USC Petit Le Mans – Porsche wins overall, Pilet champion LM GT

Joao Barbosa and Christian Fittipaldi won the USC title at the wheel of the No. 5 Action Express Racing Corvette DP where they competed with Sébastien Bourdais to Small Le Mans, the USC final interrupted several times and shortened to less than eight hours due to heavy downpours at the Road Atlanta circuit (Georgia). If the champions finished first in the Prototypes, they only took third place in the general classification.

The racing conditions benefited the Porsche 911 RSR No. 911 of Nick Tandy, Patrick Pilet and Richard Lietz who took victory in the general classification ahead of the BMW Z4 GTE of Edwards-Luhr-Klingmann. The Frenchman won the title in the GTLM category, his teammate having missed three races this season.

The pilots Team Corsa Bill Swwedler, Townsend Bell and Jeff Segal took the GTD title, although the class victory went to the Park Place Motorsports Porsche of Pumpelly-Lindsay-Snow. Tom Kimber-Smith, Andrew Palmer and Mike Guasch won in PC on the Oreca 09 FLM of PR1/Mathiasen.

Discover the report on Petit Le Mans in issue 2032 of AUTOhebdo, available from Monday evening in digital version on all platforms, and from Wednesday on newsstands.