2015 6 Hours of Bahrain explained

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2015 6 Hours of Bahrain
Round No:8
Round Total:8
Year:2015
Date:21 November
Location:Sakhir
Circuit:Bahrain International Circuit
Duration:6 Hours
Laps:199
Distance Km:1076.988
Distance Miles:669.237
Pole Time:1:39.736
Pole Team: Porsche Team
Category1:LMP1
Category1 Winner Team: Porsche Team
Category1 Winner Drivers: Romain Dumas
Neel Jani
Marc Lieb
Category2:LMP2
Category2 Winner Team: G-Drive Racing
Category2 Winner Drivers: Sam Bird
Julien Canal
Roman Rusinov
Category3:LMGTE Pro
Category3 Winner Team: Porsche Team Manthey
Category3 Winner Drivers: Patrick Pilet
Frédéric Makowiecki
Category4:LMGTE Am
Category4 Winner Team: Aston Martin Racing
Category4 Winner Drivers: Paul Dalla Lana
Pedro Lamy
Mathias Lauda

The 2015 6 Hours of Bahrain was an endurance sports car racing event held on the Grand Prix Circuit of the Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain on 19–21 November 2015, and served as the eighth and last race of the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship season. Porsche's Marc Lieb, Romain Dumas and Neel Jani won the race driving the No. 18 Porsche 919 Hybrid car.[1]

Qualifying

Qualifying result

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.[2]

PosClassTeamTimeGrid
1LMP1No. 17 Porsche Team1:39.7361
2LMP1No. 18 Porsche Team1:40.1002
3LMP1No. 7 Audi Sport Team Joest1:41.3033
4LMP1No. 8 Audi Sport Team Joest1:41.4074
5LMP1No. 1 Toyota Racing1:42.1585
6LMP1No. 2 Toyota Racing1:42.4626
7LMP1No. 13 Rebellion Racing1:46.6607
8LMP1No. 12 Rebellion Racing1:46.9188
9LMP1No. 4 Team ByKolles1:48.2819
10LMP2No. 36 Signatech Alpine1:49.99310
11LMP2No. 26 G-Drive Racing1:50.10211
12LMP2No. 47 KCMG1:50.49012
13LMP2No. 28 G-Drive Racing1:50.72013
14LMP2No. 43 Team SARD Morand1:51.30214
15LMP2No. 30 Extreme Speed Motorsports1:51.61015
16LMP2No. 44 AF Racing1:52.02016
17LMP2No. 42 Strakka Racing1:52.26017
18LMP2No. 31 Extreme Speed Motorsports1:55.47218
19LMGTE ProNo. 51 AF Corse1:58.34719
20LMGTE ProNo. 95 Aston Martin Racing1:58.65920
21LMGTE ProNo. 99 Aston Martin Racing V81:58.77721
22LMGTE ProNo. 92 Porsche Team Manthey1:58.98822
23LMGTE ProNo. 97 Aston Martin Racing1:59.11123
24LMGTE ProNo. 91 Porsche Team Manthey1:59.80724
25LMGTE AmNo. 98 Aston Martin Racing2:00.52225
26LMGTE AmNo. 50 Larbre Compétition2:00.94426
27LMGTE AmNo. 72 SMP Racing2:00.98827
28LMGTE AmNo. 83 AF Corse2:01.79628
29LMGTE AmNo. 77 Dempsey Racing-Proton2:02.34829
30LMGTE AmNo. 96 Aston Martin Racing2:03.51730
31LMGTE ProNo. 71 AF Corse2:04.57431
LMGTE AmNo. 88 Abu Dhabi-Proton RacingNo Time32

Race

Race result

Class winners in bold.[3]

PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTyreLaps
Engine
1LMP118 Porsche Team Marc Lieb
Romain Dumas
Neel Jani
Porsche 919 Hybrid199
Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
2LMP17 Audi Sport Team Joest André Lotterer
Marcel Fässler
Benoît Tréluyer
Audi R18 e-tron quattro199
Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6
3LMP12 Toyota Racing Alexander Wurz
Stéphane Sarrazin
Mike Conway
Toyota TS040 Hybrid196
Toyota 3.7 L V8
4LMP11 Toyota Racing Anthony Davidson
Sébastien Buemi
Kazuki Nakajima
Toyota TS040 Hybrid196
Toyota 3.7 L V8
5LMP117 Porsche Team Timo Bernhard
Brendon Hartley
Mark Webber
Porsche 919 Hybrid190
Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
6LMP18 Audi Sport Team Joest Loïc Duval
Lucas di Grassi
Oliver Jarvis
Audi R18 e-tron quattro188
Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6
7LMP226 G-Drive Racing Roman Rusinov
Julien Canal
Sam Bird
Ligier JS P2183
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
8LMP247 KCMG Matthew Howson
Richard Bradley
Nick Tandy
Oreca 05183
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
9LMP228 G-Drive Racing Gustavo Yacamán
Ricardo González
Pipo Derani
Ligier JS P2182
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
10LMP236 Signatech Alpine Nelson Panciatici
Paul-Loup Chatin
Tom Dillmann
Alpine A450b182
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
11LMP113 Rebellion Racing Alexandre Imperatori
Dominik Kraihamer
Mathéo Tuscher
Rebellion R-One181
AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
12LMP14 Team ByKolles Simon Trummer
Pierre Kaffer
CLM P1/01180
AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
13LMP244 AF Racing Nicolas Minassian
Mikhail Aleshin
David Markozov
BR Engineering BR01179
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
14LMP112 Rebellion Racing Nicolas Prost
Mathias Beche
Rebellion R-One179
AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
15LMP242 Strakka Racing Nick Leventis
Jonny Kane
Danny Watts
Gibson 015S178
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
16LMP243 Team SARD Morand Oliver Webb
Pierre Ragues
Chris Cumming
Morgan LMP2 Evo177
SARD 3.6 L V8
17LMP230 Extreme Speed Motorsports Scott Sharp
Ryan Dalziel
David Heinemeier Hansson
Ligier JS P2176
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
18LMGTE
Pro
92 Porsche Team Manthey Patrick Pilet
Frédéric Makowiecki
Porsche 911 RSR173
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
19LMGTE
Pro
51 AF Corse Gianmaria Bruni
Toni Vilander
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2173
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
20LMP231 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ed Brown
Johannes van Overbeek
Jon Fogarty
Ligier JS P2173
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
21LMGTE
Pro
97 Aston Martin Racing Darren Turner
Jonathan Adam
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE173
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
22LMGTE
Pro
95 Aston Martin Racing Christoffer Nygaard
Marco Sørensen
Nicki Thiim
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE173
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
23LMGTE
Pro
91 Porsche Team Manthey Michael Christensen
Richard Lietz
Porsche 911 RSR172
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
24LMGTE
Pro
71 AF Corse Davide Rigon
James Calado
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2172
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
25LMGTE
Pro
99 Aston Martin Racing V8 Fernando Rees
Alex MacDowall
Richie Stanaway
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE171
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
26LMGTE
Am
98 Aston Martin Racing Paul Dalla Lana
Pedro Lamy
Mathias Lauda
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE170
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
27LMGTE
Am
88 Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing Marco Mapelli
Klaus Bachler
Khaled Al Qubaisi
Porsche 911 RSR170
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
28LMGTE
Am
77 Dempsey Racing-Proton Christian Ried
Patrick Long
Marco Seefried
Porsche 911 RSR170
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
29LMGTE
Am
83 AF Corse François Perrodo
Emmanuel Collard
Matteo Cressoni
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2169
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
30LMGTE
Am
72 SMP Racing Viktor Shaitar
Aleksey Basov
Andrea Bertolini
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2169
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
31LMGTE
Am
50 Larbre Compétition Gianluca Roda
Paolo Ruberti
Kristian Poulsen
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R169
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
32LMGTE
Am
96 Aston Martin Racing Roald Goethe
Stuart Hall
Francesco Castellacci
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE168
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Porsche Wins Bahrain, Claims Drivers Championship in Thriller. John Dagys Media . sportscar365.com . Dagys . John . 21 November 2015 . 23 November 2015.
  2. Web site: FIA WEC 6 Hours of Bahrain Qualifying Final Classification . . PDF . 20 November 2015 . 23 November 2015.
  3. Web site: FIA WEC 6 Hours of Bahrain Race Final Classification . . PDF . 21 November 2015 . 23 November 2015.