2018 Petit Le Mans

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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.

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]

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

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