2016 6 Hours of Mexico

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.

Track layout of the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez

Qualifying

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Qualifying result

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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

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Race result

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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   Porsche Team   Timo Bernhard
  Brendon Hartley
  Mark Webber
Porsche 919 Hybrid M 230
Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
2 LMP1 7   Audi Sport Team Joest   André Lotterer
  Marcel Fässler
Audi R18 M 230
Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6
3 LMP1 6   Toyota Gazoo Racing   Stéphane Sarrazin
  Mike Conway
  Kamui Kobayashi
Toyota TS050 Hybrid M 230
Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6
4 LMP1 2   Porsche Team   Marc Lieb
  Romain Dumas
  Neel Jani
Porsche 919 Hybrid M 230
Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
5 LMP1 13   Rebellion Racing   Dominik Kraihamer
  Alexandre Imperatori
  Mathéo Tuscher
Rebellion R-One D 218
AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
6 LMP2 43   RGR Sport by Morand   Ricardo González
  Filipe Albuquerque
  Bruno Senna
Ligier JS P2 D 210
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
7 LMP2 36   Signatech Alpine   Nicolas Lapierre
  Gustavo Menezes
  Stéphane Richelmi
Alpine A460 D 210
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
8 LMP2 31   Extreme Speed Motorsports   Ryan Dalziel
  Chris Cumming
  Pipo Derani
Ligier JS P2 M 207
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
9 LMP2 42   Strakka Racing   Nick Leventis
  Jonny Kane
  Lewis Williamson
Gibson 015S D 207
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
10 LMP2 41   Greaves Motorsport   Roberto González
  Luis Díaz
  Bruno Junqueira
Gibson 015S D 207
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
11 LMP2 35   Baxi DC Racing Alpine   David Cheng
  Ho-Pin Tung
  Nelson Panciatici
Alpine A460 D 206
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
12 LMP2 27   SMP Racing   Nicolas Minassian
  Maurizio Mediani
BR Engineering BR01 D 206
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
13 LMP2 26   G-Drive Racing   Roman Rusinov
  Alex Brundle
  René Rast
Oreca 05 D 205
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
14 LMP2 30   Extreme Speed Motorsports   Scott Sharp
  Ed Brown
  Johannes van Overbeek
Ligier JS P2 M 204
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
15 LMGTE
Pro
97   Aston Martin Racing   Darren Turner
  Richie Stanaway
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE D 202
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
16 LMGTE
Pro
51   AF Corse   Gianmaria Bruni
  James Calado
Ferrari 488 GTE M 202
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
17 LMGTE
Pro
95   Aston Martin Racing   Nicki Thiim
  Marco Sørensen
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE D 202
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
18 LMGTE
Pro
71   AF Corse   Davide Rigon
  Sam Bird
Ferrari 488 GTE M 201
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
19 LMGTE
Pro
67   Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK   Andy Priaulx
  Marino Franchitti
  Harry Tincknell
Ford GT M 201
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
20 LMGTE
Pro
77   Dempsey-Proton Racing   Richard Lietz
  Michael Christensen
Porsche 911 RSR M 201
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
21 LMP1 4   ByKolles Racing Team   Simon Trummer
  Pierre Kaffer
  Oliver Webb
CLM P1/01 D 199
AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
22 LMGTE
Am
88   Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing   Khaled Al Qubaisi
  Patrick Long
  David Heinemeier Hansson
Porsche 911 RSR M 197
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
23 LMGTE
Am
83   AF Corse   François Perrodo
  Emmanuel Collard
  Rui Águas
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 196
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
24 LMGTE
Am
78   KCMG   Christian Ried
  Wolf Henzler
  Joël Camathias
Porsche 911 RSR M 196
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
25 LMGTE
Am
86   Gulf Racing   Michael Wainwright
  Adam Carroll
  Ben Barker
Porsche 911 RSR M 196
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
26 LMGTE
Pro
66   Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK   Olivier Pla
  Stefan Mücke
Ford GT M 181
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
27 LMP1 8   Audi Sport Team Joest   Loïc Duval
  Lucas di Grassi
  Oliver Jarvis
Audi R18 M 167
Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6
DNF LMGTE
Am
98   Aston Martin Racing   Paul Dalla Lana
  Pedro Lamy
  Mathias Lauda
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE M 192
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
DNF LMGTE
Am
50   Larbre Compétition   Yutaka Yamagishi
  Pierre Ragues
  Ricky Taylor
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 184
Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
DNF LMP2 44   Manor   Matt Rao
  Richard Bradley
  Alfonso Diaz Guerra
Oreca 05 D 179
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
DNF LMP1 5   Toyota Gazoo Racing   Sébastien Buemi
  Kazuki Nakajima
Toyota TS050 Hybrid M 62
Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6
DNF LMP2 37   SMP Racing   Vitaly Petrov
  Viktor Shaytar
  Kirill Ladygin
BR Engineering BR01 D 29
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8

References

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  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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