IMSA: Bamber, No. 02 Cadillac Qualify P2 at Petit Le Mans

Chip Ganassi Racing Secures Front Row Start for Petit Le Mans

The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship held qualifying for the Motul Petit Le Mans 10-hour endurance race at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta today. Earl Bamber and the No. 02 Cadillac DPi-V.R qualified P2 with a time of 1:08.788, earning a front-row start for Saturday’s race. Sébastien Bourdais and the No. 01 finished in 1:08.905 for a P5 finish.

Qualifying at Road Atlanta
P1 – Jarvis, Blomqvist, Castroneves, No. 60, Acura DPi (1:08.555)
P2 – Bamber, Lynn, Hunter-Reay, No. 02, Cadillac DPi-V.R (1:08.788)
P5 – Bourdais, Van der Zande, Dixon, No. 01, Cadillac DPi-V.R (1:08.905)

Watch the final race on Peacock, NBC, or USA starting on Saturday, October 1 at 12:10 PM ET.

Earl Bamber - 02 Cadillac DPi-V.R
“We had a really good car all weekend and something to challenge for the pole but there was a yellow and some traffic on a key lap. I think we have a really good race car, Alex and Ryan are really strong and we definitely have the potential to win this one. Now we just need to execute tomorrow.”

Sébastien Bourdais - 01 Cadillac DPi-V.R
“I'm obviously disappointed because we’ve had a lot of speed this year and some great cars which allowed us to put the car on pole four times. It's not the way I wanted to finish qualifying in the DPi era but we’ll see if we can make the car a little better for tomorrow and go at it for 10 hours."