2016 24 Hours of Le Mans

2016 24 Hours of Le Mans
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The 84th 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: 84e 24 Heures du Mans) was an automobile endurance event held from 15 to 19 June 2016 at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France. It was the 84th running of the 24 Hour race organised by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest as well as the third round of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship. A test day was held two weeks prior to the race on 5 June.[1]

Neel Jani of Porsche started from pole position for the second consecutive year, but heavy rainfall forced the organizers to start the race behind a safety car. Once the rain had stopped the field and the track sufficiently dried the field was released from under safety car conditions. Toyota, Audi, and Porsche traded off the race lead in the early hours until the No. 6 Toyota established a firm hold on first place, followed by the No. 5 Toyota and No. 2 Porsche. Issues for the No. 6 eventually allowed the No. 5 Toyota to take over the lead, maintaining a small gap from the Porsche. Kazuki Nakajima was driving the Toyota to the finish in the closing three minutes of the race when it suffered a mechanical issue and stopped on the circuit right after the finish line on his last lap. Jani overcame the one-minute gap to the ailing Toyota and passed it on the final lap,[2] taking the race victory; It was Jani and co-driver Marc Lieb's first Le Mans win and Romain Dumas' second. The sister Toyota of Stéphane Sarrazin, Mike Conway, and Kamui Kobayashi finished three laps behind in second, while the No. 8 Audi of Loïc Duval, Lucas di Grassi, and Oliver Jarvis completed the race podium.[3]

The LMP2 category was won by the Signatech Alpine-Nissan of Gustavo Menezes, Nicolas Lapierre, and Stéphane Richelmi after it led the final 196 laps of the race.[2] Roman Rusinov, René Rast, and Will Stevens of G-Drive Racing finished on the same lap as the Alpine, while the all-Russian SMP Racing BR01-Nissan of Vitaly Petrov, Kirill Ladygin, and Viktor Shaitar was four laps behind in third.[4] On the day of the fiftieth anniversary of their first overall 24 Hours of Le Mans victory, Ford won the LMGTE Pro class with the No. 68 American entry of Joey Hand, Sébastien Bourdais, and Dirk Müller. Risi Competizione Ferrari were second with Giancarlo Fisichella, Toni Vilander, and Matteo Malucelli, after they and the winning Ford had led all but 26 laps of the race.[2] Ford USA's sister car of Ryan Briscoe, Scott Dixon, and Richard Westbrook was third. Americans also led the LMGTE Am category, with Scuderia Corsa's Townsend Bell, Jeff Segal, and Bill Sweedler edging out the fellow Ferrari of AF Corse, driven by Emmanuel Collard, Rui Águas, and François Perrodo. Khalid Al Qubaisi, Patrick Long, and David Heinemeier Hansson were third in class for Abu Dhabi-Proton.[5]

Entries

Following the construction of additional garage complexes, the ACO initially planned to expand the race entry from 56 cars to 58, but early pace on construction allowed this to be further increased to 60 cars ahead of the initial 2017 plans.[6]

Automatic invitations

Automatic entry invitations were earned by teams that won their class in the previous running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, or won championships in the European Le Mans Series or the Asian Le Mans Series. Some championship runners-up were also granted automatic invitations in certain series. Two participants in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship are chosen by the series to be automatic entries by the ACO regardless of their performance. All FIA World Endurance Championship full-season entries automatically earned invitations. As invitations were granted to teams, they were allowed to change their cars from the previous year to the next, but not allowed to change their category. In the European and Asian Le Mans Series, the LMGTE class invitations are allowed to choose between the Pro and Am categories. European Le Mans Series' LMP3 champion is required to field an entry in LMP2 while the Asian Le Mans Series LMP3 champion may choose between LMP2 or LMGTE Am. European Le Mans Series GTC class champions are limited to the LMGTE Am category.[7]

Among the fourteen automatic invitations granted, three teams chose not to accept: Team LNT and Marc VDS have not continued their European Le Mans Series efforts in 2016 while SMP Racing has opted to concentrate on their LMP2 entries and forgo defense of their Le Mans victory in LMGTE Am.

Reason invited LMP1 LMP2 LMGTE Am LMGTE Pro
1st in the 24 Hours of Le Mans Germany Porsche Team Hong Kong KCMG Russia SMP Racing United States Corvette Racing
1st in the European Le Mans Series (LMP2 and LMGTE) United Kingdom Greaves Motorsport Denmark Formula Racing
2nd in the European Le Mans Series (LMGTE) Belgium BMW Team Marc VDS
1st in the European Le Mans Series (LMP3 and GTC) United Kingdom Team LNT France TDS Racing
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at-large entries United States Michael Shank Racing United States Scuderia Corsa
1st in the Asian Le Mans Series (LMP2 and GT) Switzerland Race Performance Singapore Clearwater Racing
1st in the Asian Le Mans Series (LMP3) China DC Racing

Garage 56

The Garage 56 entry to display new technologies returned following an absence in 2015.[8] Frédéric Sausset, a quadruple amputee, participated in the race driving a modified Morgan LMP2 developed in conjunction with Onroak Automotive. The adapted automobile featured a throttle and braking system controlled by Sausset through his thighs while steering was achieved by attaching his right limb directly to the steering column. The car was also able to be driven in a normal fashion by his co-drivers.[9] SRT 41 initially planned to use a new Audi engine for the programme but later changed to the ubiquitous Nissan LMP2 engine. The team participated in the Silverstone European Le Mans Series race as a precursor to Le Mans, the first Garage 56 entry to compete prior to Le Mans.[10]

Entry list

In conjunction with the announcement of entries for the FIA World Endurance Championship and the European Le Mans Series, the ACO announced the full 60 car entry list and ten car reserve list on 5 February.[11]

Reserves

Ten reserves were named by the ACO to replace any entries which were withdrawn prior to the official test session. Greaves Motorsport, Riley Motorsports, and Proton Competition later withdrew their reserve entries. Algarve Pro Racing was promoted to the race entry when TDS Racing withdrew their LMGTE Am Aston Martin.[12] Six reserves remained before the race, with a second entry from Pegasus Racing and Team AAI, as well as lone entries from JMW Motorsport, Courage, OAK Racing, and DragonSpeed.[11]

Testing and practice

A mandatory test session for all sixty entries was held on 5 June, split into two sessions during the day. The morning session was led by Porsche, with Neel Jani setting a lap time of 3:22.334. The second Porsche followed, ahead of the two Audis and two Toyotas. Orecas led the LMP2 category with six cars at the top of the timing charts, led by the Signatech Alpine of Nicolas Lapierre ahead of Eurasia Motorsport and Manor. Porsche also led the LMGTE Pro category with a 1-2, the No. 92 ahead of the No. 91 and followed by the No. 63 Corvette. The No. 55 AF Corse Ferrari was the fastest in LMGTE Am, ahead of the second Ferrari of Scuderia Corsa.[13]

The second test session had Audi leap to the top of the field when Lucas di Grassi set a 3:21.375 lap time, followed by an improved time for the No. 2 Porsche of Mark Webber. The No. 8 Audi required repairs for much of the session after issues arose with the suspension system on the car. Tristan Gommendy improved the fastest lap in LMP2, moving Eurasia Motorsport ahead of the Signatech Alpine. The Michael Shank Ligier-Honda of Oswaldo Negri, Jr. had an accident in the final hour of the session, bringing a premature end to the test. Antonio García moved the No. 63 Corvette ahead of the pair of Porsches, while another Corvette in LMGTE Am, driven by reserve driver Nick Catsburg for Larbre Compétition overtook the fastest time from the morning session.[14]

A single free practice session was available to the teams prior to the three qualifying sessions. Rain fell at parts of the circuit throughout the four hours, but the No. 8 Audi led for much of the session until overtaken by the No. 2 Porsche Brendon Hartley until it too was pipped by Neel Jani with a lap of 3:22.011 in the closing ten minutes. The session was briefly stopped with Pierre Kaffer's ByKolles CLM-AER caught fire on the Mulsannes Straight, while Toyota ended the session with the No. 6 entry damaged after hitting the barriers exiting the Indianapolis corner. KCMG led the LMP2 category ahead of the Signatech Alpine and Panis-Barthez Ligier-Nissan. Separate crashes by Bruno Senna of RGR Sport and Inès Taittinger of Pegasus Racing led to stoppages in the session. The LMGTE Pro field was led by Fords and Ferraris, with three Fords leading the class until overtaken by the Risi Ferrari and later the No. 51 AF Corse Ferrari. Scuderia Corsa led the LMGTE Am category for much of the session until Rob Bell gave Le Mans rookies Clearwater Racing the fastest lap of the class in the final fifteen minutes.[15]

Qualifying

Six hours of qualifying sessions were available to all the entrants, but pole position for the race was decided by Neel Jani in the first 10 minutes of the opening session. Jani's 3:19.733 lap time was able to hold at the top of the field as rain affected the two qualifying sessions the following day. The position was the second consecutive at Le Mans for both Jani and Porsche, while the sister car was nearly half a second behind in the second position. Toyota's Stéphane Sarrazin was a further half second behind for third, followed by the other Toyota.[16] Audi struggled to get their cars on track at the start of the first session as both cars suffered mechanical ailments, eventually setting lap times three seconds slower than the pole position Porsche to hold onto fifth and sixth positions.[17] Dominik Kraihamer was the fastest privateer in the No. 13 Rebellion, while the ByKolles entry did not appear during the session while repairs were made following the fire in the practice session. The LMP2 category was led by René Rast of G-Drive Racing with a 3:36.605 lap time set in the final fifteen minutes of the session, after the lead in the category had been swapped between the G-Drive entry and the two Alpines over the course of the two-hour session. DC Racing's Alpine held on for second in the class while Signatech was third. Pu Jun Jin had an accident near Tertre Rouge which ended Eurasia Motorsport's night.[17]

The LMGTE Pro category qualifying was swept by the new cars making their debuts at Le Mans. Ford's new GT in the hands of Stefan Mücke set a lap time of 3:51.185, three-tenths of a second ahead of its American sister car the No. 69 Ford. Ferrari's new 488 was third in the class for AF Corse, a further tenth of a second behind the two Fords. The British pair of Fords followed in fourth and fifth places, followed by two further Ferraris, with the No. 92 Porsche almost four seconds off the class pole position time as the first car with previous experience at Le Mans.[18] Risi Competizione's Ferrari brought out the only red flag of the session as Giancarlo Fisichella became stuck in the gravel trap in the Porsche Curves after a spin.[17] In LMGTE Am Rob Bell's 3:56.827 lap in the Clearwater Racing Ferrari beat out the No. 98 Aston Martin; two AF Corse Ferraris followed in third and fourth positions.

The following day the second qualifying session opened with a dry track but threatening skies. Several LMP2 and LMGTE teams were able to improve their qualifying times in the opening half an hour of the session before rainfall started. The biggest improvement in the beginning of the session was the Abu Dhabi-Proton Porsche in LMGTE Am, taking third place in the class, while the ByKolles CLM-AER went out in the wet to set first lap times of qualifying and take its place at the back of the LMP1 field.[19] Pegasus Racing led the few improved times in the LMP2 category to earn the fifteenth position. Porsche No. 1 was the fastest in the session but its lap time was over three seconds off the provisional pole position. The second session ended without the track drying again and no times were improved in any category. All four Aston Martins chose to not set lap times in the session as they changed their engines.[19] The third qualifying session began an hour later under a light rain but soon turned to deluge within ten minutes, prompting race officials to stop qualifying for nearly an hour as several cars aquaplaned. When the rain tapered off and qualifying resumed, many teams chose not to participate or set a large number of lap times as no improvements could be made to qualifying lap times.

Following qualifying the ACO altered the balance of performance in the LMGTE Pro category, adding 10 kg (22 lb) of ballast and lowering turbocharger boost pressure in the Ford GT and adding 25 kg (55 lb) of ballast to the Ferrari 488s to lower their performance. Similarly, Aston Martin and Corvette received an increase in performance by allowing a larger air restrictor on the air intake of their engines. Porsche had no performance changes.[20]

Qualifying results

Provisional pole positions in each class are denoted in bold. The fastest time set by each entry is denoted with a gray background. Times for Qualifying 3 are not included as many teams did not set a lap time, and no team made an improvement on their time.

Pos. Class No. Team Qualifying 1[21] Qualifying 2[22] Gap Grid[23]
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 6 Toyota Gazoo Racing 3:20.737 3:25.899 +1.004 3
4 LMP1 5 Toyota Gazoo Racing 3:21.903 3:24.399 +2.170 4
5 LMP1 7 Audi Sport Team Joest 3:22.780 3:45.468 +3.047 5
6 LMP1 8 Audi Sport Team Joest 3:22.823 3:26.680 +3.090 6
7 LMP1 13 Rebellion Racing 3:26.586 3:30.010 +6.853 7
8 LMP1 12 Rebellion Racing 3:27.348 3:27.573 +7.615 8
9 LMP1 4 ByKolles Racing Team No Time 3:34.168 +14.435 54[N 1]
10 LMP2 26 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 3:38.037 No Time +18.304 12
14 LMP2 49 Michael Shank Racing 3:38.837 3:51.759 +19.104 13
15 LMP2 31 Extreme Speed Motorsports 3:39.366 3:40.436 +19.633 14
16 LMP2 46 Thiriet by TDS Racing 3:39.375 3:40.611 +19.642 15
17 LMP2 42 Strakka Racing 3:39.394 3:44.142 +19.661 16
18 LMP2 47 KCMG 3:39.436 3:39.562 +19.703 17
19 LMP2 23 Panis-Barthez Compétition 3:39.470 3:45.018 +19.737 18
20 LMP2 33 Eurasia Motorsport 3:40.631 4:14.491 +20.898 19
21 LMP2 38 G-Drive Racing 3:40.685 4:01.981 +20.952 20
22 LMP2 43 RGR Sport by Morand 3:40.899 3:44.198 +21.166 21
23 LMP2 27 SMP Racing 3:41.132 3:41.457 +21.399 55[N 2]
24 LMP2 28 Pegasus Racing 3:42.049 3:41.285 +21.552 56[N 1]
25 LMP2 30 Extreme Speed Motorsports 3:41.406 4:14.456 +21.673 57[N 1]
26 LMP2 37 SMP Racing 3:42.147 3:41.776 +22.043 22
27 LMP2 25 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 25
30 LMP2 34 Race Performance 3:43.590 3:45.711 +23.857 26
31 LMP2 22 SO24! by Lombard Racing 3:48.585 3:44.347 +24.614 58[N 1]
32 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[N 1]
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 30
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 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 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 - GM 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 - GM 3:57.967 3:59.268 +38.234 60[N 2]
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

Race

Finish

Final minutes

With 11 minutes left, the #2 Porsche car came in to replace all four of its tires in an unscheduled pit stop. With 6:30 left, the gap between the lead #5 Toyota and the #2 Porsche was 1:14, with both cars on the lead lap. Delayed radio transmissions by Kazuki Nakajima revealed at about this time that the #5 was experiencing a severe loss of power on acceleration, and this was evidenced by the #2 rapidly catching it. With 4:30 to go, the gap had been reduced to 37.580 seconds, and Toyota had to decide whether to bring its car into the pits or to keep it on the race track. The team elected to keep the car on track, and Nakajima had to stop the car, but stopped it just after the start/finish line as the #5 car's power gave out entirely, with 3:25 remaining on the clock. The #2 Porsche passed it a few seconds later to claim the LMP1 and overall lead in what turned out to be the final lap of the race.[25]

Nakajima held the #5 car stationary just past the start/finish line until the 24 hour clock officially ran out, then pushed the car ahead at whatever speed it could manage to complete the last lap. Officially, it took the #5 Toyota 11:53.815 to complete the final lap of the race,[26] which is above the maximum allowed time of six minutes. This led to the No. 5 car not being classified in the race results and not earning any championship points, which led to the ACO making rule changes for the 2017 race.

Porsche completed the final lap of the race first overall to claim their 18th championship. The #6 Toyota, three laps behind it, claimed second, and Audi, a full 12 laps behind the Porsche in the #8 car, claimed the last step of the podium.

After discussion over the final lap, the Automobile Club l'Ouest announced a new series of rule changes in December 2016 to deal with cars in the final minutes. Any car taking from .001 to 1:00.000 longer than the maximum time will be assessed a one-lap penalty. Any car taking between 1:00.001 and 3:00.000 past the six-minute limit will be assessed a two-lap penalty. Any car taking between 3:00.000 to 4:00.000 will be assessed a three-lap penalty, with the final penalty, ten laps, being assessed for a car taking between 4:00.001 to 9:00.000 over the limit. The maximum final lap is now 15 minutes. Under the 2017 rules, there would have been a ten-lap penalty for the #5 car.[27]

Race result

Class winners are denoted with bold.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 LMP1 2 Germany Porsche Team Germany Marc Lieb
France Romain Dumas
Switzerland Neel Jani		 Porsche 919 Hybrid M 384
Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
2 LMP1 6 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing France Stéphane Sarrazin
United Kingdom Mike Conway
Japan Kamui Kobayashi		 Toyota TS050 Hybrid M 381
Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6
3 LMP1 8 Germany Audi Sport Team Joest France Loïc Duval
Brazil Lucas di Grassi
United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis		 Audi R18 M 372
Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6
4 LMP1 7 Germany Audi Sport Team Joest Germany André Lotterer
Switzerland Marcel Fässler
France Benoît Tréluyer		 Audi R18 M 367
Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6
5 LMP2 36 France Signatech Alpine France Nicolas Lapierre
United States Gustavo Menezes
Monaco Stéphane Richelmi		 Alpine A460 D 357
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
6 LMP2 26 Russia G-Drive Racing Russia Roman Rusinov
United Kingdom Will Stevens
Germany René Rast		 Oreca 05 D 357
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
7 LMP2 37 Russia SMP Racing Russia Vitaly Petrov
Russia Viktor Shaitar
Russia Kirill Ladygin		 BR Engineering BR01 D 353
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
8 LMP2 42 United Kingdom Strakka Racing United Kingdom Nick Leventis
United Kingdom Jonny Kane
United Kingdom Danny Watts		 Gibson 015S D 351
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
9 LMP2 33 Philippines Eurasia Motorsport China Pu Jun Jin
France Tristan Gommendy
Netherlands Nick de Bruijn		 Oreca 05 D 348
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
10 LMP2 41 United Kingdom Greaves Motorsport Mexico Memo Rojas
France Julien Canal
France Nathanaël Berthon		 Ligier JS P2 D 348
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
11 LMP2 27 Russia SMP Racing France Nicolas Minassian
Italy Maurizio Mediani
Russia Mikhail Aleshin		 BR Engineering BR01 D 347
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
12 LMP2 23 France Panis-Barthez Compétition France Fabien Barthez
France Timothé Buret
France Paul-Loup Chatin		 Ligier JS P2 M 347
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
13 LMP1 1 Germany Porsche Team Germany Timo Bernhard
New Zealand Brendon Hartley
Australia Mark Webber		 Porsche 919 Hybrid M 346
Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
14 LMP2 49 United States Michael Shank Racing United States John Pew
Brazil Oswaldo Negri Jr.
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor		 Ligier JS P2 D 345
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
15 LMP2 43 Mexico RGR Sport by Morand Mexico Ricardo González
Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
Brazil Bruno Senna		 Ligier JS P2 D 344
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
16 LMP2 30 United States Extreme Speed Motorsports United States Scott Sharp
United States Ed Brown
United States Johannes van Overbeek		 Ligier JS P2 D 341
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
17 LMP2 25 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing United Kingdom Michael Munemann
United Kingdom Chris Hoy
France Andrea Pizzitola		 Ligier JS P2 D 341
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
18 LMGTE
Pro		 68 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA United States Joey Hand
Germany Dirk Müller
France Sébastien Bourdais		 Ford GT M 340
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
19 LMGTE
Pro		 82 United States Risi Competizione Italy Giancarlo Fisichella
Italy Matteo Malucelli
Finland Toni Vilander		 Ferrari 488 GTE M 340
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
20 LMGTE
Pro		 69 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA Australia Ryan Briscoe
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
New Zealand Scott Dixon		 Ford GT M 340
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
21 LMGTE
Pro		 66 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK France Olivier Pla
Germany Stefan Mücke
United States Billy Johnson		 Ford GT M 339
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
22 LMP2 40 United States Krohn Racing United States Tracy Krohn
Sweden Niclas Jönsson
Portugal João Barbosa		 Ligier JS P2 M 338
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
23 LMGTE
Pro		 95 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Denmark Nicki Thiim
Denmark Marco Sørensen
United Kingdom Darren Turner		 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE D 338
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
24 LMGTE
Pro		 97 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Brazil Fernando Rees
United Kingdom Jonathan Adam
New Zealand Richie Stanaway		 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE D 337
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
25 LMGTE
Pro		 63 United States Corvette Racing - GM Denmark Jan Magnussen
Spain Antonio García
United States Ricky Taylor		 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 336
Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
26 LMGTE
Am		 62 United States Scuderia Corsa United States Bill Sweedler
United States Townsend Bell
United States Jeff Segal		 Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 331
Ferrari F136GT 4.5 L V8
27 LMGTE
Am		 83 Italy AF Corse France François Perrodo
France Emmanuel Collard
Portugal Rui Águas		 Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 331
Ferrari F136GT 4.5 L V8
28 LMGTE
Am		 88 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing United Arab Emirates Khalid Al Qubaisi
United States Patrick Long
Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson		 Porsche 911 RSR M 330
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
29 LMP1 12 Switzerland Rebellion Racing France Nicolas Prost
Germany Nick Heidfeld
Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr.		 Rebellion R-One D 330
AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
30 LMGTE
Am		 61 Singapore Clearwater Racing Malaysia Weng Sun Mok
United Kingdom Rob Bell
Japan Keita Sawa		 Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 329
Ferrari F136GT 4.5 L V8
31 LMGTE
Pro		 77 Germany Dempsey-Proton Racing Austria Richard Lietz
Austria Philipp Eng
Denmark Michael Christensen		 Porsche 911 RSR M 329
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
32 LMP2 22 France SO24! by Lombard Racing France Vincent Capillaire
France Erik Maris
United Kingdom Jonathan Coleman		 Ligier JS P2 D 328
Judd HK 3.6 L V8
33 LMGTE
Am		 86 United Kingdom Gulf Racing United Kingdom Mike Wainwright
United Kingdom Adam Carroll
United Kingdom Ben Barker		 Porsche 911 RSR M 328
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
34 LMP2 48 Republic of Ireland Murphy Prototypes United States Ben Keating
Belgium Marc Goossens
Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen		 Oreca 03R D 323
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
35 LMGTE
Am		 60 Denmark Formula Racing Denmark Johnny Laursen
Denmark Christina Nielsen
Denmark Mikkel Mac		 Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 319
Ferrari F136GT 4.5 L V8
36 LMGTE
Am		 99 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing United Kingdom Andrew Howard
United Kingdom Liam Griffin
Switzerland Gary Hirsch		 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE D 318
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
37 LMGTE
Am		 50 France Larbre Compétition Japan Yutaka Yamagishi
France Pierre Ragues
France Jean-Philippe Belloc		 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 316
Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
38 84 France SRT41 by OAK Racing France Fréderic Sausset
France Christophe Tinseau
France Jean-Bernard Bouvet		 Morgan LMP2 M 315
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
39 LMGTE
Am		 57 Taiwan Team AAI United States Johnny O'Connell
United States Mark Patterson
United Kingdom Oliver Bryant		 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 306
Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
40 LMGTE
Pro		 67 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK United Kingdom Andy Priaulx
United Kingdom Marino Franchitti
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell		 Ford GT M 306
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
41 LMGTE
Am		 78 Hong Kong KCMG Germany Christian Ried
Germany Wolf Henzler
Switzerland Joël Camathias		 Porsche 911 RSR M 300
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
42 LMP2 31 United States Extreme Speed Motorsports United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel
Canada Chris Cumming
Brazil Pipo Derani		 Ligier JS P2 D 297
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
43 LMGTE
Am		 55 Italy AF Corse United Kingdom Duncan Cameron
United Kingdom Aaron Scott
Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin		 Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 289
Ferrari F136GT 4.5 L V8
44 LMP2 34 Switzerland Race Performance Switzerland Nicolas Leutwiler
United Kingdom James Winslow
Japan Shinji Nakano		 Oreca 03R D 289[N 3]
Judd HK 3.6 L V8
NC[N 4] LMP1 5 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing United Kingdom Anthony Davidson
Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
Japan Kazuki Nakajima		 Toyota TS050 Hybrid M 384
Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6
DNF LMP2 28 Germany Pegasus Racing France Inès Taittinger
France Léo Roussel
France Rémy Striebig		 Morgan LMP2 M 292
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
DNF LMP2 44 United Kingdom Manor Thailand Tor Graves
United Kingdom Matthew Rao
Spain Roberto Merhi		 Oreca 05 D 283
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
DNF LMGTE
Am		 98 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Canada Paul Dalla Lana
Portugal Pedro Lamy
Austria Mathias Lauda		 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE D 281
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
DNF LMP2 46 France Thiriet by TDS Racing France Pierre Thiriet
Switzerland Mathias Beche
Japan Ryō Hirakawa		 Oreca 05 D 241
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
DNF LMP2 35 China Baxi DC Racing Alpine China David Cheng
China Ho-Pin Tung
France Nelson Panciatici		 Alpine A460 D 234
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
DNF LMP2 38 Russia G-Drive Racing United Kingdom Simon Dolan
United Kingdom Jake Dennis
Netherlands Giedo van der Garde		 Gibson 015S D 222
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
DNF LMGTE
Pro		 64 United States Corvette Racing - GM United Kingdom Oliver Gavin
United States Tommy Milner
United States Jordan Taylor		 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 219
Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
DNF LMP1 4 Austria ByKolles Racing Team Switzerland Simon Trummer
Germany Pierre Kaffer
United Kingdom Oliver Webb		 CLM P1/01 D 206
AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
DNF LMP1 13 Switzerland Rebellion Racing Austria Dominik Kraihamer
Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori
Switzerland Mathéo Tuscher		 Rebellion R-One D 200
AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
DNF LMGTE
Pro		 51 Italy AF Corse Italy Gianmaria Bruni
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
United Kingdom James Calado		 Ferrari 488 GTE M 179
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
DNF LMGTE
Pro		 71 Italy AF Corse Italy Davide Rigon
Italy Andrea Bertolini
United Kingdom Sam Bird		 Ferrari 488 GTE M 143
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
DNF LMGTE
Pro		 92 Germany Porsche Motorsport France Frédéric Makowiecki
Germany Jörg Bergmeister
New Zealand Earl Bamber		 Porsche 911 RSR M 140
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
DNF LMGTE
Pro		 91 Germany Porsche Motorsport France Patrick Pilet
France Kévin Estre
United Kingdom Nick Tandy		 Porsche 911 RSR M 135
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
DNF LMP2 47 Hong Kong KCMG Japan Tsugio Matsuda
United Kingdom Richard Bradley
United Kingdom Matthew Howson		 Oreca 05 D 116
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
DNF LMGTE
Am		 89 Germany Proton Competition[N 5] United States Leh Keen
United States Marc Miller		 Porsche 911 RSR M 50
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 The No. 4 ByKolles CLM-AER, No. 28 Pegasus Morgan-Nissan, No. 30 Extreme Speed Ligier-Nissan, No. 22 SO24! Ligier-Judd, and No. 40 Krohn Ligier-Nissan were all demoted to the back of the starting grid for having a driver fail to set a lap time within 110% of their respective class pole position time.[24]
  2. 1 2 The No. 27 SMP BR01-Nissan and No. 63 Corvette were demoted to the back of the grid for having a driver fail to complete a minimum of five laps at night during qualifying.[24]
  3. ↑ The No. 34 Race Performance Oreca-Judd was penalized for failing to meet the minimum drive time for the team's silver-rated driver. Eight laps plus two minutes were added to the team's total to account for the lost time.[28]
  4. ↑ The No. 5 Toyota was not classified in the race result for failing to complete the final lap of the race in under six minutes.[26]
  5. ↑ Cooper MacNeil was not allowed to drive the No. 89 Proton Porsche after becoming ill before the race. A last minute switch to reserve driver Gunnar Jeannette was denied by the ACO. The entry was allowed by the ACO to compete with only two drivers.[29]

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  23. ↑ "FIA WEC 84e Edition des 24 Heures du Mans Race Provisional Starting Grid" (PDF). Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  24. 1 2 "Multiple Changes To The Le Mans Starting Grid". DailySportsCar. 18 June 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  25. ↑ "Porsche wins Le Mans in dramatic fashion as Toyota falters". Associated Press. Le Mans: AP Sports. Associated Press. June 19, 2016. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
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