2015 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas

The 2015 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Circuit of the Americas, Austin, US, on 17–19 September 2015, and served as the fifth round of the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship season. Porsche's Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley and Mark Webber won the race driving the No. 17 Porsche 919 Hybrid car.^[1]

2015 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas

Event information
Round 5 of 8 in the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship
Date	19 September 2015
Location	Austin, Texas
Venue	Circuit of the Americas
Duration	6 Hours
Results
Laps completed	185
Distance (km)	1019.905
Distance (miles)	633.81
LMP1
Pole position
Time	1:46.211
Team	Porsche Team
Winners
Team	Porsche Team
Drivers	Timo Bernhard Brendon Hartley Mark Webber
LMP2
Winners
Team	G-Drive Racing
Drivers	Sam Bird Julien Canal Roman Rusinov
LMGTE Pro
Winners
Team	Porsche Team Manthey
Drivers	Michael Christensen Richard Lietz
LMGTE Am
Winners
Team	SMP Racing
Drivers	Aleksey Basov Andrea Bertolini Viktor Shaytar

Qualifying

Qualifying result

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

Pos	Class	Team	Average Time	Grid
1	LMP1	No. 18 Porsche Team	1:46.211	1
2	LMP1	No. 17 Porsche Team	1:46.375	2
3	LMP1	No. 8 Audi Sport Team Joest	1:47.538	3
4	LMP1	No. 7 Audi Sport Team Joest	1:47.898	4
5	LMP1	No. 1 Toyota Racing	1:48.990	5
6	LMP1	No. 2 Toyota Racing	1:49.176	6
7	LMP1	No. 12 Rebellion Racing	1:53.950	7
8	LMP1	No. 13 Rebellion Racing	1:54.506	8
9	LMP1	No. 4 Team ByKolles	1:55.794	9
10	LMP2	No. 26 G-Drive Racing	1:57.148	10
11	LMP2	No. 28 G-Drive Racing	1:57.474	11
12	LMP2	No. 30 Extreme Speed Motorsports	1:57.621	12
13	LMP2	No. 43 Team SARD Morand	1:58.109	13
14	LMP2	No. 42 Strakka Racing	1:59.749	14
15	LMP2	No. 31 Extreme Speed Motorsports	2:01.480	15
16	LMGTE Pro	No. 99 Aston Martin Racing V8	2:05.872	18
17	LMGTE Pro	No. 91 Porsche Team Manthey	2:06.134	19
18	LMGTE Pro	No. 97 Aston Martin Racing	2:06.272	20
19	LMGTE Pro	No. 95 Aston Martin Racing	2:06.294	21
20	LMGTE Pro	No. 92 Porsche Team Manthey	2:06.363	22
21	LMGTE Pro	No. 51 AF Corse	2:06.786	23
22	LMGTE Pro	No. 71 AF Corse	2:06.975	24
23	LMGTE Am	No. 77 Dempsey Racing-Proton	2:08.085	25
24	LMGTE Am	No. 96 Aston Martin Racing	2:08.264	26
25	LMGTE Am	No. 83 AF Corse	2:08.332	27
26	LMGTE Am	No. 98 Aston Martin Racing	2:08.440	28
27	LMGTE Am	No. 72 SMP Racing	2:08.442	29
28	LMGTE Am	No. 50 Larbre Compétition	2:08.802	30
29	LMP2	No. 36 Signatech Alpine	1:57.8601	16
–	LMP2	No. 47 KCMG	No Time2	17
–	LMGTE Am	No. 88 Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing	No Time	31

^1 – Only one driver of the No. 36 Signatech Alpine set a lap time.^[3]

^2 – The No. 47 KCMG had its qualifying lap time deleted due to driving the car in the opposite direction of the track, but was allowed to start from the rear of the LMP grid.^[4]

Race

Race result

Class winners in bold.^[5]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	LMP1	17	Porsche Team	Timo Bernhard Brendon Hartley Mark Webber	Porsche 919 Hybrid	M	185
					Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
2	LMP1	7	Audi Sport Team Joest	André Lotterer Marcel Fässler Benoît Tréluyer	Audi R18 e-tron quattro	M	185
					Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6
3	LMP1	8	Audi Sport Team Joest	Loïc Duval Lucas di Grassi Oliver Jarvis	Audi R18 e-tron quattro	M	184
					Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6
4	LMP1	1	Toyota Racing	Anthony Davidson Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima	Toyota TS040 Hybrid	M	183
					Toyota 3.7 L V8
5	LMP2	26	G-Drive Racing	Roman Rusinov Julien Canal Sam Bird	Ligier JS P2	D	170
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
6	LMP2	47	KCMG	Matthew Howson Richard Bradley Nicolas Lapierre	Oreca 05	D	170
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
7	LMP2	28	G-Drive Racing	Gustavo Yacamán Ricardo González Pipo Derani	Ligier JS P2	D	169
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
8	LMP1	4	Team ByKolles	Simon Trummer Pierre Kaffer	CLM P1/01	M	169
					AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
9	LMP2	30	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Scott Sharp Ryan Dalziel David Heinemeier Hansson	Ligier JS P2	D	169
					Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
10	LMP2	43	Team SARD Morand	Oliver Webb Pierre Ragues Archie Hamilton	Morgan LMP2 Evo	D	169
					SARD 3.6 L V8
11	LMP2	36	Signatech Alpine	Nelson Panciatici Paul-Loup Chatin Vincent Capillaire	Alpine A450b	D	169
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
12	LMP1	18	Porsche Team	Marc Lieb Romain Dumas Neel Jani	Porsche 919 Hybrid	M	168
					Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
13	LMP2	42	Strakka Racing	Nick Leventis Jonny Kane Danny Watts	Gibson 015S	D	166
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
14	LMGTE Pro	91	Porsche Team Manthey	Richard Lietz Michael Christensen	Porsche 911 RSR	M	162
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
15	LMGTE Pro	92	Porsche Team Manthey	Patrick Pilet Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 911 RSR	M	162
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
16	LMGTE Pro	71	AF Corse	Davide Rigon James Calado	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	162
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
17	LMGTE Pro	99	Aston Martin Racing V8	Fernando Rees Alex MacDowall Richie Stanaway	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE	M	161
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
18	LMGTE Pro	95	Aston Martin Racing	Christoffer Nygaard Marco Sørensen	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE	M	160
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
19	LMGTE Pro	97	Aston Martin Racing	Darren Turner Jonathan Adam	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE	M	160
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
20	LMGTE Pro	51	AF Corse	Gianmaria Bruni Toni Vilander	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	160
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
21	LMGTE Am	72	SMP Racing	Viktor Shaitar Aleksey Basov Andrea Bertolini	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	159
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
22	LMGTE Am	88	Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing	Christian Ried Earl Bamber Khaled Al Qubaisi	Porsche 911 RSR	M	159
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
23	LMGTE Am	83	AF Corse	François Perrodo Emmanuel Collard Rui Águas	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	158
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
24	LMGTE Am	77	Dempsey Racing-Proton	Patrick Dempsey Patrick Long Marco Seefried	Porsche 911 RSR	M	158
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
25	LMGTE Am	98	Aston Martin Racing	Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE	M	158
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
26	LMGTE Am	96	Aston Martin Racing	Benny Simonsen Stuart Hall Francesco Castellacci	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE	M	158
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
27	LMGTE Am	50	Larbre Compétition	Gianluca Roda Paolo Ruberti Kristian Poulsen	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	M	157
					Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
28	LMP1	13	Rebellion Racing	Dominik Kraihamer Alexandre Imperatori Daniel Abt	Rebellion R-One	M	147
					AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
29	LMP1	12	Rebellion Racing	Nicolas Prost Nick Heidfeld Mathias Beche	Rebellion R-One	M	147
					AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
DNF	LMP1	2	Toyota Racing	Alexander Wurz Stéphane Sarrazin Mike Conway	Toyota TS040 Hybrid	M	89
					Toyota 3.7 L V8
DNF	LMP2	31	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Ed Brown Johannes van Overbeek Jon Fogarty	Ligier JS P2	D	54
					Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6