Petit Le Mans - H9: Final fight between the Acuras

While the two Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillacs crashed into the wall, the two Acuras will face off for the title in the final hour.

Published on 02/10/2022 à 03:10

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Petit Le Mans – H9: Final fight between the Acuras

The 25th edition of Petit Le Mans enters its final hour with the No. 02 Cadillac driven by Earl Bamber leading the race. The New Zealander is followed by his teammate Renger van der Zande in the No. 01 from the Detroit (Michigan) firm. Behind, Filipe Albuquerque occupies third place on the podium for Wayne Taylor Racing, but the Portuguese is mainly focused on keeping Tom Blomqvist (Meyer Shank Racing) at bay with a view to the Drivers and Teams titles. As a reminder, Acura has already won the Manufacturers' title.

The start of the last hour saw an incredible twist. Fighting at the head of the race, Earl Bamber and Renger van der Zande collided and both ended up in the wall, giving the two Acuras the first two places!

Louis Delétraz leads the LM P2 category with the No. 8 Tower Motorsport Oreca ahead of Sebastian Montoya in the No. 81 DragonSpeed USA and Tristan Nunez in the No. 11 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsport.

Andretti Autosport is still leading the LM P3 category with its No. 320 Ligier JS P36 and Gabby Chaves at the wheel. He is followed by Garett Grist in the No. 30 of Jr III Racing and Malthe Jakobsen in the No. 33 of Scan Creech Motorsport.

Cela va être serré jusqu’au bout en GTD pro avec trois voitures en moins de deux secondes à l’entame de ces 60 dernières minutes : la Lexus RC F GT3 n°14 de VasserSullivan emmenée par Jack Hawksworth, la Porsche n°9 de Pfaff Motorsports avec Mathieu Jaminet au volant et la Ferrari n°62 of Risi Competizione in which Daniel Serra is installed.

Jordan Pepper is in the lead with the McLaren 720S GT3 n°70 from inception racing. He is followed by the No. 3 Gradien Racing Acura NSX GT66 driven by Mario Farnbacher and the No. 4 Turner Motorsport BMW M3 GT96 driven by Bill Auberlen.