2019 Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix
The 2019 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 Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario on July 7th, 2019. This race was the seventh round of the 2019 IMSA SportsCar Championship, and the third round of the 2019 WeatherTech Sprint Cup.
After a temporary red flag due to an incident involving the #50 Juncos Racing Cadillac, the race was won by the #77 team of Oliver Jarvis and Tristan Nunez. PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports secured their third consecutive victory in LMP2, while Earl Bamber and Laurens Vanthoor topped the GTLM class. In GTD, Turner Motorsport scored their first victory of the season.[1]
Background
On July 3, 2019, IMSA released their latest technical bulletin announcing BoP for the event.[2] Restrictions were left unchanged for the two prototype classes from the previous round at Watkins Glen International, while minor changes were made within the two GT classes. The lone modification in GTLM was a 10 kilogram weight increase for the Corvette, while victory at Watkins Glen led to a 20 kilogram weight increase for the Acura NSX. The only other change was a four liter fuel capacity increase for the Lexus RC F.
Colin Braun and Jon Bennett entered the race as defending winners.[3]
Entries
A total of 34 cars took part in the event, split across four classes. 11 were entered in DPi, 2 in LMP2, 8 in GTLM, and 13 in GTD. In DPi, Victor Franzoni replaced René Binder in Juncos Racing's sprint race lineup, with no other changes to the class. A similar change was noted in LMP2, as Dalton Kellett replaced Gabriel Aubry for PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports. In GTLM, Tommy Milner was sidelined after suffering a hand injury at Watkins Glen, necessitating Marcel Fässler to step into the #4 Corvette. GTD featured wholescale changes, with two cars dropping out after the preliminary entry list had been released. The Audis of Moorespeed and Starworks Motorsport withdrew, with the former having suffered a shunt at Watkins Glen and the latter citing performance issues as the cause for withdrawal. Bia Figueiredo also replaced Christina Nielsen in the Meyer Shank Racing #57 entry.[4]
Qualifying
Colin Braun claimed overall pole for the event for CORE Autosport.[5]
Qualifying results
Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by 
.
| Pos. | Class | No. | Team | Driver | Time | Gap | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DPi | 54 | CORE Autosport | Colin Braun | 1:05.452 | _ | 1 |
| 2 | DPi | 7 | Acura Team Penske | Hélio Castroneves | 1:05.526 | +0.074 | 2 |
| 3 | DPi | 55 | Mazda Team Joest | Jonathan Bomarito | 1:05.780 | +0.328 | 3 |
| 4 | DPi | 6 | Acura Team Penske | Juan Pablo Montoya | 1:05.872 | +0.420 | 4 |
| 5 | DPi | 77 | Mazda Team Joest | Tristan Nunez | 1:05.913 | +0.461 | 5 |
| 6 | DPi | 31 | Whelen Engineering Racing | Felipe Nasr | 1:06.080 | +0.628 | 6 |
| 7 | DPi | 5 | Mustang Sampling Racing | Filipe Albuquerque | 1:06.130 | +0.678 | 7 |
| 8 | DPi | 10 | Konica Minolta Cadillac | Jordan Taylor | 1:06.250 | +0.798 | 8 |
| 9 | DPi | 84 | JDC-Miller MotorSports | Simon Trummer | 1:06.598 | +1.146 | 9 |
| 10 | DPi | 85 | JDC-Miller MotorSports | Misha Goikhberg | 1:06.873 | +1.421 | 10 |
| 11 | DPi | 50 | Juncos Racing | Will Owen | 1:07.319 | +1.867 | 11 |
| 12 | LMP2 | 38 | Performance Tech Motorsports | Kyle Masson | 1:08.211 | +2.759 | 12 |
| 13 | LMP2 | 52 | PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports | Dalton Kellett | 1:08.720 | +3.268 | 13 |
| 14 | GTLM | 24 | BMW Team RLL | Jesse Krohn | 1:13.086 | +7.634 | 14 |
| 15 | GTLM | 25 | BMW Team RLL | Tom Blomqvist | 1:13.548 | +8.096 | 15 |
| 16 | GTLM | 67 | Ford Chip Ganassi Racing | Ryan Briscoe | 1:13.804 | +8.352 | 16 |
| 17 | GTLM | 911 | Porsche GT Team | Patrick Pilet | 1:13.829 | +8.377 | 17 |
| 18 | GTLM | 912 | Porsche GT Team | Laurens Vanthoor | 1:14.050 | +8.598 | 18 |
| 19 | GTLM | 66 | Ford Chip Ganassi Racing | Joey Hand | 1:14.138 | +8.686 | 19 |
| 20 | GTLM | 3 | Corvette Racing | Jan Magnussen | 1:14.295 | +8.843 | 20 |
| 21 | GTLM | 4 | Corvette Racing | Marcel Fässler | 1:14.769 | +9.317 | 21 |
| 22 | GTD | 96 | Turner Motorsport | Robby Foley | 1:16.172 | +10.720 | 22 |
| 23 | GTD | 33 | Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports | Ben Keating | 1:16.253 | +10.801 | 23 |
| 24 | GTD | 86 | Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian | Trent Hindman | 1:16.353 | +10.901 | 24 |
| 25 | GTD | 57 | Heinricher Racing w/ Meyer Shank Racing | Bia Figueiredo | 1:16.865 | +11.413 | 25 |
| 26 | GTD | 9 | Pfaff Motorsports | Zach Robichon | 1:16.959 | +11.507 | 26 |
| 27 | GTD | 12 | AIM Vasser Sullivan | Frankie Montecalvo | 1:17.009 | +11.557 | 27 |
| 28 | GTD | 73 | Park Place Motorsports | Patrick Lindsey | 1:17.073 | +11.621 | 28 |
| 29 | GTD | 14 | AIM Vasser Sullivan | Richard Heistand | 1:17.267 | +11.815 | 29 |
| 30 | GTD | 63 | Scuderia Corsa | Cooper MacNeil | 1:17.301 | +11.849 | 30 |
| 31 | GTD | 76 | Compass Racing | Matt Plumb | 1:17.316 | +11.864 | 31 |
| 32 | GTD | 74 | Lone Star Racing | Gar Robinson | 1:17.368 | +11.916 | 32 |
| 33 | GTD | 44 | Magnus Racing | John Potter | 1:18.110 | +12.658 | 33 |
| — | GTD | 48 | Paul Miller Racing | Did Not Participate | — | ||
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Results
Class winners are denoted in bold and .
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References
- "CTMP IMSA: Mazda scores second straight 1-2". motorsport.com. 7 July 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- "TB-IWSC-19-30-BoP-Tables-070319.pdf" (PDF). imsa.com. 3 July 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- "07/08/2018 race: Mobil 1 Sports Car Grand Prix (WSCC)". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- "Entry List: Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix Presented By Acura". frontstretch.com. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- "IMSA Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Qualifying Round Up". sportscarracingnews.com. 6 July 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- "03_Results_Qualifying.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- "03_Results_Race_Official.PDF" (PDF). July 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2021.