The 2024 Chevrolet Grand Prix was a sports car race held at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park in

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, on July 14, 2024. It was the seventh round of the 2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship.

Background

Preview

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(IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was part of the 2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2023. It was the ninth time the IMSA SCC hosted a race at Mosport. The 2024 Chevrolet Grand Prix was the seventh of eleven scheduled sports car races of 2024 by IMSA. The race was held at the ten-turn Canadian Tire Motorsports Park on July 14, 2024.

Standings before the race

The LMP2 Drivers' Championship was led by

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, Felipe Fraga, and

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after their second-place finish in Watkins Glen. They held a six-point lead over second-placed Ryan Dalziel,

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, Connor Zilisch, with

Nick Boulle Nicholas Bernard Wilkie Boulle (born March 28, 1989) is an American-British professional racing driver, athlete, entrepreneur and jeweler from Dallas, Texas, who is currently competing for United Autosports in the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship ...

Tom Dillmann Tom Aston Dillmann (born 6 April 1989 in Mulhouse) is a French racing driver who competes for Inter Europol Competition in the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2025 European Le Mans Series and in the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship. He has won the 2025 ...

, and Jakub Śmiechowski in third, 40 points behind Burdon, Fraga, and Robinson. The GTD Pro Drivers' Championship was topped by

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and Sebastian Priaulx with 1632 points, 49 ahead of

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and

Jack Hawksworth Jack W. Hawksworth (born 28 February 1991) is a British professional racing driver from Bradford, West Yorkshire. , he competes in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for AIM Vasser Sullivan. He has also raced in the Star Mazda Championsh ...

in second.

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sat in third, 60 points behind Heinrich and Priaulx. The GTD Drivers' Championship was led by Philip Ellis and Russell Ward with 1745 points after their fourth win of the season in Watkins Glen, 305 points ahead of

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and Patrick Gallagher in second. The Manufacturers' Championships were led by

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and

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, respectively, and the Teams Championships' were led by

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, and

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, respectively.

Entry list

The entry list was revealed on July 3, 2024, and featured 35 entries: 12 entries in LMP2, 9 entries in GTD Pro, and 14 entries in GTD. The LMP2 class saw some changes:

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, Renger van der Zande, Scott Huffaker, Stuart Wilshire,

Pipo Derani Luís Felipe "Pipo" Derani (born 12 October 1993) is a Brazilian race car driver who is currently a factory driver for the Genesis Magma Racing program. He is an overall winner of the 2016 24 Hours of Daytona and the 2016, 2018, 2019, and 2023 ...

, and

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all participated in the headline LMP2 class during the event. In GTD Pro,

was once again partnered by

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in the No. 23

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Aston Martin. In GTD,

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re-joined the No. 27 Heart of Racing Aston Martin. Furthermore, the No. 43 Andretti Motorsports Porsche and No. 120 Wright Motorsports Porsche were absent during the event.

Qualifying

Saturday's afternoon qualifying session was broken into two sessions, with one session for the LMP2, GTD Pro and GTD classes, which lasted 15 minutes each. The rules dictated that all teams nominated a driver to qualify their cars, with the Pro-Am LMP2 class requiring a Bronze rated driver to qualify the car. The competitors' fastest lap times determined the starting order. IMSA then arranged the grid to put LMP2s ahead of the GTD Pro, and GTD cars.

Qualifying results

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in each class are indicated in bold and with . * The No. 88 Richard Mille AF Corse entry had its two fastest laps deleted as penalty for causing a red flag during its qualifying session. * ' The No. 20 MDK by High Class Racing entry had its two fastest laps deleted as penalty for causing a red flag during its qualifying session. * ' The No. 34 Conquest Racing entry had its two fastest laps deleted as penalty for causing a red flag during its qualifying session.

Race

Post-race

The final results kept Fraga and Robinson atop the LMP2 Drivers' Championship with 1308 points, 12 ahead of race winners Boulle and Dillmann. The final results of GTD Pro meant Heinrich and Priaulx extended their advantage to 98 points as Gunn advanced to second. Sims and García jumped from sixth to fourth while Sellers and Snow dropped to fifth. Ellis and Ward's second-place finish allowed them to extend their advantage to 340 points over fourth-place finishers Foley and Gallagher in the GTD Drivers' Championship. Porsche and Mercedes-AMG continued to top their respective Manufactures' Championships while Riley, AO Racing, and Winward Racing kept their respective advantages in their of Teams' Championships with four rounds remaining. Class winners are in bold and .

Standings after the race

* 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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Chevrolet Grand Prix The Chevrolet Grand Prix is an annual IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race held every July at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park near Bowmanville in Clarington, Ontario, Canada. The race originated in 1975 and is currently a two hour and fort ...

Grand Prix of Mosport Clarington Sports competitions in Ontario