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The 20th Annual Motul Petit Le Mans was the 2017 edition of the Petit Le Mans automotive endurance race, held on October 4–7, 2017, at the Road Atlanta circuit in Braselton, Georgia, United States. It was the 12th and final race of the 2017 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, and the fourth Petit Le Mans run since the formation of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in 2014.

Background

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Road Atlanta, where the race was held.

IMSA's president Scott Atherton confirmed Petit Le Mans was part of the series' schedule for the 2017 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Road America's victory lane in August 2016.[1] It was the fourth consecutive year the event was held as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the 20th annual running of the race.[2] The race was the final of 2017's twelve scheduled IMSA automobile endurance races, and the last of four North American Endurance Cup (NAEC) events.[3] It was held at the 12-turn, 2.540-mile (4.088 km) Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia on October 7, 2017. Event creator, Don Panoz served as the grand marshal for the 2017 event.[4]

As the final race of the 2017 season, the race marked the swansong for the PC class. First introduced in 2010, the category ran for eight seasons before a lack of interest lead to IMSA ending the class after the 2017 season.[5][6]

The BMW M6 GTLM also entered it its final IMSA event, ahead of the switch to new-generation GTE machinery for BMW in 2018.[7] BMW would introduce the M8 GTE as it was based on the upcoming G15 8 Series.[8]

This would be the final race for entry for Alex Job Racing as the team would step back from professional racing and focus on their historic restorations.[9]

Stevenson Motorsports also entered their final race after announcing they would shut down operations following the event.[10]

After the Monterey Grand Prix 1 week earlier, Jordan Taylor and Ricky Taylor led the Prototype Drivers' Championship with 288 points, ahead of Dane Cameron and Eric Curran with 259 points, and João Barbosa and Christian Fittipaldi with 258 points.[11] With 252 points, James French and Patricio O'Ward clinched the PC Drivers' Championship with one race to spare.[12][11] Antonio García and Jan Magnussen led the GTLM Drivers' Championship with 302 points, ahead of Ryan Briscoe and Richard Westbrook with 283 points.[11] In GTD, the Drivers' Championship was led by Alessandro Balzan and Christina Nielsen with 318 points, ahead of Jeroen Bleekemolen with 292 points.[11] Cadillac, Chevrolet, and Ferrari were leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while Wayne Taylor Racing, Performance Tech Motorsports, Corvette Racing, and Scuderia Corsa each led their own Teams' Championships.[11]


Entries

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Further information: 2017 IMSA SportsCar Championship § Entries

A total of 39 cars took part in the event split across four classes. 10 cars were entered in P, 3 in PC, 9 in GTLM, and 17 in GTD.[13] In P, Team Penske made their IMSA SportsCar Championship debut.[14] Rebellion Racing made their first appearance since the Sebring round.[15] Jonathan Bomarito joined Marc Goossens and Renger van der Zande in the VisitFlorida Racing entry.[16] Brendon Hartley returned to the #2 Tequila Patrón ESM entry.[17] Ryan Hunter-Reay joined Jordan Taylor and Ricky Taylor in the Wayne Taylor Racing entry.[18] Julien Canal joined Olivier Pla and José Gutiérrez in the PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports entry. In PC, John Falb joined Garett Grist and Tomy Drissi and in the #26 BAR1 Motorsports entry. In GTLM, Nick Tandy and Earl Bamber made their first IMSA SportsCar Championship starts since the 2016 Petit Le Mans.[19] [20] Alessandro Pier Guidi replaced James Calado in the Risi Competizione entry.[13] In GTD, Montaplast by Land-Motorsport made their first appearance since Sebring while Alex Job Racing made their first appearance since the Lime Rock round.[13] Michael Christensen and Michael de Quesada returned to the Alegra Motorsports entry. Sheldon van der Linde joined Connor De Phillippi and Christopher Mies in the Montaplast by Land-Motorsport entry. Patrick Long joined Gunnar Jeannette and Cooper MacNeil in the Riley Motorsports - WeatherTech Racing entry.[21] Trent Hindman joined Bryan Sellers and Madison Snow in the Paul Miller Racing entry.

Practice

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There were four practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Saturday, three on Thursday and one on Friday. The first two one-hour sessions were on Thursday morning and afternoon. The third held later that evening ran for 90 minutes; the fourth on Friday morning lasted an hour.[22]

Practice 1

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The first practice session took place at 11:10 am ET on Thursday and ended with Renger van der Zande topping the charts for VisitFlorida Racing, with a lap time of 1:12.650.[23] James French set the fastest time in PC.[24] The GTLM class was topped by the #912 Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR of Laurens Vanthoor with a time of 1:18.320.[24] Jeroen Mul was fastest in GTD.[23]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 P 90 VisitFlorida Racing Renger van der Zande 1:12.650 _
2 P 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Jordan Taylor 1:12.683 _0.033
3 P 6 Team Penske Hélio Castroneves 1:12.691 +0.041
Sources:[25][26]

Practice 2

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The second practice session took place at 3:15 pm ET on Thursday and ended with Juan Pablo Montoya topping the charts for Team Penske, with a lap time of 1:12.445.[27] The PC class was topped by the #38 Performance Tech Motorsports Oreca FLM09 of Patricio O'Ward with a time of 1:16.152.[28] Alessandro Pier Guidi was fastest in GTLM while Katherine Legge set the fastest time in GTD.[29][28]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 P 6 Team Penske Juan Pablo Montoya 1:12.445 _
2 P 13 Rebellion Racing Mathias Beche 1:12.697 +0.252
3 P 31 Whelen Racing Engineering Dane Cameron 1:12.759 +0.314
Sources:[30][31]

Night Practice

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The night practice session took place at 7:30 pm ET on Thursday and ended with Brendon Hartley topping the charts for Tequila Patrón ESM, with a lap time of 1:12.017.[32] Patricio O'Ward set the fastest time PC by 0.407 seconds ahead of Buddy Rice in the #20 BAR1 Motorsports entry.[33] The GTLM class was topped by the #25 BMW Team RLL BMW M6 GTLM of Alexander Sims with a time of 1:17.818. Nicky Catsburg was second in the sister #24 car and Tommy Milner rounded out the top 3.[34] Jack Hawksworth was fastest in GTD.[34]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 P 2 Tequila Patrón ESM Brendon Hartley 1:12.017 _
2 P 5 Mustang Sampling Racing Filipe Albuquerque 1:12.327 +0.310
3 P 90 VisitFlorida Racing Renger van der Zande 1:12.488 +0.471
Sources:[35][36]

Final Practice

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The fourth and final practice session took place at 11:40 am ET on Friday and ended with Hélio Castroneves topping the charts for Team Penske, with a lap time of 1:11.968.[37] James French set the fastest time in PC.[38] The GTLM class was topped by the #62 Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 GTE of Toni Vilander with a time of 1:17.497.[39] Connor De Phillippi was fastest in GTD with a time of 1:20.175.[39]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 P 6 Team Penske Hélio Castroneves 1:11.968 _
2 P 2 Tequila Patrón ESM Brendon Hartley 1:11.991 +0.023
3 P 22 Tequila Patrón ESM Pipo Derani 1:12.019 +0.051
Source:[40]

Qualifying

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Hélio Castroneves (pictured in 2018) took the overall pole position for Team Penske.

In Friday afternoon's 90-minute four-group qualifying, each category had separate 15-minute sessions. Regulations stipulated that teams nominate one qualifying driver, with the fastest laps determining each class' starting order. IMSA arranged the grid to put Prototypes ahead of the PC, GTLM and GTD cars.[41][22]

The first was for cars in GTD class. Matteo Cressoni qualified on pole for the class driving the #63 Scuderia Corsa entry, besting Andy Lally in the #93 Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian entry.[42]

The second session of qualifying was for cars in the GTLM class. Toni Vilander qualified on pole driving the #62 car for Risi Competizione, beating Richard Westbrook in the #67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing car by less than one tenth of a second.[43]

The third session of qualifying was for cars in the PC class. James French set the fastest time driving the #38 Performance Tech Motorsports entry.[42]

The final session of qualifying was for the P class. Hélio Castroneves qualified on pole driving the #6 car for Team Penske, besting Pipo Derani in the #22 Tequila Patrón ESM entry.[44]

Qualifying results

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Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by ‡. All Prototype and Prototype Challenge cars were grouped together on the starting grid, regardless of qualifying position.

Pos Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 P 6 United States Team Penske Brazil Hélio Castroneves 1:11.314 _ 1‡
2 P 22 United States Tequila Patrón ESM Brazil Pipo Derani 1:11.475 +0.161 2
3 P 2 United States Tequila Patrón ESM New Zealand Brendon Hartley 1:11.499 +0.185 3
4 P 13 Switzerland Rebellion Racing Switzerland Mathias Beche 1:11.623 +0.309 4
5 P 90 United States VisitFlorida Racing Netherlands Renger van der Zande 1:11.934 +0.620 5
6 P 52 United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports France Olivier Pla 1:12.106 +0.792 6
7 P 10 United States Wayne Taylor Racing United States Ricky Taylor 1:12.121 +0.807 131
8 P 85 United States JDC-Miller MotorSports Canada Mikhail Goikhberg 1:12.388 +1.074 7
9 P 5 United States Mustang Sampling Racing Brazil Christian Fittipaldi 1:12.393 +1.079 8
10 P 31 United States Whelen Racing Engineering United States Eric Curran 1:13.051 +1.737 9
11 PC 38 United States Performance Tech Motorsports United States James French 1:16.059 +4.755 10‡
12 PC 26 United States BAR1 Motorsports Canada Garett Grist 1:17.244 +5.930 11
13 PC 20 United States BAR1 Motorsports United States Don Yount 1:17.628 +6.314 12
14 GTLM 62 United States Risi Competizione Finland Toni Vilander 1:17.660 +6.346 14‡
15 GTLM 67 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing United Kingdom Richard Westbrook 1:17.705 +6.391 392
16 GTLM 3 United States Corvette Racing Spain Antonio García 1:17.714 +6.400 15
17 GTLM 66 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing United States Joey Hand 1:17.729 +6.415 16
18 GTLM 25 United States BMW Team RLL United States Bill Auberlen 1:17.731 +6.417 17
19 GTLM 4 United States Corvette Racing United Kingdom Oliver Gavin 1:17.823 +6.509 18
20 GTLM 24 United States BMW Team RLL Germany Martin Tomczyk 1:18.084 +6.770 19
21 GTLM 912 United States Porsche GT Team Italy Gianmaria Bruni 1:18.161 +6.847 20
22 GTLM 911 United States Porsche GT Team France Patrick Pilet 1:18.426 +7.112 21
23 GTD 63 United States Scuderia Corsa Italy Matteo Cressoni 1:20.661 +9.347 22‡
24 GTD 93 United States Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian United States Andy Lally 1:20.739 +9.425 23
25 GTD 15 United States 3GT Racing United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth 1:20.798 +9.484 24
26 GTD 29 Germany Montaplast by Land-Motorsport South Africa Sheldon van der Linde 1:20.830 +9.516 25
27 GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport Finland Jesse Krohn 1:20.904 +9.590 26
28 GTD 28 United States Alegra Motorsports Denmark Michael Christensen 1:20.968 +9.654 27
29 GTD 86 United States Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Brazil Oswaldo Negri Jr. 1:20.998 +9.684 28
30 GTD 16 United States Change Racing Netherlands Jeroen Mul 1:21.063 +9.749 29
31 GTD 14 United States 3GT Racing United States Sage Karam 1:21.115 +9.801 30
32 GTD 57 United States Stevenson Motorsports United States Andrew Davis 1:21.220 +9.906 31
33 GTD 48 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Madison Snow 1:21.393 +10.079 32
34 GTD 73 United States Park Place Motorsports United States Patrick Lindsey 1:21.470 +10.156 33
35 GTD 23 United States Alex Job Racing United States Townsend Bell 1:21.648 +10.334 34
36 GTD 75 United States SunEnergy1 Racing South Africa Dion von Moltke 1:21.915 +10.601 35
37 GTD 33 United States Riley Motorsports - Team AMG United States Ben Keating 1:21.959 +10.645 373
38 GTD 50 United States Riley Motorsports - WeatherTech Racing United States Cooper MacNeil 1:22.177 +10.863 36
39 GTD 54 United States CORE Autosport United States Jon Bennett 1:23.379 +12.605 384
Sources:[45][46]
  • 1 The No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing entry was moved to the back of the P field as per Article 43.6 of the Sporting regulations (Change of starting tires).[41]
  • 2 The No. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing entry was moved to the back of the GTLM field due to failing post qualifying technical inspection.
  • 3 The No. 33 Riley Motorsports - Team AMG entry was moved to the back of the GTD field as per Article 43.6 of the Sporting regulations (Change of starting tires).[41]
  • 4 The No. 54 CORE Autosport entry was moved to the back of the GTD field as per Article 43.6 of the Sporting regulations (Change of starting tires).[41]

Race

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Post-race

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Jordan Taylor, and Ricky Taylor took the Prototype Drivers' Championship with 310 points. They were 19 points ahead of Cameron, and Curran in second position. Barbosa and Fittipaldi followed in third place with 291 points, ahead of Goikhberg and Simpson in fourth with 277 points and Ryan Dalziel and Sharp in fifth with 273 points.[47] With 283 points, French and O'Ward won the PC Drivers' Championship, 39 points ahead of Yount in second.[47] García and Magnussen took the GTLM Drivers' Championship with 334 points. They were 17 points ahead of Auberlen and Sims in second position. Hand and Müller followed in third place with 306 points, ahead of Briscoe and Westbrook with 306 points and Pilet and Werner with 295 points.[47] With 340 points, Balzan and Nielsen won the GTD Drivers' Championship, 20 points ahead of Bleekemolen in second. Lindsey was in third position with 298 points and Klingmann was fourth with 294 points.[47] Cadillac, Chevrolet, and Ferrari won their respective Manufactures' Championships while Wayne Taylor Racing, Performance Tech Motorsports, Corvette Racing, and Scuderia Corsa won their respective Teams' Championships.[47]

Race result

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Class winners are denoted in bold and with ‡

Final race classification
Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 P 2 United States Tequila Patrón ESM United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel
New Zealand Brendon Hartley
United States Scott Sharp 		Nissan Onroak DPi C 402 10:00:22.867‡
Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin-turbo V6
2 P 31 United States Whelen Engineering Racing United States Dane Cameron
United Kingdom Mike Conway
United States Eric Curran 		Cadillac DPi-V.R C 402 +7.633
Cadillac 6.2 L V8
3 P 6 United States Team Penske Brazil Hélio Castroneves
Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya
France Simon Pagenaud 		Oreca 07 C 402 +8.058
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
4 P 22 United States Tequila Patrón ESM Brazil Pipo Derani
Brazil Bruno Senna
United States Johannes van Overbeek 		Nissan Onroak DPi C 402 +19.285
Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin-turbo V6
5 P 5 United States Mustang Sampling Racing Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
Portugal João Barbosa
Brazil Christian Fittipaldi 		Cadillac DPi-V.R C 401 +1 Lap
Cadillac 6.2 L V8
6 P 85 United States JDC-Miller MotorSports Canada Misha Goikhberg
United States Chris Miller
South Africa Stephen Simpson 		Oreca 07 C 399 +3 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
7 GTLM 25 United States BMW Team RLL United States Bill Auberlen
United Kingdom Alexander Sims
Canada Kuno Wittmer 		BMW M6 GTLM M 392 +10 Laps‡
BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8
8 GTLM 3 United States Corvette Racing Spain Antonio García
Denmark Jan Magnussen
Germany Mike Rockenfeller 		Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 392 +10 Laps
Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
9 GTLM 62 United States Risi Competizione Italy Giancarlo Fisichella
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
Finland Toni Vilander 		Ferrari 488 GTE M 392 +10 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8
10 GTLM 4 United States Corvette Racing Switzerland Marcel Fässler
United Kingdom Oliver Gavin
United States Tommy Milner 		Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 392 +10 Laps
Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
11 GTLM 912 United States Porsche GT Team New Zealand Earl Bamber
Italy Gianmaria Bruni
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor 		Porsche 911 RSR M 392 +10 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
12 GTLM 911 United States Porsche GT Team France Patrick Pilet
United Kingdom Nick Tandy
Germany Dirk Werner 		Porsche 911 RSR M 392 +10 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
13 GTLM 66 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing France Sébastien Bourdais
United States Joey Hand
Germany Dirk Müller 		Ford GT M 392 +10 Laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Twin-turbo V6
14 GTLM 67 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Australia Ryan Briscoe
New Zealand Scott Dixon
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook 		Ford GT M 390 +12 Laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Twin-turbo V6
15 PC 26 United States BAR1 Motorsports United States Tomy Drissi
United States John Falb
Canada Garett Grist 		Oreca FLM09 C 384 +18 Laps‡
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
16 GTD 29 Germany Montaplast by Land-Motorsport United States Connor De Phillippi
Germany Christopher Mies
South Africa Sheldon van der Linde 		Audi R8 LMS C 382 +20 Laps‡
Audi 5.2 L V10
17 GTD 28 United States Alegra Motorsports Denmark Michael Christensen
Canada Daniel Morad
United States Michael de Quesada 		Porsche 911 GT3 R C 382 +20 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
18 GTD 73 United States Park Place Motorsports Germany Jörg Bergmeister
United States Patrick Lindsey
United States Matt McMurry 		Porsche 911 GT3 R C 382 +20 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
19 GTD 33 United States Riley Motorsports - Team AMG Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
Germany Mario Farnbacher
United States Ben Keating 		Mercedes AMG GT3 C 381 +21 Laps
Mercedes AMG M159 6.2 L V8
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DNF

P 90 United States Visit Florida Racing United States Jonathan Bomarito
Belgium Marc Goossens
Netherlands Renger van der Zande 		Ligier JS P217 C 380 Header
Gibson GK428 4.2 V8
21 GTD 54 United States CORE Autosport United States Jon Bennett
United States Colin Braun
Sweden Niclas Jönsson 		Porsche 911 GT3 R C 380 +22 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
22 GTD 23 United States Alex Job Racing United States Townsend Bell
United States Frankie Montecalvo
United States Bill Sweedler 		Audi R8 LMS C 380 +22 Laps
Audi 5.2 L V10
23 PC 20 United States BAR1 Motorsports Canada Daniel Burkett
United States Buddy Rice
United States Don Yount 		Oreca FLM09 C 376 +26 Laps
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
24 GTD 48 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Trent Hindman
United States Bryan Sellers
United States Madison Snow 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 C 375 +27 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
25 PC 38 United States Performance Tech Motorsports United States James French
United States Kyle Masson
Mexico Patricio O'Ward 		Oreca FLM09 C 367 +35 Laps
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
26 GTD 15 United States 3GT Racing United States Austin Cindric
United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth
United States Scott Pruett 		Lexus RC F GT3 C 364 +38 Laps
Lexus 5.4 L V8
27 GTD 63 United States Scuderia Corsa Italy Alessandro Balzan
Italy Matteo Cressoni
Denmark Christina Nielsen 		Ferrari 488 GT3 C 349 +53 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Twin-turbo V8
28

DNF

GTLM 24 United States BMW Team RLL Netherlands Nicky Catsburg
United States John Edwards
Germany Martin Tomczyk 		BMW M6 GTLM M 338 Cooling
BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8
29

DNF

GTD 14 United States 3GT Racing United States Robert Alon
United Kingdom Ian James
United States Sage Karam 		Lexus RC F GT3 C 308 Crash
Lexus 5.4 L V8
30

DNF

GTD 16 United States Change Racing United States Corey Lewis
Netherlands Jeroen Mul
United States Brett Sandberg 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 C 300 Fuel Pressure
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
31

DNF

GTD 86 United States Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian United States Tom Dyer
Brazil Oswaldo Negri
United States Jeff Segal 		Acura NSX GT3 C 292 Handling
Acura 3.5 L Twin-turbo V6
32

DNF

GTD 57 United States Stevenson Motorsports United States Lawson Aschenbach
United States Matt Bell
United States Andrew Davis 		Audi R8 LMS C 229 Crash
Audi 5.2 L V10
33

DNF

GTD 93 United States Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian United States Andy Lally
United Kingdom Katherine Legge
Canada Mark Wilkins 		Acura NSX GT3 C 219 Crash
Acura 3.5 L Twin-turbo V6
34

DNF

GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport Germany Jens Klingmann
Finland Jesse Krohn
United States Justin Marks 		BMW M6 GT3 C 213 Electrical
BMW 4.4 L Twin-turbo V8
35

DNF

GTD 75 United States SunEnergy1 Racing Australia Kenny Habul
South Africa Dion von Moltke
France Tristan Vautier 		Mercedes AMG GT3 C 210 Water Pump
Mercedes AMG M159 6.2 L V8
36

DNF

P 13 Switzerland Rebellion Racing Switzerland Mathias Beche
Germany Nick Heidfeld
United States Gustavo Menezes 		Oreca 07 C 205 Crash
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
37

DNF

P 10 United States Wayne Taylor Racing United States Ryan Hunter-Reay
United States Jordan Taylor
United States Ricky Taylor 		Cadillac DPi-V.R C 97 Engine
Cadillac 6.2 L V8
38

DNF

P 52 United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports France Julien Canal
Mexico José Gutiérrez
France Olivier Pla 		Ligier JS P217 C 62 Crash
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
39

DNF

GTD 50 United States Riley Motorsports - WeatherTech Racing United States Gunnar Jeannette
United States Patrick Long
United States Cooper MacNeil 		Porsche 911 GT3 R C 15 Gearbox
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
Sources:[48][49]
Tyre manufacturers
Key
Symbol Tyre manufacturer
C Continental
M Michelin

Standings after the race

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  • 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.
  • Note: Bold names include the Drivers', Teams', and Manufactures' Champion respectively.

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