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2020 Lone Star Le Mans

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The 2020 Lone Star Le Mans was an endurance sportscar racing event held on 23 February 2020, as the fifth round of the 2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship. This marked the return of the FIA WEC to the Circuit of the Americas for the first time since 2017, and the inaugural running of the race under the banner of Lone Star Le Mans, which had previously been utilised by the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for races run at COTA, while WEC races occurring on the same weekend had been run as the 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas.[1]

Background[]

The provisional calendar for the 2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship was unveiled at the 2018 6 Hours of Silverstone, featuring eight races, on five continents, starting at Silverstone in September 2019 with a four-hour race, and ending with the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June 2020. The calendar saw the events from the previous seasons carried over, while bringing back the rounds held at the Bahrain International Circuit, and the Autódromo José Carlos Pace, which had last been held in 2017, and in 2014 respectively. The 6 Hours of São Paulo would serve as the 5th round, and was planned to be held on 1 February 2020.[2]

On 10 November 2019, FIA WEC boss Gerard Neveu issued a warning to teams regarding the 6 Hours of São Paulo, stating that the promoter of the event, N/Duduch Motorsports, was facing issues in meeting its contractual recruitments, with some of the issues being of financial nature, with Neveu stating that the championship would make a decision on the event before December 2019.[3] At the time, several venues were considered to replace Interlagos, including Kyalami, the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, as well as the Circuit of the Americas.[4]

On 2 December 2019, it was announced by the WEC, that the 6 Hours of São Paulo would be cancelled, and replaced by the Lone Star Le Mans at Circuit of the Americas, to be held from 22–23 February 2020, with the race being 6 hours long. The date was moved back from the Interlagos round's original 1 February date, due to the Super Bowl LIV being held on the same date, while the Formula E championship was scheduled to hold the Mexico City ePrix on the weekend of 14–15 February.[5][6]

Entry list[]

On 3 February 2020, it was announced that Team LNT had withdrawn from the entry list for the event due to necessary maintenance that the cars needed. The team will return to the grid at Sebring however. The withdrawal of both Ginetta G60-LT-P1s meant that the car count was now 29.[7]

The DragonSpeed team who were initially denied entry for the COTA round were now able to secure a spot in the COTA round.[8] The team, a day later, confirmed their driver line-up to be that of their 24 Hours of Daytona entry; Colin Braun, Ben Hanley, who also drives for Team LNT, and Henrik Hedman.[9]

Furthermore, on the 5 February 2020, ex-Corvette Racing drivers Jan Magnussen and Mike Rockenfeller will return to the team for two rounds of the 2019-20 season as a duo in the new Corvette C8.R. The two will also compete in the round at Sebring International Raceway in March.[10]

German driver Laurents Hörr will replace David Heinemeier Hansson in the No. 56 Team Project 1 Porsche for the rest of the season.

These additional entries bring the total amount back to the maximum 31; 3 LMP1s, 9 LMP2s, 7 LMGTE Pro cars and 11 in LMGTE Am.

Qualifying[]

Results[]

Pole Position winners in each class are in bold[11]

Pos Class Team Average Time Gap Grid
1 LMP1 No. 1 Rebellion Racing 1:47.530 - 1
2 LMP1 No. 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:49.161 +1.631 2
3 LMP1 No. 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:49.431 +0.270 3
4 LMP2 No. 42 Cool Racing 1:49.910 +0.479 4
5 LMP2 No. 22 United Autosports 1:50.073 +0.163 5
6 LMP2 No. 36 Signatech Alpine Elf 1:50.984 +0.911 6
7 LMP2 No. 37 Jackie Chan DC Racing 1:51.354 +0.370 7
8 LMP2 No. 38 Jota Sport 1:51.592 +0.238 8
9 LMP2 No. 33 High Class Racing 1:51.747 +0.155 9
10 LMP2 No. 21 DragonSpeed 1:52.765 +1.018 10
11 LMP2 No. 29 Racing Team Nederland 1:53.131 +0.366 11
12 LMP2 No. 47 Cetilar Racing 1:54.305 +1.174 12
13 LMGTE-Pro No. 95 Aston Martin Racing 2:00.733 +6.428 13
14 LMGTE-Pro No. 92 Porsche GT Team 2:00.952 +0.219 14
15 LMGTE-Pro No. 97 Aston Martin Racing 2:01.029 +0.077 15
16 LMGTE-Pro No. 51 AF Corse 2:01.031 +0.002 16
17 LMGTE-Pro No. 91 Porsche GT Team 2:01.049 +0.018 17
18 LMGTE-Pro No. 71 AF Corse 2:01.229 +0.180 18
19 LMGTE-Am No. 56 Team Project 1 2:02.784 +1.555 19
20 LMGTE-Am No. 98 Aston Martin Racing 2:02.830 +0.046 20
21 LMGTE-Am No. 90 TF Sport 2:02.909 +0.079 21
22 LMGTE-Pro No. 63 Corvette Racing 2:02.967 +0.058 22
23 LMGTE-Am No. 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing 2:03.110 +0.143 23
24 LMGTE-Am No. 83 AF Corse 2:03.376 +0.266 24
25 LMGTE-Am No. 57 Team Project 1 2:03.450 +0.074 25
26 LMGTE-Am No. 54 AF Corse 2:03.462 +0.012 26
27 LMGTE-Am No. 88 Dempsey-Proton Racing 2:03.682 +0.220 27
28 LMGTE-Am No. 70 MR Racing 2:03.781 +0.099 28
29 LMGTE-Am No. 62 Red River Sport 2:03.964 +0.183 29
30 LMGTE-Am No. 86 Gulf Racing 2:04.296 +0.332 30

Race[]

Results[]

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of the overall winning car's race distance) was 132 laps. Class winners are denoted in bold and with double-dagger.[12]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 LMP1 1 25px Switzerland Rebellion Racing 25px USA Gustavo Menezes
25px France Norman Nato
25px Brazil Bruno Senna 		Rebellion R13 M 189 6:01:37.705double-dagger
Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8
2 LMP1 8 25px Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing 25px Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
25px New Zealand Brendon Hartley
25px Japan Kazuki Nakajima 		Toyota TS050 Hybrid M 189 +51.524
Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6
3 LMP1 7 25px Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing 25px Great Britain Mike Conway
25px Japan Kamui Kobayashi
25px Argentina José María López 		Toyota TS050 Hybrid M 187 +2 Laps
Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6
4 LMP2 22 25px Great Britain United Autosports 25px Flag of Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
25px Great Britain Philip Hanson
25px Great Britain Paul di Resta 		Oreca 07 M 182 +7 Lapsdouble-dagger
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
5 LMP2 37 25px Template:Country alias CHN Jackie Chan DC Racing 25px Template:Country alias CHN Ho-Pin Tung
25px France Gabriel Aubry
25px Great Britain Will Stevens 		Oreca 07 G 182 +7 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
6 LMP2 38 25px Great Britain Jota Sport 25px Flag of Portugal António Félix da Costa
25px Great Britain Anthony Davidson
25px Mexico Roberto González 		Oreca 07 G 181 +8 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
7 LMP2 42 25px Switzerland Cool Racing 25px Switzerland Antonin Borga
25px Switzerland Alexander Coigny
25px France Nicolas Lapierre 		Oreca 07 M 181 +8 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
8 LMP2 29 25px Netherlands Racing Team Nederland 25px Netherlands Frits van Eerd
25px Netherlands Giedo van der Garde
25px Netherlands Nyck de Vries 		Oreca 07 M 181 +8 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
9 LMP2 36 25px France Signatech Alpine Elf 25px France Thomas Laurent
25px Brazil André Negrão
25px France Pierre Ragues 		Alpine A470 M 180 +9 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
10 LMP2 33 25px Flag of Denmark High Class Racing 25px Flag of Denmark Anders Fjordbach
25px USA Mark Patterson
25px Japan Kenta Yamashita 		Oreca 07 M 179 +10 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
11 LMP2 47 25px Italy Cetilar Racing 25px Italy Andrea Belicchi
25px Italy Roberto Lacorte
25px Italy Giorgio Sernagiotto 		Dallara P217 M 178 +11 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
12 LMP2 21 25px USA DragonSpeed 25px USA Colin Braun
25px Great Britain Ben Hanley
25px Sweden Henrik Hedman 		Oreca 07 M 177 +12 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
13 LMGTE Pro 95 25px Great Britain Aston Martin Racing 25px Flag of Denmark Marco Sørensen
25px Flag of Denmark Nicki Thiim 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 173 +16 Lapsdouble-dagger
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
14 LMGTE Pro 92 25px Germany Porsche GT Team 25px Flag of Denmark Michael Christensen
25px France Kévin Estre 		Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 172 +17 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
15 LMGTE Pro 51 25px Italy AF Corse 25px Great Britain James Calado
25px Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 172 +17 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
16 LMGTE Pro 97 25px Great Britain Aston Martin Racing 25px Great Britain Alex Lynn
25px Belgium Maxime Martin 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 172 +17 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
17 LMGTE Pro 71 25px Italy AF Corse 25px Spain Miguel Molina
25px Italy Davide Rigon 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 172 +17 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
18 LMGTE Pro 63 25px USA Corvette Racing 25px Flag of Denmark Jan Magnussen
25px Germany Mike Rockenfeller 		Chevrolet Corvette C8.R M 170 +19 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
19 LMGTE Am 90 25px Great Britain TF Sport 25px Great Britain Jonathan Adam
25px Flag of Ireland Charlie Eastwood
25px Template:Country alias TUR Salih Yoluç 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 170 +19 Lapsdouble-dagger
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
20 LMGTE Am 98 25px Great Britain Aston Martin Racing 25px Canada Paul Dalla Lana
25px Great Britain Ross Gunn
25px Great Britain Darren Turner 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 170 +19 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
21 LMGTE Pro 91 25px Germany Porsche GT Team 25px Italy Gianmaria Bruni
25px Austria Richard Lietz 		Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 170 +19 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
22 LMGTE Am 56 25px Germany Team Project 1 25px Italy Matteo Cairoli
25px Germany Laurents Hörr
25px Template:Country alias NOR Egidio Perfetti 		Porsche 911 RSR M 170 +19 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
23 LMGTE Am 83 25px Italy AF Corse 25px France Emmanuel Collard
25px Flag of Denmark Nicklas Nielsen
25px France François Perrodo 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 170 +19 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
24 LMGTE Am 77 25px Germany Dempsey-Proton Racing 25px Australia Matt Campbell
25px Italy Riccardo Pera
25px Germany Christian Ried 		Porsche 911 RSR M 169 +20 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
25 LMGTE Am 86 25px Great Britain Gulf Racing 25px Great Britain Ben Barker
25px Great Britain Michael Wainwright
25px Great Britain Andrew Watson 		Porsche 911 RSR M 169 +20 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
26 LMGTE Am 54 25px Italy AF Corse 25px Italy Francesco Castellacci
25px Italy Giancarlo Fisichella
25px Switzerland Thomas Flohr 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 168 +21 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
27 LMGTE Am 62 25px Great Britain Red River Sport 25px Great Britain Bonamy Grimes
25px Great Britain Charles Hollings
25px Great Britain Johnny Mowlem 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 168 +21 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
28 LMGTE Am 88 25px Germany Dempsey-Proton Racing 25px USA Bret Curtis
25px Belgium Adrien de Leener
25px Austria Thomas Preining 		Porsche 911 RSR M 168 +21 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
29 LMGTE Am 70 25px Japan MR Racing 25px Monaco Olivier Beretta
25px Japan Kei Cozzolino
25px Japan Motoaki Ishikawa 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 168 +21 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
30 LMGTE Am 57 25px Germany Team Project 1 25px Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
25px Brazil Felipe Fraga
25px USA Ben Keating 		Porsche 911 RSR M 160 +29 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6

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  1. ↑ "WEC 'superseason' to feature two Le Mans 24 Hours" (in en). https://www.motorsport.com/wec/news/wec-superseason-to-feature-two-le-mans-24-hours-948034/3043891/. 
  2. ↑ "WEC - 2019/2020 FIA WEC Calendar is Approved" (in en). 2018-10-13. https://www.fia.com/news/wec-20192020-fia-wec-calendar-approved. 
  3. ↑ Watkins, Gary. "Interlagos World Endurance Championship round in jeopardy" (in en). https://www.autosport.com/wec/news/147085/interlagos-wec-round-in-jeopardy. 
  4. ↑ "FIA WEC Race At Interlagos In Doubt – dailysportscar.com". http://www.dailysportscar.com/2019/11/10/fia-wec-race-at-interlagos-in-doubt.html. 
  5. ↑ "WEC Race At Interlagos Cancelled, CoTA Replaces Brazil – dailysportscar.com". http://www.dailysportscar.com/2019/12/02/wec-race-at-interlagos-cancelled-cota-replaces-brazil.html. 
  6. ↑ Lloyd, Daniel. "COTA Replaces Canceled 6H Sao Paulo Round – Sportscar365" (in en-US). https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/6h-sao-paulo-removed-from-calendar-and-replaced-by-cota/. 
  7. ↑ Lloyd, Daniel (2020-02-03). "Team LNT Ginettas Drop off COTA Entry List – Sportscar365" (in en-US). https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/lnt-ginettas-drop-off-cota-entry-list/. 
  8. ↑ Lloyd, Daniel (2020-01-07). "Braun “Highly Likely” for DragonSpeed Drive at Le Mans – Sportscar365" (in en-US). https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/braun-highly-likely-for-dragonspeed-drive-at-le-mans/. 
  9. ↑ Lloyd, Daniel (2020-02-04). "DragonSpeed Names Rolex 24 Winners for COTA Appearance – Sportscar365" (in en-US). https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/dragonspeed-names-rolex-24-winners-for-cota-appearance/. 
  10. ↑ Lloyd, Daniel (2020-02-05). "Corvette Confirms Magnussen, Rockenfeller for Two WEC Races" (in en-US). https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/corvette-confirms-magnussen-rockenfeller-for-two-wec-races/. 
  11. ↑ "2020 Lone Star Le Mans Qualifying Results". http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/Results/09_2019-2020/05_CIRCUIT%20OF%20THE%20AMERICAS/311_FIA%20WEC/202002221820_Qualifying/90_Classification_Qualifying.PDF. 
  12. ↑ "2020 Lone Star Le Mans results". http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/Results/09_2019-2020/05_CIRCUIT%20OF%20THE%20AMERICAS/311_FIA%20WEC/202002231200_Race/Hour%206/03_Classification_Race_Hour%206.PDF. 


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