2018 IMSA SportsCar Championship
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]
Calendar changes
- The Circuit of the Americas has been removed from the calendar, replaced by a round at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.[1]
- The GTD class will no longer contest the Long Beach round due to space limitations.[1]
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 constructors featuring manufacturer-specific bodywork and engines.
GT Le Mans
Team | Chassis | Engine | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Corvette Racing[41] | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 | 3 | Antonio García[41] | TBA |
Jan Magnussen[41] | TBA | ||||
Mike Rockenfeller[42] | TBA | ||||
4 | Marcel Fässler[42] | TBA | |||
Oliver Gavin[41] | TBA | ||||
Tommy Milner[41] | TBA | ||||
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 | ||||
Risi Competizione[45] | Ferrari 488 GTE | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | 62 | James Calado[45] | TBA |
Alessandro Pier Guidi[45] | TBA | ||||
Toni Vilander[45] | TBA | ||||
Ford Chip Ganassi Racing[46] | Ford GT | Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 | 66 | Sébastien Bourdais[46] | TBA |
Joey Hand[46] | TBA | ||||
Dirk Müller[46] | TBA | ||||
67 | Ryan Briscoe[46] | TBA | |||
Scott Dixon[46] | TBA | ||||
Richard Westbrook[46] | TBA | ||||
Porsche GT Team[47] | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 911 | Frédéric Makowiecki[47] | TBA |
Patrick Pilet[47] | TBA | ||||
Nick Tandy[47] | TBA | ||||
912 | Earl Bamber[47] | TBA | |||
Gianmaria Bruni[47] | TBA | ||||
Laurens Vanthoor[47] | TBA |
GT Daytona
Team | Chassis | Engine | No. | Drivers | Rounds | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GRT Grasser Racing Team[48] | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 | 11 | Mirko Bortolotti[48] | TBA | |||
Rik Breukers[48] | TBA | |||||||
Rolf Ineichen[48] | TBA | |||||||
Franck Perera[48] | TBA | |||||||
19 | Christian Engelhart[48] | TBA | ||||||
Christoph Lenz[48] | TBA | |||||||
Louis Machiels[48] | TBA | |||||||
Ezequiel Pérez Companc[48] | TBA | |||||||
Max van Splunteren[48] | TBA | |||||||
3GT Racing[49] | Lexus RC F GT3 | Lexus 5.0 L V8 | 14 | Dominik Baumann[49] | TBA | |||
Philipp Frommenwiler[49] | TBA | |||||||
Bruno Junqueira[49] | TBA | |||||||
Kyle Marcelli[49] | TBA | |||||||
15 | Dominik Farnbacher[50] | TBA | ||||||
Jack Hawksworth[49] | TBA | |||||||
David Heinemeier Hansson[49] | TBA | |||||||
Scott Pruett[50] | TBA | |||||||
Montaplast by Land-Motorsport[51] | Audi R8 LMS | Audi 5.2 L V10 | 29 | Kelvin van der Linde[51] | TBA | |||
Sheldon van der Linde[51] | TBA | |||||||
Christopher Mies[51] | TBA | |||||||
Jeffrey Schmidt[51] | TBA | |||||||
|
Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | 33 | Jeroen Bleekemolen[52] | TBA | |||
Ben Keating[52] | TBA | |||||||
TBA[52] | TBA | |||||||
75 | Maro Engel[52] | TBA | ||||||
Kenny Habul[52] | TBA | |||||||
Thomas Jäger[52] | TBA | |||||||
Magnus Racing[53] | Audi R8 LMS | Audi 5.2 L V10 | 44 | Andrew Davis[53] | TBA | |||
Andy Lally[53] | TBA | |||||||
John Potter[53] | TBA | |||||||
Markus Winkelhock[53] | TBA | |||||||
Paul Miller Racing[54] | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 | 48 | Andrea Caldarelli[54] | TBA | |||
Bryce Miller[54] | TBA | |||||||
Bryan Sellers[54] | TBA | |||||||
Madison Snow[54] | TBA | |||||||
Wright Motorsports[55] | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 58 | Mathieu Jaminet[56] | TBA | |||
Patrick Long[55] | TBA | |||||||
Christina Nielsen[55] | TBA | |||||||
Robert Renauer[56] | TBA | |||||||
Manthey Racing[48] | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 59 | Matteo Cairoli[48] | TBA | |||
Sven Müller[48] | TBA | |||||||
Harald Proczyk[48] | TBA | |||||||
Steve Smith[48] | TBA | |||||||
Randy Walls[48] | TBA | |||||||
Scuderia Corsa[57][58] | Ferrari 488 GT3 | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | 63 | Alessandro Balzan[57] | TBA | |||
Cooper MacNeil[57] | TBA | |||||||
Jeff Segal[57] | TBA | |||||||
TBA[57] | TBA | |||||||
64 | Townsend Bell[58] | TBA | ||||||
Sam Bird[58] | TBA | |||||||
Frankie Montecalvo[58] | TBA | |||||||
Bill Sweedler[58] | TBA | |||||||
HART[59] | Acura NSX GT3 | Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6 | 69 | Ryan Eversley[59] | TBA | |||
John Falb[60] | TBA | |||||||
Chad Gilsinger[59] | TBA | |||||||
Sean Rayhall[60] | TBA | |||||||
P1 Motorsports[61] | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | 71 | Robby Foley[61] | TBA | |||
Kenton Koch[61] | TBA | |||||||
JC Perez[61] | TBA | |||||||
Loris Spinelli[61] | TBA | |||||||
Park Place Motorsports[62] | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 73 | Jörg Bergmeister[63] | TBA | |||
Patrick Lindsey[62] | TBA | |||||||
Tim Pappas[62] | TBA | |||||||
Norbert Siedler[63] | TBA | |||||||
Risi Competizione[45] | Ferrari 488 GT3 | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | 82 | Santiago Creel[45] | TBA | |||
Martin Fuentes[45] | TBA | |||||||
Miguel Molina[45] | TBA | |||||||
Ricardo Pérez de Lara[45] | TBA | |||||||
Michael Shank Racing[64] | Acura NSX GT3 | Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6 | 86 | A. J. Allmendinger[64] | TBA | |||
Trent Hindman[64] | TBA | |||||||
Katherine Legge[64] | TBA | |||||||
Álvaro Parente[64] | TBA | |||||||
93 | Lawson Aschenbach[64] | TBA | ||||||
Mario Farnbacher[64] | TBA | |||||||
Côme Ledogar[64] | TBA | |||||||
Justin Marks[64] | TBA |
Notes
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