The 2016 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Circuit of the Americas, Austin, USA, on 15–17 September 2016, and served as the sixth round of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship season. Porsche's Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley and Mark Webber won the race driving the No. 1 Porsche 919 Hybrid car.

Qualifying

Qualifying result Pole position in Class is in bold. PosClassTeamAverage TimeGrid1LMP1No. 7 Audi Sport Team Joest1:45.75012LMP1 No. 8 Audi Sport Team Joest 1:45.98323LMP1No. 1 Porsche Team1:46.56034LMP1No. 6 Toyota Gazoo Racing1:47.21845LMP1No. 2 Porsche Team1:47.33156LMP1No. 5 Toyota Gazoo Racing1:48.58467LMP1No. 13 Rebellion Racing1:53.64678LMP1No. 4 ByKolles Racing1:54.57789LMP2 No. 36 Signatech Alpine 1:55.892910LMP2No. 44 Manor1:56.8731011LMP2No. 43 RGR Sport by Morand1:57.3671112LMP2No. 42 Strakka Racing1:57.5361213LMP2No. 35 Baxi DC Racing Alpine1:58.0601314LMP2No. 37 SMP Racing1:58.3791415LMP2No. 31 Extreme Speed Motorsports1:58.3941516LMP2No. 27 SMP Racing1:58.7691617LMP2No. 30 Extreme Speed Motorsports2:00.6311718LMGTE-ProNo. 95 Aston Martin Racing2:04.6101819LMGTE-ProNo. 71 AF Corse2:04.6521920LMGTE-ProNo. 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK2:04.8042021LMGTE-ProNo. 51 AF Corse2:04.8212122LMGTE-ProNo. 97 Aston Martin Racing2:04.8892223LMGTE-ProNo. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK2:05.0572324LMGTE-ProNo. 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing2:06.0602425LMGTE-AmNo. 98 Aston Martin Racing2:07.6832526LMGTE-AmNo. 88 Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing2:08.2952627LMGTE-AmNo. 78 KCMG2:08.8162728LMGTE-AmNo. 86 Gulf Racing2:09.1192829LMGTE-AmNo. 83 AF Corse2:09.1872930LMGTE-AmNo. 50 Larbre Compétition2:09.1903031LMP2No. 26 G-Drive Racing1:57.86031 – Only one driver of the No. 26 G-Drive Racing set a lap time.

Race

Race result

Class winners are denoted with bold.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Engine 1 LMP1 1 Porsche Team Timo Bernhard Brendon Hartley Mark Webber Porsche 919 Hybrid 186 Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4 2 LMP1 8 Audi Sport Team Joest Loïc Duval Lucas di Grassi Oliver Jarvis Audi R18 186 Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6 3 LMP1 6 Toyota Gazoo Racing Stéphane Sarrazin Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Toyota TS050 Hybrid 186 Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6 4 LMP1 2 Porsche Team Marc Lieb Romain Dumas Neel Jani Porsche 919 Hybrid 185 Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4 5 LMP1 5 Toyota Gazoo Racing Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Anthony Davidson Toyota TS050 Hybrid 184 Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6 6 LMP1 7 Audi Sport Team Joest André Lotterer Marcel Fässler Benoît Tréluyer Audi R18 180 Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6 7 LMP1 13 Rebellion Racing Dominik Kraihamer Alexandre Imperatori Mathéo Tuscher Rebellion R-One 174 AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6 8 LMP2 36 Signatech Alpine Nicolas Lapierre Gustavo Menezes Stéphane Richelmi Alpine A460 172 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 9 LMP2 43 RGR Sport by Morand Ricardo González Filipe Albuquerque Bruno Senna Ligier JS P2 171 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 10 LMP2 26 G-Drive Racing Roman Rusinov Alex Brundle René Rast Oreca 05 171 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 11 LMP1 4 ByKolles Racing Team Simon Trummer Oliver Webb CLM P1/01 170 AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6 12 LMP2 27 SMP Racing Nicolas Minassian Maurizio Mediani BR Engineering BR01 168 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 13 LMP2 31 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ryan Dalziel Chris Cumming Pipo Derani Ligier JS P2 168 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 14 LMP2 37 SMP Racing Vitaly Petrov Viktor Shaytar Kirill Ladygin BR Engineering BR01 167 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 15 LMP2 30 Extreme Speed Motorsports Scott Sharp Ed Brown Johannes van Overbeek Ligier JS P2 166 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 16 LMGTEPro 95 Aston Martin Racing Nicki Thiim Marco Sørensen Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE 163 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 17 LMGTEPro 51 AF Corse Gianmaria Bruni James Calado Ferrari 488 GTE 163 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 18 LMGTEPro 71 AF Corse Davide Rigon Sam Bird Ferrari 488 GTE 162 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 19 LMGTEPro 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Andy Priaulx Marino Franchitti Harry Tincknell Ford GT 162 Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 20 LMGTEPro 97 Aston Martin Racing Darren Turner Fernando Rees Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE 162 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 21 LMGTEPro 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Richard Lietz Michael Christensen Porsche 911 RSR 161 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 22 LMGTEAm 98 Aston Martin Racing Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE 158 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 23 LMGTEAm 78 KCMG Christian Ried Wolf Henzler Joël Camathias Porsche 911 RSR 158 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 24 LMGTEAm 50 Larbre Compétition Lars Viljoen Pierre Ragues Ricky Taylor Chevrolet Corvette C7.R 157 Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 25 LMGTEAm 86 Gulf Racing Michael Wainwright Adam Carroll Ben Barker Porsche 911 RSR 153 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 26 LMP2 35 Baxi DC Racing Alpine David Cheng Ho-Pin Tung Nelson Panciatici Alpine A460 153 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 27 LMGTEAm 88 Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing Khaled Al Qubaisi Kévin Estre David Heinemeier Hansson Porsche 911 RSR 153 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 28 LMGTEAm 83 AF Corse François Perrodo Emmanuel Collard Rui Águas Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 147 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 29 LMGTEPro 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Olivier Pla Stefan Mücke Ford GT 144 Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 DNF LMP2 44 Manor Matt Rao Richard Bradley Roberto Merhi Oreca 05 157 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 DNF LMP2 42 Strakka Racing Nick Leventis Jonny Kane Lewis Williamson Gibson 015S 58 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8

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