2016 Petit Le Mans
The Petit Le Mans powered by Mazda was the 2016 edition of the Petit Le Mans automotive endurance race, held on October 1, 2016, at the Road Atlanta circuit in Braselton, Georgia, United States. It was the 12th and final race of the 2016 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship,[1] and the third Petit Le Mans run since the formation of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in 2014.
Practice
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.[2]
Practice 1
The first practice session took place at 11:15 am ET on Thursday and ended with Olivier Pla topping the charts for Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian, with a lap time of 1:14.157.[3]
| Pos. | Class | No. | Team | Driver | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P | 60 | Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian | Olivier Pla | 1:14.157 | _ |
| 2 | P | 55 | Mazda Motorsports | Jonathan Bomarito | 1:14,696 | +0.539 |
| 3 | P | 31 | Action Express Racing | Eric Curran | 1:14.842 | +0.685 |
| Source:[4] | ||||||
Practice 2
The second practice session took place at 3:25 pm ET on Thursday and ended with Oswaldo Negri Jr. topping the charts for Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian, with a lap time of 1:13.923.[5]
| Pos. | Class | No. | Team | Driver | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P | 60 | Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian | Oswaldo Negri Jr. | 1:13.923 | _ |
| 2 | P | 70 | Mazda Motorsports | Joel Miller | 1:14.192 | +0.219 |
| 3 | P | 55 | Mazda Motorsports | Tristan Nunez | 1:14.366 | +0.443 |
| Source:[6] | ||||||
Night Practice
The night practice session took place at 7:30 pm ET on Thursday and ended with Olivier Pla topping the charts for Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian, with a lap time of 1:13.541.[7]
| Pos. | Class | No. | Team | Driver | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P | 60 | Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian | Olivier Pla | 1:13.541 | _ |
| 2 | P | 55 | Mazda Motorsports | Jonathan Bomarito | 1:14.037 | +0.496 |
| 3 | P | 5 | Action Express Racing | João Barbosa | 1:14.215 | +0.674 |
| Source:[8] | ||||||
Final Practice
The fourth and final practice session took place at 10:15 am ET on Friday and ended with Olivier Pla topping the charts for Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian, with a lap time of 1:10.786.[9]
| Pos. | Class | No. | Team | Driver | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P | 60 | Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian | Olivier Pla | 1:12.618 | _ |
| 2 | P | 55 | Mazda Motorsports | Tristan Nunez | 1:13.511 | +0.893 |
| 3 | P | 2 | Tequila Patrón ESM | Pipo Derani | 1:13.654 | +1.036 |
| Source:[10] | ||||||
Qualifying
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 | 60 |  Michael Shank Racing w/Curb Agajanian |
 Olivier Pla |
1:13.061 | _ | 1‡ |
| 2 | P | 55 |  Mazda Motorsports |
Tristan Nunez |
1:13.520 | +0.459 | 2 |
| 3 | P | 31 | Action Express Racing |
Dane Cameron |
1:13.903 | +0.842 | 3 |
| 4 | P | 70 | Mazda Motorsports |
Tom Long |
1:14.061 | +1.000 | 4 |
| 5 | P | 5 | Action Express Racing |
 Christian Fittipaldi |
1:14.160 | +1.099 | 5 |
| 6 | P | 90 | VisitFlorida Racing |
 Ryan Dalziel |
1:14.276 | +1.215 | 6 |
| 7 | P | 2 | Tequila Patrón ESM |
Johannes van Overbeek |
1:14.360 | +1.299 | 7 |
| 8 | P | 0 | Panoz DeltaWing Racing |
Andy Meyrick |
1:14.446 | +1.385 | 8 |
| 9 | P | 10 | Wayne Taylor Racing |
Ricky Taylor |
1:14.533 | +1.472 | 161 |
| 10 | PC | 52 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports |
Robert Alon |
1:16.411 | +3.350 | 9‡ |
| 11 | PC | 8 | Starworks Motorsport |
 Alex Popow |
1:16.470 | +3.409 | 10 |
| 12 | PC | 20 | BAR1 Motorsports |
Johnny Mowlem |
1:16.495 | +3.434 | 152 |
| 13 | PC | 38 | Performance Tech Motorsports |
Kenton Koch |
1:16.640 | +3.579 | 11 |
| 14 | PC | 7 | Starworks Motorsport |
 Stefano Coletti |
1:16.858 | +3.797 | 12 |
| 15 | PC | 85 | JDC-Miller Motorsports |
Chris Miller |
1:17.205 | +4.144 | 13 |
| 16 | GTLM | 67 | Ford Chip Ganassi Racing |
Richard Westbrook |
1:18.131 | +5.070 | 17‡ |
| 17 | GTLM | 3 | Corvette Racing |
 Antonio García |
1:18.283 | +5.222 | 18 |
| 18 | GTLM | 62 | Risi Competizione |
 Toni Vilander |
1:18.294 | +5.233 | 19 |
| 19 | GTLM | 66 | Ford Chip Ganassi Racing |
Joey Hand |
1:18.327 | +5.266 | 20 |
| 20 | GTLM | 68 | Scuderia Corsa |
Daniel Serra |
1:18.349 | +5.288 | 21 |
| 21 | GTLM | 100 | BMW Team RLL |
John Edwards |
1:18.382 | +5.321 | 22 |
| 22 | GTLM | 4 | Corvette Racing |
Tommy Milner |
1:18.468 | +5.407 | 23 |
| 23 | GTLM | 912 | Porsche North America |
 Earl Bamber |
1:18.712 | +5.651 | 24 |
| 24 | GTLM | 25 | BMW Team RLL |
Bill Auberlen |
1:18.752 | +5.691 | 25 |
| 25 | GTLM | 911 | Porsche North America |
Nick Tandy |
1:18.866 | +5.805 | 26 |
| 26 | PC | 88 | Starworks Motorsport |
Mark Kvamme |
1:19.407 | +6.346 | 14 |
| 27 | GTD | 33 | Riley Motorsports |
 Jeroen Bleekemolen |
1:21.305 | +8.244 | 27‡ |
| 28 | GTD | 73 | Park Place Motorsports |
Matt McMurry |
1:21.765 | +8.704 | 28 |
| 29 | GTD | 23 | Team Seattle / Alex Job Racing |
 Mario Farnbacher |
1:21.898 | +8.837 | 29 |
| 30 | GTD | 63 | Scuderia Corsa |
 Christina Nielsen |
1:22.103 | +9.042 | 30 |
| 31 | GTD | 9 | Stevenson Motorsports |
Lawson Aschenbach |
1:22.114 | +9.053 | 31 |
| 32 | GTD | 6 | Stevenson Motorsports |
Robin Liddell |
1:22.139 | +9.078 | 32 |
| 33 | GTD | 48 | Paul Miller Racing |
Madison Snow |
1:22.143 | +9.082 | 33 |
| 34 | GTD | 16 | Change Racing |
Corey Lewis |
1:22.231 | +9.170 | 34 |
| 35 | GTD | 96 | Turner Motorsport |
Bret Curtis |
1:22.421 | +9.360 | 35 |
| 36 | GTD | 27 | Dream Racing Motorsport |
 Paolo Ruberti |
1:22.680 | +9.619 | 36 |
| 37 | GTD | 44 | Magnus Racing |
John Potter |
1:22.950 | +9.889 | 37 |
| 38 | GTD | 97 | Turner Motorsport |
Michael Marsal |
1:20.904 | +11.111 | 38 |
| Sources:[11][12] | |||||||
Results
Class winners are denoted in bold and with ‡[13]
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References
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