Austin 6 Hours 2017 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas		Date: 16.9.2017
Track: Circuit of the Americas, Austin (United States), 5.513 kms	Organiser: unknown
Austin 6 Hours
FIA World Endurance Championship (round 6)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	12:00
Grid:	2-2-2, rolling start
Distance:	6 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	26
Practiced:	26
Qualified:	26
Started:	26
Finished:	24
Classified:	24

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Le Mans Prototype 1	4	4	4
Le Mans Prototype 2	9	9	8
Le Mans GTE Pro	8	8	8
Le Mans GTE Am	5	5	4

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 14-15/9
1 qualifying session held for a total of 20 minutes on 15/9

Winners:
Overall:	2	Porsche 919 Hybrid	Bernhard / Bamber / Hartley
Le Mans Prototype 2:	36	Alpine A470 Gibson	Lapierre / Menezes / Negrão
Le Mans GTE Pro:	51	Ferrari 488 GTE	Calado / Pier Guidi
Le Mans GTE Am:	98	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE	Dalla Lana / Lamy / Lauda
Leaders:
laps 1-30:	1	Porsche 919 Hybrid
laps 31-60:	8	Toyota TS050 Hybrid
laps 61-153:	1	Porsche 919 Hybrid
laps 154-173:	2	Porsche 919 Hybrid
laps 174-187:	1	Porsche 919 Hybrid
laps 188-192:	2	Porsche 919 Hybrid
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	1	Porsche 919 Hybrid	Neel Jani (CH)	1:47.1490	185.3000 km/h	lap 9
Le Mans Prototype 2:	36	Alpine A470 Gibson	Lapierre / Menezes / Negrão	1:55.4270	172.0000 km/h	lap 6
Le Mans GTE Pro:	95	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE	Sørensen / Thiim	2:04.7890	159.1000 km/h	lap 3
Le Mans GTE Am:	54	Ferrari 488 GTE	Flohr / Castellacci / Molina	2:07.0810	156.3000 km/h	lap 4
Pole Positions:
Overall:	1	Porsche 919 Hybrid	Neel Jani (CH)	1:44.6560	189.7000 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 2:	36	Alpine A470 Gibson	Lapierre / Menezes / Negrão	1:53.6750
Le Mans GTE Pro:	71	Ferrari 488 GTE	Rigon / Bird	2:02.9930
Le Mans GTE Am:	98	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE	Dalla Lana / Lamy / Lauda	2:04.9490
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Oreca (8), Porsche (6), Ferrari (4), Aston Martin (3), Toyota (2), Ford (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Gibson (9), Porsche (6), Ferrari (4), Aston Martin (3), Toyota (2), Ford (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Oreca 07 (8), Ferrari 488 (4), Porsche 991 RSR (4)
Driver nationalities:	GB (15), F (14), CH (5), D (5), DK (4), BR (4), I (4), J (3), NZ (2), RUS (2), A (2), CHN (2)
Team nationalities:	D (5), CHN (4), GB (4), CH (3), F (2), I (2), J (2), USA (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (80%), front-engined (11%), rear-engined (9%)
Average engine size:	3807 cc (with regard to 38% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4385 cc)
Average age of cars:	2 year old (average year manufactured: 2015)
Oldest known drivers:	Thomas Flohr (57), Weng Sun Mok (50), Emmanuel Collard (46)
Youngest known drivers:	Marvin Dienst (20), Matteo Cairoli (21), Matthieu Vaxiviere (23)

Official Race Programme:

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