2019 Petit Le Mans

The 2019 Motul Petit Le Mans took place at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta from October 9-12, 2019. It is also the 22nd edition of the Petit Le Mans. It served as the 2019 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship finale, and the sixth race of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship since it's inception in 2014.

Magmortar is the defending champion.

The race starts one hour later in 2019. Instead of it starting at 11:05 AM and ending at 9:05 PM, it starts at 12:05 PM and ends at 10:05 PM.

IndyCar announced at Anthoine Hubert's memorial at Portland that neither Metagross, Beartic nor Jirayu La-ongmanee are not participating in either Bathurst or Road Atlanta. Notably, La-ongmanee withdrew from both tournaments to focus on his coaching in The Face Men Thailand as well as preparing for the 2019 Luk Thung Cup. Also one of the reasons for La-ongmanee's withdrawal was his earrings which prevent him from representing IndyCar outside the series. Metagross and Beartic withdrew from both tournaments because of their weight.

IndyCar representatives

 * Abomasnow
 * Graham Rahal

On Track Schedule
IndyCar wanted the third round, quarterfinal, and semifinal matches to be before on-track activity begins.

Sunday
First round matches (non-Slovakia Open players): 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM EDT

Monday
First round matches (Slovakia Open players): 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM EDT

Tuesday
Second round matches: 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM EDT

Wednesday
Third round motorsport matches: 11:00 AM to 11:30 AM EDT

3:45 PM to 4:15 PM EDT

Practice 1

Porsche GT3 Cup USA

4:30 PM to 5:00 PM EDT

Practice 1 Prototype Challenge

6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT

IndyCar Cup

Thursday
8:00 AM to 8:45 AM EDT

Practice 2 Porsche GT3 Cup USA

9:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT

Practice 1 Michelin Pilot Challenge

10:15 AM to 11:00 AM EDT

Practice 2 Prototype Challenge

11:15 AM to 12:00 PM EDT

Practice 1 (DPi/LMP2/GTLM) WeatherTech Championship

11:30 AM to 12:00 PM EDT

Practice 1 (GTD) WeatherTech Championship

12:00 PM to 12:15 PM EDT

Practice 1 (GTD Silver/Bronze Only) WeatherTech Championship

12:35 PM to 12:50 PM EDT

Qualifying Porsche GT3 Cup USA

1:05 PM to 1:50 PM EDT

Practice 2 Michelin Pilot Challenge

2:40 PM to 2:55 PM EDT

Qualifying Prototype Challenge

3:15 PM to 4:15 PM EDT

Practice 2 (All Classes) WeatherTech Championship

4:35 PM to 4:50 PM EDT

Practice 3 Michelin Pilot Challenge

5:00 PM to 5:15 PM EDT

Qualifying (TCR) Michelin Pilot Challenge

5:20 PM to 5:35 PM EDT

Qualifying (GS) Michelin Pilot Challenge

5:55 PM to 6:40 PM EDT

Race 1 of 2 Porsche GT3 Cup USA

7:30 PM to 9:00 PM EDT

Practice 3 (All Classes) WeatherTech Championship

Friday
8:00 AM to 9:45 AM EDT

Race Prototype Challenge

10:10 AM to 10:55 AM EDT

Race 2 of 2 Porsche GT3 Cup USA

11:15 AM to 12:15 PM EDT

Practice 4 WeatherTech Championship

1:25 PM to 3:25 PM EDT

Race FOX Factory 120 Michelin Pilot Challenge

3:55 PM to 4:10 PM EDT

Qualifying (GTD) WeatherTech Championship

4:20 PM to 4:35 PM EDT

Qualifying (GTLM) WeatherTech Championship

4:45 PM to 5:00 PM EDT

Qualifying (LMP2/DPi) WeatherTech Championship

Saturday
9:30 AM to 9:50 AM EDT

Warm Up (All Classes)

WeatherTech Championship

12:05 PM to 10:05 PM EDT

Race Motul Petit Le Mans WeatherTech Championship

Participants

 * Seedings are the seeds from Ninja vs. Juju and Jerry Springer vs. Doug Flutie, due to the death of Anthoine Hubert.

Other entrants
The following players earned main draw wildcards:
 * 🇺🇸 Dane Cameron
 * 🇧🇷 Hélio Castroneves
 * 🇺🇸 J. R. Hildebrand
 * 🇺🇸 Sage Karam
 * 🇺🇸 Madison Snow

The following player earned a special exempt into the main draw:
 * 🇹🇭 Chanon Santinatornkul

No qualifying, due to the race at Road Atlanta that will be 10 hours long Saturday.

Seeds
🇫🇷 Simon Pagenaud (Third round) 🇷🇺 Pee Saderd 🇺🇦 Scott Dixon (Second round) 🇷🇸 Volcarona Josef Newgarden (Third round) 🇦🇺 Will Power (First round) 🇸🇰 Ryan Hunter-Reay 🇯🇵 Apolo Anton Ohno

🇵🇱 Joey Fatone (First round, retired) Graham Rahal (First round) Ueli Kestenholz (First round) 🇪🇸 Mario Lopez 🇦🇿 Decidueye Honchkrow (First round) 🇸🇪 Heracross 🇮🇹 Marko Manieri (Third round)

IndyCar Cup
There is an IndyCar Cup at the Petit Le Mans due to James Hinchcliffe and Alexander Rossi's participation at the 2019 Bathurst 1000. The event is scheduled for Wednesday night, starting at 6 PM because of track activity.

This is the only Petit Le Mans event for Jirayu La-ongmanee, Beartic, and Metagross.

Marco Andretti agreed to replace Pee Saderd because of the Russian's health concern for the 2019 Luk Thung Cup. This is the first time an unseeded player plays in a seeded cup in months. Bold determines the name made the round of 16.

Group D
Pee Saderd was originally drawn in this group. Because of Saderd's health, Marco Andretti replaced him and agreed to participate.