2016 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas explained

Flag:USA
2016 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas
Round No:6
Round Total:9
Year:2016
Date:17 September
Location:Austin, Texas
Circuit:Circuit of the Americas
Duration:6 Hours
Laps:186
Distance Km:1025.418
Distance Miles:637.236
Pole Time:1:45.750
Pole Team: Audi Sport Team Joest
Category1:LMP1
Category1 Winner Team: Porsche Team
Category1 Winner Drivers: Timo Bernhard
Brendon Hartley
Mark Webber
Category2:LMP2
Category2 Winner Team: Signatech Alpine
Category2 Winner Drivers: Nicolas Lapierre
Gustavo Menezes
Stéphane Richelmi
Category3:LMGTE Pro
Category3 Winner Team: Aston Martin Racing
Category3 Winner Drivers: Nicki Thiim
Marco Sørensen
Category4:LMGTE Am
Category4 Winner Team: Aston Martin Racing
Category4 Winner Drivers: Paul Dalla Lana
Pedro Lamy
Mathias Lauda

The 2016 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Circuit of the Americas, Austin, USA, on 15–17 September 2016, and served as the sixth round of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship season. Porsche's Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley and Mark Webber won the race driving the No. 1 Porsche 919 Hybrid car.

Qualifying

Qualifying result

Pole position in Class is in bold.[1]

PosClassTeamAverage TimeGrid
1LMP1No. 7 Audi Sport Team Joest1:45.7501
2LMP11:45.9832
3LMP1No. 1 Porsche Team1:46.5603
4LMP1No. 6 Toyota Gazoo Racing1:47.2184
5LMP1No. 2 Porsche Team1:47.3315
6LMP1No. 5 Toyota Gazoo Racing1:48.5846
7LMP1No. 13 Rebellion Racing1:53.6467
8LMP1No. 4 ByKolles Racing1:54.5778
9LMP2No. 36 Signatech Alpine 1:55.8929
10LMP2No. 44 Manor1:56.87310
11LMP2No. 43 RGR Sport by Morand1:57.36711
12LMP2No. 42 Strakka Racing1:57.53612
13LMP2No. 35 Baxi DC Racing Alpine1:58.06013
14LMP2No. 37 SMP Racing1:58.37914
15LMP2No. 31 Extreme Speed Motorsports1:58.39415
16LMP2No. 27 SMP Racing1:58.76916
17LMP2No. 30 Extreme Speed Motorsports2:00.63117
18LMGTE-ProNo. 95 Aston Martin Racing2:04.61018
19LMGTE-ProNo. 71 AF Corse2:04.65219
20LMGTE-ProNo. 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK2:04.80420
21LMGTE-ProNo. 51 AF Corse2:04.82121
22LMGTE-ProNo. 97 Aston Martin Racing2:04.88922
23LMGTE-ProNo. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK2:05.05723
24LMGTE-ProNo. 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing2:06.06024
25LMGTE-AmNo. 98 Aston Martin Racing2:07.68325
26LMGTE-AmNo. 88 Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing2:08.29526
27LMGTE-AmNo. 78 KCMG2:08.81627
28LMGTE-AmNo. 86 Gulf Racing2:09.11928
29LMGTE-AmNo. 83 AF Corse2:09.18729
30LMGTE-AmNo. 50 Larbre Compétition2:09.19030
31LMP2No. 26 G-Drive Racing1:57.86031
– Only one driver of the No. 26 G-Drive Racing set a lap time.

Race

Race result

Class winners are denoted with bold.[2]

PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTyreLaps
Engine
1LMP11 Porsche Team Timo Bernhard
Brendon Hartley
Mark Webber
Porsche 919 Hybrid186
Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
2LMP18 Audi Sport Team Joest Loïc Duval
Lucas di Grassi
Oliver Jarvis
Audi R18186
Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6
3LMP16 Toyota Gazoo Racing Stéphane Sarrazin
Mike Conway
Kamui Kobayashi
Toyota TS050 Hybrid186
Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6
4LMP12 Porsche Team Marc Lieb
Romain Dumas
Neel Jani
Porsche 919 Hybrid185
Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
5LMP15 Toyota Gazoo Racing Sébastien Buemi
Kazuki Nakajima
Anthony Davidson
Toyota TS050 Hybrid184
Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6
6LMP17 Audi Sport Team Joest André Lotterer
Marcel Fässler
Benoît Tréluyer
Audi R18180
Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6
7LMP113 Rebellion Racing Dominik Kraihamer
Alexandre Imperatori
Mathéo Tuscher
Rebellion R-One174
AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
8LMP236 Signatech Alpine Nicolas Lapierre
Gustavo Menezes
Stéphane Richelmi
Alpine A460172
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
9LMP243 RGR Sport by Morand Ricardo González
Filipe Albuquerque
Bruno Senna
Ligier JS P2171
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
10LMP226 G-Drive Racing Roman Rusinov
Alex Brundle
René Rast
Oreca 05171
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
11LMP14 ByKolles Racing Team Simon Trummer
Oliver Webb
CLM P1/01170
AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
12LMP227 SMP Racing Nicolas Minassian
Maurizio Mediani
BR Engineering BR01168
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
13LMP231 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ryan Dalziel
Chris Cumming
Pipo Derani
Ligier JS P2168
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
14LMP237 SMP Racing Vitaly Petrov
Viktor Shaytar
Kirill Ladygin
BR Engineering BR01167
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
15LMP230 Extreme Speed Motorsports Scott Sharp
Ed Brown
Johannes van Overbeek
Ligier JS P2166
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
16LMGTE
Pro
95 Aston Martin Racing Nicki Thiim
Marco Sørensen
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE163
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
17LMGTE
Pro
51 AF Corse Gianmaria Bruni
James Calado
Ferrari 488 GTE163
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
18LMGTE
Pro
71 AF Corse Davide Rigon
Sam Bird
Ferrari 488 GTE162
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
19LMGTE
Pro
67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Andy Priaulx
Marino Franchitti
Harry Tincknell
Ford GT162
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
20LMGTE
Pro
97 Aston Martin Racing Darren Turner
Fernando Rees
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE162
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
21LMGTE
Pro
77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Richard Lietz
Michael Christensen
Porsche 911 RSR161
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
22LMGTE
Am
98 Aston Martin Racing Paul Dalla Lana
Pedro Lamy
Mathias Lauda
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE158
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
23LMGTE
Am
78 KCMG Christian Ried
Wolf Henzler
Joël Camathias
Porsche 911 RSR158
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
24LMGTE
Am
50 Larbre Compétition Lars Viljoen
Pierre Ragues
Ricky Taylor
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R157
Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
25LMGTE
Am
86 Gulf Racing Michael Wainwright
Adam Carroll
Ben Barker
Porsche 911 RSR153
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
26LMP235 Baxi DC Racing Alpine David Cheng
Ho-Pin Tung
Nelson Panciatici
Alpine A460153
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
27LMGTE
Am
88 Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing Khaled Al Qubaisi
Kévin Estre
David Heinemeier Hansson
Porsche 911 RSR153
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
28LMGTE
Am
83 AF Corse François Perrodo
Emmanuel Collard
Rui Águas
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2147
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
29LMGTE
Pro
66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Olivier Pla
Stefan Mücke
Ford GT144
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
DNFLMP244 Manor Matt Rao
Richard Bradley
Roberto Merhi
Oreca 05157
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
DNFLMP242 Strakka Racing Nick Leventis
Jonny Kane
Lewis Williamson
Gibson 015S58
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8

Notes

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIA WEC 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas - Qualifying Final Classification . . 17 September 2016 . 16 October 2016.
  2. Web site: FIA WEC 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas - Race - Final Classification . . 18 September 2016 . 15 October 2016.