2025 SportsCar Grand Prix
The 2025 SportsCar Grand Prix (formally known as the 2025 Motul SportsCar Grand Prix[1]) was a sports car race held at Road America near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, on August 3, 2025. It was the eighth 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.[2] It was the twelfth consecutive time the IMSA SCC hosted a race at Road America. The 2025 SportsCar Grand Prix was the eighth of eleven scheduled sports car races of 2025 by IMSA.[3] The race was held at the fourteen-turn 4.048 mi (6.515 km) Road America on August 3, 2025.[3]
Standings before the race
Preceding the event, Matt Campbell and Mathieu Jaminet led the GTD Drivers' Championship with 2028 points, 12 ahead of Porsche team-mates Felipe Nasr and Nick Tandy. Nick Yelloly and Renger van der Zande sat in third, 262 points behind Campbell and Jaminet.[4] Dan Goldburg led the LMP2 Drivers' Championship with 1375 points, 78 points ahead of second-placed Dane Cameron and P. J. Hyett.[4] The GTD Pro Drivers' Championship was led by Antonio García and Alexander Sims with 1942 points, 39 points ahead of Klaus Bachler and Laurin Heinrich in second. Albert Costa sat in third, a further 14 points behind.[4] Philip Ellis and Russell Ward were in the lead of the GTD Drivers' Championship with 1902 points. Jack Hawksworth and Parker Thompson sat in second, 93 points behind Ellis and Ward. Casper Stevenson rounded out the top three, a further 31 points behind.[4] Porsche Penske Motorsport, United Autosports USA, Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports, and Winward Racing lead their respective Teams' Championships, with Porsche, Chevrolet, and Mercedes-AMG leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships.[4]
Entry list
The entry list was published on July 23, 2025, and featured 49 entries: 11 in GTP, 14 in LMP2, 10 in GTD Pro, and 14 in GTD.[5] On July 31, 2025, Korthoff Competition Motors announced the withdrawal of their No. 32 Mercedes, which was initially entered for Daniel Morad and Mike Skeen, bringing the total amount of entries down to 48.[6]
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Practice
Two practice sessions were held preceding the start of the race on Sunday, one on Friday afternoon and one on Saturday morning. Both the session on Friday afternoon and on Saturday morning lasted 90 minutes.[9]
Practice 1
The first practice session took place at 2:00 pm CDT on Friday. Tom Blomqvist topped the session in the No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura, with a 1-minute, 51.255-second lap time. Ross Gunn was second-quickest in the No. 23 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin, 0.073 seconds behind Blomqvist. Jack Aitken rounded out the top three in the No. 31 Cadillac Whelen.[10] Mikkel Jensen topped the LMP2 class in the No. 11 TDS Racing Oreca, with a lap time of 1:52.781. His lap was 0.365 seconds quicker than that of second-placed Paul di Resta in the No. 22 United Autosports USA Oreca.[11] Russell Ward set the quickest time amongst all GT cars in the No. 57 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG, with a lap time of 2:04.991. He was 0.748 seconds quicker than Parker Thompson in the No. 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus in second. Giacomo Altoè set the quickest time in the GTD Pro class, with a 2-minute, 5.844-second lap time. Nicky Catsburg was second-quickest in the No. 4 Corvette Racing Chevrolet.[12] The session saw two red flag stoppages. The first was caused by the No. 22 Oreca, after Dan Goldburg got trapped in the gravel. The second was caused by Phil Fayer in the sister No. 2 United Oreca, after causing a collision with the No. 021 Triarsi Competizione Ferrari.[10]
| Pos. | Class | No. | Team | Driver | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GTP | 60 |  Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian
|
 Tom Blomqvist
|
1:51.255 | — |
| 2 | GTP | 23 | Aston Martin THOR Team
|
Ross Gunn
|
1:51.328 | +0.073 |
| 3 | GTP | 31 | Cadillac Whelen
|
Jack Aitken
|
1:51.590 | +0.335 |
| Sources:[13][14] | ||||||
Practice 2
The second and final practice session took place at 9:05 am CDT on Saturday, and saw Dries Vanthoor topping the session in the No. 24 Team RLL BMW with a lap time of 1:49.676. He was 0.006 seconds quicker than second-placed Nick Yelloly in the No. 93 MSR Acura, with BMW team-mate Sheldon van der Linde rounding out the top three in the No. 25 BMW, 0.167 seconds behind Vanthoor.[15] Malthe Jakobsen topped the LMP2 class in the No. 04 CrowdStrike Racing by APR Oreca, with a 1-minute, 52.823-second lap time. His lap was 0.029 seconds quicker than that of second-placed Jensen in the No. 11 Oreca, with Dane Cameron in the No. 99 AO Racing Oreca rounding out the top three.[16] The GTD Pro class was topped by Alexander Sims in the No. 3 Chevrolet, with a lap time of 2:04.247. His lap was 0.107 seconds quicker Altoè's lap in the No. 81 Ferrari. Onofrio Triarsi topped the GTD class in the No. 021 Ferrari, with a 2-minute, 4.866-second lap time.[17] The session saw a lengthy red flag after a collision between the No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports Lamborghini of Marco Mapelli and the No. 04 Oreca of George Kurtz.[17]
| Pos. | Class | No. | Team | Driver | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GTP | 24 | BMW M Team RLL
|
.svg.png){kind=small} Dries Vanthoor
|
1:49.676 | — |
| 2 | GTP | 93 | Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian
|
Nick Yelloly
|
1:49.682 | +0.006 |
| 3 | GTP | 25 | BMW M Team RLL
|
 Sheldon van der Linde
|
1:49.843 | +0.167 |
| Sources:[18][19] | ||||||
Qualifying
Saturday's afternoon qualifying was broken into four sessions, with one session for the GTP, LMP2, GTD Pro, and GTD classes each.[9] The rules dictated that all teams nominated a driver to qualify their cars, with the Pro-Am LMP2 class requiring a Bronze rated driver to qualify the car. The competitors' fastest lap times determined the starting order. The competitors' fastest lap times determined the starting order. IMSA then arranged the grid to put GTPs ahead of the LMP2, GTD Pro, and GTD cars.[20]
Qualifying results
Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and with ‡.
| Pos. | Class | No. | Entry | Driver | Time | Gap | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GTP | 93 | Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian
|
Nick Yelloly
|
1:48.628 | — | 1‡ |
| 2 | GTP | 25 | BMW M Team RLL
|
Sheldon van der Linde
|
1:48.681 | +0.053 | 2 |
| 3 | GTP | 24 | BMW M Team RLL
|
Dries Vanthoor
|
1:48.683 | +0.055 | 3 |
| 4 | GTP | 60 | Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian
|
Colin Braun
|
1:48.708 | +0.080 | 4 |
| 5 | GTP | 6 |  Porsche Penske Motorsport
|
.svg.png){kind=small} Matt Campbell
|
1:48.960 | +0.332 | 5 |
| 6 | GTP | 31 | Cadillac Whelen
|
Jack Aitken
|
1:49.118 | +0.490 | 6 |
| 7 | GTP | 10 | Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing
|
.svg.png){kind=small} Filipe Albuquerque
|
1:49.121 | +0.493 | 7 |
| 8 | GTP | 7 | Porsche Penske Motorsport
|
 Felipe Nasr
|
1:49.171 | +0.543 | 8 |
| 9 | GTP | 40 | Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing
|
Jordan Taylor
|
1:49.263 | +0.635 | 9 |
| 10 | GTP | 23 | Aston Martin THOR Team
|
Ross Gunn
|
1:49.309 | +0.681 | 10 |
| 11 | GTP | 85 | JDC–Miller MotorSports
|
 Gianmaria Bruni
|
1:50.367 | +1.739 | 11 |
| 12 | LMP2 | 99 | AO Racing
|
P. J. Hyett
|
1:53.240 | +4.612 | 12‡ |
| 13 | LMP2 | 04 | CrowdStrike Racing by APR
|
George Kurtz
|
1:53.906 | +5.278 | 13 |
| 14 | LMP2 | 22 | United Autosports USA
|
Dan Goldburg
|
1:54.323 | +5.695 | 14 |
| 15 | LMP2 | 61 | Team Tonis
|
 Tõnis Kasemets
|
1:54.377 | +5.749 | 15 |
| 16 | LMP2 | 11 |  TDS Racing
|
Steven Thomas
|
1:54.685 | +6.057 | 16 |
| 17 | LMP2 | 18 | Era Motorsport
|
.svg.png){kind=small} Tobias Lütke
|
1:54.908 | +6.280 | 17 |
| 18 | LMP2 | 2 | United Autosports USA
|
Phil Fayer
|
1:55.108 | +6.480 | 18 |
| 19 | LMP2 | 88 | AF Corse
|
 Luis Pérez Companc
|
1:55.117 | +6.489 | 19 |
| 20 | LMP2 | 52 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports
|
Naveen Rao
|
1:55.410 | +6.782 | 20 |
| 21 | LMP2 | 43 |  Inter Europol Competition
|
Jeremy Clarke
|
1:55.459 | +6.831 | 21 |
| 22 | LMP2 | 74 | Riley
|
Gar Robinson
|
1:55.517 | +6.889 | 22 |
| 23 | LMP2 | 73 | Pratt Miller Motorsports
|
Chris Cumming
|
1:55.854 | +7.226 | 23 |
| 24 | LMP2 | 8 | Tower Motorsports
|
John Farano
|
1:56.683 | +8.055 | 24 |
| 25 | LMP2 | 79 | JDC–Miller MotorSports
|
Gerry Kraut
|
1:59.392 | +10.764 | 25 |
| 26 | GTD | 57 | Winward Racing
|
Russell Ward
|
2:03.745 | +15.117 | 36‡ |
| 27 | GTD Pro | 81 | DragonSpeed
|
Giacomo Altoè
|
2:03.904 | +15.276 | 26‡ |
| 28 | GTD | 27 | Heart of Racing Team
|
Casper Stevenson
|
2:03.908 | +15.280 | 37 |
| 29 | GTD Pro | 3 | Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports
|
Alexander Sims
|
2:03.914 | +15.286 | 27 |
| 30 | GTD Pro | 4 | Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports
|
Tommy Milner
|
2:03.924 | +15.296 | 28 |
| 31 | GTD | 021 | Triarsi Competizione
|
Onofrio Triarsi
|
2:04.160 | +15.532 | 38 |
| 32 | GTD | 36 | DXDT Racing
|
Robert Wickens
|
2:04.208 | +15.580 | 39 |
| 33 | GTD | 12 | Vasser Sullivan Racing
|
Parker Thompson
|
2:04.494 | +15.866 | 40 |
| 34 | GTD | 34 | Conquest Racing
|
Manny Franco
|
2:04.602 | +15.974 | 41 |
| 35 | GTD Pro | 48 | Paul Miller Racing
|
Dan Harper
|
2:04.610 | +15.982 | 29 |
| 36 | GTD | 45 | Wayne Taylor Racing
|
 Danny Formal
|
2:04.625 | +15.997 | 42 |
| 37 | GTD Pro | 1 | Paul Miller Racing
|
Madison Snow
|
2:04.644 | +16.016 | 30 |
| 38 | GTD Pro | 65 | Ford Multimatic Motorsports
|
Christopher Mies
|
2:05.089 | +16.641 | 31 |
| 39 | GTD | 78 | Forte Racing
|
Misha Goikhberg
|
2:05.107 | +16.479 | 43 |
| 40 | GTD | 70 | Inception Racing
|
Brendan Iribe
|
2:05.231 | +16.603 | 44 |
| 41 | GTD Pro | 77 | AO Racing
|
 Klaus Bachler
|
2:05.411 | +16.783 | 32 |
| 42 | GTD Pro | 64 | Ford Multimatic Motorsports
|
Mike Rockenfeller
|
2:05.419 | +16.791 | 33 |
| 43 | GTD Pro | 14 | Vasser Sullivan Racing
|
Aaron Telitz
|
2:05.590 | +16.962 | 34 |
| 44 | GTD | 96 | Turner Motorsport
|
Patrick Gallagher
|
2:05.936 | +17.308 | 45 |
| 45 | GTD | 66 | Gradient Racing
|
Jenson Altzman
|
2:06.295 | +17.667 | 46 |
| 46 | GTD | 120 | Wright Motorsports
|
Adam Adelson
|
2:06.341 | +17.713 | 47 |
| 47 | GTD | 13 | AWA
|
Orey Fidani
|
2:07.072 | +18.444 | 48 |
| 48 | GTD Pro | 9 | Pfaff Motorsports
|
No Time Established | 35 | ||
| Sources:[21][22] | |||||||
Race
Post-race
Class winners are in bold and ‡.
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