Austin 6 Hours 2015 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas		Date: 19.9.2015
Track: Circuit of the Americas, Austin (United States), 5.513 kms	Organiser: unknown
Austin 6 Hours
FIA World Endurance Championship (round 5)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	17:00
Grid:	2-2-2, rolling start
Distance:	6 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	31
Practiced:	31
Qualified:	31
Started:	31
Finished:	29
Classified:	29

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Le Mans Prototype 1	9	9	8
Le Mans Prototype 2	8	8	7
Le Mans GTE Pro	7	7	7
Le Mans GTE Am	7	7	7

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Qualifying 1 Qualifying 2 Lap Times

Pre-race sessions:
3 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 240 minutes on 17-18/9
1 qualifying session held for a total of 20 minutes on 18/9

Winners:
Overall:	17	Porsche 919 Hybrid	Bernhard / Webber / Hartley
Le Mans Prototype 2:	26	Ligier JS P2 Nissan	Rusinov / Canal / Bird
Le Mans GTE Pro:	91	Porsche 991 RSR	Lietz / Christensen
Le Mans GTE Am:	72	Ferrari 458 Italia	Bertolini / Shaytar / Basov
Leaders:
laps 1-116:	17	Porsche 919 Hybrid
laps 117-146:	18	Porsche 919 Hybrid
laps 147-148:	17	Porsche 919 Hybrid
laps 149-167:	18	Porsche 919 Hybrid
laps 168-185:	17	Porsche 919 Hybrid
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	17	Porsche 919 Hybrid	Bernhard / Webber / Hartley	1:47.4120	184.9000 km/h	lap 176
Le Mans Prototype 2:	47	Oreca 05 Nissan	Howson / Bradley / Lapierre	1:56.7350	170.1000 km/h	lap 127
Le Mans GTE Pro:	91	Porsche 991 RSR	Lietz / Christensen	2:05.8670	157.8000 km/h	lap 144
Le Mans GTE Am:	88	Porsche 991 RSR	Ried / Al Qubaisi / Bamber	2:06.2270	157.3000 km/h	lap 134
Pole Positions:
Overall:	18	Porsche 919 Hybrid	Dumas / Jani / Lieb	1:46.0180
Le Mans Prototype 2:	26	Ligier JS P2 Nissan	Rusinov / Canal / Bird	1:56.2960
Le Mans GTE Pro:	99	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE	MacDowall / Rees / Stanaway	2:05.6720
Le Mans GTE Am:	77	Porsche 991 RSR	Dempsey / Long / Seefried	2:06.3740
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (6), Aston Martin (5), Ligier (4), Ferrari (4), Audi (2), Toyota (2), Rebellion (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (6), Nissan (5), Aston Martin (5), Ferrari (4), AER (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Aston Martin V8 Vantage (5), Ligier JS P2 (4), Porsche 991 RSR (4), Ferrari 458 (4)
Driver nationalities:	GB (17), F (15), D (8), DK (6), CH (6), I (6), USA (6), A (4), BR (3), NZ (3), RUS (3)
Team nationalities:	D (8), GB (6), I (3), CH (3), RUS (3), USA (2), F (2), J (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (67%), front-engined (19%), rear-engined (14%)
Average engine size:	3835 cc (with regard to 35% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4371 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Gianluca Roda (56), Ed Brown (52), Paul Dalla Lana (49)
Youngest known drivers:	Pipo Derani (22), Daniel Abt (23), Ritchie Stanaway (24)

Official Race Programme:

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