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Cadillac DPi-V.R Category DPi Constructor Cadillac (Dallara )Designers Dillon Blanski (Exterior Designer)[ 1] Antonio Montanari (Lead Chassis Designer,Dallara )[ 2] Luca Dell'Osso (Lead Aerodynamicist, Dallara)[ 2] Predecessor Cadillac Northstar LMP Corvette Daytona Prototype Successor Cadillac V-Series.R (LMDh )Technical specifications[ 3] Chassis Carbon-fibre monocoque with aluminium honeycomb and Zylon side panels Suspension (front) Double wishbone independent pushrodSuspension (rear) As front Length 187 in (4,750 mm) Width 74.8 in (1,900 mm) Height 45.3 in (1,151 mm) Wheelbase 118.5 in (3,010 mm) Engine ECR Engines designed, developed, and produced 4.06 in. bore blocks (2014 – present) Cadillac LT1 5.5 L (336 cu in) (2018–2022)V8 naturally-aspirated engine,mid-engined ,longitudinally mounted Transmission Xtrac P1159F 6-speed sequentialsemi-automatic paddle-shift Power 600 hp (447 kW) @ 6,800 rpm later 580 hp (433 kW) @ 7,050 rpm (series restricted power level) Weight 930 kg (2,050 lb) including driver and fuel Fuel VP Racing Fuels MS100 RON unleaded 80% + E20 American Ethanol 20% Lubricants Valvoline (Wayne Taylor Racing ),Lucas Oil (Action Express Racing ) andRed Line Synthetic Oil (JDC–Miller MotorSports )Tyres Continental (2017–2018)Michelin (2019–2022)Competition history Notable entrants Action Express Racing Wayne Taylor Racing Spirit of Daytona Racing JDC-Miller MotorSports Juncos Racing Chip Ganassi Racing Notable drivers Filipe Albuquerque Fernando Alonso Max Angelelli João Barbosa Ryan Briscoe Eric Curran Pipo Derani Scott Dixon Christian Fittipaldi Jeff Gordon Kamui Kobayashi Felipe Nasr Jordan Taylor Ricky Taylor Renger van der Zande Debut 2017 24 Hours of Daytona First win 2017 24 Hours of Daytona Last win 2022 Chevrolet Grand Prix Last event 2022 Petit Le Mans Teams' Championships 3(2017 IMSA SCC ,2018 IMSA SCC ,2021 IMSA SCC ) Constructors' Championships 3(2017 IMSA SCC ,2018 IMSA SCC ,2021 IMSA SCC ) Drivers' Championships 3(2017 IMSA SCC ,2018 IMSA SCC ,2021 IMSA SCC )
TheCadillac DPi-V.R is asports prototype racing car which started competing in theIMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in North America in 2017. It is the manufacturer variation ofDallara P217 base, and replaces theCorvette DP . It marked Cadillac's return to sports car racing as a full constructor for the first time since theCadillac Northstar LMP that competed inAmerican Le Mans Series from 2000 to 2002. It was unveiled on November 30, 2016.[ 4]
Across six seasons of competition, the DPi-V.R won theIMSA SportsCar Championship three times, doing so in2017 withWayne Taylor Racing , and in2018 and2021 withAction Express Racing . The DPi-V.R was one of the most successful DPi cars by the end of its time in competition, and it would be replaced by theCadillac V-Series.R in 2023, following a change to the newLe Mans Hypercar andLMDh ruleset for sports prototypes.[ 5]
A closed-top design, it incorporates several new mechanical and safety features not used in the previousCorvette DP car. Zylon anti-intrusion panels are built into the frame that prevent any mechanical components from coming into the chassis in the event of an accident. The Cadillac DPi-V.R has an electrical power steering system and an improved gearbox.[ 6]
Competition history [ edit ] With theDPi regulations in place for the2017 IMSA SportsCar Championship , the Cadillac DPi-V.R officially made its first start at the2017 24 Hours of Daytona , where it also completed its first victory courtesy ofWayne Taylor Racing and driversJordan Taylor ,Ricky Taylor ,Max Angelelli , andJeff Gordon .[ 7] Cadillac proceeded to take victory in the next six races; four from Wayne Taylor Racing and one from each of the two entries fromAction Express Racing . Cadillac completed a dominant season by taking home the Teams', Constructors', and Drivers' championships, with all three Cadillac entries occupying the top 3 of the standings. Wayne Taylor Racing, with the Taylor brothers, took home the Teams' and Drivers' titles for Cadillac.[ 8]
Cadillac carried their momentum over to the2018 IMSA SportsCar Championship , winning the season-opening2018 24 Hours of Daytona withMustang Sampling Racing and driversFilipe Albuquerque ,João Barbosa , andChristian Fittipaldi .[ 9] Eric Curran andFelipe Nasr secured the championship withWhelen Engineering Racing , marking back-to-back titles for Cadillac.[ 10] Across all three entries, the DPi-V.R secured a total of 11 podiums.
The next two seasons were less fruitful for Cadillac, as the rising levels of competition began to even out the field. The DPi-V.R finished runner-up twice in the2019 IMSA SportsCar Championship and the2020 IMSA SportsCar Championship , completing each season in 2nd overall behindAcura andTeam Penske .[ 11] [ 12] Cadillac did continue to win the24 Hours of Daytona , winning both the2019 and2020 editions, extending their record at Daytona to four consecutive wins, a streak that eventually ended in2021 , when then-recently departed Wayne Taylor Racing won the race with theAcura ARX-05 under five seconds ahead of the Ally Cadillac in 2nd.[ 13] [ 14]
The DPi-V.R won the series title for a third and final time in the2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship with Whelen Engineering Racing, the team experiencing a late season streak of podiums and victories in the second half of the season, fromWatkins Glen toRoad Atlanta , to take home the championships for Cadillac.[ 15] In its final season in2022 ,Chip Ganassi Racing were the highest-placed Cadillac in the standings, ending their season in 3rd.
Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results [ edit ] Results inbold indicate pole position. Results initalics indicate fastest lap.
Year Entrant Class Drivers No. Rds. Rounds Points Pos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2017 Mustang Sampling Racing Daytona Prototype International João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Filipe Albuquerque 5 All All 1-2, 6, 10 DAY 2 SEB 2LBH 7AUS 3BEL 4WGL 1MOS 6ELK 6LGA 5ATL 5284 3rd Whelen Engineering Racing Dane Cameron Eric Curran Mike Conway Seb Morris Filipe Albuquerque
31 All All 1-2, 10 1 6 DAY 6SEB 3 LBH 8AUS 2BEL 2WGL 7MOS 1ELK 4LGA 2ATL 2291 2nd Wayne Taylor Racing /Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V
Jordan Taylor Ricky Taylor Max Angelelli Jeff Gordon Alex Lynn Ryan Hunter-Reay 10 All All 1 1 2 10 DAY 1SEB 1LBH 1 AUS 1 BEL 1 WGL 6MOS 7 ELK 2 LGA 3 ATL 9310 1st 2018 Mustang Sampling Racing Daytona Prototype International Filipe Albuquerque João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Gabby Chaves Tristan Vautier 5 All 1-5, 8-9 1-2, 6-7, 10 6 10 DAY 1SEB 10LBH 1MOH 4BEL 6WGL 6MOS 4ELK 7LGA DNSATL 4249 6th Whelen Engineering Racing Eric Curran Felipe Nasr Mike Conway Stuart MiddletonGabby Chaves 31 All All 1-2, 6 1 10 DAY 2 SEB 3LBH 7MOH 8BEL 1 WGL 7MOS 3ELK 3LGA 5ATL 8277 1st Wayne Taylor Racing /Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V
Jordan Taylor Renger van der Zande Ryan Hunter-Reay Renger van der Zande 10 All All 1-2, 10 DAY 15 SEB 2LBH 3MOH 5BEL 5WGL 5MOS 2ELK 4LGA 12 ATL 1270 3rd Spirit of Daytona Racing Matt McMurry Tristan Vautier Eddie Cheever III 90 1-2, 5-6 1-2, 5-6 1-2 DAY 20SEB 12 LBH MOH BEL 13WGL 11MOS ELK LGA ATL 68 16th 2019 Mustang Sampling Racing Daytona Prototype International Filipe Albuquerque João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Brendon Hartley Mike Conway 5 All All 1 2 6, 10 DAY 7SEB 3LBH 1MOH 8BEL 6WGL 6MOS 10ELK 6LGA 5ATL 7258 7th Whelen Engineering Racing Pipo Derani Felipe Nasr Eric Curran 31 All All 1-2, 6, 10 DAY 2 SEB 1LBH 6 MOH 4BEL 2 WGL 7MOS 4ELK 4LGA 3ATL 1 297 2nd Konica Minolta Cadillac Jordan Taylor Renger van der Zande Fernando Alonso Kamui Kobayashi Matthieu Vaxivière 10 All All 1 1 2, 10 DAY 1SEB 2LBH 10MOH 6BEL 9WGL 4MOS 6ELK 5LGA 4ATL 2274 4th Juncos Racing Will Owen René Binder Agustín Canapino Kyle Kaiser Victor Franzoni Spencer Pigot 50 1-7, 10 1-2, 6, 10 1-2 1, 3-4 5, 7 10 DAY 8SEB 10LBH 7MOH 9BEL 8WGL 8MOS 11ELK LGA ATL 10177 11th JDC-Miller MotorSports Stephen Simpson Simon Trummer Chris Miller Juan Piedrahita 84 All All 1-2, 6, 10 1 DAY 10SEB 8LBH 5MOH 7BEL 4WGL 9MOS 8ELK 9LGA 9ATL 5237 8th Mikhail Goikhberg Tristan Vautier Rubens Barrichello Devlin DeFrancesco Juan Piedrahita 85 All All 1 1 2, 6, 10 DAY 5SEB 7LBH 9MOH 10BEL 5WGL 10MOS 9ELK 8LGA 8ATL 9230 10th 2020 Mustang Sampling Racing/ JDC-Miller MotorSports
Daytona Prototype International Sébastien Bourdais João Barbosa Loïc Duval Tristan Vautier 5 All 1-6 1, 7, 9 5, 7-9 DAY1 3DAY2 3SEB1 3ELK 4ATL1 4MOH 6ATL2 4LGA 7SEB2 5249 5th JDC-Miller MotorSports Tristan Vautier Chris Miller Matheus Leist Juan Piedrahita Stephen Simpson Gabriel Aubry Scott Andrews85 1-4, 6 1-2, 4, 7 1, 4, 7-9 1 3, 5, 8-9 6-7 9 DAY1 5DAY2 7SEB1 8ELK 7ATL1 8MOH 8ATL2 8LGA 8SEB2 4217 8th Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R Renger van der Zande Ryan Briscoe Scott Dixon Kamui Kobayashi
10 All All 1, 7, 9 1 DAY1 1 DAY2 6SEB1 2ELK 2ATL1 5MOH 3ATL2 1LGA 6 SEB2 7264 2nd Whelen Engineering Racing Pipo Derani Felipe Nasr Filipe Albuquerque Mike Conway Gabby Chaves 31 All 1, 3-9 1, 5, 7 1 2, 9 DAY1 7DAY2 5SEB1 1 ELK 3ATL1 3MOH 2ATL2 5LGA 3SEB2 6258 4th 2021 Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing Daytona Prototype International Renger van der Zande Kevin Magnussen Scott Dixon Earl Bamber 01 All 1-10 1-3, 11 11 DAY1 7DAY2 5 SEB 5MOH 5 BEL 1 WGL1 6WGL2 2ELK 3LGA 2LBH 2 ATL 53163 4th JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing Loïc Duval Tristan Vautier Sébastien Bourdais
5 All All 1-3, 6, 11 DAY1 3DAY2 7SEB 1MOH 4BEL 5WGL1 7WGL2 4ELK 6LGA 6 LBH 3ATL 72933 6th Whelen Engineering Racing Pipo Derani Felipe Nasr Mike Conway Chase Elliott 31 All All 1-3, 6, 11 1-2 DAY1 1 DAY2 6SEB 6 MOH 2BEL 2 WGL1 4WGL2 1ELK 1 LGA 3LBH 1 ATL 2 3407 1st Ally Cadillac Racing Jimmie Johnson Kamui Kobayashi Simon Pagenaud Mike Rockenfeller 48 1-3, 6, 11 1-3, 6, 11 1-3, 6, 11 1-2 DAY1 6 DAY2 2SEB 7MOH BEL WGL1 5WGL2 ELK LGA LBH ATL 41203 7th 2022 Cadillac Racing Daytona Prototype International Sébastien Bourdais Renger van der Zande Álex Palou Scott Dixon Ryan Hunter-Reay 01 All All 1-2 1-2, 11 3 DAY1 5DAY2 7 SEB 7 LBH 1 LGA 6MOH 5 BEL 1 WGL 3MOS 1ELK 3ATL 43220 3rd Alex Lynn Earl Bamber Ryan Hunter-Reay Kevin Magnussen Marcus Ericsson Neel Jani
02 All All 11 1-2 1-2 3 DAY1 6DAY2 6SEB 1LBH 2LGA 5MOH 4BEL 3WGL 4MOS 4ELK 2 ATL 5 3191 4th JDC-Miller Motorsports Tristan Vautier Richard Westbrook Loïc Duval Ben Keating 5 All All 1-3, 8, 11 1-2 DAY1 2DAY2 3SEB 2LBH 3LGA 4MOH 6BEL 5WGL 7MOS 5ELK 5ATL 72979 6th Whelen Engineering Racing Pipo Derani Tristan Nunez Mike Conway Olivier Pla 31 All 1-6 1-3, 8, 11 7-11 DAY1 7DAY2 4SEB 3 LBH 5LGA 3MOH 3BEL 6 WGL 5MOS 3ELK 6ATL 23083 5th Ally Cadillac Racing Kamui Kobayashi Mike Rockenfeller José María López Jimmie Johnson 48 1-3, 8, 11 1-3, 8, 11 1-3 1-2, 8, 11 DAY1 3DAY2 5SEB 6WGL 6ATL 31165 7th Sources:[ 16] [ 17] [ 18] [ 19] [ 20] [ 21]
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