2022 Petit Le Mans

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The 2022 Petit Le Mans (known as the 2022 MOTUL Petit Le Mans for sponsorship reasons) was the 25th running of the Petit Le Mans, and was held on October 1, 2022. It was the 12th and final race in the 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship, and the 4th race of the 2022 Michelin Endurance Cup. The race was held at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia. The event was the last ever race for the DPi Class.

Background

Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, where the race was held.

International Motor Sports Association's (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2021.[1] It was the ninth consecutive year the event was held as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The 2022 Petit Le Mans was the final of twelve scheduled sports car races of 2022 by IMSA , and it was the last of four rounds held as part of the Michelin Endurance Cup.[2] The race took place at the 12-turn, 2.540-mile (4.088 km) Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia on October 1, 2023.[3]

As the final event of the 2022 season, the race marked the swansong for the DPi class.[4] First introduced in 2017, the class enjoyed six seasons of success before making way for the new-for-2023 GTP class.[5] Wayne Taylor, whose team scored the first DPi championship in 2017, described the class as one of the best in North American sports car racing history.[6] Wayne Taylor Racing competed from 2017 to 2020 with the Cadillac DPi-V.R, and from 2021 to 2022 with the Acura ARX-05; the only two manufacturers which took to the grid for the 2022 running of Petit Le Mans. Nissan, who exited following the 2019 season, and Mazda, who pulled their entry after 2021, did not take part.[7] The championship battle in the class was still on, with just 19 points separating the Acura entries from Wayne Taylor Racing and Meyer Shank Racing entering the race weekend.[8][9]

The Porsche 911 GT3 R and Ferrari 488 GT3 also entered their final IMSA events, ahead of the switch to new-generation GT3 machinery for both manufacturers and their respective customers in 2023.[10][11][12] Porsche would introduce a new GT3 offering based on the 992 model,[13] while Ferrari would transition to an entry based on the Ferrari 296.[14]

The event marked the 25th anniversary of the first Petit Le Mans, held in 1998.[15] The winners of the race's inaugural running, Eric van de Poele, Wayne Taylor and Emmanuel Collard, served as grand marshals for the 2022 event.[16]

The race was initially feared to be threatened by Hurricane Ian, with serious concerns expressed early in the preceding week that the storm could threaten the race's running.[17] However, with the changing course of the storm, high winds early in the weekend proved the only major effect on the event's 25th running.[18]

On September 21, 2022, IMSA released the latest technical bulletin outlining Balance of Performance for the event.[19] No changes were made to cars in any of the four classes eligible for BoP adjustments.

Heading into the final race of the season, Filipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor led the DPi Drivers' Championship with 3066 points; the duo held a 19 point advantage over Tom Blomqvist and Oliver Jarvis.[20] In LMP2, John Farano led the Drivers' Championship with 1640 points; 33 ahead of Ryan Dalziel and Dwight Merriman.[20] With 1716 points, Jon Bennett and Colin Braun led the Drivers' Championship by 83 points over Gar Robinson.[20] Matt Campbell and Mathieu Jaminet led the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship with 3173 points, 265 points ahead of Antonio García and Jordan Taylor.[20] In GTD, Roman De Angelis led the Drivers' Championship with 2630 points; 45 points ahead of Stevan McAleer in second position followed by Ryan Hardwick and Jan Heylen with 2573 points.[20] Acura, Porsche, and BMW were leading their respective Manufactures' Championships while Wayne Taylor Racing, PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, CORE Autosport, Pfaff Motorsports, and Heart of Racing Team each led their own Teams' Championships.[20]

The event also preceded an IMSA-sanctioned joint test for the LMDh entries, attended by Acura, BMW, and Cadillac. Of the 2023 LMDh manufacturers, Porsche were the only entrant that did not take part.[21]

Entries

A total of 43 cars took part in the event, split across five classes. 7 were entered in DPi, 6 in LMP2, 8 in LMP3, 7 in GTD Pro, and 15 in GTD.[22]

DPi saw the return of competitors taking part in IMSA's Endurance Cup championship. The Ally Cadillac Racing entry returned in line with its Endurance Cup schedule, while all six full-season DPi teams added a third driver. Scott Dixon returned to Cadillac Racing's #01 entry, while Ryan Hunter-Reay guested in the team's No. 02 after last appearing at Sebring. Loïc Duval continued in his endurance role for JDC-Miller MotorSports, as did Mike Conway and Hélio Castroneves for Whelen Engineering Racing and Meyer Shank Racing respectively. Toyota factory driver Brendon Hartley joined Wayne Taylor Racing, replacing Will Stevens.[23]

Seven cars were listed on the preliminary LMP2 entry list, but the late withdrawal of the Racing Team Nederland entry following Frits van Eerd's arrest and subsequent release on suspicion of money laundering reduced the final entry list to six.[24] Indy Lights driver Christian Rasmussen joined Era Motorsport for the first time,[24] while other endurance additions included Sebastián Montoya for DragonSpeed, Rui Andrade for Tower Motorsport, Tristan Nunez for the PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports No. 11 Oreca, and Fabio Scherer at High Class Racing.[22]

LMP3 featured a number of changes from the preliminary entry list. FastMD Racing initially were set to return with Colin Noble, Adam Ali, and Max Hanratty, but were withdrawn late on.[25] The Forty7 Motorsports No. 7 was also withdrawn, with all three of their scheduled drivers spread across AWA's two entries.[26] Mühlner Motorsport also withdrew their scheduled entry. Other notable additions included Tyler Maxson for Performance Tech Motorsports,[27] and Nico Pino for Sean Creech Motorsport.

GTD Pro included the addition of Risi Competizione's Ferrari 488,[28] as well as WeatherTech Racing's return following Cooper MacNeil's withdrawal from the No. 79 entry.[29] Nicky Catsburg returned for Corvette Racing, as did Felipe Nasr and Kyle Kirkwood for Pfaff Motorsports and Vasser Sullivan Racing respectively. Jesse Krohn and Tom Gamble joined BMW Team RLL and the Heart of Racing Team, respectively, as well.[22]

15 cars were entered in GTD, decreased by one following the withdrawal of Crucial Motorsports' McLaren 720S GT3.[26] Ulysse de Pauw was drafted into Cetilar Racing's entry with endurance driver Antonio Fuoco taking part in the GT World Challenge Europe season finale in Europe,[30] while Sebastian Priaulx's addition to the Inception Racing McLaren marked the only other brand new addition to a GTD driver roster.


Practice

There were three practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Saturday, all three on Thursday. The first session on Thursday morning lasted 90 minutes. The second session on Thursday afternoon lasted 105 minutes. The final session on Thursday evening lasted 90 minutes.[31]

Practice 1

The first practice session took place at 9:50 AM ET on Thursday and ended with Earl Bamber topping the charts for Cadillac Racing, with a lap time of 1:09.583.[32]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 DPi 02 Cadillac Racing Earl Bamber 1:09.583 _
2 DPi 60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Tom Blomqvist 1:09.915 +0.332
3 DPi 01 Cadillac Racing Sébastien Bourdais 1:10.119 +0.536
Source:[33]

Practice 2

The second practice session took place at 2:55 PM ET on Thursday and ended with Sébastien Bourdais topping the charts for Cadillac Racing, with a lap time of 1:09.040.[34]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 DPi 01 Cadillac Racing Sébastien Bourdais 1:09.040 _
2 DPi 60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Tom Blomqvist 1:09.342 +0.302
3 DPi 48 Ally Cadillac Racing Kamui Kobayashi 1:09.425 +0.385
Source:[35]

Practice 3

The night practice session took place at 7:30 PM ET on Thursday and ended with Earl Bamber again topping the charts for Cadillac Racing, with a lap time of 1:09.880.[36]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 DPi 02 Cadillac Racing Earl Bamber 1:09.880 _
2 DPi 5 JDC-Miller MotorSports Tristan Vautier 1:10.003 +0.123
3 DPi 01 Cadillac Racing Renger van der Zande 1:10.162 +0.282
Source:[37]

Qualifying

Friday's afternoon qualifying was broken into three sessions, with one session for the DPi and LMP2, LMP3, GTD Pro and GTD classes, which lasted for 15 minutes each, and a ten minute interval between the sessions.[31] The rules dictated that all teams nominated a driver to qualify their cars, with the Pro-Am (LMP2/LMP3/GTD) classes requiring a Bronze/Silver Rated Driver to qualify the car. The competitors' fastest lap times determined the starting order. IMSA then arranged the grid to put DPis ahead of the LMP2, LMP3, GTD Pro, and GTD cars.[38]

Tom Blomqvist took overall pole for Meyer Shank Racing, reducing the championship points gap to 14 points heading into the race.[39]

Qualifying results

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

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 DPi 60 United States Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist 1:08.555 _ 1
2 DPi 02 United States Cadillac Racing New Zealand Earl Bamber 1:08.788 +0.233 2
3 DPi 10 United States WTR - Konica Minolta Acura United States Ricky Taylor 1:08.802 +0.247 3
4 DPi 5 United States JDC-Miller MotorSports France Tristan Vautier 1:08.853 +0.298 4
5 DPi 01 United States Cadillac Racing France Sébastien Bourdais 1:08.905 +0.350 5
6 DPi 48 United States Ally Cadillac Racing Japan Kamui Kobayashi 1:08.984 +0.429 6
7 DPi 31 United States Whelen Engineering Racing Brazil Pipo Derani 1:09.075 +0.520 7
8 LMP2 11 United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United States Steven Thomas 1:11.939 +3.384 8
9 LMP2 20 Denmark High Class Racing Denmark Dennis Andersen 1:12.021 +3.466 9
10 LMP2 52 United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United States Ben Keating 1:12.328 +3.773 10
11 LMP2 8 United States Tower Motorsport Canada John Farano 1:12.360 +3.805 11
12 LMP2 81 United States DragonSpeed USA Sweden Henrik Hedman 1:13.570 +5.015 12
13 LMP2 18 United States Era Motorsport United States Dwight Merriman 1:13.896 +5.341 13
14 LMP3 74 United States Riley Motorsports Netherlands Kay van Berlo 1:15.517 +6.962 14
15 LMP3 33 United States Sean Creech Motorsport Denmark Malthe Jakobsen 1:15.625 +7.070 15
16 LMP3 36 United States Andretti Autosport United States Jarett Andretti 1:17.030 +8.475 16
17 LMP3 13 Canada AWA Canada Orey Fidani 1:17.809 +9.254 17
18 LMP3 54 United States CORE Autosport United States Jon Bennett 1:17.813 +9.258 18
19 LMP3 30 United States Jr III Racing United States Ari Balogh 1:18.417 +9.862 19
20 LMP3 38 United States Performance Tech Motorsports United States Dan Goldburg 1:18.693 +10.138 20[a]
21 GTD Pro 14 United States Vasser Sullivan Racing United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth 1:18.835 +10.280 22
22 GTD Pro 23 United States Heart of Racing Team Spain Alex Riberas 1:19.043 +10.488 23
23 GTD 1 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Madison Snow 1:19.118 +10.563 24
24 GTD Pro 25 United States BMW M Team RLL Finland Jesse Krohn 1:19.279 +10.724 25
25 GTD Pro 62 United States Risi Competizione United Kingdom James Calado 1:19.352 +10.797 26
26 LMP3 76 Canada AWA Canada Anthony Mantella 1:19.357 +10.802 21[b]
27 GTD Pro 3 United States Corvette Racing Spain Antonio Garcia 1:19.444 +10.889 27
28 GTD 39 United States CarBahn with Peregrine Racing United States Robert Megennis 1:19.506 +10.951 28
29 GTD 42 United States NTE Sport/SSR United States Jaden Conwright 1:19.522 +10.967 29
30 GTD 27 United States Heart of Racing Team Canada Roman De Angelis 1:19.546 +10.991 30
31 GTD 12 United States Vasser Sullivan Racing United States Richard Heistand 1:19.560 +11.005 31
32 GTD Pro 79 United States WeatherTech Racing Germany Maximilian Buhk 1:19.620 +11.065 32
33 GTD 32 United States Team Korthoff Motorsports United Kingdom Stevan McAleer 1:19.823 +11.268 33
34 GTD Pro 9 Canada Pfaff Motorsports Brazil Felipe Nasr 1:19.942 +11.387 34
35 GTD 57 United States Winward Racing United States Russell Ward 1:19.977 +11.422 35
36 GTD 21 Italy AF Corse United Kingdom Simon Mann 1:20.022 +11.467 36
37 GTD 16 United States Wright Motorsports Canada Zacharie Robichon 1:20.025 +11.470 37
38 GTD 47 Italy Cetilar Racing Italy Giorgio Sernagiotto 1:20.041 +11.486 38
39 GTD 70 United Kingdom Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport United States Brendan Iribe 1:20.390 +11.835 39
40 GTD 44 United States Magnus Racing United States John Potter 1:21.431 +12.876 40
41 GTD 99 United States Team Hardpoint United States Nick Boulle 1:21.470 +12.915 41
42 GTD 66 United States Gradient Racing Times disallowed 43
43 GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport No time established 42
Sources:[40][41]
  1. ^ The no. 38 Performance Tech Motorsports entry was moved to the back of the LMP3 class after changing their starting tires.
  2. ^ The no. 76 AWA entry was moved to the back of the LMP3 class after changing their starting tires.

Warm-Up

The morning warm-up took place at 9:15 AM ET on Saturday and ended with Loïc Duval topping the charts for JDC-Miller MotorSports, with a lap time of 1:10.406.[42]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 DPi 5 JDC-Miller MotorSports Loïc Duval 1:10.406 _
2 DPi 01 Cadillac Racing Scott Dixon 1:10.596 +0.190
3 DPi 02 Cadillac Racing Alex Lynn 1:10.873 +0.467
Source:[43]

Race

Post-Race

Blomqvist and Jarvis took the DPi Drivers' Championship with 3422 points. They were 86 points clear of Filipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor.[44] With 2018 points, Farno won the LMP2 Drivers' Championship, 126 points ahead of Dalziel and Merriman.[44] With 2002 points, Bennett and Braun won the LMP3 Drivers' Championship, 54 points ahead of Robinson.[44] Campbell and Jaminet took the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship with 3947 points. They were 220 points clear of Barnicoat in second. Antonio García and Jordan Taylor were third with 3194 points.[44] De Angelis won the GTD Drivers' Championship with 2898 points, 23 points ahead of Hardwick and Heylend. McAleer was third with 2860 points.[44] Acura, Porsche, and BMW won their respective Manufactures' Championships, while Meyer Shank Racing, Tower Motorsport, CORE Autosport, Pfaff Motorsports, and Heart of Racing Team won their respective Teams' Championships.[44]

Race Results

Class winners denoted in bold and with ‡

Pos Class No. Team / Entrant Drivers Chassis Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 DPi 60 United States Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist
Brazil Hélio Castroneves
United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
Acura ARX-05 423 10:00:14.591‡
Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
2 DPi 31 United States Whelen Engineering Racing United Kingdom Mike Conway
Brazil Pipo Derani
France Olivier Pla
Cadillac DPi-V.R 423 +4.369
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
3 DPi 48 United States Ally Cadillac Racing United States Jimmie Johnson
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Germany Mike Rockenfeller
Cadillac DPi-V.R 422 +1 Lap
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
4 DPi 01 United States Cadillac Racing France Sébastien Bourdais
New Zealand Scott Dixon
Netherlands Renger van der Zande
Cadillac DPi-V.R 419 +4 Laps
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
5 LMP2 8 United States Tower Motorsport Portugal Rui Andrade
Switzerland Louis Delétraz
Canada John Farano
Oreca 07 418 +5 Laps‡
Gibson Technology GK428 4.2 L V8
6 LMP2 81 United States DragonSpeed USA Sweden Henrik Hedman
Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya
Colombia Sebastián Montoya
Oreca 07 418 +5 Laps
Gibson Technology GK428 4.2 L V8
7 LMP2 11 United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United States Tristan Nunez
United States Josh Pierson
United States Steven Thomas
Oreca 07 418 +5 Laps
Gibson Technology GK428 4.2 L V8
8 DPi 02 United States Cadillac Racing New Zealand Earl Bamber
United States Ryan Hunter-Reay
United Kingdom Alex Lynn
Cadillac DPi-V.R 418 +5 Laps
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
9

DNF

DPi 10 United States WTR - Konica Minolta Acura Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
New Zealand Brendon Hartley
United States Ricky Taylor
Acura ARX-05 414 Accident
Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
10 LMP2 20 Denmark High Class Racing Denmark Dennis Andersen
Denmark Anders Fjordbach
Switzerland Fabio Scherer
Oreca 07 414 +9 Laps
Gibson Technology GK428 4.2 L V8
11 LMP3 36 United States Andretti Autosport United States Jarett Andretti
Australia Josh Burdon
Colombia Gabby Chaves
Ligier JS P320 401 +22 Laps‡
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
12 LMP3 30 United States Jr III Racing United States Ari Balogh
Canada Garett Grist
United States Nolan Siegel
Ligier JS P320 401 +22 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
13 LMP3 33 United States Sean Creech Motorsport Portugal João Barbosa
Denmark Malthe Jakobsen
Chile Nico Pino
Ligier JS P320 401 +22 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
14 LMP3 74 United States Riley Motorsports Netherlands Kay van Berlo
Brazil Felipe Fraga
United States Gar Robinson
Ligier JS P320 400 +23 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
15 LMP3 54 United States CORE Autosport United States Jon Bennett
United States Colin Braun
United States George Kurtz
Ligier JS P320 399 +24 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
16 LMP3 76 Canada AWA Canada Anthony Mantella
Canada Kyle Marcelli
United States Josh Sarchet
Duqueine D-08 397 +26 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
17 LMP3 13 Canada AWA United Kingdom Matthew Bell
Canada Orey Fidani
Germany Lars Kern
Duqueine D-08 395 +28 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
18 GTD 66 United States Gradient Racing United Kingdom Till Bechtolsheimer
Germany Mario Farnbacher
Barbados Kyffin Simpson
Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 387 +36 Laps‡
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
19 GTD 70 United Kingdom Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport United States Brendan Iribe
South Africa Jordan Pepper
Guernsey Sebastian Priaulx
McLaren 720S GT3 387 +36 Laps
McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
20 GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport United States Bill Auberlen
United States Michael Dinan
United States Robby Foley
BMW M4 GT3 386 +37 Laps
BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6
21 GTD 16 United States Wright Motorsports United States Ryan Hardwick
Belgium Jan Heylen
Canada Zacharie Robichon
Porsche 911 GT3 R 386 +37 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
22 GTD 1 United States Paul Miller Racing Sweden Erik Johansson
United States Bryan Sellers
United States Madison Snow
BMW M4 GT3 386 +37 Laps
BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6
23 GTD
Pro
14 United States Vasser Sullivan Racing United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat
United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth
United States Kyle Kirkwood
Lexus RC F GT3 386 +37 Laps‡
Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8
24 GTD
Pro
25 United States BMW M Team RLL United States Connor De Phillippi
United States John Edwards
Finland Jesse Krohn
BMW M4 GT3 386 +37 Laps
BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6
25 GTD
Pro
9 Canada Pfaff Motorsports Australia Matt Campbell
France Mathieu Jaminet
Brazil Felipe Nasr
Porsche 911 GT3 R 386 +37 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
26 GTD
Pro
23 United States Heart of Racing Team United Kingdom Tom Gamble
United Kingdom Ross Gunn
Spain Alex Riberas
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 386 +37 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
27 GTD
Pro
3 United States Corvette Racing Netherlands Nicky Catsburg
Spain Antonio García
United States Jordan Taylor
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD 386 +37 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
28 GTD 32 United States Team Korthoff Motorsports United Kingdom Stevan McAleer
Germany Dirk Müller
United States Mike Skeen
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 385 +38 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
29 GTD 27 United States Heart of Racing Team Canada Roman De Angelis
United Kingdom Ian James
Belgium Maxime Martin
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 385 +38 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
30 GTD 21 Italy AF Corse United Kingdom Simon Mann
Argentina Luís Pérez Companc
Finland Toni Vilander
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 385 +38 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
31 GTD
Pro
79 United States WeatherTech Racing Germany Maximilian Buhk
Germany Maximilian Götz
Canada Mikaël Grenier
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 385 +38 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
32[a] GTD
Pro
62 United States Risi Competizione United Kingdom James Calado
Italy Davide Rigon
Brazil Daniel Serra
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 386 +37 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
33 GTD 42 United States NTE Sport/SSR United States Jaden Conwright
Germany Marco Holzer
United States Don Yount
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 385 +38 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
34 GTD 47 Italy Cetilar Racing Italy Roberto Lacorte
Belgium Ulysse de Pauw
Italy Giorgio Sernagiotto
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 384 +39 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
35 GTD 57 United States Winward Racing Germany Marvin Dienst
United Kingdom Philip Ellis
United States Russell Ward
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 383 +40 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
36 LMP3 38 United States Performance Tech Motorsports United States Dan Goldburg
United States Tyler Maxson
Australia Cameron Shields
Ligier JS P320 355 +68 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
37

DNF

GTD 99 United States Team Hardpoint United States Nick Boulle
United States Rob Ferriol
United Kingdom Katherine Legge
Porsche 911 GT3 R 264 Accident
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
38

DNF

LMP2 18 United States Era Motorsport United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel
United States Dwight Merriman
Denmark Christian Rasmussen
Oreca 07 249 Suspension
Gibson Technology GK428 4.2 L V8
39[b]DNF DPi 5 United States JDC-Miller MotorSports France Loïc Duval
France Tristan Vautier
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Cadillac DPi-V.R 170 Accident
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
40

DNF

GTD 12 United States Vasser Sullivan Racing United States Richard Heistand
United States Frankie Montecalvo
United States Aaron Telitz
Lexus RC F GT3 158 Accident
Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8
41

DNF

LMP2 52 United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United States Scott Huffaker
Denmark Mikkel Jensen
United States Ben Keating
Oreca 07 102 Accident
Gibson Technology GK428 4.2 L V8
42

DNF

GTD 44 United States Magnus Racing United States Andy Lally
United States John Potter
United States Spencer Pumpelly
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 62 Accident
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
43

DNF

GTD 39 United States CarBahn with Peregrine Racing United States Corey Lewis
United States Robert Megennis
United States Jeff Westphal
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 22 Electrical
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
Sources:[46][47]
  1. ^ The no. 62 Risi Competizione entry was moved to the rear of the GTD Pro classification for violating drive time rules after Daniel Serra was found to have driven more than the maximum 4 hours within a 6 hour time period.[45]
  2. ^ The no. 5 JDC-Miller MotorSports entry was given a 97-second time penalty for failing to serve a stop + 60 penalty.

Standings after the race

  • 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.


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