The 2016 WEC 6 Hours of Mexico was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico on 1–3 September 2016. The Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez round served as the fifth race of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship. The race was won by the No. 1 Porsche entered by Porsche Motorsport.

Qualifying

Qualifying result Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold. PosClassTeamAverage TimeGrid1LMP1No. 8 Audi Sport Team Joest1:25.06912LMP1No. 2 Porsche Team1:25.11123LMP1 No. 7 Audi Sport Team Joest 1:25.35034LMP1No. 1 Porsche Team1:25.40045LMP1No. 5 Toyota Gazoo Racing1:25.96056LMP1No. 6 Toyota Gazoo Racing1:27.33467LMP1No. 13 Rebellion Racing1:29.90978LMP1No. 4 ByKolles Racing1:31.67489LMP2 No. 43 RGR Sport by Morand 1:35.485910LMP2No. 36 Signatech Alpine 1:35.819 1011LMP2No. 42 Strakka Racing1:36.0371112LMP2No. 26 G-Drive Racing1:36.0631213LMP2No. 44 Manor1:36.5941314LMP2No. 41 Greaves Motorsport1:36.9141415LMP2No. 27 SMP Racing1:37.1021516LMP2No. 37 SMP Racing1:37.1121617LMP2No. 35 Baxi DC Racing Alpine1:37.4821718LMP2No. 31 Extreme Speed Motorsports1:37.7521819LMP2No. 30 Extreme Speed Motorsports1:39.5141920LMGTE-ProNo. 95 Aston Martin Racing 1:40.458 2021LMGTE-ProNo. 97 Aston Martin Racing 1:40.600 2122LMGTE-ProNo. 51 AF Corse 1:41.034 2223LMGTE-ProNo. 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing 1:41.383 2324LMGTE-ProNo. 71 AF Corse1:41.4262425LMGTE-ProNo. 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK1:41.5232526LMGTE-ProNo. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK1:41.8362627LMGTE-AmNo. 88 Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing1:42.8392728LMGTE-AmNo. 86 Gulf Racing1:43.5462829LMGTE-AmNo. 78 KCMG1:43.7222930LMGTE-AmNo. 50 Larbre Compétition1:43.7383031LMGTE-AmNo. 83 AF Corse1:43.88031EXLMGTE-AmNo. 98 Aston Martin Racing1:42.43732 – No. 98 Aston Martin Racing was excluded from qualifying as the ride car's height was 55mm lower.

Race

Race result The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of the overall winning car's race distance) was 161 laps. Class winners are denoted in bold.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Engine 1 LMP1 1 Porsche Team Timo Bernhard Brendon Hartley Mark Webber Porsche 919 Hybrid 230 Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4 2 LMP1 7 Audi Sport Team Joest André Lotterer Marcel Fässler Audi R18 230 Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6 3 LMP1 6 Toyota Gazoo Racing Stéphane Sarrazin Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Toyota TS050 Hybrid 230 Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6 4 LMP1 2 Porsche Team Marc Lieb Romain Dumas Neel Jani Porsche 919 Hybrid 230 Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4 5 LMP1 13 Rebellion Racing Dominik Kraihamer Alexandre Imperatori Mathéo Tuscher Rebellion R-One 218 AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6 6 LMP2 43 RGR Sport by Morand Ricardo González Filipe Albuquerque Bruno Senna Ligier JS P2 210 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 7 LMP2 36 Signatech Alpine Nicolas Lapierre Gustavo Menezes Stéphane Richelmi Alpine A460 210 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 8 LMP2 31 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ryan Dalziel Chris Cumming Pipo Derani Ligier JS P2 207 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 9 LMP2 42 Strakka Racing Nick Leventis Jonny Kane Lewis Williamson Gibson 015S 207 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 10 LMP2 41 Greaves Motorsport Roberto González Luis Díaz Bruno Junqueira Gibson 015S 207 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 11 LMP2 35 Baxi DC Racing Alpine David Cheng Ho-Pin Tung Nelson Panciatici Alpine A460 206 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 12 LMP2 27 SMP Racing Nicolas Minassian Maurizio Mediani BR Engineering BR01 206 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 13 LMP2 26 G-Drive Racing Roman Rusinov Alex Brundle René Rast Oreca 05 205 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 14 LMP2 30 Extreme Speed Motorsports Scott Sharp Ed Brown Johannes van Overbeek Ligier JS P2 204 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 15 LMGTEPro 97 Aston Martin Racing Darren Turner Richie Stanaway Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE 202 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 16 LMGTEPro 51 AF Corse Gianmaria Bruni James Calado Ferrari 488 GTE 202 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 17 LMGTEPro 95 Aston Martin Racing Nicki Thiim Marco Sørensen Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE 202 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 18 LMGTEPro 71 AF Corse Davide Rigon Sam Bird Ferrari 488 GTE 201 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 19 LMGTEPro 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Andy Priaulx Marino Franchitti Harry Tincknell Ford GT 201 Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 20 LMGTEPro 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Richard Lietz Michael Christensen Porsche 911 RSR 201 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 21 LMP1 4 ByKolles Racing Team Simon Trummer Pierre Kaffer Oliver Webb CLM P1/01 199 AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6 22 LMGTEAm 88 Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing Khaled Al Qubaisi Patrick Long David Heinemeier Hansson Porsche 911 RSR 197 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 23 LMGTEAm 83 AF Corse François Perrodo Emmanuel Collard Rui Águas Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 196 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 24 LMGTEAm 78 KCMG Christian Ried Wolf Henzler Joël Camathias Porsche 911 RSR 196 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 25 LMGTEAm 86 Gulf Racing Michael Wainwright Adam Carroll Ben Barker Porsche 911 RSR 196 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 26 LMGTEPro 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Olivier Pla Stefan Mücke Ford GT 181 Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 27 LMP1 8 Audi Sport Team Joest Loïc Duval Lucas di Grassi Oliver Jarvis Audi R18 167 Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6 DNF LMGTEAm 98 Aston Martin Racing Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE 192 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 DNF LMGTEAm 50 Larbre Compétition Yutaka Yamagishi Pierre Ragues Ricky Taylor Chevrolet Corvette C7.R 184 Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 DNF LMP2 44 Manor Matt Rao Richard Bradley Alfonso Diaz Guerra Oreca 05 179 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 DNF LMP1 5 Toyota Gazoo Racing Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Toyota TS050 Hybrid 62 Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6 DNF LMP2 37 SMP Racing Vitaly Petrov Viktor Shaytar Kirill Ladygin BR Engineering BR01 29 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8

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