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2017 Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix

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The 2017 Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The race was held at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada on July 9, 2017. The race was the seventh round of the 2017 IMSA SportsCar Championship.

Background

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Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, where the race was held.

IMSA's president Scott Atherton confirmed the Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix was part of the series' schedule for the 2017 IMSA SportsCar Championship at Road America's victory lane in August 2016.[1] It was the fourth consecutive year the event was held as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the thirty-sixth annual running of the race. The 2017 Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix was the seventh of twelve scheduled sports car races of 2017 by IMSA, and was the fourth round not held on the held as part of the North American Endurance Cup.[2] The race was held at the ten-turn 2.459 mi (3.957 km) Canadian Tire Motorsports Park in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada on July 9, 2017.[2] After the Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen one week earlier, Jordan Taylor and Ricky Taylor led the Prototype Drivers' Championship with 202 points, ahead of João Barbosa and Christian Fittipaldi with 182 points, and Misha Goikhberg and Stephen Simpson with 167 points.[3] With 180 points, the PC Drivers' Championship was led by James French and Patricio O'Ward with a thirty-point advantage over Don Yount.[3] Antonio García and Jan Magnussen led the GTLM Drivers' Championship with 154 points, ahead of Joey Hand and Dirk Müller with 146 points.[3] In GTD, the Drivers' Championship was led by Alessandro Balzan and Christina Nielsen with 173 points, ahead of Ben Keating and Jeroen Bleekemolen with 171 points. Cadillac, Chevrolet, and Mercedes-AMG were leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while Wayne Taylor Racing, Performance Tech Motorsports, Corvette Racing, and Scuderia Corsa each led their own Teams' Championships.[3]

Entries

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A total of 36 cars took part in the event split across 4 classes. 10 cars were entered in P, 3 in PC, 8 in GTLM, and 15 in GTD.[4] In P, David Ostella and Nicholas Boulle replaced José Gutiérrez and Olivier Pla in the PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports entry.[5] Pipo Derani joined Johannes van Overbeek in the #22 Tequila Patrón ESM. In PC, Ryan Lewis joined Don Yount in the #20 BAR1 Motorsports entry. Garett Grist and James Vance shared the #26 BAR1 Motorsports entry.[6] In GTD, Alex Job Racing and Dream Racing Motorsport skipped the event. Jörg Bergmeister returned to the Park Place Motorsports entry after missing the previous round at Watkins Glen due to a family emergency.[6] Bret Curtis returned to the Turner Motorsport entry.

Practice

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There were three practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Saturday, two on Friday and one on Saturday. The first two one-hour sessions were on Friday morning and afternoon. The third on Saturday morning lasted an hour.[7]

Practice 1

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The first practice session took place at 11:20 am ET on Friday and ended with Jordan Taylor topping the charts for Wayne Taylor Racing, with a lap time of 1:09.443.[8] The PC class was topped by the #38 Performance Tech Motorsports Oreca FLM09 of Patricio O'Ward with a time of 1:12.512.[9] Laurens Vanthoor was fastest in GTLM while Andy Lally set the fastest time in GTD.[9]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 P 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Jordan Taylor 1:09.443 _
2 P 2 Tequila Patrón ESM Ryan Dalziel 1:09.450 +0.007
3 P 55 Mazda Motorsports Jonathan Bomarito 1:09.741 +0.298
Sources:[10][11]

Practice 2

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The second practice session took place at 3:55 pm ET on Friday and ended with Ryan Dalziel topping the charts for Tequila Patrón ESM, with a lap time of 1:08.994.[12] James French set the fastest time in PC. The GTLM class was topped by the #912 Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR of Laurens Vanthoor with a time of 1:14.753. Patrick Pilet was second in the sister #911 car and John Edwards rounded out the top 3.[13] Sage Karam was fastest in GTD.[13]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 P 2 Tequila Patrón ESM Ryan Dalziel 1:08.994 _
2 P 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Ricky Taylor 1:09.053 +0.059
3 P 22 Tequila Patrón ESM Pipo Derani 1:09.093 +0.099
Sources:[14][15]

Practice 3

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The third and final practice session took place at 9:20 am ET on Saturday and ended with Stephen Simpson topping the charts for JDC-Miller MotorSports, with a lap time of 1:09.142.[16] Patricio O'Ward set the fastest time PC by 1.678 seconds ahead of Ryan Lewis in the #20 BAR1 Motorsports entry.[16] The GTLM class was topped by the #911 Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR of Dirk Werner with a time of 1:14.799.[17] Tristan Vautier was fastest in GTD.[17] The session was red flagged two times. 20 minutes into the session, the #15 3GT Racing Lexus RC F GT3 of Jack Hawksworth crashed at turn 3 after going wide, and dipped into the grass launching the car into the tire barriers before becoming airborne. The car suffered heavy damage to the front, but Hawksworth was uninjured and exited his car without external aid.[18] The final stoppage came for debris on the track.[16]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 P 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Stephen Simpson 1:09.142 _
2 P 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Jordan Taylor 1:09.195 +0.053
3 P 22 Tequila Patrón ESM Pipo Derani 1:09.374 +0.232
Sources:[19][20]

Qualifying

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In Saturday afternoon's 90-minute four-group qualifying, each category had separate 15-minute sessions. Regulations stipulated that teams nominate one qualifying driver, with the fastest laps determining each class' starting order. IMSA arranged the grid to put Prototypes ahead of the PC, GTLM and GTD cars.[21][7]

The first was for cars in GTD class. Sage Karam qualified on pole for the class driving the #14 3GT Racing entry, besting Andrew Davis in the #57 Stevenson Motorsports entry.[22]

The second session of qualifying was for cars in the GTLM class. Dirk Werner qualified on pole driving the #911 car for Porsche GT Team, beating Bill Auberlen in the #25 BMW Team RLL entry by less than one tenth of a second.[23]

The third session of qualifying was for cars in the PC class. James French set the fastest time driving the #38 Performance Tech Motorsports entry.[24]

The final session of qualifying was for the P class. Ricky Taylor qualified on pole driving the #10 car for Wayne Taylor Racing, besting Mikhail Goikhberg in the #85 entry from JDC-Miller MotorSports.[24][22]

Qualifying results

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Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by ‡.

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 P 10 United States Wayne Taylor Racing United States Ricky Taylor 1:08.459 _ 1‡
2 P 85 United States JDC-Miller MotorSports Canada Mikhail Goikhberg 1:08.587 +0.128 2
3 P 2 United States Tequila Patrón ESM United States Scott Sharp 1:08.886 +0.427 3
4 P 22 United States Tequila Patrón ESM United States Johannes van Overbeek 1:08.934 +0.475 4
5 P 55 Japan Mazda Motorsports United States Jonathan Bomarito 1:08.959 +0.500 5
6 P 5 United States Mustang Sampling Racing Brazil Christian Fittipaldi 1:09.173 +0.714 6
7 P 90 United States VisitFlorida Racing Belgium Marc Goossens 1:09.286 +0.827 7
8 P 31 United States Whelen Engineering Racing United States Eric Curran 1:09.895 +1.436 8
9 P 52 United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United States Nicholas Boulle 1:09.958 +1.499 9
10 P 70 Japan Mazda Motorsports United States Tom Long 1:09.959 +1.500 10
11 PC 38 United States Performance Tech Motorsports United States James French 1:11.471 +3.012 11‡
12 PC 26 United States BAR1 Motorsports Canada Garett Grist 1:13.193 +4.734 12
13 PC 20 United States BAR1 Motorsports United States Don Yount 1:13.821 +5.362 13
14 GTLM 911 United States Porsche GT Team Germany Dirk Werner 1:14.085 +5.626 14‡
15 GTLM 25 United States BMW Team RLL United States Bill Auberlen 1:14.103 +5.644 15
16 GTLM 912 United States Porsche GT Team Belgium Laurens Vanthoor 1:14.251 +5.792 16
17 GTLM 24 United States BMW Team RLL Germany Martin Tomczyk 1:14.294 +5.835 17
18 GTLM 67 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Australia Ryan Briscoe 1:14.434 +5.975 18
19 GTLM 66 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing United States Joey Hand 1:14.732 +6.273 19
20 GTLM 3 United States Corvette Racing Denmark Jan Magnussen 1:14.844 +6.385 20
21 GTLM 4 United States Corvette Racing United Kingdom Oliver Gavin 1:14.904 +6.445 21
22 GTD 14 United States 3GT Racing United States Sage Karam 1:16.563 +8.104 22‡
23 GTD 57 United States Stevenson Motorsports United States Andrew Davis 1:16.828 +8.266 23
24 GTD 86 United States Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian United States Jeff Segal 1:17.106 +8.369 24
25 GTD 48 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Bryan Sellers 1:17.149 +8.647 25
26 GTD 63 United States Scuderia Corsa Denmark Christina Nielsen 1:17.149 +8.690 26
27 GTD 93 United States Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian United Kingdom Katherine Legge 1:17.265 +8.806 27
28 GTD 16 United States Change Racing United States Corey Lewis 1:17.281 +8.822 28
29 GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport United States Bret Curtis 1:17.524 +9.065 29
30 GTD 73 United States Park Place Motorsports United States Patrick Lindsey 1:17.672 +9.213 30
31 GTD 75 Australia SunEnergy1 Racing Australia Kenny Habul 1:17.817 +9.358 31
32 GTD 50 United States Riley Motorsports – WeatherTech Racing United States Cooper MacNeil 1:17.959 +9.500 32
33 GTD 33 United States Riley Motorsports – Team AMG United States Ben Keating 1:18.073 +9.614 33
34 GTD 28 United States Alegra Motorsports United States Michael de Quesada 1:18.085 +9.626 34
35 GTD 54 United States CORE Autosport United States Jon Bennett 1:19.220 +10.761 361
36 GTD 15 United States 3GT Racing Did Not Participate 352
Sources:[25][26]
  • 1 The No. 54 CORE Autosport entry was moved to the back of the GTD field entry was moved to the back of the GTD field as per Article 43.6 of the Sporting regulations (Change of starting tires).[21]
  • 2 The No. 15 3GT Racing entry was moved to the back of the GTD field as per Article 43.5 of the Sporting regulations (Change of starting driver).[21]

Race

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Post-race

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The result kept Jordan Taylor and Ricky Taylor atop the Prototype Drivers' Championship with 226 points, 19 points ahead of fifth-place finishers Barbosa and Fittipaldi.[27] In the PC Drivers' Championship, French and O'Ward extended their points lead to thirty-two points over Yount.[27] In the GTLM Drivers' Championship, Auberlen and Sims advanced from third to second.[27] The result kept Balzan and Nielsen atop the GTD Drivers' Championship while Aschenbach and Davis advanced from seventh to fifth.[27] Cadillac, and Chevrolet continued to top their respective Manufacturers' Championships. Ferrari took the lead of the GTD Manufacturers' Championship while Wayne Taylor Racing, Performance Tech Motorsports, Corvette Racing, and Scuderia Corsa kept their respective advantages in the Teams' Championships with five rounds left in the season.[27]

Results

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Class winners are denoted in bold and ‡.

Final race classification
Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 P 31 United States Whelen Engineering Racing United States Dane Cameron
United States Eric Curran
Cadillac DPi-V.R C 122 2:41:14.508‡
Cadillac 6.2 L V8
2 P 85 United States JDC-Miller MotorSports Canada Mikhail Goikhberg
South Africa Stephen Simpson
Oreca 07 C 122 +8.295
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
3 P 2 United States Tequila Patrón ESM United States Scott Sharp
United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel
Nissan Onroak DPi C 122 +12.420
Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6
4 P 55 Japan Mazda Motorsports United States Tristan Nunez
United States Jonathan Bomarito
Mazda RT24-P C 122 +13.234
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4
5 P 70 Japan Mazda Motorsports United States Tom Long
United States Joel Miller
Mazda RT24-P C 122 +14.716
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4
6 P 5 United States Mustang Sampling Racing Portugal João Barbosa
Brazil Christian Fittipaldi
Cadillac DPi-V.R C 122 +21.083
Cadillac 6.2 L V8
7 P 10 United States Wayne Taylor Racing United States Ricky Taylor
United States Jordan Taylor
Cadillac DPi-V.R C 120 +2 Laps
Cadillac 6.2 L V8
8 PC 38 United States Performance Tech Motorsports United States James French
Mexico Patricio O'Ward
Oreca FLM09 C 117 +5 Laps‡
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
9 GTLM 25 United States BMW Team RLL United States Bill Auberlen
United Kingdom Alexander Sims
BMW M6 GTLM M 117 +5 Laps‡
BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8
10 GTLM 24 United States BMW Team RLL United States John Edwards
Germany Martin Tomczyk
BMW M6 GTLM M 117 +5 Laps
BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8
11 GTLM 67 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Australia Ryan Briscoe
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Ford GT M 117 +5 Laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Twin-turbo V6
12 GTLM 3 United States Corvette Racing Denmark Jan Magnussen
Spain Antonio García
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 117 +5 Laps
Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
13 GTLM 66 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Germany Dirk Müller
United States Joey Hand
Ford GT M 117 +5 Laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Twin-turbo V6
14 GTLM 912 United States Porsche GT Team Italy Gianmaria Bruni
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
Porsche 911 RSR M 117 +5 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
15 P 52 United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United States Nicholas Boulle
Canada David Ostella
Ligier JS P217 C 116 Crash
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
16 PC 20 United States BAR1 Motorsports United States Don Yount
United Kingdom Ryan Lewis
Oreca FLM09 C 116 +6 Laps
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
17 GTD 57 United States Stevenson Motorsports United States Andrew Davis
United States Lawson Aschenbach
Audi R8 LMS C 114 +8 Laps‡
Audi 5.2L V10
18 GTD 93 United States Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian United States Andy Lally
United Kingdom Katherine Legge
Acura NSX GT3 C 114 +8 Laps
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
19 GTD 63 United States Scuderia Corsa Denmark Christina Nielsen
Italy Alessandro Balzan
Ferrari 488 GT3 C 114 +8 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
20 GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport Germany Jens Klingmann
United States Bret Curtis
BMW M6 GT3 C 114 +8 Laps
BMW 4.4L Turbo V8
21 GTD 14 United States 3GT Racing United States Scott Pruett
United States Sage Karam
Lexus RC F GT3 C 114 +8 Laps
Lexus 5.0L V8
22 GTD 16 United States Change Racing United States Corey Lewis
Netherlands Jeroen Mul
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 C 114 +8 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
23 GTD 33 United States Riley Motorsports – Team AMG Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
United States Ben Keating
Mercedes-AMG GT3 C 114 +8 Laps
Mercedes AMG M159 6.2 L V8
24 GTD 48 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Bryan Sellers
United States Madison Snow
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 C 113 +9 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
25 GTD 73 United States Park Place Motorsports Germany Jörg Bergmeister
United States Patrick Lindsey
Porsche 911 GT3 R C 113 +9 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
26 GTD 86 United States Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian United States Jeff Segal
Brazil Oswaldo Negri Jr.
Acura NSX GT3 C 113 +9 Laps
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
27 GTD 50 United States Riley Motorsports – WeatherTech Racing United States Cooper MacNeil
United States Gunnar Jeannette
Mercedes-AMG GT3 C 113 +9 Laps
Mercedes AMG M159 6.2 L V8
28 PC 26 United States BAR1 Motorsports Canada Garett Grist
Canada James Vance
Oreca FLM09 C 113 +9 Laps
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
29 GTD 15 United States 3GT Racing United States Robert Alon
United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth
Lexus RC F GT3 C 63 +10 Laps
Lexus 5.0L V8
30 GTD 75 United States SunEnergy1 Racing France Tristan Vautier
Australia Kenny Habul
Mercedes-AMG GT3 C 112 +10 Laps
Mercedes AMG M159 6.2 L V8
31 GTD 54 United States CORE Autosport United States Jon Bennett
United States Colin Braun
Porsche 911 GT3 R C 112 +10 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
32 GTD 28 United States Alegra Motorsports United States Michael de Quesada
Canada Daniel Morad
Porsche 911 GT3 R C 112 +10 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
33 GTLM 911 United States Porsche GT Team France Patrick Pilet
Germany Dirk Werner
Porsche 911 RSR M 109 +13 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
34

DNF

GTLM 4 United States Corvette Racing United Kingdom Oliver Gavin
United States Tommy Milner
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 102 Crash
Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
35

DNF

P 22 United States Tequila Patrón ESM United States Johannes van Overbeek
Brazil Pipo Derani
Nissan Onroak DPi C 89 Fire
Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6
36

DNF

P 90 United States VisitFlorida Racing Belgium Marc Goossens
Netherlands Renger van der Zande
Riley Mk. 30 C 35 Electrical
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
Sources:[28][29]
Tyre manufacturers
Key
Symbol Tyre manufacturer
C Continental
M Michelin

Standings after the race

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.

References

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