2017 6 Hours of Mexico explained

The 2017 WEC 6 Hours of Mexico was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico on 1–3 September 2017. The Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez round served as the fifth race of the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship. The race was won by the No. 2 Porsche entered by Porsche Motorsport. The LMP1 grid for the race was reduced, due to the absence of the ByKolles Racing Team^[1]

Qualifying

Qualifying result

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

	Class	Team	Times
1	LMP1	No.2 Porsche LMP Team	1:24.562	—	1
2	LMP1	No.1 Porsche LMP Team	1:24.710	+0.148	2
3	LMP1		1:24.802	+0.240	3
4	LMP1		1:25.378	+0.816	4
5	LMP2	No.36 Signatech Alpine Matmut	1:32.809	8.247	5
6	LMP2	No.38 Jackie Chan DC Racing	1:33.105	+8.543	6
7	LMP2	No.31 Vaillante Rebellion	1:33.605	+9.043	7
8	LMP2	No.26 G-Drive Racing	1:34.002	+9.440	8
9	LMP2	No.25 CEFC Manor TRS Racing	1:34.051	+9.489	9
10	LMP2	No.37 Jackie Chan DC Racing	1:34.272	+9.710	10
11	LMP2	No.24 CEFC Manor TRS Racing	1:34.483	+9.921	11
12	LMP2	No.28 TDS Racing	1:35.365	+10.803	12
13	LMGTE Pro	No.71 AF Corse	1:39.425	+14.863	13
14	LMGTE Pro	No.95 Aston Martin Racing	1:39.534	+14.972	14
15	LMGTE Pro	No.67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	1:39.640	+15.078	15
16	LMGTE Pro	No.66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	1:39.728	+15.166	16
17	LMGTE Pro	No.97 Aston Martin Racing	1:39.851	+15.289	17
18	LMGTE Pro	No.92 Porsche GT Team	1:39.870	+15.308	18
19	LMGTE Pro	No.51 AF Corse	1:40.059	+15.497	19
20	LMGTE Pro	No.91 Porsche GT Team	1:40.252	+15.690	20
21	LMGTE Am	No.77 Dempsey-Proton Racing	1:42.056	+17.494	21
22	LMGTE Am	No.98 Aston Martin Racing	1:42.158	+17.596	22
23	LMGTE Am	No.86 Gulf Racing	1:42.965	+18.403	23
24	LMGTE Am	No.61 Clearwater Racing	1:43.296	+18.734	24
25	LMGTE Am	No.54 Spirit of Race	1:44.648	+20.086	25
26	LMP2	No.13 Vaillante Rebellion	1:33.407	+8.845	26

Race

Race result

Class winners are denoted in bold.^[3]

	Class		Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre		Time/Retired
					Engine
1	LMP1	2	Porsche LMP Team	Timo Bernhard Earl Bamber Brendon Hartley	Porsche 919 Hybrid		240	6:00:05.757
					Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
2	LMP1	1	Porsche LMP Team	Neel Jani Nick Tandy André Lotterer	Porsche 919 Hybrid		240	+7.141
					Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
3	LMP1	8	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Anthony Davidson Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima	Toyota TS050 Hybrid		239	+1 Lap
					Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6
4	LMP1	7	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López	Toyota TS050 Hybrid		239	+1 Lap
					Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6
5	LMP2	31	Vaillante Rebellion	Julien Canal Nicolas Prost Bruno Senna	Oreca 07		219	+21 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
6	LMP2	36	Signatech Alpine Matmut	Nicolas Lapierre Gustavo Menezes André Negrão	Alpine A470		219	+21 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
7	LMP2	24	CEFC Manor TRS Racing	Matt Rao Ben Hanley Jean-Éric Vergne	Oreca 07		219	+21 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
8	LMP2	26	G-Drive Racing	Roman Rusinov Pierre Thiriet Alex Lynn	Oreca 07		219	+21 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
9	LMP2	13	Vaillante Rebellion	Mathias Beche David Heinemeier Hansson Nelson Piquet Jr.	Oreca 07		218	+22 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
10	LMP2	37	Jackie Chan DC Racing	David Cheng Alex Brundle Tristan Gommendy	Oreca 07		218	+22 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
11	LMP2	28	TDS Racing	François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxiviere Emmanuel Collard	Oreca 07		218	+22 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
12	LMP2	25	CEFC Manor TRS Racing	Roberto González Simon Trummer Vitaly Petrov	Oreca 07		217	+23 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
13	LMP2	38	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Ho-Pin Tung Oliver Jarvis Thomas Laurent	Oreca 07		211	+29 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
14	LMGTE Pro	95	Aston Martin Racing	Nicki Thiim Marco Sørensen	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE		209	+31 Laps
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
15	LMGTE Pro	71	AF Corse	Davide Rigon Sam Bird	Ferrari 488 GTE		209	+31 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
16	LMGTE Pro	91	Porsche GT Team	Richard Lietz Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 911 RSR		208	+32 Laps
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
17	LMGTE Pro	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	Andy Priaulx Harry Tincknell	Ford GT		207	+33 Laps
					Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
18	LMGTE Pro	92	Porsche GT Team	Michael Christensen Kévin Estre	Porsche 911 RSR		207	+33 Laps
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
19	LMGTE Pro	51	AF Corse	James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi	Ferrari 488 GTE		206	+34 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
20	LMGTE Pro	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	Stefan Mücke Olivier Pla	Ford GT		205	+35 Laps
					Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
21	LMGTE Am	77	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Christian Ried Matteo Cairoli Marvin Dienst	Porsche 911 RSR		204	+36 Laps
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
22	LMGTE Am	98	Aston Martin Racing	Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE		203	+37 Laps
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
23	LMGTE Am	86	Gulf Racing UK	Michael Wainwright Ben Barker Nick Foster	Porsche 911 RSR		203	+37 Laps
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
24	LMGTE Am	54	Spirit of Race	Thomas Flohr Francesco Castellacci Miguel Molina	Ferrari 488 GTE		209	+39 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
25	LMGTE Am	61	Clearwater Racing	Weng Sun Mok Keita Sawa Matt Griffin	Ferrari 488 GTE		199	+41 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
DNF	LMGTE Pro	97	Aston Martin Racing	Darren Turner Jonathan Adam Daniel Serra	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE		83
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8

External links

Notes and References

1. Web site: ByKolles set to skip second half of 2017 WEC season. Watkins. Gary. Autosport.com. en. 2019-01-20.
2. Web site: 6 Hours of Mexico Qualifying Final Classification. fiawec.alkamelsystems.com. en. pdf. 3 September 2017. 24 September 2017. .
3. Web site: FIA WEC 6 Hours of Mexico Race Final Classification. fiawec.alkamelsystems.com. English. pdf. 23 September 2017. 3 September 2017. .