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The 2018 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship will be the 48th season of International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) GT Championship that traces its lineage to the 1971 IMSA GT Championship, and the fifth as the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. It will begin on 27 January with the 24 Hours of Daytona.

Classes

  • Prototype (P)
  • GT Le Mans (GTLM)
  • GT Daytona (GTD)

At the end of 2017 season, the Prototype Challenge (PC) class was retired.

Schedule

Race schedule

The 2018 schedule was released on 4 August 2017 and features twelve rounds.[1]

   Race is part of the Patron North American Endurance Cup
Rnd. Race Length Classes Circuit Location Date
1 Rolex 24 at Daytona 24 hours All Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida January 27-28
2 Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh From Florida 12 hours All Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida March 17
3 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix at Long Beach 1 hour 40 min P, GTLM Long Beach Street Circuit Long Beach, California April 14
4 Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio 2 hours 40 min All Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio May 6
5 Chevrolet Sports Car Classic 1 hour 40 min P, GTD The Raceway on Belle Isle Detroit, Michigan June 2
6 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen 6 hours All Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York July 1
7 Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix 2 hours 40 min All Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Bowmanville, Ontario July 8
8 Northeast Grand Prix 2 hours 40 min GTLM, GTD Lime Rock Park Lakeville, Connecticut July 21
9 Continental Tire Road Race Showcase 2 hours 40 min All Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 5
10 Michelin GT Challenge at VIR 2 hours 40 min GTLM, GTD Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia August 19
11 Continental Tire Monterey Grand Prix powered by Mazda 2 hours 40 min All Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California September 9
12 Motul Petit Le Mans 10 hours All Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia October 13

Calendar changes

Entries

Prototype

The Prototype class is made up of LMP2 cars both in LMP2 trim, with the ACO specification Gibson V8 engine, and in Daytona Prototype International (DPi) trim, where manufacturers are allowed to use their own engines and bodykits, designed to reflect the automaker's design language. Acura (Oreca), Mazda (Riley Technologies), Cadillac (Dallara), and Nissan (Onroak Automotive) will run chassis from the respective manufacturers featuring manufacturer-specific bodywork.

Team Chassis Engine No. Drivers Rounds
United States Tequila Patrón ESM[2] Nissan Onroak DPi Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6 2 United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel[3] TBA
France Olivier Pla[4] TBA
United States Scott Sharp[3] TBA
22 Brazil Pipo Derani[5] TBA
France Nicolas Lapierre[4] TBA
United States Johannes van Overbeek[6] TBA
United States Mustang Sampling Racing[7][N 1]
Whelen Engineering Racing[7][N 1]
Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 5.5 L V8[8] 5 Portugal Filipe Albuquerque[7] TBA
Portugal João Barbosa[7] TBA
Brazil Christian Fittipaldi[7] TBA
TBA[9] TBA
31 United Kingdom Mike Conway[7] TBA
United States Eric Curran[7] TBA
United Kingdom Stuart Middleton[10] TBA
Brazil Felipe Nasr[7] TBA
United States Acura Team Penske[11] Acura ARX-05 Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6 6 United States Dane Cameron[12] TBA
Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya[12] TBA
France Simon Pagenaud[13] TBA
7 Brazil Hélio Castroneves[14] TBA
United States Graham Rahal[13] TBA
United States Ricky Taylor[13] TBA
United States Wayne Taylor Racing[15] Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 5.5 L V8 10 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay[16] TBA
United States Jordan Taylor[15] TBA
Netherlands Renger van der Zande[17] TBA
United States BAR1 Motorsports[18] Riley Mk. 30 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 20 TBA[19] TBA
United States Joel Miller[19] TBA
TBA[19] TBA
TBA[19] TBA
TBA[19] TBA
United States United Autosports[20] Ligier JS P217 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 23 Spain Fernando Alonso[21] TBA
United Kingdom Philip Hanson[22] TBA
United Kingdom Lando Norris[23] TBA
32 United States William Owen[20] TBA
United Kingdom Paul di Resta[24] TBA
Switzerland Hugo de Sadeleer[25] TBA
Brazil Bruno Senna[26] TBA
China Jackie Chan DCR JOTA[27] Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 37 Netherlands Robin Frijns[27] TBA
Spain Daniel Juncadella[27] TBA
Sweden Felix Rosenqvist[27] TBA
Canada Lance Stroll[27] TBA
78 United Kingdom Alex Brundle[28] TBA
Portugal António Félix da Costa[28] TBA
Austria Ferdinand Habsburg[28] TBA
China Ho-Pin Tung[28] TBA
United States Performance Tech Motorsports[29] Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 38 United States James French[4] TBA
United States Kyle Masson[4] TBA
TBA[29] TBA
TBA[19] TBA
United States AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports[30] Ligier JS P217 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 52 United States Nicholas Boulle[4] TBA
Mexico Roberto González[4] TBA
Colombia Sebastián Saavedra[30] TBA
Colombia Gustavo Yacamán[30] TBA
United States CORE Autosport[31] Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 54 United States Jon Bennett[31] TBA
United States Colin Braun[31] TBA
France Romain Dumas[32] TBA
France Loïc Duval[32] TBA
Germany Mazda Team Joest[33] Mazda RT24-P Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4 55 United States Jonathan Bomarito[16] TBA
United States Spencer Pigot[16] TBA
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell[16] TBA
77 United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis[16] TBA
United States Tristan Nunez[16] TBA
Germany René Rast[16] TBA
United States D3+Transformers Racing[34] Ligier JS P217 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 84 United Kingdom Robbie Kerr[34] TBA
TBA[34] TBA
TBA[34] TBA
United States JDC-Miller Motorsports[35] Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 85 United States Robert Alon[36] TBA
United States Austin Cindric[37] TBA
Canada Devlin DeFrancesco[37] TBA
Switzerland Simon Trummer[35] TBA
99 Canada Mikhail Goikhberg[35] TBA
United States Gustavo Menezes[38] TBA
United States Chris Miller[35] TBA
South Africa Stephen Simpson[35] TBA
United States Spirit of Daytona Racing[39] Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 5.5 L V8 90 Italy Eddie Cheever III[40] TBA
United States Matt McMurry[39] TBA
France Tristan Vautier[39] TBA

GT Le Mans

Team Chassis Engine No. Drivers Rounds
United States Corvette Racing[41] Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 3 Spain Antonio García[41] TBA
Denmark Jan Magnussen[41] TBA
Germany Mike Rockenfeller[42] TBA
4 Switzerland Marcel Fässler[42] TBA
United Kingdom Oliver Gavin[41] TBA
United States Tommy Milner[41] TBA
United States BMW Team RLL[43] BMW M8 GTE BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8 24 TBA[44] TBA
TBA[44] TBA
TBA[44] TBA
25 TBA[44] TBA
TBA[44] TBA
TBA[44] TBA
United States Risi Competizione[45] Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 62 United Kingdom James Calado[45] TBA
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi[45] TBA
Finland Toni Vilander[45] TBA
United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing[46] Ford GT Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 66 France Sébastien Bourdais[46] TBA
United States Joey Hand[46] TBA
Germany Dirk Müller[46] TBA
67 Australia Ryan Briscoe[46] TBA
New Zealand Scott Dixon[46] TBA
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook[46] TBA
United States Porsche GT Team[47] Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 911 France Frédéric Makowiecki[47] TBA
France Patrick Pilet[47] TBA
United Kingdom Nick Tandy[47] TBA
912 New Zealand Earl Bamber[47] TBA
Italy Gianmaria Bruni[47] TBA
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor[47] TBA

GT Daytona

Team Chassis Engine No. Drivers Rounds
Austria GRT Grasser Racing Team[48] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 11 Italy Mirko Bortolotti[48] TBA
Netherlands Rik Breukers[48] TBA
Switzerland Rolf Ineichen[48] TBA
France Franck Perera[48] TBA
19 Germany Christian Engelhart[48] TBA
Switzerland Christoph Lenz[48] TBA
Belgium Louis Machiels[48] TBA
Argentina Ezequiel Pérez Companc[48] TBA
Netherlands Max van Splunteren[48] TBA
United States 3GT Racing[49] Lexus RC F GT3 Lexus 5.0 L V8 14 Austria Dominik Baumann[49] TBA
Switzerland Philipp Frommenwiler[49] TBA
Brazil Bruno Junqueira[49] TBA
Canada Kyle Marcelli[49] TBA
15 Germany Dominik Farnbacher[50] TBA
United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth[49] TBA
Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson[49] TBA
United States Scott Pruett[50] TBA
Germany Montaplast by Land-Motorsport[51] Audi R8 LMS Audi 5.2 L V10 29 South Africa Kelvin van der Linde[51] TBA
South Africa Sheldon van der Linde[51] TBA
Germany Christopher Mies[51] TBA
Switzerland Jeffrey Schmidt[51] TBA
United States Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports[52][N 2]
SunEnergy1 Racing[52][N 2]
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 33 Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen[52] TBA
United States Ben Keating[52] TBA
TBA[52] TBA
75 Germany Maro Engel[52] TBA
Australia Kenny Habul[52] TBA
Germany Thomas Jäger[52] TBA
United States Magnus Racing[53] Audi R8 LMS Audi 5.2 L V10 44 United States Andrew Davis[53] TBA
United States Andy Lally[53] TBA
United States John Potter[53] TBA
Germany Markus Winkelhock[53] TBA
United States Paul Miller Racing[54] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 48 Italy Andrea Caldarelli[54] TBA
United States Bryce Miller[54] TBA
United States Bryan Sellers[54] TBA
United States Madison Snow[54] TBA
United States Wright Motorsports[55] Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 58 France Mathieu Jaminet[56] TBA
United States Patrick Long[55] TBA
Denmark Christina Nielsen[55] TBA
Germany Robert Renauer[56] TBA
Germany Manthey Racing[48] Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 59 Italy Matteo Cairoli[48] TBA
Germany Sven Müller[48] TBA
Austria Harald Proczyk[48] TBA
Switzerland Steve Smith[48] TBA
Germany Randy Walls[48] TBA
United States Scuderia Corsa[57][58] Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 63 Italy Alessandro Balzan[57] TBA
United States Cooper MacNeil[57] TBA
United States Jeff Segal[57] TBA
TBA[57] TBA
64 United States Townsend Bell[58] TBA
United Kingdom Sam Bird[58] TBA
United States Frankie Montecalvo[58] TBA
United States Bill Sweedler[58] TBA
United States HART[59] Acura NSX GT3 Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6 69 United States Ryan Eversley[59] TBA
United States John Falb[60] TBA
United States Chad Gilsinger[59] TBA
United States Sean Rayhall[60] TBA
United States P1 Motorsports[61] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 71 United States Robby Foley[61] TBA
United States Kenton Koch[61] TBA
Colombia JC Perez[61] TBA
Italy Loris Spinelli[61] TBA
United States Park Place Motorsports[62] Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 73 Germany Jörg Bergmeister[63] TBA
United States Patrick Lindsey[62] TBA
United States Tim Pappas[62] TBA
Austria Norbert Siedler[63] TBA
United States Risi Competizione[45] Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 82 Mexico Santiago Creel[45] TBA
Mexico Martin Fuentes[45] TBA
Spain Miguel Molina[45] TBA
Mexico Ricardo Pérez de Lara[45] TBA
United States Michael Shank Racing[64] Acura NSX GT3 Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6 86 United States A. J. Allmendinger[64] TBA
United States Trent Hindman[64] TBA
United Kingdom Katherine Legge[64] TBA
Portugal Álvaro Parente[64] TBA
93 United States Lawson Aschenbach[64] TBA
Germany Mario Farnbacher[64] TBA
France Côme Ledogar[64] TBA
United States Justin Marks[64] TBA

Notes

  1. ^ a b Car No. 5 entered as Mustang Sampling Racing and car No. 31 entered as Whelen Engineering Racing.
  2. ^ a b Car No. 33 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports and car No. 75 entered as SunEnergy1 Racing.

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