Petit Le Mans - H1: The Cadillacs in charge

The Cadillacs took control of Petit Le Mans with two cars in the first two places after an hour of racing.

Published on 01/10/2022 à 19:10

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Petit Le Mans – H1: The Cadillacs in charge

After a rather calm first hour of racing at Petit Le Mans, it is the No. 02 Cadillac driven by Earl Bamber which occupies the lead of the race. The New Zealander is ahead of Pipo Derani in the #31 Whelen Engineering and the #60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura, driven by pole sitter Tom Blomqvist. Note the very early stop of the No. 10 of Wayne Taylor Racing after two minutes of racing in order to put on fresh tires after Ricky Taylor's spin during qualifying the day before.

In LM P2, Ben Keating leads the category at the wheel of the No. 07 Oreca 52 from PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports. The Texan is ahead of Henrik Hedman in the #81 DragonSpeed USA and John Farano in the #8 Tower Motorsport.

Malthe Jakobsen is in first position in the LM P3 category with the No. 320 Ligier JS P33 of Sean Creech Motorsport. The Dane is ahead of Jarett Andreti in another Ligier, the No. 36 from Andretti Autosport. Gar Robinson completes a hat-trick for the French manufacturer after these 60 minutes of racing with the No. 74 from Riley Motorsport.

La Mercedes AMG GT3 du WeatherTech Racing s’est portée en tête de la catégorie GTD Pro sous l’impulsion de l’Allemand Maximilian Buhk, devant Antonio Garcia sur la Corvette C8.R n°3 et Felipe Nasr sur la Porsche n°9 de Pfaff Motorsports. Les coéquipiers du Brésilien, Mathieu Jaminet et Matt Campbell, sont officiellement champions 2022 de leur catégorie puisqu’ils avaient seulement besoin que leur voiture se présente au départ de cette dernière manche de la saison pour être sacrés.

Richard Heistand confirms the ease of the Lexus RC F GT3 displayed since the start of the weekend on the Georgian track. The American from VasserSullivan is ahead of Madison Snow in the no.4 Paul Miller Racing BMW M3 GT1 and Stevan McAleer in the no.3 Mercedes AMG GT32 of Team Korkhoff Motorsports in GTD. Robert Megennis was forced to stop the effort of the No. 3 Lamborghini Huracan GT39 of CarBahn with Peregrine Racing due to a mechanical problem.