2017 Petit Le Mans

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.

Qualifying[]

Provisional pole positions in each class are denoted in bold. All Prototype and Prototype Challenge cars were grouped together on the starting grid, regardless of qualifying position.^[1]

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Car	Driver	Time	Grid
1	P	6	Team Penske	Oreca 07	Hélio Castroneves	1:11.314	1
2	P	22	Tequila Patrón ESM	Nissan Onroak DPi	Pipo Derani	1:11.475	2
3	P	2	Tequila Patrón ESM	Nissan Onroak DPi	Brendon Hartley	1:11.499	3
4	P	13	Rebellion Racing	Oreca 07	Mathias Beche	1:11.623	4
5	P	90	VisitFlorida Racing	Ligier JS P217	Renger van der Zande	1:11.934	5
6	P	52	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	Ligier JS P217	Olivier Pla	1:12.106	6
7	P	10	Wayne Taylor Racing	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Ricky Taylor	1:12.121	7
8	P	85	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Oreca 07	Mikhail Goikhberg	1:12.388	8
9	P	5	Mustang Sampling Racing	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Christian Fittipaldi	1:12.393	9
10	P	31	Whelen Racing Engineering	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Eric Curran	1:13.051	10
11	PC	38	Performance Tech Motorsports	Oreca FLM09	James French	1:16.059	11
12	PC	26	BAR1 Motorsports	Oreca FLM09	Garett Grist	1:17.244	12
13	PC	20	BAR1 Motorsports	Oreca FLM09	Don Yount	1:17.628	13
14	GTLM	62	Risi Competizione	Ferrari 488 GTE	Toni Vilander	1:17.660	14
15	GTLM	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ford GT	Richard Westbrook	1:17.705	15
16	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Antonio García	1:17.714	16
17	GTLM	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ford GT	Joey Hand	1:17.729	17
18	GTLM	25	BMW Team RLL	BMW M6 GTLM	Bill Auberlen	1:17.731	18
19	GTLM	4	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Oliver Gavin	1:17.823	19
20	GTLM	24	BMW Team RLL	BMW M6 GTLM	Martin Tomczyk	1:18.084	20
21	GTLM	912	Porsche GT Team	Porsche 911 RSR	Gianmaria Bruni	1:18.161	21
22	GTLM	911	Porsche GT Team	Porsche 911 RSR	Patrick Pilet	1:18.426	22
23	GTD	63	Scuderia Corsa	Ferrari 488 GT3	Matteo Cressoni	1:20.661	23
24	GTD	93	Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	Acura NSX GT3	Andy Lally	1:20.739	24
25	GTD	15	3GT Racing	Lexus RC F GT3	Jack Hawksworth	1:20.798	25
26	GTD	29	Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS	Sheldon van der Linde	1:20.830	26
27	GTD	96	Turner Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3	Jesse Krohn	1:20.904	27
28	GTD	28	Alegra Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Michael Christensen	1:20.968	28
29	GTD	86	Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	Acura NSX GT3	Oswaldo Negri, Jr.	1:20.998	29
30	GTD	16	Change Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Jeroen Mul	1:21.063	30
31	GTD	14	3GT Racing	Lexus RC F GT3	Sage Karam	1:21.115	31
32	GTD	57	Stevenson Motorsports	Audi R8 LMS	Andrew Davis	1:21.220	32
33	GTD	48	Paul Miller Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Madison Snow	1:21.393	33
34	GTD	73	Park Place Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Patrick Lindsey	1:21.470	34
35	GTD	23	Alex Job Racing	Audi R8 LMS	Townsend Bell	1:21.648	35
36	GTD	75	SunEnergy1 Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Dion von Moltke	1:21.915	36
37	GTD	33	Riley Motorsports - Team AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Ben Keating	1:21.959	37
38	GTD	50	Riley Motorsports - WeatherTech Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Cooper MacNeil	1:22.177	38
39	GTD	54	CORE Autosport	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Jon Bennett	1:23.379	39

Results[]

Class winners are denoted in bold and with

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tire	Laps	Time/Retired
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tire	Laps	Time/Retired
1	P	2	Tequila Patrón ESM	Ryan Dalziel Brendon Hartley Scott Sharp	Nissan Onroak DPi	C	402	10:00:22.867
1	P	2	Tequila Patrón ESM	Ryan Dalziel Brendon Hartley Scott Sharp	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin-turbo V6	C	402	10:00:22.867
2	P	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Dane Cameron Mike Conway Eric Curran	Cadillac DPi-V.R	C	402	+7.633
2	P	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Dane Cameron Mike Conway Eric Curran	Cadillac 6.2 L V8	C	402	+7.633
3	P	6	Team Penske	Hélio Castroneves Juan Pablo Montoya Simon Pagenaud	Oreca 07	C	402	+8.058
3	P	6	Team Penske	Hélio Castroneves Juan Pablo Montoya Simon Pagenaud	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	C	402	+8.058
4	P	22	Tequila Patrón ESM	Pipo Derani Bruno Senna Johannes van Overbeek	Nissan Onroak DPi	C	402	+19.285
4	P	22	Tequila Patrón ESM	Pipo Derani Bruno Senna Johannes van Overbeek	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin-turbo V6	C	402	+19.285
5	P	5	Mustang Sampling Racing	Filipe Albuquerque João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi	Cadillac DPi-V.R	C	401	+1 Lap
5	P	5	Mustang Sampling Racing	Filipe Albuquerque João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi	Cadillac 6.2 L V8	C	401	+1 Lap
6	P	85	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Misha Goikhberg Chris Miller Stephen Simpson	Oreca 07	C	399	+3 Laps
6	P	85	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Misha Goikhberg Chris Miller Stephen Simpson	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	C	399	+3 Laps
7	GTLM	25	BMW Team RLL	Bill Auberlen Alexander Sims Kuno Wittmer	BMW M6 GTLM	M	392	+10 Laps
7	GTLM	25	BMW Team RLL	Bill Auberlen Alexander Sims Kuno Wittmer	BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8	M	392	+10 Laps
8	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Antonio García Jan Magnussen Mike Rockenfeller	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	M	392	+10 Laps
8	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Antonio García Jan Magnussen Mike Rockenfeller	Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8	M	392	+10 Laps
9	GTLM	62	Risi Competizione	Giancarlo Fisichella Alessandro Pier Guidi Toni Vilander	Ferrari 488 GTE	M	392	+10 Laps
9	GTLM	62	Risi Competizione	Giancarlo Fisichella Alessandro Pier Guidi Toni Vilander	Ferrari F154CB 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8	M	392	+10 Laps
10	GTLM	4	Corvette Racing	Marcel Fässler Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	M	392	+10 Laps
10	GTLM	4	Corvette Racing	Marcel Fässler Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner	Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8	M	392	+10 Laps
11	GTLM	912	Porsche GT Team	Earl Bamber Gianmaria Bruni Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche 911 RSR	M	392	+10 Laps
11	GTLM	912	Porsche GT Team	Earl Bamber Gianmaria Bruni Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	392	+10 Laps
12	GTLM	911	Porsche GT Team	Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy Dirk Werner	Porsche 911 RSR	M	392	+10 Laps
12	GTLM	911	Porsche GT Team	Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy Dirk Werner	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	392	+10 Laps
13	GTLM	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Sébastien Bourdais Joey Hand Dirk Müller	Ford GT	M	392	+10 Laps
13	GTLM	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Sébastien Bourdais Joey Hand Dirk Müller	Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Twin-turbo V6	M	392	+10 Laps
14	GTLM	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ryan Briscoe Scott Dixon Richard Westbrook	Ford GT	M	390	+12 Laps
14	GTLM	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ryan Briscoe Scott Dixon Richard Westbrook	Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Twin-turbo V6	M	390	+12 Laps
15	PC	26	BAR1 Motorsports	Tomy Drissi John Falb Garett Grist	Oreca FLM09	C	384	+18 Laps
15	PC	26	BAR1 Motorsports	Tomy Drissi John Falb Garett Grist	Chevrolet 6.2 L V8	C	384	+18 Laps
16	GTD	29	Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	Connor De Phillippi Christopher Haase Sheldon van der Linde	Audi R8 LMS	C	382	+20 Laps
16	GTD	29	Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	Connor De Phillippi Christopher Haase Sheldon van der Linde	Audi 5.2 L V10	C	382	+20 Laps
17	GTD	28	Alegra Motorsports	Michael Christensen Daniel Morad Michael de Quesada	Porsche 911 GT3 R	C	382	+20 Laps
17	GTD	28	Alegra Motorsports	Michael Christensen Daniel Morad Michael de Quesada	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	C	382	+20 Laps
18	GTD	73	Park Place Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Lindsey Matt McMurry	Porsche 911 GT3 R	C	382	+20 Laps
18	GTD	73	Park Place Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Lindsey Matt McMurry	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	C	382	+20 Laps
19	GTD	33	Riley Motorsports - Team AMG	Jeroen Bleekemolen Mario Farnbacher Ben Keating	Mercedes-AMG GT3	C	381	+21 Laps
19	GTD	33	Riley Motorsports - Team AMG	Jeroen Bleekemolen Mario Farnbacher Ben Keating	Mercedes AMG M159 6.2 L V8	C	381	+21 Laps
20	P	90	Visit Florida Racing	Jonathan Bomarito Marc Goossens Renger van der Zande	Ligier JS P217	C	380	Did not finish
20	P	90	Visit Florida Racing	Jonathan Bomarito Marc Goossens Renger van der Zande	Gibson GK428 4.2 V8	C	380	Did not finish
21	GTD	54	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett Colin Braun Niclas Jönsson	Porsche 911 GT3 R	C	380	+22 Laps
21	GTD	54	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett Colin Braun Niclas Jönsson	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	C	380	+22 Laps
22	GTD	23	Alex Job Racing	Townsend Bell Frankie Montecalvo Bill Sweedler	Audi R8 LMS	C	380	+22 Laps
22	GTD	23	Alex Job Racing	Townsend Bell Frankie Montecalvo Bill Sweedler	Audi 5.2 L V10	C	380	+22 Laps
23	PC	20	BAR1 Motorsports	Daniel Burkett Buddy Rice Don Yount	Oreca FLM09	C	376	+26 Laps
23	PC	20	BAR1 Motorsports	Daniel Burkett Buddy Rice Don Yount	Chevrolet 6.2 L V8	C	376	+26 Laps
24	GTD	48	Paul Miller Racing	Trent Hindman Bryan Sellers Madison Snow	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	C	375	+27 Laps
24	GTD	48	Paul Miller Racing	Trent Hindman Bryan Sellers Madison Snow	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	C	375	+27 Laps
25	PC	38	Performance Tech Motorsports	James French Kyle Masson Patricio O'Ward	Oreca FLM09	C	367	+35 Laps
25	PC	38	Performance Tech Motorsports	James French Kyle Masson Patricio O'Ward	Chevrolet 6.2 L V8	C	367	+35 Laps
26	GTD	15	3GT Racing	Austin Cindric Jack Hawksworth Scott Pruett	Lexus RC F GT3	C	364	+38 Laps
26	GTD	15	3GT Racing	Austin Cindric Jack Hawksworth Scott Pruett	Lexus 5.4 L V8	C	364	+38 Laps
27	GTD	63	Scuderia Corsa	Alessandro Balzan Matteo Cressoni Christina Nielsen	Ferrari 488 GT3	C	349	+53 Laps
27	GTD	63	Scuderia Corsa	Alessandro Balzan Matteo Cressoni Christina Nielsen	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Twin-turbo V8	C	349	+53 Laps
28	GTLM	24	BMW Team RLL	Nicky Catsburg John Edwards Martin Tomczyk	BMW M6 GTLM	M	338	Did not finish
28	GTLM	24	BMW Team RLL	Nicky Catsburg John Edwards Martin Tomczyk	BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8	M	338	Did not finish
29	GTD	14	3GT Racing	Robert Alon Ian James Sage Karam	Lexus RC F GT3	C	308	Did not finish
29	GTD	14	3GT Racing	Robert Alon Ian James Sage Karam	Lexus 5.4 L V8	C	308	Did not finish
30	GTD	16	Change Racing	Corey Lewis Jeroen Mul Brett Sandberg	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	C	300	Did not finish
30	GTD	16	Change Racing	Corey Lewis Jeroen Mul Brett Sandberg	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	C	300	Did not finish
31	GTD	86	Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	Tom Dyer Oswaldo Negri Jeff Segal	Acura NSX GT3	C	292	Did not finish
31	GTD	86	Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	Tom Dyer Oswaldo Negri Jeff Segal	Acura 3.5 L Twin-turbo V6	C	292	Did not finish
32	GTD	57	Stevenson Motorsports	Lawson Aschenbach Matt Bell Andrew Davis	Audi R8 LMS	C	229	Did not finish
32	GTD	57	Stevenson Motorsports	Lawson Aschenbach Matt Bell Andrew Davis	Audi 5.2 L V10	C	229	Did not finish
33	GTD	93	Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	Andy Lally Katherine Legge Mark Wilkins	Acura NSX GT3	C	219	Did not finish
33	GTD	93	Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	Andy Lally Katherine Legge Mark Wilkins	Acura 3.5 L Twin-turbo V6	C	219	Did not finish
34	GTD	96	Turner Motorsport	Jens Klingmann Jesse Krohn Justin Marks	BMW M6 GT3	C	213	Did not finish
34	GTD	96	Turner Motorsport	Jens Klingmann Jesse Krohn Justin Marks	BMW 4.4 L Twin-turbo V8	C	213	Did not finish
35	GTD	75	SunEnergy1 Racing	Kenny Habul Dion von Moltke Tristan Vautier	Mercedes-AMG GT3	C	210	Did not finish
35	GTD	75	SunEnergy1 Racing	Kenny Habul Dion von Moltke Tristan Vautier	Mercedes AMG M159 6.2 L V8	C	210	Did not finish
36	P	13	Rebellion Racing	Mathias Beche Nick Heidfeld Gustavo Menezes	Oreca 07	C	205	Did not finish
36	P	13	Rebellion Racing	Mathias Beche Nick Heidfeld Gustavo Menezes	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	C	205	Did not finish
37	P	10	Wayne Taylor Racing	Ryan Hunter-Reay Jordan Taylor Ricky Taylor	Cadillac DPi-V.R	C	97	Did not finish
37	P	10	Wayne Taylor Racing	Ryan Hunter-Reay Jordan Taylor Ricky Taylor	Cadillac 6.2 L V8	C	97	Did not finish
38	P	52	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	Julien Canal José Gutiérrez Olivier Pla	Ligier JS P217	C	62	Did not finish
38	P	52	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	Julien Canal José Gutiérrez Olivier Pla	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	C	62	Did not finish
39	GTD	50	Riley Motorsports - WeatherTech Racing	Gunnar Jeannette Patrick Long Cooper MacNeil	Porsche 911 GT3 R	C	15	Did not finish
39	GTD	50	Riley Motorsports - WeatherTech Racing	Gunnar Jeannette Patrick Long Cooper MacNeil	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	C	15	Did not finish

References[]

^ Kilshaw, Jake (6 October 2017). "Castroneves, Penske on Petit Le Mans Pole in Sports Car Return". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 6 October 2017.

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[Starting_grid-1] Kilshaw, Jake (6 October 2017). "Castroneves, Penske on Petit Le Mans Pole in Sports Car Return". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 6 October 2017.

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