{"id":207030,"date":"2025-10-12T04:36:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T04:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/207030\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T04:36:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T04:36:11","slug":"porsche-teams-seal-imsa-titles-as-cadillac-wins-a-dramatic-petit-le-mans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/207030\/","title":{"rendered":"Porsche teams seal IMSA titles as Cadillac wins a dramatic Petit Le Mans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IMSA\u2019s four classes put on a show, with noteworthy results in every group of cars after an intense race.<\/p>\n<p>Action Express trio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/jack-aitken\/841554\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Aitken<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/earl-bamber\/841589\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Earl Bamber<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/frederik-vesti\/841670\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Frederik Vesti<\/a> gave Cadillac a second consecutive Petit Le Mans victory as Porsche\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/matt-campbell\/841609\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Campbell<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/mathieu-jaminet\/860299\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mathieu Jaminet<\/a> took the IMSA title.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/31-cadillac-action-express-cad.jpg\" alt=\"#31 Cadillac Action Express Cadillac V- Series.R: Jack Aitken, Earl Bamber, Frederik Vesti, #60 Acura Meyer Shank Racing w\/Curb Agajanian Acura ARX-06: Tom Blomqvist, Colin Braun, Scott Dixon\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">#31 Cadillac Action Express Cadillac V- Series.R: Jack Aitken, Earl Bamber, Frederik Vesti, #60 Acura Meyer Shank Racing w\/Curb Agajanian Acura ARX-06: Tom Blomqvist, Colin Braun, Scott Dixon<\/p>\n<p class=\"photographer\">Photo by: Brandon Badraoui \/ Lumen via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The #31 Action Express Racing Cadillac V-Series.R LMDh took the flag after 10 hours of racing around Road Atlanta with a 5.1s margin over #23 The Heart of Racing Aston Martin Valkyrie Le Mans Hypercar shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/ross-gunn\/860318\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ross Gunn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/roman-de-angelis\/864518\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Roman De Angelis<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/alex-riberas\/860273\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Riberas<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/23-aston-martin-thor-team-asto.jpg\" alt=\"#23 Aston Martin Thor Team Aston Martin Valkyrie: Ross Gunn, Roman De Angelis, Alex Riberas\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">#23 Aston Martin Thor Team Aston Martin Valkyrie: Ross Gunn, Roman De Angelis, Alex Riberas<\/p>\n<p class=\"photographer\">Photo by: Jake Galstad \/ Lumen via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Third place for Campbell and Jaminet, who shared the #6 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 LMDh with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/laurens-vanthoor\/854774\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Laurens Vanthoor<\/a>, was more than enough to give them the IMSA SportsCar Championship drivers\u2019 title.<\/p>\n<p>Porsche took a clean sweep of the silverware in the GTP class, also claiming the manufacturers\u2019 and teams\u2019 crowns and the IMSA Endurance Cup with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/nick-tandy\/829698\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Tandy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/felipe-nasr\/830004\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Felipe Nasr<\/a> in the sister #7 PPM car.<\/p>\n<p>The Action Express Cadillac was the fastest car for the majority of the 10-hour IMSA SportsCar Championship finale at Road Atlanta, but had to fight back from an early delay to retain the Petit Le Mans crown won by the Chip Ganassi Racing squad in 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/60-acura-meyer-shank-racing-w-.jpg\" alt=\"#60 Acura Meyer Shank Racing w\/Curb Agajanian Acura ARX-06: Tom Blomqvist, Colin Braun, Scott Dixon\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">#60 Acura Meyer Shank Racing w\/Curb Agajanian Acura ARX-06: Tom Blomqvist, Colin Braun, Scott Dixon<\/p>\n<p class=\"photographer\">Photo by: Michael L. Levitt \/ Lumen via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Aitken, who had qualified second, took the lead after shadowing pole winner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/tom-blomqvist\/841461\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Blomqvist<\/a> in the #60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-06 LMDh for the first two and a half hours of the race.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Briton was able to stretch the lead to nearly 10s before handing over to Bamber just before the fifth of six safety cars to interrupt the 28th running of the Petit Le Mans enduro.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bamber had to come back into the pits with a right rear puncture under the yellow flags after running over debris on his outlap.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The New Zealander was able to bring the car up to second place behind the #6 PPM car into which Vanthoor was drafted in on race morning after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/julien-andlauer\/869306\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Julien Andlauer<\/a> fell ill.<\/p>\n<p>The Action Express entry then jumped the Porsche in the pits during the final safety car with four hours to go.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/24-bmw-m-team-rll-bmw-m-hybrid.jpg\" alt=\"#24 BMW M Team RLL BMW M Hybrid V8: Philipp Eng, Dries Vanthoor, Kevin Magnussen\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">#24 BMW M Team RLL BMW M Hybrid V8: Philipp Eng, Dries Vanthoor, Kevin Magnussen<\/p>\n<p class=\"photographer\">Photo by: Michael L. Levitt \/ Lumen via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Vesti was able to build an advantage over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/dries-vanthoor\/863265\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dries Vanthoor<\/a> in the #24 Rahal BMW M Hybrid V8 LMDh shared with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/philipp-eng\/829206\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philipp Eng<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/kevin-magnussen\/829773\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kevin Magnussen<\/a>, which had also got ahead of the Shank Acura.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Porsche came back into contention after Campbell moved past the BMW and closed to within a second of Bamber in the penultimate hour, but after the final round of pitstops with just over an hour to go the Caddy driver was able to reassert his advantage over the Porsche, now with Jaminet at the wheel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All the cars needed to make a splash-and-dash fuel stop in the final hour, with the THOR team opting to make its extra pit call early.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/63-automobili-lamborghini-squa.jpg\" alt=\"#63 Automobili Lamborghini Squadra Corse Lamborghini SC63: Romain Grosjean, Edoardo Mortara, Daniil Kvyat\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">#63 Automobili Lamborghini Squadra Corse Lamborghini SC63: Romain Grosjean, Edoardo Mortara, Daniil Kvyat<\/p>\n<p class=\"photographer\">Photo by: Brandon Badraoui \/ Lumen via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The strategy promoted De Angelis to third behind the Cadillac and the factory Lamborghini SC63 LMDh with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/romain-grosjean\/829275\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Romain Grosjean<\/a> at the wheel when the Caddy and the Porsche stopped.<\/p>\n<p>That became second when Grosjean, who shared the Lambo with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/edoardo-mortara\/829681\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Edoardo Mortara<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/daniil-kvyat\/829972\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daniil Kvyat<\/a>, made his splash with five minutes to go.\u00a0The Lambo still made it home in fourth place on what is the final scheduled appearance for the car.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The best of the Shank cars took fifth with Blomqvist, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/colin-braun\/842667\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colin Braun<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/scott-dixon\/829217\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Dixon<\/a>, while the #10 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac driven by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/ricky-taylor\/841626\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ricky Taylor<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/filipe-albuquerque\/830001\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Filipe Albuquerque<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/will-stevens\/829454\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Will Stevens<\/a> rounded out the top six.<\/p>\n<p>2025 Petit Le Mans LMP2 results<\/p>\n<p>LMP2 honours went to the #11 TDS Racing ORECA-Gibson 07 shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/thomas-steven\/869801\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Steven Thomas<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/mikkel-jensen\/861150\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mikkel Jensen<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/hunter-mcelrea\/950561\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hunter McElrea<\/a>, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/pj-hyett\/952113\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PJ Hyett<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/dane-cameron\/841996\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dane Cameron<\/a> took the class title in their AO Racing ORECA.<\/p>\n<p>2025 Petit Le Mans GTD Pro results<br \/>\n   <img decoding=\"async\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/40-cadillac-wayne-taylor-racin.jpg\" alt=\"#40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac V- Series.R: Jordan Taylor, Louis Deletraz, Norman Nato, #1 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 EVO: Madison Snow, Neil Verhagen, Connor De Phillippi\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">#40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac V- Series.R: Jordan Taylor, Louis Deletraz, Norman Nato, #1 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 EVO: Madison Snow, Neil Verhagen, Connor De Phillippi<\/p>\n<p class=\"photographer\">Photo by: Michael L. Levitt \/ Lumen via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>BMW took the GTD Pro victory with the Paul Miller Racing M4 GT3 EVO shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/dan-harper\/955028\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dan Harper<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/max-hesse\/868133\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Max Hesse<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/neil-verhagen\/864554\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Neil Verhagen<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The BMW was followed home by the two Corvette Racing\/Pratt &amp; Miller Corvette Z06 GT3.Rs: Nicky Catsburg, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/tommy-milner\/848257\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tommy Milner<\/a> and Nico Varrone took the runner-up spot in class, but the title went to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/alexander-sims\/829794\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alexander Sims<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/antonio-garcia\/842049\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Antonio Garcia<\/a> with the third place they garnered together with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/daniel-juncadella\/829814\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daniel Juncadella<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2025 Petit Le Mans race results<\/p>\n<p>            We want to hear from you!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-auto\">Let us know what you would like to see from us in the future.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"#\" class=\"ms-link text-link font-bold\">Take our survey<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-1 font-info text-body\">&#8211; The Autosport.com Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"IMSA\u2019s four classes put on a show, with noteworthy results in every group of cars after an intense&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207031,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,54753,128113,128112,128114,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-207030","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-f1","11":"tag-formula-1","12":"tag-formula1","13":"tag-imsa","14":"tag-petit-le-mans","15":"tag-porsche-teams-seal-imsa-titles-as-cadillac-wins-a-dramatic-petit-le-mans","16":"tag-road-atlanta","17":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}