2023 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen

Endurance race in Watkins Glen, New York
Track map of Watkins Glen International

The 2023 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen was an endurance sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The race was held at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York on June 25, 2023. The race was the fifth round of the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship, and the third round of the 2023 Michelin Endurance Cup.

Background

Watkins Glen International, where the race was held.

International Motor Sports Association's (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2022.[1] It was the ninth year the event was held as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The 2023 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen was the fifth of eleven scheduled sports car races of 2023 by IMSA, and it was the third of four races of the Michelin Endurance Cup (MEC).[2] The race was held at the eleven-turn 3.450 mi (5.552 km) Watkins Glen International on June 25, 2023.[3]

On June 3, 2023, IMSA released the latest technical bulletin outlining Balance of Performance for the GTD and GTD Pro classes.[4] A number of changes were made to the minimum weights of cars in the two classes, including 20 kg weight breaks for the Lamborghini, McLaren, and Mercedes.[5] The Ferrari also received a 30 kg weight reduction, while the Corvette was handed a five kg reduction. The Corvette and Lexus also received horsepower increases following adjustments to the size of the cars' air restrictors. Finally, the Lexus received a three-liter fuel capacity increase, while the maximum fuel for the Acura was reduced by the same amount. On June 14, 2023, IMSA released the latest technical bulletin outlining BoP for the GTP class.[6] A number of changes were made to the minimum weights of the cars. The Acura ran on 1053 kilograms of weight, the Porsche ran on 1043 kg, the BMW ran on 1038 kg and the Cadillac ran on 1037 kg. The maximum power output had been changed to 515 kilowatts of power for the Porsche, and 513 kW for both the BMW and Cadillac. The Acura remained on 520 kW.[7]

After the Motul Course de Monterey one month earlier, Nick Tandy and Mathieu Jaminet led the GTP Drivers' Championship with 1307 points, ahead of Pipo Derani and Alexander Sims with 1282 points, and Filipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor with 1241 points.[8] With 730 points, the LMP2 Drivers' Championship was led by Mikkel Jensen and Steven Thomas with a sixty-three point advantage over Paul-Loup Chatin and Ben Keating.[8] In LMP3, the Drivers' Championship was led by Josh Burdon, Felipe Fraga, and Gar Robinson with 380 points.[8] Ben Barnicoat and Jack Hawksworth led the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship with 1415 points ahead of Jules Gounon and Daniel Juncadella with 1374 points.[8] In GTD, the Drivers' Championship was led by Bryan Sellers and Madison Snow with 1244 points, ahead of Brendan Iribe and Frederik Schandorff with 1182 points.[8] Cadillac, Lexus, and BMW were leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while Porsche Penske Motorsport, TDS Racing, Riley Motorsports, Vasser Sullivan Racing, and Paul Miller Racing each led their own Teams' Championships.[8]

Entries

In LMP2, AF Corse ran the No. 88 Oreca 07 machine with Nicklas Nielsen, Luis Pérez Companc, and Lilou Wadoux. Additionally, Tower Motorsport's John Farano was replaced by Salih Yoluç in the #8 entry as Farano continued to recover from an injury suffered in a crash at Laguna Seca earlier in the season.[9] In GTD Pro, MDK Motorsports withheld their planned GTD Pro entry for an additional round after forgoing the 12 Hours of Sebring due to BoP concerns. While the concerns had long since been addressed, team principal Mark Kvamme elected to focus on the team's GT World Challenge America program, which had completed a race event at Virginia International Raceway the previous weekend.[10] After missing Sebring, Andrea Caldarelli returned to Iron Lynx's GTD Pro lineup alongside Jordan Pepper.[11] Furthermore, the No. 61 Ferrari 296 GT3 entered, with drivers Miguel Molina, Ulysse de Pauw, and Simon Mann. In GTD, The No. 42 NTE Sport car returned with Jaden Conwright and Luke Berkeley.[12]

Practice

There were two practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Sunday, one on Friday and one on Saturday. The first session lasted 90 minutes on Friday while the second session on Saturday lasted 105 minutes.[13]

Practice 1

The first practice session took place at 4:30 pm ET on Friday and ended with Colin Braun topping the charts for Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian, with a lap time of 1:33.563.[14]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 GTP 60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Colin Braun 1:33.563 _
2 GTP 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport Felipe Nasr 1:34.792 +1.229
3 GTP 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Nick Tandy 1:34.863 +1.300
Source:[15]

Final Practice

The second and final practice session took place at 8:00 am ET on Saturday and ended with Colin Braun topping the charts for Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian, with a lap time of 1:32.311.[16]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 GTP 60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Colin Braun 1:32.311 _
2 GTP 25 BMW M Team RLL Connor De Phillippi 1:32.315 +0.004
3 GTP 24 BMW M Team RLL Augusto Farfus 1:32.574 +0.263
Source:[17]

Qualifying

Qualifying was broken into three sessions. The first was for cars in the GTD Pro and GTD classes. Daniel Serra qualified on pole in GTD Pro driving the No. 62 Risi Competizione entry and the No. 78 Forte Racing powered by US RaceTronics entry driven by Loris Spinelli set the fastest time among all GTD cars.[18][19]

The second session was for cars in the LMP2 and LMP3 classes. Steven Thomas and Gar Robinson were handed pole position for LMP2 and LMP3, respectively after the session did not reach minimum time to be declared official after cars aquaplaned off the track. Ari Balogh, driving the No. 30 Jr III Motorsports entry, spun into the inside wall of turn 7 before stopping alongside the tire barriers. Moments later, Ben Keating, driving the No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports entry, aquaplaned off at turn 7 and hit the Jr III Motorsports Ligier. Not long afterwards, Anthony Mantella, driving the No. 17 AWA entry, also aquaplaned off the track at turn 7 and hit the PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca. The red flag was thrown and caused the session to be abandoned. Championship points were not awarded and starting positions were set by teams' championship standings.[19][20]

The final session of qualifying was for the GTP class. Nick Tandy was handed pole position after the session was cancelled due to poor weather conditions. Championship points were not awarded and starting positions were set by teams' championship standings.[20][19]

Qualifying results

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by ‡.

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 GTD 78 Forte Racing powered by US RaceTronics Italy Loris Spinelli 1:44.430 _ 29‡
2 GTD Pro 62 Risi Competizione Brazil Daniel Serra 1:44.829 +0.399 30‡
3 GTD Pro 63 Iron Lynx South Africa Jordan Pepper 1:45.139 +0.709 31
4 GTD 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing United States Aaron Telitz 1:45.203 +0.773 32
5 GTD Pro 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth 1:45.297 +0.867 33
6 GTD 83 Iron Dames France Doriane Pin 1:45.325 +0.895 34
7 GTD 1 Paul Miller Racing United States Madison Snow 1:45.434 +1.004 35
8 GTD Pro 79 WeatherTech Racing Andorra Jules Gounon 1:46.058 +1.628 36
9 GTD Pro 3 Corvette Racing United States Jordan Taylor 1:46.168 +1.738 37
10 GTD Pro 9 Pfaff Motorsports France Patrick Pilet 1:46.299 +1.869 38
11 GTD Pro 95 Turner Motorsport United States Bill Auberlen 1:46.450 +2.020 39
12 GTD 27 Heart of Racing Team United Kingdom Ian James 1:46.577 +2.147 40
13 GTD 42 NTE Sport United States Jaden Conwright 1:46.643 +2.213 41
14 GTD 32 Team Korthoff Motorsports United States Mike Skeen 1:46.741 +2.311 42
15 GTD 70 Inception Racing United States Brendan Iribe 1:47.118 +2.688 43
16 GTD 96 Turner Motorsport United States Patrick Gallagher 1:47.168 +2.738 44
17 GTD 57 Winward Racing United States Russell Ward 1:47.553 +3.123 45
18 GTD 91 Kelly-Moss with Riley United States Alan Metni 1:47.592 +3.162 46
19 GTD 44 Magnus Racing United States John Potter 1:47.597 +3.167 47
20 GTD 80 AO Racing Team United States P. J. Hyett 1:48.187 +3.757 48
21 GTD 023 Triarsi Competizione United States Charlie Scardina 1:48.390 +3.960 49
22 GTD 16 Wright Motorsports United States Ryan Hardwick 1:48.484 +4.054 50
23 GTD 66 Gradient Racing United States Sheena Monk 1:48.514 +4.084 51
24 GTD 77 Wright Motorsports United States Alan Brynjolfsson 1:48.726 +4.296 52
25 GTD 47 Cetilar Racing Italy Roberto Lacorte 1:49.878 +5.448 53
26 GTD 93 Racer's Edge Motorsports with WTR Andretti United States Ashton Harrison 1:50.581 +6.151 54
27 GTD Pro 61 AF Corse United Kingdom Simon Mann 1:50.642 +6.212 55
28 GTD 92 Kelly-Moss with Riley United States David Brule 1:52.854 +8.424 56
29 GTP 01 Cadillac Racing No Time Established 4
30 LMP2 04 CrowdStrike Racing by APR No Time Established 13
31 LMP3 4 Ave Motorsports No Time Established 23
32 GTP 5 JDC-Miller MotorSports No Time Established 9
33 GTP 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport No Time Established 1‡
34 GTP 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport No Time Established 6
35 LMP2 8 Tower Motorsports No Time Established 12
36 GTP 10 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport No Time Established 3
37 LMP2 11 TDS Racing No Time Established 10‡
38 LMP3 13 AWA No Time Established 20
39 LMP3 17 AWA No Time Established 39
40 LMP2 18 Era Motorsport No Time Established 14
41 LMP2 20 High Class Racing No Time Established 16
42 GTD Pro 23 Heart of Racing Team Did Not Participate 57
43 GTP 24 BMW M Team RLL No Time Established 7
44 GTP 25 BMW M Team RLL No Time Established 5
45 LMP3 30 Jr III Motorsports No Time Established 26
46 GTP 31 Whelen Engineering Racing No Time Established 2
47 LMP3 33 Sean Creech Motorsport No Time Established 25
48 LMP2 35 TDS Racing No Time Established 15
49 LMP3 36 Andretti Autosport No Time Established 27
50 LMP3 38 Performance Tech Motorsports No Time Established 24
51 LMP2 51 Rick Ware Racing No Time Established 17
52 LMP2 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports No Time Established 11
53 LMP3 54 MLT Motorsports No Time Established 28
54 GTP 60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian No Time Established 8
55 LMP3 74 Riley Motorsports No Time Established 19‡
56 LMP3 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports No Time Established 21
57 LMP2 88 AF Corse No Time Established 18
Sources:[21][22]

Race

Post-race

As a result of being disqualified, Tandy and Jaminet dropped from first to third in the GTP Drivers' Championship. De Phillippi and Yelloly advanced from fifth to second while Derani and Sims took the championship lead.[23] Hanley and Kurtz advanced from fourth to first in the LMP2 Drivers' Championship.[23] Burdon, Fraga, and Robinson extended their advantage in the LMP3 Drivers' Championship over Boyd, Mantella, and Varrone to 124 points.[23] In the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship, Barnicoat and Hawksworth extended their lead to 113 points over Gounon and Juncadella while García and Taylor moved from third after being fourth coming into Watkins Glen.[23] The result kept Sellers and Snow atop the GTD Drivers' Championship while Montecalvo and Telitz advanced from fourth to second.[23] Cadillac, Lexus, and BMW continued to top their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while Riley Motorsports, Vasser Sullivan Racing, and Paul Miller Racing kept their respective advantages in their respective of Teams' Championships. Whelen Engineering Racing and CrowdStrike Racing by APR took the lead in their respective Teams' Championships with six races left in the season.[23]

Results

Class winners are in bold and ‡.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 GTP 25 United States BMW M Team RLL United States Connor De Phillippi
United Kingdom Nick Yelloly 		BMW M Hybrid V8 201 6:03:09.715‡
BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8
2 GTP 31 United States Whelen Engineering Racing United Kingdom Jack Aitken
Brazil Pipo Derani
United Kingdom Alexander Sims 		Cadillac V-Series.R 201 +12.078
Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
3 GTP 60 United States Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist
United States Colin Braun 		Acura ARX-06 201 +20.421
Acura AR24e 2.4 L Turbo V6
4 GTP 5 United States JDC-Miller MotorSports Germany Mike Rockenfeller
Netherlands Tijmen van der Helm 		Porsche 963 199 +2 Laps
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
5 GTP 01 United States Cadillac Racing France Sébastien Bourdais
Netherlands Renger van der Zande 		Cadillac V-Series.R 197 +4 Laps
Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
6 LMP2 04 United States CrowdStrike Racing by APR United Kingdom Ben Hanley
United States George Kurtz
United States Nolan Siegel 		Oreca 07 196 +5 Laps‡
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
7 LMP2 18 United States Era Motorsport United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel
United States Dwight Merriman
Denmark Christian Rasmussen 		Oreca 07 196 +5 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
8 LMP2 52 United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports France Paul-Loup Chatin
United States Ben Keating
United Kingdom Alex Quinn 		Oreca 07 196 +5 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
9 LMP2 35 France TDS Racing United States John Falb
Netherlands Giedo van der Garde
United States Josh Pierson 		Oreca 07 195 +6 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
10 LMP2 8 United States Tower Motorsports Barbados Kyffin Simpson
United Kingdom Will Stevens
Turkey Salih Yoluç 		Oreca 07 195 +6 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
11 LMP2 88 Italy AF Corse Denmark Nicklas Nielsen
Argentina Luis Pérez Companc
France Lilou Wadoux 		Oreca 07 193 +8 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
12 LMP3 74 United States Riley Motorsports Australia Josh Burdon
Brazil Felipe Fraga
United States Gar Robinson 		Ligier JS P320 189 +12 Laps‡
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine
13 LMP3 30 United States Jr III Motorsports United States Ari Balogh
United States Dakota Dickerson
Canada Garett Grist 		Ligier JS P320 189 +12 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine
14 LMP3 17 Canada AWA United Kingdom Wayne Boyd
Canada Anthony Mantella
Argentina Nicolás Varrone 		Duqueine M30 - D08 189 +12 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine
15 LMP3 36 United States Andretti Autosport United States Jarett Andretti
Netherlands Glenn van Berlo
Colombia Gabby Chaves 		Ligier JS P320 188 +13 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine
16 LMP3 13 Canada AWA United Kingdom Matt Bell
Canada Orey Fidani
Germany Lars Kern 		Duqueine M30 - D08 188 +13 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine
17 LMP3 4 United States Ave Motorsports United States Trenton Estep
Estonia Tõnis Kasemets
United States Seth Lucas 		Ligier JS P320 187 +14 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine
18 LMP3 33 United States Sean Creech Motorsport Portugal João Barbosa
Chile Nico Pino
United States Lance Willsey 		Ligier JS P320 187 +14 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine
19 LMP3 54 United States MLT Motorsports United Kingdom Stevan McAleer
United States Andrew Pinkerton
United States Jason Rabe 		Ligier JS P320 185 +16 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine
20 GTD 12 United States Vasser Sullivan Racing United States Frankie Montecalvo
United States Aaron Telitz
Canada Parker Thompson 		Lexus RC F GT3 183 +18 Laps‡
Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8
21 GTD Pro 14 United States Vasser Sullivan Racing United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat
United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth 		Lexus RC F GT3 183 +18 Laps‡
Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8
22 GTD Pro 62 United States Risi Competizione Italy Davide Rigon
Brazil Daniel Serra 		Ferrari 296 GT3 183 +18 Laps
Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6
23 GTD Pro 3 United States Corvette Racing Spain Antonio García
United States Jordan Taylor 		Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD 183 +18 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
24 GTD Pro 79 United States WeatherTech Racing Andorra Jules Gounon
Spain Daniel Juncadella 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 183 +18 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
25 GTD 1 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Corey Lewis
United States Bryan Sellers
United States Madison Snow 		BMW M4 GT3 183 +18 Laps
BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6
26 GTD 16 United States Wright Motorsports United States Ryan Hardwick
Belgium Jan Heylen
Canada Zacharie Robichon 		Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 183 +18 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
27 GTD 023 United States Triarsi Competizione Italy Alessio Rovera
United States Charlie Scardina
United States Onofrio Triarsi 		Ferrari 296 GT3 183 +18 Laps
Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6
28 GTD 66 United States Gradient Racing United Kingdom Katherine Legge
United States Marc Miller
United States Sheena Monk 		Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 183 +18 Laps
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
29 GTD Pro 9 Canada Pfaff Motorsports Austria Klaus Bachler
France Patrick Pilet 		Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 183 +18 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
30 GTD 27 United States Heart of Racing Team Canada Roman De Angelis
United Kingdom Ian James
Denmark Marco Sørensen 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 183 +18 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
31 GTD Pro 23 United States Heart of Racing Team United Kingdom Ross Gunn
Spain Alex Riberas 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 183 +18 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
32 GTD 78 United States Forte Racing powered by US RaceTronics Canada Misha Goikhberg
United States Patrick Liddy
Italy Loris Spinelli 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 183 +18 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
33 GTD 93 United States Racers Edge Motorsports with WTR Andretti Costa Rica Danny Formal
United States Ashton Harrison
Canada Kyle Marcelli 		Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 183 +18 Laps
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
34 GTD 44 United States Magnus Racing United States Andy Lally
United States John Potter
United States Spencer Pumpelly 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 183 +18 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
35 GTD 92 United States Kelly-Moss with Riley France Julien Andlauer
United States David Brule
United States Alec Udell 		Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 183 +18 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
36 LMP3 85 United States JDC-Miller MotorSports United Kingdom Till Bechtolsheimer
United States Dan Goldburg
Sweden Rasmus Lindh 		Duqueine M30 - D08 182 +19 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine
37 GTD 77 United States Wright Motorsports United States Alan Brynjolfsson
United States Trent Hindman
United States Maxwell Root 		Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 182 +19 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
38 GTD 32 United States Team Korthoff Motorsports Canada Mikaël Grenier
United States Kenton Koch
United States Mike Skeen 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 182 +19 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
39 LMP2 11 France TDS Racing United States Scott Huffaker
Denmark Mikkel Jensen
United States Steven Thomas 		Oreca 07 182 +19 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
40 GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport United States Michael Dinan
United States Robby Foley
United States Patrick Gallagher 		BMW M4 GT3 182 +19 Laps
BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6
41 GTD 80 United States AO Racing Team United States P.J. Hyett
United States Gunnar Jeannette
United Kingdom Sebastian Priaulx 		Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 182 +19 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
42 GTD 70 United Kingdom Inception Racing United States Brendan Iribe
United Kingdom Ollie Millroy
Denmark Frederik Schandorff 		McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 182 +19 Laps
McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
43 GTD 83 Italy Iron Dames Switzerland Rahel Frey
Denmark Michelle Gatting
France Doriane Pin 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 182 +19 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
44 GTD 91 United States Kelly-Moss with Riley Netherlands Kay van Berlo
New Zealand Jaxon Evans
United States Alan Metni 		Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 181 +20 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
45
DNF 		GTD Pro 95 United States Turner Motorsport United States Bill Auberlen
United States John Edwards
United States Chandler Hull 		BMW M4 GT3 179 Accident
BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6
46
DNF 		GTP 10 United States Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
Switzerland Louis Delétraz
United States Ricky Taylor 		Acura ARX-06 176 Mechanical
Acura AR24e 2.4 L Turbo V6
47
DNF 		GTD 47 Italy Cetilar Racing Italy Antonio Fuoco
Italy Roberto Lacorte
Italy Giorgio Sernagiotto 		Ferrari 296 GT3 158 Mechanical
Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6
48
DNF 		GTD Pro 61 Italy AF Corse United Kingdom Simon Mann
Spain Miguel Molina
Belgium Ulysse de Pauw 		Ferrari 296 GT3 134 Mechanical
Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6
49
DNF 		LMP3 38 United States Performance Tech Motorsports United States Christopher Allen
United States Connor Bloum
United States Alex Kirby 		Ligier JS P320 109 Accident
Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine
50
DNF 		GTD Pro 63 Italy Iron Lynx Italy Andrea Caldarelli
South Africa Jordan Pepper 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 108 Accident
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
51
DNF 		GTD 42 United States NTE Sport United States Luke Berkeley
United States Jaden Conwright
United States Rob Ferriol 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 105 Accident
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
52 GTP 7 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport Australia Matt Campbell
Brazil Felipe Nasr 		Porsche 963 100 +101 Laps
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
53
DNF 		LMP2 20 Denmark High Class Racing Denmark Dennis Andersen
Denmark Anders Fjordbach
United Arab Emirates Ed Jones
United States Mark Kvamme 		Oreca 07 60 Mechanical
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
54
DNF 		GTD 57 United States Winward Racing Netherlands Indy Dontje
Switzerland Raffaele Marciello
United States Russell Ward 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 32 Mechanical
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
55
DNF 		LMP2 51 United States Rick Ware Racing Canada Devlin DeFrancesco
Brazil Pietro Fittipaldi
United States Eric Lux 		Oreca 07 7 Wheel Hub
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
56
DNF 		GTP 24 United States BMW M Team RLL Austria Philipp Eng
Brazil Augusto Farfus 		BMW M Hybrid V8 0 Crash
BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8
57 GTP 6 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport France Mathieu Jaminet
United Kingdom Nick Tandy 		Porsche 963 201 -2.120[N 1]
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
OFFICIAL RESULTS

Notes

  1. ^ The No. 6 Porsche 963 was moved to the back of the GTP class after post-race technical inspection showed that the skid block measured less than the permitted minimum thickness.[24]

Standings after the race

GTP Drivers' Championship standings[23]
Pos. +/– Driver Points
1 1 Brazil Pipo Derani
United Kingdom Alexander Sims 		1602
2 3 United States Connor De Phillippi
United Kingdom Nick Yelloly 		1583
3 1 United Kingdom Nick Tandy
France Mathieu Jaminet 		1527
4 France Sébastien Bourdais
Netherlands Renger van der Zande 		1495
5 2 Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
United States Ricky Taylor 		1491


LMP2 Drivers' Championship standings[23]
Pos. +/– Driver Points
1 3 United Kingdom Ben Hanley
United States George Kurtz 		973
2 1 Denmark Mikkel Jensen
United States Steven Thomas 		970
3 1 France Paul-Loup Chatin
United States Ben Keating 		967
4 1 United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel
United States Dwight Merriman 		906
5 1 Netherlands Giedo van der Garde 850
LMP3 Drivers' Championship standings[23]
Pos. +/– Driver Points
1 Australia Josh Burdon
Brazil Felipe Fraga
United States Gar Robinson 		730
2 3 United Kingdom Wayne Boyd
Canada Anthony Mantella
Argentina Nicolás Varrone 		606
3 1 United Kingdom Matt Bell
Canada Orey Fidani
Germany Lars Kern 		604
4 6 United States Dakota Dickerson
Canada Garett Grist 		578
5 2 United Kingdom Till Bechtolsheimer
United States Dan Goldburg 		552


GTD Pro Drivers' Championship standings[23]
Pos. +/– Driver Points
1 United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat
United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth 		1795
2 Andorra Jules Gounon
Spain Daniel Juncadella 		1682
3 1 Spain Antonio García
United States Jordan Taylor 		1623
4 1 Austria Klaus Bachler
France Patrick Pilet 		1609
5 United Kingdom Ross Gunn
Spain Alex Riberas 		1408
GTD Drivers' Championship standings[23]
Pos. +/– Driver Points
1 United States Bryan Sellers
United States Madison Snow 		1592
2 2 United States Frankie Montecalvo
United States Aaron Telitz 		1488
3 Canada Roman De Angelis
Denmark Marco Sørensen 		1447
4 2 United States Brendan Iribe
Denmark Frederik Schandorff 		1365
5 United States Robby Foley
United States Patrick Gallagher 		1225

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.
GTP Teams' Championship standings[23]
Pos. +/– Team Points
1 1 United States #31 Whelen Engineering Racing 1602
2 3 United States #25 BMW M Team RLL 1538
3 2 Germany #6 Porsche Penske Motorsport 1527
4 United States #01 Cadillac Racing 1495
5 2 United States #10 WTR with Andretti Autosport 1491
LMP2 Teams' Championship standings[23]
Pos. +/– Team Points
1 3 United States #04 CrowdStrike Racing by APR 973
2 1 France #11 TDS Racing 970
3 1 United States #52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports 967
4 1 United States #18 Era Motorsport 906
5 2 United States #8 Tower Motorsports 889
LMP3 Teams' Championship standings[23]
Pos. +/– Team Points
1 United States #74 Riley Motorsports 730
2 2 Canada #17 AWA 606
3 1 Canada #13 AWA 604
4 4 United States #30 Jr III Motorsports 578
5 2 United States #85 JDC-Miller MotorSports 552
GTD Pro Teams' Championship standings[23]
Pos. +/– Team Points
1 United States #14 Vasser Sullivan Racing 1795
2 United States #79 WeatherTech Racing 1682
3 1 United States #3 Corvette Racing 1623
4 1 Canada #9 Pfaff Motorsports 1609
5 United States #23 Heart of Racing Team 1408
GTD Teams' Championship standings[23]
Pos. +/– Team Points
1 United States #1 Paul Miller Racing 1592
2 2 United States #12 Vasser Sullivan Racing 1488
3 United States #27 Heart of Racing Team 1447
4 2 United Kingdom #70 Inception Racing 1365
5 United States #96 Turner Motorsport 1225

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.
GTP Manufacturers' Championship standings[23]
Pos. +/– Manufacturer Points
1 United States Cadillac 1767
2 2 Germany BMW 1684
3 1 Germany Porsche 1655
4 1 Japan Acura 1644
GTD Pro Manufacturers' Championship standings[23]
Pos. +/– Manufacturer Points
1 Japan Lexus 1795
2 Germany Mercedes-AMG 1682
3 1 United States Chevrolet 1623
4 1 Germany Porsche 1609
5 United Kingdom Aston Martin 1419
GTD Manufacturers' Championship standings[23]
Pos. +/– Manufacturer Points
1 Germany BMW 1728
2 United Kingdom Aston Martin 1626
3 2 Japan Lexus 1592
4 1 Germany Porsche 1575
5 2 United Kingdom McLaren 1509

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.

References

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