2018 Petit Le Mans

The 2018 Petit Le Mans (formally known as the 2018 MOTUL Petit Le Mans for sponsorship reasons) was the 21st running of the Petit Le Mans, and was held on October 15, 2018.^[1] It was the last race in the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship, and the last race of the 2018 Tequila Patron North American Endurance Cup, and was run at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia. The race was won overall by the #10 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R.

Background

International Motor Sports Association's (IMSA) president Scott Atherton confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2018 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2017.^[2] It was the fifth consecutive year the event was held as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the 21st annual running of the race. The race was the final of 2018's twelve scheduled IMSA automobile endurance races, and the last of four Tequila Patron North American Endurance Cup (NAEC) events.^[3] The race was held at the twelve-turn, 2.540-mile (4.088 km) Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia, on October 15, 2018.^[3] The 2018 Petit Le Mans marked the first IMSA race after the passing of American Le Mans Series founder Don Panoz on 11 September 2018.^[4] The DeltaWing and Panoz Esperante GTR-1 did 1 demonstration lap before the race start on Saturday in tribute of Panoz.^[5]

After the Monterey Grand Prix 1 month earlier, Eric Curran and Felipe Nasr led the Prototype Drivers' Championship with 254 points, ahead of Jon Bennett and Colin Braun with 250 points.^[6] With 299 points, the GTLM Drivers' Championship was led by Antonio García and Jan Magnussen with a nine-point advantage over Ryan Briscoe and Richard Westbrook.^[6] In GTD, the Drivers' Championship was led by Bryan Sellers and Madison Snow with a six-point advantage over Katherine Legge with 297 points.^[6] Cadillac, Ford, and Lamborghini were leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while Whelen Engineering Racing, Corvette Racing, and Paul Miller Racing each led their own Teams' Championships.^[6]

As the final race for the 2018 season, the race marked the final event for Continental Tire being the official tire supplier of the IMSA SportsCar Championship. Beginning in 2019, Michelin would take over as the sole tire supplier of the series.^[7]

The P class made its final appearance as Daytona Prototype International and LMP2 would split into two classes in 2019.^[8]

This was the final race entry for Tequila Patrón ESM due to Tequila Patrón ending their involvement with IMSA.^[9] As a result, the team shutdown after not finding a sponsor to replace Tequila Patrón.^[10]

On October 3, 2018, IMSA released the latest technical bulletin outlining Balance of Performance for the event.^[11] In P, the Acura ARX-05 received an increase in turbo boost and gained 2 liters of fuel capacity. The LMP2 cars gained 3 liters of fuel capacity while the Mazda RT24-P gained 1 liter of fuel capacity. In GTLM, the Porsche 911 RSR received a 0.7 mm larger air restrictor and got a 15 kilogram weight increase. Additionally, the car gained 1 liter of fuel capacity. The BMW M8 GTE received a fuel capacity reduction of 6 liters. In GTD, the Acura NSX GT3 received a 10 kilogram weight increase. The Audi R8 LMS received a 1 mm smaller air restrictor and a fuel capacity reduction of 2 liters.

Entries

Due to a highly controversial change made by the FIA/ACO in the 2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship, which saw the date of the 6 Hours of Fuji moved to allow Fernando Alonso to compete at the home race of the sole LMP1 manufacturer, Toyota, several drivers which were due to compete in both events were unable to do so. ^[12]^[13] As such, the entry list featured a large number of changes compared to the previous rounds of the championship. ^[14] A total of 37 cars took part in the event split across 3 classes. 14 cars were entered in P, 9 in GTLM, and 14 in GTD.^[15] In P, Tristan Vautier substituted for João Barbosa, who received injuries from an accident at the previous round in Laguna Seca.^[16] Marino Franchitti substituted for Harry Tincknell in the #55 Mazda Team Joest entry due to a clash with the WEC race at Fuji while Lucas Di Grassi substituted for René Rast in the #77 Mazda Team Joest entry due to a clash with the DTM race at Hockenheimring.^[17] Timo Bernhard and Norman Nato subbed for Oliver Pla and Nicolas Lapierre in the Tequila Patrón ESM entries due to a clash with the WEC race at Fuji.^[18]^[19] Gabby Chaves joined Felipe Nasr and Eric Curran in the #31 Whelen Engineering Racing entry.^[20] in GTLM, Risi Competizione made its first appearance since Sebring.^[21] Chaz Mostert made his IMSA SportsCar Championship debut joining John Edwards and Jesse Krohn in the #24 BMW Team RLL entry.^[22] Mathieu Jaminet joined Earl Bamber and Laurens Vanthoor in the #912 Porsche GT Team entry.^[23] Bill Auberlen returned to the #25 BMW Team RLL entry. Marcel Fässler substituted for Mike Rockenfeller in the #3 Corvette Racing entry due to a clash with the DTM race at Hockenheimring.^[15] In GTD, Montaplast by Land-Motorsport and P1 Motorsports made their first appearances since the Watkins Glen round. Don Yount, Dillon Machavern, and Markus Palttala returned to the Turner Motorsport entry.

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.^[24]

Practice 1

The first practice session took place at 11:15 am ET on Thursday and ended with Filipe Albuquerque topping the charts for Mustang Sampling Racing, with a lap time of 1:11.878.^[25]

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap
1	P	5	Mustang Sampling Racing	Filipe Albuquerque	1:11.878	_
2	P	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Felipe Nasr	1:12.152	+0.274
3	P	10	Wayne Taylor Racing	Renger van der Zande	1:12.197	+0.319
Source:^[26]

Practice 2

The second practice session took place at 3:15 pm ET on Thursday and ended with Colin Braun topping the charts for CORE Autosport, with a lap time of 1:11.669.^[27]

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap
1	P	54	CORE Autosport	Colin Braun	1:11.669	_
2	P	5	Mustang Sampling Racing	Tristan Vautier	1:11.806	+0.137
3	P	6	Acura Team Penske	Juan Pablo Montoya	1:11.950	+0.281
Source:^[28]

Night Practice

The night practice session took place at 7:30 pm ET on Thursday and ended with Norman Nato topping the charts for Tequila Patrón ESM, with a lap time of 1:11.457.^[29]

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap
1	P	2	Tequila Patrón ESM	Norman Nato	1:11.457	_
2	P	22	Tequila Patrón ESM	Pipo Derani	1:11.547	+0.090
3	P	7	Acura Team Penske	Ricky Taylor	1:11.663	+0.206
Source:^[30]

Final Practice

The fourth and final practice session took place at 11:15 am ET on Friday and ended with Oliver Jarvis topping the charts for Mazda Team Joest, with a lap time of 1:10.786.^[31]

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap
1	P	77	Mazda Team Joest	Oliver Jarvis	1:10.786	_
2	P	5	Mustang Sampling Racing	Filipe Albuquerque	1:10.801	+0.015
3	P	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Felipe Nasr	1:10.831	+0.045
Source:^[32]

Qualifying

Friday afternoon's 65-minute qualifying session was divided into three groups.^[24] All three categories had 15-minute individual sessions, and regulations stipulated teams to nominate a single driver to qualify their cars. The competitors' fastest lap times determined the starting order with the grid arranged to put the Prototype and GTLM cars ahead of all GTD entries.^[33]

Qualifying results

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


Pos	Class	No.	Team	Car	Driver	Time	Gap	Grid
1	P	22	Tequila Patrón ESM	Nissan Onroak DPi	Pipo Derani	1:10.437	_	1‡
2	P	77	Mazda Team Joest	Mazda RT-24P	Oliver Jarvis	1:10.561	+0.124	2
3	P	55	Mazda Team Joest	Mazda RT-24P	Jonathan Bomarito	1:10.600	+0.163	3
4	P	2	Tequila Patrón ESM	Nissan Onroak DPi	Norman Nato	1:10.775	+0.338	4
5	P	7	Acura Team Penske	Acura ARX-05	Ricky Taylor	1:10.780	+0.343	5
6	P	5	Mustang Sampling Racing	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Filipe Albuquerque	1:10.892	+0.455	6
7	P	85	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Oreca 07	Simon Trummer	1:10.912	+0.475	7
8	P	6	Acura Team Penske	Acura ARX-05	Juan Pablo Montoya	1:10.947	+0.510	8
9	P	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Felipe Nasr	1:10.981	+0.544	9
10	P	54	CORE Autosport	Oreca 07	Colin Braun	1:11.071	+0.634	14¹
11	P	99	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Oreca 07	Stephen Simpson	1:11.151	+0.714	10
12	P	10	Wayne Taylor Racing	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Renger van der Zande	1:11.468	+1.031	11
13	P	52	AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports	Oreca 07	José Gutiérrez	1:11.708	+1.271	12
14	P	38	Performance Tech Motorsports	Oreca 07	James French	1:11.859	+1.422	13
15	GTLM	24	BMW Team RLL	BMW M8 GTE	John Edwards	1:17.006	+6.569	15‡
16	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Antonio García	1:17.030	+6.593	16
17	GTLM	912	Porsche GT Team	Porsche 911 RSR	Earl Bamber	1:17.209	+6.772	17
18	GTLM	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ford GT	Richard Westbrook	1:17.220	+6.783	18
19	GTLM	911	Porsche GT Team	Porsche 911 RSR	Patrick Pilet	1:17.369	+6.932	19
20	GTLM	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ford GT	Joey Hand	1:17.383	+6.946	20
21	GTLM	25	BMW Team RLL	BMW M8 GTE	Connor De Phillippi	1:17.428	+6.991	21
22	GTLM	4	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Tommy Milner	1:17.451	+7.014	22
23	GTLM	62	Risi Competizione	Ferrari 488 GTE	Toni Vilander	1:17.774	+7.337	23
24	GTD	63	Scuderia Corsa	Ferrari 488 GT3	Daniel Serra	1:19.695	+9.258	24‡
25	GTD	15	3GT Racing	Lexus RC F GT3	Jack Hawksworth	1:19.732	+9.295	25
26	GTD	29	Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS GT3	Sheldon van der Linde	1:19.744	+9.307	26
27	GTD	93	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanin	Acura NSX GT3	Mario Franbacher	1:19.877	+9.440	27
28	GTD	48	Paul Miller Racing	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	Bryan Sellers	1:20.079	+9.642	28
29	GTD	86	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanin	Acura NSX GT3	Álvaro Parente	1:20.095	+9.658	29
30	GTD	64	Scuderia Corsa	Ferrari 488 GT3	Matteo Cressoni	1:20.297	+9.860	30
31	GTD	14	3GT Racing	Lexus RC F GT3	Dominik Baumann	1:20.366	+9.929	31
32	GTD	33	Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Ben Keating	1:20.587	+10.150	32
33	GTD	71	P1 Motorsports	Mercedes-AMG GT3	JC Perez	1:21.580	+11.143	33
34	GTD	96	Turner Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3	Don Yount	1:21.650	+11.213	34
35	GTD	44	Magnus Racing	Audi R8 LMS GT3	John Potter	1:21.895	+11.458	36²
36	GTD	73	Park Place Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Tim Pappas	1:22.610	+12.713	37³
37	GTD	58	Wright Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3 R	-	No Time		35⁴
Sources:^[34]^[35]

¹ The No. 54 CORE Autosport entry was moved to the back of the P field for starting the race with a different driver than who qualified.
² The No. 44 Magnus Racing entry was moved to the back of the GTD field after the team elected to change tires after qualifying.
³ The No. 73 Park Place Motorsports entry was moved to the back of the GTD field after the team elected to change tires after qualifying.
⁴ The No. 58 Wright Motorsports entry was moved to the back of the GTD field for starting the race with a different driver than who qualified.

Race

Post-race

Curran, and Nasr took the Prototype Drivers' Championship with 277 points. They were 3 points ahead of Bennett, and Braun in second position. Jordan Taylor and Renger van der Zande followed in third place with 270 points, ahead of Goikhberg and Simpson in fourth with 252 points and Cameron and Montoya in fifth with 251 points.^[36] García and Magnussen took the GTLM Drivers' Championship with 322 points. They were 6 points ahead of Briscoe and Westbrook in second position. Gavin and Milner followed in third place with 310 points, ahead of Hand and Müller with 308 points in fourth and Bamber and Vanthoor in fifth with 308 points.^[36] With 333 points, Sellers and Snow won the GTD Drivers' Championship, 4 points ahead of Legge in second. Bleekemolen and Keating were in third position with 299 points and MacNeil was fourth with 295 points.^[36] Cadillac, Ford, and Lamborghini won their respective Manufactures' Championships while Whelen Engineering Racing, Corvette Racing, and Paul Miller Racing won their respective Teams' Championships.^[36]

Results

Class winners are denoted in bold and ‡.

Final race classification
Pos	Class	No.	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tire	Laps	Time/Retired
Pos	Class	No.	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tire	Laps	Time/Retired
1	P	10	Wayne Taylor Racing	Jordan Taylor Renger van der Zande Ryan Hunter-Reay	Cadillac DPi-V.R	C	443	10:00:29.165‡
1	P	10	Wayne Taylor Racing	Jordan Taylor Renger van der Zande Ryan Hunter-Reay	Cadillac 5.5 L V8	C	443	10:00:29.165‡
2	P	77	Mazda Team Joest	Oliver Jarvis Tristan Nunez Lucas Di Grassi	Mazda RT24-P	C	443	+5.306
2	P	77	Mazda Team Joest	Oliver Jarvis Tristan Nunez Lucas Di Grassi	Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0L Turbo I4	C	443	+5.306
3	P	55	Mazda Team Joest	Jonathan Bomarito Marino Franchitti Spencer Pigot	Mazda RT-24P	C	443	+7.605
3	P	55	Mazda Team Joest	Jonathan Bomarito Marino Franchitti Spencer Pigot	Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0L Turbo I4	C	443	+7.605
4	P	5	Mustang Sampling Racing	Filipe Albuquerque Tristan Vautier Christian Fittipaldi	Cadillac DPi-V.R	C	443	+9.458
4	P	5	Mustang Sampling Racing	Filipe Albuquerque Tristan Vautier Christian Fittipaldi	Cadillac 5.5 L V8	C	443	+9.458
5	P	7	Acura Team Penske	Hélio Castroneves Ricky Taylor Graham Rahal	Acura ARX-05	C	443	+30.450
5	P	7	Acura Team Penske	Hélio Castroneves Ricky Taylor Graham Rahal	Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6	C	443	+30.450
6	P	22	Tequila Patron ESM	Johannes van Overbeek Pipo Derani Timo Bernhard	Nissan Onroak DPi	C	443	+45.065
6	P	22	Tequila Patron ESM	Johannes van Overbeek Pipo Derani Timo Bernhard	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6	C	443	+45.065
7	P	54	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett Colin Braun Romain Dumas	Oreca 07	C	443	+56.543
7	P	54	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett Colin Braun Romain Dumas	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	C	443	+56.543
8	P	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Felipe Nasr Eric Curran Gabby Chaves	Cadillac DPi-V.R	C	442	+ 1 Lap
8	P	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Felipe Nasr Eric Curran Gabby Chaves	Cadillac 5.5 L V8	C	442	+ 1 Lap
9	P	85	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Robert Alon Simon Trummer Nelson Panciatici	Oreca 07	C	441	Did Not Finish
9	P	85	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Robert Alon Simon Trummer Nelson Panciatici	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	C	441	Did Not Finish
10	P	99	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Misha Goikhberg Stephen Simpson Chris Miller	Oreca 07	C	435	+8 Laps
10	P	99	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Misha Goikhberg Stephen Simpson Chris Miller	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	C	435	+8 Laps
11	P	2	Tequila Patrón ESM	Ryan Dalziel Scott Sharp Norman Nato	Nissan Onroak DPi	C	433	+10 Laps
11	P	2	Tequila Patrón ESM	Ryan Dalziel Scott Sharp Norman Nato	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6	C	433	+10 Laps
12	GTLM	911	Porsche GT Team	Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 911 RSR	M	419	+24 Laps‡
12	GTLM	911	Porsche GT Team	Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	419	+24 Laps‡
13	GTLM	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Marcel Fässler	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	M	419	+24 Laps
13	GTLM	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Marcel Fässler	Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8	M	419	+24 Laps
14	GTLM	24	BMW Team RLL	John Edwards Jesse Krohn Chaz Mostert	BMW M8 GTE	M	419	+24 Laps
14	GTLM	24	BMW Team RLL	John Edwards Jesse Krohn Chaz Mostert	BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8	M	419	+24 Laps
15	GTLM	25	BMW Team RLL	Connor De Phillippi Bill Auberlen Alexander Sims	BMW M8 GTE	M	419	+24 Laps
15	GTLM	25	BMW Team RLL	Connor De Phillippi Bill Auberlen Alexander Sims	BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8	M	419	+24 Laps
16	GTLM	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook Scott Dixon	Ford GT	M	419	+24 Laps
16	GTLM	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook Scott Dixon	Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6	M	419	+24 Laps
17	GTLM	912	Porsche GT Team	Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor Mathieu Jaminet	Porsche 911 RSR	M	419	+24 Laps
17	GTLM	912	Porsche GT Team	Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor Mathieu Jaminet	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	419	+24 Laps
18	GTLM	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Joey Hand Dirk Müller Sébastien Bourdais	Ford GT	M	418	+25 Laps
18	GTLM	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Joey Hand Dirk Müller Sébastien Bourdais	Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6	M	418	+25 Laps
19	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Antonio García Jan Magnussen Mike Rockenfeller	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	M	417	+26 Laps
19	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Antonio García Jan Magnussen Mike Rockenfeller	Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8	M	417	+26 Laps
20	GTLM	62	Risi Competizione	Andrea Bertolini Miguel Molina Toni Vilander	Ferrari 488 GTE	M	416	+27 Laps
20	GTLM	62	Risi Competizione	Andrea Bertolini Miguel Molina Toni Vilander	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	M	416	+27 Laps
21	GTD	63	Scuderia Corsa	Daniel Serra Cooper MacNeil Gunnar Jeannette	Ferrari 488 GT3	C	407	+36 Laps‡
21	GTD	63	Scuderia Corsa	Daniel Serra Cooper MacNeil Gunnar Jeannette	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	C	407	+36 Laps‡
22	GTD	86	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian	Katherine Legge Álvaro Parente Trent Hindman	Acura NSX GT3	C	407	+36 Laps
22	GTD	86	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian	Katherine Legge Álvaro Parente Trent Hindman	Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6	C	407	+36 Laps
23	GTD	48	Paul Miller Racing	Bryan Sellers Madison Snow Corey Lewis	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	C	406	+37 Laps
23	GTD	48	Paul Miller Racing	Bryan Sellers Madison Snow Corey Lewis	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	C	406	+37 Laps
24	GTD	58	Wright Motorsports	Patrick Long Christina Nielsen Robert Renauer	Porsche 911 GT3 R	C	406	+37 Laps
24	GTD	58	Wright Motorsports	Patrick Long Christina Nielsen Robert Renauer	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	C	406	+37 Laps
25	GTD	64	Scuderia Corsa	Townsend Bell Frankie Montecalvo Matteo Cressoni	Ferrari 488 GT3	C	406	+37 Laps
25	GTD	64	Scuderia Corsa	Townsend Bell Frankie Montecalvo Matteo Cressoni	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	C	406	+37 Laps
26	GTD	29	Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	Sheldon van der Linde Christopher Mies Daniel Morad	Audi R8 LMS GT3	C	406	+37 Laps
26	GTD	29	Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	Sheldon van der Linde Christopher Mies Daniel Morad	Audi 5.2L V10	C	406	+37 Laps
27	GTD	71	P1 Motorsports	JC Perez Felipe Fraga Maximilian Buhk	Mercedes AMG GT3	C	406	+37 Laps
27	GTD	71	P1 Motorsports	JC Perez Felipe Fraga Maximilian Buhk	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	C	406	+37 Laps
28	GTD	33	Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsport	Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben Keating Luca Stolz	Mercedes AMG GT3	C	405	+38 Laps
28	GTD	33	Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsport	Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben Keating Luca Stolz	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	C	405	+38 Laps
29	GTD	44	Magnus Racing	John Potter Andy Lally Andrew Davis	Audi R8 LMS GT3	C	405	+38 Laps
29	GTD	44	Magnus Racing	John Potter Andy Lally Andrew Davis	Audi 5.2L V10	C	405	+38 Laps
30	GTD	15	3GT Racing	Jack Hawksworth David Heinemeier Hansson Sean Rayhall	Lexus RC F GT3	C	399	+44 Laps
30	GTD	15	3GT Racing	Jack Hawksworth David Heinemeier Hansson Sean Rayhall	Lexus 5.0L V8	C	399	+44 Laps
31 DNF	P	52	AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports	Sebastián Saavedra José Gutiérrez Will Owen	Oreca 07	C	367	Did Not Finish
31 DNF	P	52	AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports	Sebastián Saavedra José Gutiérrez Will Owen	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	C	367	Did Not Finish
32	P	6	Acura Team Penske	Dane Cameron Juan Pablo Montoya Simon Pagenaud	Acura ARX-05	C	310	+ 133 Laps
32	P	6	Acura Team Penske	Dane Cameron Juan Pablo Montoya Simon Pagenaud	Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6	C	310	+ 133 Laps
33 DNF	GTD	14	3GT Racing	Dominik Baumann Kyle Marcelli Phillipp Frommenwiler	Lexus RC F GT3	C	226	Lost Wheel
33 DNF	GTD	14	3GT Racing	Dominik Baumann Kyle Marcelli Phillipp Frommenwiler	Lexus 5.0L V8	C	226	Lost Wheel
34 DNF	P	38	Performance Tech Motorsports	James French Kyle Masson Patricio O'Ward	Oreca 07	C	204	Rear End
34 DNF	P	38	Performance Tech Motorsports	James French Kyle Masson Patricio O'Ward	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	C	204	Rear End
35 DNF	GTD	93	Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian	Mario Franbacher Justin Marks Lawson Aschenbach	Acura NSX GT3	C	186	Oil Pressure
35 DNF	GTD	93	Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian	Mario Franbacher Justin Marks Lawson Aschenbach	Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6	C	186	Oil Pressure
36 DNF	GTD	73	Park Place Motorsports	Spencer Pumpelly Wolf Henzler Tim Pappas	Porsche 911 GT3 R	C	122	Gearbox
36 DNF	GTD	73	Park Place Motorsports	Spencer Pumpelly Wolf Henzler Tim Pappas	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	C	122	Gearbox
37 DNF	GTD	96	Turner Motorsport	Don Yount Dillon Machavern Markus Palttala	BMW M6 GT3	C	68	Crash
37 DNF	GTD	96	Turner Motorsport	Don Yount Dillon Machavern Markus Palttala	BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8	C	68	Crash
Sources:^[37]^[38]

Tyre manufacturers
Key
Symbol	Tyre manufacturer
C	Continental
M	Michelin

Standings after the race

Prototype Drivers' Championship standings^[36]
Pos.	+/–	Driver	Points
1		Eric Curran Felipe Nasr	277
2		Jon Bennett Colin Braun	274
3		Jordan Taylor Renger van der Zande	270
4	1	Misha Goikhberg Stephen Simpson	252
5	1	Dane Cameron Juan Pablo Montoya	251

GTLM Drivers' Championship standings^[36]
Pos.	+/–	Driver	Points
1		Antonio García Jan Magnussen	322
2		Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook	316
3	2	Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner	310
4	1	Joey Hand Dirk Müller	308
5	1	Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor	308

GTD Drivers' Championship standings^[36]
Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Bryan Sellers Madison Snow	333
2	Katherine Legge	329
3	Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben Keating	299
4	Cooper MacNeil	295
5	Dominik Baumann Kyle Marcelli	268

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

Prototype Teams' Championship standings^[36]
Pos.	+/–	Team	Points
1		No. 31 Whelen Engineering Racing	277
2		No. 54 CORE Autosport	274
3		No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing	270
4	1	No. 99 JDC-Miller Motorsports	252
5	1	No. 6 Acura Team Penske	251

GTLM Teams' Championship standings^[36]
Pos.	+/–	Team	Points
1		No. 3 Corvette Racing	322
2		No. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	316
3	2	No. 4 Corvette Racing	310
4	1	No. 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	308
5	1	No. 912 Porsche GT Team	308

GTD Teams' Championship standings^[36]
Pos.	Team	Points
1	No. 48 Paul Miller Racing	333
2	No. 86 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanin	329
3	No. 33 Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports	299
4	No. 63 Scuderia Corsa	295
5	No. 14 3GT Racing	266

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

Prototype Manufacturers' Championship standings^[36]
Pos.	Manufacturer	Points
1	Cadillac	322
2	Acura	316
3	Nissan	302
4	Mazda	300

GTLM Manufacturers' Championship standings^[36]
Pos.	Manufacturer	Points
1	Ford	351
2	Chevrolet	345
3	Porsche	341
4	BMW	332
5	Ferrari	84

GTD Manufacturers' Championship standings^[36]
Pos.	+/–	Manufacturer	Points
1		Lamborghini	340
2		Acura	330
3	2	Ferrari	310
4		Mercedes-AMG	307
5	2	Lexus	306

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

References

^ Dagys, John (15 October 2018). "Continental Tire Petit Le Mans Post-Race Notebook – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
^ Goodwin, Graham (August 6, 2017). "IMSA Announce 2018 Calendar". DailySportsCar. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
^ ^a ^b Pruett, Marshall (August 4, 2017). "IMSA's 2018 WeatherTech calendar released". racer.com. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
^ Malsher-Lopez, David (September 11, 2018). "Don Panoz, 1935-2018". us.motorsport.com. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
^ Watkins, Gary (October 8, 2018). "DeltaWing and GTR-1 to pay tribute to Don Panoz". us.motorsport.com. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "00_Championship Points - Official.pdf" (PDF). results.imsa.com. September 12, 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2023. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
^ Malsher-Lopez, David (September 20, 2017). "Michelin replaces Continental in IMSA from 2019". us.motorsport.com. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
^ Bradley, Charles (August 3, 2018). "IMSA splits DPi and LMP2 into two classes for 2019". us.motorsport.com. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
^ Malsher-Lopez, David (July 16, 2018). "Tequila Patron to end team and IMSA series sponsorship". us.motorsport.com. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
^ Dagys, John (December 1, 2018). "ESM Shutters Operations". sportscar365.com. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
^ Dagys, John (October 3, 2018). "Acura DPi Gets Power Increase for Petit Le Mans". sportscar365.com. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
^ "Petit Le Mans, Fuji WEC Date Clash a "Big Problem" for Drivers – Sportscar365". Retrieved 2019-01-03.
^ "WEC moves Fuji race to avoid Alonso F1 clash". www.motorsport.com. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
^ "IMSA Petit Le Mans entry list released". RACER. 2018-10-04. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
^ ^a ^b Lloyd, Daniel (October 3, 2018). "37 Cars for Petit Le Mans". sportscar365.com. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
^ Dagys, John (October 9, 2018). "Vautier to Sub for Barbosa at Action Express". sportscar365.com. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
^ Dagys, John (October 4, 2018). "Franchitti, Di Grassi Complete Mazda Lineup at Petit Le Mans". sportscar365.com. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
^ Kilshaw, Jake (August 27, 2018). "ESM Signs Bernhard, Giovinazzi for Petit Le Mans". sportscar365.com. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
^ "Nato to Replace Giovinazzi for Petit Le Mans". sportscar365.com. October 2, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
^ Malsher-Lopez, David (September 25, 2018). "Chaves rejoins Action Express for Petit Le Mans". us.motorsport.com. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
^ Lloyd, Daniel (September 14, 2018). "Risi Competizione Confirms Petit Le Mans Entry". sportscar365.com. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
^ Klein, Jamie (August 5, 2018). "Mostert to make IMSA debut at Petit Le Mans". us.motorsport.com. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
^ Lloyd, Daniel (October 2, 2018). "Jaminet Gets Porsche GTLM Call-Up for Petit Le Mans". sportscar365.com. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Continental Tire Keys to the Race: Petit Le Mans". sportscar365.com. October 10, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
^ Dagys, John (October 11, 2018). "Action Express 1-2 in Opening Practice at Road Atlanta". sportscar365.com. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
^ "03_Results_Practice 1.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. October 11, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
^ Dagys, John (October 11, 2018). "Braun Tops Practice 2 at Road Atlanta". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
^ "03_Results_Practice 2.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. October 11, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
^ Dagys, John (October 11, 2018). "Nato Leads ESM 1-2 in Night Practice". sportscar365.com. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
^ "03_Results_Practice 3.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. October 11, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
^ Malsher-Lopez, David (October 12, 2018). "Petit Le Mans: Jarvis puts Mazda on top in FP4, Corvettes lead GTLM". us.motorsport.com. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
^ "03_Results_Practice 4.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. October 12, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
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^ "00_Starting Grid_Race_Official.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. October 13, 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2023. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "00_Championship Points - Official.pdf" (PDF). results.imsa.com. October 15, 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2023. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
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^ "2018 MOTUL PETIT LE MANS". racing-reference.info. Retrieved November 13, 2023.

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[1] Dagys, John (15 October 2018). "Continental Tire Petit Le Mans Post-Race Notebook – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 2019-01-03.

[2018IMSASchedule-2] Goodwin, Graham (August 6, 2017). "IMSA Announce 2018 Calendar". DailySportsCar. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2023.

[:02-3] Pruett, Marshall (August 4, 2017). "IMSA's 2018 WeatherTech calendar released". racer.com. Retrieved July 25, 2023.

[4] Malsher-Lopez, David (September 11, 2018). "Don Panoz, 1935-2018". us.motorsport.com. Retrieved June 21, 2023.

[5] Watkins, Gary (October 8, 2018). "DeltaWing and GTR-1 to pay tribute to Don Panoz". us.motorsport.com. Retrieved June 21, 2023.

[:1-6] "00_Championship Points - Official.pdf" (PDF). results.imsa.com. September 12, 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2023. Retrieved July 25, 2023.

[7] Malsher-Lopez, David (September 20, 2017). "Michelin replaces Continental in IMSA from 2019". us.motorsport.com. Retrieved June 21, 2023.

[8] Bradley, Charles (August 3, 2018). "IMSA splits DPi and LMP2 into two classes for 2019". us.motorsport.com. Retrieved June 21, 2023.

[9] Malsher-Lopez, David (July 16, 2018). "Tequila Patron to end team and IMSA series sponsorship". us.motorsport.com. Retrieved June 21, 2023.

[10] Dagys, John (December 1, 2018). "ESM Shutters Operations". sportscar365.com. Retrieved June 21, 2023.

[11] Dagys, John (October 3, 2018). "Acura DPi Gets Power Increase for Petit Le Mans". sportscar365.com. Retrieved June 21, 2023.

[12] "Petit Le Mans, Fuji WEC Date Clash a "Big Problem" for Drivers – Sportscar365". Retrieved 2019-01-03.

[13] "WEC moves Fuji race to avoid Alonso F1 clash". www.motorsport.com. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-03.

[14] "IMSA Petit Le Mans entry list released". RACER. 2018-10-04. Retrieved 2019-01-03.

[:0-15] Lloyd, Daniel (October 3, 2018). "37 Cars for Petit Le Mans". sportscar365.com. Retrieved June 21, 2023.

[16] Dagys, John (October 9, 2018). "Vautier to Sub for Barbosa at Action Express". sportscar365.com. Retrieved June 21, 2023.

[17] Dagys, John (October 4, 2018). "Franchitti, Di Grassi Complete Mazda Lineup at Petit Le Mans". sportscar365.com. Retrieved June 21, 2023.

[18] Kilshaw, Jake (August 27, 2018). "ESM Signs Bernhard, Giovinazzi for Petit Le Mans". sportscar365.com. Retrieved June 21, 2023.

[19] "Nato to Replace Giovinazzi for Petit Le Mans". sportscar365.com. October 2, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2023.

[20] Malsher-Lopez, David (September 25, 2018). "Chaves rejoins Action Express for Petit Le Mans". us.motorsport.com. Retrieved June 21, 2023.

[21] Lloyd, Daniel (September 14, 2018). "Risi Competizione Confirms Petit Le Mans Entry". sportscar365.com. Retrieved June 21, 2023.

[22] Klein, Jamie (August 5, 2018). "Mostert to make IMSA debut at Petit Le Mans". us.motorsport.com. Retrieved June 21, 2023.

[23] Lloyd, Daniel (October 2, 2018). "Jaminet Gets Porsche GTLM Call-Up for Petit Le Mans". sportscar365.com. Retrieved June 21, 2023.

[:3-24] "Continental Tire Keys to the Race: Petit Le Mans". sportscar365.com. October 10, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2023.

[25] Dagys, John (October 11, 2018). "Action Express 1-2 in Opening Practice at Road Atlanta". sportscar365.com. Retrieved June 21, 2023.

[26] "03_Results_Practice 1.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. October 11, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2023.

[27] Dagys, John (October 11, 2018). "Braun Tops Practice 2 at Road Atlanta". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved June 21, 2023.

[28] "03_Results_Practice 2.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. October 11, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2023.

[29] Dagys, John (October 11, 2018). "Nato Leads ESM 1-2 in Night Practice". sportscar365.com. Retrieved June 21, 2023.

[30] "03_Results_Practice 3.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. October 11, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2023.

[31] Malsher-Lopez, David (October 12, 2018). "Petit Le Mans: Jarvis puts Mazda on top in FP4, Corvettes lead GTLM". us.motorsport.com. Retrieved June 21, 2023.

[32] "03_Results_Practice 4.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. October 12, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2023.

[2018regs-33] "2018 IMSA Sporting Regulations & Series Supplementary Regulations of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. May 16, 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 29, 2018. Retrieved June 14, 2018.

[34] "IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship" (PDF). results.imsa.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-10-13. Retrieved 2019-01-03.

[35] "00_Starting Grid_Race_Official.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. October 13, 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2023. Retrieved June 20, 2023.

[:2-36] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "00_Championship Points - Official.pdf" (PDF). results.imsa.com. October 15, 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2023. Retrieved July 25, 2023.

[37] "IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship" (PDF). www.dailysportscar.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-01-03. Retrieved 2019-01-03.

[38] "2018 MOTUL PETIT LE MANS". racing-reference.info. Retrieved November 13, 2023.

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2018 Petit Le Mans

Background

Entries

Practice

Practice 1

Practice 2

Night Practice

Final Practice

Qualifying

Qualifying results

Race

Post-race

Results

Standings after the race

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