Jeremy Clarke lowered the LMP2 lap record at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park to take pole for the IMSA Chevrolet Grand Prix. With a time of 1m07.904s on his final attempt, the Inter Europol Competition driver improved on his own reference from the first session by more than a tenth on new tyres. Misha Goikhberg, in the Bryan Herta Autosport Oreca 52, was 173 thousandths behind, and PJ Hyett took the AO Racing Oreca 99 to 282 thousandths off the pace.

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The No. 99 car lost third place in the post‑qualifying technical inspection after stewards found that the front components did not meet the minimum regulatory ride height, so AO Racing will start from the back of LMP2. The penalty moved the United Autosports Oreca 22, with Daniel Goldburg, to third place and the CrowdStrike Racing 04, with George Kurtz, to fourth. The top four qualifiers had been covered by less than six tenths.

The LMP2 championship arrived at Mosport with three teams separated by 60 points. CrowdStrike Racing leads the table with 1,090, United Autosports has 1,035 and AO Racing, which won at Watkins Glen, has 1,030. The class is racing without GTP this weekend, making the prototypes the top category for the only time this season. Clarke already won at Sebring this year and will look for his second victory from pole.

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Neil Verhagen, in GTD PRO, took his second consecutive Mosport pole in the Paul Miller Racing BMW 1. His lap of 1m14.382s gave him a 185‑thousandth advantage over Max Esterson in the RLL Team McLaren. Alexander Sims and Tommy Milner placed the two factory Corvettes third and fourth, separated by just 38 thousandths. Paul Miller Racing arrived in Canada with a 60‑point lead in the GTD PRO championship, and pole reinforces a run of form they had already shown at Watkins Glen, where they finished second in class.

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Eduardo Barrichello, who is racing this weekend in Canada with IMSA instead of his home race in the WEC, took GTD pole in the Heart of Racing Aston Martin 27. He set a 1m15.130s on his third lap, despite the team receiving a five‑minute track‑time penalty for not completing a pre‑session check. Roman De Angelis, who replaces Tom Gamble because the Briton is racing the WEC with Aston Martin, shares the car with him on his home circuit. Barrichello's pole coincided with those of two other Heart of Racing lineups on the same Saturday: Hannah Greenemeier in the Michelin Pilot Challenge and Kobe Pauwels in LMGT3 qualifying for the WEC at Interlagos, in the very car that the Brazilian vacated to fulfil his North American programme.

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In GTD, Mason Filippi qualified second in the DXDT Racing Corvette 36, Aaron Telitz was third in the Vasser Sullivan Lexus 12, and Russell Ward put the Winward Racing Mercedes‑AMG fourth. Six different manufacturers occupied the top six positions in the class. The race can be watched on Sunday at 2:10 p.m. Eastern Time on the IMSA YouTube channel for the international audience.

IMSA Chevrolet Grand Prix 2026 Qualification

Pos	class	#	drivers	team	brand	car	Gap
1	LMP2	#43	Tom Dillmann Jeremy Clarke	Inter Europol Competition	Gibson	ORECA LMP2 07	-
2	LMP2	#52	Misha Goikhberg Ricky Taylor	Bryan Herta Autosport with PR1/Mathiasen	Gibson	ORECA LMP2 07	+0.173
3	LMP2	#99	PJ Hyett Dane Cameron	AO Racing	Gibson	ORECA LMP2 07	+0.282
4	LMP2	#22	Daniel Goldburg Ben Hanley	United Autosports USA	Gibson	ORECA LMP2 07	+0.393
5	LMP2	#04	George Kurtz Alex Quinn	Crowdstrike Racing by APR	Gibson	ORECA LMP2 07	+0.593
6	LMP2	#2	Phil Fayer Mikkel Jensen	United Autosports USA	Gibson	ORECA LMP2 07	+1.437
7	LMP2	#73	Pietro Fittipaldi Chris Cumming	Pratt Miller Motorsports	Gibson	ORECA LMP2 07	+1.811
8	LMP2	#11	Tobi Lutke Mathias Beche	TDS Racing	Gibson	ORECA LMP2 07	+1.850
9	LMP2	#8	John Farano Sebastian Alvarez	Tower Motorsports	Gibson	ORECA LMP2 07	+2.506
10	GTDPRO	#1	Neil Verhagen Connor De Phillippi	Paul Miller Racing	BMW	BMW M4 GT3 EVO	+6.478
11	GTDPRO	#59	Max Esterson Nikita Johnson	RLL Team McLaren	McLaren	McLaren 720S GT3 EVO	+6.663
12	GTDPRO	#3	Antonio Garcia Alexander Sims	Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R	+6.665
13	GTDPRO	#4	Tommy Milner Nicky Catsburg	Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R	+6.701
14	GTDPRO	#68	Valentin Hasse Clot Scott Andrews	Car Blanche	Aston Martin	Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo	+6.929
15	GTDPRO	#14	Jack Hawksworth Ben Barnicoat	Vasser Sullivan Racing	Lexus	Lexus RC F GT3	+6.961
16	GTD	#27	Dudu Barrichello Roman De Angelis	Heart of Racing Team	Aston Martin	Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo	+7.226
17	GTDPRO	#77	Nick Tandy Harry King	AO Racing	Porsche	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	+7.230
18	GTDPRO	#9	Andrea Caldarelli Sandy Mitchell	Pfaff Motorsports	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Temerario GT3	+7.316
19	GTDPRO	#64	Ben Barker Dennis Olsen	Ford Racing	Ford	Ford Mustang GT3	+7.354
20	GTDPRO	#65	Christopher Mies Frederic Vervisch	Ford Racing	Ford	Ford Mustang GT3	+7.386
21	GTD	#36	Mason Filippi Robert Wickens	DXDT Racing	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R	+7.469
22	GTD	#12	Aaron Telitz Benjamin Pedersen	Vasser Sullivan Racing	Lexus	Lexus RC F GT3	+7.478
23	GTD	#57	Russell Ward Philip Ellis	WINWARD RACING	Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT3	+7.495
24	GTD	#45	Danny Formal Trent Hindman	Wayne Taylor Racing	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2	+7.752
25	GTD	#96	Patrick Gallagher Robby Foley	Turner Motorsport	BMW	BMW M4 GT3 EVO	+7.824
26	GTD	#81	Giacomo Altoè Casper Stevenson	DragonSpeed	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R	+7.879
27	GTD	#34	Albert Costa Lorenzo Patrese	Conquest Racing	Ferrari	Ferrari 296 GT3 EVO	+8.308
28	GTD	#66	Jake Walker Corey Lewis	Gradient Racing	Ford	Ford Mustang GT3	+8.581
29	GTD	#120	Adam Adelson Callum Ilott	Wright Motorsports	Porsche	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	+8.611
30	GTD	#70	Brendan Iribe Frederik Schandorff	Inception Racing	Ferrari	Ferrari 296 GT3 EVO	+8.901
31	GTD	#16	Sheena Monk Felipe Fraga	Myers Riley Motorsports	Ford	Ford Mustang GT3	+9.255
32	GTD	#13	Orey Fidani Matthew Bell	13 Autosport	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R	+9.734