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2017 Northeast Grand Prix

The 2017 Northeast Grand Prix was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The race was held at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut on July 22, 2017. The race was the eighth round of the 2017 IMSA SportsCar Championship.

Track map of Lime Rock Park

Background edit

 
Lime Rock Park, where the race was held.

IMSA's president Scott Atherton confirmed the Northeast Grand Prix was part of the series' schedule for the 2017 IMSA SportsCar Championship at Road America's victory lane in August 2016.[1] It was the third consecutive year the event was held as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the twenty-sixth annual running of the race. The 2017 Northeast Grand Prix was the eighth of twelve scheduled sports car races of 2017 by IMSA, and was the fifth round not held on the held as part of the North American Endurance Cup.[2] The race was held at the seven-turn 1.530 mi (2.462 km) Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut on July 22, 2017.[2] For the first time since the 2009 running of the event, the PC class would not be competing.[3][4]

After the Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix one week earlier, Antonio García and Jan Magnussen led the GTLM Drivers' Championship with 182 points, ahead of Bill Auberlen and Alexander Sims with 179 points, and Joey Hand and Dirk Müller with 172 points.[5] In GTD, the Drivers' Championship was led by Alessandro Balzan and Christina Nielsen with 203 points, ahead of Ben Keating and Jeroen Bleekemolen with 195 points.[5] Chevrolet, and Mercedes-AMG were leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while Corvette Racing, and Scuderia Corsa each led their own Teams' Championships.[5]


Entries edit

Further information: 2017 IMSA SportsCar Championship § Entries

A total of 25 cars took part in the event split across two classes. 8 cars were entered in GTLM and 17 in GTD.[6] In GTD, Alex Job Racing returned after skipping the previous round at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.[6][7] Patrick Long joined Daniel Morad in the Alegra Motorsports entry.[8] TRG made their first appearance since the Circuit of the Americas round.[9] Jesse Krohn joined Jens Klingmann in the Turner Motorsport entry.[10]

Practice edit

There were two practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Saturday, both on Friday. The two one-hour sessions were on Friday afternoon.[11]

Practice 1 edit

The first practice session took place at 12:05 pm ET on Friday and ended with Dirk Müller topping the charts for Ford Chip Ganassi Racing, with a lap time of 51.077.[12] Jörg Bergmeister was fastest in GTD.[13]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 GTLM 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Dirk Müller 51.077 _
2 GTLM 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ryan Briscoe 51.268 +0.191
3 GTLM 912 Porsche GT Team Laurens Vanthoor 51.330 +0.253
Sources:[14][15]

Practice 2 edit

The second and final practice session took place at 2:25 pm ET on Friday and ended with Gianmaria Bruni topping the charts for Porsche GT Team, with a lap time of 50.601.[16] Madison Snow set the fastest time in GTD.[17]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 GTLM 912 Porsche GT Team Gianmaria Bruni 50.601 _
2 GTLM 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Dirk Müller 51.030 +0.429
3 GTLM 3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen 51.079 +0.478
Sources:[18][19]

Qualifying edit

Friday afternoon's 40-minute two-group qualifying, each category had separate 15-minute sessions. Regulations stipulated that teams nominate one qualifying driver, with the fastest laps determining each class' starting order. IMSA then arranged the grid to put GTLMs ahead of GTD cars.[20][11]

Qualifying was broken into two sessions. The first was for cars in GTD class. Madison Snow qualified on pole for the class driving the No. 48 car for Paul Miller Racing.[21]

The final session of qualifying was for the GTLM class. Gianmaria Bruni qualified on pole driving the No. 912 car for Porsche GT Team, besting Ryan Briscoe in the #67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing entry.[22]

Qualifying results edit

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

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 GTLM 912   Porsche GT Team   Gianmaria Bruni 50.404 _ 1‡
2 GTLM 67   Ford Chip Ganassi Racing   Ryan Briscoe 50.540 +0.136 2
3 GTLM 911   Porsche GT Team   Dirk Werner 50.606 +0.202 3
4 GTLM 24   BMW Team RLL   John Edwards 50.681 +0.277 4
5 GTLM 4   Corvette Racing   Tommy Milner 50.720 +0.316 5
6 GTLM 3   Corvette Racing   Jan Magnussen 50.730 +0.326 6
7 GTLM 66   Ford Chip Ganassi Racing   Dirk Müller 50.806 +0.402 7
8 GTLM 25   BMW Team RLL   Bill Auberlen 50.939 +0.535 8
9 GTD 48   Paul Miller Racing   Madison Snow 52.508 +2.104 9‡
10 GTD 54   CORE Autosport   Colin Braun 52.699 +2.295 231
11 GTD 28   Alegra Motorsports   Patrick Long 52.836 +2.432 10
12 GTD 15   3GT Racing   Jack Hawksworth 52.876 +2.472 11
13 GTD 96   Turner Motorsport   Jens Klingmann 52.937 +2.533 12
14 GTD 73   Park Place Motorsports   Patrick Lindsey 52.947 +2.543 13
15 GTD 57   Stevenson Motorsports   Andrew Davis 52.960 +2.556 14
16 GTD 93   Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian   Katherine Legge 52.961 +2.557 15
17 GTD 63   Scuderia Corsa   Christina Nielsen 53.010 +2.606 16
18 GTD 007   TRG   Brandon Davis 53.107 +2.703 17
19 GTD 14   3GT Racing   Sage Karam 53.140 +2.736 18
20 GTD 33   Riley Motorsports – Team AMG   Ben Keating 53.194 +2.790 19
21 GTD 86   Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian   Oswaldo Negri Jr. 53.197 +2.793 20
22 GTD 16   Change Racing   Corey Lewis 53.294 +2.890 21
23 GTD 75   SunEnergy1 Racing   Kenny Habul 53.500 +3.096 252
24 GTD 50   Riley Motorsports – WeatherTech Racing   Cooper MacNeil 53.629 +3.225 223
25 GTD 23   Alex Job Racing   Bill Sweedler 53.998 +3.594 244
Sources:[23][24]
  • 1 The No. 54 CORE Autosport entry was moved to the back of the GTD field as per Articles 43.5 and 43.6 of the Sporting regulations (Change of starting driver) and (Change of starting tires).[20]
  • 2 The No. 75 SunEnergy1 Racing entry was moved to the back of the GTD field as per Articles 43.5 and 43.6 of the Sporting regulations (Change of starting driver) and (Change of starting tires).[20]
  • 3 The No. 50 Riley Motorsports – WeatherTech Racing entry was moved to the back of the GTD field as per Article 43.6 of the Sporting regulations (Change of starting tires).[20]
  • 4 The No. 23 Alex Job Racing entry was moved to the back of the GTD field as per Article 43.6 of the Sporting regulations (Change of starting tires).[20]

Race edit

Post-race edit

The result kept García and Magnussen atop the GTLM Drivers' Championship with 211 points, 7 points ahead of sixth-place finishers Auberlen and Sims.[25] The result kept Balzan and Nielsen atop the GTD Drivers' Championship while Sellers and Snow advanced from sixth to fourth.[25] Chevrolet and Ferrari continued to top their respective Manufacturers' Championships while Corvette Racing, and Scuderia Corsa kept their respective advantages in the Teams' Championships with four rounds left in the season.[25]

Results edit

Class winners are denoted in bold and ‡.

Final race classification
Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 GTLM 911   Porsche GT Team   Patrick Pilet
  Dirk Werner 		Porsche 911 RSR M 181 2:40:18.956‡
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
2 GTLM 912   Porsche GT Team   Gianmaria Bruni
  Laurens Vanthoor 		Porsche 911 RSR M 181 +14.500
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
3 GTLM 24   BMW Team RLL   John Edwards
  Martin Tomczyk 		BMW M6 GTLM M 181 +39.946
BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8
4 GTLM 3   Corvette Racing   Jan Magnussen
  Antonio García 		Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 181 +40.203
Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
5 GTLM 67   Ford Chip Ganassi Racing   Ryan Briscoe
  Richard Westbrook 		Ford GT M 181 +52.302
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Twin-turbo V6
6 GTLM 25   BMW Team RLL   Bill Auberlen
  Alexander Sims 		BMW M6 GTLM M 180 +1 lap
BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8
7 GTLM 66   Ford Chip Ganassi Racing   Dirk Müller
  Joey Hand 		Ford GT M 177 +4 Laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Twin-turbo V6
8 GTD 73   Park Place Motorsports   Jörg Bergmeister
  Patrick Lindsey 		Porsche 911 GT3 R C 175 +6 Laps‡
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
9 GTD 48   Paul Miller Racing   Bryan Sellers
  Madison Snow 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 M 175 +6 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
10 GTD 28   Alegra Motorsports   Patrick Long
  Daniel Morad 		Porsche 911 GT3 R M 175 +6 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
11 GTD 57   Stevenson Motorsports   Andrew Davis
  Lawson Aschenbach 		Audi R8 LMS M 175 +6 Laps
Audi 5.2L V10
12 GTD 93   Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian   Andy Lally
  Katherine Legge 		Acura NSX GT3 M 174 +7 Laps
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
13 GTD 63   Scuderia Corsa   Christina Nielsen
  Alessandro Balzan 		Ferrari 488 GT3 C 174 +7 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
14 GTD 15   3GT Racing   Robert Alon
  Jack Hawksworth 		Lexus RC F GT3 C 174 +7 Laps
Lexus 5.0L V8
15 GTD 23   Alex Job Racing   Townsend Bell
  Bill Sweedler 		Audi R8 LMS C 173 +8 Laps
Audi 5.2L V10
16 GTD 86   Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian   Jeff Segal
  Oswaldo Negri Jr. 		Acura NSX GT3 C 173 +8 Laps
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
17 GTD 50   Riley Motorsports – WeatherTech Racing   Cooper MacNeil
  Gunnar Jeannette 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 C 173 +8 Laps
Mercedes AMG M159 6.2 L V8
18 GTD 16   Change Racing   Corey Lewis
  Jeroen Mul 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 C 173 +8 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
19 GTD 14   3GT Racing   Scott Pruett
  Sage Karam 		Lexus RC F GT3 C 171 +10 Laps
Lexus 5.0L V8
20

DNF

GTD 007   TRG   Brandon Davis

  James Davison

Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 C 164 Lost Power
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
21 GTD 96   Turner Motorsport   Jens Klingmann
  Jesse Krohn 		BMW M6 GT3 C 163 +18 Laps
BMW 4.4L Turbo V8
22 GTLM 4   Corvette Racing   Oliver Gavin
  Tommy Milner 		Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 151 +30 Laps
Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
23

DNF

GTD 33   Riley Motorsports – Team AMG   Jeroen Bleekemolen
  Ben Keating 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 C 125 Suspension
Mercedes AMG M159 6.2 L V8
24

DNF

GTD 75   SunEnergy1 Racing   Tristan Vautier
  Kenny Habul 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 C 69 Shock Absorber
Mercedes AMG M159 6.2 L V8
25

DNF

GTD 54   CORE Autosport   Jon Bennett
  Colin Braun 		Porsche 911 GT3 R C 39 Engine
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
Sources:[26][27]
Tyre manufacturers
Key
Symbol Tyre manufacturer
C Continental
M Michelin

Standings after the race edit

  • 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 edit

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