2018 Petit Le Mans

The 2018 Petit Le Mans (formally known as the 2018 MOTUL Petit Le Mans for sponsorship reasons) was the 21st running of the Petit Le Mans, and was held on October 15th 2018.[1] It was the last race in the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship, and the last race of the 2018 Tequila Patron North American Endurance Cup, and was run at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia. The race was won overall by the #10 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R.

The Track map of Road Atlanta

Background

Entry List

Due to a highly controversial change made by the FIA/ACO in the 2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship, which saw the date of the 6 Hours of Fuji moved to allow Fernando Alonso to compete at the home race of the sole LMP1 manufacturer, Toyota, several drivers which were due to compete in both events were unable to do so. [2][3] As such, the entry list featured a large number of changes compared to the previous rounds of the championship. [4]

Qualifying

Pole Positions for each class is denoted in Bold.[5]

Pos Class No. Team Car Driver Time
1 P 22 Tequila Patron ESM Nissan Onroak DPi Pipo Derani 1:10.437
2 P 77 Mazda Team Joest Mazda RT-24P Oliver Jarvis 1:10.561
3 P 55 Mazda Team Joest Mazda RT-24P Jonathan Bomarito 1:10.600
4 P 2 Tequila Patron ESM Nissan Onroak DPi Norman Nato 1:10.775
5 P 7 Acura Team Penske Acura ARX-05 Ricky Taylor 1:10.780
6 P 5 Mustang Sampling Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R Felipe Albuquerque 1:10.892
7 P 85 JDC-Miller Motorsports Oreca 07 Simon Trummer 1:10.912
8 P 6 Acura Team Penske Acura ARX-05 Juan Pablo Montoya 1:10.947
9 P 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R Felipe Nasr 1:10.981
10 P 54 CORE Autosport Oreca 07 Colin Braun 1:11.071
11 P 99 JDC Miller Motorsports Oreca 07 Stephen Simpson 1:11.151
12 P 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R Renger Van Der Zande 1:11.468
13 P 52 AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca 07 Jose Gutierrez 1:11.708
14 P 38 Performance Tech Motorsports Oreca 07 James French 1:11.859
15 GTLM 24 BMW Team RLL BMW M8 GTE John Edwards 1:17.006
16 GTLM 3 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Antonio Garcia 1:17.030
17 GTLM 912 Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR Earl Bamber 1:17.209
18 GTLM 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GT Richard Westbrook 1:17.220
19 GTLM 911 Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR Patrick Pilet 1:17.369
20 GTLM 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GT Joey Hand 1:17.383
21 GTLM 25 BMW Team RLL BMW M8 GTE Connor De Phillippi 1:17.428
22 GTLM 4 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Tommy Milner 1:17.451
23 GTLM 62 Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 GTE Toni Vilander 1:17.774
24 GTD 63 Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 488 GT3 Daniel Serrra 1:19.695
25 GTD 15 3GT Racing Lexus RC F GT3 Jack Hawksworth 1:19.732
26 GTD 29 Montaplast by Land Motorsport Audi R8 LMS GT3 Sheldon Van Der Linde 1:19.744
27 GTD 93 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanin Acura NSX GT3 M. Farnbacher 1:19.877
28 GTD 48 Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Bryan Sellers 1:20.079
29 GTD 86 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanin Acura NSX GT3 Alvaro Parente 1:20.095
30 GTD 64 Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 488 GT3 M. Cressoni 1:20.297
31 GTD 14 3GT Racing Lexus RC F GT3 D. Baumann 1:20.366
32 GTD 33 Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 Ben Keating 1:20.587
33 GTD 71 P1 Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 J. Perez 1:21.580
34 GTD 96 Turner Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 D. Yount 1:21.650
35 GTD 44 Magnus Racing Audi R8 LMS GT3 J. Potter 1:21.895
36 GTD 73 Park Place Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R T. Pappas 1:22.610
37 GTD 58 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R - No Time

Race

Results

Class winners are denoted in bold.[6]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 P 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Jordan Taylor
Renger van der Zande
Ryan Hunter-Reay		 Cadillac DPi-V.R C 443 10:00:29.165
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
2 P 77 Mazda Team Joest Oliver Jarvis
Tristan Nunez
Lucas Di Grassi		 Mazda RT-24P C 443 +5.306
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4
3 P 55 Mazda Team Joest Jonathan Bomarito
Marino Franchitti
Spencer Pigot		 Mazda RT-24P C 443 +7.605
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4
4 P 5 Mustang Sampling Racing Filipe Albuquerque
Tristan Vautier
Christian Fittipaldi		 Cadillac DPi-V.R C 443 +9.458
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
5 P 7 Acura Team Penske Hélio Castroneves
Ricky Taylor
Graham Rahal		 Acura ARX-05 C 443 +30.450
Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
6 P 22 Tequila Patron ESM Johannes van Overbeek
Pipo Derani
Timo Bernhard		 Nissan Onroak DPi C 443 +45.065
Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6
7 P 54 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett
Colin Braun
Romain Dumas		 Oreca 07 C 443 +56.543
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
8 P 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Felipe Nasr
Eric Curran
Gabby Chaves		 Cadillac DPi-V.R C 442 + 1 Lap
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
9 P 85 JDC-Miller Motorsports Robert Alon
Simon Trummer
Nelson Panciatici		 Oreca 07 C 441 Did Not Finish
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
10 P 99 JDC-Miller Motorsports Mikhail Goikhberg
Stephen Simpson
Chris Miller		 Oreca 07 C 435 +8
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
11 P 2 Tequila Patrón ESM Ryan Dalziel
Scott Sharp
Norman Nato		 Nissan Onroak DPi C 433 +10
Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6
12 GTLM 911 Porsche GT Team Patrick Pilet

Nick Tandy

Frédéric Makowiecki

 Porsche 911 RSR M 419 +24
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
13 GTLM 4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin
Tommy Milner
Marcel Fässler		 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 419 +24
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
14 GTLM 24 BMW Team RLL John Edwards
Jesse Krohn
Chaz Mostert		 BMW M8 GTE M 419 +24
BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8
15 GTLM 25 BMW Team RLL Connor De Phillippi

Bill Auberlen

Alexander Sims

 BMW M8 GTE M 419 +24
BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8
16 GTLM 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ryan Briscoe

Richard Westbrook

Scott Dixon

 Ford GT M 419 +24
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
17 GTLM 912 Porsche GT Team Earl Bamber

Laurens Vanthoor

Mathieu Jaminet

 Porsche 911 RSR M 419 +24
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
18 GTLM 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Joey Hand

Dirk Müller

Sébastien Bourdais

 Ford GT M 418 +25
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
19 GTLM 3 Corvette Racing Antonio García

Jan Magnussen

Mike Rockenfeller

 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 417 +26
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
20 GTLM 62 Risi Competizione Andrea Bertolini

Miguel Molina

Toni Vilander

 Ferrari 488 GTE M 416 +27
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
21 GTD 63 Scuderia Corsa Daniel Serra

Cooper MacNeil

Gunnar Jeannette

 Ferrari 488 GT3 C 407 +36
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
22 GTD 86 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian Katherine Legge

Álvaro Parente

Trent Hindman

 Acura NSX GT3 C 407 +36
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
23 GTD 48 Paul Miller Racing Bryan Sellers

Madison Snow

Corey Lewis

 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 C 406 +37
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
24 GTD 58 Wright Motorsports Patrick Long

Christina Nielsen

Robert Renauer

 Porsche 911 GT3 R C 406 +37
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
25 GTD 64 Scuderia Corsa Townsend Bell

Frankie Montecalvo

Bill Sweedler

 Ferrari 488 GT3 C 406 +37
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
26 GTD 29 Montaplast by Land-Motorsport Sheldon van der Linde

Christopher Mies

Daniel Morad

 Audi R8 LMS C 406 +37
Audi 5.2 L V10
27 GTD 71 P1 Motorsports JC Perez

Felipe Fraga

Maximilian Buhk

 Mercedes-AMG GT3 C 406 +37
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
28 GTD 33 Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsport Jeroen Bleekemolen

Ben Keating

Luca Stolz

 Mercedes AMG GT3 C 405 +38
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
29 GTD 44 Magnus Racing John Potter

Andy Lally

Andrew Davis

 Audi R8 LMS C 405 +38
Audi 5.2 L V10
30 GTD 15 3GT Racing Jack Hawksworth

David Heinemeier Hansson

Sean Rayhall

 Lexus RC F GT3 C 399 +44 Laps
Lexus 5.0 L V8
31 P 52 AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports Sebastián Saavedra

Gustavo Yacamán

Will Owen

 Oreca 07 C 367 Did Not Finish
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
32 P 6 Acura Team Penske Dane Cameron

Juan Pablo Montoya

Simon Pagenaud

 Acura ARX-05 C 310 + 133 Laps
Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
33 GTD 14 3GT Racing Dominik Baumann

Kyle Marcelli

Phillipp Frommenwiler

 Lexus RC F GT3 C 226 Did Not Finish
Lexus 5.0 L V8
34 P 38 Performance Tech Motorsports James French

Kyle Masson

Patricio O'Ward

 Oreca 07 C 204 Did Not Finish
Gibson 4.2 L V8
35 GTD 93 Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian Mario Franbacher
Justin Marks
Lawson Aschenbach		 Acura NSX GT3 C 186 Did Not Finish
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
36 GTD 7 Park Place Motorsports Spencer Pumpelly

Wolf Henzler

Tim Pappas

 Porsche 911 GT3 R C 122 Did Not Finish
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
37 GTD 96 Turner Motorsport Don Yount

Dillon Machavern

Markus Palttala

 BMW M6 GT3 C 68 Did Not Finish
BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8


References
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