2016 6 Hours of Bahrain

The 2016 6 Hours of Bahrain was an endurance sports car racing event held on the Grand Prix Circuit of the Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain on 17–19 November 2016, and served as the ninth and last race of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship. The race was won by the #8 Audi R18 of Loïc Duval, Lucas di Grassi and Oliver Jarvis, run by Audi Sport Team Joest.

Qualifying

Qualifying result Pole position in Class is in bold. PosClassTeamAverage TimeGrid1LMP1No. 8 Audi Sport Team Joest1:39.20712LMP1No. 1 Porsche Team1:39.47123LMP1No. 2 Porsche Team1:39.66934LMP1No. 7 Audi Sport Team Joest1:39.69845LMP1No. 6 Toyota Gazoo Racing1:40.22256LMP1No. 5 Toyota Gazoo Racing1:40.77667LMP1No. 13 Rebellion Racing1:45.09178LMP2No. 36 Signatech Alpine1:49.64089LMP2No. 44 Manor1:50.034910LMP2No. 43 RGR Sport by Morand1:50.4101011LMP2No. 30 Extreme Speed Motorsports1:50.6851112LMP2No. 45 Manor1:50.8001213LMP2No. 31 Extreme Speed Motorsports1:51.0711314LMP2No. 35 Baxi DC Racing Alpine1:51.1851415LMP2No. 27 SMP Racing1:51.4271516LMP2No. 37 SMP Racing1:51.4751617LMGTE-ProNo. 97 Aston Martin Racing1:56.9531718LMGTE-ProNo. 95 Aston Martin Racing1:57.0811819LMGTE-ProNo. 51 AF Corse1:57.3801920LMGTE-ProNo. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK1:57.8912021LMGTE-ProNo. 71 AF Corse1:58.2012122LMGTE-ProNo. 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK1:58.5042223LMGTE-ProNo. 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing1:58.8822324LMGTE-AmNo. 98 Aston Martin Racing1:59.8792425LMGTE-AmNo. 83 AF Corse2:00.2272526LMGTE-AmNo. 50 Larbre Compétition2:00.9382627LMGTE-AmNo. 86 Gulf Racing2:02.1122728LMGTE-AmNo. 78 KCMG2:39.57628–LMP1No. 4 ByKolles RacingNo Time29–LMGTE-AmNo. 88 Abu Dhabi-Proton RacingNo Time30–LMP2No. 26 G-Drive RacingNo Time31 – The No. 26 G-Drive Racing all laptimes deleted because of both its front brakes cooling ducts were not fitted with mesh.

Race

Race result The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of the overall winning car's race distance) was 141 laps. Class winners in bold. Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Engine 1 LMP1 8 Audi Sport Team Joest Loïc Duval Lucas di Grassi Oliver Jarvis Audi R18 201 Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6 2 LMP1 7 Audi Sport Team Joest André Lotterer Marcel Fässler Benoît Tréluyer Audi R18 201 Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6 3 LMP1 1 Porsche Team Timo Bernhard Brendon Hartley Mark Webber Porsche 919 Hybrid 201 Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4 4 LMP1 5 Toyota Gazoo Racing Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Anthony Davidson Toyota TS050 Hybrid 200 Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6 5 LMP1 6 Toyota Gazoo Racing Stéphane Sarrazin Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Toyota TS050 Hybrid 200 Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6 6 LMP1 2 Porsche Team Marc Lieb Romain Dumas Neel Jani Porsche 919 Hybrid 198 Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4 7 LMP1 13 Rebellion Racing Dominik Kraihamer Alexandre Imperatori Mathéo Tuscher Rebellion R-One 191 AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6 8 LMP1 4 ByKolles Racing Team Simon Trummer Oliver Webb Pierre Kaffer CLM P1/01 187 AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6 9 LMP2 26 G-Drive Racing Roman Rusinov Alex Brundle René Rast Oreca 05 184 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 10 LMP2 43 RGR Sport by Morand Ricardo González Filipe Albuquerque Bruno Senna Ligier JS P2 184 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 11 LMP2 36 Signatech Alpine Nicolas Lapierre Gustavo Menezes Stéphane Richelmi Alpine A460 183 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 12 LMP2 31 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ryan Dalziel Chris Cumming Pipo Derani Ligier JS P2 183 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 13 LMP2 30 Extreme Speed Motorsports Sean Gelael Tom Dillmann Giedo van der Garde Ligier JS P2 183 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 14 LMP2 35 Baxi DC Racing Alpine David Cheng Ho-Pin Tung Paul-Loup Chatin Alpine A460 182 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 15 LMP2 45 Manor Roberto González Julien Canal Roberto Merhi Oreca 05 182 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 16 LMP2 37 SMP Racing Vitaly Petrov Viktor Shaytar Kirill Ladygin BR Engineering BR01 179 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 17 LMP2 27 SMP Racing Nicolas Minassian Maurizio Mediani Mikhail Aleshin BR Engineering BR01 176 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 18 LMP2 44 Manor Matt Rao Richard Bradley Alex Lynn Oreca 05 175 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 19 LMGTEPro 95 Aston Martin Racing Nicki Thiim Marco Sørensen Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE 174 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 20 LMGTEPro 51 AF Corse Gianmaria Bruni James Calado Ferrari 488 GTE 174 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 21 LMGTEPro 71 AF Corse Davide Rigon Sam Bird Ferrari 488 GTE 173 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 22 LMGTEPro 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Andy Priaulx Harry Tincknell Ford GT 173 Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 23 LMGTEPro 97 Aston Martin Racing Darren Turner Jonathan Adam Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE 173 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 24 LMGTEPro 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Olivier Pla Stefan Mücke Ford GT 172 Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 25 LMGTEPro 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Richard Lietz Michael Christensen Porsche 911 RSR 172 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 26 LMGTEAm 88 Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing Khaled Al Qubaisi Patrick Long David Heinemeier Hansson Porsche 911 RSR 171 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 27 LMGTEAm 78 KCMG Christian Ried Wolf Henzler Joël Camathias Porsche 911 RSR 170 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 28 LMGTEAm 83 AF Corse François Perrodo Emmanuel Collard Rui Águas Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 169 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 29 LMGTEAm 86 Gulf Racing Michael Wainwright Adam Carroll Ben Barker Porsche 911 RSR 168 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 30 LMGTEAm 50 Larbre Compétition Romain Brandela Pierre Ragues Ricky Taylor Chevrolet Corvette C7.R 164 Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 DNF LMGTEAm 98 Aston Martin Racing Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE 84 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8

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