2023 Petit Le Mans

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The 2023 Petit Le Mans (known as the 2023 MOTUL Petit Le Mans for sponsorship reasons) was the 26th running of the Petit Le Mans, and was held on October 14, 2023. The event was the 11th and final round in the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship, and the fourth round of the 2023 Michelin Endurance Cup. The race was held at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia.

Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport began from pole position after Louis Delétraz set the fastest lap in the GTP class. The lead was exchanged several times between the Cadillac Racing, WTR, Whelen Engineering Racing, Meyer Shank Racing, and Porsche Penske Motorsport teams. Braun, Blomqvist, and Castroneves took victory in the No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-06. Cadillac Racing's Sébastien Bourdais, Scott Dixon, and Renger van der Zande finished in second, and Gianmaria Bruni, Harry Tincknell, and Neel Jani of Proton Competition recovered from a late race spin to finish third.

The CrowdStrike Racing by APR team of Ben Hanley, George Kurtz, and Nolan Siegel won the Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) category with the TDS Racing Oreca 07 car of John Falb, Josh Pierson, and Giedo van der Garde in second. In the final Le Mans Prototype 3 (LMP3) race in the IMSA SportsCar Championship, the No. 30 JR III Motorsports Ligier JS P320 of Bijoy Garg, Nolan Siegel, and Garett Grist won the category. WeatherTech Racing won the GTD Pro class with a Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo driven by Maro Engel, Jules Gounon, and Daniel Juncadella. The Forte Racing powered by US RaceTronics team of Misha Goikhberg, Patrick Liddy, and Loris Spinelli won the GTD class in a Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2.

The result meant Derani and Sims won the GTP Drivers' Championship by 21 points over Filipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor. Colin Braun and Tom Blomqvist of the Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian team finished third ahead of Campbell and Nasr in fourth. Lexus' Ben Barnicoat and Jack Hawksworth finished eighth in GTD Pro to claim the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship with 3760 points. GTD Pro class race winners Juncadella and Gounon passed Antonio García and Jordan Taylor to end the season in second place.

Background

Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, where the race was held.

International Motor Sports Association's (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2022. ^[1] The 2023 Petit Le Mans was the last of eleven scheduled sports car races of 2023 by IMSA, and it was the fourth round held as part of the Michelin Endurance Cup. ^[2] The race took place at the 12-turn, 2.540-mile (4.088 km) Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia on October 14, 2023. ^[3]

As the final race of the 2023 season, the race marked the final appearance for the LMP3 class. ^[4] The Chevrolet Corvette C8.R also entered its final IMSA event, ahead of the switch to new GT3 machinery for Chevrolet in 2024. ^[5]

This would be the final race for entry for Jr III Motorsports after team principle Billy Glavin was appointed general manager for United Autosports. ^[6] It was the final IMSA appearance for Meyer Shank Racing as a result of pausing their sports car effort. ^[7] Corvette Racing also entered their final IMSA race as General Motors will solely focus on customer teams with the new Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R. ^[8]

On October 9, 2023, IMSA released the latest technical bulletin outlining Balance of Performance for the GTP, GTD Pro, and GTD classes. In GTP, The Acura ARX-06 received a 1 kilogram weight break while the BMW M Hybrid V8, Cadillac V-Series.R, and Porsche 963 received a small power increase. ^[9] In GTD Pro and GTD, the Ferrari 296 GT3 received a 20 kilogram weight increase and a fuel capacity increase of 1 liter. In contrast, the Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 and Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo were made 15 kilograms heavier. The BMW M4 GT3 received an increase of 4.4 horsepower and a fuel capacity decrease of 1 liter. The Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 received a fuel capacity decrease of 1 liter while the Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD and Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) received 1 extra liter of fuel capacity. ^[10]

Heading into the final race of the season, Pipo Derani and Alexander Sims were leading the GTP Drivers' Championship with 2460 points, 3 ahead of Filipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor in second with 2457 points, and Nick Tandy and Mathieu Jaminet a further 2 points behind in third. Connor De Phillippi and Nick Yelloly were fourth on 2422 points while Matt Campbell and Felipe Nasr were a further 35 points behind in fifth. Tom Blomqvist and Colin Braun were also in mathematical contention on 2333 points, 127 points behind Derani and Sims with a maximum of 385 points available for the final race weekend. ^{[11] [12]} In LMP2, Mikkel Jensen and Steven Thomas led the Drivers' Championship with 1680 points, ahead of Paul-Loup Chatin and Ben Keating with 1660 points followed by Ben Hanley and George Kurtz in third with 1580 points. ^[11] With 1838 points, Gar Robinson led the LMP3 Drivers' Championship, 294 points ahead of Wayne Boyd and Anthony Mantella. ^[11] Robinson needed to start the race to claim the title. ^[13] Ben Barnicoat and Jack Hawksworth led the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship with 3495 points, 188 points ahead of Antonio García and Jordan Taylor. ^[11] Barnicoat and Hawksworth needed to start the race to claim the title. ^[14] With 3331 points, Bryan Sellers and Madison Snow had secured the GTD Drivers' Championship at the previous round, the IMSA Battle on the Bricks. The duo led by 405 points ahead of Roman De Angelis and Marco Sørensen in second. ^[11] Porsche, Lexus, and BMW were leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while Whelen Engineering Racing, TDS Racing, Riley Motorsports, Vasser Sullivan Racing, and Paul Miller Racing each led their own Teams' Championships. ^[11]

Entries

Further information: 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship § Entries

Jenson Button (pictured in 2012) made his first IMSA appearance.

A total of 52 cars took part in the event split across five classes. 10 cars were entered in GTP, 8 in LMP2, 7 in LMP3, 8 in GTD Pro, and 19 in GTD. ^[15] In GTP, Jensen Button joined Tijmen van der Helm and Mike Rockenfeller in the No. 5 JDC-Miller MotorSports entry. ^[16] Laurens Vanthoor joined in the No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport while Josef Newgarden will join in the sister No. 7 entry. ^[17] Scott Dixon continued in his endurance role for Cadillac Racing, as did Louis Delétraz, Marco Wittmann, Sheldon van der Linde, Jack Aitken, and Hélio Castroneves for Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport, BMW M Team RLL, Whelen Engineering Racing, and Meyer Shank Racing, respectively. ^[18] Neel Jani joined Proton Competition. ^[19] In LMP2, AF Corse made their first appearance since the Watkins Glen round. ^[18] Rick Ware Racing withdrew from the event. ^[20] John Falb returned to the No. 35 TDS Racing entry. ^[21] Scott McLaughlin rejoined Tower Motorsports. ^[22] In LMP3, Andretti Autosport and JDC-Miller MotorSports returned. ^[21] Bijoy Garg joined Garett Grist and Nolan Siegel in the No. 30 Jr III Motorsports entry. ^[23] Sean Creech Motorsport withdrew from the event due to a family emergency for Lance Willsey. ^[24] In GTD Pro, AF Corse and Risi Competizione made their first appearances since the Watkins Glen round. ^[18] Kévin Estre joined Pfaff Motorsports. ^[25] In GTD, Kelly-Moss with Riley scaled down to one car due to Alan Metni being injured. ^[26] Iron Dames, Triarsi Competizione, Magnus Racing, Cetilar Racing, and the No. 16 Wright Motorsports entry returned as a part of their Michelin Endurance Cup campaigns. ^[15] Thomas Merrill joined Bill Auberlen and Chandler Hull in the No. 97 Turner Motorsport entry. ^[15] Lone Star Racing and Andretti Autosport were absent.

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 90 minutes. The second session on Thursday afternoon lasted 105 minutes. The final session on Thursday evening lasted 90 minutes. ^[27]

In the first practice session, Sébastien Bourdais topping the charts for Cadillac Racing, with a lap time of 1:11.674. Mathieu Jaminet was second fastest in the No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport entry followed by Matt Campbell in the No. 7 Porsche. ^[28] Ben Hanley set the fastest lap in LMP2 with a time of 1:13.919, followed by Alex Quinn's No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports car. ^[29] Garett Grist was fastest in LMP3 with a time of 1:16.732. ^[30] The GTD Pro class was topped by the No. 79 WeatherTech Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo of Jules Gounon with a time of 1:20.279. Mirko Bortolotti in the No. 63 Lamborghini was second fastest followed by Alessandro Pier Guidi in the No. 62 Ferrari. ^[29] Bill Auberlen set the fastest time in GTD. ^[31] The session was red flagged twice. 30 minutes into the session, Antonio Fuoco, driving the No. 47 Ferrari, spun at turn one and hit the tire barriers. The car sustained heavy rear-end damage. ^[29] The final stoppage came when Jonathan Woolridge's No. 38 Ligier made contact with the No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 of Laurens Vanthoor at turn three causing debris to be scattered on to the circuit. ^[28]

The second practice session saw Bourdais topping the charts for Cadillac Racing, with a lap time of 1:09.671, ahead of Augusto Farfus in the No. 24 BMW. ^[32] Scott Huffaker set the fastest lap in LMP2 with a time of 1:13.357, followed by Paul-Loup Chatin's No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports car. Garett Grist was fastest in LMP3 with a time of 1:16.749. ^[33] The GTD Pro class was topped by the No. 3 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD of Antonio García with a time of 1:19.543. Daniel Serra in the No. 62 Ferrari was second fastest followed by Jack Hawksworth in the No. 14 Lexus. ^[34] Madison Snow set the fastest time in GTD. ^[32] The session saw one stoppage when Giedo van der Garde driving the No. 35 TDS Racing car, crashed at turn three. ^[32]

Filipe Albuquerque led the last practice session for Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport, with a lap time of 1:11.299. Tom Blomqvist was second fastest in the No. 60 MSR Acura followed by Matt Campbell in the No. 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport entry. ^[35] Mikkel Jensen was fastest in LMP2 with a time of 1:12.833, followed by Paul-Loup Chatin's No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports car. ^[36] Nicolás Varrone set the fastest lap in LMP3 with a time of 1:16.846. ^[37] The GTD Pro class was topped by the No. 63 Iron Lynx Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 of Mirko Bortolotti with a time of 1:19.803. Jules Gounon in the No. 79 Mercedes-AMG was second fastest followed by Jack Hawksworth in the No. 14 Lexus. ^[38] Auberlen set the fastest time in GTD. ^[39]

Qualifying

Ben Keating set the fastest overall lap time in qualifying.

Friday’s afternoon qualifying was broken into three sessions, with one session for the GTP, LMP2 and LMP3, GTD Pro and GTD classes, which lasted for 20 minutes for the GTP session, and 15 minutes for the LMP2/LMP3, and GTD Pro/GTD sessions. ^[27] The rules dictated that all teams nominated a driver to qualify their cars, with the Pro-Am LMP2 class requiring a Bronze rated driver to qualify the car while the LMP3 class required 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 GTPs ahead of the LMP2, LMP3, GTD Pro, and GTD cars. ^[40]

Rain fell and the track was damp. ^[41] The first was for cars in the GTD Pro and GTD classes. Jack Hawksworth qualified on pole in GTD Pro driving the No. 14 car for Vasser Sullivan Racing. ^[41] Mirko Bortolotti had set the second fastest time, but had all his laps deleted after getting out of the No. 63 Iron Lynx Lamborghini before the session ended. ^[42] Antonio García in the No. 3 Corvette was promoted to second followed by Jules Gounon in the WeatherTech Racing entry. ^[43] Ian James set the fastest time amongst all GTD cars driving the No. 27 car for Heart of Racing Team, 0.052 seconds faster than GTD Pro pole sitter Hawksworth. ^{[44] [43]} James was over six-tenths clear of Doriane Pin in the No. 83 Lamborghini followed by Aaron Telitz in the No. 12 Lexus. ^[45]

The second session was for cars in the LMP2 and LMP3 classes. Ben Keating's No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca was fastest overall, lapping at 1 minute, 13.859 seconds, beating Steven Thomas in the No. 11 TDS Racing entry by 0.020 seconds. ^[46] John Falb was third in the sister No. 35 TDS Racing Oreca followed by George Kurtz in the No. 04 CrowdStrike Racing car, and François Perrodo rounded out the top five. ^[43] Glenn van Berlo's No. 36 Andretti Autosport Ligier was fifteenth overall and the fastest LMP3 class car with a 1 minute, 16.674 seconds lap. Rasmus Lindh's No. 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Duqueine was second and Bijoy Garg's No. 30 Jr III Motorsports Ligier was third. ^[42]

The final session of qualifying was for the GTP class. Louis Delétraz in the No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Acura was sixth overall and would start from pole position with a lap time of 1 minute, 15.402 seconds. Delétraz was over two-tenths clear of Sébastien Bourdais in the No. 01 Cadillac followed by Augusto Farfus in the No. 24 BMW M Team RLL entry. ^[46] Filipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor took the lead of the GTP Drivers' Championship by nine points over Derani and Sims. ^[44]

Qualifying results

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

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap	Grid
1	LMP2	52	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	Ben Keating	1:13.859	_	11‡
2	LMP2	11	TDS Racing	Steven Thomas	1:13.879	+0.020	12
3	LMP2	35	TDS Racing	John Falb	1:14.380	+0.521	13
4	LMP2	04	CrowdStrike Racing by APR	George Kurtz	1:14.547	+0.688	14
5	LMP2	88	AF Corse	François Perrodo	1:15.157	+1.298	15
6	GTP	10	Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport	Louis Delétraz	1:15.402	+1.543	1‡
7	LMP2	20	High Class Racing	Dennis Andersen	1:15.547	+1.688	16
8	LMP2	8	Tower Motorsports	Ari Balogh	1:15.559	+1.700	17
9	GTP	01	Cadillac Racing	Sébastien Bourdais	1:15.632	+1.773	2
10	GTP	24	BMW M Team RLL	Augusto Farfus	1:15.731	+1.872	3
11	LMP2	18	Era Motorsport	Dwight Merriman	1:15.771	+1.912	18
12	GTP	60	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	Tom Blomqvist	1:15.847	+1.988	4
13	GTP	6	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Nick Tandy	1:16.219	+2.360	5
14	GTP	25	BMW M Team RLL	Connor De Phillippi	1:16.371	+2.512	6
15	LMP3	36	Andretti Autosport	Glenn van Berlo	1:16.674	+2.815	19‡
16	LMP3	85	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Rasmus Lindh	1:16.803	+2.944	20
17	GTP	7	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Felipe Nasr	1:16.860	+3.001	7
18	LMP3	30	Jr III Motorsports	Bijoy Garg	1:16.947	+3.088	21
19	GTP	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Pipo Derani	1:17.657	+3.798	8
20	GTP	5	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Mike Rockenfeller	1:18.204	+4.345	9
21	LMP3	13	AWA	Orey Fidani	1:19.693	+5.834	22
22	GTD	27	Heart of Racing Team	Ian James	1:23.116	+9.257	26‡
23	GTD Pro	14	Vasser Sullivan Racing	Jack Hawksworth	1:23.168	+9.309	27‡
24	GTD	83	Iron Dames	Doriane Pin	1:23.795	+9.936	28
25	GTD	12	Vasser Sullivan Racing	Aaron Telitz	1:23.847	+9.988	29
26	GTD	97	Turner Motorsport	Bill Auberlen	1:24.036	+10.177	30
27	GTD Pro	3	Corvette Racing	Antonio García	1:24.099	+10.240	31
28	GTD	57	Winward Racing	Philip Ellis	1:24.151	+10.292	32
29	GTD Pro	79	WeatherTech Racing	Jules Gounon	1:24.220	+10.361	33
30	GTD Pro	9	Pfaff Motorsports	Patrick Pilet	1:24.287	+10.428	34
31	GTD Pro	62	Risi Competizione	Daniel Serra	1:24.419	+10.560	35
32	GTD	66	Gradient Racing	Katherine Legge	1:24.760	+10.901	36
33	GTD	70	Inception Racing	Brendan Iribe	1:24.797	+10.938	37
34	GTD Pro	23	Heart of Racing Team	Alex Riberas	1:25.047	+11.188	38
35	GTD	80	AO Racing Team	Sebastian Priaulx	1:25.080	+11.221	52 1
36	GTD	93	Racers Edge Motorsports with WTR Andretti	Kyle Marcelli	1:25.088	+11.229	39
37	GTD	1	Paul Miller Racing	Madison Snow	1:25.123	+11.264	40
38	GTD Pro	61	AF Corse	Miguel Molina	1:25.131	+11.272	41
39	GTD	78	Forte Racing powered by US RaceTronics	Misha Goikhberg	1:25.529	+11.670	42
40	GTD	32	Korthoff Preston Motorsports	Mike Skeen	1:25.533	+11.674	43
41	GTD	47	Cetilar Racing	Antonio Fuoco	1:25.535 2	+11.676	44
42	GTD	16	Wright Motorsports	Zacharie Robichon	1:25.569	+11.710	45
43	GTD	96	Turner Motorsport	Michael Dinan	1:25.733	+11.874	46
44	GTD	77	Wright Motorsports	Alan Brynjolfsson	1:26.060	+12.201	47
45	GTD	023	Triarsi Competizione	Charlie Scardina	1:27.718	+13.859	48
46	GTD	44	Magnus Racing	John Potter	1:27.758	+13.899	49
47	LMP3	17	AWA	Anthony Mantella	1:36.721	+22.862	23
48	LMP3	38	Performance Tech Motorsports	No time 3			25
49	GTP	59	Proton Competition	Neel Jani	No time 4		10
50	GTD Pro	63	Iron Lynx	Mirko Bortolotti	No time 5		52
51	LMP3	74	Riley Motorsports	Did not participate			24
52	GTD	92	Kelly-Moss with Riley	Did not participate			51
Sources: [47] [48]

• ¹ The No. 80 AO Racing Team entry was moved to the back of the GTD field for starting the race with a different driver than who qualified. ^[49]
• ² The No. 47 Cetilar Racing entry had its four fastest laps deleted after failing to adhere to boost control requirements. ^{[50] [51]}
• ³ The No. 38 Performance Tech Motorsports entry had all qualifying laps forfeited after Cameron Shields got out of the car before the session ended. ^[43]
• ⁴ The No. 59 Proton Competition entry had all qualifying laps forfeited due to the team making unapproved work on the car.
• ⁵ The No. 63 Iron Lynx entry had all qualifying laps forfeited after Mirko Bortolotti got out of the car before the session ended.

Warm-up

A 20 minute warm up session was held on the morning of October 14. ^[27] Felipe Nasr lapped fastest with a time of 1:20.007, 1.082 seconds faster than Harry Tincknell in the No. 59 Porsche. ^[52] Anders Fjordbach led LMP2 while Rasmus Lindh was fastest in LMP3. ^[53] The fastest GTD Pro lap was a 1:28.320, set by Daniel Serra in the No. 62 Ferrari, and Danny Formal's No. 93 Acura set the fastest time amongst all GTD cars. ^[51]

Race

Start and early hours

The air temperature throughout the race was between 65 and 76 °F (18 and 24 °C) and the track temperature ranged from 75 to 114 °F (24 to 46 °C). ^[54] There were 52 cars scheduled to start, but the No. 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Duqueine was in the garage for repairs after Rasmus Lindh crashed on the formation lap. ^[55] Bourdais took the lead from Delétraz at turn one while one incident further down the field necessitated the first safety car intervention. ^[56] Ari Balogh crashed the No. 8 Tower Motorsports Oreca in turn 6 coming to the green at the start of the race and then crashed once again on lap two in turn 3. and would not return for the next 40 minutes. ^{[56] [55]} By crossing the start finish line, Robinson clinched the LMP3 Drivers' Championship while Barnicoat and Hawksworth took the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship. ^[57] When racing resumed, several cars served drive-through penalties for changing lanes before crossing the start finish line. ^[57] Antonio Fuoco's No. 47 Cetilar Racing Ferrari lost a tire after making contact with Mike Skeen's No. 32 Korthoff Preston Motorsports Mercedes-AMG and brought out the second full course caution. ^[56] Under the safety car, Brendan Iribe's McLaren was exiting his pit box just as the No. 61 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 of Miguel Molina was entering his when Molina came across the nose of Iribe. Iribe would receive a drive-through penalty for pit lane protocol violation. ^[55] When racing resumed, Blomqvist was dueling De Phillippi for third while Pin moved the No. 83 Iron Dames Lamborghini into the GTD lead after the pit stop cycle. ^[56] Keating spun the No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca at turn six and kept his lead over Steven Thomas in LMP2. ^[58]

The third full course caution was issued when Dennis Andersen's No. 20 High Class Racing Oreca made contact with Charlie Scardina's No. 023 Ferrari approaching turn 10a and collected Brendan Iribe's No. 70 Inception Racing McLaren and spun into Nick Tandy's No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche. The McLaren was retired with severe damage while the No. 6 Porsche would not return for the next 2 hours. ^[59] Andersen received a 120 second stop-go penalty for incident responsibility. ^[60] During the full course caution period, Delétraz took the overall lead with Blomqvist's No. 60 Meyer Shank Acura in second. ^[61] Corey Lewis' No. 1 Paul Miller Racing BMW crashed at turn 10b after colliding with Blomqvist's Acura and brought out the fourth full course caution. Both vehicles returned to the pits for repairs. ^[62] Alexander Sims ran the red indicator light at the end of the pit lane and came to a stop. Sheldon van der Linde was behind Sims and hit the back of Sims. ^[61] Sims and van der Linde stopped for new noses, and received a stop plus 60 second hold penalty for running the red light at the exit of the pits. Additionally, van der Linde served a drive-through penalty for incident responsibility. ^[62] Matt Campbell passed Sébastien Bourdais for the overall lead when racing resumed. ^[63] Doriane Pin's No. 83 Iron Dames Lamborghini entered the garage due to a reported suspension failure. ^[64] Jarett Andretti lost control of the No. 36 Ligier at turn five and stopped in the gravel and retired from the race. ^[59] The safety car was deployed for the fifth time to allow for the car to be recovered while Wayne Boyd's No. 17 AWA Duqueine suffered a fuel pump issue and retired. ^[63] Barnicoat's No. 14 Lexus spun into the grass at turn four after clipping the kerb, heavily damaging the car's front and stopping at turn seven. ^[65] A sixth full course yellow was needed for the Lexus' recovery to the garage. ^[59] Jordan Taylor's No. 3 Corvette was promoted to the lead of GTD Pro following Barnicoat's retirement. ^[65] The seventh caution was issued when Tommy Milner lost drive in his No. 3 Corvette. The car was retired due to a transmission issue. ^[66]

Sunset to finish

The race-winning No. 60 Acura ARX-06.

The No. 38 Performance Tech Motorsports Ligier was spun around the by Triarsi Competizione Ferrari at turn three which required the eighth full course yellow. ^[67] The Triarsi Ferrai received a drive-through penalty for incident responsibility. ^[66] Franck Perera moved the No. 63 Iron Lynx Lamborghini to the GTD Pro lead. ^[66] Vanthoor's No. 6 Porsche sustained rear end damage against the barrier at turn three after he lost control, and went to the garage to retire from the race. ^[67] Mikkel Jensen lost control of TDS Racing's No. 11 Oreca at turn five and suffered front-end damage. Jensen brought the car back to the pits and retired with severe damage. ^{[67] [68]} A ninth full course yellow was issued when Andy Lally's No. 44 Magnus Aston Martin was beached in the gravel at turn 10 after Lally after making contact with Miguel Molina's No. 61 Ferrari. ^[68] Aitken moved the Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac to second after jumping the Wayne Taylor Racing Acura by pitting prior to the fcy being called. ^[69] When racing resumed, the No. 10 Acura and No. 31 Cadillac dueled for second place overall. ^[70] Alex Quinn lost control of the No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca at turn 10 and promoted Christian Rasmussen's No. 18 Era Motorsport car to the lead in LMP2. ^[71] The tenth full course caution was called when Legge's No. 66 Gradient Racing Acura NSX came to a stop. ^[71] Albuquerque attempted to pass Derani around the outside going into turn one, however, Derani ran Albuquerque off the track and the No. 10 Acura hit the barrier. ^{[71] [72]} The safety car was brought out for the eleventh time as barrier repairs were made and the stewards issued no penalty for Derani. ^[73] Most of the field made their final pit stops during fcy period. When racing resumed, Braun passed van der Zande around the outside of turn one for the overall lead while Derani overtook both the BMW M Team RLL entries. ^[71] Grist took the lead in LMP3 with 20 minutes remaining after Fraga's No. 74 Riley Motorsports Ligier received a puncture after dueling with the No. 30 Jr III Motorsports Ligier. Rasmussen crashed the Era Motorsport Oreca at turn three, triggering the twelfth full course yellow. ^{[73] [72]} On the final restart with 5 minutes remaining, Mirko Bortolotti's GTD Pro No. 63 Lamborghini made contact with Jan Heylen's No. 16 Wright Motorsports Porsche. Heylen's Porsche sustained rear-end damage and caught fire while Bortolotti stopped on track, bringing out the thirteenth (and) final caution forcing the race ended behind the safety car. ^[74]

Braun, Blomqvist, and Castroneves took victory in the No. 60 Acura. Renger van der Zande, Bourdais, and Dixon were second in the No. 01 Cadillac, and Tincknell, Bruni, and Jani in the No. 59 Porsche rounded out the podium. ^[71] Hanley, Kurtz, and Siegel took victory in LMP2 ahead of the No. 35 TDS Racing car of van der Garde, Pierson, and Falb in second followed by Loup Chatin, Keating, and Quinn in the No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports car. ^[71] The No. 30 Jr III Motorsports Ligier of Grist, Siegel, and Garg took victory in LMP3 ahead of Bell, Fidani, and Kern in the No. 13 AWA Duqueine. Fraga, Robinson, and Burdon rounded out the podium in the No. 74 Ligier. ^[71] Juncadella, Gounon, and Engel in the No. 79 WeatherTech Racing Mercedes-AMG secured victory in GTD Pro followed by the No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports Porsche of Estre, Pilet, and Bachler, and third-position finishers Serra, Rigon, and Pier Guidi of Risi Competizione. ^[71] The No. 78 Forte Racing Lamborghini of Spinelli, Goikhberg, and Liddy took victory in GTD, ahead of Foley, Dinan, and Gallagher in the No. 96 Turner Motorsport entry. Brynjolfsson, Hindman, and Root in the No. 77 Wright Motorsports Porsche rounded out the podium. ^[74]

Post-race

Blomqvist said, "At one point it looked like our race was done with about two hours to go. When I jumped out of the car, we were dying out there on some pretty old tires. The guys never gave up and some things came our way". ^[75] Braun added, "When we got our laps back, we had to be fast at times, be smart and save the car. I think we did all of those things really well today." ^[75] Derani stated his belief that Albuquerque being too optimistic when he attempted to pass Derani's Cadillac. ^[76] Tincknell called the No. 59 Porsche's third place finish as a "mega result". ^[77]

Sims and Derani took the GTP Drivers' Championship with 2733 points. They were 21 points clear of Filipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor. ^[78] With 1995 points, Keating and Loup-Chatin won the LMP2 Drivers' Championship, 37 points ahead of Hanley and Kurtz in second. ^[78] With 2162 points, Robinson won the LMP3 Driver's Championship, 217 points clear of Grist in second. ^[78] Barnicoat and Hawksworth took the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship with 3760 points. They were 112 points ahead of Juncadella and Gounon in second. Antonio García and Jordan Taylor were third with 3579 points followed by Bachler and Pilet in fourth with 3578 points. ^[78] With 3482 points, Sellers and Snow won the GTD Drivers' Championship, 261 points ahead of De Angelis and Sørensen in second. Telitz and Montecalvo were third with 2927 points. ^[78] Cadillac, Lexus, and BMW won their respective Manufactures' Championships while Whelen Engineering Racing, PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, Riley Motorsports, Vasser Sullivan Racing, and Paul Miller Racing won their respective Teams' Championships. ^[78]

Race result

Class winners are in bold and ‡.

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Laps	Time/Retired
					Engine
1	GTP	60	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	Tom Blomqvist Colin Braun Hélio Castroneves	Acura ARX-06	397	10:01:40.400‡
					Acura AR24e 2.4 L Turbo V6
2	GTP	01	Cadillac Racing	Sébastien Bourdais Scott Dixon Renger van der Zande	Cadillac V-Series.R	397	+0.452
					Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
3	GTP	59	Proton Competition	Gianmaria Bruni Harry Tincknell Neel Jani	Porsche 963	397	+1.077
					Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
4	GTP	7	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Matt Campbell Josef Newgarden Felipe Nasr	Porsche 963	397	+1.825
					Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
5	GTP	5	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Mike Rockenfeller Tijmen van der Helm Jenson Button	Porsche 963	397	+2.165
					Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
6	GTP	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Jack Aitken Pipo Derani Alexander Sims	Cadillac V-Series.R	397	+2.927
					Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
7	GTP	25	BMW M Team RLL	Connor De Phillippi Sheldon van der Linde Nick Yelloly	BMW M Hybrid V8	397	+4.275
					BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8
8	GTP	24	BMW M Team RLL	Philipp Eng Augusto Farfus Marco Wittmann	BMW M Hybrid V8	397	+4.839
					BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8
9	LMP2	04	CrowdStrike Racing by APR	Ben Hanley George Kurtz Nolan Siegel	Oreca 07	391	+6 Laps‡
					Gibson GK428 V8 engine
10	LMP2	35	TDS Racing	John Falb Josh Pierson Giedo van der Garde	Oreca 07	391	+6 Laps
					Gibson GK428 V8 engine
11	LMP2	52	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	Paul-Loup Chatin Ben Keating Alex Quinn	Oreca 07	391	+6 Laps
					Gibson GK428 V8 engine
12	LMP2	88	AF Corse	François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Emmanuel Collard	Oreca 07	390	+7 Laps
					Gibson GK428 V8 engine
13 DNF	LMP2	18	Era Motorsport	Ryan Dalziel Dwight Merriman Christian Rasmussen	Oreca 07	383	Did Not Finish
					Gibson GK428 V8 engine
14	LMP2	20	High Class Racing	Dennis Andersen Anders Fjordbach Ed Jones	Oreca 07	381	+16 Laps
					Gibson GK428 V8 engine
15	LMP3	30	Jr III Motorsports	Bijoy Garg Nolan Siegel Garett Grist	Ligier JS P320	379	+18 Laps‡
					Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
16	LMP3	13	AWA	Matt Bell Orey Fidani Lars Kern	Duqueine M30 - D08	379	+18 Laps
					Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
17	LMP3	74	Riley Motorsports	Josh Burdon Felipe Fraga Gar Robinson	Ligier JS P320	379	+18 Laps
					Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
18	GTD Pro	79	WeatherTech Racing	Maro Engel Jules Gounon Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	370	+27 Laps‡
					Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
19	GTD Pro	9	Pfaff Motorsports	Klaus Bachler Patrick Pilet Kévin Estre	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	370	+27 Laps
					Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
20	GTD	78	Forte Racing Powered by US RaceTronics	Misha Goikhberg Patrick Liddy Loris Spinelli	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	370	+27 Laps‡
					Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
21	GTD	96	Turner Motorsport	Michael Dinan Robby Foley Patrick Gallagher	BMW M4 GT3	370	+27 Laps
					BMW SS58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6
22	GTD	77	Wright Motorsports	Alan Brynjolfsson Trent Hindman Max Root	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	370	+27 Laps
					Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
23	GTD Pro	62	Risi Competizione	Alessandro Pier Guidi Davide Rigon Daniel Serra	Ferrari 296 GT3	370	+27 Laps
					Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6
24	GTD	92	Kelly-Moss with Riley	Julien Andlauer David Brule Alec Udell	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	370	+27 Laps
					Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
25	GTD	27	Heart of Racing Team	Roman De Angelis Ian James Marco Sørensen	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	370	+27 Laps
					Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
26	GTD	32	Korthoff Preston Motorsports	Mikaël Grenier Kenton Koch Mike Skeen	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	370	+27 Laps
					Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
27	GTD	97	Turner Motorsport	Bill Auberlen Chandler Hull Thomas Merrill	BMW M4 GT3	370	+27 Laps
					BMW SS58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6
28	GTD	80	AO Racing Team	P. J. Hyett Gunnar Jeannette Sebastian Priaulx	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	370	+27 Laps
					Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
29	GTD Pro	23	Heart of Racing Team	Ross Gunn David Pittard Alex Riberas	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	370	+27 Laps
					Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
30	GTD	57	Winward Racing	Indy Dontje Philip Ellis Russell Ward	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	370	+27 Laps
					Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
31	GTD Pro	61	AF Corse	Simon Mann Miguel Molina James Calado	Ferrari 296 GT3	370	+27 Laps
					Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6
32	GTD	023	Triarsi Competizione	Alessio Rovera Charlie Scardina Onofrio Triarsi	Ferrari 296 GT3	370	+27 Laps
					Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6
33	LMP2	8	Tower Motorsports	Ari Balogh Scott McLaughlin Kyffin Simpson	Oreca 07	369	+28 Laps
					Gibson GK428 V8 engine
34 DNF	GTD	16	Wright Motorsports	Ryan Hardwick Jan Heylen Zacharie Robichon	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	367	Collision (Fire)
					Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
35	GTD	83	Iron Dames	Doriane Pin Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	367	+30 Laps
					Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
36 DNF	GTD Pro	63	Iron Lynx	Mirko Bortolotti Jordan Pepper Franck Perera	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	366	Collision
					Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
37 DNF	GTP	10	Wayne Taylor Racing w/ Andretti Autosport	Filipe Albuquerque Louis Delétraz Ricky Taylor	Acura ARX-06	365	Collision
					Acura AR24e 2.4 L Turbo V6
38	GTD	47	Cetilar Racing	Antonio Fuoco Roberto Lacorte Giorgio Sernagiotto	Ferrari 296 GT3	364	+33 Laps
					Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6
39	LMP3	85	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Till Bechtolsheimer Dan Goldberg Rasmus Lindh	Duqueine M30 - D08	359	+38 Laps
					Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
40	GTD	93	Racers Edge Motorsports with WTR Andretti	Danny Formal Ashton Harrison Kyle Marcelli	Acura NSX GT3 Evo22	355	+42 Laps
					Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
41 DNF	GTD	66	Gradient Racing	Katherine Legge Marc Miller Sheena Monk	Acura NSX GT3 Evo22	355	Gearbox
					Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
42 DNF	GTD	12	Vasser Sullivan Racing	Frankie Montecalvo Aaron Telitz Parker Thompson	Lexus RC F GT3	323	Mechanical
					Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8
43 DNF	GTD	44	Magnus Racing	Andy Lally John Potter Spencer Pumpelly	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	298	Overheating
					Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
44 DNF	LMP2	11	TDS Racing	Scott Huffaker Mikkel Jensen Steven Thomas	Oreca 07	262	Accident
					Gibson GK428 V8 engine
45 DNF	LMP3	38	Performance Tech Motorsports	Cameron Shields Brian Thienes Jonathan Woolridge	Ligier JS P320	221	Collision
					Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
46 DNF	GTD	1	Paul Miller Racing	Corey Lewis Bryan Sellers Madison Snow	BMW M4 GT3	207	Steering
					BMW SS58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6
47 DNF	GTP	6	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Laurens Vanthoor Mathieu Jaminet Nick Tandy	Porsche 963	196	Retired (Damage)
					Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
48 DNF	GTD Pro	3	Corvette Racing	Antonio García Tommy Milner Jordan Taylor	Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD	189	Engine
					Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
49 DNF	GTD Pro	14	Vasser Sullivan Racing	Ben Barnicoat Jack Hawksworth Kyle Kirkwood	Lexus RC F GT3	153	Accident
					Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8
50 DNF	LMP3	17	AWA	Wayne Boyd Anthony Mantella Nicolás Varrone	Duqueine M30 - D08	118	Mechanical
					Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
51 DNF	LMP3	36	Andretti Autosport	Jarett Andretti Gabby Chaves Glenn van Berlo	Ligier JS P320	85	Mechanical
					Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
52 DNF	GTD	70	Inception Racing	Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy Frederik Schandorff	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	44	Collision
					McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
Source: [79]

Standings after the race

GTP Drivers' Championship standings Pos. +/– Driver Points 1 Pipo Derani Alexander Sims 2733 2 Filipe Albuquerque Ricky Taylor 2712 3 3 Tom Blomqvist Colin Braun 2711 4 1 Matt Campbell Felipe Nasr 2691 5 2 Nick Tandy Mathieu Jaminet 2691 Source: [78]

LMP2 Drivers' Championship standings Pos. +/– Driver Points 1 1 Paul-Loup Chatin Ben Keating 1995 2 1 Ben Hanley George Kurtz 1958 3 2 Mikkel Jensen Steven Thomas 1942 4 Giedo van der Garde 1832 5 Ryan Dalziel Dwight Merriman 1740 Source: [78]

LMP3 Drivers' Championship standings Pos. +/– Driver Points 1 Gar Robinson 2162 2 1 Garett Grist 1945 3 1 Matt Bell Orey Fidani 1882 4 2 Wayne Boyd Anthony Mantella 1870 5 Josh Burdon 1777 Source: [78]

GTD Pro Drivers' Championship standings Pos. +/– Driver Points 1 Ben Barnicoat Jack Hawksworth 3760 2 1 Jules Gounon Daniel Juncadella 3648 3 1 Antonio García Jordan Taylor 3579 4 Klaus Bachler Patrick Pilet 3578 5 Ross Gunn Alex Riberas 3427 Source: [78]

GTD Drivers' Championship standings Pos. +/– Driver Points 1 Bryan Sellers Madison Snow 3482 2 Roman De Angelis Marco Sørensen 3221 3 Aaron Telitz Frankie Montecalvo 2927 4 1 Robby Foley Patrick Gallagher 2924 5 1 Misha Goikhberg Loris Spinelli 2921 Source: [78]

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

GTP Teams' Championship standings Pos. +/– Team Points 1 #31 Whelen Engineering Racing 2733 2 #10 WTR with Andretti Autosport 2712 3 3 #60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian 2711 4 1 #6 Porsche Penske Motorsport 2691 5 #7 Porsche Penske Motorsport 2691 Source: [78]

LMP2 Teams' Championship standings Pos. +/– Team Points 1 1 #52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports 1995 2 1 #04 CrowdStrike Racing by APR 1958 3 2 #11 TDS Racing 1942 4 1 #35 TDS Racing 1832 5 1 #8 Tower Motorsports 1811 Source: [78]

LMP3 Teams' Championship standings Pos. +/– Team Points 1 #74 Riley Motorsports 2162 2 1 #30 Jr III Motorsports 1945 3 1 #13 AWA 1882 4 2 #17 AWA 1870 5 #33 Sean Creech Motorsport 1415 Source: [78]

GTD Pro Teams' Championship standings Pos. +/– Team Points 1 #14 Vasser Sullivan Racing 3760 2 1 #79 WeatherTech Racing 3648 3 1 #3 Corvette Racing 3579 4 #9 Pfaff Motorsports 3578 5 #23 Heart of Racing Team 3427 Source: [78]

GTD Teams' Championship standings Pos. +/– Team Points 1 #1 Paul Miller Racing 3482 2 #27 Heart of Racing Team 3221 3 #12 Vasser Sullivan Racing 2927 4 1 #96 Turner Motorsport 2924 5 1 #78 Forte Racing Powered by US RaceTronics 2921 Source: [78]

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

GTP Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos. +/– Manufacturer Points 1 1 Cadillac 3096 2 1 Porsche 3080 3 Acura 3076 4 BMW 2998 Source: [78]

GTD Pro Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos. +/– Manufacturer Points 1 Lexus 3770 2 1 Mercedes-AMG 3648 3 1 Chevrolet 3589 4 Porsche 3578 5 Aston Martin 3438 Source: [78]

GTD Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos. +/– Manufacturer Points 1 BMW 3888 2 Aston Martin 3484 3 1 Porsche 3334 4 1 Mercedes-AMG 3326 5 Lexus 3289 Source: [78]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.
• Note: Bold names include the Drivers', Teams', and Manufactures' Champion respectively.

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