Petit Le Mans: Mazda wins, Cadillac overthrows Acura for the title

The final race of the IMSA season saw victory for the #55 Mazda at Petit Le Mans. Second, Pipo Derani and Felipe Nasr (Cadillac nº31) won the champion title.

Published on 14/11/2021 à 04:17

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Petit Le Mans: Mazda wins, Cadillac overthrows Acura for the title

The #55 Mazda of Harry Tincknell, Oliver Jarvis, Jonathan Bomarito won at Road Atlanta (© Richard Dole)

At the end of a race marked by numerous accidents and numerous interruptions under yellow flag, the 24th edition of Petit Le Mans saw the victory of the crew of the #55 Mazda (Harry Tincknell, Oliver Jarvis, Jonathan Bomarito) at Road Atlanta. Second at the checkered flag, Pipo Derani and Felipe Nasr won the title with the No. 31 Cadillac of Whelen Engineering Racing to the detriment of Filipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor, third with the No. 10 Acura DPi of Wayne Taylor Racing, despite a desperate attempt in the final stages. moments of the race.

In LM P2, victory went to the No. 07 Oreca 8 from Tower Motorsport with Frenchman Gabriel Aubry. The Tricolores definitely shone in Georgia since Mathieu Jaminet won in GTLM with Porsche, ahead of his compatriots Kévin Estre and Frédéric Makowiecki in the second car in the colors of WeatherTech Racing.

Riley Motorsports (Robinson, Fraga, Andrews) won the LM P3 category while the GTD classification went to the trio De Angelis, Gunn, James at the wheel of theAston Martin Vantage GT3 from Heart Of Racing Team.

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