Hour 4: Acura #60 leads under red flag
The first four hours of racing have been interrupted by several cautions and was red flagged, hence the top 9 GTP within 9 seconds. Blomqvist leads in Acura #60 ahead of Heinrich abord Porsche #7, van der Linde in BMW #24 and Aitken with Cadillac #31.
Blomqvist leads
Tom Blomqvist, at the wheel of the #60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian Acura ARX-06, was leading shortly before 4:00 p.m. when the race was red-flagged until 4:12 p.m. It was while waiting in the pit lane for the race to resume that he “crossed” the four-hour mark of this 29th edition of the Motul Petit Le Mans in the lead.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Road Atlanta. #60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian Acura ARX-06
Heinrich second for the lead in IMEC
Laurin Heinrich, at the wheel of Porsche 963 #7 is second. Heinrich and his teammates (Nasr and Andlauer) scored thereby 4 points for the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup GTP (drivers, teams and manufacturer) and extend their lead in the three championships as their closest opponent (Cadillac #31) are fifth (2 points).
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Road Atlanta. Normal pit stop for Porsche 963 #7
BMW #24 third
Sheldon van der Linde took the reins of the race early in the first hour. Cautions saw his lead shrinking so that Dries Vanthoor is third at 4:10 pm.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Road Atlanta. #24 BMW M Hybrid V8 was leading the race most of the first hour.
Acura #93 fourth
Nick Yelloly in the #93 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian Acura ARX-06 is fourth
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Road Atlanta. #93 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian Acura ARX-06 second at turn one of very first lap.
Aitken fifth
Jack Aitken on board of the #31 Cadillac Whelen V-Series.R is fifth.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Road Atlanta. #31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R
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