2019 IMSA SportsCar Championship
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The 2019 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship will be the 49th season of International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) GT Championship that traces its lineage to the 1971 IMSA GT Championship, and the sixth as the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. It will begin on 26 January with the 24 Hours of Daytona, and conclude on 12 October with the Petit Le Mans.
Series News
- NBC Sports Group will take over from Fox Sports as the series' official broadcaster.[1]
- Michelin will become the new official tire supplier of the series, following the departure of Continental Tire at the end of 2018.
- As part of a plan to attempt to cut costs for the series' GT Daytona (GTD) class, the 2019 season will feature a new support series called the WeatherTech Sprint Cup. Competition will be available to GTD cars only, featuring seven races on the calendar.[2]
- After an eleven year partnership, Tequila Patrón will end their involvement with IMSA altogether at the end of the 2018 season. They will also end their sponsorship of the Extreme Speed Motorsports prototype team. Michelin will take Patrón's place as the sponsor of the endurance cup.[3]
Classes
- Daytona Prototype international (DPi)
- Le Mans Prototype (LMP)
- GT Le Mans (GTLM)
- GT Daytona (GTD)
Beginning in the 2019 season, the "Prototype" class will be split into DPi and LMP, the two types of cars that comprised the former prototype class.
Schedule
Race Schedule
The 2019 schedule was released on 3 August 2018 and features twelve rounds.[4]
Race is part of the Michelin Endurance Cup
Race is part of the WeatherTech Sprint Cup
Notes
- ^ The GTD class will only score points towards the WeatherTech Sprint Cup.
Entries
Protoype (DPi)/(LMP)
The prototype class is split into the DPi and LMP categories for 2019.
GT Le Mans (GTLM)
|
GT Daytona (GTD)
Team | Chassis | Engine | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AIM Vasser Sullivan[26] | Lexus RC F GT3 | Lexus 5.0 L V8 | 12 | Townsend Bell[27] | TBA |
Frank Montecalvo[27] | TBA | ||||
TBA[26] | TBA | ||||
14 | Jack Hawksworth[26] | TBA | |||
TBA[26] | TBA | ||||
TBA[26] | TBA | ||||
Magnus Racing[28] | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 | 44 | Andy Lally[28] | TBA |
John Potter[28] | TBA | ||||
Spencer Pumpelly[28] | TBA | ||||
Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian[29] | Acura NSX GT3 Evo | Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6 | 57 | Ana Beatriz[29] | TBA |
Jackie Heinricher[29] | TBA | ||||
Katherine Legge[29] | TBA | ||||
Simona de Silvestro[29] | TBA | ||||
86 | A.J. Allmendinger[30] | TBA | |||
Mario Farnbacher[30] | TBA | ||||
Trent Hindman[30] | TBA | ||||
Justin Marks[30] | TBA | ||||
WeatherTech Racing[31] | Ferrari 488 GT3 | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | 63 | Dominik Farnbacher[31] | TBA |
Cooper MacNeil[31] | TBA | ||||
Toni Vilander[31] | TBA | ||||
Jeff Westphal[31] | TBA | ||||
Park Place Motorsports[32] | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 73 | Patrick Lindsey[32] | TBA |
Patrick Long[32] | TBA | ||||
Nick Boulle[33] | 1-2, 6, 12[33] | ||||
Compass Racing[34] | McLaren 720S GT3 | McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 | TBA | Paul Holton[34] | TBA |
Matt Plumb[34] | TBA | ||||
GRT Grasser Racing Team[35] | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 | TBA | TBA[35] | TBA |
TBA[35] | TBA | ||||
TBA[35] | TBA | ||||
Herberth Motorsport[36] | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | TBA | Edward Lewis Brauner[36] | TBA |
Jürgen Häring[36] | TBA | ||||
Alfred Renauer[36] | TBA | ||||
Moorespeed[37] | Audi R8 LMS Evo | Audi 5.2 L V10 | TBA | Will Hardeman[37] | TBA |
Alex Riberas[37] | TBA | ||||
TBA[37] | TBA | ||||
Paul Miller Racing[38] | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 | TBA | Ryan Hardwick[38] | TBA |
Corey Lewis[38] | TBA | ||||
Bryan Sellers[38] | TBA | ||||
Pfaff Motorsports[39] | Porsche 911 GT3 R[39] | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | TBA | Scott Hargrove[39] | TBA |
Zach Robichon[39] | TBA | ||||
Starworks Motorsport[40] | Audi R8 LMS Evo | Audi 5.2 L V10 | TBA | Parker Chase[40] | TBA |
Ryan Dalziel[40] | TBA | ||||
TBA[40] | TBA |
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