2015 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas

The 2015 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Circuit of the Americas, Austin, US, on 17–19 September 2015, and served as the fifth round of the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship season. Porsche's Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley and Mark Webber won the race driving the No.17 Porsche 919 Hybrid car.[1]

Qualifying

Qualifying result

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.[2]

Pos Class Team Average Time Grid
1 LMP1 No. 18 Porsche Team 1:46.211 1
2 LMP1 No. 17 Porsche Team 1:46.375 2
3 LMP1 No. 8 Audi Sport Team Joest 1:47.538 3
4 LMP1 No. 7 Audi Sport Team Joest 1:47.898 4
5 LMP1 No. 1 Toyota Racing 1:48.990 5
6 LMP1 No. 2 Toyota Racing 1:49.176 6
7 LMP1 No. 12 Rebellion Racing 1:53.950 7
8 LMP1 No. 13 Rebellion Racing 1:54.506 8
9 LMP1 No. 4 Team ByKolles 1:55.794 9
10 LMP2 No. 26 G-Drive Racing 1:57.148 10
11 LMP2 No. 28 G-Drive Racing 1:57.474 11
12 LMP2 No. 30 Extreme Speed Motorsports 1:57.621 12
13 LMP2 No. 43 Team SARD Morand 1:58.109 13
14 LMP2 No. 42 Strakka Racing 1:59.749 14
15 LMP2 No. 31 Extreme Speed Motorsports 2:01.480 15
16 LMGTE Pro No. 99 Aston Martin Racing V8 2:05.872 18
17 LMGTE Pro No. 91 Porsche Team Manthey 2:06.134 19
18 LMGTE Pro No. 97 Aston Martin Racing 2:06.272 20
19 LMGTE Pro No. 95 Aston Martin Racing 2:06.294 21
20 LMGTE Pro No. 92 Porsche Team Manthey 2:06.363 22
21 LMGTE Pro No. 51 AF Corse 2:06.786 23
22 LMGTE Pro No. 71 AF Corse 2:06.975 24
23 LMGTE Am No. 77 Dempsey Racing-Proton 2:08.085 25
24 LMGTE Am No. 96 Aston Martin Racing 2:08.264 26
25 LMGTE Am No. 83 AF Corse 2:08.332 27
26 LMGTE Am No. 98 Aston Martin Racing 2:08.440 28
27 LMGTE Am No. 72 SMP Racing 2:08.442 29
28 LMGTE Am No. 50 Larbre Compétition 2:08.802 30
29 LMP2 No. 36 Signatech Alpine 1:57.8601 16
LMP2 No. 47 KCMG No Time2 17
LMGTE Am No. 88 Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing No Time 31

^1 – Only one driver of the No. 36 Signatech Alpine set a lap time.

^2 – The No. 47 KCMG had its qualifying lap time deleted due to driving the car in the opposite direction of the track, but was allowed to start from the rear of the LMP grid.[3]

Race

Race result

Class winners in bold.[4]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 LMP1 17 Germany Porsche Team Germany Timo Bernhard
New Zealand Brendon Hartley
Australia Mark Webber
Porsche 919 Hybrid M 185
Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
2 LMP1 7 Germany Audi Sport Team Joest Germany André Lotterer
Switzerland Marcel Fässler
France Benoît Tréluyer
Audi R18 e-tron quattro M 185
Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6
3 LMP1 8 Germany Audi Sport Team Joest France Loïc Duval
Brazil Lucas di Grassi
United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
Audi R18 e-tron quattro M 184
Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6
4 LMP1 1 Japan Toyota Racing United Kingdom Anthony Davidson
Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
Japan Kazuki Nakajima
Toyota TS040 Hybrid M 183
Toyota 3.7 L V8
5 LMP2 26 Russia G-Drive Racing Russia Roman Rusinov
France Julien Canal
United Kingdom Sam Bird
Ligier JS P2 D 170
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
6 LMP2 47 Hong Kong KCMG United Kingdom Matthew Howson
United Kingdom Richard Bradley
France Nicolas Lapierre
Oreca 05 D 170
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
7 LMP2 28 Russia G-Drive Racing Colombia Gustavo Yacamán
Mexico Ricardo González
Brazil Pipo Derani
Ligier JS P2 D 169
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
8 LMP1 4 Austria Team ByKolles Switzerland Simon Trummer
Germany Pierre Kaffer
CLM P1/01 M 169
AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
9 LMP2 30 United States Extreme Speed Motorsports United States Scott Sharp
United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel
Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson
Ligier JS P2 D 169
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
10 LMP2 43 Switzerland Team SARD Morand United Kingdom Oliver Webb
France Pierre Ragues
United Kingdom Archie Hamilton
Morgan LMP2 Evo D 169
SARD 3.6 L V8
11 LMP2 36 France Signatech Alpine France Nelson Panciatici
France Paul-Loup Chatin
France Vincent Capillaire
Alpine A450b D 169
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
12 LMP1 18 Germany Porsche Team Germany Marc Lieb
France Romain Dumas
Switzerland Neel Jani
Porsche 919 Hybrid M 168
Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
13 LMP2 42 United Kingdom Strakka Racing United Kingdom Nick Leventis
United Kingdom Jonny Kane
United Kingdom Danny Watts
Gibson 015S D 166
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
14 LMGTE
Pro
91 Germany Porsche Team Manthey Austria Richard Lietz
Denmark Michael Christensen
Porsche 911 RSR M 162
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
15 LMGTE
Pro
92 Germany Porsche Team Manthey France Patrick Pilet
France Frédéric Makowiecki
Porsche 911 RSR M 162
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
16 LMGTE
Pro
71 Italy AF Corse Italy Davide Rigon
United Kingdom James Calado
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 162
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
17 LMGTE
Pro
99 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing V8 Brazil Fernando Rees
United Kingdom Alex MacDowall
New Zealand Richie Stanaway
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE M 161
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
18 LMGTE
Pro
95 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Denmark Christoffer Nygaard
Denmark Marco Sørensen
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE M 160
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
19 LMGTE
Pro
97 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing United Kingdom Darren Turner
United Kingdom Jonathan Adam
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE M 160
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
20 LMGTE
Pro
51 Italy AF Corse Italy Gianmaria Bruni
Finland Toni Vilander
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 160
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
21 LMGTE
Am
72 Russia SMP Racing Russia Viktor Shaitar
Russia Aleksey Basov
Italy Andrea Bertolini
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 159
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
22 LMGTE
Am
88 Germany Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing Germany Christian Ried
New Zealand Earl Bamber
United Arab Emirates Khalded Al Qubaisi
Porsche 911 RSR M 159
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
23 LMGTE
Am
83 Italy AF Corse France François Perrodo
France Emmanuel Collard
Portugal Rui Águas
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 158
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
24 LMGTE
Am
77 Germany Dempsey Racing-Proton United States Patrick Dempsey
United States Patrick Long
Germany Marco Seefried
Porsche 911 RSR M 158
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
25 LMGTE
Am
98 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Canada Paul Dalla Lana
Portugal Pedro Lamy
Austria Mathias Lauda
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE M 158
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
26 LMGTE
Am
96 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Denmark Benny Simonsen
United Kingdom Stuart Hall
Italy Francesco Castellacci
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE M 158
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
27 LMGTE
Am
50 France Larbre Compétition Italy Gianluca Roda
Italy Paolo Ruberti
Denmark Kristian Poulsen
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 157
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
28 LMP1 13 Switzerland Rebellion Racing Austria Dominik Kraihamer
Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori
Germany Daniel Abt
Rebellion R-One M 147
AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
29 LMP1 12 Switzerland Rebellion Racing France Nicolas Prost
Germany Nick Heidfeld
Switzerland Mathias Beche
Rebellion R-One M 147
AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
DNF LMP1 2 Japan Toyota Racing Austria Alexander Wurz
France Stéphane Sarrazin
United Kingdom Mike Conway
Toyota TS040 Hybrid M 89
Toyota 3.7 L V8
DNF LMP2 31 United States Extreme Speed Motorsports United States Ed Brown
United States Johannes van Overbeek
United States Jon Fogarty
Ligier JS P2 D 54
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6

References

  1. Dagys, John (20 September 2015). "Porsche Dominates 6H COTA". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  2. "FIA WEC 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas Qualifying Final Classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  3. "FIA WEC 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas Race (360') Final Starting Grid" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  4. "FIA WEC 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas Race Final Classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 20 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
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