2016 Petit Le Mans

The Petit Le Mans powered by Mazda was the 2016 edition of the Petit Le Mans automotive endurance race, held on October 1, 2016, at the Road Atlanta circuit in Braselton, Georgia, United States. It was the 12th and final race of the 2016 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship,[1] and the third Petit Le Mans run since the formation of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in 2014.

Background

International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president Scott Atherton confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2016 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2015.[2] It was the third consecutive year the event was held as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, and the 19th Petit Le Mans.[2] The Petit Le Mans was the last of twelve scheduled automobile endurance races of 2016 by IMSA, and the last in the four round North American Endurance Cup (NAEC).[2] The race took place at the 12-turn, 2.540-mile (4.088 km) Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia on October 1, 2016.[2]

Practice

There were four practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Saturday, three on Thursday and one on Friday. The first two one-hour sessions were on Thursday morning and afternoon. The third held later that evening ran for 90 minutes; the fourth on Friday morning lasted an hour.[3]

Practice 1

The first practice session took place at 11:15 am ET on Thursday and ended with Olivier Pla topping the charts for Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian, with a lap time of 1:14.157.[4]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 P 60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian Olivier Pla 1:14.157 _
2 P 55 Mazda Motorsports Jonathan Bomarito 1:14,696 +0.539
3 P 31 Action Express Racing Eric Curran 1:14.842 +0.685
Source:[5]

Practice 2

The second practice session took place at 3:25 pm ET on Thursday and ended with Oswaldo Negri Jr. topping the charts for Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian, with a lap time of 1:13.923.[6]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 P 60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian Oswaldo Negri Jr. 1:13.923 _
2 P 70 Mazda Motorsports Joel Miller 1:14.192 +0.219
3 P 55 Mazda Motorsports Tristan Nunez 1:14.366 +0.443
Source:[7]

Night Practice

The night practice session took place at 7:30 pm ET on Thursday and ended with Olivier Pla topping the charts for Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian, with a lap time of 1:13.541.[8]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 P 60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian Olivier Pla 1:13.541 _
2 P 55 Mazda Motorsports Jonathan Bomarito 1:14.037 +0.496
3 P 5 Action Express Racing João Barbosa 1:14.215 +0.674
Source:[9]

Final Practice

The fourth and final practice session took place at 10:15 am ET on Friday and ended with Olivier Pla topping the charts for Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian, with a lap time of 1:10.786.[10]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 P 60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian Olivier Pla 1:12.618 _
2 P 55 Mazda Motorsports Tristan Nunez 1:13.511 +0.893
3 P 2 Tequila Patrón ESM Pipo Derani 1:13.654 +1.036
Source:[11]

Qualifying

In Friday afternoon's 90-minute four-group qualifying, each category had separate 15-minute sessions. Regulations stipulated that teams nominate one qualifying driver, with the fastest laps determining each class' starting order. IMSA arranged the grid to put Prototypes ahead of the PC, GTLM and GTD cars.[12][3]

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by . All Prototype and Prototype Challenge cars were grouped together on the starting grid, regardless of qualifying position.

Pos Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 P 60 Michael Shank Racing w/Curb Agajanian Olivier Pla 1:13.061 _ 1
2 P 55 Mazda Motorsports Tristan Nunez 1:13.520 +0.459 2
3 P 31 Action Express Racing Dane Cameron 1:13.903 +0.842 3
4 P 70 Mazda Motorsports Tom Long 1:14.061 +1.000 4
5 P 5 Action Express Racing Christian Fittipaldi 1:14.160 +1.099 5
6 P 90 VisitFlorida Racing Ryan Dalziel 1:14.276 +1.215 6
7 P 2 Tequila Patrón ESM Johannes van Overbeek 1:14.360 +1.299 7
8 P 0 Panoz DeltaWing Racing Andy Meyrick 1:14.446 +1.385 8
9 P 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Ricky Taylor 1:14.533 +1.472 161
10 PC 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Robert Alon 1:16.411 +3.350 9
11 PC 8 Starworks Motorsport Alex Popow 1:16.470 +3.409 10
12 PC 20 BAR1 Motorsports Johnny Mowlem 1:16.495 +3.434 152
13 PC 38 Performance Tech Motorsports Kenton Koch 1:16.640 +3.579 11
14 PC 7 Starworks Motorsport Stefano Coletti 1:16.858 +3.797 12
15 PC 85 JDC-Miller Motorsports Chris Miller 1:17.205 +4.144 13
16 GTLM 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Richard Westbrook 1:18.131 +5.070 17
17 GTLM 3 Corvette Racing Antonio García 1:18.283 +5.222 18
18 GTLM 62 Risi Competizione Toni Vilander 1:18.294 +5.233 19
19 GTLM 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Joey Hand 1:18.327 +5.266 20
20 GTLM 68 Scuderia Corsa Daniel Serra 1:18.349 +5.288 21
21 GTLM 100 BMW Team RLL John Edwards 1:18.382 +5.321 22
22 GTLM 4 Corvette Racing Tommy Milner 1:18.468 +5.407 23
23 GTLM 912 Porsche North America Earl Bamber 1:18.712 +5.651 24
24 GTLM 25 BMW Team RLL Bill Auberlen 1:18.752 +5.691 25
25 GTLM 911 Porsche North America Nick Tandy 1:18.866 +5.805 26
26 PC 88 Starworks Motorsport Mark Kvamme 1:19.407 +6.346 14
27 GTD 33 Riley Motorsports Jeroen Bleekemolen 1:21.305 +8.244 27
28 GTD 73 Park Place Motorsports Matt McMurry 1:21.765 +8.704 28
29 GTD 23 Team Seattle / Alex Job Racing Mario Farnbacher 1:21.898 +8.837 29
30 GTD 63 Scuderia Corsa Christina Nielsen 1:22.103 +9.042 30
31 GTD 9 Stevenson Motorsports Lawson Aschenbach 1:22.114 +9.053 31
32 GTD 6 Stevenson Motorsports Robin Liddell 1:22.139 +9.078 32
33 GTD 48 Paul Miller Racing Madison Snow 1:22.143 +9.082 33
34 GTD 16 Change Racing Corey Lewis 1:22.231 +9.170 34
35 GTD 96 Turner Motorsport Bret Curtis 1:22.421 +9.360 35
36 GTD 27 Dream Racing Motorsport Paolo Ruberti 1:22.680 +9.619 36
37 GTD 44 Magnus Racing John Potter 1:22.950 +9.889 37
38 GTD 97 Turner Motorsport Michael Marsal 1:20.904 +11.111 38
Sources:[13][14]
  • 1 The No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing entry was moved to the back of the P field after the team elected to change tires after qualifying.
  • 2 The No. 20 BAR1 Motorsports entry was moved to the back of the PC field for starting the race with a different driver than who qualified.

Results

Class winners are denoted in bold and with [15]

Final race classification
Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 P 60 Michael Shank Racing w/Curb Agajanian Olivier Pla
John Pew
Oswaldo Negri Jr.
Ligier JS P2 C 412 10:00:30.023
Honda HR28TT/HPD 2.8L V6 Twin-Turbo
2 P 2 Tequila Patrón ESM Johannes van Overbeek
Scott Sharp
Pipo Derani
Ligier JS P2 C 412 +3.524
Honda HR28TT/HPD 2.8L V6 Twin-Turbo
3 P 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Ricky Taylor
Jordan Taylor
Max Angelelli
Corvette Daytona Prototype C 412 +11.745
Chevrolet 5.5L V8
4 P 31 Action Express Racing Dane Cameron
Eric Curran
Simon Pagenaud
Corvette Daytona Prototype C 412 +14.258
Chevrolet 5.5L V8
5 P 5 Action Express Racing Christian Fittipaldi
João Barbosa
Filipe Albuquerque
Corvette Daytona Prototype C 410 +2 Lap
Chevrolet 5.5L V8
6 PC 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Robert Alon
José Gutiérrez
Tom Kimber-Smith
Oreca FLM09 C 404 +8 laps
Chevrolet LS3 6.2L V8
7 PC 38 Performance Tech Motorsports Kenton Koch
James French
Kyle Marcelli
Oreca FLM09 C 403 +9 laps
Chevrolet LS3 6.2L V8
8

DNF

P 70 Mazda Motorsports Tom Long
Joel Miller
Spencer Pigot
Mazda Prototype C 401 DNF
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L I4 Turbo
9 GTLM 62 Risi Competizione Toni Vilander
Giancarlo Fisichella
James Calado
Ferrari 488 GTE M 398 +14 laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8
10 GTLM 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Joey Hand
Dirk Müller
Sébastien Bourdais
Ford GT M 398 +14 laps
Ford 3.5 L EcoBoost V6
11 GTLM 4 Corvette Racing Tommy Milner
Oliver Gavin
Marcel Fässler
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 398 +14 laps
Chevrolet 5.5L V8
12 GTLM 3 Corvette Racing Antonio García
Jan Magnussen
Mike Rockenfeller
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 397 +15 laps
Chevrolet 5.5L V8
13 PC 85 JDC-Miller Motorsports Chris Miller
Misha Goikhberg
Stephen Simpson
Oreca FLM09 C 395 +17 laps
Chevrolet LS3 6.2L V8
14 GTLM 912 Porsche North America Earl Bamber
Frédéric Makowiecki
Michael Christensen
Porsche 911 RSR M 395 +17 laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat 6
15 PC 88 Starworks Motorsport Mark Kvamme
Max Hanratty
Richard Bradley
Oreca FLM09 C 393 +19 laps
Chevrolet LS3 6.2L V8
16 GTLM 100 BMW Team RLL John Edwards
Lucas Luhr
Kuno Wittmer
BMW M6 GTLM M 391 +21 laps
BMW 4.4L Turbo V8
17 GTD 33 Riley Motorsports Jeroen Bleekemolen
Ben Keating
Marc Miller
Dodge Viper GT3-R C 385 +27 laps
Dodge 8.3L V10
18 GTD 63 Scuderia Corsa Christina Nielsen
Alessandro Balzan
Jeff Segal
Ferrari 488 GT3 C 384 +28 laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8
19 GTD 97 Turner Motorsport Michael Marsal
Markus Palttala
Cameron Lawrence
BMW M6 GT3 C 384 +28 laps
BMW 4.4L Turbo V8
20 GTD 48 Paul Miller Racing Madison Snow
Bryan Sellers
Bryce Miller
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 C 383 +29 laps
Lamborghini 5.2L V10
21 GTD 9 Stevenson Motorsports Lawson Aschenbach
Matt Bell
Dion von Moltke
Audi R8 LMS C 383 +29 laps
Audi 5.2L V10
22 GTD 27 Dream Racing Motorsport Paolo Ruperti
Luca Persiani
Cédric Sbirrazzuoli
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 C 383 +29 laps
Lamborghini 5.2L V10
23 GTD 6 Stevenson Motorsports Robin Liddell
Andrew Davis
Mike Skeen
Audi R8 LMS C 382 +30 laps
Audi 5.2L V10
24 PC 20 BAR1 Motorsports Tomy Drissi
Don Yount
Johnny Mowlem
Oreca FLM09 M 379 +33 laps
Chevrolet LS3 6.2L V8
25 GTLM 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Richard Westbrook
Ryan Briscoe
Scott Dixon
Ford GT M 372 +40 laps
Ford 3.5L EcoBoost V6
26 GTD 23 Team Seattle / Alex Job Racing Mario Farnbacher
Ian James
Alex Riberas
Porsche 911 GT3 R C 366 +46 laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat 6
27

DNF

GTD 96 Turner Motorsport Bret Curtis
Ashley Freiberg
Jens Klingmann
BMW M6 GT3 C 364 DNF
BMW 4.4L Turbo V8
28

DNF

GTLM 68 Scuderia Corsa Andrea Bertolini
Daniel Serra
Alessandro Pier Guidi
Ferrari 488 GTE M 350 DNF
Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8
29 GTD 16 Change Racing Corey Lewis
Spencer Pumpelly
Richard Antinucci
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 C 350 +62 laps
Lamborghini 5.2L V10
30 GTD 44 Magnus Racing John Potter
Andy Lally
Marco Seefried
Audi R8 LMS C 349 +63 laps
Audi 5.2L V10
31 GTD 73 Park Place Motorsports Matt McMurry
Jörg Bergmeister
Patrick Lindsey
Porsche 911 GT3 R C 348 +64 laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat 6
32

DNF

GTLM 25 BMW Team RLL Bill Auberlen
Dirk Werner
Augusto Farfus
BMW M6 GTLM M 317 DNF
BMW 4.4L Turbo V8
33

DNF

PC 8 Starworks Motorsport Alex Popow
Renger van der Zande
David Heinemeier Hansson
Oreca FLM09 C 287 DNF
Chevrolet LS3 6.2L V8
34 GTLM 911 Porsche North America Nick Tandy
Patrick Pilet
Richard Lietz
Porsche 911 RSR M 229 +183 laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat 6
35

DNF

P 90 VisitFlorida Racing Ryan Dalziel
Marc Goossens
Ryan Hunter-Reay
Corvette Daytona Prototype C 198 DNF
Chevrolet 5.5L V8
36

DNF

P 0 Panoz DeltaWing Racing Andy Meyrick
Katherine Legge
Sean Rayhall
DeltaWing DWC13 C 169 DNF
Élan (Mazda) 1.9L I4 Turbo
37

DNF

P 55 Mazda Motorsports Tristan Nunez
Jonathan Bomarito
Spencer Pigot
Mazda Prototype C 114 DNF
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0L I4 Turbo
38

DNF

PC 7 Starworks Motorsport Stefano Coletti
James Dayson
Quinlan Lall
Oreca FLM 09 C 50 DNF
Chevrolet LS3 6.2L V8
Sources:[16][17]
Tyre manufacturers
Key
SymbolTyre manufacturer
CContinental
MMichelin

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