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]

Background

Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, where the race was held.

Then International Motor Sports Association's (IMSA) president Scott Atherton confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2020 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2019. ^[2] It was the seventh consecutive year it was part of the IMSA SCC, and the 23rd Petit Le Mans. The 2020 Petit Le Mans was the ninth of eleven sports car races of 2020 by IMSA, and the third of four races of the Michelin Endurance Cup (MEC). ^[3] The race took place at the 12-turn, 2.540-mile (4.088 km) Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia. The event was one of the first postponed by IMSA as a result of the emerging COVID-19 pandemic, with the organization citing CDC regulations on public gatherings as the official cause of postponement. ^[4] The race was rescheduled from running on October 10, 2020, to October 17, 2020. ^[5] Due to the 12 Hours of Sebring getting postponed, Petit Le Mans would not be the season finale for the first time in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. ^{[6] [7]}

Before the race, Ryan Briscoe and Renger van der Zande led the DPi Drivers' Championship with 180 points, ahead of Pipo Derani in second with 177 points, and Helio Castroneves and Ricky Taylor with 175 points. ^[8] In LMP2, Patrick Kelly led the Drivers' Championship with 98 points, 6 points ahead of Dwight Merriman and Kyle Tilley. ^[8] Antonio García and Jordan Taylor led the GTLM Drivers' Championship with 261 points, 24 points ahead of Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner in second, and Connor De Phillippi and Bruno Spengler in third. ^[8] With 200 points, the GTD Drivers' Championship was led by Mario Farnbacher and Matt McMurry, ahead of Aaron Telitz. ^[8] Cadillac, Chevrolet, and Lexus were leading their respective Manufactures' Championships while Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R, PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, Corvette Racing, and Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian each led their own Teams' Championships. ^[8]

Felipe Nasr and Pipo Derani entered the race as defending winners. ^[9]

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. ^[10] In DPi, Tristan Vautier replaced João Barbosa in the Mustang Sampling Racing/JDC-Miller MotorSports entry. ^[11] In LMP2, Inter Europol Competition made their IMSA SportsCar Championship debut. ^[12] Era Motorsport withdrew from the event after Dwight Merriman suffered a back injury at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. ^[13] Mikkel Jensen replaced Ryan Dalziel in the Tower Motorsport By Starworks entry. ^[14] Job van Uitert made his IMSA SportsCar Championship debut joining Mikkel Jensen and John Farano in the Tower Motorsport By Starworks entry. ^[15] Colin Braun joined Matthew Bell and James McGuire in the Performance Tech Motorsports entry. ^[16] In GTD, Pfaff Motorsports made their first appearance since the season opening race at Daytona. ^[17] 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. ^[18] GRT Grasser Racing Team skipped the event due to a clash with the ADAC GT Masters round at the Red Bull Ring. ^[16]

Practice

There were three practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Saturday, all three one on Thursday. The first session on Thursday morning lasted one hour. The second session on Thursday afternoon lasted 75 minutes. The final session on Thursday evening lasted 90 minutes. ^[19]

Practice 1

The first practice session took place at 11:15 am ET on Thursday and ended with Ricky Taylor topping the charts for Acura Team Penske, with a lap time of 1:10.086. ^[20] Mikkel Jensen was fastest in LMP2 with a time of 1:11.078. ^[21] Laurens Vanthoor set the fastest time in GTLM with a time of 1:17.008. ^[22] The GTD class was topped by the #48 Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo of Bryan Sellers with a time of 1:19.946. ^[21] The session was stopped for four minutes when Chris Miller, driving the #85 JDC-Miller MotorSports entry, spun at turn 5 and came to a stop facing oncoming traffic. ^[21]

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap
1	DPi	7	Acura Team Penske	Ricky Taylor	1:10.086	_
2	DPi	77	Mazda Motorsports	Oliver Jarvis	1:10.154	+0.068
3	DPi	55	Mazda Motorsports	Jonathan Bomarito	1:10.243	+0.157
Sources: [23] [24]

Practice 2

The second practice session took place at 3:45 pm ET on Thursday and ended with Filipe Albuquerque topping the charts for Whelen Engineering Racing, with a lap time of 1:09.230. ^[25] Simon Trummer set the fastest time in LMP2. ^[25] The GTLM class topped by the #3 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C8.R of Antonio García with a time of 1:16.901. John Edwards in the #24 BMW Team RLL entry was second and Connor De Phillippi rounded out the top 3. ^[26] Robby Foley set the fastest time in GTD. ^[27]

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap
1	DPi	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Filipe Albuquerque	1:09.230	_
2	DPi	77	Mazda Motorsports	Felipe Nasr	1:09.757	+0.527
3	DPi	10	Konica Minolta Cadillac	Tristan Nunez	1:09.860	+0.630
Sources: [28] [29]

Practice 3

The third and final practice session took place at 7:30 pm ET on Thursday and ended with Pipo Derani topping the charts for Whelen Engineering Racing, with a lap time of 1:10.175. ^[30] Mikkel Jensen was fastest in LMP2 with a time of 1:11.195. ^[31] The GTLM class topped by the #912 Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR-19 of Laurens Vanthoor with a time of 1:17.252. Frederic Makowiecki in the sister #911 Porsche GT Team entry was second and Nicky Catsburg rounded out the top 3. ^[32] Jack Hawksworth set the fastest time in GTD. ^[32] The session was red flagged twice. 55 minutes into the session, Jakub Śmiechowski in the #51 Inter Europol Competition Oreca spun at turn 10, and got stuck in the gravel trap. ^{[33] [30]} 4 minutes later, Ben Keating in the #74 Riley Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo, spun at turn 2. Chris Miller in the #85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Cadillac DPi-V.R, went off track and collided with Keating's Mercedes. The #85 Cadillac received right-front damage and lost its rear wing while the #74 Mercedes suffered right-front damage. ^{[30] [33]}

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap
1	DPi	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Pipo Derani	1:10.175	_
2	DPi	10	Konica Minolta Cadillac	Renger van der Zande	1:10.215	+0.040
3	DPi	6	Acura Team Penske	Dane Cameron	1:10.262	+0.087
Sources: [34] [35]

Qualifying

Friday's afternoon qualifying was broken into three sessions, with one session for the DPi and LMP2, GTLM, and GTD classes, which lasted for 15 minutes each, and a ten minute interval between the sessions. ^[19] The rules dictated that all teams nominated a driver to qualify their cars, with the Pro-Am (LMP2/GTD) classes requiring a Bronze/Silver Rated Driver to qualify the car. The competitors' fastest lap times determined the starting order. IMSA then arranged the grid to put DPis ahead of the LMP2, GTLM, and GTD cars. ^[36]

The first session was for cars in GTD class. Shinya Michimi qualified on pole for the class driving the No. 86 car for Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian, besting Jeff Westphal in the Scuderia Corsa entry. ^[37]

The second session was for cars in the GTLM class. Antonio García qualified on pole driving the No. 3 car for Corvette Racing, beating Connor De Phillippi in the #25 BMW Team RLL entry by less than three-tenths of a second. ^[38]

The final session of qualifying was for cars in the LMP2 and DPi classes. Dane Cameron secured overall pole for the event driving the No. 6 car for Acura Team Penske, beating teammate Ricky Taylor in the sister No. 7 Acura Team Penske entry by less than one-tenth of a second. ^[39] Patrick Kelly took pole in LMP2, beating Rob Hodes in the Inter Europol Competition entry. ^[40]

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 Tincknell	1:08.636	+0.224	4
5	DPi	10	Konica Minolta Cadillac	Ryan Briscoe	1:08.850	+0.438	5
6	DPi	77	Mazda Motorsports	Tristan Nunez	1:08.925	+0.513	6
7	DPi	5	JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing	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 Motorsports by Starworks	John Farano	1:14.082	+5.670	12 1
12	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Antonio García	1:15.163	+6.751	13‡
13	GTLM	25	BMW Team RLL	Connor De Phillippi	1:15.434	+7.022	14
14	GTLM	24	BMW Team RLL	John Edwards	1:15.615	+7.182	15
15	GTLM	912	Porsche GT Team	Laurens Vanthoor	1:15.657	+7.245	16
16	GTLM	4	Corvette Racing	Tommy Milner	1:15.856	+7.444	17
17	GTLM	911	Porsche GT Team	Nick Tandy	1:15.858	+7.446	18
18	GTD	86	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	Shinya Michimi	1:19.291	+10.879	19‡
19	GTD	63	Scuderia Corsa	Jeff Westphal	1:19.464	+11.052	20
20	GTD	12	AIM Vasser Sullivan	Frankie Montecalvo	1:19.563	+11.151	21
21	GTD	48	Paul Miller Racing	Madison Snow	1:19.567	+11.155	22
22	GTD	96	Turner Motorsport	Robby Foley	1:19.657	+11.245	23
23	GTD	57	Heinricher Racing with MSR Curb-Agajanian	Misha Goikhberg	1:19.666	+11.254	24
24	GTD	30	Team Hardpoint	Andrew Davis	1:19.722	+11.310	25
25	GTD	9	Pfaff Motorsports	Zacharie Robichon	1:19.774	+11.362	26
26	GTD	14	AIM Vasser Sullivan	Michael de Quesada	1:19.908	+11.496	27
27	GTD	16	Wright Motorsports	Ryan Hardwick	1:20.399	+11.987	28
28	GTD	23	Heart of Racing Team	Ian James	1:20.434	+12.022	31 2
29	GTD	44	GRT Magnus	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	_	11
Source: [41] [42]

• ¹ The No. 8 Tower Motorsports by Starworks entry was moved to the back of the LMP2 field as per Article 40.1.4 of the Sporting regulations (Change of starting tires). ^[36]
• ² The No. 23 Heart of Racing Team entry was moved to the back of the GTD field as per Article 40.1.4 of the Sporting regulations (Change of starting tires). ^[36]

Race

Post-race

Helio Castroneves and Ricky Taylor advanced from third to second in the DPi Drivers' Championship. Derani dropped from second to third while Bourdais moved from fifth to fourth. ^[43] The result kept Kelly atop the LMP2 Drivers' Championship. Braun advanced from eleventh to fifth. ^[43] The result kept Antonio García and Jordan Taylor atop the GTLM Drivers' Championship while Edwards and Krohn advanced from fourth to third. ^[43] By finishing second place, Telitz took the lead of the GTD Drivers' Championship. Farnbacher and McMurry dropped from first to fourth while Hawksworth advanced from fourth to second. ^[43] Cadillac, Chevrolet, and Lexus continued to top their respective Manufacturers' Championships while Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R, PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, and Corvette Racing kept their respective advantages in the their respective of Teams' Championships. ^[43] AIM Vasser Sullivan took the lead of the GTD Teams' Championship with two rounds remaining in the season. ^[43]

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	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 with 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
Sources: [44] [45]

Standings after the race

DPi Drivers' Championship standings [43] Pos. +/– Driver Points 1 Ryan Briscoe Renger van der Zande 215 2 1 Helio Castroneves Ricky Taylor 207 3 1 Pipo Derani 203 4 1 Sébastien Bourdais 199 5 1 Jonathan Bomarito Harry Tincknell 197

LMP2 Drivers' Championship standings [43] Pos. +/– Driver Points 1 Patrick Kelly 126 2 Dwight Merriman Kyle Tilley 92 3 1 Simon Trummer 91 4 1 Cameron Cassels 64 5 6 Colin Braun 64

GTLM Drivers' Championship standings [43] Pos. +/– Driver Points 1 Antonio García Jordan Taylor 293 2 Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner 265 3 1 John Edwards Jesse Krohn 261 4 1 Connor De Phillippi Bruno Spengler 259 5 Frédéric Makowiecki Nick Tandy 232

GTD Drivers' Championship standings [43] Pos. +/– Driver Points 1 1 Aaron Telitz 228 2 2 Jack Hawksworth 226 3 Ryan Hardwick Patrick Long 224 4 3 Mario Farnbacher Matt McMurry 221 5 Townsend Bell 206

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.

DPi Teams' Championship standings [43] Pos. +/– Team Points 1 #10 Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R 215 2 1 #7 Acura Team Penske 207 3 1 #31 Whelen Engineering Racing 203 4 1 #5 Mustang Sampling Racing / JDC-Miller MotorSports 199 5 1 #55 Mazda Motorsports 197

LMP2 Teams' Championship standings [43] Pos. +/– Team Points 1 #52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports 126 2 1 #38 Performance Tech Motorsports 96 3 1 #18 Era Motorsport 92 4 1 #8 Tower Motorsport by Starworks 63 5 1 #81 DragonSpeed USA 61

GTLM Teams' Championship standings [43] Pos. +/– Team Points 1 #3 Corvette Racing 293 2 #4 Corvette Racing 265 3 1 #24 BMW Team RLL 261 4 1 #25 BMW Team RLL 259 5 #911 Porsche GT Team 232

GTD Teams' Championship standings [43] Pos. +/– Team Points 1 2 #14 AIM Vasser Sullivan 226 2 #16 Wright Motorsports 224 3 2 #86 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian 221 4 #12 AIM Vasser Sullivan 206 5 #96 Turner Motorsport 204

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.

DPi Manufacturers' Championship standings [43] Pos. +/– Manufacturer Points 1 Cadillac 231 2 Acura 227 3 Mazda 221

GTLM Manufacturers' Championship standings [43] Pos. +/– Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 304 2 BMW 288 3 Porsche 251 4 Ferrari 28

GTD Manufacturers' Championship standings [43] Pos. +/– Manufacturer Points 1 Lexus 243 2 Acura 234 3 Porsche 230 4 BMW 219 5 1 Lamborghini 217

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.

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