2017 Petit Le Mans Review

Review of Round Twelve and final round of the 2017 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the final round of the North American Endurance Championship at Road Atlanta, Braselton, Georgia for the annual Petit Le Mans.

Tequila Patrón ESM won the race overall and Prototype class too of Ryan Dalziel, Scott Sharp and Brendon Hartley in their Nissan Onroak DPi, Nissan 3.8 L Turbo V6.



While, Whelen Engineering Racing finished second place in their Cadillac DPi-V.R, Cadillac 6.2 L V8, the team of Dane Cameron, Eric Curran and Mike Conway; they were seven and half seconds behind the leaders. Meanwhile, Team Penske finished third place in their Oreca 07, Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8, the team of Hélio Castroneves, Juan Pablo Montoya and Simon Pagenaud; they were eight seconds behind the leaders.

In GT Le Mans Class, BMW Team RLL team won GT Le Mans Class and finished in seventh place overall in their BMW M6 GTLM; with the drivers of Bill Auberlen, Alexander Sims and Nick Catsburg; they were ten laps behind the leaders.

In Prototype Challenge Class (all teams using Oreca FLM09 race car), BAR1 Motorsports team won Prototype Challenge Class and finished in fifteenth place overall; with the drivers of Tomy Drissi, Garett Grist and John Falb; they were eighteen laps behind the leaders.

In GT Daytona Class, Montaplast by Land-Motorsport team won GT Daytona Class and finished in sixteenth place overall in their Audi R8 LMS; with the drivers of Connor De Phillippi, Christopher Mies and Sheldon van der Linde; they were twenty laps behind the leaders.


And so who are this years champions as its the final round of the season. In Prototype Class, Jordan Taylor and Ricky Taylor won the drivers championship, while Wayne Taylor Racing took the teams championship; while Cadillac took the Manufacturers championship.



In Prototype Challenge Class, James French and Patricio O'Ward won the drivers championship, while Performance Tech Motorsports took the teams championship.

In GT Le Mans Class, Antonio García and Jan Magnussen won the drivers championship, while Corvette Racing took the teams championship; while Chevrolet took the Manufacturers championship.

In GT Daytona Class, Alessandro Balzan and Christina Nielsen won the drivers championship, while Scuderia Corsa took the teams championship; while Ferrari took the Manufacturers championship.

To conclude this seasons WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.