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The 2021 Petit Le Mans (known as the 2021 MOTUL Petit Le Mans for sponsorship reasons) was the 24th running of the Petit Le Mans, and was held on November 13, 2021. It was the 12th and final race in the 2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship, and the 4th race of the 2021 Michelin Endurance Cup. The race was be held at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia. This race was the last ever race for the GTLM Class.

Background[]

The 2021 running marks the event's return to the final calendar spot on the schedule following the wholesale schedule changes that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.[1] The 2021 edition underwent a date change of its own, being postponed from its traditional early-October spot to the weekend of November 13th.[2] The event featured support from four of IMSA's supporting series; the Michelin Pilot Challenge, IMSA Prototype Challenge, Porsche Carrera Cup North America, and Mazda MX-5 Cup.[3]

On November 3, 2021, IMSA released the latest technical bulletin outlining Balance of Performance for the event.[4] In GTLM, the Chevrolet Corvette C8.R received a one-liter reduction in fuel capacity, while in GTD the 2021 debut of the McLaren required its addition to the BoP table.

This would be the final race for entry Mazda Motorsports as Mazda was stepping back from all racing activities following the 2021 season with the exception of the Mazda MX-5 Cup.[5] Also making its farewell was the GTLM class which in 2022 would be replaced by the new GTD Pro class.[6]

Entries[]

Script error: The function "further" does not exist. A total of 43 cars took part in the event, split across five classes. 7 were entered in DPi, 5 in LMP2, 10 in LMP3, 6 in GTLM, and 15 in GTD.

In DPi, the expected addition of the Endurance Cup effort from Ally Cadillac Racing was present, while Hélio Castroneves replaced Olivier Pla as Meyer Shank Racing's third driver.[7] In LMP2, United Autosports returned to complete their scheduled Endurance Cup campaign. In GTLM the pair of BMW Team RLL M8s returned for the Endurance Cup, WeatherTech Racing also added a second entry, which alongside its own full time entry and the two Corvettes boosted the class to six entries for its last ever race. LMP3 saw its largest grid of the season with ten cars, which included a series debut for FastMD Racing.[8] Returns for United Autosports, Forty7 Motorsports, Jr III Racing (whose lineup included former IndyCar driver Spencer Pigot),[9] and WIN Autosport[10] helped to boost the class to its record-breaking entry number. GTD also featured a number of changes, including the first appearance of the season for the McLaren 720S GT3, fielded by Inception Racing.[11] NTE Sport and Gilbert/Korthoff Motorsports also returned as part of their selective 2021 calendars, as did Alegra Motorsports, who added Mercedes-AMG factor driver Daniel Juncadella to their lineup.[12] Winward Racing also returned for the first time since their class victory at the 24 Hours of Daytona,[13] while the Heart of Racing Team dropped their second entry.[14]

Just hours before the race, Earl Bamber stepped in for Kevin Magnussen in Chip Ganassi Racing's DPi-class entry after Magnussen fell ill.[15]

Qualifying[]

Qualifying results[]

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by double-dagger.

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 DPi 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Felipe Nasr 1:08.678 _ 1double-dagger
2 DPi 55 Mazda Motorsports Harry Tincknell 1:08.693 +0.015 2
3 DPi 5 JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing Sébastien Bourdais 1:08.848 +0.170 3
4 DPi 01 Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing Kevin Magnussen 1:08.879 +0.201 4
5 DPi 60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Dane Cameron 1:08.920 +0.242 5
6 DPi 48 Ally Cadillac Racing Kamui Kobayashi 1:09.165 +0.487 6
7 DPi 10 Konica Minolta Acura Filipe Albuquerque 1:09.328 +0.650 7
8 LMP2 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Ben Keating 1:12.229 +3.551 8double-dagger
9 LMP2 11 WIN Autosport Steven Thomas 1:12.583 +3.905 9
10 LMP2 18 Era Motorsport Dwight Merriman 1:13.070 +4.392 10
11 LMP2 8 Tower Motorsport by Starworks John Farano 1:14.289 +5.611 11
12 LMP2 22 United Autosports Jim McGuire 1:14.814 +6.136 12
13 GTLM 24 BMW Team RLL Jesse Krohn 1:15.226 +6.548 23double-dagger
14 LMP3 2 United Autosports Niklas Krütten 1:15.664 +6.986 13double-dagger
15 GTLM 79 WeatherTech Racing Matt Campbell 1:15.738 +7.060 24
16 LMP3 38 Performance Tech Motorsports Rasmus Lindh 1:15.750 +7.072 14
17 GTLM 3 Corvette Racing Antonio García 1:15.930 +7.252 25
18 GTLM 97 WeatherTech Racing Frédéric Makowiecki 1:16.004 +7.326 26
19 GTLM 4 Corvette Racing Nick Tandy 1:16.051 +7.373 27
20 LMP3 36 Andretti Autosport Jarett Andretti 1:17.122 +8.444 15
21 LMP3 91 Riley Motorsports Jim Cox 1:17.403 +8.725 16
22 LMP3 74 Riley Motorsports Gar Robinson 1:17.535 +8.857 17
23 LMP3 7 Forty7 Motorsports Stefan Rzadzinski 1:17.793 +9.115 18
24 LMP3 40 FastMD Racing Max Hanratty 1:18.112 +9.434 19
25 LMP3 30 Jr III Racing Ari Balogh 1:19.071 +10.393 20
26 GTD 1 Paul Miller Racing Madison Snow 1:19.272 +10.594 29double-dagger
27 GTD 42 NTE Sport Benjamin Hites 1:19.273 +10.595 30
28 GTD 96 Turner Motorsport Robby Foley 1:19.295 +10.617 31
29 GTD 14 Vasser-Sullivan Racing Aaron Telitz 1:19.308 +10.630 43[lower-alpha 1]
30 GTD 12 Vasser-Sullivan Racing Frankie Montecalvo 1:19.456 +10.778 32
31 GTD 57 HTP Winward Motorsport Russell Ward 1:19.661 +10.983 33
32 GTD 16 Wright Motorsports Trent Hindman 1:19.722 +11.044 34
33 GTD 9 Pfaff Motorsports Zacharie Robichon 1:19.791 +11.113 35
34 GTD 70 Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport Frederik Schandorff 1:19.800 +11.122 36
35 GTD 28 Alegra Motorsports Daniel Morad 1:19.846 +11.168 37
36 GTD 19 GRT Grasser Racing Team Misha Goikhberg 1:20.068 +11.390 38
37 GTD 88 Team Hardpoint Andrew Davis 1:20.079 +11.401 39
38 GTD 32 Gilbert/Korthoff Motorsports Guy Cosmo 1:20.353 +11.675 40
39 GTD 23 Heart of Racing Team Ian James 1:20.554 +11.876 42[lower-alpha 2]
40 GTLM 25 BMW Team RLL Connor De Phillippi 1:21.299 +12.621 28
41 GTD 44 Magnus Racing with Archangel Motorsports John Potter 1:21.317 +12.639 41
— LMP3 54 CORE Autosport Did Not Participate 21
— LMP3 83 WIN Autosport No Time Established 22
Sources:[16][17][18][19]
  1. ↑ Tamayo, George (October 19, 2021). "Motul Petit Le Mans: A night to shine". https://racer.com/2021/10/19/motul-petit-le-mans-a-night-to-shine/. 
  2. ↑ Sinclair, Adam (March 8, 2021). "IMSA Shifts Dates for 2021 Michelin GT Challenge at VIR and Motul Petit Le Mans". https://speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/racing-news/61128-imsa-shifts-dates-for-2021-michelin-gt-challenge-at-vir-and-motul-petit-le-mans. 
  3. ↑ "2021 Motul Petit Le Mans - IMSA". https://www.imsa.com/events/2021-motul-petit-le-mans/. 
  4. ↑ "TB-IWSC-21-36-MRRA-BoP-Tables-11032021.pdf". https://www.imsa.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2021/11/03/TB-IWSC-21-36-MRRA-BoP-Tables-11032021.pdf. 
  5. ↑ Pruett, Marshall (February 12, 2021). "Mazda to shut down DPi program". https://racer.com/2021/02/12/mazda-to-shut-down-dpi-program/. 
  6. ↑ "New GTD Pro Class". January 28, 2021. https://www.imsa.com/news/2021/01/28/new-gtd-pro-class-based-on-gt3-specifications-to-launch-in-weathertech-championship-for-2022/. 
  7. ↑ Euwema, Davey. "Castroneves replaces Pla in Meyer Shank Racing’s Petit Le Mans line-up". https://www.motorsportweek.com/2021/10/20/castroneves-replaces-pla-in-meyer-shank-racings-petit-le-mans-line-up/. 
  8. ↑ Dagys, John (October 13, 2021). "Fast MD Confirms Duqueine LMP3 Effort, Petit Le Mans Debut". John Dagys Media. https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/fast-md-confirms-lmp3-effort-with-duqueine/. 
  9. ↑ "Pigot Joins Jr III Ligier LMP3 for Petit Le Mans". John Dagys Media. October 22, 2021. https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/pigot-joins-jr-iii-ligier-lmp3-for-petit-le-mans/. 
  10. ↑ Kish, Ryan (October 22, 2021). "WIN Autosport adds LMP3 to LMP2 for Petit Le Mans". https://racer.com/2021/10/20/win-autosport-adds-lmp3-to-lmp2-for-petit-le-mans/. 
  11. ↑ Dagys, John (October 14, 2021). "Inception McLaren Commits to Petit Le Mans". John Dagys Media. https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/inception-commits-to-petit-le-mans-with-mclaren/. 
  12. ↑ Euwema, Davey (November 2, 2021). "Juncadella joins Alegra Motorsports at Petit Le Mans". https://www.motorsportweek.com/2021/11/02/juncadella-joins-alegra-motorsports-at-petit-le-mans/. 
  13. ↑ Dagys, John (October 19, 2021). "Winward Set for Petit Le Mans Ahead of 2022 Full-Season Plans". John Dagys Media. https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/winward-set-for-petit-le-mans-ahead-of-2022-full-season-plans/. 
  14. ↑ Goodwin, Graham (November 4, 2021). "43 Cars For Petit Le Mans". https://www.dailysportscar.com/2021/11/04/43-cars-for-petit-le-mans.html. 
  15. ↑ Goodwin, Graham (November 13, 2021). "Bamber Steps In At Ganassi For Petit Le Mans". https://www.dailysportscar.com/2021/11/13/bamber-steps-in-at-ganassi-for-petit-le-mans.html. 
  16. ↑ "03_Results_Qualifying- LMP2-DPi Position and Points.PDF". http://results.imsa.com/Results/21_2021/22_Road%20Atlanta/01_IMSA%20WeatherTech%20SportsCar%20Championship/202111121700_Qualifying-%20LMP2-DPi%20Position%20and%20Points/03_Results_Qualifying-%20LMP2-DPi%20Position%20and%20Points.PDF. 
  17. ↑ "03_Results_Qualifying- LMP3 Position and Points.PDF". http://results.imsa.com/Results/21_2021/22_Road%20Atlanta/01_IMSA%20WeatherTech%20SportsCar%20Championship/202111121635_Qualifying-%20LMP3%20Position%20and%20Points/03_Results_Qualifying-%20LMP3%20Position%20and%20Points.PDF. 
  18. ↑ "03_Results_Qualifying- GTD - Points-GTLM Position and Points.PDF". http://results.imsa.com/Results/21_2021/22_Road%20Atlanta/01_IMSA%20WeatherTech%20SportsCar%20Championship/202111121610_Qualifying-%20GTD%20-%20Points-GTLM%20Position%20and%20Points/03_Results_Qualifying-%20GTD%20-%20Points-GTLM%20Position%20and%20Points.PDF. 
  19. ↑ "03_Results_Qualifying- GTD - Position - Silver-Bronze only.PDF". http://results.imsa.com/Results/21_2021/22_Road%20Atlanta/01_IMSA%20WeatherTech%20SportsCar%20Championship/202111121545_Qualifying-%20GTD%20-%20Position%20-%20Silver-Bronze%20only/03_Results_Qualifying-%20GTD%20-%20Position%20-%20Silver-Bronze%20only.PDF. 

Race[]

Results[]

Class winners denoted in bold and with double-dagger

Pos Class No. Team / Entrant Drivers Chassis Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 DPi 55 25px Canada Mazda Motorsports 25px USA Jonathan Bomarito
25px Great Britain Oliver Jarvis
25px Great Britain Harry Tincknell 		Mazda RT24-P 410 10:00:38.581double-dagger
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4
2 DPi 31 25px USA Whelen Engineering Racing 25px Great Britain Mike Conway
25px Brazil Pipo Derani
25px Brazil Felipe Nasr 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 410 +3.297
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
3 DPi 10 25px USA Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 25px Flag of Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
25px USA Alexander Rossi
25px USA Ricky Taylor 		Acura ARX-05 410 +3.702
Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
4 DPi 48 25px USA Ally Cadillac Racing 25px USA Jimmie Johnson
25px Japan Kamui Kobayashi
25px France Simon Pagenaud 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 410 +30.681
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
5 DPi 01 25px USA Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing 25px New Zealand Earl Bamber
25px New Zealand Scott Dixon
25px Netherlands Renger van der Zande 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 409 +1 Lap
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
6 LMP2 8 25px Great Britain Tower Motorsports by Starworks 25px France Gabriel Aubry
25px Canada John Farano
25px USA James French 		Oreca 07 407 +3 Lapsdouble-dagger
Gibson Technology GK428 V8
7 LMP2 52 25px USA PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports 25px USA Scott Huffaker
25px Flag of Denmark Mikkel Jensen
25px USA Ben Keating 		Oreca 07 407 +3 Laps
Gibson Technology GK428 V8
8 LMP2 11 25px USA WIN Autosport 25px USA Thomas Merrill
25px USA Tristan Nunez
25px USA Steven Thomas 		Oreca 07 406 +4 Laps
Gibson Technology GK428 V8
9 LMP2 22 25px Great Britain United Autosports 25px Great Britain Wayne Boyd
25px USA James McGuire
25px Great Britain Guy Smith 		Oreca 07 405 +5 Laps
Gibson Technology GK428 V8
10 DPi 60 25px USA Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian 25px USA Dane Cameron
25px Brazil Hélio Castroneves
25px Flag of Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya 		Acura ARX-05 399 +11 Laps
Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
11 LMP3 74 25px USA Riley Motorsports 25px Australia Scott Andrews
25px Brazil Felipe Fraga
25px USA Gar Robinson 		Ligier JS P320 391 +19 Lapsdouble-dagger
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
12 LMP3 30 25px USA Jr III Motorsports 25px USA Ari Balogh
25px Canada Garett Grist
25px USA Spencer Pigot 		Ligier JS P320 390 +20 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
13 GTLM 79 25px USA WeatherTech Racing 25px Australia Matt Campbell
25px France Mathieu Jaminet
25px USA Cooper MacNeil 		Porsche 911 RSR-19 390 +20 Lapsdouble-dagger
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
14 GTLM 97 25px USA WeatherTech Racing 25px Flag of Denmark Michael Christensen
25px France Kévin Estre
25px France Frédéric Makowiecki 		Porsche 911 RSR-19 390 +20 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
15 GTLM 24 25px USA BMW Team RLL 25px USA John Edwards
25px Brazil Augusto Farfus
25px Finland Jesse Krohn 		BMW M8 GTE 389 +21 Laps
BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8
16 LMP3 91 25px USA Riley Motorsports 25px Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
25px USA Jim Cox
25px USA Dylan Murray 		Ligier JS P320 387 +23 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
17
DNF 		GTLM 4 25px USA Corvette Racing 25px USA Tommy Milner
25px Great Britain Alexander Sims
25px Great Britain Nick Tandy 		Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 381 Collision damage
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
18 LMP3 40 25px USA FastMD Racing 25px USA Todd Archer
25px USA Max Hanratty
25px Canada James Vance 		Duqueine M30 - D08 381 +29 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
19 GTD 23 25px USA Heart of Racing Team 25px Canada Roman De Angelis
25px Great Britain Ross Gunn
25px Great Britain Ian James 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 378 +32 Lapsdouble-dagger
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
20 GTD 9 25px Canada Pfaff Motorsports 25px Germany Lars Kern
25px Canada Zacharie Robichon
25px Belgium Laurens Vanthoor 		Porsche 911 GT3 R 378 +32 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
21 GTD 12 25px USA Vasser-Sullivan Racing 25px USA Robert Megennis
25px USA Frankie Montecalvo
25px USA Zach Veach 		Lexus RC F GT3 377 +33 Laps
Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8
22 GTD 28 25px USA Alegra Motorsports 25px USA Michael de Quesada
25px Spain Daniel Juncadella
25px Canada Daniel Morad 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 377 +33 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
23 GTD 16 25px USA Wright Motorsports 25px Belgium Jan Heylen
25px USA Trent Hindman
25px USA Patrick Long 		Porsche 911 GT3 R 376 +34 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
24 GTD 44 25px USA Magnus Racing w/ Archangel Motorsports 25px USA Andy Lally
25px USA John Potter
25px USA Spencer Pumpelly 		Acura NSX GT3 Evo 376 +34 Laps
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
25 GTD 1 25px USA Paul Miller Racing 25px USA Corey Lewis
25px USA Bryan Sellers
25px USA Madison Snow 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 365 +45 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
26 GTD 88 25px USA Team Hardpoint 25px USA Andrew Davis
25px USA Rob Ferriol
25px Great Britain Katherine Legge 		Porsche 911 GT3 R 359 +51 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
27 LMP3 7 25px USA Forty7 Motorsports 25px USA Mark Kvamme
25px PER Rodrigo Pflucker
25px Canada Stefan Rzadzinski 		Duqueine M30 - D08 356 +54 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
28
DNF 		DPi 5 25px USA JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing 25px France Sébastien Bourdais
25px France Loïc Duval
25px France Tristan Vautier 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 341 Gearbox
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
29 LMP3 2 25px Great Britain United Autosports 25px Great Britain Tom Gamble
25px Germany Niklas Krütten
25px Great Britain Andy Meyrick 		Ligier JS P320 308 +102 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
30 GTD 42 25px USA NTE Sport 25px USA Jaden Conwright
CHI Benjamín Hites
25px USA Don Yount 		Audi R8 LMS Evo 286 +124 Laps
Audi 5.2 L V10
31
DNF 		LMP3 54 25px USA CORE Autosport 25px USA Jon Bennett
25px USA Colin Braun
25px USA George Kurtz 		Ligier JS P320 285 Fuel pressure
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
32
DNF 		GTLM 25 25px USA BMW Team RLL 25px USA Connor De Phillippi
25px Austria Philipp Eng
25px Canada Bruno Spengler 		BMW M8 GTE 281 Accident
BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8
33
DNF 		LMP3 83 25px USA WIN Autosport 25px Great Britain Matthew Bell
25px USA Naveen Rao
25px Great Britain Josh Skelton 		Duqueine M30 - D08 244 Driveshaft
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
34
DNF 		LMP3 38 25px USA Performance Tech Motorsports 25px USA Dan Goldburg
25px Flag of Denmark Malthe Jakobsen
25px Sweden Rasmus Lindh 		Ligier JS P320 208 Electronics
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
35
DNF 		LMP3 36 25px USA Andretti Autosport 25px USA Jarett Andretti
25px USA Oliver Askew
25px Australia Josh Burdon 		Ligier JS P320 153 Mechanical
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
36
DNF 		GTLM 3 25px USA Corvette Racing 25px Netherlands Nicky Catsburg
25px Spain Antonio García
25px USA Jordan Taylor 		Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 150 Accident
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
37
DNF 		GTD 96 25px USA Turner Motorsport 25px USA Bill Auberlen
25px USA Robby Foley
25px Australia Aiden Read 		BMW M6 GT3 150 Accident
BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8
38
DNF 		GTD 57 25px USA HTP Winward Racing 25px Great Britain Philip Ellis
25px Germany Maro Engel
25px USA Russell Ward 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 147 Accident
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
39
DNF 		GTD 70 25px Great Britain Inception Racing w/ Optimum Motorsport 25px Great Britain Ben Barnicoat
25px USA Brendan Iribe
25px Flag of Denmark Frederik Schandorff 		McLaren 720S GT3 146 Accident
McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
40
DNF 		GTD 19 25px Austria GRT Grasser Racing Team 25px Italy Michele Beretta
25px Canada Misha Goikhberg
25px France Franck Perera 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 146 Accident
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
41
DNF 		GTD 32 25px USA Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports 25px USA Guy Cosmo
25px Great Britain Steven McAleer
25px USA Mike Skeen 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 146 Accident
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
42
DNF 		GTD 14 25px USA Vasser-Sullivan Racing 25px Great Britain Jack Hawksworth
25px USA Kyle Kirkwood
25px USA Aaron Telitz 		Lexus RC F GT3 146 Accident
Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8
43
DNF 		LMP2 18 25px USA Era Motorsport 25px Great Britain Ryan Dalziel
25px USA Dwight Merriman
25px Great Britain Kyle Tilley 		Oreca 07 21 Accident
Gibson Technology GK428 V8
BOX SCORE

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