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2023 Petit Le Mans

The 2023 Petit Le Mans (known as the 2023 MOTUL Petit Le Mans for sponsorship reasons) was the 26th running of the Petit Le Mans, and was held on October 14, 2023. The event was the 11th and final round in the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship, and the fourth round of the 2023 Michelin Endurance Cup. The race was held at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia.

The Track map of Road Atlanta

Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport began from pole position after Louis Delétraz set the fastest lap in the GTP class. The lead was exchanged several times between the Cadillac Racing, WTR, Whelen Engineering Racing, Meyer Shank Racing, and Porsche Penske Motorsport teams. Braun, Blomqvist, and Castroneves took victory in the No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-06. Cadillac Racing's Sébastien Bourdais, Scott Dixon, and Renger van der Zande finished in second, and Gianmaria Bruni, Harry Tincknell, and Neel Jani of Proton Competition recovered from a late race spin to finish third.

The CrowdStrike Racing by APR team of Ben Hanley, George Kurtz, and Nolan Siegel won the Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) category with the TDS Racing Oreca 07 car of John Falb, Josh Pierson, and Giedo van der Garde in second. In the final Le Mans Prototype 3 (LMP3) race in the IMSA SportsCar Championship, the No. 30 JR III Motorsports Ligier JS P320 of Bijoy Garg, Nolan Siegel, and Garett Grist won the category. WeatherTech Racing won the GTD Pro class with a Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo driven by Maro Engel, Jules Gounon, and Daniel Juncadella. The Forte Racing powered by US RaceTronics team of Misha Goikhberg, Patrick Liddy, and Loris Spinelli won the GTD class in a Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2.

The result meant Derani and Sims won the GTP Drivers' Championship by 21 points over Filipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor. Colin Braun and Tom Blomqvist of the Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian team finished third ahead of Campbell and Nasr in fourth. Lexus' Ben Barnicoat and Jack Hawksworth finished eighth in GTD Pro to claim the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship with 3760 points. GTD Pro class race winners Juncadella and Gounon passed Antonio García and Jordan Taylor to end the season in second place.

Background edit

 
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 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2022.[1] The 2023 Petit Le Mans was the last of eleven scheduled sports car races of 2023 by IMSA, and it was the fourth round 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 14, 2023.[3]

As the final race of the 2023 season, the race marked the final appearance for the LMP3 class.[4] The Chevrolet Corvette C8.R also entered its final IMSA event, ahead of the switch to new GT3 machinery for Chevrolet in 2024.[5]

This would be the final race for entry for Jr III Motorsports after team principle Billy Glavin was appointed general manager for United Autosports.[6] It was the final IMSA appearance for Meyer Shank Racing as a result of pausing their sports car effort.[7] Corvette Racing also entered their final IMSA race as General Motors will solely focus on customer teams with the new Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R.[8]

On October 9, 2023, IMSA released the latest technical bulletin outlining Balance of Performance for the GTP, GTD Pro, and GTD classes. In GTP, The Acura ARX-06 received a 1 kilogram weight break while the BMW M Hybrid V8, Cadillac V-Series.R, and Porsche 963 received a small power increase.[9] In GTD Pro and GTD, the Ferrari 296 GT3 received a 20 kilogram weight increase and a fuel capacity increase of 1 liter. In contrast, the Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 and Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo were made 15 kilograms heavier. The BMW M4 GT3 received an increase of 4.4 horsepower and a fuel capacity decrease of 1 liter. The Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 received a fuel capacity decrease of 1 liter while the Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD and Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) received 1 extra liter of fuel capacity.[10]

Heading into the final race of the season, Pipo Derani and Alexander Sims were leading the GTP Drivers' Championship with 2460 points, 3 ahead of Filipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor in second with 2457 points, and Nick Tandy and Mathieu Jaminet a further 2 points behind in third. Connor De Phillippi and Nick Yelloly were fourth on 2422 points while Matt Campbell and Felipe Nasr were a further 35 points behind in fifth. Tom Blomqvist and Colin Braun were also in mathematical contention on 2333 points, 127 points behind Derani and Sims with a maximum of 385 points available for the final race weekend.[11][12] In LMP2, Mikkel Jensen and Steven Thomas led the Drivers' Championship with 1680 points, ahead of Paul-Loup Chatin and Ben Keating with 1660 points followed by Ben Hanley and George Kurtz in third with 1580 points.[11] With 1838 points, Gar Robinson led the LMP3 Drivers' Championship, 294 points ahead of Wayne Boyd and Anthony Mantella.[11] Robinson needed to start the race to claim the title.[13] Ben Barnicoat and Jack Hawksworth led the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship with 3495 points, 188 points ahead of Antonio García and Jordan Taylor.[11] Barnicoat and Hawksworth needed to start the race to claim the title.[14] With 3331 points, Bryan Sellers and Madison Snow had secured the GTD Drivers' Championship at the previous round, the IMSA Battle on the Bricks. The duo led by 405 points ahead of Roman De Angelis and Marco Sørensen in second.[11] Porsche, Lexus, and BMW were leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while Whelen Engineering Racing, TDS Racing, Riley Motorsports, Vasser Sullivan Racing, and Paul Miller Racing each led their own Teams' Championships.[11]

Entries edit

Further information: 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship § Entries
 
Jenson Button (pictured in 2012) made his first IMSA appearance.

A total of 52 cars took part in the event split across five classes. 10 cars were entered in GTP, 8 in LMP2, 7 in LMP3, 8 in GTD Pro, and 19 in GTD.[15] In GTP, Jensen Button will join Tijmen van der Helm and Mike Rockenfeller in the No. 5 JDC-Miller MotorSports entry.[16] Laurens Vanthoor joined in the No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport while Josef Newgarden will join in the sister No. 7 entry.[17] Scott Dixon continued in his endurance role for Cadillac Racing, as did Louis Delétraz, Marco Wittmann, Sheldon van der Linde, Jack Aitken, and Hélio Castroneves for Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport, BMW M Team RLL, Whelen Engineering Racing, and Meyer Shank Racing, respectively.[18] Neel Jani joined Proton Competition.[19] In LMP2, AF Corse made their first appearance since the Watkins Glen round.[18] Rick Ware Racing withdrew from the event.[20] John Falb returned to the No. 35 TDS Racing entry.[21] Scott McLaughlin rejoined Tower Motorsports.[22] In LMP3, Andretti Autosport and JDC-Miller MotorSports returned.[21] Bijoy Garg joined Garett Grist and Nolan Siegel in the No. 30 Jr III Motorsports entry.[23] Sean Creech Motorsport withdrew from the event due to a family emergency for Lance Willsey.[24] In GTD Pro, AF Corse and Risi Competizione made their first appearances since the Watkins Glen round.[18] Kévin Estre joined Pfaff Motorsports.[25] In GTD, Kelly-Moss with Riley scaled down to one car due to Alan Metni being injured.[26] Iron Dames, Triarsi Competizione, Magnus Racing, Cetilar Racing, and the No. 16 Wright Motorsports entry returned as a part of their Michelin Endurance Cup campaigns.[15] Thomas Merrill joined Bill Auberlen and Chandler Hull in the No. 97 Turner Motorsport entry.[15] Lone Star Racing and Andretti Autosport were absent.

Practice edit

There were three practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Saturday, all three one 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.[27]

Practice 1 edit

The first practice session took place at 9:50 am ET on Thursday and ended with Sébastien Bourdais topping the charts for Cadillac Racing, with a lap time of 1:11.674. Mathieu Jaminet was second fastest in the No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport entry followed by Matt Campbell in the No. 7 Porsche.[28] Ben Hanley set the fastest lap in LMP2 with a time of 1:13.919, followed by Alex Quinn's No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports car.[29] Garett Grist was fastest in LMP3 with a time of 1:16.732.[30] The GTD Pro class was topped by the No. 79 WeatherTech Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo of Jules Gounon with a time of 1:20.279. Mirko Bortolotti in the No. 63 Lamborghini was second fastest followed by Alessandro Pier Guidi in the No. 62 Ferrari.[29] Bill Auberlen set the fastest time in GTD.[31] The session was red flagged twice. 30 minutes into the session, Antonio Fuoco, driving the No. 47 Ferrari, spun at turn one and hit the tire barriers. The car sustained heavy rear-end damage.[29] The final stoppage came when Jonathan Woolridge's No. 38 Ligier made contact with the No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 of Laurens Vanthoor at turn three causing debris to be scattered on to the circuit.[28]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 GTP 01 Cadillac Racing Sébastien Bourdais 1:11.674 _
2 GTP 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Mathieu Jaminet 1:11.720 +0.046
3 GTP 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport Matt Campbell 1:11.907 +0.233
Sources:[32][33]

Practice 2 edit

The second practice session took place at 2:35 pm ET on Thursday and ended with Sébastien Bourdais topping the charts for Cadillac Racing, with a lap time of 1:09.671, ahead of Augusto Farfus in the No. 24 BMW.[34] Scott Huffaker set the fastest lap in LMP2 with a time of 1:13.357, followed by Paul-Loup Chatin's No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports car. Garett Grist was fastest in LMP3 with a time of 1:16.749.[35] The GTD Pro class was topped by the No. 3 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD of Antonio García with a time of 1:19.543. Daniel Serra in the No. 62 Ferrari was second fastest followed by Jack Hawksworth in the No. 14 Lexus.[36] Madison Snow set the fastest time in GTD.[34] The session saw one stoppage when Giedo van der Garde driving the No. 35 TDS Racing car, crashed at turn three.[34]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 GTP 01 Cadillac Racing Sébastien Bourdais 1:09.671 _
2 GTP 24 BMW M Team RLL Augusto Farfus 1:10.103 +0.432
3 GTP 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport Felipe Nasr 1:10.138 +0.467
Sources:[37][38]

Final practice edit

The third and final practice session took place at 7:30 pm ET on Thursday and ended with Filipe Albuquerque topping the charts for Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport, with a lap time of 1:11.299. Tom Blomqvist was second fastest in the No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Acura followed by Matt Campbell in the No. 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport entry.[39] Mikkel Jensen was fastest in LMP2 with a time of 1:12.833, followed by Paul-Loup Chatin's No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports car.[40] Nicolás Varrone set the fastest lap in LMP3 with a time of 1:16.846.[41] The GTD Pro class was topped by the No. 63 Iron Lynx Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 of Mirko Bortolotti with a time of 1:19.803. Jules Gounon in the No. 79 Mercedes-AMG was second fastest followed by Jack Hawksworth in the No. 14 Lexus.[42] Bill Auberlen set the fastest time in GTD.[43]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 GTP 10 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport Filipe Albuquerque 1:11.296 _
2 GTP 60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Tom Blomqvist 1:11.299 +0.003
3 GTP 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport Matt Campbell 1:11.372 +0.316
Sources:[44][45]

Qualifying edit

 
Ben Keating set the fastest overall lap time in qualifying.

Friday’s afternoon qualifying was broken into three sessions, with one session for the GTP, LMP2 and LMP3, GTD Pro and GTD classes, which lasted for 20 minutes for the GTP session, and 15 minutes for the LMP2/LMP3, and GTD Pro/GTD sessions.[27] 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 while the LMP3 class required 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 GTPs ahead of the LMP2, LMP3, GTD Pro, and GTD cars.[46]

Rain fell and the track was damp.[47] The first was for cars in the GTD Pro and GTD classes. Jack Hawksworth qualified on pole in GTD Pro driving the No. 14 car for Vasser Sullivan Racing.[47] Mirko Bortolotti had set the second fastest time, but had all his laps deleted after getting out of the No. 63 Iron Lynx Lamborghini before the session ended.[48] Antonio García in the No. 3 Corvette was promoted to second followed by Jules Gounon in the WeatherTech Racing entry.[49] Ian James set the fastest time amongst all GTD cars driving the No. 27 car for Heart of Racing Team, 0.052 seconds faster than GTD Pro pole sitter Hawksworth.[50][49] James was over six-tenths clear of Doriane Pin in the No. 83 Lamborghini followed by Aaron Telitz in the No. 12 Lexus.[51]

The second session was for cars in the LMP2 and LMP3 classes. Ben Keating's No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca was fastest overall, lapping at 1 minute, 13.859 seconds, beating Steven Thomas in the No. 11 TDS Racing entry by 0.020 seconds.[52] John Falb was third in the sister No. 35 TDS Racing Oreca followed by George Kurtz in the No. 04 CrowdStrike Racing car, and François Perrodo rounded out the top five.[49] Glenn van Berlo's No. 36 Andretti Autosport Ligier was fifteenth overall and the fastest LMP3 class car with a 1 minute, 16.674 seconds lap. Rasmus Lindh's No. 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Duqueine was second and Bijoy Garg's No. 30 Jr III Motorsports Ligier was third.[48]

The final session of qualifying was for the GTP class. Louis Delétraz in the No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Acura was sixth overall and would start from pole position with a lap time of 1 minute, 15.402 seconds. Delétraz was over two-tenths clear of Sébastien Bourdais in the No. 01 Cadillac followed by Augusto Farfus in the No. 24 BMW M Team RLL entry.[52] Filipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor took the lead of the GTP Drivers' Championship by nine points over Derani and Sims.[50]

Qualifying results edit

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

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 LMP2 52   PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports   Ben Keating 1:13.859 _ 11‡
2 LMP2 11   TDS Racing   Steven Thomas 1:13.879 +0.020 12
3 LMP2 35   TDS Racing   John Falb 1:14.380 +0.521 13
4 LMP2 04   CrowdStrike Racing by APR   George Kurtz 1:14.547 +0.688 14
5 LMP2 88   AF Corse   François Perrodo 1:15.157 +1.298 15
6 GTP 10   Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport   Louis Delétraz 1:15.402 +1.543 1‡
7 LMP2 20   High Class Racing   Dennis Andersen 1:15.547 +1.688 16
8 LMP2 8   Tower Motorsports   Ari Balogh 1:15.559 +1.700 17
9 GTP 01   Cadillac Racing   Sébastien Bourdais 1:15.632 +1.773 2
10 GTP 24   BMW M Team RLL   Augusto Farfus 1:15.731 +1.872 3
11 LMP2 18   Era Motorsport   Dwight Merriman 1:15.771 +1.912 18
12 GTP 60   Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian   Tom Blomqvist 1:15.847 +1.988 4
13 GTP 6   Porsche Penske Motorsport   Nick Tandy 1:16.219 +2.360 5
14 GTP 25   BMW M Team RLL   Connor De Phillippi 1:16.371 +2.512 6
15 LMP3 36   Andretti Autosport   Glenn van Berlo 1:16.674 +2.815 19‡
16 LMP3 85   JDC-Miller MotorSports   Rasmus Lindh 1:16.803 +2.944 20
17 GTP 7   Porsche Penske Motorsport   Felipe Nasr 1:16.860 +3.001 7
18 LMP3 30   Jr III Motorsports   Bijoy Garg 1:16.947 +3.088 21
19 GTP 31   Whelen Engineering Racing   Pipo Derani 1:17.657 +3.798 8
20 GTP 5   JDC-Miller MotorSports   Mike Rockenfeller 1:18.204 +4.345 9
21 LMP3 13   AWA   Orey Fidani 1:19.693 +5.834 22
22 GTD 27   Heart of Racing Team   Ian James 1:23.116 +9.257 26‡
23 GTD Pro 14   Vasser Sullivan Racing   Jack Hawksworth 1:23.168 +9.309 27‡
24 GTD 83   Iron Dames   Doriane Pin 1:23.795 +9.936 28
25 GTD 12   Vasser Sullivan Racing   Aaron Telitz 1:23.847 +9.988 29
26 GTD 97   Turner Motorsport   Bill Auberlen 1:24.036 +10.177 30
27 GTD Pro 3   Corvette Racing   Antonio García 1:24.099 +10.240 31
28 GTD 57   Winward Racing   Philip Ellis 1:24.151 +10.292 32
29 GTD Pro 79   WeatherTech Racing   Jules Gounon 1:24.220 +10.361 33
30 GTD Pro 9   Pfaff Motorsports   Patrick Pilet 1:24.287 +10.428 34
31 GTD Pro 62   Risi Competizione   Daniel Serra 1:24.419 +10.560 35
32 GTD 66   Gradient Racing   Katherine Legge 1:24.760 +10.901 36
33 GTD 70   Inception Racing   Brendan Iribe 1:24.797 +10.938 37
34 GTD Pro 23   Heart of Racing Team   Alex Riberas 1:25.047 +11.188 38
35 GTD 80   AO Racing Team   Sebastian Priaulx 1:25.080 +11.221 521
36 GTD 93   Racers Edge Motorsports with WTR Andretti   Kyle Marcelli 1:25.088 +11.229 39
37 GTD 1   Paul Miller Racing   Madison Snow 1:25.123 +11.264 40
38 GTD Pro 61   AF Corse   Miguel Molina 1:25.131 +11.272 41
39 GTD 78   Forte Racing powered by US RaceTronics   Misha Goikhberg 1:25.529 +11.670 42
40 GTD 32   Korthoff Preston Motorsports   Mike Skeen 1:25.533 +11.674 43
41 GTD 47   Cetilar Racing   Antonio Fuoco 1:25.5352 +11.676 44
42 GTD 16   Wright Motorsports   Zacharie Robichon 1:25.569 +11.710 45
43 GTD 96   Turner Motorsport   Michael Dinan 1:25.733 +11.874 46
44 GTD 77   Wright Motorsports   Alan Brynjolfsson 1:26.060 +12.201 47
45 GTD 023   Triarsi Competizione   Charlie Scardina 1:27.718 +13.859 48
46 GTD 44   Magnus Racing   John Potter 1:27.758 +13.899 49
47 LMP3 17   AWA   Anthony Mantella 1:36.721 +22.862 23
48 LMP3 38   Performance Tech Motorsports No time3 25
49 GTP 59   Proton Competition   Neel Jani No time4 10
50 GTD Pro 63   Iron Lynx   Mirko Bortolotti No time5 52
51 LMP3 74   Riley Motorsports Did not participate 24
52 GTD 92   Kelly-Moss with Riley Did not participate 51
Sources:[53][54]
  • 1 The No. 80 AO Racing Team entry was moved to the back of the GTD field for starting the race with a different driver than who qualified.[55]
  • 2 The No. 47 Cetilar Racing entry had its four fastest laps deleted after failing to adhere to boost control requirements.[56][57]
  • 3 The No. 38 Performance Tech Motorsports entry had all qualifying laps forfeited after Cameron Shields got out of the car before the session ended.[49]
  • 4 The No. 59 Proton Competition entry had all qualifying laps forfeited due to the team making unapproved work on the car.
  • 5 The No. 63 Iron Lynx entry had all qualifying laps forfeited after Mirko Bortolotti got out of the car before the session ended.

Warm-up edit

A 20 minute warm up session was held on the morning of October 14.[27] Felipe Nasr lapped fastest with a time of 1:20.007, 1.082 seconds faster than Harry Tincknell in the No. 59 Porsche.[58] Anders Fjordbach led LMP2 while Rasmus Lindh was fastest in LMP3.[59] The fastest GTD Pro lap was a 1:28.320, set by Daniel Serra in the No. 62 Ferrari, and Danny Formal's No. 93 Acura set the fastest time amongst all GTD cars.[57]

Race edit

Start and early hours edit

The air temperature throughout the race was between 65 and 76 °F (18 and 24 °C) and the track temperature ranged from 75 to 114 °F (24 to 46 °C).[60] There were 52 cars scheduled to start, but the No. 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Duqueine was in the garage for repairs after Rasmus Lindh crashed on the formation lap.[61] Bourdais took the lead from Delétraz at turn one while one incident further down the field necessitated the first safety car intervention.[62] Ari Balogh crashed the No. 8 Tower Motorsports Oreca in turn 6 coming to the green at the start of the race and then crashed once again on lap two in turn 3. and would not return for the next 40 minutes.[62][61] By crossing the start finish line, Robinson clinched the LMP3 Drivers' Championship while Barnicoat and Hawksworth took the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship.[63] When racing resumed, several cars served drive-through penalties for changing lanes before crossing the start finish line.[63] Antonio Fuoco's No. 47 Cetilar Racing Ferrari lost a tire after making contact with Mike Skeen's No. 32 Korthoff Preston Motorsports Mercedes-AMG and brought out the second full course caution.[62] Under the safety car, Brendan Iribe's McLaren was exiting his pit box just as the No. 61 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 of Miguel Molina was entering his when Molina came across the nose of Iribe. Iribe would receive a drive-through penalty for pit lane protocol violation.[61] When racing resumed, Blomqvist was dueling De Phillippi for third while Pin moved the No. 83 Iron Dames Lamborghini into the GTD lead after the pit stop cycle.[62] Keating spun the No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca at turn six and kept his lead over Steven Thomas in LMP2.[64]

The third full course caution was issued when Dennis Andersen's No. 20 High Class Racing Oreca made contact with Charlie Scardina's No. 023 Ferrari approaching turn 10a and collected Brendan Iribe's No. 70 Inception Racing McLaren and spun into Nick Tandy's No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche. The McLaren was retired with severe damage while the No. 6 Porsche would not return for the next 2 hours.[65] Andersen received a 120 second stop-go penalty for incident responsibility.[66] During the full course caution period, Delétraz took the overall lead with Blomqvist's No. 60 Meyer Shank Acura in second.[67] Corey Lewis' No. 1 Paul Miller Racing BMW crashed at turn 10b after colliding with Blomqvist's Acura and brought out the fourth full course caution. Both vehicles returned to the pits for repairs.[68] Alexander Sims ran the red indicator light at the end of the pit lane and came to a stop. Sheldon van der Linde was behind Sims and hit the back of Sims.[67] Sims and van der Linde stopped for new noses, and received a stop plus 60 second hold penalty for running the red light at the exit of the pits. Additionally, van der Linde served a drive-through penalty for incident responsibility.[68] Matt Campbell passed Sébastien Bourdais for the overall lead when racing resumed.[69] Doriane Pin's No. 83 Iron Dames Lamborghini entered the garage due to a reported suspension failure.[70] Jarett Andretti lost control of the No. 36 Ligier at turn five and stopped in the gravel and retired from the race.[65] The safety car was deployed for the fifth time to allow for the car to be recovered while Wayne Boyd's No. 17 AWA Duqueine suffered a fuel pump issue and retired.[69] Barnicoat's No. 14 Lexus spun into the grass at turn four after clipping the kerb, heavily damaging the car's front and stopping at turn seven.[71] A sixth full course yellow was needed for the Lexus' recovery to the garage.[65] Jordan Taylor's No. 3 Corvette was promoted to the lead of GTD Pro following Barnicoat's retirement.[71] The seventh caution was issued when Tommy Milner lost drive in his No. 3 Corvette. The car was retired due to a transmission issue.[72]

Sunset to finish edit

 
The race-winning No. 60 Acura ARX-06.

The No. 38 Performance Tech Motorsports Ligier was spun around the by Triarsi Competizione Ferrari at turn three which required the eighth full course yellow.[73] The Triarsi Ferrai received a drive-through penalty for incident responsibility.[72] Franck Perera moved the No. 63 Iron Lynx Lamborghini to the GTD Pro lead.[72] Vanthoor's No. 6 Porsche sustained rear end damage against the barrier at turn three after he lost control, and went to the garage to retire from the race.[73] Mikkel Jensen lost control of TDS Racing's No. 11 Oreca at turn five and suffered front-end damage. Jensen brought the car back to the pits and retired with severe damage.[73][74] A ninth full course yellow was issued when Andy Lally's No. 44 Magnus Aston Martin was beached in the gravel at turn 10 after Lally after making contact with Miguel Molina's No. 61 Ferrari.[74] Aitken moved the Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac to second after jumping the Wayne Taylor Racing Acura by pitting prior to the fcy being called.[75] When racing resumed, the No. 10 Acura and No. 31 Cadillac dueled for second place overall.[76] Alex Quinn lost control of the No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca at turn 10 and promoted Christian Rasmussen's No. 18 Era Motorsport car to the lead in LMP2.[77] The tenth full course caution was called when Legge's No. 66 Gradient Racing Acura NSX came to a stop.[77] Albuquerque attempted to pass Derani around the outside going into turn one, however, Derani ran Albuquerque off the track and the No. 10 Acura hit the barrier.[77][78] The safety car was brought out for the eleventh time as barrier repairs were made and the stewards issued no penalty for Derani.[79] Most of the field made their final pit stops during fcy period. When racing resumed, Braun passed van der Zande around the outside of turn one for the overall lead while Derani overtook both the BMW M Team RLL entries.[77] Grist took the lead in LMP3 with 20 minutes remaining after Fraga's No. 74 Riley Motorsports Ligier received a puncture after dueling with the No. 30 Jr III Motorsports Ligier. Rasmussen crashed the Era Motorsport Oreca at turn three, triggering the twelfth full course yellow.[79][78] On the final restart with 5 minutes remaining, Mirko Bortolotti's GTD Pro No. 63 Lamborghini made contact with Jan Heylen's No. 16 Wright Motorsports Porsche. Heylen's Porsche sustained rear-end damage and caught fire while Bortolotti stopped on track, bringing out the thirteenth (and) final caution forcing the race ended behind the safety car.[80]

Braun, Blomqvist, and Castroneves took victory in the No. 60 Acura. Renger van der Zande, Bourdais, and Dixon were second in the No. 01 Cadillac, and Tincknell, Bruni, and Jani in the No. 59 Porsche rounded out the podium.[77] Hanley, Kurtz, and Siegel took victory in LMP2 ahead of the No. 35 TDS Racing car of van der Garde, Pierson, and Falb in second followed by Loup Chatin, Keating, and Quinn in the No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports car.[77] The No. 30 Jr III Motorsports Ligier of Grist, Siegel, and Garg took victory in LMP3 ahead of Bell, Fidani, and Kern in the No. 13 AWA Duqueine. Fraga, Robinson, and Burdon rounded out the podium in the No. 74 Ligier.[77] Juncadella, Gounon, and Engel in the No. 79 WeatherTech Racing Mercedes-AMG secured victory in GTD Pro followed by the No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports Porsche of Estre, Pilet, and Bachler, and third-position finishers Serra, Rigon, and Pier Guidi of Risi Competizione.[77] The No. 78 Forte Racing Lamborghini of Spinelli, Goikhberg, and Liddy took victory in GTD, ahead of Foley, Dinan, and Gallagher in the No. 96 Turner Motorsport entry. Brynjolfsson, Hindman, and Root in the No. 77 Wright Motorsports Porsche rounded out the podium.[80]

Post-race edit

Blomqvist said, "At one point it looked like our race was done with about two hours to go. When I jumped out of the car, we were dying out there on some pretty old tires. The guys never gave up and some things came our way".[81] Braun added, "When we got our laps back, we had to be fast at times, be smart and save the car. I think we did all of those things really well today."[81] Derani stated his belief that Albuquerque being too optimistic when he attempted to pass Derani's Cadillac.[82] Tincknell called the No. 59 Porsche's third place finish as a "mega result".[83]

Sims and Derani took the GTP Drivers' Championship with 2733 points. They were 21 points clear of Filipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor.[84] With 1995 points, Keating and Loup-Chatin won the LMP2 Drivers' Championship, 37 points ahead of Hanley and Kurtz in second.[84] With 2162 points, Robinson won the LMP3 Driver's Championship, 217 points clear of Grist in second.[84] Barnicoat and Hawksworth took the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship with 3760 points. They were 112 points ahead of Juncadella and Gounon in second. Antonio García and Jordan Taylor were third with 3579 points followed by Bachler and Pilet in fourth with 3578 points.[84] With 3482 points, Sellers and Snow won the GTD Drivers' Championship, 261 points ahead of De Angelis and Sørensen in second. Telitz and Montecalvo were third with 2927 points.[84] Cadillac, Lexus, and BMW won their respective Manufactures' Championships while Whelen Engineering Racing, PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, Riley Motorsports, Vasser Sullivan Racing, and Paul Miller Racing won their respective Teams' Championships.[84]

Race result edit

Class winners are in bold and ‡.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 GTP 60   Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian   Tom Blomqvist
  Colin Braun
  Hélio Castroneves 		Acura ARX-06 397 10:01:40.400‡
Acura AR24e 2.4 L Turbo V6
2 GTP 01   Cadillac Racing   Sébastien Bourdais
  Scott Dixon
  Renger van der Zande 		Cadillac V-Series.R 397 +0.452
Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
3 GTP 59   Proton Competition   Gianmaria Bruni
  Harry Tincknell
  Neel Jani 		Porsche 963 397 +1.077
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
4 GTP 7   Porsche Penske Motorsport   Matt Campbell
  Josef Newgarden
  Felipe Nasr 		Porsche 963 397 +1.825
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
5 GTP 5   JDC-Miller MotorSports   Mike Rockenfeller
  Tijmen van der Helm
  Jenson Button 		Porsche 963 397 +2.165
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
6 GTP 31   Whelen Engineering Racing   Jack Aitken
  Pipo Derani
  Alexander Sims 		Cadillac V-Series.R 397 +2.927
Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
7 GTP 25   BMW M Team RLL   Connor De Phillippi
  Sheldon van der Linde
  Nick Yelloly 		BMW M Hybrid V8 397 +4.275
BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8
8 GTP 24   BMW M Team RLL   Philipp Eng
  Augusto Farfus
  Marco Wittmann 		BMW M Hybrid V8 397 +4.839
BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8
9 LMP2 04   CrowdStrike Racing by APR   Ben Hanley
  George Kurtz
  Nolan Siegel 		Oreca 07 391 +6 Laps‡
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
10 LMP2 35   TDS Racing   John Falb
  Josh Pierson
  Giedo van der Garde 		Oreca 07 391 +6 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
11 LMP2 52   PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports   Paul-Loup Chatin
  Ben Keating
  Alex Quinn 		Oreca 07 391 +6 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
12 LMP2 88   AF Corse   François Perrodo
  Matthieu Vaxivière
  Emmanuel Collard 		Oreca 07 390 +7 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
13

DNF

LMP2 18   Era Motorsport   Ryan Dalziel
  Dwight Merriman
  Christian Rasmussen 		Oreca 07 383 Did Not Finish
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
14 LMP2 20   High Class Racing   Dennis Andersen
  Anders Fjordbach
  Ed Jones 		Oreca 07 381 +16 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
15 LMP3 30   Jr III Motorsports   Bijoy Garg
  Nolan Siegel
  Garett Grist 		Ligier JS P320 379 +18 Laps‡
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
16 LMP3 13   AWA   Matt Bell
  Orey Fidani
  Lars Kern 		Duqueine M30 - D08 379 +18 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
17 LMP3 74   Riley Motorsports   Josh Burdon
  Felipe Fraga
  Gar Robinson 		Ligier JS P320 379 +18 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
18 GTD Pro 79   WeatherTech Racing   Maro Engel
  Jules Gounon
  Daniel Juncadella 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 370 +27 Laps‡
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
19 GTD Pro 9   Pfaff Motorsports   Klaus Bachler
  Patrick Pilet
  Kévin Estre 		Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 370 +27 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
20 GTD 78   Forte Racing Powered by US RaceTronics   Misha Goikhberg
  Patrick Liddy
  Loris Spinelli 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 370 +27 Laps‡
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
21 GTD 96   Turner Motorsport   Michael Dinan
  Robby Foley
  Patrick Gallagher 		BMW M4 GT3 370 +27 Laps
BMW SS58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6
22 GTD 77   Wright Motorsports   Alan Brynjolfsson
  Trent Hindman
  Max Root 		Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 370 +27 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
23 GTD Pro 62   Risi Competizione   Alessandro Pier Guidi
  Davide Rigon
  Daniel Serra 		Ferrari 296 GT3 370 +27 Laps
Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6
24 GTD 92   Kelly-Moss with Riley   Julien Andlauer
  David Brule
  Alec Udell 		Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 370 +27 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
25 GTD 27   Heart of Racing Team   Roman De Angelis
  Ian James
  Marco Sørensen 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 370 +27 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
26 GTD 32   Korthoff Preston Motorsports   Mikaël Grenier
  Kenton Koch
  Mike Skeen 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 370 +27 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
27 GTD 97   Turner Motorsport   Bill Auberlen
  Chandler Hull
  Thomas Merrill 		BMW M4 GT3 370 +27 Laps
BMW SS58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6
28 GTD 80   AO Racing Team   P. J. Hyett
  Gunnar Jeannette
  Sebastian Priaulx 		Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 370 +27 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
29 GTD Pro 23   Heart of Racing Team   Ross Gunn
  David Pittard
  Alex Riberas 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 370 +27 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
30 GTD 57   Winward Racing   Indy Dontje
  Philip Ellis
  Russell Ward 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 370 +27 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
31 GTD Pro 61   AF Corse   Simon Mann
  Miguel Molina
  James Calado 		Ferrari 296 GT3 370 +27 Laps
Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6
32 GTD 023   Triarsi Competizione   Alessio Rovera
  Charlie Scardina
  Onofrio Triarsi 		Ferrari 296 GT3 370 +27 Laps
Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6
33 LMP2 8   Tower Motorsports   Ari Balogh
  Scott McLaughlin
  Kyffin Simpson 		Oreca 07 369 +28 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
34

DNF

GTD 16   Wright Motorsports   Ryan Hardwick
  Jan Heylen
  Zacharie Robichon 		Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 367 Collision (Fire)
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
35 GTD 83   Iron Dames   Doriane Pin
  Rahel Frey
  Michelle Gatting 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 367 +30 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
36

DNF

GTD Pro 63   Iron Lynx   Mirko Bortolotti
  Jordan Pepper
  Franck Perera 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 366 Collision
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
37

DNF

GTP 10   Wayne Taylor Racing w/ Andretti Autosport   Filipe Albuquerque
  Louis Delétraz
  Ricky Taylor 		Acura ARX-06 365 Collision
Acura AR24e 2.4 L Turbo V6
38 GTD 47   Cetilar Racing   Antonio Fuoco
  Roberto Lacorte
  Giorgio Sernagiotto 		Ferrari 296 GT3 364 +33 Laps
Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6
39 LMP3 85   JDC-Miller MotorSports   Till Bechtolsheimer
  Dan Goldberg
  Rasmus Lindh 		Duqueine M30 - D08 359 +38 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
40 GTD 93   Racers Edge Motorsports with WTR Andretti   Danny Formal
  Ashton Harrison
  Kyle Marcelli 		Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 355 +42 Laps
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
41

DNF

GTD 66   Gradient Racing   Katherine Legge
  Marc Miller
  Sheena Monk 		Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 355 Gearbox
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
42

DNF

GTD 12   Vasser Sullivan Racing   Frankie Montecalvo
  Aaron Telitz
  Parker Thompson 		Lexus RC F GT3 323 Mechanical
Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8
43

DNF

GTD 44   Magnus Racing   Andy Lally
  John Potter
  Spencer Pumpelly 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 298 Overheating
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
44

DNF

LMP2 11   TDS Racing   Scott Huffaker
  Mikkel Jensen
  Steven Thomas 		Oreca 07 262 Accident
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
45

DNF

LMP3 38   Performance Tech Motorsports   Cameron Shields
  Brian Thienes
  Jonathan Woolridge 		Ligier JS P320 221 Collision
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
46

DNF

GTD 1   Paul Miller Racing   Corey Lewis
  Bryan Sellers
  Madison Snow 		BMW M4 GT3 207 Steering
BMW SS58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6
47

DNF

GTP 6   Porsche Penske Motorsport   Laurens Vanthoor
  Mathieu Jaminet
  Nick Tandy 		Porsche 963 196 Retired (Damage)
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
48

DNF

GTD Pro 3   Corvette Racing   Antonio García
  Tommy Milner
  Jordan Taylor 		Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD 189 Engine
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
49

DNF

GTD Pro 14   Vasser Sullivan Racing   Ben Barnicoat
  Jack Hawksworth
  Kyle Kirkwood 		Lexus RC F GT3 153 Accident
Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8
50

DNF

LMP3 17   AWA   Wayne Boyd
  Anthony Mantella
  Nicolás Varrone 		Duqueine M30 - D08 118 Mechanical
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
51

DNF

LMP3 36   Andretti Autosport   Jarett Andretti
  Gabby Chaves
  Glenn van Berlo 		Ligier JS P320 85 Mechanical
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
52

DNF

GTD 70   Inception Racing   Brendan Iribe
  Ollie Millroy
  Frederik Schandorff 		McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 44 Collision
McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
Source:[85]

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.

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