Petit Le Mans 2017 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Motul Petit Le Mans		Date: 7.10.2017
Track: Road Atlanta (United States), 4.088 kms	Organiser: unknown
Petit Le Mans
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (round 12)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	11:05
Grid:	2-2-2, rolling start
Distance:	10 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	39
Practiced:	39
Qualified:	39
Started:	39
Finished:	26

Classes:	Pract	Start
Prototype	10	10
Prototype Challenge	3	3
Grand Touring Le Mans	9	9
Grand Touring Daytona	17	17

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

Pre-race sessions:
4 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 270 minutes on 5-6/10
1 qualifying session held for a total of15 minutes on 6/10
20 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	2	Nissan Onroak DPi	Hartley / Dalziel / Sharp
Prototype Challenge:	26	Oreca FLM 09 Chevrolet	Grist / Falb / Drissi
Grand Touring Le Mans:	25	BMW M6 GTLM	Auberlen / Sims / Wittmer
Grand Touring Daytona:	29	Audi R8 LMS GT3	De Phillippi / Mies / van der Linde
Leaders:
laps 1-7:	22	Nissan Onroak DPi
laps 8-9:	6	Oreca 07 Gibson
laps 10-40:	22	Nissan Onroak DPi
laps 41-78:	2	Nissan Onroak DPi
laps 79-91:	10	Cadillac DPi-V.R
laps 92-105:	22	Nissan Onroak DPi
laps 106-118:	85	Oreca 07 Gibson
laps 119-137:	22	Nissan Onroak DPi
lap 138:	2	Nissan Onroak DPi
laps 139-145:	31	Cadillac DPi-V.R
laps 146-167:	22	Nissan Onroak DPi
laps 168-174:	13	Oreca 07 Gibson
laps 175-204:	31	Cadillac DPi-V.R
lap 205:	13	Oreca 07 Gibson
laps 206-208:	6	Oreca 07 Gibson
laps 209-229:	31	Cadillac DPi-V.R
laps 230-295:	2	Nissan Onroak DPi
lap 296:	22	Nissan Onroak DPi
laps 297-321:	2	Nissan Onroak DPi
laps 322-324:	22	Nissan Onroak DPi
laps 325-332:	5	Cadillac DPi-V.R
laps 333-352:	22	Nissan Onroak DPi
lap 353:	31	Cadillac DPi-V.R
laps 354-388:	22	Nissan Onroak DPi
laps 389-391:	5	Cadillac DPi-V.R
laps 392-402:	2	Nissan Onroak DPi
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	22	Nissan Onroak DPi	Pipo Derani (BR)	1:12.563	202.800 km/h	lap 392
Prototype Challenge:	38	Oreca FLM 09 Chevrolet	Patricio O'Ward (MEX)	1:16.137	193.281 km/h	lap 129
Grand Touring Le Mans:	62	Ferrari 488 GTE	Alessandro Pier Guidi (I)	1:18.431	187.627 km/h	lap 279
Grand Touring Daytona:	29	Audi R8 LMS GT3	Connor De Phillippi (USA)	1:21.148	181.344 km/h	lap 79
Pole Positions:
Overall:	6	Oreca 07 Gibson	Helio Castroneves (USA)	1:11.314	206.352 km/h
Prototype Challenge:	38	Oreca FLM 09 Chevrolet	James French (USA)	1:16.069	193.453 km/h
Grand Touring Le Mans:	62	Ferrari 488 GTE	Toni Vilander (FIN)	1:17.660	189.489 km/h
Grand Touring Daytona:	63	Ferrari 488 GT3	Matteo Cressoni (I)	1:20.661	182.440 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Oreca (6), Porsche (6), Cadillac (3), BMW (3), Audi (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (6), Gibson (5), Chevrolet (5), Cadillac (3), BMW (3), Audi (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 991 GT3 R (4), Cadillac DPi-V.R (3), Oreca 07 (3), BMW M6 (3), Oreca FLM 09 (3), Audi R8 LMS (3)
Driver nationalities:	USA (52), GB (9), D (9), F (6), CDN (5), I (5), NL (4), BR (4), NZ (3), DK (3)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (66%), front-engined (23%), rear-engined (11%)
Average engine size:	4761 cc (with regard to 24% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 5218 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Scott Pruett (57), Niclas Jönsson (50), Scott Sharp (49)
Youngest known drivers:	Matthew McMurry (20), Gustavo Menezes (23), Pipo Derani (24)
Female drivers:	Katherine Legge, Christina Nielsen

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