Le Mans 24 hour race 2016

The winning Porsche 919 Hybrid ; driven by Neel Jani , Marc Lieb and Romain Dumas

The Toyota TS050 Hybrid with the number 5, which was in the lead on the start-finish line three minutes before the end of the race

The Alpine A460, victorious in the LMP2 class, in the rain

One of the four Ford GTs used by Chip Ganassi ; Olivier Pla , Stefan Mücke and Billy Johnson finished 21st in the overall standings with the number 66 car

The severely disabled Frédéric Sausset (center) with his teammates Christophe Tinseau (left) and Jean-Bernard Bouvet behind their unbuilt emergency vehicle, a Morgan LMP2

Frédéric Sausset in the cockpit of his Morgan LMP2

The 84th 24 Hours of Le Mans , the 84 ^e Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans , also Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France , took place from June 18 to 19, 2016 on the Circuit des 24 heures took place.

Before the race

As early as June 2015, those responsible at the Automobile Club de l'Ouest decided to increase the number of starters from 56 to 58. On January 25, 2016, the ACO then published the first invitation list of 16 participants. The four Le Mans class winners from the previous year were invited , plus the respective overall and class winners of the European and Asian Le Mans Series , as well as the winning teams from the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship .

At the press conference on February 5, 2016, ACO President Pierre Fillon surprisingly announced that there will be a total of 60 participating teams in 2016; this expansion was originally planned for the 2017 race. Fillon also announced that the two-time overall Le Mans winner Alexander Wurz in 2016 will act as Grand Marshal and thus drive the safety car on the warm-up lap.

At the beginning of June, the ACO published the updated start list with all 60 participants.

Garage 56

Garage 56 has been reserved for teams with special technical innovations in the past few years. In 2012 , the DeltaWing driven by Marino Franchitti , Michael Krumm and Satoshi Motoyama was in this garage. In 2014 the Nissan ZEOD RC was housed there.

In 2016, this special box was made available to a driver: the severely disabled Frenchman Frédéric Sausset . Sausset had both legs and hands amputated because of a bacterial infection . OAK Racing faced major challenges when converting the Morgan LMP2 , as Sausset shared the cockpit with two healthy professional racing drivers. Sausset was lifted into the vehicle with the seat and taken out again. With a device on his thighs, he could operate the accelerator and brake. He steered with a special hand prosthesis on his right arm.

Racing partners were Christophe Tinseau and Jean-Bernard Bouvet . Tinseau, who resigned at the end of 2012, returned to Le Mans for this race.

Pre-tests

Two days before the start of the pre-tests, which took place on June 4th and 5th, Larbre Compétition announced that Paolo Ruberti would not start . The experienced Italian, who could look back on six Le Mans participations, had a serious accident on June 2nd during a demonstration drive at the Hockenheimring . Jean-Philippe Belloc joined the team as a substitute .

There were two further driver changes in the LMP2 class. At SO24! by Lombard Racing (# 22) replaced Olivier Lombard with Érik Maris and Greaves Motorsport (# 41) replaced Kuba Giermaziak with Nathanaël Berthon . During the preliminary tests, all teams also announced their replacement drivers.

Race course

Due to heavy rain, the race started behind the safety car . After the track had dried out, the race developed into a duel between Toyota and Porsche, with the lead changing frequently due to different fueling strategies. The two Audi vehicles fell behind with problems, as did the Porsche with starting number 1. After 20 hours, the two Toyota and the Porsche with starting number 2 were only a few seconds apart.

The race was only decided in the last few minutes. The number 5 Toyota TS050 Hybrid led almost the entire race . A few minutes before the end, Kazuki Nakajima had a lead of 1 minute and 30 seconds over the Porsche 919 Hybrid driven by Neel Jani . 3 minutes and 20 seconds before the checkered flag fell, the Toyota stopped on the last lap at start and finish due to problems in the drive train. Nakajima managed to get the car going again and only drive on with the electric motor, but Neel Jani drove past to victory on the last lap. According to the regulations, the participants had to drive their last lap under six minutes. Since Nakajima needed almost twice as many minutes for the lap with the electric motor, the Toyota did not make it into the final ranking, even though the race director waved it off as second.

Four days after the end of the race, the press department of Toyota Motorsport GmbH announced the reason for the car with the number 5 stopping. There was a defect in the plug connection between the turbocharger and intercooler , which led to a dysfunction of the turbocharger control and to a loss of power.

Class wins

With 23 vehicles in the race, the LMP2 class had the most participants in a racing class. The class win went to the French Signatech Alpine team. The Alpine A460 , an adapted Oreca 05 with Nissan - V8 engine , was developed by Gustavo Menezes , Nicolas Lapierre and Stephane Richelmi down. Of its 357 laps, the Alpine was in the lead for the last 196 without interruption. For Nicolas Lapierre, who lost his cockpit after his accident in the TS040 Hybrid on a wet road at Toyota in 2014 , it was the second victory in this class after the success of the previous year . The second-placed G-Drive Racing Team also covered 357 laps. The drivers in the Oreca 05 were Roman Rusinov , René Rast and Will Stevens .

In 1966 Ford had celebrated a one-two-three-way victory with the GT40 and drivers Bruce McLaren , Chris Amon , Ken Miles , Denis Hulme , Ronnie Bucknam and Dick Hutcherson . Exactly 50 years later to the day, Ford celebrated another victory at Le Mans with a GT . One of the four GT racing cars with a 3.5-liter EcoBoost engine used by Chip Ganassi won the LMGTE Pro class. For Sébastien Bourdais , who was born in Le Mans , as a partner of Joey Hand and Dirk Müller, it was the first class win in his home race. Of the 340 laps covered, the Ford 316 was at the top of the racing class.

In the LMGTE AM, the Americans Bill Sweedler , Townsend Bell and Jeff Segal in a Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 were victorious.

Invitations

Start list

On February 5, 2016, the ACO published a first preliminary start list with 60 participants plus ten reserve teams.

Start list
No.	team	vehicle	tires	driver
LMP1
1	Porsche team	Porsche 919 Hybrid	M.	Timo Bernhard	Mark Webber	Brendon Hartley
2	Porsche team	Porsche 919 Hybrid	M.	Romain Dumas	Marc Lieb	Neel Jani
4th	Team ByKolles	CLM P1 / 01	D.	Simon Trummer	Pierre Kaffer	Oliver Webb
5	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	M.	Sébastien Buemi	Anthony Davidson	Kazuki Nakajima
6th	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	M.	Mike Conway	Stéphane Sarrazin	Kamui Kobayashi
7th	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R18 RP6	M.	André Lotterer	Benoît Tréluyer	Marcel Fässler
8th	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R18 RP6	M.	Oliver Jarvis	Lucas di Grassi	Loïc Duval
12	Rebellion Racing	Rebellion R-One	D.	Nicolas Prost	Nick Heidfeld	Nelson Piquet junior
13	Rebellion Racing	Rebellion R-One	D.	Alexandre Imperatori	Dominik Kraihamer	Mathéo Tuscher
LMP2
22nd	SO24! by Lombard Racing	Ligier JS P2	D.	Vincent Capillaire	Érik Maris	Jonathan Coleman
23	Panis-Barthez Competition	Ligier JS P2	D.	Fabien Barthez	Timothé Buret	Paul-Loup Chatin
25th	Algarve Pro Racing	Ligier JS P2	D.	Michael Munemann	Andrea Pizzitola	Chris Hoy
26th	G-Drive Racing	Oreca 05	D.	Roman Rusinov	Will Stevens	René Rast
27	SMP Racing	BR Engineering BR1	D.	Maurizio Mediani	Nicolas Minassian	David Markozov
28	Pegasus Racing	Morgan LMP2	M.	Inès Taittinger	Léo Roussel	Rémy Striebig
30th	Extreme speed motorsports	Ligier JS P2	D.	Ed Brown	Johannes van Overbeek	Scott Sharp
31	Extreme speed motorsports	Ligier JS P2	D.	Luís Felipe Derani	Ryan Dalziel	Chris Cumming
33	Eurasia Motorsport	Oreca 05	D.	Pu Jun Jin	Tristan Gommendy	Nick de Bruijn
34	Race performance	Oreca 03R	D.	Nicolas Leutwiler	James Winslow	Shinji Nakano
35	Baxi DC Racing Alpine	Alpine A460	D.	David Cheng	Ho-Pin Tung	Nelson Panciatici
36	Signatech Alpine	Alpine A460	D.	Gustavo Menezes	Nicolas Lapierre	Stéphane Richelmi
37	SMP Racing	BR Engineering BR1	D.	Vitaly Petrov	Victor Shaitar	Kirill Ladygin
38	G-Drive Racing	Gibson 015S	D.	Simon Dolan	Giedo van der Garde	Jake Dennis
40	Krohn Racing	Ligier JS P2	M.	Tracy Krohn	Niclas Jönsson	João Barbosa
41	Greaves Motorsport	Ligier JS P2	D.	Memo Rojas	Julien Canal	Nathanaël Berthon
42	Strakka Racing	Gibson 015S	D.	Nick Leventis	Danny Watts	Jonny Kane
43	RGR Sport by Morand	Ligier JS P2	D.	Filipe Albuquerque	Bruno Senna	Ricardo González
44	Manor Motorsport	Oreca 05	D.	Gate Graves	Matthew Rao	Roberto Merhi
46	Thiriet by TDS Racing	Oreca 05	D.	Pierre Thiriet	Mathias Beche	Ryō Hirakawa
47	KCMG	Oreca 05	D.	Tsugio Matsuda	Matthew Howson	Richard Bradley
48	Murphy prototypes	Oreca 05	D.	Ben Keating	Marc Goossens	Jeroen Bleekemolen
49	Michael Shank Racing	LigierJS P2	D.	John Pew	Oswaldo Negri	Laurens Vanthoor
LMGT-Pro
51	AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GTE	M.	Gianmaria Bruni	James Calado	Alessandro Pier Guidi
63	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	M.	Jan Magnussen	Antonio García	Ricky Taylor
64	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	M.	Oliver Gavin	Tommy Milner	Jordan Taylor
66	Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	Ford GT	M.	Olivier Pla	Stefan Mücke	Billy Johnson
67	Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	Ford GT	M.	Marino Franchitti	Andy Priaulx	Harry Tincknell
68	Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA	Ford GT	M.	Joey hand	Dirk Mueller	Sébastien Bourdais
69	Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA	Ford GT	M.	Ryan Briscoe	Richard Westbrook	Scott Dixon
71	AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GTE	M.	Davide Rigon	Sam Bird	Andrea Bertolini
77	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Porsche 911 RSR	M.	Richard Lietz	Michael Christensen	Philipp Eng
82	Risi Competizione	Ferrari 488 GTE	M.	Giancarlo Fisichella	Toni Vilander	Matteo Malucelli
91	Porsche Motorsport North America	Porsche 911 RSR	M.	Patrick Pilet	Nick Tandy	Kévin Estre
92	Porsche Motorsport North America	Porsche 911 RSR	M.	Frédéric Makowiecki	Earl Bamber	Jörg Bergmeister
95	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	D.	Nicki Thiim	Marco Sørensen	Darren Turner
97	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	D.	Richie Stanaway	Jonny Adam	Fernando Rees
LMGT-Am
50	Larbre Compétition	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	M.	Yutaka Yamagishi	Jean-Philippe Belloc	Pierre Ragues
55	AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M.	Duncan Cameron	Aaron Scott	Matt Griffin
57	Team AAI	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R-ZR1	M.	Johnny O'Connell	Mark Patterson	Oliver Bryant
59	TDS Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE		Eric Dermont
60	Formula racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	D.	Johnny Laursen	Christina Nielsen	Mikkel Mac
61	Clearwater Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M.	Weng Sun Mok	Rob Bell	Keita Sawa
62	Scuderia Corsa	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M.	Bill Sweedler	Townsend Bell	Jeff Segal
78	KCMG	Porsche 911 RSR	M.	Christian Ried	Wolf Henzler	Joël Camathias
79	AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M.	François Perrodo	Emmanuel Collard	Rui Águas
86	Gulf Racing	Porsche 911 RSR	M.	Mike Wainwright	Adam Carroll	Ben Barker
88	Abu Dhabi Proton Racing	Porsche 911 RSR	M.	Khaled Al Qubaisi	Patrick Long	David Heinemeier Hansson
89	Proton Competition	Porsche 911 RSR	M.	Cooper MacNeil	Leh Keen	Marc Miller
98	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	D.	Paul Dalla Lana	Pedro Lamy	Mathias Lauda
99	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	D.	Andrew Howard	Liam Griffin	Gary Hirsch
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84	SRT41 BY OAK Racing	Morgan LMP2	M.	Frédéric Sausset	Christophe Tinseau	Jean-Bernard Bouvet

Reserve vehicles

As in previous years, the ACO published a list of reserve vehicles at the same time as the first preliminary start list.

class	No.	team	vehicle	Nominated driver	Nominated driver	Nominated driver
LMP2	24	OAK Racing	Ligier JS P2	Jacques Nicolet	Jean-Marc Merlin	Érik Maris
LMP2	29	Pegasus Racing	Morgan LMP2
LMGTE AM	56	Team AAI	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Han-Chen Chen
LMGTE AM	76	JMW Motorsport	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Robert Smith	Rory Butcher

Training times

qualification

Item	class	No.	team	Qualification 1	Qualification 2	Residue	Launch site
1	LMP1	2	Porsche team	3: 19.733	3: 25.511		1
2	LMP1	1	Porsche team	3: 20.203	3: 23.307	+0.470	2
3	LMP1	6th	Toyota Gazoo Racing	3: 20.737	3: 25.899	+1,004	3
4th	LMP1	5	Toyota Gazoo Racing	3: 21.903	3: 24.399	+2,170	4th
5	LMP1	7th	Audi Sport Team Joest	3: 22.780	3: 45.468	+3,047	5
6th	LMP1	8th	Audi Sport Team Joest	3: 22.823	3: 26.680	+3,090	6th
7th	LMP1	13	Rebellion Racing	3: 26.586	3: 30.010	+6,853	7th
8th	LMP1	12	Rebellion Racing	3: 27.348	3: 27.573	+7,615	8th
9	LMP1	4th	Team ByKolles	No time	3: 34.168	+14,435	54
10	LMP2	26th	G-Drive Racing	3: 36.605	4: 04.887	+16,872	9
11	LMP2	35	Baxi DC Racing Alpine	3: 37.175	3: 39.559	+17,442	10
12	LMP2	36	Signatech Alpine	3: 37.225	3: 40.895	+17,492	11
13	LMP2	44	Manor Motorsport	3: 38.037	No time	+18,304	12
14th	LMP2	49	Michael Shank Racing	3: 38.837	3: 51.759	+19,104	13
15th	LMP2	31	Extreme speed motorsports	3: 39.366	3: 40.436	+19,633	14th
16	LMP2	46	Thiriet by TDS Racing	3: 39.375	3: 40.611	+19,642	15th
17th	LMP2	42	Strakka Racing	3: 39.394	3: 44.142	+19,661	16
18th	LMP2	47	KCMG	3: 39.436	3: 39.562	+19,703	17th
19th	LMP2	23	Panis-Barthez Competition	3: 39.470	3: 45.018	+19,737	18th
20th	LMP2	33	Eurasia Motorsport	3: 40.631	4: 14.491	+20,898	19th
21st	LMP2	38	G-Drive Racing	3: 40.685	4: 01.981	+20,952	20th
22nd	LMP2	43	RGR Sport by Morand	3: 40.899	3: 44.198	+21,166	21st
23	LMP2	27	SMP Racing	3: 41.132	3: 41.457	+21,399	55
24	LMP2	28	Pegasus Racing	3: 42.049	3: 41.285	+21,552	56
25th	LMP2	30th	Extreme speed motorsports	3: 41.406	4: 14.456	+21,673	57
26th	LMP2	37	SMP Racing	3: 42.147	3: 41.776	+22.043	22nd
27	LMP2	25th	Algarve Pro Racing	3: 44.185	3: 42.088	+22,355	23
28	LMP2	41	Greaves Motorsport	3: 43.915	3: 42.570	+22,837	24
29	LMP2	48	Murphy prototypes	3: 43.508	3: 45.067	+23,775	25th
30th	LMP2	34	Race performance	3: 43.590	3: 45.711	+23,857	26th
31	LMP2	22nd	SO24! by Lombard Racing	3: 48.585	3: 44.347	+24,614	58
32	LMP2	84	SRT41 by OAK Racing	3: 45.178	4: 01.607	+25,445	27
33	LMP2	40	Krohn Racing	3: 45.213	3: 45.978	+25,480	59
34	LMGTE Pro	68	Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA	3: 51.185	3: 53.672	+31,452	28
35	LMGTE Pro	69	Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA	3: 51.497	3: 53.603	+31,764	29
36	LMGTE Pro	51	AF Corse	3: 51.568	3: 53.218	+31,835	30th
37	LMGTE Pro	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	3: 51.590	3: 55.750	+31,857	31
38	LMGTE Pro	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	3: 52.038	3: 58.358	+32,305	32
39	LMGTE Pro	71	AF Corse	3: 52.508	3: 55.066	+32,775	33
40	LMGTE Pro	82	Risi Competizione	3: 53.176	3: 55.032	+33.443	34
41	LMGTE Pro	92	Porsche Motorsport North America	3: 54.918	3: 57.128	+35,185	35
42	LMGTE Pro	95	Aston Martin Racing	3: 55.261	No time	+35,528	36
43	LMGTE Pro	91	Porsche Motorsport North America	3: 55.332	3: 56.792	+35,599	37
44	LMGTE Pro	97	Aston Martin Racing	3: 55.380	No time	+35,647	38
45	LMGTE Pro	77	Dempsey-Proton Racing	3: 55.426	3: 57.082	+35,693	39
46	LMGTE Pro	64	Corvette Racing	3: 55.848	3: 58.493	+36,115	40
47	LMGTE Am	61	Clearwater Racing	3: 56.827	4: 06.801	+37.094	41
48	LMGTE Am	98	Aston Martin Racing	3: 57.198	No time	+37.465	42
49	LMGTE Am	88	Abu Dhabi Proton Racing	3: 59.861	3: 57.513	+37,780	43
50	LMGTE Am	55	AF Corse	3: 57.596	3: 59.469	+37,863	44
51	LMGTE Am	83	AF Corse	3: 57.742	4: 03.676	+38.009	45
52	LMGTE Pro	63	Corvette Racing	3: 57.967	3: 59.268	+38,234	60
53	LMGTE Am	50	Larbre Compétition	3: 58.018	4: 27.530	+38,285	46
54	LMGTE Am	60	Formula racing	3: 58.760	4: 03.851	+39.027	47
55	LMGTE Am	78	KCMG	3: 59.245	3: 59.034	+39,301	48
56	LMGTE Am	62	Scuderia Corsa	4: 00.008	4: 05.643	+40.275	49
57	LMGTE Am	89	Proton Competition	4: 01.215	4: 00.107	+40,374	50
58	LMGTE Am	86	Gulf Racing	4: 01.046	4: 09.283	+41,313	51
59	LMGTE Am	57	Team AAI	4: 02.326	4: 05.822	+42,593	52
60	LMGTE Am	99	Aston Martin Racing	4: 03.148	No time	+43.415	53

Results

Pilots by nationality

38 British	33 French	23 Americans	11 Germans	10 Swiss
8 Danes	7 Italians	7 Japanese	5 Brazilians	5 Russians
4 New Zealanders	4 Austrians	4 Portuguese	3 Dutch	2 Australians
2 Belgians	2 Chinese	2 Canadians	2 Mexicans	2 Spaniards
1 emirati	1 fin	1 Irish	1 Malay	1 Monegasse
1 Swede

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis	engine	tires	Round
1	LMP1	2	Porsche team	Marc Lieb Romain Dumas Neel Jani	Porsche 919 Hybrid	Porsche 2.0L Turbo V4	M.	384
2	LMP1	6th	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Stéphane Sarrazin Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	Toyota 2.4L Turbo V6	M.	381
3	LMP1	8th	Audi Sport Team Joest	Loïc Duval Lucas di Grassi Oliver Jarvis	Audi R18 RP6	Audi TDI 4.0L Turbo Diesel V6	M.	372
4th	LMP1	7th	Audi Sport Team Joest	André Lotterer Marcel Fässler Benoît Tréluyer	Audi R18 RP6	Audi TDI 4.0L Turbo Diesel V6	M.	367
5	LMP2	36	Signatech Alpine	Nicolas Lapierre Gustavo Menezes Stéphane Richelmi	Alpine A460	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	D.	357
6th	LMP2	26th	G-Drive Racing	Roman Rusinov Will Stevens René Rast	Oreca 05	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 & L V8	D.	357
7th	LMP2	37	SMP Racing	Vitaly Petrov Victor Shaitar Kirill Ladygin	BR Engineering BR1	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	D.	353
8th	LMP2	42	Strakka Racing	Nick Leventis Jonny Kane Danny Watts	Gibson 015S	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	D.	351
9	LMP2	33	Eurasia Motorsport	Pu Jun Jin Tristan Gommendy Nick de Bruijn	Oreca 05	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	D.	348
10	LMP2	41	Greaves Motorsport	Memo Rojas Julien Canal Nathanaël Berthon	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	D.	348
11	LMP2	27	SMP Racing	Nicolas Minassian Maurizio Mediani David Markozov	BR Engineering BR1	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	D.	347
12	LMP2	23	Panis-Barthez Competition	Fabien Barthez Timothé Buret Paul-Loup Chatin	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	M.	347
13	LMP1	1	Porsche team	Timo Bernhard Brendon Hartley Mark Webber	Porsche 919 Hybrid	Porsche 2.0L Turbo V4	M.	346
14th	LMP2	49	Michael Shank Racing	John Pew Oswaldo Negri Laurens Vanthoor	Ligier JS P2	Honda HR28TT 2.8L Turbo V6	D.	345
15th	LMP2	43	RGR Sport by Morand	Ricardo González Filipe Albuquerque Bruno Senna	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	D.	344
16	LMP2	30th	Extreme speed motorsports	Scott Sharp Ed Brown Johannes van Overbeek	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	D.	341
17th	LMP2	25th	Algarve Pro Racing	Michael Munemann Chris Hoy Andrea Pizzitola	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	D.	341
18th	LMGTE Pro	68	Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA	Joey Hand Dirk Müller Sébastien Bourdais	Ford GT	Ford EcoBoost 3.5L Turbo V6	M.	340
19th	LMGTE Pro	82	Risi Competizione	Giancarlo Fisichella Matteo Malucelli Toni Vilander	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8	M.	340
20th	LMGTE Pro	69	Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA	Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook Scott Dixon	Ford GT	Ford EcoBoost 3.5L Turbo V6	M.	340
21st	LMGTE Pro	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	Olivier Pla Stefan Mücke Billy Johnson	Ford GT	Ford EcoBoost 3.5L Turbo V6	M.	339
22nd	LMP2	40	Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson João Barbosa	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	M.	338
23	LMGTE Pro	95	Aston Martin Racing	Nicki Thiim Marco Sørensen Darren Turner	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5L V8	D.	338
24	LMGTE Pro	97	Aston Martin Racing	Fernando Rees Jonny Adam Richie Stanaway	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5L V8	D.	337
25th	LMGTE Pro	63	Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen Antonio García Ricky Taylor	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5L V8	M.	336
26th	LMGTE Am	62	Scuderia Corsa	Bill Sweedler Townsend Bell Jeff Segal	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F136GT 4.5L V8	M.	331
27	LMGTE Am	83	AF Corse	François Perrodo Emmanuel Collard Rui Águas	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F136GT 4.5L V8	M.	331
28	LMGTE Am	88	Abu Dhabi Proton Racing	Khaled Al Qubaisi Patrick Long David Heinemeier Hansson	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	M.	330
29	LMP1	12	Rebellion Racing	Nicolas Prost Nick Heidfeld Nelson Piquet junior	Rebellion R-One	AER P60 2.4L Turbo V6	D.	330
30th	LMGTE Am	61	Clearwater Racing	Weng Sun Mok Rob Bell Keita Sawa	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F136GT 4.5L V8	M.	329
31	LMGTE Pro	77	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Richard Lietz Philipp Eng Michael Christensen	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	M.	329
32	LMP2	22nd	SO24! by Lombard Racing	Vincent Capillaire Érik Maris Jonathan Coleman	Ligier JS P2	Judd HK 3.6; L V8	D.	328
33	LMGTE Am	86	Gulf Racing	Mike Wainwright Adam Carroll Ben Barker	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	M.	328
34	LMP2	48	Murphy prototypes	Ben Keating Marc Goossens Jeroen Bleekemolen	Oreca 03R	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	D.	323
35	LMGTE Am	60	Formula racing	Johnny Laursen Christina Nielsen Mikkel Mac	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F136GT 4.5L V8	M.	319
36	LMGTE Am	99	Aston Martin Racing	Andrew Howard Liam Griffin Gary Hirsch	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5L V8	D.	318
37	LMGTE Am	50	Larbre Compétition	Yutaka Yamagishi Pierre Ragues Jean-Philippe Belloc	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5L V8	M.	316
38	LMP2	84	SRT41 BY OAK Racing	Frédéric Sausset Christophe Tinseau Jean-Bernard Bouvet	Morgan LMP2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	M.	315
39	LMGTE Am	57	Team AAI	Johnny O'Connell Mark Patterson Oliver Bryant	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5L V8	M.	306
40	LMGTE Pro	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	Andy Priaulx Marino Franchitti Harry Tincknell	Ford GT	Ford EcoBoost 3.5L Turbo V6	M.	306
41	LMGTE Am	78	KCMG	Christian Ried Wolf Henzler Joël Camathias	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	M.	300
42	LMP2	31	Extreme speed motorsports	Ryan Dalziel Chris Cumming Luís Felipe Derani	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	D.	297
43	LMGTE Am	55	AF Corse	Duncan Cameron Aaron Scott Matt Griffin	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F136GT 4.5L V8	M.	289
44	LMP2	34	Race performance	Nicolas Leutwiler James Winslow Shinji Nakano	Oreca 03R	Judd HK 3.6L V8	D.	297
Not classified
45	LMP1	5	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Anthony Davidson Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	Toyota 2.4L Turbo V6	M.	384
46	LMP2	28	Pegasus Racing	Inès Taittinger Léo Roussel Rémy Striebig	Morgan LMP2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	M.	292
47	LMGTE Am	98	Aston Martin Racing	Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5L V8	D.	281
48	LMP2	38	G-Drive Racing	Simon Dolan Jake Dennis Giedo van der Garde	Gibson 015S	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	D.	222
49	LMP1	13	Rebellion Racing	Dominik Kraihamer Alexandre Imperatori Mathéo Tuscher	Rebellion R-One	AER P60 2.4L Turbo V6	D.	200
Failed
50	LMP2	44	Manor Motorsport	Gate Graves James Jakes Roberto Merhi	Oreca 05	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	D.	283
51	LMP2	46	Thiriet by TDS Racing	Pierre Thiriet Mathias Beche Ryō Hirakawa	Oreca 05	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	D.	241
52	LMP2	35	Baxi DC Racing Alpine	David Cheng Ho-Pin Tung Nelson Panciatici	Alpine A460	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	D.	234
53	LMGTE Pro	64	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Jordan Taylor	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5L V8	M.	219
54	LMP1	4th	Team ByKolles	Simon Trummer Pierre Kaffer Oliver Webb	CLM P1 / 01	AER P60 2.4L Turbo V6	D.	206
55	LMGTE Pro	51	AF Corse	Gianmaria Bruni Alessandro Pier Guidi James Calado	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8	M.	179
56	LMGTE Pro	71	AF Corse	Davide Rigon Andrea Bertolini Sam Bird	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8	M.	143
57	LMGTE Pro	92	Porsche Motorsport North America	Frédéric Makowiecki Jörg Bergmeister Earl Bamber	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	M.	140
58	LMGTE Pro	91	Porsche Motorsport North America	Patrick Pilet Kévin Estre Nick Tandy	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	M.	135
59	LMP2	47	KCMG	Tsugio Matsuda Richard Bradley Matthew Howson	Oreca 05	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	D.	116
60	LMGTE Am	89	Proton Competition	Leh Keen Marc Miller Cooper MacNeil	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	M.	50

Only in the entry list

Other registered teams, vehicles and drivers can be found in the start and reserve lists.

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
LMP1	Marc Lieb	Romain Dumas	Neel Jani	Porsche 919 Hybrid	Overall victory
LMP2	Nicolas Lapierre	Gustavo Menezes	Stéphane Richelmi	Alpine A460	Rank 5
LMGTE Pro	Joey hand	Dirk Mueller	Sébastien Bourdais	Ford GT	Rank 18
LMGTE Am	Bill Sweedler	Townsend Bell	Jeff Segal	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Rank 26

Racing data

• Registered: 65
• Started: 60
• Rated: 44
• Race classes: 4
• Spectators: 263 500
• Honorary starter of the race: Brad Pitt , American actor
• Weather on the race weekend: warm, heavy thunderstorms
• Route length: 13.629 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 24: 00: 38.449 hours
• Rounds of the winning team: 384
• Distance of the winning team: 5233.536 km
• Winner average:
• Pole position: Neel Jani - Porsche 919 Hybrid (# 2) - 3: 19.733
• Fastest race lap: Neel Jani - Porsche 919 Hybrid (# 2) - 3: 21.756 = 243.200 km / h
• Racing series: 3rd round of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship

Web links

Commons : 24 Hours of Le Mans 2016  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Official end result

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ACO publishes the first invitation list on January 25, 2016
2. ↑ 60 starters in Le Mans
3. ↑ Updated start list
4. ^ Fréderic Sausset in Le Mans
5. ↑ Paolo Ruberti had a serious accident
6. ^ Jean-Philippe Belloc replaces Paolo Ruberti
7. ↑ Érik Maris for Olivier Lombard
8. ↑ Berthon in the Greaves Motorsport team
9. ↑ Replacement driver nominated
10. ↑ Porsche benefits from Toyota bad luck . In: Tagesspiegel , June 19, 2016. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
11. ↑ 24 Hours of Le Mans 2016: Toyota drama to the power of ten! . In: Motorsport-Total , June 19, 2016. Accessed June 19, 2016.
12. ↑ Toyota found the cause of the failure on car number 5
13. ↑ ACO published a preliminary starting list on February 5, 2016
14. ↑ Moved up for KCMG
15. ↑ Will Stevens replaces Berthon at G-Drive Racing
16. ↑ Roberto Mehri replaces Will Stevens at Manor
17. ↑ Ford announces driver line-up
18. ↑ Starting grid ( Memento from June 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Previous race 6-hour race of Spa-Francorchamps 2016

FIA World Endurance Championship

Succession race 6-hour race at the Nurburgring in 2016