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2016 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas

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{{Infobox WEC race|flag=USA|title=2016 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas|round_no=6|round_total=9|year=2016|track_map=Austin circuit.svg|date=17 September|location=Austin, Texas|circuit=Circuit of the Americas|duration=6 Hours|weather=|laps=186|distance_km=1025.418|distance_miles=637.236|pole_time=1:45.750|pole_team={{flagicon|GER}} Audi Sport Team Joest|pole_drivers=|category1=LMP1|category1_winner_team={{flagicon|GER}} Porsche Team|category1_winner_drivers={{flagicon|GER}} Timo Bernhard
{{flagicon|NZL}} Brendon Hartley
{{flagicon|AUS}} Mark Webber|category2=LMP2|category2_winner_team={{flagicon|FRA}} Signatech Alpine|category2_winner_drivers={{flagicon|FRA}} Nicolas Lapierre
{{flagicon|USA}} Gustavo Menezes
{{flagicon|MON}} Stéphane Richelmi|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|GBR}} Aston Martin Racing|category4_winner_drivers={{flagicon|CAN}} Paul Dalla Lana
{{flagicon|POR}} Pedro Lamy
{{flagicon|AUT}} Mathias Lauda}}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.{{cite web | url = http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/Results/06_2016/06_CIRCUIT%20OF%20THE%20AMERICAS/139_FIA%20WEC/201609161830_Qualifying/90_Classification_Qualifying.PDF | title = FIA WEC 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas - Qualifying Final Classification | publisher = Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile | date = 17 September 2016 | access-date = 16 October 2016}}

class="wikitable"
PosClassTeamAverage TimeGrid
1

|LMP1||No. 7 Audi Sport Team Joest||1:45.750||1

2

|LMP1|| No. 8 Audi Sport Team Joest ||1:45.983||2

3

|LMP1||No. 1 Porsche Team||1:46.560||3

4

|LMP1||No. 6 Toyota Gazoo Racing||1:47.218||4

5

|LMP1||No. 2 Porsche Team||1:47.331||5

6

|LMP1||No. 5 Toyota Gazoo Racing||1:48.584||6

7

|LMP1||No. 13 Rebellion Racing||1:53.646||7

8

|LMP1||No. 4 ByKolles Racing||1:54.577||8

9

|LMP2|| No. 36 Signatech Alpine ||1:55.892||9

10

|LMP2||No. 44 Manor||1:56.873||10

11

|LMP2||No. 43 RGR Sport by Morand||1:57.367||11

12

|LMP2||No. 42 Strakka Racing||1:57.536||12

13

|LMP2||No. 35 Baxi DC Racing Alpine||1:58.060||13

14

|LMP2||No. 37 SMP Racing||1:58.379||14

15

|LMP2||No. 31 Extreme Speed Motorsports||1:58.394||15

16

|LMP2||No. 27 SMP Racing||1:58.769||16

17

|LMP2||No. 30 Extreme Speed Motorsports||2:00.631||17

18

|LMGTE-Pro||No. 95 Aston Martin Racing||2:04.610||18

19

|LMGTE-Pro||No. 71 AF Corse||2:04.652||19

20

|LMGTE-Pro||No. 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK||2:04.804||20

21

|LMGTE-Pro||No. 51 AF Corse||2:04.821||21

22

|LMGTE-Pro||No. 97 Aston Martin Racing||2:04.889||22

23

|LMGTE-Pro||No. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK||2:05.057||23

24

|LMGTE-Pro||No. 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing||2:06.060||24

25

|LMGTE-Am||No. 98 Aston Martin Racing||2:07.683||25

26

|LMGTE-Am||No. 88 Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing||2:08.295||26

27

|LMGTE-Am||No. 78 KCMG||2:08.816||27

28

|LMGTE-Am||No. 86 Gulf Racing||2:09.119||28

29

|LMGTE-Am||No. 83 AF Corse||2:09.187||29

30

|LMGTE-Am||No. 50 Larbre Compétition||2:09.190||30

31

|LMP2||No. 26 G-Drive Racing||1:57.860{{ref|1|1}}||31

{{Note|1|1}} – Only one driver of the No. 26 G-Drive Racing set a lap time.

Race

=Race result=

File:2016 Lone Star Le Mans-11 (30960682270).jpg

Class winners are denoted with bold.{{cite web | url = http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/Results/06_2016/06_CIRCUIT%20OF%20THE%20AMERICAS/139_FIA%20WEC/201609171700_Race/Hour%206/05_Classification_Race_Hour%206.PDF | title = FIA WEC 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas - Race - Final Classification | publisher = Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile | date = 18 September 2016 | access-date = 15 October 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 | 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 | 186

style="font-weight:bold"

| Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4

rowspan=2 | 2

| 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 | 186

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

| 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 | 186

Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6
rowspan=2 | 4

| 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 | 185

Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
rowspan=2 | 5

| 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 | 184

Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6
rowspan=2 | 6

| 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 | 180

Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6
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 | 174

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

! rowspan=2 | 8

| 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 | 172

style="font-weight:bold"

| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8

rowspan=2 | 9

| 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 | 171

Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
rowspan=2 | 10

| 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 | 171

Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
rowspan=2 | 11

| rowspan=2 | LMP1

| rowspan=2 | 4

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

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

| CLM P1/01

| rowspan=2 | {{Dunlop}}

| rowspan=2 | 170

AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
rowspan=2 | 12

| rowspan=2 | LMP2

| rowspan=2 | 27

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

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

| BR Engineering BR01

| rowspan=2 | {{Dunlop}}

| rowspan=2 | 168

Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
rowspan=2 | 13

| 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 | {{Michelin}}

| rowspan=2 | 168

Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
rowspan=2 | 14

| 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 | 167

Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
rowspan=2 | 15

| rowspan=2 | LMP2

| rowspan=2 | 30

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

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|USA}} Scott Sharp
{{flagicon|USA}} Ed Brown
{{flagicon|USA}} Johannes van Overbeek

| Ligier JS P2

| rowspan=2 | {{Michelin}}

| rowspan=2 | 166

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

! rowspan=2 | 16

| 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 | 163

style="font-weight:bold"

| Aston Martin 4.5 L V8

rowspan=2 | 17

| 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 | 163

Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
rowspan=2 | 18

| 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 | 162

Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
rowspan=2 | 19

| rowspan=2 | LMGTE
Pro

| rowspan=2 | 67

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

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

| Ford GT

| rowspan=2 | {{Michelin}}

| rowspan=2 | 162

Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
rowspan=2 | 20

| rowspan=2 | LMGTE
Pro

| rowspan=2 | 97

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

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Darren Turner
{{flagicon|BRA}} Fernando Rees

| Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE

| rowspan=2 | {{Dunlop}}

| rowspan=2 | 162

Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
rowspan=2 | 21

| 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 | 161

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

! rowspan=2 | 22

| 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 | 158

style="font-weight:bold"

| Aston Martin 4.5 L V8

rowspan=2 | 23

| 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 | 158

Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
rowspan=2 | 24

| rowspan=2 | LMGTE
Am

| rowspan=2 | 50

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

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lars Viljoen
{{flagicon|FRA}} Pierre Ragues
{{flagicon|USA}} Ricky Taylor

| Chevrolet Corvette C7.R

| rowspan=2 | {{Michelin}}

| rowspan=2 | 157

Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
rowspan=2 | 25

| 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 | 153

Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
rowspan=2 | 26

| 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}} Nelson Panciatici

| Alpine A460

| rowspan=2 | {{Dunlop}}

| rowspan=2 | 153{{refn|group=N|name=DC Racing|The No. 35 DC Racing Alpine-Nissan was penalized by the stewards after the race for failing to achieve the minimum driver time for Nelson Panciatici. Seven laps plus 38.948 seconds was added to race time for DC Racing to account for the amount of time Panciatici was short of his requirement.}}

Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
rowspan=2 | 27

| rowspan=2 | LMGTE
Am

| rowspan=2 | 88

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

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|ARE}} Khaled Al Qubaisi
{{flagicon|FRA}} Kévin Estre
{{flagicon|DNK}} David Heinemeier Hansson

| Porsche 911 RSR

| rowspan=2 | {{Michelin}}

| rowspan=2 | 153

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 | 147

Ferrari 4.5 L V8
rowspan=2 | 29

| 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 | 144

Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
rowspan=2 | DNF

| rowspan=2 | LMP2

| rowspan=2 | 44

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

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Matt Rao
{{flagicon|GBR}} Richard Bradley
{{flagicon|ESP}} Roberto Merhi

| Oreca 05

| rowspan=2 | {{Dunlop}}

| rowspan=2 | 157

Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
rowspan=2 | DNF

| rowspan=2 | LMP2

| rowspan=2 | 42

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

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Nick Leventis
{{flagicon|GBR}} Jonny Kane
{{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Williamson

| Gibson 015S

| rowspan=2 | {{Dunlop}}

| rowspan=2 | 58

Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8

=Notes=

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References

{{Reflist}}

{{Sportscar Race Report

| Year_of_race = 2016

| Sportscar_Series = FIA World Endurance Championship

| Previous_race_in_season = 6 Hours of Mexico

| Next_race_in_season = 6 Hours of Fuji

}}

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