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The 2021 Petit Le Mans (known as the 2021 MOTUL Petit Le Mans for sponsorship reasons) was the 24th running of the Petit Le Mans, and was held on November 13, 2021. It was the 12th and final race in the 2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship, and the 4th race of the 2021 Michelin Endurance Cup. The race was held at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia. This race was the last ever race for the GTLM Class.

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 2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in September 2020. It was the eighth consecutive year it was part of the IMSA SCC, and 24th Petit Le Mans.[1] The 2021 Petit Le Mans was final of 2021's IMSA sports car endurance races, and the last of four races of the Michelin Endurance Cup (MEC).[2] The race took place at the 12-turn, 2.540-mile (4.088 km) Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia.

The 2021 running marked the event's return to the final calendar spot on the schedule following the wholesale schedule changes that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.[3] The 2021 edition underwent a date change of its own, being postponed from its traditional early-October spot to the weekend of November 13th.[4] The event featured support from four of IMSA's supporting series; the Michelin Pilot Challenge, IMSA Prototype Challenge, Porsche Carrera Cup North America, and Mazda MX-5 Cup.[5]

On November 3, 2021, IMSA released the latest technical bulletin outlining Balance of Performance for the event.[6] In GTLM, the Chevrolet Corvette C8.R received a one-liter reduction in fuel capacity, while in GTD the 2021 debut of the McLaren required its addition to the BoP table.

This would be the final race for entry Mazda Motorsports as Mazda was stepping back from all racing activities following the 2021 season with the exception of the Mazda MX-5 Cup.[7] Also making its farewell was the GTLM class which in 2022 would be replaced by the new GTD Pro class.[8]

Before the race, Filipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor led the DPi Drivers' Championship with 3071 points, ahead of Pipo Derani and Felipe Nasr in second with 3052 points.[9] In LMP2, Mikkel Jensen and Ben Keating led the Drivers' Championship with 1807 points, ahead of Tristan Nunez and Steven Thomas.[9] With 1800 points, Gar Robinson led the LMP3 Drivers' Championship, 50 points ahead of Jon Bennett and Colin Braun.[9] Antonio García and Jordan Taylor led the GTLM Drivers' Championship with 3269 points, 127 points ahead of Tommy Milner and Nick Tandy.[9] With 2938 points, the GTD Drivers' Championship was led by Zacharie Robichon and Laurens Vanthoor, ahead of Madison Snow and Bryan Sellers.[9] Cadillac, Chevrolet, and Porsche were leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while WTR-Konica Minolta Acura, PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, Riley Motorsports, Corvette Racing, and Pfaff Motorsports each led their own Teams' Championships.[9]

Entries[edit]

Further information: 2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship § Entries

A total of 43 cars took part in the event, split across five classes. 7 were entered in DPi, 5 in LMP2, 10 in LMP3, 6 in GTLM, and 15 in GTD.

In DPi, the expected addition of the Endurance Cup effort from Ally Cadillac Racing was present, while Hélio Castroneves replaced Olivier Pla as Meyer Shank Racing's third driver.[10] In LMP2, United Autosports returned to complete their scheduled Endurance Cup campaign. In GTLM the pair of BMW Team RLL M8s returned for the Endurance Cup, WeatherTech Racing also added a second entry, which alongside its own full time entry and the two Corvettes boosted the class to six entries for its last ever race. LMP3 saw its largest grid of the season with ten cars, which included a series debut for FastMD Racing.[11] Returns for United Autosports, Forty7 Motorsports, Jr III Racing (whose lineup included former IndyCar driver Spencer Pigot),[12] and WIN Autosport[13] helped to boost the class to its record-breaking entry number. GTD also featured a number of changes, including the first appearance of the season for the McLaren 720S GT3, fielded by Inception Racing.[14] NTE Sport and Gilbert/Korthoff Motorsports also returned as part of their selective 2021 calendars, as did Alegra Motorsports, who added Mercedes-AMG factor driver Daniel Juncadella to their lineup.[15] Winward Racing also returned for the first time since their class victory at the 24 Hours of Daytona,[16] while the Heart of Racing Team dropped their second entry.[17]

Just hours before the race, Earl Bamber stepped in for Kevin Magnussen in Chip Ganassi Racing's DPi-class entry after Magnussen fell ill.[18]

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 one hour. The second session on Thursday afternoon lasted 75 minutes. The final session on Thursday evening lasted 90 minutes.[19]

Practice 1[edit]

The first practice session took place at 9:20 am ET on Thursday and ended with Felipe Nasr topping the charts for Whelen Engineering Racing, with a lap time of 1:09.508, ahead of the No. 01 Cadillac of Renger van der Zande.[20] Gabriel Aubry set the fastest time in LMP2.[21] Colin Braun was fastest in LMP3 with a time of 1:15.916.[22] The GTLM class was topped by the No. 97 WeatherTech Racing Porsche 911 RSR-19 of Frédéric Makowiecki with a time of 1:16.726. Mathieu Jaminet was second in the sister No. 79 WeatherTech Racing entry and Antonio García rounded out the top 3.[20] Bill Auberlen set the fastest time in GTD.[21] The session was red flagged twice. 33 minutes into the session, the No. 55 Mazda RT24-P of Jonathan Bomarito stopped at turn eight due to a mechanical issue.[20] 15 minutes later, Steven Thomas in the No. 11 WIN Autosport entry stopped just before turn ten.[20]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 DPi 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Felipe Nasr 1:09.508 _
2 DPi 01 Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing Renger van der Zande 1:09.758 +0.250
3 DPi 60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Dane Cameron 1:10.094 +0.586
Sources:[23][24]

Practice 2[edit]

The second practice session took place at 2:20 pm ET on Thursday and ended with Harry Tincknell topping the charts for Mazda Motorsports, with a lap time of 1:09.356, 0.044 seconds faster than Felipe Nasr's No. 31 Cadillac.[25] Mikkel Jensen set the fastest time in LMP2.[26] Dylan Murry was fastest in LMP3 with a time of 1:16.413.[25] The GTLM class was topped by the No. 4 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C8.R of Nick Tandy with a time of 1:16.938. Kévin Estre was second fastest in the No. 97 WeatherTech Racing entry and Mathieu Jaminet rounded out the top 3.[27] Robby Foley was fastest in GTD.[27] The session was red flagged three times for on-track incidents. The No. 8 Oreca of John Farano collided with Jan Heylen's Porsche at turn twelve and brought out the first red flag.[25][26] The No. 36 Andretti Autosport Ligier JS P320 of Oliver Askew stopped on track resulting in the sessions second red flag. The final stoppage came when Jim Cox spun the No. 91 Ligier at turn 10a and got beached.[25]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 DPi 55 Mazda Motorsports Harry Tincknell 1:09.356 _
2 DPi 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Felipe Nasr 1:09.400 +0.044
3 DPi 5 JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing Sébastien Bourdais 1:09.571 +0.215
Sources:[28][29]

Practice 3[edit]

The third and final practice session took place at 6:30 pm ET on Thursday and ended with Tristan Vautier topping the charts for JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing, with a lap time of 1:10.796, ahead of The No. 01 Cadillac of Kevin Magnussen.[30] Mikkel Jensen set the fastest time in LMP2.[31] Rasmus Lindh was fastest in LMP3 with a time of 1:16.605.[32] The GTLM class was topped by the No. 97 WeatherTech Racing Porsche 911 RSR-19 of Frédéric Makowiecki with a time of 1:17.253. Mathieu Jaminet was second in the sister No. 79 WeatherTech Racing entry and Jesse Krohn rounded out the top 3.[31] Jack Hawksworth was fastest in GTD.[32]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 DPi 5 JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing Tristan Vautier 1:10.796 _
2 DPi 01 Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing Kevin Magnussen 1:10.822 +0.026
3 DPi 55 Mazda Motorsports Scott Dixon 1:11.427 +0.631
Sources:[33][34]

Qualifying[edit]

Felipe Nasr (pictured in 2015) helped take the No. 31 Cadillac's fifth pole position of 2021.

Qualifying was broken into four sessions.[19] The first was for cars in GTD class. Madison Snow qualified on pole driving the No. 1 car for Paul Miller Racing, beating Benjamin Hites in the No. 42 NTE Sport entry. Robby Foley was third in the No. 96 BMW followed by Aaron Telitz in the No. 14 Lexus.[35]

The second session was for cars in the GTLM and GTD classes. Jesse Krohn qualified on pole in GTLM driving the No. 24 car for BMW Team RLL, beating Matt Campbell in the No. 79 WeatherTech Racing entry by just over five-tenths of a second.[36] Jack Hawksworth set the fastest time in the GTD points paying session and earned 35 championship points.[35]

The third session was for cars in the LMP3 class. Niklas Krütten qualified on pole for the class driving the No. 2 car for United Autosports, besting Rasmus Lindh in the Performance Tech Motorsports entry.[35]

The final session of qualifying was for cars in the DPi and LMP2 classes. Felipe Nasr took overall pole for the event driving the No. 31 car for Whelen Engineering Racing, beating Harry Tincknell in the Mazda Motorsports entry. Nasr reduced Albuquerque and Taylor's points lead to eight points heading into the race.[37] Ben Keating qualified on pole in LMP2 driving the PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca.[36]

Qualifying results[edit]

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

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 DPi 31 United States Whelen Engineering Racing Brazil Felipe Nasr 1:08.678 _ 1‡
2 DPi 55 Canada Mazda Motorsports United Kingdom Harry Tincknell 1:08.693 +0.015 2
3 DPi 5 United States JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing France Sébastien Bourdais 1:08.848 +0.170 3
4 DPi 01 United States Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing Denmark Kevin Magnussen 1:08.879 +0.201 7[a]
5 DPi 60 United States Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian United States Dane Cameron 1:08.920 +0.242 4
6 DPi 48 United States Ally Cadillac Racing Japan Kamui Kobayashi 1:09.165 +0.487 5
7 DPi 10 United States WTR-Konica Minolta Acura Portugal Filipe Albuquerque 1:09.328 +0.650 6
8 LMP2 52 United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United States Ben Keating 1:12.229 +3.551 8‡
9 LMP2 11 United States WIN Autosport United States Steven Thomas 1:12.583 +3.905 9
10 LMP2 18 United States Era Motorsport United States Dwight Merriman 1:13.070 +4.392 10
11 LMP2 8 United States Tower Motorsport By Starworks Canada John Farano 1:14.289 +5.611 11
12 LMP2 22 United Kingdom United Autosports United States James McGuire 1:14.814 +6.136 12
13 GTLM 24 United States BMW Team RLL Finland Jesse Krohn 1:15.226 +6.548 23‡
14 LMP3 2 United Kingdom United Autosports Germany Niklas Krütten 1:15.664 +6.986 13‡
15 GTLM 79 United States WeatherTech Racing Australia Matt Campbell 1:15.738 +7.060 24
16 LMP3 38 United States Performance Tech Motorsports Sweden Rasmus Lindh 1:15.750 +7.072 14
17 GTLM 3 United States Corvette Racing Spain Antonio García 1:15.930 +7.252 25
18 GTLM 97 United States WeatherTech Racing France Frederic Makowiecki 1:16.004 +7.326 26
19 GTLM 4 United States Corvette Racing United Kingdom Nick Tandy 1:16.051 +7.373 27
20 LMP3 36 United States Andretti Autosport United States Jarett Andretti 1:17.122 +8.444 15
21 LMP3 91 United States Riley Motorsports United States Jim Cox 1:17.403 +8.725 16
22 LMP3 74 United States Riley Motorsports United States Gar Robinson 1:17.535 +8.857 17
23 LMP3 7 United States Forty7 Motorsports Canada Stefan Rzadzinski 1:17.793 +9.115 18
24 LMP3 40 United States FastMD Racing United States Max Hanratty 1:18.112 +9.434 19
25 LMP3 30 United States Jr III Motorsports United States Ari Balogh 1:19.071 +10.393 20
26 GTD 1 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Madison Snow 1:19.272 +10.594 29‡
27 GTD 42 United States NTE Sport Chile Benjamin Hites 1:19.273 +10.595 30
28 GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport United States Robby Foley 1:19.295 +10.617 31
29 GTD 14 United States Vasser Sullivan Racing United States Aaron Telitz 1:19.308 +10.630 43[b]
30 GTD 12 United States Vasser Sullivan Racing United States Frankie Montecalvo 1:19.456 +10.778 32
31 GTD 57 United States HTP Winward Motorsport United States Russell Ward 1:19.661 +10.983 33
32 GTD 16 United States Wright Motorsports United States Trent Hindman 1:19.722 +11.044 34
33 GTD 9 Canada Pfaff Motorsports Canada Zacharie Robichon 1:19.791 +11.113 35
34 GTD 70 United Kingdom Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport Denmark Frederik Schandorff 1:19.800 +11.122 36
35 GTD 28 United States Alegra Motorsports Canada Daniel Morad 1:19.846 +11.168 37
36 GTD 19 Austria GRT Grasser Racing Team Canada Misha Goikhberg 1:20.068 +11.390 38
37 GTD 88 United States Team Hardpoint United States Andrew Davis 1:20.079 +11.401 39
38 GTD 32 United States Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports United States Guy Cosmo 1:20.353 +11.675 40
39 GTD 23 United States Heart Of Racing Team United Kingdom Ian James 1:20.554 +11.876 42[c]
40 GTLM 25 United States BMW Team RLL United States Connor De Phillippi 1:21.299 +12.621 28
41 GTD 44 United States Magnus Racing with Archangel Motorsports United States John Potter 1:21.317 +12.639 41[d]
— LMP3 54 United States CORE Autosport Did Not Participate 21
— LMP3 83 United States WIN Autosport No Time Established 22[e]
Sources:[38][39][40][41][42]
  1. ^ The no. 01 Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing entry was moved to the rear of the DPi classification after the team elected to change starting driver after qualifying.
  2. ^ The no. 14 Vasser-Sullivan Racing entry was moved to the rear of the GTD classification for violating competition rules regarding the car's ride height.
  3. ^ The no. 23 Heart of Racing Team entry was moved to the rear of the GTD classification after the team elected to change tires after qualifying.
  4. ^ The no. 44 Magnus Racing with Archangel Motorsports entry was moved to the rear of the GTD classification after the team elected to change tires after qualifying.
  5. ^ The no. 83 WIN Autosport entry was moved to the rear of the LMP3 classification after the team elected to change tires after qualifying.

Race[edit]

Post-race[edit]

Derani and Nasr took the DPi Drivers' Championship with 3407 points. They were 11 points ahead of Filipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor.[43] With 2162 points, Jensen and Keating won the LMP2 Drivers' Championship, 136 points ahead of Nunez and Thomas in second.[43] With 2176 points, Robinson won the LMP3 Drivers' Championship, 186 points ahead of Bennett and Braun.[43] Antonio García and Jordan Taylor took the GTLM Drivers' Championship with 3549 points. They were 101 points ahead of Milner and Tandy in second. MacNeil was third with 3356 points and Campbell was fourth with 2084 points.[43] With 3284 points, Robichon and Vanthoor won the GTD Drivers' Championship, 121 points ahead of Sellers and Snow in second. De Angelis and Gunn were third position with 3111 points and Long was fourth with 2943 points.[43] Cadillac, Chevrolet, and Porsche won their respective Manufactures' Championships while Whelen Engineering Racing, PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, Riley Motorsports, Corvette Racing, and Pfaff Motorsports won their respective Teams' Championships.[43]

Results[edit]

Class winners denoted in bold and with ‡

Pos Class No. Team / Entrant Drivers Chassis Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 DPi 55 Canada Mazda Motorsports United States Jonathan Bomarito
United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell 		Mazda RT24-P 410 10:00:38.581‡
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4
2 DPi 31 United States Whelen Engineering Racing United Kingdom Mike Conway
Brazil Pipo Derani
Brazil Felipe Nasr 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 410 +3.297
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
3 DPi 10 United States Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
United States Alexander Rossi
United States Ricky Taylor 		Acura ARX-05 410 +3.702
Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
4 DPi 48 United States Ally Cadillac Racing United States Jimmie Johnson
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
France Simon Pagenaud 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 410 +30.681
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
5 DPi 01 United States Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing New Zealand Earl Bamber
New Zealand Scott Dixon
Netherlands Renger van der Zande 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 409 +1 Lap
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
6 LMP2 8 United Kingdom Tower Motorsports by Starworks France Gabriel Aubry
Canada John Farano
United States James French 		Oreca 07 407 +3 Laps‡
Gibson Technology GK428 V8
7 LMP2 52 United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United States Scott Huffaker
Denmark Mikkel Jensen
United States Ben Keating 		Oreca 07 407 +3 Laps
Gibson Technology GK428 V8
8 LMP2 11 United States WIN Autosport United States Thomas Merrill
United States Tristan Nunez
United States Steven Thomas 		Oreca 07 406 +4 Laps
Gibson Technology GK428 V8
9 LMP2 22 United Kingdom United Autosports United Kingdom Wayne Boyd
United States James McGuire
United Kingdom Guy Smith 		Oreca 07 405 +5 Laps
Gibson Technology GK428 V8
10 DPi 60 United States Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian United States Dane Cameron
Brazil Hélio Castroneves
Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya 		Acura ARX-05 399 +11 Laps
Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
11 LMP3 74 United States Riley Motorsports Australia Scott Andrews
Brazil Felipe Fraga
United States Gar Robinson 		Ligier JS P320 391 +19 Laps‡
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
12 LMP3 30 United States Jr III Motorsports United States Ari Balogh
Canada Garett Grist
United States Spencer Pigot 		Ligier JS P320 390 +20 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
13 GTLM 79 United States WeatherTech Racing Australia Matt Campbell
France Mathieu Jaminet
United States Cooper MacNeil 		Porsche 911 RSR-19 390 +20 Laps‡
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
14 GTLM 97 United States WeatherTech Racing Denmark Michael Christensen
France Kévin Estre
France Frédéric Makowiecki 		Porsche 911 RSR-19 390 +20 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
15 GTLM 24 United States BMW Team RLL United States John Edwards
Brazil Augusto Farfus
Finland Jesse Krohn 		BMW M8 GTE 389 +21 Laps
BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8
16 LMP3 91 United States Riley Motorsports Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
United States Jim Cox
United States Dylan Murray 		Ligier JS P320 387 +23 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
17
DNF 		GTLM 4 United States Corvette Racing United States Tommy Milner
United Kingdom Alexander Sims
United Kingdom Nick Tandy 		Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 381 Collision damage
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
18 LMP3 40 United States FastMD Racing United States Todd Archer
United States Max Hanratty
Canada James Vance 		Duqueine M30 - D08 381 +29 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
19 GTD 23 United States Heart of Racing Team Canada Roman De Angelis
United Kingdom Ross Gunn
United Kingdom Ian James 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 378 +32 Laps‡
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
20 GTD 9 Canada Pfaff Motorsports Germany Lars Kern
Canada Zacharie Robichon
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor 		Porsche 911 GT3 R 378 +32 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
21 GTD 12 United States Vasser Sullivan Racing United States Robert Megennis
United States Frankie Montecalvo
United States Zach Veach 		Lexus RC F GT3 377 +33 Laps
Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8
22 GTD 28 United States Alegra Motorsports United States Michael de Quesada
Spain Daniel Juncadella
Canada Daniel Morad 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 377 +33 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
23 GTD 16 United States Wright Motorsports Belgium Jan Heylen
United States Trent Hindman
United States Patrick Long 		Porsche 911 GT3 R 376 +34 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
24 GTD 44 United States Magnus Racing w/ Archangel Motorsports United States Andy Lally
United States John Potter
United States Spencer Pumpelly 		Acura NSX GT3 Evo 376 +34 Laps
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
25 GTD 1 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Corey Lewis
United States Bryan Sellers
United States Madison Snow 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 365 +45 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
26 GTD 88 United States Team Hardpoint United States Andrew Davis
United States Rob Ferriol
United Kingdom Katherine Legge 		Porsche 911 GT3 R 359 +51 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
27 LMP3 7 United States Forty7 Motorsports United States Mark Kvamme
Peru Rodrigo Pflucker
Canada Stefan Rzadzinski 		Duqueine M30 - D08 356 +54 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
28
DNF 		DPi 5 United States JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing France Sébastien Bourdais
France Loïc Duval
France Tristan Vautier 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 341 Gearbox
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
29 LMP3 2 United Kingdom United Autosports United Kingdom Tom Gamble
Germany Niklas Krütten
United Kingdom Andy Meyrick 		Ligier JS P320 308 +102 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
30 GTD 42 United States NTE Sport United States Jaden Conwright
Chile Benjamin Hites
United States Don Yount 		Audi R8 LMS Evo 286 +124 Laps
Audi 5.2 L V10
31
DNF 		LMP3 54 United States CORE Autosport United States Jon Bennett
United States Colin Braun
United States George Kurtz 		Ligier JS P320 285 Fuel pressure
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
32
DNF 		GTLM 25 United States BMW Team RLL United States Connor De Phillippi
Austria Philipp Eng
Canada Bruno Spengler 		BMW M8 GTE 281 Accident
BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8
33
DNF 		LMP3 83 United States WIN Autosport United Kingdom Matthew Bell
United States Naveen Rao
United Kingdom Josh Skelton 		Duqueine M30 - D08 244 Driveshaft
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
34
DNF 		LMP3 38 United States Performance Tech Motorsports United States Dan Goldburg
Denmark Malthe Jakobsen
Sweden Rasmus Lindh 		Ligier JS P320 208 Electronics
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
35
DNF 		LMP3 36 United States Andretti Autosport United States Jarett Andretti
United States Oliver Askew
Australia Josh Burdon 		Ligier JS P320 153 Mechanical
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
36
DNF 		GTLM 3 United States Corvette Racing Netherlands Nicky Catsburg
Spain Antonio García
United States Jordan Taylor 		Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 150 Accident
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
37
DNF 		GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport United States Bill Auberlen
United States Robby Foley
Australia Aiden Read 		BMW M6 GT3 150 Accident
BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8
38
DNF 		GTD 57 United States HTP Winward Racing United Kingdom Philip Ellis
Germany Maro Engel
United States Russell Ward 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 147 Accident
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
39
DNF 		GTD 70 United Kingdom Inception Racing w/ Optimum Motorsport United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat
United States Brendan Iribe
Denmark Frederik Schandorff 		McLaren 720S GT3 146 Accident
McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
40
DNF 		GTD 19 Austria GRT Grasser Racing Team Italy Michele Beretta
Canada Misha Goikhberg
France Franck Perera 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 146 Accident
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
41
DNF 		GTD 32 United States Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports United States Guy Cosmo
United Kingdom Stevan McAleer
United States Mike Skeen 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 146 Accident
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
42
DNF 		GTD 14 United States Vasser Sullivan Racing United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth
United States Kyle Kirkwood
United States Aaron Telitz 		Lexus RC F GT3 146 Accident
Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8
43
DNF 		LMP2 18 United States Era Motorsport United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel
United States Dwight Merriman
United Kingdom Kyle Tilley 		Oreca 07 21 Accident
Gibson Technology GK428 V8
Sources:[44][45]

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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