2021 Detroit Sports Car Classic

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Track map of The Raceway on Belle Isle

The 2021 Detroit SportsCar Classic was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The race was held at The Raceway on Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan on June 12th, 2021. This race was the fourth round of the 2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship, and the second round of the 2021 WeatherTech Sprint Cup.

Background[]

Unlike its predecessors, the race was initially scheduled to be a standalone event, relinquishing its traditional joint weekend with the IndyCar Series in an attempt to avoid conflict with the 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans.[1] However, with the postponement of the Le Mans race to August, the race weekend was pushed back a week, allowing it to run in conjunction with the IndyCar double-header.[2] While the reschedule alleviated a conflict with the Nürburgring 24 Hours, it fell on the same weekend as the WEC race at Portimão, leading to a further conflict for WeatherTech Racing.[2] The classes competing at the event were also shuffled, as the LMP2 class was replaced with GTLM, which wouldn't score points towards the overall championship.[2] The DPi and GTD classes remained on the entry list from the initial date, with the latter still only scoring points towards the WeatherTech Sprint Cup.

The race also marked the first event since the dawn of the COVID-19 pandemic that fans would be allowed paddock access, in accordance with the lifting of outdoor venue gathering restrictions in the state of Michigan.[3]

Entries[]

Further information: 2021 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship § Entries

A total of 20 cars took part in the event, split across three classes. 6 cars were entered in DPi, 2 in GTLM, and 12 in GTD. Although no notable changes occurred in the DPi class, a handful of GTD competitors elected to forego the round due to its championship point output only counting for the WeatherTech Sprint Cup; namely Magnus Racing, Wright Motorsports, and Pfaff Motorsports. Buoying the GTD numbers, however, was SunEnergy1 Racing, who returned after skipping the Mid-Ohio round. In GTLM, the lone competitors were the two Corvettes, in line with WeatherTech Racing's expected absence.[4]

After the initial entry list was released, a pair of driver changes were made prior to the race weekend. Marco Mapelli joined Misha Goikhberg in the Grasser Racing Team entry,[5] while Townsend Bell subbed for Zach Veach, who missed the round after testing positive for COVID-19, in the Vasser Sullivan Racing #12.[6]

Qualifying[]

Kevin Magnussen took overall pole for the event. Nick Tandy secured the pole in GTLM, while Richard Heistand started first in GTD.[7]

Qualifying results[]

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by double-dagger.

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 DPi 01 Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing Kevin Magnussen 1:20.031 _ 1double-dagger
2 DPi 55 Mazda Motorsports Harry Tincknell 1:20.052 +0.021 2
3 DPi 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Pipo Derani 1:20.161 +0.130 3
4 DPi 10 Konica Minolta Acura Ricky Taylor 1:20.299 +0.268 4
5 DPi 5 JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing Tristan Vautier 1:20.532 +0.501 5
6 DPi 6 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Olivier Pla 1:21.455 +1.424 6
7 GTLM 4 Corvette Racing Nick Tandy 1:27.283 +7.231 7double-dagger
8 GTLM 3 Corvette Racing Jordan Taylor 1:27.606 +7.554 8
9 GTD 39 CarBahn with Peregrine Racing Richard Heistand 1:30.529 +10.498 9double-dagger
10 GTD 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing Frankie Montecalvo 1:30.617 +10.586 10
11 GTD 23 Heart of Racing Team Roman De Angelis 1:30.671 +10.640 11
12 GTD 96 Turner Motorsport Robby Foley 1:30.861 +10.830 12
13 GTD 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Aaron Telitz 1:30.865 +10.834 13
14 GTD 1 Paul Miller Racing Madison Snow 1:30.879 +10.848 14
15 GTD 76 Compass Racing Jeff Kingsley 1:30.977 +10.946 15
16 GTD 66 Gradient Racing Till Bechtolsheimer 1:31.582 +11.551 16
17 GTD 28 Alegra Motorsports Michael de Quesada 1:31.660 +11.629 17
18 GTD 75 SunEnergy1 Racing Kenny Habul 1:31.784 +11.753 18
19 GTD 88 Team Hardpoint EBM Rob Ferriol 1:31.841 +11.810 19
20 GTD 19 GRT Grasser Racing Team Misha Goikhberg 1:32.211 +12.180 20
Sources:[8][9][10]

Results[]

Class winners are denoted in bold and double-dagger.

Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 DPi 01 United States Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing Netherlands Renger van der Zande
Denmark Kevin Magnussen 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 66 1:40:03.247double-dagger
Cadillac 5.5L V8
2 DPi 31 United States Whelen Engineering Racing Brazil Felipe Nasr
Brazil Pipo Derani 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 66 +0.573
Cadillac 5.5L V8
3 DPi 10 United States Konica Minolta Acura United States Ricky Taylor
Portugal Filipe Albuquerque 		Acura ARX-05 66 +4.028
Acura AR35TT 3.5L Turbo V6
4 DPi 55 Canada Mazda Motorsports United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell 		Mazda RT24-P 66 +4.876
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0L Turbo I4
5 DPi 5 United States JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing France Tristan Vautier
France Loïc Duval 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 66 +5.182
Cadillac 5.5L V8
6 DPi 60 United States Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian United States Dane Cameron
France Olivier Pla 		Acura ARX-05 66 +5.425
Acura AR35TT 3.5L Turbo V6
7 GTLM 4 United States Corvette Racing United States Tommy Milner
United Kingdom Nick Tandy 		Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 63 +3 Lapsdouble-dagger
Chevrolet 5.5L V8
8 GTLM 3 United States Corvette Racing Spain Antonio García
United States Jordan Taylor 		Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 63 +3 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5L V8
9 GTD 23 United States Heart of Racing Team Canada Roman De Angelis
United Kingdom Ross Gunn 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 62 +4 Lapsdouble-dagger
Mercedes-Benz M177 4.0L Turbo V8
10 GTD 19 Austria GRT Grasser Racing Team Canada Misha Goikhberg
Italy Marco Mapelli 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 62 +4 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2L V10
11 GTD 66 United States Gradient Racing United Kingdom Till Bechtolsheimer
United States Marc Miller 		Acura NSX GT3 Evo 62 +4 Laps
Acura 3.5L Turbo V6
12 GTD 14 United States Vasser Sullivan Racing United States Aaron Telitz
United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth 		Lexus RC F GT3 62 +4 Laps
Lexus 5.0L V8
13 GTD 12 United States Vasser Sullivan Racing United States Frankie Montecalvo
United States Townsend Bell 		Lexus RC F GT3 62 +4 Laps
Lexus 5.0L V8
14 GTD 1 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Bryan Sellers
United States Madison Snow 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 62 +4 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2L V10
15 GTD 75 Australia SunEnergy1 Racing Australia Kenny Habul
Canada Mikaël Grenier 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 62 +4 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2L V8
16 GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport United States Bill Auberlen
United States Robby Foley 		BMW M6 GT3 55 Did Not Finish
BMW 4.4L Turbo V8
17 GTD 76 United States Compass Racing Canada Jeff Kingsley
Germany Mario Farnbacher 		Acura NSX GT3 Evo 50 Did Not Finish
Acura 3.5L Turbo V6
18 GTD 28 United States Alegra Motorsports Canada Daniel Morad
United States Michael de Quesada 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 28 Did Not Finish
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2L V8
19 GTD 88 United States Team Hardpoint EBM United States Rob Ferriol
United Kingdom Katherine Legge 		Porsche 911 GT3 R 3 Did Not Finish
Porsche 4.0L Flat-6
20[a] GTD 39 United States CarBahn with Peregrine Racing United States Richard Heistand
United States Jeff Westphal 		Audi R8 LMS Evo 62 +4 Laps
Audi 5.2L V10
Source:[12]
  1. ^ The no. 39 CarBahn with Peregrine Racing entry was moved to the rear of the GTD classification for failing to meet the minimum refueling time of 40 seconds.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ Ryan, Nate (October 1, 2020). "IMSA will return to Detroit Grand Prix as standalone event for first time". motorsports.nbcsports.com. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Dagys, John (March 25, 2021). "Detroit Round Moves to IndyCar Weekend; GTLM Added". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  3. ^ Lloyd, Daniel (May 25, 2021). "Fans to Return to IMSA Paddock at Detroit". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  4. ^ Dagys, John (June 2, 2021). "Magnus, Wright, Pfaff Opt Out of Sprint Cup; 20 Cars for Detroit". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
  5. ^ Dagys, John (June 9, 2021). "Mapelli Rejoins Grasser Lamborghini Squad for Detroit". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  6. ^ Dagys, John (June 9, 2021). "Bell to Sub for COVID-19 Positive Veach in Detroit". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  7. ^ Dagys, John (June 11, 2021). "Magnussen Scores First IMSA Pole in Detroit". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  8. ^ "03_Results_Qualifying - DPi Position - Points .PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  9. ^ "03_Results_Qualifying - GTD Points - GTLM Position.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  10. ^ "03_Results_Qualifying - GTD Position.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  11. ^ "CarBahn Loses GTD Win in Refueling Infraction". June 12, 2021. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  12. ^ "03_Results_Race_Provisional.PDF" (PDF). June 12, 2021. Retrieved June 14, 2021.


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