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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
Rnd. Race Length Classes Circuit Location Date
1 Rolex 24 at Daytona 24 hours All Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida January 26-27
2 Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring 12 hours All Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida March 16
3 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix at Long Beach 1 hour 40 minutes[5] DPi, GTLM Long Beach Street Circuit Long Beach, California April 13
4 Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio 2 hour 40 minutes[5] All Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio May 5
5 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix 1 hour 40 minutes[5] DPi, GTD [N 1] The Raceway on Belle Isle Detroit, Michigan June 1
6 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen 6 hours All Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York June 30
7 Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix 2 hour 40 minutes[5] All Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Bowmanville, Ontario July 7
8 Northeast Grand Prix 2 hour 40 minutes[5] GTLM, GTD Lime Rock Park Lakeville, Connecticut July 20
9 TBA 2 hour 40 minutes[5] All Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 4
10 Michelin GT Challenge at VIR 2 hour 40 minutes[5] GTLM, GTD Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia August 25
11 TBA 2 hour 40 minutes[5] All WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California September 15
12 Motul Petit Le Mans 10 hours All Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia October 12

Notes

  1. ^ 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.

Team Chassis Engine No. Drivers Class Rounds
United States Mustang Sampling Racing[6][N 1]
Whelen Engineering Racing[7][N 1]
Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 5.5 L V8 5 Portugal Filipe Albuquerque[8] DPi TBA
Portugal João Barbosa[8] TBA
United Kingdom Mike Conway[6] TBA
Brazil Christian Fittipaldi[8] TBA
31 United States Eric Curran[9] DPi TBA
Brazil Pipo Derani[9] TBA
Sweden Linus Lundqvist[7] TBA
Brazil Felipe Nasr[9] TBA
United States Acura Team Penske[10] Acura ARX-05 Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6 6 United States Dane Cameron[10] DPi TBA
Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya[10] TBA
France Simon Pagenaud[10] TBA
7 Brazil Hélio Castroneves[10] DPi TBA
United States Alexander Rossi[10] TBA
United States Ricky Taylor[10] TBA
United States Wayne Taylor Racing[11] Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 5.5 L V8 10 Spain Fernando Alonso[12] DPi TBA
Japan Kamui Kobayashi[12] TBA
United States Jordan Taylor[11] TBA
Netherlands Renger van der Zande[11] TBA
United States Juncos Racing[13] Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 5.5 L V8 50 Austria René Binder[14] DPi TBA
Argentina Agustín Canapino[15] TBA
United States Kyle Kaiser[16] TBA
United States Will Owen[17] TBA
United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports[18] Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 52 France Gabriel Aubry[18] LMP TBA
United States Matt McMurry[18] TBA
TBA [18] TBA
TBA [18] TBA
United States CORE Autosport[19] Nissan Onroak DPi Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6 54 United States Jonathan Bennett[19] DPI TBA
United States Colin Braun[19] TBA
France Romain Dumas[19] TBA
France Loïc Duval[19] TBA
Germany Mazda Team Joest[20] Mazda RT24-P Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4 55 TBA[20] DPi TBA
TBA[20] TBA
TBA[20] TBA
77 TBA[20] DPi TBA
TBA[20] TBA
TBA[20] TBA
United States JDC-Miller Motorsports[21] Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 5.5L V8 84 United States Chris Miller[22] DPi TBA
Colombia Juan Piedrahita[22] TBA
South Africa Stephen Simpson[22] TBA
Switzerland Simon Trummer[22] TBA
85 Brazil Rubens Barrichello[22] DPi TBA
Canada Devlin DeFrancesco[22] TBA
Canada Misha Goikhberg[22] TBA
France Tristan Vautier[22] TBA
United States DragonSpeed[23] Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 TBA United Kingdom Ben Hanley[23] LMP TBA
Sweden Henrik Hedman[23] TBA
France Nicolas Lapierre[23] TBA
TBA Mexico Roberto González[24] LMP TBA
Venezuela Pastor Maldonado[24] TBA
TBA[24] TBA
Icon Class
DPi Daytona Protoype international
LMP Le Mans Prototype 2

GT Le Mans (GTLM)

Team Chassis Engine No. Drivers Rounds
United States Corvette Racing[25] Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 3 TBA[25] TBA
TBA[25] TBA
TBA[25] TBA
4 TBA[25] TBA
TBA[25] TBA
TBA[25] TBA
United States BMW Team RLL[26] BMW M8 GTE BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8 25 United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist[26] TBA
United States Connor De Phillippi[26] TBA
Austria Philipp Eng[26] TBA
United States Colton Herta[26] TBA
24 United States John Edwards[26] TBA
Finland Jesse Krohn[26] TBA
Australia Chaz Mostert[26] TBA
Italy Alex Zanardi[26] TBA
United States Risi Competizione[27] Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 62 Spain Miguel Molina[27] TBA
TBA[27] TBA
TBA[27] TBA
United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing[28] Ford GT Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 66 TBA[28] TBA
TBA[28] TBA
TBA[28] TBA
67 TBA[28] TBA
TBA[28] TBA
TBA[28] TBA
United States Porsche GT Team[29] Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 911 France Frédéric Makowiecki[29] TBA
France Patrick Pilet[29] TBA
United Kingdom Nick Tandy[29] TBA
912 New Zealand Earl Bamber[29] TBA
France Mathieu Jaminet[29] TBA
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor[29] TBA

GT Daytona (GTD)

Team Chassis Engine No. Drivers Rounds
United States Starworks Motorsport[30] Audi R8 LMS Evo Audi 5.2 L V10 8 United States Parker Chase[30] TBA
United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel[30] TBA
TBA[30] TBA
Canada Pfaff Motorsports[31][32] Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 9 Canada Scott Hargrove[31] TBA
Germany Lars Kern[32] TBA
Norway Dennis Olsen[32] TBA
Canada Zach Robichon[31] TBA
Austria GRT Grasser Racing Team[33] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 11 Italy Mirko Bortolotti[33] TBA
Germany Christian Engelhart[33] TBA
Switzerland Rolf Ineichen[33] TBA
TBA[33] TBA
Canada AIM Vasser Sullivan[34] Lexus RC F GT3 Lexus 5.0 L V8 12 United States Townsend Bell[35] TBA
United States Frank Montecalvo[35] TBA
TBA[34] TBA
14 United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth[34] TBA
United States Richard Heistand [36] TBA
TBA[34] TBA
Via Italia Racing[28] Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 13 TBA[28] TBA
TBA[28] TBA
TBA[28] TBA
United States Moorespeed[37] Audi R8 LMS Evo Audi 5.2 L V10 19 United States Will Hardeman[37] TBA
Spain Alex Riberas[37] TBA
TBA[37] TBA
Germany Montaplast by Land-Motorsport[38] Audi R8 LMS Evo Audi 5.2 L V10 29 Switzerland Ricardo Feller[38] TBA
Germany Christopher Mies[38] TBA
Canada Daniel Morad[38] TBA
Belgium Dries Vanthoor[38] TBA
United States Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports[28] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 33 TBA[28] TBA
TBA[28] TBA
TBA[28] TBA
Italy Ebimotors[33] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 46 TBA[33] TBA
TBA[33] TBA
TBA[33] TBA
United States Magnus Racing[39] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 44 United States Andy Lally[39] TBA
United States John Potter[39] TBA
United States Spencer Pumpelly[39] TBA
United States Precision Performance Motorsports[40] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 47 TBA[40] TBA
TBA[40] TBA
TBA[40] TBA
United States Paul Miller Racing[41] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 48 United States Ryan Hardwick[41] TBA
United States Corey Lewis[41] TBA
United States Bryan Sellers[41] TBA
Italy Spirit Of Race[28] Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 51 TBA[28] TBA
TBA[28] TBA
TBA[28] TBA
United States Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian[42] Acura NSX GT3 Evo Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6 57 Brazil Ana Beatriz[42] TBA
United States Jackie Heinricher[42] TBA
United Kingdom Katherine Legge[42] TBA
Switzerland Simona de Silvestro[42] TBA
86 United States A.J. Allmendinger[43] TBA
Germany Mario Farnbacher[43] TBA
United States Trent Hindman[43] TBA
United States Justin Marks[43] TBA
United States WeatherTech Racing[44] Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 63 Germany Dominik Farnbacher[44] TBA
United States Cooper MacNeil[44] TBA
Finland Toni Vilander[44] TBA
United States Jeff Westphal[44] TBA
P1 Motorsports[28] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 71 TBA[28] TBA
TBA[28] TBA
TBA[28] TBA
United States Park Place Motorsports[45] Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 73 United States Nick Boulle[46] TBA
United States Patrick Lindsey[45] TBA
United States Patrick Long[45] TBA
Canada Audi Canada
Belgium Team WRT Speedstar[47] 		Audi R8 LMS Evo Audi 5.2 L V10 88 TBA[47] TBA
TBA[47] TBA
TBA[47] TBA
United States Turner Motorsport[48] BMW M6 GT3 BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8 96 United States Bill Auberlen[48] TBA
United States Robby Foley[48] TBA
United States Dillon Machavern[48] TBA
United States NGT Motorsport
Germany Herberth Motorsport[49] 		Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 99 Germany Edward Lewis Brauner[49] TBA
Germany Jürgen Häring[49] TBA
Germany Alfred Renauer[49] TBA
United States Black Swan Racing[28] Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 540 TBA[28] TBA
TBA[28] TBA
TBA[28] TBA
Canada Compass Racing[50] McLaren 720S GT3 McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 TBA United States Paul Holton[50] TBA
United States Matt Plumb[50] TBA

Notes

  1. ^ a b Car No. 5 entered as Mustang Sampling Racing and car No. 31 entered as Whelen Engineering Racing.

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