	Time/Retired
						Engine
1	DPi	1	01	Cadillac Racing	Sebastien Bourdais Renger van der Zande	Cadillac DPi-V.R	73	1:40:45.972‡
						Cadillac 5.5 L V8
2	DPi	2	60	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	Tom Blomqvist Oliver Jarvis	Acura ARX-05	73	+0.398
						Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
3	DPi	3	02	Chip Ganassi Racing	Alex Lynn Earl Bamber	Cadillac DPi-V.R	73	+0.783
						Cadillac 5.5 L V8
4	DPi	4	10	WTR - Konica Minolta Acura	Ricky Taylor Filipe Albuquerque	Acura ARX-05	73	+15.942
						Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
5	DPi	5	5	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Tristan Vautier Richard Westbrook	Cadillac DPi-V.R	73	+44.888
						Cadillac 5.5 L V8
6	DPi	6	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Olivier Pla Pipo Derani	Cadillac DPi-V.R	73	+1.663 [N 1]
						Cadillac 5.5 L V8
7	GTD	1	17	VasserSullivan	Kyle Kirkwood Ben Barnicoat	Lexus RC F GT3	67	+6 Laps‡
						Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8
8	GTD	2	27	Heart of Racing Team	Roman De Angelis Ross Gunn	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	67	+6 Laps
						Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
9	GTD	3	1	Paul Miller Racing	Madison Snow Bryan Sellers	BMW M4 GT3	67	+6 Laps
						BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6
10	GTD	4	12	VasserSullivan	Frankie Montecalvo Aaron Telitz	Lexus RC F GT3	67	+6 Laps
						Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8
11	GTD	5	32	Team Korthoff Motorsports	Stevan McAleer Mike Skeen	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	67	+6 laps
						Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
12	GTD	6	39	CarBahn With Peregrine Racing	Robert Megennis Jeff Westphal	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	67	+6 Laps
						Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
13	GTD	7	16	Wright Motorsports	Ryan Hardwick Jan Heylen	Porsche 911 GT3 R	66	+7 Laps
						Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
14	GTD	8	96	Turner Motorsport	Robby Foley Bill Auberlen	BMW M4 GT3	65	+8 Laps
						BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6
15 DNF	GTD	9	51	RWR Eurasia Motorsport	Aidan Read Ryan Eversley	Acura NSX GT3 Evo22	62	Fuel Pressure
						Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
16 DNF	GTD	10	57	Winward Racing	Russell Ward Philip Ellis	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	17	Accident
						Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
Sources: [19] [20]

Standings after the race

DPi Drivers' Championship standings Pos. +/– Driver Points 1 1 Tom Blomqvist Oliver Jarvis 2027 2 1 Filipe Albuquerque Ricky Taylor 2017 3 Alex Lynn Earl Bamber 1931 4 2 Sébastien Bourdais Renger van der Zande 1884 5 1 Tristan Vautier Richard Westbrook 1868 Source: [8]

LMP2 Drivers' Championship standings Pos. +/– Driver Points 1 Juan Pablo Montoya Henrik Hedman 972 2 Ryan Dalziel Dwight Merriman 963 3 Steven Thomas Jonathan Bomarito 950 4 John Farano 948 5 Josh Pierson 900 Source: [8]

LMP3 Drivers' Championship standings Pos. +/– Driver Points 1 Garett Grist Ari Balogh 688 2 Jon Bennett Colin Braun 661 3 João Barbosa Lance Willsey 647 4 Dakota Dickerson 635 5 Daniel Goldburg Rasmus Lindh 596 Source: [8]

GTD Pro Drivers' Championship standings Pos. +/– Driver Points 1 Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet 1345 2 Antonio García Jordan Taylor 1295 3 Ben Barnicoat Jack Hawksworth 1265 4 Cooper MacNeil 1112 5 Ross Gunn Alex Riberas 1106 Source: [8]

GTD Drivers' Championship standings Pos. +/– Driver Points 1 Stevan McAleer 1520 2 Ryan Hardwick Jan Heylen 1486 3 Bill Auberlen Robby Foley 1391 4 1 Frankie Montecalvo 1314 5 4 Roman De Angelis 1289 Source: [8]

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

DPi Teams' Championship standings Pos. +/– Team Points 1 1 #60 Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian 2027 2 1 #10 WTR - Konica Minolta Acura 2017 3 #02 Cadillac Racing 1931 4 2 #01 Cadillac Racing 1884 5 1 #5 JDC-Miller MotorSports 1868 Source: [8]

LMP2 Teams' Championship standings Pos. +/– Team Points 1 #52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports 982 2 #81 DragonSpeed USA 972 3 #18 Era Motorsport 963 4 #11 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports 950 5 #8 Tower Motorsport 948 Source: [8]

LMP3 Teams' Championship standings Pos. +/– Team Points 1 #30 Jr III Motorsports 688 2 #54 CORE Autosport 661 3 #33 Sean Creech Motorsport 647 4 #38 Performance Tech Motorsports 596 5 #74 Riley Motorsports 583 Source: [8]

GTD Pro Teams' Championship standings Pos. +/– Team Points 1 #9 Pfaff Motorsports 1345 2 #3 Corvette Racing 1295 3 #14 Vasser Sullivan Racing 1265 4 #79 WeatherTech Racing 1112 5 #23 Heart of Racing Team 1106 Source: [8]

GTD Teams' Championship standings Pos. +/– Team Points 1 #32 Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports 1520 2 #16 Wright Motorsports 1486 3 #96 Turner Motorsport 1391 4 1 #12 Vasser Sullivan Racing 1314 5 3 #27 Heart of Racing Team 1289 Source: [8]

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

DPi Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos. +/– Manufacturer Points 1 1 Cadillac 2214 2 1 Acura 2208 Source: [8]

GTD Pro Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos. +/– Manufacturer Points 1 Porsche 1345 2 Chevrolet 1305 3 Lexus 1295 4 Mercedes-AMG 1220 5 BMW 1180 Source: [8]

GTD Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos. +/– Manufacturer Points 1 2 BMW 1619 2 1 Mercedes-AMG 1615 3 1 Porsche 1571 4 Aston Martin 1558 5 1 Lexus 1517 Source: [8]

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

Notes

1. The No. 31 Cadillac DPi-V.R was moved to the back of the DPi class after post-race technical inspection showed that the car was below the minimum weight required. ^[18]

References

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