Petit Le Mans 2002 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Audi presents Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta		Date: 12.10.2002
Track: Road Atlanta Motor Sports Center (United States), 4.088 kms	Organiser: unknown
Petit Le Mans
The American Le Mans Series Championship (round 10)

Weather:	warm, dry
Start time:	11:30
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right, rolling start
Distance:	1000 miles
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	56
Practiced:	48
Qualified:	48
Started:	47
Finished:	30

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype 900	11	11
Le Mans Prototype 675	10	10
Grand Touring Sport	10	9
Grand Touring	17	17

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Race notes:
6 full-course cautions for 121 minutes

Pre-race sessions:
test session held for a total of 90 minutes on 9/10
4 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 300 minutes on 10-11/10
1 qualifying session held for a total of 25 minutes on 11/10
30 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	2	Audi R8	Capello / Kristensen
Le Mans Prototype 675:	37	Lola EX257 AER	Field / Dayton / Durand
Grand Touring Sport:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Fellows / O'Connell / Gavin
Grand Touring:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Maassen / Luhr
Leaders:
laps 113-117:	1	Audi R8	Biela
laps 118-153:	38	Audi R8	Johansson
laps 1-26:	1	Audi R8	Pirro
laps 154-157:	2	Audi R8	Kristensen
laps 158-212:	2	Audi R8	Capello
laps 213-281:	2	Audi R8	Kristensen
laps 27-72:	1	Audi R8	Biela
laps 282-339:	38	Audi R8	Herbert
laps 340-394:	2	Audi R8	Capello
laps 73-80:	50	Panoz LMP01	Brabham
laps 81-83:	1	Audi R8	Biela
laps 84-112:	2	Audi R8	Capello
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	1	Audi R8	Emanuele Pirro (I)	1:11.8770	204.7359 km/h	lap 247
Le Mans Prototype 675:	16	Lola EX257 AER	James Weaver (GB)	1:12.7810	202.1932 km/h	lap 3
Grand Touring Sport:	33	Ferrari 550 Maranello	Alain Menu (CH)	1:20.5470	182.6992 km/h	lap 216
Grand Touring:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Sascha Maassen (D)	1:24.5760	173.9958 km/h	lap 238
Pole Positions:
Overall:	1	Audi R8	Frank Biela (D)	1:10.9390	207.4428 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 675:	16	Lola EX257 AER	James Weaver (GB)	1:11.8830	204.7198 km/h
Grand Touring Sport:	33	Ferrari 550 Maranello	Tomáš Enge (CZ)	1:19.0690	186.1142 km/h
Grand Touring:	22	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Jörg Bergmeister (D)	1:23.9220	175.3509 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (13), Lola (6), Ferrari (4), Audi (3), Saleen (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (13), Ford (6), Ferrari (4), Audi (3), Elan (3), AER (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-RS (10), Audi R8 (3), Lola EX257 (3), Ferrari 550 Maranello (3), Saleen S7-R (3), Porsche 996 GT3-R (3)
Driver nationalities:	USA (61), GB (15), F (13), D (9), I (8), DK (4), CDN (3), CH (2), A (2), NL (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (30), GB (8), D (5), F (2)
Most used colours:	white (26%), blue (15%), black (14%), yellow (13%), red (12%), silver (9%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (48%), rear-engined (27%), front-engined (25%)
Average engine size:	4323 cc (with regard to 19% turbocharged cars and 2% cars with rotary engine an applicable size is 4744 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Joe Policastro (61), Jim Downing (60), Chris Gleason (59)
Youngest known drivers:	Clint Field (19), Gunnar Jeannette (20), Ben Devlin (20)
Female drivers:	Milka Duno

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