The 6 Hours of Nürburgring lived up to all expectations and 58,000 enthusiastic fans enjoyed a great weekend of exciting and sometimes dramatic WEC track action. Before the end of the event, the circuit and organisers confirmed that a date for the German round of the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship has been set for 14-16 July*.
The key moments of the 6 Hours of Nurburgring are as follows:
- No.1 Porsche 919 Hybrid wins sensational 6 Hours of Nurburgring to take first win of the season for Webber/Bernhard and Hartley.
- Reigning champions win after fighting back from first hour puncture.
- No.8 Audi R18 of Duval/Jarvis and Di Grassi take second to reduce points gap in championship.
- Race swings on Full Course Yellow benefitting Porsche after Audi lead mid-portion of race.
- Lotterer and Fassler claim third place after brave race long fight in No.7 Audi Sport Team Joest R18.
- Point’s leading trio of Jani/Dumas and Lieb denied another win after collision with LMGTE Am car in penultimate hour. Jani brings No.2 Porsche 919 Hybrid home fourth.
- Privateer LMP1 class sees No.13 Rebellion drivers Kraihamer/Tuscher and Imperatori take third victory of the season after race of attrition.
- Signatech Alpine stretches title advantage as Lapierre/Menezes and Richelmi take third straight win.
- G-Drive Racing lead early stages but retire with gearbox problem.
- RGR Sports take second podium of the season as Senna/Gonzalez and Albuquerque finish runner-up despite late race trip across gravel.
- No.31 Extreme Speed Motorsport Ligier-Nissan of Derani/Cumming and Dalziel take third podium of year.
- First victory of the season for Gianmaria Bruni and James Calado in No.51 AF Corse Ferrari 488GTE. British driver celebrates first ever WEC win.
- AF Corse 1-2 as No.71 car of Sam Bird and Davide Rigon claim second.
- Aston Martin lead large portions of race but No.95 car of Marco Sorenson and Nicki Thiim have to settle for third place.
- Mathias Lauda/Paul Dalla Lana and Pedro Lamy take second win of the 2016 season after heading home KCMG Porsche 911 RSR. Â After official scrutineering this evening the stewards disqualified the second placed finishing LMGTE Am car of KCMG Porsche 911 RSR for a ride height irregularity. The car was lower than 55mm which is the minimum the car can run and was therefore excluded from the final results. Â The team has appealed the decision.
- No.83 AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia of Perrodo/Collard and Aguas recover from early race spin.