Spa 4 Hours 2016 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: European Le Mans Series Week-End Spa		Date: 25.9.2016
Track: Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium), 7.004 kms	Organiser: unknown
Spa 4 Hours
European Le Mans Series (round 5)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	14:00
Grid:	2-2-2, rolling start
Distance:	4 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	41
Practiced:	39
Qualified:	39
Started:	39
Finished:	31
Classified:	31

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Le Mans Prototype 2	13	13	10
Le Mans Prototype 3	18	18	14
Le Mans GTE Am	8	8	7

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

Pre-race sessions:
30-minute Bronze Driver Collective Test held on 23/9
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 180 minutes on 23-24/9
1 qualifying session held for a total of 12 minutes on 24/9

Winners:
Overall:	21	Oreca 05 Nissan	Hedman / Lapierre / Hanley
Le Mans Prototype 3:	9	Ligier JS P3 Nissan	Petit / Trouillet / Guibbert
Le Mans GTE Am:	66	Ferrari 458 Italia	Bertolini / Smith / Butcher
Leaders:
laps 1-21:	21	Oreca 05 Nissan
lap 22:	46	Oreca 05 Nissan
laps 23-31:	38	Gibson 015S Nissan
laps 32-40:	46	Oreca 05 Nissan
laps 41-55:	38	Gibson 015S Nissan
lap 56:	32	BR 01 Nissan
laps 57-73:	47	Ligier JS P2 Judd
laps 74-76:	21	Oreca 05 Nissan
laps 77-81:	47	Ligier JS P2 Judd
laps 82-96:	21	Oreca 05 Nissan
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	46	Oreca 05 Nissan	Mathias Beche (CH)	2:08.7960	195.8000 km/h	lap 58
Le Mans Prototype 3:	9	Ligier JS P3 Nissan	Enzo Guibbert (F)	2:16.5240	184.7000 km/h	lap 4
Le Mans GTE Am:	66	Ferrari 458 Italia	Rory Butcher (GB)	2:20.2980	179.7000 km/h	lap 4
Pole Positions:
Overall:	21	Oreca 05 Nissan	Nicolas Lapierre (F)	2:06.6030	199.2000 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 3:	9	Ligier JS P3 Nissan	Enzo Guibbert (F)	2:14.3920	187.6000 km/h
Le Mans GTE Am:	56	Ferrari 458 Italia	Alessandro Pier Guidi (I)	2:17.0380	184.0000 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Ligier (24), Ferrari (5), Oreca (4), Porsche (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Nissan (29), Ferrari (5), Judd (2), Porsche (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Ligier JS P3 (18), Ligier JS P2 (6), Ferrari 458 (5)
Driver nationalities:	F (36), GB (24), I (9), USA (6), D (5), DK (4), IRL (4), B (4), CH (3), BG (2), S (2), NL (2), P (2)
Team nationalities:	F (12), GB (6), USA (4), I (3), D (3), RUS (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (92%), rear-engined (5%), front-engined (3%)
Average engine size:	4668 cc
Oldest known drivers:	Mark Patterson (65), Tracy Krohn (62), Piergiuseppe Perazzini (60)
Youngest known drivers:	Phil Hanson (17), Dries Vanthoor (18), Matteo Cairoli (20)
Female drivers:	Christina Nielsen, Ines Taittinger

Official Race Programme:

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