2016 SportsCar Grand Prix

The 2016 Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix was a professional sports car racing event held at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park near Bowmanville, Ontario on July 7, 8, 9 and 10, 2016.[1] The race was the seventh round of the 2016 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the event marked the 31st IMSA sanctioned sports car race held at the facility.

Canadian Tire Motorsport Park

Race background

For 2016, the WeatherTech Championship race featured all four classes, Prototype (P), Prototype Challenge (PC), GT Le Mans (GTLM) and the GT Daytona (GTD) for the first time since the 2013 edition of the Grand Prix.[2] The weekend also included races for the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, Mazda Prototype Lites, the Global MX-5 Cup and the Nissan Micra Cup.[3]

Practice

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.[4]

Practice 1

The first practice session took place at 10:35 am ET on Friday and ended with Jordan Taylor topping the charts for Wayne Taylor Racing, with a lap time of 1:11.158.[5]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 P 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Jordan Taylor 1:11.158 _
2 P 55 Mazda Motorsports Tristan Nunez 1:12.143 +0.985
3 P 90 VisitFlorida Racing Ryan Dalziel 1:12.174 +1.016
Source:[6]

Practice 2

The second practice session took place at 2:55 pm ET on Friday and ended with Jordan Taylor topping the charts for Wayne Taylor Racing, with a lap time of 1:11.206.[7]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 P 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Jordan Taylor 1:11.206 _
2 P 5 Action Express Racing Christian Fittipaldi 1:11.345 +0.139
3 P 31 Action Express Racing Dane Cameron 1:11.483 +0.277
Sources:[8][9]

Practice 3

The third and final practice session took place at 10:10 am ET on Saturday and ended with Oswaldo Negri Jr. topping the charts for Michael Shank Racing w/Curb Agajanian, with a lap time of 1:10.522.[10]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 P 60 Michael Shank Racing w/Curb Agajanian Oswaldo Negri Jr. 1:10.522 _
2 P 55 Mazda Motorsports Jonathan Bomarito 1:10.524 +0.002
3 P 31 Action Express Racing Dane Cameron 1:10.641 +0.119
Sources:[11][12]

Qualifying

Qualifying results

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

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 P 55 Mazda Motorsports Tristan Nunez 1:10.126 _ 1 ‡
2 P 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Ricky Taylor 1:10.435 +0.309 2
3 P 70 Mazda Motorsports Tom Long 1:10.572 +0.446 3
4 P 5 Action Express Racing Christian Fittipaldi 1:10.761 +0.635 4
5 P 31 Action Express Racing Eric Curran 1:11.177 +1.051 5
6 P 90 VisitFlorida.com Racing Marc Goossens 1:11.296 +1.170 6
7 P 60 Michael Shank Racing w/Curb-Agajanian John Pew 1:11.760 +1.634 7
8 PC 54 CORE Autosport Colin Braun 1:11.946 +1.820 151
9 PC 38 Performance Tech James French 1:12.372 +2.246 8‡
10 PC 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Stephen Simpson 1:12.448 +2.322 9
11 PC 20 BAR1 Motorsports Matt McMurry 1:12.471 +2.345 10
12 PC 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Robert Alon 1:12.505 +2.379 111
13 PC 8 Starworks Motorsport Alex Popow 1:13.197 +3.071 12
14 P 0 Panoz DeltaWing Racing Katherine Legge 1:14.077 +3.951 13
15 PC 88 Starworks Motorsport Mark Kvamme 1:15.020 +4.894 14
16 GTLM 3 Corvette Racing Antonio García 1:15.198 +5.072 16‡
17 GTLM 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Dirk Müller 1:15.236 +5.110 17
18 GTLM 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Richard Westbrook 1:15.430 +5.304 18
19 GTLM 100 BMW Team RLL Lucas Luhr 1:15.446 +5.320 19
20 GTLM 25 BMW Team RLL Bill Auberlen 1:15.501 +5.375 20
21 GTLM 4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin 1:15.549 +5.423 21
22 GTLM 62 Risi Competizione Giancarlo Fisichella 1:15.780 +5.654 22
23 GTLM 912 Porsche North America Earl Bamber 1:16.230 +6.104 23
24 GTLM 911 Porsche North America Nick Tandy 1:16.476 +6.350 24
25 GTD 23 Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing Alex Riberas 1:18.245 +8.119 25‡
26 GTD 6 Stevenson Motorsports Andrew Davis 1:18.582 +8.456 26
27 GTD 16 Change Racing Spencer Pumpelly 1:18.672 +8.546 27
28 GTD 96 Turner Motorsport Bret Curtis 1:18.673 +8.547 28
29 GTD 73 Park Place Motorsports Patrick Lindsey 1:18.745 +8.619 29
30 GTD 9 Stevenson Motorsports Matt Bell 1:18.832 +8.706 30
31 GTD 27 Dream Racing Cédric Sbirrazzuoli 1:19.000 +8.874 31
32 GTD 33 Riley Motorsports Ben Keating 1:19.132 +9.006 32
33 GTD 48 Paul Miller Racing Madison Snow 1:19.151 +9.025 33
34 GTD 63 Scuderia Corsa Christina Nielsen 1:19.332 +9.206 34
35 GTD 97 Turner Motorsport Michael Marsal 1:20.070 +9.944 35
36 GTD 44 Magnus Racing John Potter 1:20.197 +10.071 362
37 GTD 22 Alex Job Racing Cooper MacNeil 1:20.269 +10.143 37
Sources:[13][14]
  • 1 The No. 54 CORE Autosport entry was moved to the back of the PC field for starting the race with a different driver than who qualified.
  • 2 The No. 44 Magnus Racing entry was moved to the back of the GTD field after the team elected to change tires after qualifying.

Report

Race summary

The race was won overall by Eric Curran and Dane Cameron, driving a Chevrolet Corvette DP for Action Express Racing. They finished ahead of the Action Express Racing sister car of João Barbosa and Christian Fittipaldi, while the podium was completed by Ricky and Jordan Taylor of Wayne Taylor Racing. In sixth place overall, CORE Autosport won the Prototype Challenge class with drivers Jon Bennett and Colin Braun, while the GT Le Mans honors were taken by Ford Chip Ganassi Racing drivers Ryan Briscoe and Richard Westbrook in the Ford GT in fourteenth place overall. The GT Daytona class was won by Bret Curtis and Jens Klingmann in the Turner Motorsport BMW M6 GT3.[15][16][17][18][19][20][21]

Race results

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 Action Express Racing United States Eric Curran
United States Dane Cameron		 Coyote Chevrolet Corvette DP C 125 2:41:22.601‡
Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8
2 P 5 United States Action Express Racing Portugal João Barbosa
Brazil Christian Fittipaldi		 Chevrolet Corvette DP C 125 +10.112
Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8
3 P 10 United States Wayne Taylor Racing United States Ricky Taylor
United States Jordan Taylor		 Chevrolet Corvette DP C 125 +18.124
Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8
4 P 90 United States VisitFlorida.com Racing United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel
Belgium Marc Goossens		 Chevrolet Corvette DP C 125 +32.183
Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8
5 P 70 United States Mazda Motorsports United States Joel Miller
United States Tom Long		 Lola B08/80 C 125 +42.575
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L I4 Turbo
6 PC 54 United States CORE Autosport United States Jon Bennett
United States Colin Braun		 Oreca FLM09 C 123 +2 Laps‡
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
7 PC 8 United States Starworks Motorsport Venezuela Alex Popow
Netherlands Renger van der Zande		 Oreca FLM09 C 123 +2 Laps
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
8 PC 52 United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United States Robert Alon
United Kingdom Tom Kimber-Smith		 Oreca FLM09 C 123 +2 Laps
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
9 PC 38 United States Performance Tech United States James French
Canada Kyle Marcelli		 Oreca FLM09 C 123 +2 Laps
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
10 PC 85 United States JDC-Miller MotorSports Canada Misha Goikhberg
South Africa Stephen Simpson		 Oreca FLM09 C 122 +3 Laps
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
11 P 60 United States Michael Shank Racing w/Curb-Agajanian United States John Pew
Brazil Oswaldo Negri Jr.		 Ligier JS P2 C 122 +3 Laps
Honda HR35TT 3.5 Turbo V6
12 PC 20 United States BAR1 Motorsports United States Matt McMurry
United Kingdom Johnny Mowlem		 Oreca FLM09 C 122 +3 Laps
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
13 P 0 United States Panoz DeltaWing Racing United Kingdom Katherine Legge
United States Sean Rayhall		 DeltaWing DWC 13 C 121 +4 Laps
Élan 1.9 L Turbo I4
14 GTLM 67 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Australia Ryan Briscoe
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook		 Ford GT M 119 +6 Laps‡
Ford 3.5 L EcoBoost V6
15 GTLM 4 United States Corvette Racing United Kingdom Oliver Gavin
United States Tommy Milner		 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 119 +6 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
16 PC 88 United States Starworks Motorsport United States Mark Kvamme
United Kingdom Richard Bradley		 Oreca FLM09 C 119 +6 Laps
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
17 GTLM 3 United States Corvette Racing Spain Antonio García
Denmark Jan Magnussen		 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 119 +6 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
18 GTLM 25 United States BMW Team RLL United States Bill Auberlen
Germany Dirk Werner		 BMW M6 GTLM M 119 +6 Laps
BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8
19 GTLM 66 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing United States Joey Hand
Germany Dirk Müller		 Ford GT M 119 +6 Laps
Ford 3.5 L EcoBoost V6
20 GTLM 912 United States Porsche North America New Zealand Earl Bamber
France Frédéric Makowiecki		 Porsche 911 RSR M 119 +6 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
21 GTLM 62 United States Risi Competizione Italy Giancarlo Fisichella
Finland Toni Vilander		 Ferrari 488 GTE M 119 +6 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
22 GTLM 911 United States Porsche North America France Patrick Pilet
United Kingdom Nick Tandy		 Porsche 911 RSR M 119 +6 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
23 GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport United States Bret Curtis
Germany Jens Klingmann		 BMW M6 GT3 C 116 +9 Laps‡
BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8
24 GTD 6 United States Stevenson Motorsports United Kingdom Robin Liddell
United States Andrew Davis		 Audi R8 LMS C 116 +9 Laps
Audi 5.2 L V10
25 GTD 48 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Bryan Sellers
United States Madison Snow		 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 C 116 +9 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
26 GTD 63 United States Scuderia Corsa Denmark Christina Nielsen
Italy Alessandro Balzan		 Ferrari 488 GT3 C 116 +9 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
27 GTD 16 United States Change Racing United States Spencer Pumpelly
United States Corey Lewis		 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 C 116 +9 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
28 GTD 73 United States Park Place Motorsports United States Patrick Lindsey
Germany Jörg Bergmeister		 Porsche 911 GT3 R C 116 +9 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
29 GTD 22 United States Alex Job Racing United States Cooper MacNeil
United States Leh Keen		 Porsche 911 GT3 R C 115 +10 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
30 GTD 27 United States Dream Racing Monaco Cédric Sbirrazzuoli
Italy Fabio Babini		 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 C 115 +10 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
31 GTD 9 United States Stevenson Motorsports United States Lawson Aschenbach
United States Matt Bell		 Audi R8 LMS C 114 +11 Laps
Audi 5.2 L V10
32 GTD 44 United States Magnus Racing United States John Potter
United States Andy Lally		 Audi R8 LMS C 112 Accident
Audi 5.2 L V10
33 GTD 33 United States Riley Motorsports United States Ben Keating
Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen		 Dodge Viper GT3-R C 110 +15 Laps
Dodge 8.3 L V10
34 GTLM 100 United States BMW Team RLL United States John Edwards
Germany Lucas Luhr		 BMW M6 GTLM M 108 +17 Laps
BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8
35 GTD 23 United States Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing Germany Mario Farnbacher
Spain Alex Riberas		 Porsche 911 GT3 R C 106 +19 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
36 P 55 United States Mazda Motorsports United States Jonathan Bomarito
United States Tristan Nunez		 Mazda Prototype C 60 Rear hub
Mazda MZ2.0T 2.0 L I4 Turbo
37 GTD 97 United States Turner Motorsport United States Michael Marsal
Finland Markus Palttala		 BMW M6 GT3 C 34 Gearbox
BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8
Source:[22][23]
Tyre manufacturers
Key
SymbolTyre manufacturer
CContinental
MMichelin


Media

Television

The race was broadcast live by Fox Sports on Fox Sports 1 in the United States and on Fox Sports Racing in Canada, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.[24] The event was televised internationally by FOX Sports Latin America, Motors TV in Europe, and Fox Sports Asia.

IMSA SportsCar Championship on Fox Sports
Booth AnnouncersPit reporters
Announcer Greg Creamer Jamie Howe
Justin Bell
Color Calvin Fish

Radio

The race was broadcast by IMSA Radio with announcers John Hindhaugh and Jeremy Shaw calling the race on IMSA.tv and radiolemans.com, and simulcast on Sirius channel 106 satellite radio and on 90.7 FM at the track.

IMSA Radio
Booth AnnouncersPit reporters
Announcer John Hindhaugh Shea Adam
Color Jeremy Shaw

Support race results
CTSC Prototype Lites MX-5 Cup Nissan Micra Cup
GS Canada Scott Maxwell
United States Billy Johnson		 Race 1 United States Clark Toppe United States Nikko Reger Canada Xavier Coupal
ST United States Sarah Cattaneo
United States Owen Trinkler		 Race 2 United States Austin Versteeg United States Mark Drennan Canada Olivier Bedard

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