Petit Le Mans – H7: Alex Lynn opens the road for Cadillac

The No. 02 Cadillac is back at the head of the race three hours before the finish of the 25th edition of Petit Le Mans, final round of the 2022 season ofIMSA. Alex Lynn moved to the top of the standings ahead of Ricky Taylor in the No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Acura. Frenchman Olivier Pla occupies third place with the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac, ahead of Helio Castroneves on the No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura.

The No. 8 Tower Motorsport Oreca now driven by Rui Andrade took the lead in LM P2, ahead of the No. 11 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsport driven by Josh Pierson and the No. 81 DragonSpeed ​​USA of Juan Pablo Montoya. Era Motorsport has withdrawn, adding to the withdrawal of the #1 Mathiasen Motorsport PR52.

The leading trio has not changed in LM P3: Ligier is still on course for a hat-trick with Josh Bordon at the controls in the No. 320 Andretti Autosport JS P36. He is ahead of Nolan Siegel in the #30 of Jr III Racing and Joao Barbosa in the #33 of Sean Creech Motorsport.

Same in GTD Pro: John Edwards leads the category at the wheel of the No. 4 BMW M3 GT25 of Team RLL, ahead of Ben Barnicoat in the No. 3 Lexus RC F GT14 of VasserSullivan and Nicky Catsburg in the Corvette C8.R #3. The same trifecta as an hour before.

The podium has not changed in GTD either: Jordan Pepper is in the lead with the McLaren 720S GT3 n°70 d’inception racing. Il est suivi par deux BMW M4 GT3 : la n°96 de Turner Motorsport pilotée par Bill Auberlen et la n°1 du Paul Miller Racing emmenée par Madinson Snow. Rob Ferriol (Porsche n°99 du Team Hardpoint) est parti à la faute à la fin de cette septième heure de course, déclenchant un Safety Car.

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