2025 Chevrolet Grand Prix

The 2025 Chevrolet Grand Prix is a sports car race that was held at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, on July 13, 2025. It was the seventh round of the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship.

Background

Preview

International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was part of the schedule of the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in March 2024.[1] It was the tenth time the IMSA SCC hosted a race at Mosport, and the second consecutive time the race was hosted at the Canadian Tire Motorsports Park. The 2025 Chevrolet Grand Prix was the seventh of eleven scheduled sports car races of 2025 by IMSA.[2] The race was held at the ten-turn 2.459 mi (3.957 km) Canadian Tire Motorsports Park on July 13, 2025.[2]

Standings before the race

Preceding the event, Dan Goldburg, Paul di Resta, and Rasmus Lindh led the LMP2 Drivers' Championship with 1023 points, 94 points ahead of Josh Burdon, Felipe Fraga, and Gar Robinson. Dane Cameron, Jonny Edgar, and P. J. Hyett were third, a further 17 points behind.[3] The GTD Pro Drivers' Championship is led by Antonio García and Alexander Sims with 1632 points, 52 ahead of Klaus Bachler and Laurin Heinrich. Albert Costa was third, 114 points behind García and Sims.[3] Philip Ellis and Russell Ward led the GTD Drivers' Championship with 1550 points, 60 points ahead of Casper Stevenson. Jack Hawksworth and Parker Thompson were third, 76 points behind Ellis and Ward.[3] United Autosports USA, Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports, and Winward Racing led their respective Teams' Championships, whilst Chevrolet and Mercedes-AMG were leading the GTD Pro and GTD Manufacturers' Championships, respectively.[3]

Entry list

Main article: 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship § Entries

The entry list was published on July 2, 2025, and featured 35 entries: 12 in LMP2, 10 in GTD Pro, and 13 in GTD.[4] Kenton Koch and Onofrio Triarsi completed Triarsi Competizione's No. 021 lineup.[5] Mathias Beche and Rodrigo Sales were originally listed to compete for PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports in the No. 52 entry, but were replaced by Nick Boulle and Benjamin Pedersen prior to the event.[6]

No. Entrant Car Driver 1 Driver 2
LMP2 (Le Mans Prototype 2) (12 entries)
04 CrowdStrike Racing by APR Oreca 07-Gibson George Kurtz Alex Quinn
2 United Autosports USA Oreca 07-Gibson Phil Fayer Ben Hanley
8 Tower Motorsports Oreca 07-Gibson John Farano Renger van der Zande
11 TDS Racing Oreca 07-Gibson Hunter McElrea Steven Thomas
18 Era Motorsport Oreca 07-Gibson Ryan Dalziel Travis Hill
22 United Autosports USA Oreca 07-Gibson Tom Blomqvist Dan Goldburg
43 Inter Europol Competition Oreca 07-Gibson Jeremy Clarke Tom Dillmann
52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca 07-Gibson Nick Boulle[6] Benjamin Pedersen[6]
73 Pratt Miller Motorsports Oreca 07-Gibson Chris Cumming Pietro Fittipaldi
74 Riley Oreca 07-Gibson Felipe Fraga Gar Robinson
79 JDC–Miller MotorSports Oreca 07-Gibson Scott Andrews Gerry Kraut
99 AO Racing Oreca 07-Gibson Dane Cameron P. J. Hyett
GTD Pro (GT Daytona Pro) (10 entries)
1 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 Evo Madison Snow Neil Verhagen
3 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Antonio García Alexander Sims
4 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Nicky Catsburg Tommy Milner
9 Pfaff Motorsports Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Andrea Caldarelli Marco Mapelli
14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus RC F GT3 Ben Barnicoat Aaron Telitz
48 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 Evo Dan Harper Max Hesse
64 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Ford Mustang GT3 Sebastian Priaulx Mike Rockenfeller
65 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Ford Mustang GT3 Christopher Mies Frédéric Vervisch
77 AO Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Klaus Bachler Laurin Heinrich
81 DragonSpeed Ferrari 296 GT3 Giacomo Altoè Albert Costa
GTD (GT Daytona) (13 entries)
021 Triarsi Competizione Ferrari 296 GT3 Kenton Koch[5] Onofrio Triarsi[5]
12 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus RC F GT3 Jack Hawksworth Parker Thompson
13 AWA Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Matt Bell Orey Fidani
27 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Roman De Angelis Casper Stevenson
34 Conquest Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Manny Franco Daniel Serra
36 DXDT Racing Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Alec Udell Robert Wickens
45 Wayne Taylor Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Danny Formal Trent Hindman
57 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Philip Ellis Russell Ward
66 Gradient Racing Ford Mustang GT3 Jenson Altzman Robert Megennis
70 Inception Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Brendan Iribe Frederik Schandorff
78 Forte Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Mario Farnbacher Misha Goikhberg
96 Turner Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 Evo Robby Foley Patrick Gallagher
120 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Adam Adelson Elliott Skeer
Source:[7][8]

Practice

Two practice sessions were held preceding the start of the race on Sunday, one on Friday and on Saturday. The first session lasted 90 minutes Friday afternoon, and the second session on Saturday morning also lasted 90 minutes.[9]

Practice 1

The first practice took place at 1:55 pm ET on Friday. Renger van der Zande topped the session in the No. 8 Tower Motorsports Oreca, with a lap time of 1:08.402. Ben Hanley was second-quickest in the No. 2 United Autosports USA Oreca, 0.104 seconds behind Van der Zande.[10] Andrea Caldarelli paced the GTD Pro class in his No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports Lamborghini, with a 1-minute, 15.580-second lap time. Nicky Catsburg set the second-best time in the No. 4 Pratt Miller Motorsports Corvette, with a lap time of 1:16.040.[11] The GTD class was topped by Jack Hawksworth in the No. 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus, with a lap time of 1:16.323. Hawksworth's lap was 0.089 seconds quicker than that of second-placed Philip Ellis in the No. 57 Winward Racing Mercedes.[12] The session saw one stoppage, after an early crash from Steven Thomas in the No. 11 TDS Racing Oreca.[11]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 LMP2 8 Tower Motorsports Renger van der Zande 1:08.402 —
2 LMP2 2 United Autosports USA Ben Hanley 1:08.506 +0.104
3 LMP2 99 AO Racing Dane Cameron 1:08.702 +0.300
Sources:[13][14]

Practice 2

The second and final practice session took place at 10:35 am ET on Saturday and ended with Van der Zande once again topping the time sheets in the No. 8 Tower Oreca, with a lap time of 1:08.175. His lap was 0.325 seconds quicker than that of second-placed Dan Goldburg in the No. 22 United Oreca, with Felipe Fraga setting the third-quickest time in the No. 74 Riley Oreca.[15] Aaron Telitz claimed the top spot in the GTD Pro class in his No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Lexus, lapping the circuit in 1 minute and 15.270 seconds. Antonio García was second-quickest in the No. 3 Chevrolet, 0.233 seconds behind Telitz.[16] Hawksworth once again topped the GTD class in the sister No. 12 Lexus with a 1-minute, 15.597-second lap time, ahead of Robert Wickens in the No. 36 DXDT Racing Chevrolet.[17]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 LMP2 8 Tower Motorsports Renger van der Zande 1:08.175 —
2 LMP2 22 United Autosports USA Dan Goldburg 1:08.500 +0.325
3 LMP2 74 Riley Felipe Fraga 1:08.512 +0.337
Sources:[18][19]

Qualifying

Qualifying results

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

Pos. Class No. Entry Driver Time Gap Grid
1 LMP2 99 AO Racing P. J. Hyett 1:08.888 — 1‡
2 LMP2 22 United Autosports USA Dan Goldburg 1:08.986 +0.098 2
3 LMP2 11 TDS Racing Steven Thomas 1:09.179 +0.291 3
4 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition Jeremy Clarke 1:09.347 +0.459 4
5 LMP2 04 CrowdStrike Racing by APR George Kurtz 1:09.673 +0.785 5
6 LMP2 73 Pratt Miller Motorsports Chris Cumming 1:09.733 +0.845 6
7 LMP2 2 United Autosports USA Phil Fayer 1:09.910 +1.022 7
8 LMP2 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Nick Boulle 1:09.994 +1.106 8
9 LMP2 74 Riley Gar Robinson 1:10.286 +1.398 9
10 LMP2 18 Era Motorsport Travis Hill 1:10.778 +1.890 10
11 LMP2 8 Tower Motorsports John Farano 1:12.361 +3.473 11
12 LMP2 79 JDC–Miller MotorSports Gerry Kraut 1:13.837 +4.949 WD
13 GTD Pro 1 Paul Miller Racing Neil Verhagen 1:15.046 +6.158 12‡
14 GTD 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing Jack Hawksworth 1:15.101 +6.213 22‡
15 GTD Pro 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Aaron Telitz 1:15.309 +6.421 13
16 GTD 57 Winward Racing Russell Ward 1:15.319 +6.431 23
17 GTD Pro 3 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Antonio García 1:15.334 +6.446 14
18 GTD Pro 4 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Tommy Milner 1:15.464 +6.576 15
19 GTD Pro 48 Paul Miller Racing Dan Harper 1:15.478 +6.590 16
20 GTD Pro 9 Pfaff Motorsports Andrea Caldarelli 1:15.588 +6.700 17
21 GTD Pro 64 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Sebastian Priaulx 1:15.687 +6.799 18
22 GTD Pro 77 AO Racing Klaus Bachler 1:15.747 +6.859 19
23 GTD Pro 65 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Frédéric Vervisch 1:15.800 +6.912 20
24 GTD 36 DXDT Racing Robert Wickens 1:15.876 +6.988 24
25 GTD Pro 81 DragonSpeed Giacomo Altoè 1:16.000 +7.112 21
26 GTD 27 Heart of Racing Team Casper Stevenson 1:16.061 +7.173 25
27 GTD 45 Wayne Taylor Racing Danny Formal 1:16.199 +7.311 26
28 GTD 96 Turner Motorsport Patrick Gallagher 1:16.270 +7.382 27
29 GTD 120 Wright Motorsports Elliott Skeer 1:16.392 +7.504 28
30 GTD 021 Triarsi Competizione Onofrio Triarsi 1:16.427 +7.539 29
31 GTD 34 Conquest Racing Manny Franco 1:16.626 +7.738 30
32 GTD 78 Forte Racing Misha Goikhberg 1:16.687 +7.799 31
33 GTD 70 Inception Racing Brendan Iribe 1:16.818 +7.930 32
34 GTD 66 Gradient Racing Jenson Altzman 1:16.939 +8.051 33
35 GTD 13 AWA Orey Fidani 1:17.914 +9.026 34
Source:[20][21]

Race

Post-race

The final results of LMP2 kept Goldburg atop the LMP2 Drivers' Championship with 1375 points, 78 ahead of race-winners Cameron and Hyett.[22] The final results of GTD Pro allowed García and Sims to extend their advantage to 39 points over Bachler and Heinrich in the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship.[22] The final results of GTD kept Ellis and ward atop the GTD Drivers' Championship, 93 points ahead of third-place finishers Hawksworth and Thompson.[22] United Autosports USA, Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports, and Winward Racing continued to top their respective Teams' Championships. Chevrolet and Mercedes-AMG continued to their Manufacturers' Championship with 4 rounds remaining in the season.[22]

Class winners are in bold and ‡.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 LMP2 99 AO Racing Dane Cameron
P. J. Hyett 		Oreca 07 113 2:40:43.681‡
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
2 LMP2 22 United Autosports USA Tom Blomqvist
Dan Goldburg 		Oreca 07 113 +1.087
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
3 LMP2 74 Riley Felipe Fraga
Gar Robinson 		Oreca 07 113 +3.169
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
4 LMP2 2 United Autosports USA Phil Fayer
Ben Hanley 		Oreca 07 113 +4.149
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
5 LMP2 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Nick Boulle
Benjamin Pedersen 		Oreca 07 113 +4.380
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
6 LMP2 73 Pratt Miller Motorsports Chris Cumming
Pietro Fittipaldi 		Oreca 07 113 +4.584
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
7 LMP2 18 Era Motorsport Ryan Dalziel
Travis Hill 		Oreca 07 113 +5.125
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
8 LMP2 11 TDS Racing Hunter McElrea
Steven Thomas 		Oreca 07 113 +30.297
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
9 LMP2 8 Tower Motorsports John Farano
Renger van der Zande 		Oreca 07 110 +3 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
10 GTD Pro 81 DragonSpeed Giacomo Altoè
Albert Costa 		Ferrari 296 GT3 108 +5 Laps‡
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
11 GTD Pro 4 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Nicky Catsburg
Tommy Milner 		Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 108 +5 Laps
Chevrolet LT6 5.5 L V8
12 GTD Pro 77 AO Racing Klaus Bachler
Laurin Heinrich 		Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 108 +5 Laps
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
13 GTD Pro 3 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Antonio García
Alexander Sims 		Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 108 +5 Laps
Chevrolet LT6 5.5 L V8
14 GTD Pro 9 Pfaff Motorsports Andrea Caldarelli
Marco Mapelli 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 108 +5 Laps
Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10
15 GTD Pro 1 Paul Miller Racing Madison Snow
Neil Verhagen 		BMW M4 GT3 Evo 108 +5 Laps
BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6
16 GTD Pro 65 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Christopher Mies
Frédéric Vervisch 		Ford Mustang GT3 108 +5 Laps
Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8
17 GTD Pro 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Ben Barnicoat
Aaron Telitz 		Lexus RC F GT3 108 +5 Laps
Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8
18 GTD Pro 48 Paul Miller Racing Dan Harper
Max Hesse 		BMW M4 GT3 Evo 108 +5 Laps
BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6
19 GTD Pro 64 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Sebastian Priaulx
Mike Rockenfeller 		Ford Mustang GT3 108 +5 Laps
Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8
20 GTD 45 Wayne Taylor Racing Danny Formal
Trent Hindman 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 108 +5 Laps‡
Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10
21 GTD 57 Winward Racing Philip Ellis
Russell Ward 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 108 +5 Laps
Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8
22 GTD 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing Jack Hawksworth
Parker Thompson 		Lexus RC F GT3 108 +5 Laps
Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8
23 GTD 36 DXDT Racing Alec Udell
Robert Wickens 		Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 108 +5 Laps
Chevrolet LT6 5.5 L V8
24 GTD 27 Heart of Racing Team Roman De Angelis
Casper Stevenson 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo 108 +5 Laps
Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
25 GTD 70 Inception Racing Brendan Iribe
Frederik Schandorff 		Ferrari 296 GT3 108 +5 Laps
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
26 GTD 021 Triarsi Competizione Kenton Koch
Onofrio Triarsi 		Ferrari 296 GT3 108 +5 Laps
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
27 GTD 96 Turner Motorsport Robby Foley
Patrick Gallagher 		BMW M4 GT3 Evo 108 +5 Laps
BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6
28 GTD 13 AWA Matt Bell
Orey Fidani 		Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 108 +5 Laps
Chevrolet LT6 5.5 L V8
29 GTD 120 Wright Motorsports Adam Adelson
Elliott Skeer 		Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 108 +5 Laps
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
30 GTD 34 Conquest Racing Manny Franco
Daniel Serra 		Ferrari 296 GT3 108 +5 Laps
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
31 GTD 66 Gradient Racing Jenson Altzman
Robert Megennis 		Ford Mustang GT3 108 +5 Laps
Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8
32
DNF 		LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition Jeremy Clarke
Tom Dillmann 		Oreca 07 106 Crash
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
33 GTD 78 Forte Racing Mario Farnbacher
Misha Goikhberg 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 105 +8 Laps
Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10
34
DNF 		LMP2 04 CrowdStrike Racing by APR George Kurtz
Alex Quinn 		Oreca 07 53 Retired
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
35
DNS 		LMP2 79 JDC–Miller MotorSports Scott Andrews
Gerry Kraut 		Oreca 07 0 Withdrew
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
Source:[23]

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.


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