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2016 6 Hours of Bahrain

{{short description|Sports car endurance race held at Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain}}

{{update|date=November 2016}}

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{{Infobox WEC race|flag=BHR|title=2016 6 Hours of Bahrain|round_no=9|round_total=9|year=2016|track_map=Bahrain International Circuit--Grand Prix Layout.svg|date=19 November|location=Sakhir|circuit=Bahrain International Circuit|duration=6 Hours|weather=|laps=201|distance_km=1087.812|distance_miles=675.963|pole_time=1:39.207|pole_team={{flagicon|GER}} Audi Sport Team Joest|pole_drivers=|category1=LMP1|category1_winner_team={{flagicon|GER}} Audi Sport Team Joest|category1_winner_drivers={{flagicon|FRA}} Loïc Duval
{{flagicon|BRA}} Lucas di Grassi
{{flagicon|GBR}} Oliver Jarvis|category2=LMP2|category2_winner_team={{flagicon|RUS}} G-Drive Racing|category2_winner_drivers={{flagicon|RUS}} Roman Rusinov
{{flagicon|GBR}} Alex Brundle
{{flagicon|GBR}} René Rast|category3=LMGTE Pro|category3_winner_team={{flagicon|GBR}} Aston Martin Racing|category3_winner_drivers={{flagicon|DNK}} Nicki Thiim
{{flagicon|DNK}} Marco Sørensen|category4=LMGTE Am|category4_winner_team={{flagicon|UAE}} Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing|category4_winner_drivers={{flagicon|UAE}} Khaled Al Qubaisi
{{flagicon|USA}} Patrick Long
{{flagicon|DNK}} David Heinemeier Hansson|category5_winner_drivers=|category5_winner_team=|category5=}}

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. {{Cite web|url=https://gtspirit.com/2016/11/19/6-hours-of-bahrain-audi-wins-farewell-race-with-emotional-1-2-finish/|title=6 Hours of Bahrain: Audi Wins Farewell Race with Emotional 1-2 Finish|last=Karanja|first=Earl|date=2016-11-19|website=GTspirit|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-12-02}}

Qualifying

=Qualifying result=

Pole position in Class is in bold.{{cite web | url = http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/Results/06_2016/09_BAHRAIN%20INTERNATIONAL%20CIRCUIT/149_FIA%20WEC/201611181735_Qualifying/90_Classification_Qualifying.PDF | title = FIA WEC 6 Hours of Bahrain - Qualifying Final Classification | publisher = Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile | format = PDF | date = 18 November 2016 | access-date = 19 November 2016}}

class="wikitable"
PosClassTeamAverage TimeGrid
1

|LMP1||No. 8 Audi Sport Team Joest||1:39.207||1

2

|LMP1||No. 1 Porsche Team||1:39.471||2

3

|LMP1||No. 2 Porsche Team||1:39.669||3

4

|LMP1||No. 7 Audi Sport Team Joest||1:39.698||4

5

|LMP1||No. 6 Toyota Gazoo Racing||1:40.222||5

6

|LMP1||No. 5 Toyota Gazoo Racing||1:40.776||6

7

|LMP1||No. 13 Rebellion Racing||1:45.091||7

8

|LMP2||No. 36 Signatech Alpine||1:49.640||8

9

|LMP2||No. 44 Manor||1:50.034||9

10

|LMP2||No. 43 RGR Sport by Morand||1:50.410||10

11

|LMP2||No. 30 Extreme Speed Motorsports||1:50.685||11

12

|LMP2||No. 45 Manor||1:50.800||12

13

|LMP2||No. 31 Extreme Speed Motorsports||1:51.071||13

14

|LMP2||No. 35 Baxi DC Racing Alpine||1:51.185||14

15

|LMP2||No. 27 SMP Racing||1:51.427||15

16

|LMP2||No. 37 SMP Racing||1:51.475||16

17

|LMGTE-Pro||No. 97 Aston Martin Racing||1:56.953||17

18

|LMGTE-Pro||No. 95 Aston Martin Racing||1:57.081||18

19

|LMGTE-Pro||No. 51 AF Corse||1:57.380||19

20

|LMGTE-Pro||No. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK||1:57.891||20

21

|LMGTE-Pro||No. 71 AF Corse||1:58.201||21

22

|LMGTE-Pro||No. 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK||1:58.504||22

23

|LMGTE-Pro||No. 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing||1:58.882||23

24

|LMGTE-Am||No. 98 Aston Martin Racing||1:59.879||24

25

|LMGTE-Am||No. 83 AF Corse||2:00.227||25

26

|LMGTE-Am||No. 50 Larbre Compétition||2:00.938||26

27

|LMGTE-Am||No. 86 Gulf Racing||2:02.112||27

28

|LMGTE-Am||No. 78 KCMG||2:39.576||28

–

|LMP1||No. 4 ByKolles Racing||No Time||29

–

|LMGTE-Am||No. 88 Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing||No Time||30

–

|LMP2||No. 26 G-Drive Racing||No Time{{ref|1|1}}||31

{{Note|1|1}} – The No. 26 G-Drive Racing all laptimes deleted because of both its front brakes cooling ducts were not fitted with mesh.{{cite web | url = http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/Results_NoticeBoard/05_2016/10_Bahrain/12_Stewards%20Decisions%20Nr%2015.pdf | title = FIA WEC 6 Hours of Bahrain Steward Decisions Nr 15 | publisher = Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile | format = PDF | date = 18 November 2016 | access-date = 19 November 2016}}

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.{{cite web | url = http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/Results/06_2016/09_BAHRAIN%20INTERNATIONAL%20CIRCUIT/149_FIA%20WEC/201611191600_Race/Hour%206/05_Classification_Race_Hour%206.PDF | title = FIA WEC 6 Hours of Bahrain Race Final Classification | publisher = Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile | format = PDF | date = 19 November 2016 | access-date = 20 November 2016}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! rowspan=2 | Pos

! rowspan=2 | Class

! rowspan=2 | No

! rowspan=2 | Team

! rowspan=2 | Drivers

! Chassis

! rowspan=2 | Tyre

! rowspan=2 | Laps

Engine
style="font-weight:bold"

! rowspan=2 | 1

| rowspan=2 | LMP1

| rowspan=2 | 8

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|DEU}} Audi Sport Team Joest

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Loïc Duval
{{flagicon|BRA}} Lucas di Grassi
{{flagicon|GBR}} Oliver Jarvis

| Audi R18

| rowspan=2 | {{Michelin}}

| rowspan=2 | 201

style="font-weight:bold"

| Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6

rowspan=2 | 2

| rowspan=2 | LMP1

| rowspan=2 | 7

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|DEU}} Audi Sport Team Joest

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|DEU}} André Lotterer
{{flagicon|CHE}} Marcel Fässler
{{flagicon|FRA}} Benoît Tréluyer

| Audi R18

| rowspan=2 | {{Michelin}}

| rowspan=2 | 201

Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6
rowspan=2 | 3

| rowspan=2 | LMP1

| rowspan=2 | 1

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|DEU}} Porsche Team

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|DEU}} Timo Bernhard
{{flagicon|NZL}} Brendon Hartley
{{flagicon|AUS}} Mark Webber

| Porsche 919 Hybrid

| rowspan=2 | {{Michelin}}

| rowspan=2 | 201

Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
rowspan=2 | 4

| rowspan=2 | LMP1

| rowspan=2 | 5

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|JPN}} Toyota Gazoo Racing

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|CHE}} Sébastien Buemi
{{flagicon|JPN}} Kazuki Nakajima
{{flagicon|GBR}} Anthony Davidson

| Toyota TS050 Hybrid

| rowspan=2 | {{Michelin}}

| rowspan=2 | 200

Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6
rowspan=2 | 5

| rowspan=2 | LMP1

| rowspan=2 | 6

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|JPN}} Toyota Gazoo Racing

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Stéphane Sarrazin
{{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Conway
{{flagicon|JPN}} Kamui Kobayashi

| Toyota TS050 Hybrid

| rowspan=2 | {{Michelin}}

| rowspan=2 | 200

Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6
rowspan=2 | 6

| rowspan=2 | LMP1

| rowspan=2 | 2

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|DEU}} Porsche Team

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|DEU}} Marc Lieb
{{flagicon|FRA}} Romain Dumas
{{flagicon|CHE}} Neel Jani

| Porsche 919 Hybrid

| rowspan=2 | {{Michelin}}

| rowspan=2 | 198

Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
rowspan=2 | 7

| rowspan=2 | LMP1

| rowspan=2 | 13

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|CHE}} Rebellion Racing

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|AUT}} Dominik Kraihamer
{{flagicon|CHE}} Alexandre Imperatori
{{flagicon|CHE}} Mathéo Tuscher

| Rebellion R-One

| rowspan=2 | {{Dunlop}}

| rowspan=2 | 191

AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
rowspan=2 | 8

| rowspan=2 | LMP1

| rowspan=2 | 4

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|AUT}} ByKolles Racing Team

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|CHE}} Simon Trummer
{{flagicon|GBR}} Oliver Webb
{{flagicon|DEU}} Pierre Kaffer

| CLM P1/01

| rowspan=2 | {{Dunlop}}

| rowspan=2 | 187

AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
style="font-weight:bold"

! rowspan=2 | 9

| rowspan=2 | LMP2

| rowspan=2 | 26

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|RUS}} G-Drive Racing

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|RUS}} Roman Rusinov
{{flagicon|GBR}} Alex Brundle
{{flagicon|DEU}} René Rast

| Oreca 05

| rowspan=2 | {{Dunlop}}

| rowspan=2 | 184

style="font-weight:bold"

| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8

rowspan=2 | 10

| rowspan=2 | LMP2

| rowspan=2 | 43

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|MEX}} RGR Sport by Morand

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|MEX}} Ricardo González
{{flagicon|PRT}} Filipe Albuquerque
{{flagicon|BRA}} Bruno Senna

| Ligier JS P2

| rowspan=2 | {{Dunlop}}

| rowspan=2 | 184

Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
rowspan=2 | 11

| rowspan=2 | LMP2

| rowspan=2 | 36

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Signatech Alpine

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Nicolas Lapierre
{{flagicon|USA}} Gustavo Menezes
{{flagicon|MON}} Stéphane Richelmi

| Alpine A460

| rowspan=2 | {{Dunlop}}

| rowspan=2 | 183

Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
rowspan=2 | 12

| rowspan=2 | LMP2

| rowspan=2 | 31

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|USA}} Extreme Speed Motorsports

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Ryan Dalziel
{{flagicon|CAN}} Chris Cumming
{{flagicon|BRA}} Pipo Derani

| Ligier JS P2

| rowspan=2 | {{Dunlop}}

| rowspan=2 | 183

Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
rowspan=2 | 13

| rowspan=2 | LMP2

| rowspan=2 | 30

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|USA}} Extreme Speed Motorsports

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|IDN}} Sean Gelael
{{flagicon|FRA}} Tom Dillmann
{{flagicon|NED}} Giedo van der Garde

| Ligier JS P2

| rowspan=2 | {{Dunlop}}

| rowspan=2 | 183

Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
rowspan=2 | 14

| rowspan=2 | LMP2

| rowspan=2 | 35

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|CHN}} Baxi DC Racing Alpine

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|USA}} David Cheng
{{flagicon|CHN}} Ho-Pin Tung
{{flagicon|FRA}} Paul-Loup Chatin

| Alpine A460

| rowspan=2 | {{Dunlop}}

| rowspan=2 | 182

Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
rowspan=2 | 15

| rowspan=2 | LMP2

| rowspan=2 | 45

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Manor

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|MEX}} Roberto González
{{flagicon|FRA}} Julien Canal
{{flagicon|ESP}} Roberto Merhi

| Oreca 05

| rowspan=2 | {{Dunlop}}

| rowspan=2 | 182

Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
rowspan=2 | 16

| rowspan=2 | LMP2

| rowspan=2 | 37

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|RUS}} SMP Racing

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|RUS}} Vitaly Petrov
{{flagicon|RUS}} Viktor Shaytar
{{flagicon|RUS}} Kirill Ladygin

| BR Engineering BR01

| rowspan=2 | {{Dunlop}}

| rowspan=2 | 179

Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
rowspan=2 | 17

| rowspan=2 | LMP2

| rowspan=2 | 27

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|RUS}} SMP Racing

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Nicolas Minassian
{{flagicon|ITA}} Maurizio Mediani
{{flagicon|RUS}} Mikhail Aleshin

| BR Engineering BR01

| rowspan=2 | {{Dunlop}}

| rowspan=2 | 176

Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
rowspan=2 | 18

| rowspan=2 | LMP2

| rowspan=2 | 44

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Manor

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Matt Rao
{{flagicon|GBR}} Richard Bradley
{{flagicon|GBR}} Alex Lynn

| Oreca 05

| rowspan=2 | {{Dunlop}}

| rowspan=2 | 175

Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
style="font-weight:bold"

! rowspan=2 | 19

| rowspan=2 | LMGTE
Pro

| rowspan=2 | 95

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Aston Martin Racing

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|DNK}} Nicki Thiim
{{flagicon|DNK}} Marco Sørensen

| Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE

| rowspan=2 | {{Dunlop}}

| rowspan=2 | 174

style="font-weight:bold"

| Aston Martin 4.5 L V8

rowspan=2 | 20

| rowspan=2 | LMGTE
Pro

| rowspan=2 | 51

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|ITA}} AF Corse

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|ITA}} Gianmaria Bruni
{{flagicon|GBR}} James Calado

| Ferrari 488 GTE

| rowspan=2 | {{Michelin}}

| rowspan=2 | 174

Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
rowspan=2 | 21

| rowspan=2 | LMGTE
Pro

| rowspan=2 | 71

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|ITA}} AF Corse

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|ITA}} Davide Rigon
{{flagicon|GBR}} Sam Bird

| Ferrari 488 GTE

| rowspan=2 | {{Michelin}}

| rowspan=2 | 173

Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
rowspan=2 | 22

| rowspan=2 | LMGTE
Pro

| rowspan=2 | 67

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|USA}} Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Andy Priaulx
{{flagicon|GBR}} Harry Tincknell

| Ford GT

| rowspan=2 | {{Michelin}}

| rowspan=2 | 173

Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
rowspan=2 | 23

| rowspan=2 | LMGTE
Pro

| rowspan=2 | 97

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Aston Martin Racing

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Darren Turner
{{flagicon|GBR}} Jonathan Adam

| Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE

| rowspan=2 | {{Dunlop}}

| rowspan=2 | 173

Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
rowspan=2 | 24

| rowspan=2 | LMGTE
Pro

| rowspan=2 | 66

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|USA}} Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Olivier Pla
{{flagicon|DEU}} Stefan Mücke

| Ford GT

| rowspan=2 | {{Michelin}}

| rowspan=2 | 172

Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
rowspan=2 | 25

| rowspan=2 | LMGTE
Pro

| rowspan=2 | 77

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|DEU}} Dempsey-Proton Racing

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|AUT}} Richard Lietz
{{flagicon|DEN}} Michael Christensen

| Porsche 911 RSR

| rowspan=2 | {{Michelin}}

| rowspan=2 | 172

Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
style="font-weight:bold"

! rowspan=2 | 26

| rowspan=2 | LMGTE
Am

| rowspan=2 | 88

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|ARE}} Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|ARE}} Khaled Al Qubaisi
{{flagicon|USA}} Patrick Long
{{flagicon|DNK}} David Heinemeier Hansson

| Porsche 911 RSR

| rowspan=2 | {{Michelin}}

| rowspan=2 | 171

style="font-weight:bold"

| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6

rowspan=2 | 27

| rowspan=2 | LMGTE
Am

| rowspan=2 | 78

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|HKG}} KCMG

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|DEU}} Christian Ried
{{flagicon|DEU}} Wolf Henzler
{{flagicon|CHE}} Joël Camathias

| Porsche 911 RSR

| rowspan=2 | {{Michelin}}

| rowspan=2 | 170

Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
rowspan=2 | 28

| rowspan=2 | LMGTE
Am

| rowspan=2 | 83

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|ITA}} AF Corse

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|FRA}} François Perrodo
{{flagicon|FRA}} Emmanuel Collard
{{flagicon|PRT}} Rui Águas

| Ferrari 458 Italia GT2

| rowspan=2 | {{Michelin}}

| rowspan=2 | 169

Ferrari 4.5 L V8
rowspan=2 | 29

| rowspan=2 | LMGTE
Am

| rowspan=2 | 86

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Gulf Racing

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Michael Wainwright
{{flagicon|GBR}} Adam Carroll
{{flagicon|GBR}} Ben Barker

| Porsche 911 RSR

| rowspan=2 | {{Michelin}}

| rowspan=2 | 168

Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
rowspan=2 | 30

| rowspan=2 | LMGTE
Am

| rowspan=2 | 50

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Larbre Compétition

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Romain Brandela
{{flagicon|FRA}} Pierre Ragues
{{flagicon|USA}} Ricky Taylor

| Chevrolet Corvette C7.R

| rowspan=2 | {{Michelin}}

| rowspan=2 | 164

Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
rowspan=2 | DNF

| rowspan=2 | LMGTE
Am

| rowspan=2 | 98

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Aston Martin Racing

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Paul Dalla Lana
{{flagicon|PRT}} Pedro Lamy
{{flagicon|AUT}} Mathias Lauda

| Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE

| rowspan=2 | {{Michelin}}

| rowspan=2 | 84

Aston Martin 4.5 L V8

References

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| Year_of_race = 2016

| Sportscar_Series = FIA World Endurance Championship

| Previous_race_in_season = 6 Hours of Shanghai

| Next_race_in_season = None

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