2019 Petit Le Mans

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]

The Track map of Road Atlanta

Background
Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, where the race was held.

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.[2] In his final race as president, Scott Atherton served as the events grand marshal.[3] John Doonan would replace Scott Atherton as president of the International Motor Sports Association beginning in 2020.[4]

This would be the final race for the Ford GT as Ford was ending their factory involvement following the 2019 season.[5] The Nissan Onroak DPi made its final appearance as Jon Bennett would retire from full time driving.[6][7]

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.[8][9][10] Chevrolet would transition to the Chevrolet Corvette C8.R,[11] while Porsche introduced the Porsche 911 RSR-19.[12]

Entries
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.[13] In DPi, Juncos Racing made its first appearance since the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park round.[14] Graham Rahal substituted for Alexander Rossi in the #7 Acura Team Penske entry due to a clash with the Bathurst 1000.[15] In GTLM, Risi Competizione returned for the first time since the season opening round at Daytona.[16][17] In GTD, Park Place Motorsports were absent due to not having a spare chassis.[18] 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.[19] Parker Chase joined Jack Hawksworth and Richard Heistand in the #14 AIM Vasser-Sullivan entry.[20]

Qualifying

Felipe Nasr secured overall pole for the event.[21]

Qualifying results

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

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 DPi 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Felipe Nasr 1:08.457 _ 1‡
2 DPi 7 Acura Team Penske Ricky Taylor 1:08.598 +0.141 2
3 DPi 5 Mustang Sampling Racing Filipe Albuquerque 1:08.629 +0.172 3
4 DPi 6 Acura Team Penske Dane Cameron 1:08.802 +0.345 4
5 DPi 77 Mazda Team Joest Timo Bernhard 1:08.847 +0.390 5
6 DPi 55 Mazda Team Joest Harry Ticknell 1:09.204 +0.747 6
7 DPi 84 JDC-Miller Motorsports Simon Trummer 1:09.243 +0.786 7
8 DPi 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac Renger van der Zande 1:09.253 +0.796 8
9 DPi 50 Juncos Racing Spencer Pigot 1:09.507 +1.050 9
10 DPi 85 JDC-Miller Motorsports Misha Goikhberg 1:09.673 +1.216 10
11 LMP2 38 Performance Tech Motorsports Kyle Masson 1:10.722 +2.265 11‡
12 LMP2 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Matt McMurry 1:10.853 +2.396 12
13 DPi 54 CORE Autosport John Bennett 1:11.511 +3.054 13
14 GTLM 62 Risi Competizione James Calado 1:15.639 +7.182 14‡
15 GTLM 3 Corvette Racing Antonio García 1:15.702 +7.245 15
16 GTLM 24 BMW Team RLL Philip Eng 1:15.784 +7.327 16
17 GTLM 912 Porsche GT Team Laurens Vanthoor 1:15.842 +7.385 17
18 GTLM 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Joey Hand 1:15.856 +7.399 18
19 GTLM 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Richard Westbrook 1:15.967 +7.510 19
20 GTLM 911 Porsche GT Team Nick Tandy 1:16.037 +7.580 20
21 GTLM 4 Corvette Racing Olivier Gavin 1:16.048 +7.591 21
22 GTLM 25 BMW Team RLL Colton Herta 1:16.327 +8.870 22
23 GTD 48 Paul Miller Racing Corey Lewis 1:19.530 +11.073 23‡
24 GTD 33 Riley Motorsports – Team AMG Ben Keating 1:19.665 +11.208 24
25 GTD 63 Scuderia Corsa Jeff Westphal 1:19.721 +11.264 25
26 GTD 86 Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian Justin Marks 1:19.820 +11.363 26
27 GTD 57 Heinricher Racing with Meyer-Shank Christina Nielsen 1:19.952 +11.495 27
28 GTD 9 Pfaff Motorsports Zacharie Robichon 1:20.200 +11.743 28
29 GTD 14 AIM Vasser Sullivan Richard Heinstand 1:20.260 +11.803 29
30 GTD 12 AIM Vasser Sullivan Frankie Montecalvo 1:20.323 +11.866 30
31 GTD 44 Magnus Racing John Potter 1:21.234 +12.777 31
32 GTD 29 Montaplast by Land-Motorsport Christopher Miles No time1 _ 32
33 GTD 47 Precision Performance Motorsports Shinya Michimi No time2 _ 33
34 GTD 96 Turner Motorsport Robby Foley No time _ 34
Source:[22]
  • 1 The No. 29 Montaplast by Land-Motorsport entry had all qualifying laps forfeited
  • 2 The No. 47 Precision Performance Motorsports entry had all qualifying laps forfeited

Race

Results

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 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 GTD 33 United States Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports United States Ben Keating
Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
Brazil Felipe Fraga		 Mercedes-AMG GT3 417 Did not finish
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
22 DPi 50 United States 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 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		 Audi R8 LMS 401 +64 Laps
Audi 5.2 L V10
28 GTD 14 United States 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 GTD 47 United States Precision Performance Motorsports (PPM) 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 United States 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 GTD 86 United States Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb-Agajanian Germany Mario Farnbacher
United States Trent Hindman
United States Justin Marks		 Acura NSX GT3 201 Did not finish
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
32 LMP2 52 United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United States Matt McMurry
France Gabriel Aubry
Canada Dalton Kellett		 Oreca 07 201 Did not finish‡
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
33 DPi 55 Germany Mazda Team Joest United States Jonathan Bomarito
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell
France Olivier Pla		 Mazda RT24-P 196 Did not finish
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4
34 LMP2 38 United States Performance Tech Motorsports Canada Cameron Cassels
United States Kyle Masson
United States Andrew Evans		 Oreca 07 65 Did not finish
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
Official Results

Standings after the race
  • 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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