2022 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix (IMSA)

Sports car race in Michigan

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

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

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	16¹
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
Pos	Class	PIC	No.	Team	Drivers	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired
1	DPi	1	01	Cadillac Racing	Sebastien Bourdais Renger van der Zande	Cadillac DPi-V.R	73	1:40:45.972‡
1	DPi	1	01	Cadillac Racing	Sebastien Bourdais Renger van der Zande	Cadillac 5.5 L V8	73	1:40:45.972‡
2	DPi	2	60	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	Tom Blomqvist Oliver Jarvis	Acura ARX-05	73	+0.398
2	DPi	2	60	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	Tom Blomqvist Oliver Jarvis	Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6	73	+0.398
3	DPi	3	02	Chip Ganassi Racing	Alex Lynn Earl Bamber	Cadillac DPi-V.R	73	+0.783
3	DPi	3	02	Chip Ganassi Racing	Alex Lynn Earl Bamber	Cadillac 5.5 L V8	73	+0.783
4	DPi	4	10	WTR - Konica Minolta Acura	Ricky Taylor Filipe Albuquerque	Acura ARX-05	73	+15.942
4	DPi	4	10	WTR - Konica Minolta Acura	Ricky Taylor Filipe Albuquerque	Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6	73	+15.942
5	DPi	5	5	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Tristan Vautier Richard Westbrook	Cadillac DPi-V.R	73	+44.888
5	DPi	5	5	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Tristan Vautier Richard Westbrook	Cadillac 5.5 L V8	73	+44.888
6	DPi	6	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Olivier Pla Pipo Derani	Cadillac DPi-V.R	73	+1.663^{[N 1]}
6	DPi	6	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Olivier Pla Pipo Derani	Cadillac 5.5 L V8	73	+1.663^{[N 1]}
7	GTD	1	17	VasserSullivan	Kyle Kirkwood Ben Barnicoat	Lexus RC F GT3	67	+6 Laps‡
7	GTD	1	17	VasserSullivan	Kyle Kirkwood Ben Barnicoat	Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8	67	+6 Laps‡
8	GTD	2	27	Heart of Racing Team	Roman De Angelis Ross Gunn	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	67	+6 Laps
8	GTD	2	27	Heart of Racing Team	Roman De Angelis Ross Gunn	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	67	+6 Laps
9	GTD	3	1	Paul Miller Racing	Madison Snow Bryan Sellers	BMW M4 GT3	67	+6 Laps
9	GTD	3	1	Paul Miller Racing	Madison Snow Bryan Sellers	BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6	67	+6 Laps
10	GTD	4	12	VasserSullivan	Frankie Montecalvo Aaron Telitz	Lexus RC F GT3	67	+6 Laps
10	GTD	4	12	VasserSullivan	Frankie Montecalvo Aaron Telitz	Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8	67	+6 Laps
11	GTD	5	32	Team Korthoff Motorsports	Stevan McAleer Mike Skeen	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	67	+6 laps
11	GTD	5	32	Team Korthoff Motorsports	Stevan McAleer Mike Skeen	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	67	+6 laps
12	GTD	6	39	CarBahn With Peregrine Racing	Robert Megennis Jeff Westphal	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	67	+6 Laps
12	GTD	6	39	CarBahn With Peregrine Racing	Robert Megennis Jeff Westphal	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	67	+6 Laps
13	GTD	7	16	Wright Motorsports	Ryan Hardwick Jan Heylen	Porsche 911 GT3 R	66	+7 Laps
13	GTD	7	16	Wright Motorsports	Ryan Hardwick Jan Heylen	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	66	+7 Laps
14	GTD	8	96	Turner Motorsport	Robby Foley Bill Auberlen	BMW M4 GT3	65	+8 Laps
14	GTD	8	96	Turner Motorsport	Robby Foley Bill Auberlen	BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6	65	+8 Laps
15 DNF	GTD	9	51	RWR Eurasia Motorsport	Aidan Read Ryan Eversley	Acura NSX GT3 Evo22	62	Fuel Pressure
15 DNF	GTD	9	51	RWR Eurasia Motorsport	Aidan Read Ryan Eversley	Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6	62	Fuel Pressure
16 DNF	GTD	10	57	Winward Racing	Russell Ward Philip Ellis	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	17	Accident
16 DNF	GTD	10	57	Winward Racing	Russell Ward Philip Ellis	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	17	Accident
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

^ 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]

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