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.

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 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

  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.