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2016 6 Hours of Mexico

Track layout of the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez

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]

Pos Class Team Average Time Grid
1 LMP1 No. 8 Audi Sport Team Joest 1:25.069 1
2 LMP1 No. 2 Porsche Team 1:25.111 2
3 LMP1 No. 7 Audi Sport Team Joest 1:25.350 3
4 LMP1 No. 1 Porsche Team 1:25.400 4
5 LMP1 No. 5 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:25.960 5
6 LMP1 No. 6 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:27.334 6
7 LMP1 No. 13 Rebellion Racing 1:29.909 7
8 LMP1 No. 4 ByKolles Racing 1:31.674 8
9 LMP2 No. 43 RGR Sport by Morand 1:35.485 9
10 LMP2 No. 36 Signatech Alpine 1:35.819 10
11 LMP2 No. 42 Strakka Racing 1:36.037 11
12 LMP2 No. 26 G-Drive Racing 1:36.063 12
13 LMP2 No. 44 Manor 1:36.594 13
14 LMP2 No. 41 Greaves Motorsport 1:36.914 14
15 LMP2 No. 27 SMP Racing 1:37.102 15
16 LMP2 No. 37 SMP Racing 1:37.112 16
17 LMP2 No. 35 Baxi DC Racing Alpine 1:37.482 17
18 LMP2 No. 31 Extreme Speed Motorsports 1:37.752 18
19 LMP2 No. 30 Extreme Speed Motorsports 1:39.514 19
20 LMGTE-Pro No. 95 Aston Martin Racing 1:40.458 20
21 LMGTE-Pro No. 97 Aston Martin Racing 1:40.600 21
22 LMGTE-Pro No. 51 AF Corse 1:41.034 22
23 LMGTE-Pro No. 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing 1:41.383 23
24 LMGTE-Pro No. 71 AF Corse 1:41.426 24
25 LMGTE-Pro No. 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK 1:41.523 25
26 LMGTE-Pro No. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK 1:41.836 26
27 LMGTE-Am No. 88 Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing 1:42.839 27
28 LMGTE-Am No. 86 Gulf Racing 1:43.546 28
29 LMGTE-Am No. 78 KCMG 1:43.722 29
30 LMGTE-Am No. 50 Larbre Compétition 1:43.738 30
31 LMGTE-Am No. 83 AF Corse 1:43.880 31
EX LMGTE-Am No. 98 Aston Martin Racing 1:42.4371 32

^1 – 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]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 LMP1 1 Germany Porsche Team Germany Timo Bernhard
New Zealand Brendon Hartley
Australia Mark Webber
Porsche 919 Hybrid M 230
Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
2 LMP1 7 Germany Audi Sport Team Joest Germany André Lotterer
Switzerland Marcel Fässler
Audi R18 M 230
Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6
3 LMP1 6 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing France Stéphane Sarrazin
United Kingdom Mike Conway
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Toyota TS050 Hybrid M 230
Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6
4 LMP1 2 Germany Porsche Team Germany Marc Lieb
France Romain Dumas
Switzerland Neel Jani
Porsche 919 Hybrid M 230
Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
5 LMP1 13 Switzerland Rebellion Racing Austria Dominik Kraihamer
Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori
Switzerland Mathéo Tuscher
Rebellion R-One D 218
AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
6 LMP2 43 Mexico RGR Sport by Morand Mexico Ricardo González
Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
Brazil Bruno Senna
Ligier JS P2 D 210
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
7 LMP2 36 France Signatech Alpine France Nicolas Lapierre
United States Gustavo Menezes
Monaco Stéphane Richelmi
Alpine A460 D 210
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
8 LMP2 31 United States Extreme Speed Motorsports United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel
Canada Chris Cumming
Brazil Pipo Derani
Ligier JS P2 M 207
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
9 LMP2 42 United Kingdom Strakka Racing United Kingdom Nick Leventis
United Kingdom Jonny Kane
United Kingdom Lewis Williamson
Gibson 015S D 207
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
10 LMP2 41 United Kingdom Greaves Motorsport Mexico Roberto González
Mexico Luis Díaz
Brazil Bruno Junqueira
Gibson 015S D 207
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
11 LMP2 35 China Baxi DC Racing Alpine United States David Cheng
China Ho-Pin Tung
France Nelson Panciatici
Alpine A460 D 206
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
12 LMP2 27 Russia SMP Racing France Nicolas Minassian
Italy Maurizio Mediani
BR Engineering BR01 D 206
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
13 LMP2 26 Russia G-Drive Racing Russia Roman Rusinov
United Kingdom Alex Brundle
Germany René Rast
Oreca 05 D 205
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
14 LMP2 30 United States Extreme Speed Motorsports United States Scott Sharp
United States Ed Brown
United States Johannes van Overbeek
Ligier JS P2 M 204
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
15 LMGTE
Pro
97 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing United Kingdom Darren Turner
New Zealand Richie Stanaway
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE D 202
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
16 LMGTE
Pro
51 Italy AF Corse Italy Gianmaria Bruni
United Kingdom James Calado
Ferrari 488 GTE M 202
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
17 LMGTE
Pro
95 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Denmark Nicki Thiim
Denmark Marco Sørensen
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE D 202
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
18 LMGTE
Pro
71 Italy AF Corse Italy Davide Rigon
United Kingdom Sam Bird
Ferrari 488 GTE M 201
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
19 LMGTE
Pro
67 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK United Kingdom Andy Priaulx
United Kingdom Marino Franchitti
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell
Ford GT M 201
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
20 LMGTE
Pro
77 Germany Dempsey-Proton Racing Austria Richard Lietz
Denmark Michael Christensen
Porsche 911 RSR M 201
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
21 LMP1 4 Austria ByKolles Racing Team Switzerland Simon Trummer
Germany Pierre Kaffer
United Kingdom Oliver Webb
CLM P1/01 D 199
AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
22 LMGTE
Am
88 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing United Arab Emirates Khaled Al Qubaisi
United States Patrick Long
Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson
Porsche 911 RSR M 197
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
23 LMGTE
Am
83 Italy AF Corse France François Perrodo
France Emmanuel Collard
Portugal Rui Águas
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 196
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
24 LMGTE
Am
78 Hong Kong KCMG Germany Christian Ried
Germany Wolf Henzler
Switzerland Joël Camathias
Porsche 911 RSR M 196
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
25 LMGTE
Am
86 United Kingdom Gulf Racing United Kingdom Michael Wainwright
United Kingdom Adam Carroll
United Kingdom Ben Barker
Porsche 911 RSR M 196
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
26 LMGTE
Pro
66 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK France Olivier Pla
Germany Stefan Mücke
Ford GT M 181
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
27 LMP1 8 Germany Audi Sport Team Joest France Loïc Duval
Brazil Lucas di Grassi
United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
Audi R18 M 167
Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6
DNF LMGTE
Am
98 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Canada Paul Dalla Lana
Portugal Pedro Lamy
Austria Mathias Lauda
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE M 192
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
DNF LMGTE
Am
50 France Larbre Compétition Japan Yutaka Yamagishi
France Pierre Ragues
United States Ricky Taylor
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 184
Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
DNF LMP2 44 United Kingdom Manor United Kingdom Matt Rao
United Kingdom Richard Bradley
Mexico Alfonso Diaz Guerra
Oreca 05 D 179
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
DNF LMP1 5 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
Japan Kazuki Nakajima
Toyota TS050 Hybrid M 62
Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6
DNF LMP2 37 Russia SMP Racing Russia Vitaly Petrov
Russia Viktor Shaytar
Russia Kirill Ladygin
BR Engineering BR01 D 29
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8

References

  1. ^ "FIA WEC 6 Hours of Mexico Qualifying Final Classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  2. ^ "FIA WEC 6 Hours of Mexico Stewards Decision Nr 6" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  3. ^ "FIA WEC 6 Hours of Mexico Race Final Classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
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