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

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