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The 2019 Petit Le Mans (formally known as the 2019 MOTUL Petit Le Mans for sponsorship reasons) was the 22nd running of the Petit Le Mans, and was held on October 12, 2019. It was the last race in the 2019 IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship, and the last race of the 2019 Michelin Endurance Cup, and was run at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia. The race was won overall by the #31 Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R after its sister car fell out with brake failure with less than 30 minutes remaining. The distance covered was a race record.[1]

Background[edit]

Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, where the race was held.

International Motor Sports Association's (IMSA) president Scott Atherton confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2019 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2018.[2] It was the sixth consecutive year the event was held as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The 2019 Petit Le Mans was the last of twelve sports car races of 2019 by IMSA, and it was the last of four rounds held as part of the Michelin Endurance Cup.[3] The race took place at the 12-turn, 2.540-mile (4.088 km) Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia on October 12, 2019.[4]

As the final race for the 2019 season, the race concluded IMSA's 50th anniversary season.

Scott Atherton would retire from his position as President of the International Motor Sports Association following the event.[5] In his final race as president, Scott Atherton served as the events grand marshal.[6] John Doonan would replace Scott Atherton as president of the International Motor Sports Association beginning in 2020.[7]

This would be the final race for the Ford GT as Ford was ending their factory involvement following the 2019 season.[8] The Nissan Onroak DPi made its final appearance as Jon Bennett would retire from full time driving.[9][10]

The Chevrolet Corvette C7.R and Porsche 911 RSR also entered their final IMSA events, ahead of the switch to new-generation GTE machinery for both manufacturers in 2020.[11][12][13] Chevrolet would transition to the Chevrolet Corvette C8.R,[14] while Porsche introduced the Porsche 911 RSR-19.[15]

Heading into the final race of the season, Dane Cameron and Juan Pablo Montoya led the DPi Drivers' Championship with 274 points; the duo held a twelve-point advantage over Pipo Derani and Felipe Nasr in second.[16] With 235 points, Matt McMurry led the LMP2 Drivers' Championship, ahead of Cameron Cassels.[16] In GTLM, Earl Bamber and Laurens Vanthoor led the Drivers' Championship with 304 points, 12 points ahead of Patrick Pilet and Nick Tandy.[16] The GTD Drivers' Championship was led by Mario Farnbacher and Trent Hindman with 264 points, 32 points clear of Zacharie Robichon in second.[16] Acura, Porsche, and Lamborghini were leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while Acura Team Penske, PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, Porsche GT Team, and Meyer Shank Racing each led their own Teams' Championships.[16]

Entries[edit]

Further information: 2019 IMSA SportsCar Championship § Entries

A total of 34 cars took part in the event split across 4 classes. 11 cars were entered in DPi, 2 in LMP2, 9 in GTLM, and 12 in GTD.[17] In DPi, Juncos Racing made its first appearance since the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park round.[18] Graham Rahal substituted for Alexander Rossi in the No. 7 Acura Team Penske entry due to a clash with the Bathurst 1000.[19] In GTLM, Risi Competizione returned for the first time since the season opening round at Daytona.[20][21] In GTD, Park Place Motorsports were absent due to not having a spare chassis.[22] Montaplast by Land-Motorsport and Precision Performance Motorsports made their first appearances since the Watkins Glen round. Compass Racing skipped the event. Marco Seefried joined Bryan Sellers and Corey Lewis in the Paul Miller Racing entry.[23] Parker Chase joined Jack Hawksworth and Richard Heistand in the No. 14 AIM Vasser-Sullivan entry.[24]

Practice[edit]

There were four practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Saturday, three on Thursday and one on Friday. The first two sessions on Thursday morning and afternoon were 60 minutes and 75 minutes in length, while the third held later that evening ran for 90 minutes, and the fourth on Friday morning lasted one hour.[25]

In the first practice session, Felipe Nasr set the fastest lap in the No. 31 Cadillac at 1 minute, 09.093 seconds, 0.642 seconds faster than Ricky Taylor's No. 7 Acura.[26] Dane Cameron in the No. 6 Acura was third, and Colin Braun was fourth in the No. 54 Nissan.[27] Matthieu Vaxiviere was fifth fastest for Konica Minolta Cadillac while Timo Bernhard in the No. 77 Mazda was sixth.[27][28] Gabriel Aubry led LMP2 in the No. 52 PR1/ Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca 07.[28] The GTLM class was topped by Richard Westbrook's No. 67 Ford GT with a lap of 1 minute, 16.810 seconds, 0.092 seconds faster than James Calado's No. 62 Ferrari 488.[27] Dirk Müller was third in the No. 66 Ford GT and Nick Tandy was fourth fastest in the No. 911 Porsche.[29] In GTD, Bill Auberlen in Turner Motorsport's No. 96 BMW M6 lapped fastest with a time of 1 minute, 19.306 seconds, with Jack Hawksworth second in the No. 14 Lexus.[28] The session was red flagged two times. 6 minutes into the session, Hawksworth stopped on track with a puncture.[29] The final stoppage came when Marco Seefried crashed the No. 48 Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini into the tire barrier at turn three.[28]

In the second practice session, Cameron was fastest with a time of 1 minute, 09.095 seconds, ahead of the No. 85 Cadillac of Tristan Vautier and Albuquerque's No. 5 Mustang Sampling car.[30][31] van der Zande placed the No. 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac entry fourth and Ricky Taylor's No. 7 Acura rounded out the top five. Aubry led LMP2 in the No. 52 PR1/ Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca 07.[31] Daniel Serra led GTLM in the No. 62 Ferrari with a 1-minute, 16.708 seconds lap. Antonio García's No. 3 Corvette was second. Dixon in the No. 66 CGR Ford GT was third.[32] Felipe Fraga No. 33 Riley Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 was fastest in GTD, while Morad was 0.409 seconds slower in the No. 29 Land-Motorsport Audi.[28] Chris Miller caused the first caused the session's first stoppage when he spun his No. 84 JDC-Miller Cadillac at turn 10a and got beached in the gravel trap. Later, Nunez, Marks, and Piedrahita spun and got their cars beached at turns 6 and 10a, respectively.[31]

The third practice session ran at night and saw Derani's No. 31 Cadillac set the fastest time overall at 1 minute, 09.455 seconds. Albuquerque was almost two-tenths of a second behind in second, with the No. 7 Team Penske Acura of Ricky Taylor was third.[33] Vautier in the No. 85 Cadillac was fourth and Jarvis' No. 77 Mazda was fifth.[33] René Binder necessitated the showing of a red flag when he spun and beached the No. 50 Juncos Racing in the gravel trap at turn 10a halfway through the session.[34] Aubry was the fastest LMP2 driver in the PR1/ Mathiasen Motorsports entry.[34] In GTLM, Müller was fastest in class with a lap of 1 minute, 16.552 seconds. Blomqvist was second-fastest in the No. 25 BMW M8 and Briscoe took third in the No. 67 Ford GT.[28][34] In GTD, Auberlen was again fastest in the class, followed by Jeroen Bleekemolen's No. 33 Riley Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3.[35]

Nasr led the final session in the No. 31 WER car with a lap of 1 minute, 08.419 seconds. Ricky Taylor's No. 7 Acura was second-fastest. The No. 5 Cadillac of Albuquerque set the third-quickest lap. van der Zande's No. 10 Cadillac, along with Bernhard's No. 77 Mazda car were fourth and fifth. [36] Misha Goikhberg necessitated the showing of a red flag when he spun and beached the No. 85 JDC-Miller Cadillac in the gravel trap at turn 10 with 17 minutes remaining in the session.[37][27] Aubry was fastest again in LMP2.[37] Calado's No. 62 Ferrari was fastest in GTlM while, Robby Foley, driving the No. 96 Turner Motorsport BMW M6, was the fastest driver in GTD.[27]

Qualifying[edit]

Felipe Nasr (pictured in 2015) helped put the No. 31 Cadillac on pole position in qualifying.

Friday's afternoon qualifying session was broken into three sessions that were scheduled for 15 minutes each.[25] Cars in GTD were sent out first before those grouped in GTLM and DPi/LMP2 had two separate identically timed sessions. All cars were required to be driven by one participant and the starting order was determined by the competitor's fastest lap.[25] IMSA then arranged the grid so that the DPi, LMP2, and GTLM cars started in front of the GTD field.

Felipe Nasr in the No. 31 Cadillac set a new track record to clinch pole position with a time of 1 minute and 08.457 seconds.[38][39] He was joined on the grid's front row by Ricky Taylor's No. 7 Acura who was 0.141 seconds slower.[39] Filipe Albuquerque qualified the No. 5 Cadillac in third, ahead of Dane Cameron's fourth-placed No. 6 Acura.[40] The two Mazdas were fourth and fifth (the No. 77 car driven by Bernhard in front of the No. 55 vehicle of Tincknell).[40] Trummer's No. 84 Cadillac took sixth and van der Zande's No. 10 Cadillac qualified seventh.[41] Pigot's No. 50 Juncos Racing Cadillac took eighth, ahead of Goikhberg in the No. 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Cadillac and the No. 54 CORE Autosport Nissan driven by Jon Bennett rounded out the DPi qualifiers.[40] In LMP2, Masson set the fastest time in the Performance Tech Motorsports entry, with his fastest lap being 0.131 seconds faster than McMurry in the No. 52 PR1/ Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca.[39]

In GTLM, James Calado in the No. 62 Ferrari set a new category track record to take pole position with a time of 1 minute and 15.639 seconds.[42] García in the No. 3 Corvette set the second fastest time, but would start at the back of the GTLM field after his car failed post post-qualifying technical inspection where it was discovered that the Corvette was found to not have complied with mandated ride height. As a result, Philipp Eng would start in second position followed Vanthoor's No. 912 Porsche in third.[41]

In GTD, Corey Lewis took his second consecutive pole position of the season with a lap of 1 minute and 19.530 seconds. He was joined by Ben Keating's No. 33 Mercedes-AMG on the grid's front row with his best lap being 0.135 second slower, and Jeff Westphal drove the No. 63 Scuderia Corsa Ferrari to third place.[39][40] Justin Marks qualified the No. 86 Acura fourth, ahead of Christina Nielsen's fifth placed No. 57 Acura.[41] The No. 96 Turner Motorsport BMW failed to record a time due to Robby Foley spinning at turn 10a and beaching the car at the gravel trap on his outlap.[42][41] The No. 29 Montaplast by Land-Motorsport and No. 47 Precision Performance Motorsports entries lost all their lap times due to both teams crew touching their respective cars.[42]

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 1:08.457 _ 1‡
2 DPi 7 United States Acura Team Penske United States Ricky Taylor 1:08.598 +0.141 2
3 DPi 5 United States Mustang Sampling Racing Portugal Filipe Albuquerque 1:08.629 +0.172 3
4 DPi 6 United States Acura Team Penske United States Dane Cameron 1:08.802 +0.345 4
5 DPi 77 Germany Mazda Team Joest Germany Timo Bernhard 1:08.847 +0.390 5
6 DPi 55 Germany Mazda Team Joest United Kingdom Harry Tincknell 1:09.204 +0.747 6
7 DPi 84 United States JDC-Miller MotorSports Switzerland Simon Trummer 1:09.243 +0.786 7
8 DPi 10 United States Konica Minolta Cadillac Netherlands Renger van der Zande 1:09.253 +0.796 8
9 DPi 50 Argentina Juncos Racing United States Spencer Pigot 1:09.507 +1.050 9
10 DPi 85 United States JDC-Miller MotorSports Canada Misha Goikhberg 1:09.673 +1.216 10
11 LMP2 38 United States Performance Tech Motorsports United States Kyle Masson 1:10.722 +2.265 12‡
12 LMP2 52 United States PR1/ Mathiasen Motorsports United States Matt McMurry 1:10.853 +2.396 11
13 DPi 54 United States CORE Autosport United States Jon Bennett 1:11.511 +3.054 13
14 GTLM 62 United States Risi Competizione United Kingdom James Calado 1:15.639 +7.182 14‡
15 GTLM 3 United States Corvette Racing Spain Antonio García 1:15.702 +7.245 221
16 GTLM 24 United States BMW Team RLL Austria Philipp Eng 1:15.784 +7.327 15
17 GTLM 912 United States Porsche GT Team Belgium Laurens Vanthoor 1:15.842 +7.385 16
18 GTLM 66 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing United States Joey Hand 1:15.856 +7.399 17
19 GTLM 67 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing United Kingdom Richard Westbrook 1:15.967 +7.510 18
20 GTLM 911 United States Porsche GT Team United Kingdom Nick Tandy 1:16.037 +7.580 19
21 GTLM 4 United States Corvette Racing United Kingdom Oliver Gavin 1:16.048 +7.591 20
22 GTLM 25 United States BMW Team RLL United States Colton Herta 1:16.327 +8.870 21
23 GTD 48 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Corey Lewis 1:19.530 +11.073 23‡
24 GTD 33 United States Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports United States Ben Keating 1:19.665 +11.208 24
25 GTD 63 United States Scuderia Corsa United States Jeff Westphal 1:19.721 +11.264 25
26 GTD 86 United States Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian United States Justin Marks 1:19.820 +11.363 26
27 GTD 57 United States Heinricher Racing w/Meyer Shank Racing Denmark Christina Nielsen 1:19.952 +11.495 27
28 GTD 9 Canada Pfaff Motorsports Canada Zacharie Robichon 1:20.200 +11.743 28
29 GTD 14 Canada AIM Vasser Sullivan United States Richard Heistand 1:20.260 +11.803 29
30 GTD 12 Canada AIM Vasser Sullivan United States Frankie Montecalvo 1:20.323 +11.866 30
31 GTD 44 United States Magnus Racing United States John Potter 1:21.234 +12.777 31
32 GTD 29 Germany Montaplast by Land-Motorsport Germany Christopher Mies No time1 _ 33
33 GTD 47 United States Precision Performance Motorsports United States Shinya Michimi No time2 _ 34
34 GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport United States Robby Foley No time _ 32
Sources:[43][44]
  • 1 The No. 3 Corvette Racing entry was moved to the back of the GTLM classification for violating competition rules regarding the car's rear wing.[45][46]
  • 2 The No. 29 Montaplast by Land-Motorsport entry had all qualifying laps forfeited as per Article 40.2.9. of the Sporting regulations (car was touched by the crew during qualifying without permission by the officials).[47]
  • 3 The No. 47 Precision Performance Motorsports entry had all qualifying laps forfeited as per Article 40.2.9. of the Sporting regulations (car was touched by the crew during qualifying without permission by the officials).[47]

Race[edit]

Post-race[edit]

Cameron and Montoya took the DPi Drivers' Championship with 302 points. They were five points clear of Derani and Nasr.[48] With 270 points, McMurry won the LMP2 Drivers' Championship, 11 points clear of Cassels.[48] Bamber and Vanthoor took the GTLM Drivers' Championship with 330 points. They were 17 points clear of Pilet and Tandy in second. García and Magnussen were third with 317 points.[48] Farnbacher and Hindman won the GTD Drivers' Championship with 283 points, 21 points ahead of Auberlen and Foley. Robichon was third with 262 points.[48] Acura, Porsche, and Lamborghini won their respective Manufactures' Championships, while Acura Team Penske, PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, Porsche GT Team, and Meyer Shank Racing won their respective Teams' Championships.[48]

Race Results[edit]

Class winners are denoted in bold and ‡.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 DPi 31 United States Whelen Engineering Racing Brazil Felipe Nasr
Brazil Pipo Derani
United States Eric Curran 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 465 10:00:40.809‡
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
2 DPi 10 United States Konica Minolta Cadillac United States Jordan Taylor
France Matthieu Vaxivière
Netherlands Renger van der Zande 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 465 +0.996
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
3 DPi 7 United States Acura Team Penske United States Ricky Taylor
Brazil Hélio Castroneves
United States Graham Rahal 		Acura ARX-05 465 +9.842
Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
4 DPi 6 United States Acura Team Penske United States Dane Cameron
Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya
France Simon Pagenaud 		Acura ARX-05 464 +1 Lap
Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
5 DPi 84 United States JDC-Miller MotorSports Switzerland Simon Trummer
South Africa Stephen Simpson
United States Chris Miller 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 464 +1 Lap
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
6 DPi 77 Germany Mazda Team Joest Germany Timo Bernhard
United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
United States Tristan Nunez 		Mazda RT24-P 463 +2 Laps
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4
7 DPi 5 United States Mustang Sampling Racing Portugal João Barbosa
Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
United Kingdom Mike Conway 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 459 +6 Laps
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
8 DPi 54 United States CORE Autosport United States Colin Braun
France Romain Dumas
United States Jon Bennett 		Nissan Onroak DPi 457 +8 Laps
Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6
9 DPi 85 United States JDC-Miller MotorSports France Tristan Vautier
Colombia Juan Piedrahita
Canada Misha Goikhberg 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 446 +19 Laps
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
10 GTLM 62 United States Risi Competizione United Kingdom James Calado
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
Brazil Daniel Serra 		Ferrari 488 GTE 434 +31 Laps‡
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
11 GTLM 67 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Australia Ryan Briscoe
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
New Zealand Scott Dixon 		Ford GT 434 +31 Laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
12 GTLM 25 United States BMW Team RLL United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist
United States Connor De Phillippi
United States Colton Herta 		BMW M8 GTE 433 +32 Laps
BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8
13 GTLM 3 United States Corvette Racing Spain Antonio García
Denmark Jan Magnussen
Germany Mike Rockenfeller 		Chevrolet Corvette C7.R 433 +32 Laps
Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
14 GTLM 912 United States Porsche GT Team New Zealand Earl Bamber
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
France Mathieu Jaminet 		Porsche 911 RSR 433 +32 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
15 GTLM 911 United States Porsche GT Team United Kingdom Nick Tandy
France Frédéric Makowiecki
France Patrick Pilet 		Porsche 911 RSR 432 +33 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
16 GTLM 4 United States Corvette Racing United Kingdom Oliver Gavin
United States Tommy Milner
Switzerland Marcel Fässler 		Chevrolet Corvette C7.R 431 +34 Laps
Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
17 GTLM 66 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing United States Joey Hand
Germany Dirk Müller
France Sébastien Bourdais 		Ford GT 430 +35 Laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
18 GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport United States Bill Auberlen
United States Robby Foley
United States Dillon Machavern 		BMW M6 GT3 418 +47 Laps‡
BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8
19 GTD 29 Germany Montaplast by Land-Motorsport Switzerland Ricardo Feller
Germany Christopher Mies
Canada Daniel Morad 		Audi R8 LMS Evo 418 +47 Laps
Audi 5.2 L V10
20 GTD 9 Canada Pfaff Motorsports Canada Scott Hargrove
Canada Zacharie Robichon
Germany Lars Kern 		Porsche 911 GT3 R 418 +47 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
21

DNF

GTD 33 United States Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports United States Ben Keating
Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
Brazil Felipe Fraga 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 417 Out of Fuel
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
22 DPi 50 Argentina Juncos Racing United States Will Owen
Austria René Binder
United States Spencer Pigot 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 417 +48 Laps
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
23 GTD 63 United States Scuderia Corsa United States Cooper MacNeil
Finland Toni Vilander
United States Jeff Westphal 		Ferrari 488 GT3 417 +48 Laps
Ferrari F154 3.9 L Turbo V8
24 GTD 48 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Bryan Sellers
United States Corey Lewis
Germany Marco Seefried 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 417 +48 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
25 GTD 57 United States Heinricher Racing w/Meyer Shank Racing United Kingdom Katherine Legge
Brazil Bia Figueiredo
Denmark Christina Nielsen 		Acura NSX GT3 Evo 417 +48 Laps
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
26 GTLM 24 United States BMW Team RLL Finland Jesse Krohn
United States John Edwards
Austria Philipp Eng 		BMW M8 GTE 412 +53 Laps
BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8
27 GTD 44 United States Magnus Racing United States John Potter
United States Andy Lally
United States Spencer Pumpelly 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 401 +64 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
28 GTD 14 Canada AIM Vasser Sullivan United States Richard Heistand
United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth
United States Parker Chase 		Lexus RC F GT3 329 +136 Laps
Lexus 5.0 L V8
29

DNF

GTD 47 United States Precision Performance Motorsports United States Brandon Gdovic
United States Don Yount
United States Shinya Michimi 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 317 Did not finish
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
30 GTD 12 Canada AIM Vasser Sullivan United States Frankie Montecalvo
United States Townsend Bell
United States Aaron Telitz 		Lexus RC F GT3 219 +246 Laps
Lexus 5.0 L V8
31

DNF

GTD 86 United States Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb-Agajanian Germany Mario Farnbacher
United States Trent Hindman
United States Justin Marks 		Acura NSX GT3 Evo 201 Engine
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
32

DNF

LMP2 52 United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United States Matt McMurry
France Gabriel Aubry
Canada Dalton Kellett 		Oreca 07 201 Mechanical‡
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
33

DNF

DPi 55 Germany Mazda Team Joest United States Jonathan Bomarito
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell
France Olivier Pla 		Mazda RT24-P 196 Misfire
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4
34

DNF

LMP2 38 United States Performance Tech Motorsports Canada Cameron Cassels
United States Kyle Masson
United States Andrew Evans 		Oreca 07 65 Crash
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
Sources:[49][50]

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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