2015 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas explained

Flag:USA
2015 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas
Round No:5
Round Total:8
Year:2015
Date:19 September
Location:Austin, Texas
Circuit:Circuit of the Americas
Duration:6 Hours
Laps:185
Distance Km:1019.905
Distance Miles:633.81
Pole Time:1:46.211
Pole Team: Porsche Team
Category1:LMP1
Category1 Winner Team: Porsche Team
Category1 Winner Drivers: Timo Bernhard
Brendon Hartley
Mark Webber
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: Michael Christensen
Richard Lietz
Category4:LMGTE Am
Category4 Winner Team: SMP Racing
Category4 Winner Drivers: Aleksey Basov
Andrea Bertolini
Viktor Shaytar

The 2015 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Circuit of the Americas, Austin, US, on 17–19 September 2015, and served as the fifth round of the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship season. Porsche's Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley and Mark Webber won the race driving the No. 17 Porsche 919 Hybrid car.[1]

Qualifying

Qualifying result

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

PosClassTeamAverage TimeGrid
1LMP1No. 18 Porsche Team1:46.2111
2LMP1No. 17 Porsche Team1:46.3752
3LMP1No. 8 Audi Sport Team Joest1:47.5383
4LMP1No. 7 Audi Sport Team Joest1:47.8984
5LMP1No. 1 Toyota Racing1:48.9905
6LMP1No. 2 Toyota Racing1:49.1766
7LMP1No. 12 Rebellion Racing1:53.9507
8LMP1No. 13 Rebellion Racing1:54.5068
9LMP1No. 4 Team ByKolles1:55.7949
10LMP2No. 26 G-Drive Racing1:57.14810
11LMP2No. 28 G-Drive Racing1:57.47411
12LMP2No. 30 Extreme Speed Motorsports1:57.62112
13LMP2No. 43 Team SARD Morand1:58.10913
14LMP2No. 42 Strakka Racing1:59.74914
15LMP2No. 31 Extreme Speed Motorsports2:01.48015
16LMGTE ProNo. 99 Aston Martin Racing V82:05.87218
17LMGTE ProNo. 91 Porsche Team Manthey2:06.13419
18LMGTE ProNo. 97 Aston Martin Racing2:06.27220
19LMGTE ProNo. 95 Aston Martin Racing2:06.29421
20LMGTE ProNo. 92 Porsche Team Manthey2:06.36322
21LMGTE ProNo. 51 AF Corse2:06.78623
22LMGTE ProNo. 71 AF Corse2:06.97524
23LMGTE AmNo. 77 Dempsey Racing-Proton2:08.08525
24LMGTE AmNo. 96 Aston Martin Racing2:08.26426
25LMGTE AmNo. 83 AF Corse2:08.33227
26LMGTE AmNo. 98 Aston Martin Racing2:08.44028
27LMGTE AmNo. 72 SMP Racing2:08.44229
28LMGTE AmNo. 50 Larbre Compétition2:08.80230
29LMP2No. 36 Signatech Alpine1:57.86016
LMP2No. 47 KCMGNo Time17
LMGTE AmNo. 88 Abu Dhabi-Proton RacingNo Time31
– Only one driver of the No. 36 Signatech Alpine set a lap time.

– The No. 47 KCMG had its qualifying lap time deleted due to driving the car in the opposite direction of the track, but was allowed to start from the rear of the LMP grid.[3]

Race

Race result

Class winners in bold.[4]

PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTyreLaps
Engine
1LMP117 Porsche Team Timo Bernhard
Brendon Hartley
Mark Webber
Porsche 919 Hybrid185
Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
2LMP17 Audi Sport Team Joest André Lotterer
Marcel Fässler
Benoît Tréluyer
Audi R18 e-tron quattro185
Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6
3LMP18 Audi Sport Team Joest Loïc Duval
Lucas di Grassi
Oliver Jarvis
Audi R18 e-tron quattro184
Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6
4LMP11 Toyota Racing Anthony Davidson
Sébastien Buemi
Kazuki Nakajima
Toyota TS040 Hybrid183
Toyota 3.7 L V8
5LMP226 G-Drive Racing Roman Rusinov
Julien Canal
Sam Bird
Ligier JS P2170
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
6LMP247 KCMG Matthew Howson
Richard Bradley
Nicolas Lapierre
Oreca 05170
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
7LMP228 G-Drive Racing Gustavo Yacamán
Ricardo González
Pipo Derani
Ligier JS P2169
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
8LMP14 Team ByKolles Simon Trummer
Pierre Kaffer
CLM P1/01169
AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
9LMP230 Extreme Speed Motorsports Scott Sharp
Ryan Dalziel
David Heinemeier Hansson
Ligier JS P2169
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
10LMP243 Team SARD Morand Oliver Webb
Pierre Ragues
Archie Hamilton
Morgan LMP2 Evo169
SARD 3.6 L V8
11LMP236 Signatech Alpine Nelson Panciatici
Paul-Loup Chatin
Vincent Capillaire
Alpine A450b169
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
12LMP118 Porsche Team Marc Lieb
Romain Dumas
Neel Jani
Porsche 919 Hybrid168
Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
13LMP242 Strakka Racing Nick Leventis
Jonny Kane
Danny Watts
Gibson 015S166
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
14LMGTE
Pro
91 Porsche Team Manthey Richard Lietz
Michael Christensen
Porsche 911 RSR162
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
15LMGTE
Pro
92 Porsche Team Manthey Patrick Pilet
Frédéric Makowiecki
Porsche 911 RSR162
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
16LMGTE
Pro
71 AF Corse Davide Rigon
James Calado
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2162
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
17LMGTE
Pro
99 Aston Martin Racing V8 Fernando Rees
Alex MacDowall
Richie Stanaway
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE161
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
18LMGTE
Pro
95 Aston Martin Racing Christoffer Nygaard
Marco Sørensen
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE160
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
19LMGTE
Pro
97 Aston Martin Racing Darren Turner
Jonathan Adam
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE160
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
20LMGTE
Pro
51 AF Corse Gianmaria Bruni
Toni Vilander
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2160
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
21LMGTE
Am
72 SMP Racing Viktor Shaitar
Aleksey Basov
Andrea Bertolini
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2159
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
22LMGTE
Am
88 Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing Christian Ried
Earl Bamber
Khaled Al Qubaisi
Porsche 911 RSR159
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
23LMGTE
Am
83 AF Corse François Perrodo
Emmanuel Collard
Rui Águas
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2158
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
24LMGTE
Am
77 Dempsey Racing-Proton Patrick Dempsey
Patrick Long
Marco Seefried
Porsche 911 RSR158
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
25LMGTE
Am
98 Aston Martin Racing Paul Dalla Lana
Pedro Lamy
Mathias Lauda
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE158
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
26LMGTE
Am
96 Aston Martin Racing Benny Simonsen
Stuart Hall
Francesco Castellacci
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE158
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
27LMGTE
Am
50 Larbre Compétition Gianluca Roda
Paolo Ruberti
Kristian Poulsen
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R157
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
28LMP113 Rebellion Racing Dominik Kraihamer
Alexandre Imperatori
Daniel Abt
Rebellion R-One147
AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
29LMP112 Rebellion Racing Nicolas Prost
Nick Heidfeld
Mathias Beche
Rebellion R-One147
AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
DNFLMP12 Toyota Racing Alexander Wurz
Stéphane Sarrazin
Mike Conway
Toyota TS040 Hybrid89
Toyota 3.7 L V8
DNFLMP231 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ed Brown
Johannes van Overbeek
Jon Fogarty
Ligier JS P254
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Porsche Dominates 6H COTA. John Dagys Media . sportscar365.com . Dagys . John . 20 September 2015 . 20 September 2015.
  2. Web site: FIA WEC 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas Qualifying Final Classification . . 18 September 2015 . 20 September 2015.
  3. Web site: FIA WEC 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas Race (360') Final Starting Grid . . 19 September 2014 . 20 September 2015.
  4. Web site: FIA WEC 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas Race Final Classification . . 20 September 2015 . 21 September 2015.