2016 6 Hours of Shanghai explained

The 2016 6 Hours of Shanghai was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China on 4—6 November 2016, and served as the eighth race of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship. 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]

Pos	Class	Team	Average Time	Grid
1	LMP1	No. 1 Porsche Team	1:44.462	1
2	LMP1	No. 5 Toyota Gazoo Racing	1:44.522	2
3	LMP1	No. 8 Audi Sport Team Joest	1:44.610	3
4	LMP1	No. 6 Toyota Gazoo Racing	1:44.810	4
5	LMP1	No. 7 Audi Sport Team Joest	1:44.868	5
6	LMP1	No. 2 Porsche Team	1:45.051	6
7	LMP1	No. 13 Rebellion Racing	1:49.828	7
8	LMP1	No. 4 ByKolles Racing	1:51.285	8
9	LMP2	No. 44 Manor	1:54.225	9
10	LMP2	No. 36 Signatech Alpine	1:54.382	10
11	LMP2	No. 30 Extreme Speed Motorsports	1:54.398	11
12	LMP2	No. 26 G-Drive Racing	1:54.759	12
13	LMP2	No. 43 RGR Sport by Morand	1:54.845	13
14	LMP2	No. 45 Manor	1:54.899	14
15	LMP2	No. 27 SMP Racing	1:55.754	15
16	LMP2	No. 37 SMP Racing	1:56.429	16
17	LMP2	No. 31 Extreme Speed Motorsports	1:56.439	17
18	LMP2	No. 35 Baxi DC Racing Alpine	1:57.111	18
19	LMGTE-Pro	No. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	2:01.391	19
20	LMGTE-Pro	No. 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	2:01.528	20
21	LMGTE-Pro	No. 95 Aston Martin Racing	2:02.040	21
22	LMGTE-Pro	No. 51 AF Corse	2:02.315	22
23	LMGTE-Pro	No. 97 Aston Martin Racing	2:02.432	23
24	LMGTE-Pro	No. 71 AF Corse	2:02.866	24
25	LMGTE-Pro	No. 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing	2:03.767	25
26	LMGTE-Am	No. 98 Aston Martin Racing	2:04.997	26
27	LMGTE-Am	No. 83 AF Corse	2:05.334	27
28	LMGTE-Am	No. 88 Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing	2:05.466	28
29	LMGTE-Am	No. 78 KCMG	2:06.344	29
30	LMGTE-Am	No. 86 Gulf Racing	2:07.712	30
31	LMGTE-Am	No. 50 Larbre Compétition	2:07.857	31

Race

Race result

Class winners are denoted with bold.^[2]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	LMP1	1	Porsche Team	Timo Bernhard Mark Webber Brendon Hartley	Porsche 919 Hybrid		195
					Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
2	LMP1	6	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Stéphane Sarrazin Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi	Toyota TS050 Hybrid		195
					Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6
3	LMP1	5	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Anthony Davidson Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima	Toyota TS050 Hybrid		195
					Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6
4	LMP1	2	Porsche Team	Romain Dumas Neel Jani Marc Lieb	Porsche 919 Hybrid		195
					Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
5	LMP1	8	Audi Sport Team Joest	Lucas di Grassi Loïc Duval Oliver Jarvis	Audi R18		192
					Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6
6	LMP1	7	Audi Sport Team Joest	Marcel Fässler André Lotterer Benoît Tréluyer	Audi R18		181
					Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6
7	LMP1	4	ByKolles Racing Team	Simon Trummer Oliver Webb Pierre Kaffer	CLM P1/01		181
					AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
8	LMP2	26	G-Drive Racing	Roman Rusinov Alex Brundle Will Stevens	Oreca 05		180
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
9	LMP2	30	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Antonio Giovinazzi Tom Blomqvist Sean Gelael	Ligier JS P2		179
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
10	LMP2	43	RGR Sport by Morand	Ricardo González Filipe Albuquerque Bruno Senna	Ligier JS P2		179
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
11	LMP2	36	Signatech Alpine	Gustavo Menezes Nicolas Lapierre Stéphane Richelmi	Alpine A460		179
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
12	LMP2	31	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Ryan Dalziel Pipo Derani Chris Cumming	Ligier JS P2		179
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
13	LMP2	27	SMP Racing	Nicolas Minassian Maurizio Mediani Mikhail Aleshin	BR Engineering BR01		177
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
14	LMP2	37	SMP Racing	Vitaly Petrov Kirill Ladygin Viktor Shaytar	BR Engineering BR01		177
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
15	LMP2	35	Baxi DC Racing Alpine	David Cheng Ho-Pin Tung Paul-Loup Chatin	Alpine A460		176
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
16	LMP2	44	Manor	Matt Rao Richard Bradley Alex Lynn	Oreca 05		174
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
17	LMGTE Pro	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	Andy Priaulx Harry Tincknell	Ford GT		170
					Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
18	LMGTE Pro	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	Stefan Mücke Olivier Pla	Ford GT		170
					Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
19	LMGTE Pro	51	AF Corse	Gianmaria Bruni James Calado	Ferrari 488 GTE		170
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
20	LMGTE Pro	95	Aston Martin Racing	Nicki Thiim Marco Sørensen	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE		170
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
21	LMGTE Pro	71	AF Corse	Davide Rigon Sam Bird	Ferrari 488 GTE		168
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
22	LMGTE Pro	77	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Richard Lietz Michael Christensen	Porsche 911 RSR		168
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
23	LMGTE Am	98	Aston Martin Racing	Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE		166
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
24	LMP1	13	Rebellion Racing	Mathéo Tuscher Dominik Kraihamer Alexandre Imperatori	Rebellion R-One		166
					AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
25	LMGTE Am	83	AF Corse	François Perrodo Emmanuel Collard Rui Águas	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2		166
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
26	LMGTE Am	78	KCMG	Christian Ried Wolf Henzler Joël Camathias	Porsche 911 RSR		166
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
27	LMGTE Am	88	Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing	Khaled Al Qubaisi David Heinemeier Hansson Patrick Long	Porsche 911 RSR		166
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
28	LMGTE Am	50	Larbre Compétition	Pierre Ragues Ricky Taylor Romain Brandela	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R		164
					Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
29	LMGTE Am	86	Gulf Racing	Michael Wainwright Adam Carroll Ben Barker	Porsche 911 RSR		164
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
DNF	LMGTE Pro	97	Aston Martin Racing	Richie Stanaway Darren Turner	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE		1
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
DNF	LMP2	45	Manor	Tor Graves Roberto González Mathias Beche	Oreca 05		0
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8

Notes and References

1. Web site: FIA WEC 6 Hours of Shanghai - Qualifying Final Classification . . PDF . 5 November 2016 . 5 November 2016.
2. Web site: FIA WEC 6 Hours of Shanghai - Race Final Classification . . PDF . 6 November 2016 . 6 November 2016.