From Le Mans to The Glen for 18 GTP drivers
After racing at Le Mans the last two weekends, 18 of the 22 full-season IMSA GTP drivers and a few teams have crossed the Atlantic Monday to head towards Watkings Glen for the 6 Hours race, third round of the Michelin Endurance Cup and sixth round (out of 9) of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
Three IMSA GTP teams at Le Mans
📷© Luc Warnotte at Le Mans. #4 Porsche 963.
Porsche Penske Motorsport’s quartet were split among three Porsche 963 with of Nick Tandy and Felipe Nasr co driving the #4 Porsche 963) ending 8th overall. Mathieu Jaminet at the wheel of #5 ended fifth overall while Matt Campbell in the #6 was close to victory, battling with the Ferraris, ending second which is almost a victory considering the difference in pace between the two cars.
The pair of Cadillac V-Series.R cars fielded by Cadillac Whelen (Action Express Racing) and Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing were awarded an invitation by the selection committee.
The #101 Cadillac WTR was driven by the two Taylors and Albuquerque while the Whelen entry had a relatively young lineup of Jack Aitken, Frederik Vesti and Felipe Drugovich for the team’s third straight trip to Le Mans.
None of those two Cadillac did reach checkered flag.
More IMSA GTP drivers
📷© Luc Warnotte at Le Mans. #38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R
Cadillac Whelen’s other full-season driver, Earl Bamber, was sharing the #38 Cadillac Hertz Team Jota entry he races during in the FIA World Endurance Championship ending seventh.
BMW M Team RLL drivers Dries Vanthoor (#15) and Sheldon van der Linde (#20) resumed with their FIA WEC team, BMW M Team WRT, aboard their BMW M Hybrid V8s ending last after technical problems .
📷© Luc Warnotte at Le Mans. Both Aston Martin Valkyrie.
Aston Martin THOR Team driver Ross Gunn was sharing the all-British #007 Aston Martin with Harry Tincknell and Tom Gamble ending 14th, while Roman De Angelis shared the #009 with Alex Riberas and Marco Sorenson ending 12th.
LMP2
Nick Yelloly won LMP2 class together with Tom Dillmann in #43 Inter Europol ORECA
#43 Inter Europol ORECA
Louis Deletraz was not able to renew last year’s Le Mans LMP2 pole but won the LMP2 Pro-Am class with with the AO’s popular, dragon-liveried LMP2 car in the WeatherTech Championship #199 AO by TF ORECA LMP2 07 he shared with last year’s IMSA GTP champion Dane Cameron and AO Racing co-founder PJ Hyett – who share “Spike,” .
📷© Luc Warnotte at Le Mans. #199 AO by TF ORECA LMP2 07
Renger van der Zande was seventh in LMP2 class with the #22 United Autosports ORECA
Tom Blomqvist ended last in LMP2 class with the #37 CLX Pure Racing ORECA
Colin Braun had to abandon with the #24 Nielsen Racing ORECA
📷© Luc Warnotte at Le Mans. #24 Nielsen Racing ORECA
Boulle who secured an entry as he won the Trueman Award (LMP2 title in 2024), driving the #52 Inter Europol by PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports ORECA LMP2 07 (now racing with United Autosports USA in 2025 IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup races) ended 10th LMP2 class, with Inter Europol’s #34 ORECA LMP2 07 he shared with Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer and Luca Ghiotto.
📷© Luc Warnotte at Le Mans. #34 ORECA LMP2 07
LMGT3
📷© Luc Warnotte at Le Mans. #13 AWA Corvette Z06 GT3.R
Fidani (Akin Award winner in GTD aboard his #13 AWA Corvette Z06 GT3.R) ended 10th LMGT3 class together with IMSA co-drivers Matt Bell and Lars Kern with the #13 striking red and white honoring the team’s Canadian roots AWA Corvette Z06 GT3.R.
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