Petit Le Mans 2012 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Petit Le Mans powered by Mazda		Date: 20.10.2012
Track: Road Atlanta (United States), 4.088 kms	Organiser: unknown
Petit Le Mans
American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón (round 10) European Le Mans Series (round 3)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	11:30
Grid:	2-2-2. rolling start
Distance:	1000 miles
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	44
Practiced:	42
Qualified:	42
Started:	42
Finished:	34

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype 1	4	4
Le Mans Prototype 2	8	8
Le Mans Prototype Challenge	6	6
Le Mans Grand Touring	13	13
Le Mans GTE Am	2	2
IMSA Grand Touring Challenge	8	8
Unclassified	1	1

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Lap Times

Race notes:
cautions:laps 50-55 (no.6 and no.34 off course), 66-70 (no.31 off course), laps 191-199 (no.66 off course), laps 236-241 (no.44 off course), laps 272-287 (no.27 off course), laps 291-295 (no.118 off course), laps 337-343 (no.118 off course),

Pre-race sessions:
5 official test sessions held for a total of 990 minutes on 14-17/10
4 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 300 minutes on 18-19/10
1 qualifying session held for a total of 15 minutes on 19/10
25 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	12	Lola B12/60 Toyota	Jani / Belicchi / Prost
Le Mans Prototype 2:	95	HPD ARX-03b Honda	Tucker / Diaz / Bouchut
Le Mans Prototype Challenge:	06	Oreca FLM 09	Popow / Dalziel / Wilkins
Le Mans Grand Touring:	01	Ferrari 458 Italia	Sharp / Vilander / Van Overbeek
Le Mans GTE Am:	67	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Narac / Pons / Armindo
IMSA Grand Touring Challenge:	30	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Cisneros / Giermaziak / Farnbacher
Unclassified:	0	DeltaWing Nissan	Jeannette / Ordoñez
Leaders:
laps 1-34:	12
laps 35-48:	6
laps 49-394:	12
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	12	Lola B12/60 Toyota	Jani / Belicchi / Prost	1:10.586	208.481 km/h	lap 4
Le Mans Prototype 2:	055	HPD ARX-03b Honda	Franchitti / Franchitti / Tucker	1:13.646	199.819 km/h	lap 381
Le Mans Prototype Challenge:	25	Oreca FLM 09	Lewis / Richard / Ende	1:15.788	194.171 km/h	lap 330
Le Mans Grand Touring:	02	Ferrari 458 Italia	Cosmo / Brown / Lazzaro	1:19.615	184.838 km/h	lap 5
Le Mans GTE Am:	67	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Narac / Pons / Armindo	1:21.633	180.269 km/h	lap 293
IMSA Grand Touring Challenge:	22	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Keen / MacNeil / von Moltke	1:25.323	172.472 km/h	lap 4
Unclassified:	0	DeltaWing Nissan	Jeannette / Ordoñez	1:14.420	197.740 km/h	lap 259
Pole Positions:
Overall:	12	Lola B12/60 Toyota	Neel Jani (CH)	1:09.089	212.998 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 2:	35	Morgan LM P2 Nissan	Olivier Pla (F)	1:12.046	204.256 km/h
Le Mans Prototype Challenge:	8	Oreca FLM 09	Kyle Marcelli (CDN)	1:14.099	198.596 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring:	01	Ferrari 458 Italia	Toni Vilander (FIN)	1:18.729	186.917 km/h
Le Mans GTE Am:	67	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Nicolas Armindo (F)	1:20.733	182.277 km/h
IMSA Grand Touring Challenge:	22	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Leh Keen (USA)	1:24.060	175.063 km/h
Unclassified:	0	DeltaWing Nissan	Gunnar Jeannette (USA)	1:12.850	202.002 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (13), Oreca (8), Lola (4), HPD (3), Ferrari (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (13), Chevrolet (8), Nissan (6), Honda (3), Ferrari (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup (8), Oreca FLM 09 (6), Porsche 997 GT3 RSR (5)
Driver nationalities:	USA (51), GB (16), F (12), D (11), CDN (6), MEX (4), YV (4), I (3), IRL (2), CH (2), DK (2), E (2), A (2), B (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (54%), rear-engined (30%), front-engined (16%)
Average engine size:	4699 cc (with regard to 9% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4868 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Seth Neiman (58), Tony Burgess (57), Piergiuseppe Perazzini (56)
Youngest known drivers:	Colin Braun (24), Martin Ragginger (24), Mathias Beche (26)

Official Race Programme:

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