2016 6 Hours of Mexico explained

The 2016 WEC 6 Hours of Mexico was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico on 1–3 September 2016. The Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez round served as the fifth race of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship. The race was won by the No. 1 Porsche entered by Porsche Motorsport.

Qualifying

Qualifying result

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.[1]

PosClassTeamAverage TimeGrid
1LMP1No. 8 Audi Sport Team Joest1:25.0691
2LMP1No. 2 Porsche Team1:25.1112
3LMP11:25.3503
4LMP1No. 1 Porsche Team1:25.4004
5LMP1No. 5 Toyota Gazoo Racing1:25.9605
6LMP1No. 6 Toyota Gazoo Racing1:27.3346
7LMP1No. 13 Rebellion Racing1:29.9097
8LMP1No. 4 ByKolles Racing1:31.6748
9LMP2No. 43 RGR Sport by Morand 1:35.4859
10LMP2No. 36 Signatech Alpine1:35.819 10
11LMP2No. 42 Strakka Racing1:36.03711
12LMP2No. 26 G-Drive Racing1:36.06312
13LMP2No. 44 Manor1:36.59413
14LMP2No. 41 Greaves Motorsport1:36.91414
15LMP2No. 27 SMP Racing1:37.10215
16LMP2No. 37 SMP Racing1:37.11216
17LMP2No. 35 Baxi DC Racing Alpine1:37.48217
18LMP2No. 31 Extreme Speed Motorsports1:37.75218
19LMP2No. 30 Extreme Speed Motorsports1:39.51419
20LMGTE-ProNo. 95 Aston Martin Racing1:40.458 20
21LMGTE-ProNo. 97 Aston Martin Racing1:40.600 21
22LMGTE-ProNo. 51 AF Corse1:41.034 22
23LMGTE-ProNo. 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing1:41.383 23
24LMGTE-ProNo. 71 AF Corse1:41.42624
25LMGTE-ProNo. 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK1:41.52325
26LMGTE-ProNo. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK1:41.83626
27LMGTE-AmNo. 88 Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing1:42.83927
28LMGTE-AmNo. 86 Gulf Racing1:43.54628
29LMGTE-AmNo. 78 KCMG1:43.72229
30LMGTE-AmNo. 50 Larbre Compétition1:43.73830
31LMGTE-AmNo. 83 AF Corse1:43.88031
EXLMGTE-AmNo. 98 Aston Martin Racing1:42.43732
– No. 98 Aston Martin Racing was excluded from qualifying as the ride car's height was 55mm lower.[2]

Race

Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of the overall winning car's race distance) was 161 laps. Class winners are denoted in bold.[3]

PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTyreLaps
Engine
1LMP11 Porsche Team Timo Bernhard
Brendon Hartley
Mark Webber
Porsche 919 Hybrid230
Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
2LMP17 Audi Sport Team Joest André Lotterer
Marcel Fässler
Audi R18230
Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6
3LMP16 Toyota Gazoo Racing Stéphane Sarrazin
Mike Conway
Kamui Kobayashi
Toyota TS050 Hybrid230
Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6
4LMP12 Porsche Team Marc Lieb
Romain Dumas
Neel Jani
Porsche 919 Hybrid230
Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
5LMP113 Rebellion Racing Dominik Kraihamer
Alexandre Imperatori
Mathéo Tuscher
Rebellion R-One218
AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
6LMP243 RGR Sport by Morand Ricardo González
Filipe Albuquerque
Bruno Senna
Ligier JS P2210
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
7LMP236 Signatech Alpine Nicolas Lapierre
Gustavo Menezes
Stéphane Richelmi
Alpine A460210
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
8LMP231 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ryan Dalziel
Chris Cumming
Pipo Derani
Ligier JS P2207
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
9LMP242 Strakka Racing Nick Leventis
Jonny Kane
Lewis Williamson
Gibson 015S207
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
10LMP241 Greaves Motorsport Roberto González
Luis Díaz
Bruno Junqueira
Gibson 015S207
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
11LMP235 Baxi DC Racing Alpine David Cheng
Ho-Pin Tung
Nelson Panciatici
Alpine A460206
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
12LMP227 SMP Racing Nicolas Minassian
Maurizio Mediani
BR Engineering BR01206
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
13LMP226 G-Drive Racing Roman Rusinov
Alex Brundle
René Rast
Oreca 05205
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
14LMP230 Extreme Speed Motorsports Scott Sharp
Ed Brown
Johannes van Overbeek
Ligier JS P2204
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
15LMGTE
Pro
97 Aston Martin Racing Darren Turner
Richie Stanaway
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE202
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
16LMGTE
Pro
51 AF Corse Gianmaria Bruni
James Calado
Ferrari 488 GTE202
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
17LMGTE
Pro
95 Aston Martin Racing Nicki Thiim
Marco Sørensen
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE202
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
18LMGTE
Pro
71 AF Corse Davide Rigon
Sam Bird
Ferrari 488 GTE201
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
19LMGTE
Pro
67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Andy Priaulx
Marino Franchitti
Harry Tincknell
Ford GT201
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
20LMGTE
Pro
77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Richard Lietz
Michael Christensen
Porsche 911 RSR201
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
21LMP14 ByKolles Racing Team Simon Trummer
Pierre Kaffer
Oliver Webb
CLM P1/01199
AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
22LMGTE
Am
88 Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing Khaled Al Qubaisi
Patrick Long
David Heinemeier Hansson
Porsche 911 RSR197
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
23LMGTE
Am
83 AF Corse François Perrodo
Emmanuel Collard
Rui Águas
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2196
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
24LMGTE
Am
78 KCMG Christian Ried
Wolf Henzler
Joël Camathias
Porsche 911 RSR196
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
25LMGTE
Am
86 Gulf Racing Michael Wainwright
Adam Carroll
Ben Barker
Porsche 911 RSR196
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
26LMGTE
Pro
66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Olivier Pla
Stefan Mücke
Ford GT181
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
27LMP18 Audi Sport Team Joest Loïc Duval
Lucas di Grassi
Oliver Jarvis
Audi R18167
Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6
DNFLMGTE
Am
98 Aston Martin Racing Paul Dalla Lana
Pedro Lamy
Mathias Lauda
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE192
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
DNFLMGTE
Am
50 Larbre Compétition Yutaka Yamagishi
Pierre Ragues
Ricky Taylor
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R184
Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
DNFLMP244 Manor Matt Rao
Richard Bradley
Alfonso Diaz Guerra
Oreca 05179
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
DNFLMP15 Toyota Gazoo Racing Sébastien Buemi
Kazuki Nakajima
Toyota TS050 Hybrid62
Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6
DNFLMP237 SMP Racing Vitaly Petrov
Viktor Shaytar
Kirill Ladygin
BR Engineering BR0129
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8

References

  1. Web site: FIA WEC 6 Hours of Mexico Qualifying Final Classification . . PDF . 2 September 2016 . 17 September 2016.
  2. Web site: FIA WEC 6 Hours of Mexico Stewards Decision Nr 6. . PDF . 2 September 2016 . 19 November 2016.
  3. Web site: FIA WEC 6 Hours of Mexico Race Final Classification . . PDF . 3 September 2016 . 17 September 2016.