2011 Petit Le Mans – in pictures

Fans crowd the grid at Road Atlanta before the race, paying particular attention to the pole-sitting Peugeot of Anthony Davidson, Sébastien Bourdais and Simon Pagenaud Photograph: Rainier Ehrhardt/AP

Sébastien Bourdais leads the field in the No7 Peugeot 908 as the green flag gets the race underway. Photograph: Rick Dole/Getty Images

Gianmaria Bruni takes his GT class-winning No51 AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia through the Esses at Road Atlanta Photograph: Rick Dole/Getty Images

Blurred vision: Franck Montagny hurtles past fans in the race-winning Peugeot 908 Photograph: Rick Dole/Getty Images

Inside the cockpit of the No2 Audi R18, driven by Allan McNish, Tom Kristensen and Dindo Capello, who suffered damage after contact with a slower car Photograph: Rick Dole/Getty Images

The crowd enjoys the action as the cars come out of the Esses into turn five Photograph: Rick Dole/Getty Images

Scott Tucker, with the evidence of a close shave etched into the sidepod of his Level 5 Motorsports car, went on to win the class in LMP2 Photograph: Rick Dole/Getty Images

Clean air: Dirk Werner in his car and up on the jacks for a pit stop in the No55, Team RLL, BMW M3 Photograph: Rick Dole/Getty Images

Sunset at Road Atlanta sees Scott Sharp powering into the darkenss in the Extreme Speed Motorsports' Ferrari 458 Photograph: Rick Dole/Getty Images

Light show: The No1 Audi R18 of Timo Bernhard, Marcel Fassler and Romain Dumas drives into the night. Their car was challenging for the lead when a controversial incident took it out of the race Photograph: Jamey Price/Eclipse/Zumapress/Corbis

Stephane Sarrazin, Franck Montagny, and Alexander Wurz take the podium after victory in 394 laps, taking nine hours and 35 minutes Photograph: Rick Dole/Getty Images