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2020 Petit Le Mans

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The 2020 Petit Le Mans (formally known as the 2020 MOTUL Petit Le Mans for sponsorship reasons) was the 23rd running of the Petit Le Mans, and was held on October 17, 2020. It was the 9th race in the 2020 IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship, and the 3rd race of the 2020 Michelin Endurance Cup, and was run at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia. The race was won overall by the #10 Konica Minolta Cadillac Cadillac DPi-V.R after the #7 Acura Team Penske and #31 Whelen Engineering Racing entries made contact and spun out in the closing minutes of the race.[1]

The Track map of Road Atlanta

Background

For the first time in the IMSA SportsCar Championship era of the event, Petit Le Mans was not the season finale. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the race was rescheduled from running on October 10, 2020, to October 17, 2020.[2] The 12 Hours of Sebring was postponed from March 15, 2020, to November 14, 2020, due to the Europe-U.S. travel ban.[3][4]

Entries

Further information: 2020 IMSA SportsCar Championship § Entries

A total of 31 cars took part in the event split across 4 classes. 8 cars were entered in DPi, 4 in LMP2, 6 in GTLM, and 13 in GTD.[5] In DPi, Tristan Vautier replaced João Barbosa in the Mustang Sampling Racing/JDC-Miller MotorSports entry.[6] In LMP2, Inter Europol Competition made their IMSA SportsCar Championship debut.[7] Era Motorsport withdrew from the event after Dwight Merriman suffered a back injury at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.[8] Mikkel Jensen replaced Ryan Dalziel in the Tower Motorsport By Starworks entry.[9] Job van Uitert made his IMSA SportsCar Championship debut joining Mikkel Jensen and John Farano in the Tower Motorsport By Starworks entry.[10] Colin Braun joined Matthew Bell and James McGuire in the Performance Tech Motorsports entry.[11] In GTD, Pfaff Motorsports made their first appearance since the season opening race at Daytona.[12] Scuderia Corsa returned after skipping the previous two rounds. Team Hardpoint expanded its campaign to include running at Petit Le Mans and the 12 Hours of Sebring.[13] GRT Grasser Racing Team skipped the event due to a clash with the ADAC GT Masters round at the Red Bull Ring.[11]

Qualifying

Dane Cameron secured overall pole for the event.[14] Patrick Kelly took pole in LMP2. Antonio García set the fastest time in GTLM while Shinya Michimi secured pole in GTD.[15]

Qualifying results

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

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 DPi 6 Acura Team Penske Dane Cameron 1:08.412 _ 1‡
2 DPi 7 Acura Team Penske Ricky Taylor 1:08.506 +0.094 2
3 DPi 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Felipe Nasr 1:08.612 +0.200 3
4 DPi 55 Mazda Motorsports Harry Ticknell 1:08.636 +0.224 4
5 DPi 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R Ryan Briscoe 1:08.850 +0.438 5
6 DPi 77 Mazda Motorsports Tristan Nunez 1:08.925 +0.513 6
7 DPi 5 Mustang Sampling Racing/JDC-Miller MotorSports Sébastien Bourdais 1:09.040 +0.628 7
8 DPi 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Gabriel Aubry 1:09.229 +0.817 8
9 LMP2 52 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports Patrick Kelly 1:11.590 +3.178 9‡
10 LMP2 51 Inter Europol Competition Rob Hodes 1:13.161 +4.749 10
11 LMP2 8 Tower Motorsport By Starworks John Farano 1:14.082 +5.670 11
12 GTLM 3 Corvette Racing Antonio García 1:15.163 +6.751 12‡
13 GTLM 25 BMW Team RLL Connor De Phillippi 1:15.434 +7.022 13
14 GTLM 24 BMW Team RLL John Edwards 1:15.615 +7.182 14
15 GTLM 912 Porsche GT Team Laurens Vanthoor 1:15.657 +7.245 15
16 GTLM 4 Corvette Racing Tommy Milner 1:15.856 +7.444 16
17 GTLM 911 Porsche GT Team Nick Tandy 1:15.858 +7.446 17
18 GTD 86 Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian Shinya Michimi 1:19.291 +10.879 18‡
19 GTD 63 Scuderia Corsa Jeff Westphal 1:19.464 +11.052 19
20 GTD 12 AIM Vasser Sullivan Frankie Montecalvo 1:19.563 +11.151 20
21 GTD 48 Paul Miller Racing Madison Snow 1:19.567 +11.155 21
22 GTD 96 Turner Motorsport Robby Foley 1:19.657 +11.245 22
23 GTD 57 Heinricher Racing w/ MSR Curb-Agajanian Mikhail Goikhberg 1:19.666 +11.254 23
24 GTD 30 Team Hardpoint Andrew Davis 1:19.722 +11.310 24
25 GTD 9 Pfaff Motorsports Zacharie Robichon 1:19.774 +11.362 25
26 GTD 14 AIM Vasser Sullivan Michael de Quesada 1:19.908 +11.496 26
27 GTD 16 Wright Motorsports Ryan Hardwick 1:20.399 +11.987 27
28 GTD 23 Heart of Racing Team Ian James 1:20.434 +12.022 28
29 GTD 44 GRT Magnus Racing John Potter 1:20.453 +12.041 29
30 GTD 74 Riley Motorsports Gar Robinson 1:20.622 +12.210 30
31 LMP2 38 Performance Tech Motorsports James McGuire No time _ 31
Source:[16][17]

Race

Results

Class winners are denoted in bold and ‡.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 DPi 10   Konica Minolta Cadillac   Ryan Briscoe
  Scott Dixon
  Renger van der Zande 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 460 10:00:22.332‡
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
2 DPi 7   Acura Team Penske   Hélio Castroneves
  Alexander Rossi
  Ricky Taylor 		Acura ARX-05 460 +0.429
Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
3 DPi 6   Acura Team Penske   Dane Cameron
  Juan Pablo Montoya
  Simon Pagenaud 		Acura ARX-05 460 +1.236
Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
4 DPi 5   JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing   Sébastien Bourdais
  Loïc Duval
  Tristan Vautier 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 460 +3.700
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
5 DPi 31   Whelen Engineering Racing   Filipe Albuquerque
  Pipo Derani
  Felipe Nasr 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 458 +2 Laps
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
6 LMP2 8   Tower Motorsports by Starworks   John Farano
  Mikkel Jensen
  Job van Uitert 		Oreca 07 450 +10 Laps‡
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
7 LMP2 38   Performance Tech Motorsports   Matthew Bell
  Colin Braun
  James McGuire 		Oreca 07 445 +15 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
8 DPi 55   Mazda Motorsports   Jonathan Bomarito
  Ryan Hunter-Reay
  Harry Tincknell 		Mazda RT24-P 441 +19 Laps
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4
9 LMP2 51   Inter Europol Competition   Rob Hodes
  Austin McCusker
  Jakub Śmiechowski 		Oreca 07 441 +19 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
10 GTLM 911   Porsche GT Team   Matt Campbell
  Frederic Makowiecki
  Nick Tandy 		Porsche 911 RSR-19 431 +29 Laps‡
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
11 GTLM 3   Corvette Racing   Nicky Catsburg
  Antonio García
  Jordan Taylor 		Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 431 +29 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
12 GTLM 24   BMW Team RLL   John Edwards
  Augusto Farfus
  Jesse Krohn 		BMW M8 GTE 431 +29 Laps
BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8
13 GTLM 4   Corvette Racing   Marcel Fässler
  Oliver Gavin
  Tommy Milner 		Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 431 +29 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
14
DNF 		GTLM 912   Porsche GT Team   Earl Bamber
  Mathieu Jaminet
  Laurens Vanthoor 		Porsche 911 RSR-19 429 crash
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
15 DPi 77   Mazda Motorsports   Oliver Jarvis
  Tristan Nunez
  Olivier Pla 		Mazda RT24-P 427 +33 Laps
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4
16
DNF 		LMP2 52   PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports   Scott Huffaker
  Patrick Kelly
  Simon Trummer 		Oreca 07 418 suspension
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
17 GTD 63   Scuderia Corsa   Alessandro Balzan
  Cooper MacNeil
  Jeff Westphal 		Ferrari 488 GT3 413 +47 Laps‡
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
18 GTD 14   AIM Vasser Sullivan   Jack Hawksworth
  Michael de Quesada
  Aaron Telitz 		Lexus RC F GT3 413 +47 Laps
Lexus 5.0 L V8
19 GTD 44   GRT Magnus Racing Team   Andy Lally
  John Potter
  Spencer Pumpelly 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 413 +47 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
20 GTD 16   Wright Motorsports   Ryan Hardwick
  Jan Heylen
  Patrick Long 		Porsche 911 GT3 R 413 +47 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
21 GTD 9   Pfaff Motorsports   Lars Kern
  Dennis Olsen
  Zacharie Robichon 		Porsche 911 GT3 R 413 +47 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
22 GTD 57   Heinricher Racing w/MSR Curb-Agajanian   Mikhail Goikhberg
  Trent Hindman
  Álvaro Parente 		Acura NSX GT3 Evo 413 +47 Laps
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
23 GTD 48   Paul Miller Racing   Corey Lewis
  Bryan Sellers
  Madison Snow 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 413 +47 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
24
DNF 		GTD 12   AIM Vasser Sullivan   Townsend Bell
  Kyle Kirkwood
  Frankie Montecalvo 		Lexus RC F GT3 410 crash
Lexus 5.0 L V8
25 GTD 96   Turner Motorsport   Bill Auberlen
  Robby Foley
  Dillon Machavern 		BMW M6 GT3 408 +52 Laps
BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8
26 DPi 85   JDC-Miller MotorSports   Gabriel Aubry
  Matheus Leist
  Chris Miller 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 406 +54 Laps
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
27 GTLM 25   BMW Team RLL   Connor De Phillippi
  Colton Herta
  Bruno Spengler 		BMW M8 GTE 399 +61 Laps
BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8
28 GTD 86   Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian   Mario Farnbacher
  Matt McMurry
  Shinya Michimi 		Acura NSX GT3 Evo 399 +61 Laps
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
29
DNF 		GTD 23   Heart of Racing Team   Roman De Angelis
  Ian James
  Darren Turner 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 297 crash damage
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
30
DNF 		GTD 74   Riley Motorsports   Lawson Aschenbach
  Ben Keating
  Gar Robinson 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 268 engine
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
31
DNF 		GTD 30   Team Hardpoint   Andrew Davis
  Robert Ferriol
  Marcus Winkelhock 		Audi R8 LMS Evo 258 mechanical
Audi 5.2 L V10
Race Results Archived 2020-10-21 at the Wayback Machine

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.

References

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