2016 6 Hours of Silverstone

The 2016 6 Hours of Silverstone was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Silverstone Circuit near Silverstone, England on 15–17 April 2016. The event served as the opening round of the 2016 World Endurance Championship. The race was won by the No. 2 Porsche 919 Hybrid entered by Porsche Team.

Qualifying

Qualifying result

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.[1]

Pos Class Team Average Time Grid
1 LMP1 No. 7 Audi Sport Team Joest 1:53.204 1
2 LMP1 No. 8 Audi Sport Team Joest 1:53.308 2
3 LMP1 No. 1 Porsche Team 1:54.150 3
4 LMP1 No. 2 Porsche Team 1:54.266 4
5 LMP1 No. 6 Toyota Racing 1:58.200 5
6 LMP1 No. 5 Toyota Racing 2:00.109 6
7 LMP1 No. 4 Bykolles Racing Team 2:08.322 7
8 LMP2 No. 26 G-Drive Racing 2:08.479 8
9 LMP2 No. 31 Extreme Speed Motorsports 2:09.632 9
10 LMP2 No. 43 RGR Sport by Morand 2:10.295 10
11 LMP2 No. 27 SMP Racing 2:10.627 11
12 LMP2 No. 37 SMP Racing 2:11.023 12
13 LMP2 No. 45 Manor 2:11.893 13
14 LMP2 No. 36 Signatech Alpine 2:12.221 14
15 LMGTE Pro No. 71 AF Corse 2:12.440 15
16 LMP2 No. 44 Manor 2:13.105 16
17 LMP2 No. 42 Strakka Racing 2:13.729 17
18 LMGTE Pro No. 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing 2:13.822 18
19 LMGTE Pro No. 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK 2:14.475 19
20 LMP2 No. 35 Baxi DC Racing Alpine 2:14.863 20
21 LMGTE Am No. 88 Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing 2:15.102 21
22 LMGTE Pro No. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK 2:17.367 22
23 LMGTE Am No. 78 KCMG 2:17.399 23
24 LMGTE Am No. 50 Larbre Compétition 2:02.937 24
25 LMGTE Am No. 86 Gulf Racing 2:19.084 25
26 LMGTE Am No. 83 AF Corse 2:20.131 26
27 LMP2 No. 30 Extreme Speed Motorsports 2:20.410 27
28 LMGTE Pro No. 97 Aston Martin Racing 2:21.091 28
29 LMGTE Pro No. 95 Aston Martin Racing 2:22.252 29
30 LMGTE Am No. 98 Aston Martin Racing 2:23.005 30
31 LMP1 No. 12 Rebellion Racing 2:08.322 31
32 LMGTE Pro No. 51 AF Corse 2:11.589 32
33 LMP1 No. 13 Rebellion Racing No Time 33

Race

Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of the overall winning car's race distance) was 136 laps. Class winners in bold.[2]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 LMP1 2 Germany Porsche Team Germany Marc Lieb
France Romain Dumas
Switzerland Neel Jani
Porsche 919 Hybrid M 194
Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
2 LMP1 6 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing France Stéphane Sarrazin
United Kingdom Mike Conway
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Toyota TS050 Hybrid M 193
Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6
3 LMP1 13 Switzerland Rebellion Racing Austria Dominik Kraihamer
Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori
Switzerland Mathéo Tuscher
Rebellion R-One D 183
AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
4 LMP1 12 Switzerland Rebellion Racing France Nicolas Prost
Germany Nick Heidfeld
Brazil Nelson Piquet, Jr.
Rebellion R-One D 181
AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
5 LMP2 43 Mexico RGR Sport by Morand Mexico Ricardo González
Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
Brazil Bruno Senna
Ligier JS P2 D 179
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
6 LMP2 31 United States Extreme Speed Motorsports United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel
Canada Chris Cumming
Brazil Pipo Derani
Ligier JS P2 D 179
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
7 LMP2 26 Russia G-Drive Racing Russia Roman Rusinov
France Nathanaël Berthon
Germany René Rast
Oreca 05 D 179
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
8 LMP2 36 France Signatech Alpine France Nicolas Lapierre
United States Gustavo Menezes
Monaco Stéphane Richelmi
Alpine A460 D 178
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
9 LMP2 42 United Kingdom Strakka Racing United Kingdom Nick Leventis
United Kingdom Jonny Kane
United Kingdom Danny Watts
Gibson 015S D 177
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
10 LMP2 45 United Kingdom Manor United Kingdom Matt Rao
United Kingdom Richard Bradley
Spain Roberto Merhi
Oreca 05 D 177
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 176
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
12 LMP2 37 Russia SMP Racing Russia Vitaly Petrov
Russia Viktor Shaytar
Russia Kirill Ladygin
BR Engineering BR01 D 176
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
13 LMP2 30 United States Extreme Speed Motorsports United States Scott Sharp
United States Ed Brown
United States Johannes van Overbeek
Ligier JS P2 D 175
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
14 LMP1 4 Austria ByKolles Racing Team Switzerland Simon Trummer
United Kingdom James Rossiter
United Kingdom Oliver Webb
CLM P1/01 D 172
AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
15 LMP2 27 Russia SMP Racing France Nicolas Minassian
Italy Maurizio Mediani
BR Engineering BR01 D 171
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
16 LMP1 5 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing United Kingdom Anthony Davidson
Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
Japan Kazuki Nakajima
Toyota TS050 Hybrid M 170
Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6
17 LMGTE
Pro
71 Italy AF Corse Italy Davide Rigon
United Kingdom Sam Bird
Ferrari 488 GTE M 167
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
18 LMGTE
Pro
51 Italy AF Corse Italy Gianmaria Bruni
United Kingdom James Calado
Ferrari 488 GTE M 166
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
19 LMGTE
Pro
95 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Denmark Nicki Thiim
Denmark Marco Sørensen
United Kingdom Darren Turner
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE D 166
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
20 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 165
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
21 LMGTE
Pro
66 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK France Olivier Pla
Germany Stefan Mücke
United States Billy Johnson
Ford GT M 165
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
22 LMGTE
Am
83 Italy AF Corse France François Perrodo
France Emmanuel Collard
Portugal Rui Águas
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 163
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
23 LMGTE
Am
98 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Canada Paul Dalla Lana
Portugal Pedro Lamy
Austria Mathias Lauda
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE D 162
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
24 LMGTE
Am
50 France Larbre Compétition Japan Yutaka Yamagishi
Italy Paolo Ruberti
France Pierre Ragues
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 161
Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
25 LMGTE
Pro
77 Germany Dempsey-Proton Racing Austria Richard Lietz
Denmark Michael Christensen
Porsche 911 RSR M 154
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
26 LMGTE
Am
78 Hong Kong KCMG Germany Christian Ried
Germany Wolf Henzler
Switzerland Joël Camathias
Porsche 911 RSR M 154
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
27 LMGTE
Am
88 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing United Arab Emirates Khalid Al Qubaisi
Austria Klaus Bachler
Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson
Porsche 911 RSR M 153
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
DNF LMGTE
Pro
97 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Brazil Fernando Rees
New Zealand Richie Stanaway
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE D 151
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
DNF LMP2 44 United Kingdom Manor Thailand Tor Graves
United Kingdom James Jakes
United Kingdom Will Stevens
Oreca 05 D 129
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
DNF LMP1 1 Germany Porsche Team Germany Timo Bernhard
New Zealand Brendon Hartley
Australia Mark Webber
Porsche 919 Hybrid M 70
Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
DNF LMP1 8 Germany Audi Sport Team Joest France Loïc Duval
Brazil Lucas di Grassi
United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
Audi R18 e-tron quattro M 69
Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6
DNF LMGTE
Am
86 United Kingdom Gulf Racing United Kingdom Michael Wainwright
United Kingdom Adam Carroll
United Kingdom Ben Barker
Porsche 911 RSR M 56
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
EX[N 1] LMP1 7 Germany Audi Sport Team Joest Germany André Lotterer
Switzerland Marcel Fässler
France Benoît Tréluyer
Audi R18 e-tron quattro M 194
Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6

Notes

  1. The No. 7 Audi was excluded from the race for a technical infraction in post-race inspection. The car's skid plank was worn beyond the limits allowed by the regulations.[3]

References

FIA World Endurance Championship
Previous race:
None
2016 season Next race:
6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps
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