2016 Road to Le Mans

Automobile endurance race in France Road to Le Mans Road to Le Mans 2016 none Parent series:24 Hours of Le MansGT3 Le Mans Cup thumbnail|right|The track layout of the Circuit de la Sarthe thumbnail|right|The race-winning No. Car number 85 DC Racing Ligier JS P3-Nissan car The 1st Road to Le Mans was an 55-minute automobile endurance event for 37 teams of one or two drivers racing Le Mans Prototype 3 (LMP3) and Group GT3 (GT3) cars. It was held on 18 June 2016 at the Circuit de la Sarthe near Le Mans, France, as a support race for the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans and the second round of the 2016 GT3 Le Mans Cup. The Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) organised the first Road to Le Mans race in partnership with the promoter Le Mans Endurance Management. United Autosport's Martin Brundle and Christian England shared a Ligier JS P3-Nissan car and began from pole position after Brundle set the fastest overall lap time in qualifying. Brundle lost the race lead to Team LNT's Charlie Robertson and Lawrence Tomlinson at the start, which Tomlinson maintained until the mandatory pit stops. Alexandre Cougnaud and Thomas Laurent of DC Racing took the race lead following the pit stops and led the final six laps to win by 16.863 seconds over Brundle and England. The GT3 category was won by SMP Racing's Aleksey Basov and Viktor Shaytar in a Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 from FFF Racing Team by ACM's McLaren 650S GT3 shared by Hiroshi Hamaguchi and Adrian Quaife-Hobbs after Mentos Racing's Porsche 911 GT3 R of Klaus Bachler and Egidio Perfetti served a ten-second stop-and-go penalty for speeding in the pit lane. Background A support race for the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans was reported in October 2015,Mercier Laurent 18 October 2015 Lancement de la Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup avec une course en ouverture des 24 Heures du Mans Launch of the Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup with a race to open the 24 Hours of Le Mans http://www.endurance-info.com/fr/lancement-de-la-michelin-gt3-le-mans-cup-avec-une-course-en-ouverture-des-24-heures-du-mans/ dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160330194353/http://www.endurance-info.com/fr/lancement-de-la-michelin-gt3-le-mans-cup-avec-une-course-en-ouverture-des-24-heures-du-mans/ 30 March 2016 12 November 2024 Endurance-Info fr and formally announced the next month. The Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) in partnership with the Le Mans Endurance Management promoter organised the 2016 Road to Le Mans event, which took place on 18 June 2016 at the Circuit de la Sarthe near Le Mans, France.Kilbey Stephen 1 March 2016 Further Details On Le Mans LMP3-GT3 Le Mans Cup Race https://www.dailysportscar.com/2016/03/01/further-details-on-le-mans-lmp3-gt3-le-mans-cup-race.html 11 November 2024 DailySportsCar 29 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160329191638/http://www.dailysportscar.com/2016/03/01/further-details-on-le-mans-lmp3-gt3-le-mans-cup-race.html live 1 March 2016 Road to Le Mans race as a curtain-raiser to the 2016 Le Mans 24 Hours https://www.lemans.org/en/news/aco/road-to-le-mans-race-as-a-curtain-raiser-to-the-2016-le-mans-24-hours-23769 12 November 2024 Automobile Club de l'Ouest https://web.archive.org/web/20241111205058/https://www.lemans.org/en/news/aco/road-to-le-mans-race-as-a-curtain-raiser-to-the-2016-le-mans-24-hours-23769 11 November 2024 It was the event's inaugural edition, the second round of the 2016 GT3 Le Mans Cup and served as a support event for the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans. Euan Hankey and Salih Yoluç led the Drivers' Championship with 25 championship points after winning the season-opening round at Imola in Italy, seven championship points ahead of Hiroshi Hamaguchi and Adrian Quaife-Hobbs in second and ten ahead of Nicolas Misslin and Matthieu Vaxivière in third.22 October 2016 Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup – Drivers' Championship Estoril After Race Final Classification http://gt3lemanscup.alkamelsystems.com/Results/00_2016/06_ESTORIL/153_MICHELIN%20GT3%20LE%20MANS%20CUP/201610221645_Race/Championships%20GT3/GT32016_Round_6_Estoril_Drivers_Classification.pdf 12 November 2024 Automobile Club de l'Ouest 1–2 https://web.archive.org/web/20241126180600/http://gt3lemanscup.alkamelsystems.com/Results/00_2016/06_ESTORIL/153_MICHELIN%20GT3%20LE%20MANS%20CUP/201610221645_Race/Championships%20GT3/GT32016_Round_6_Estoril_Drivers_Classification.pdf 26 November 2024 The No. Car number 34 TF Sport team led the Teams' Championship with 25 championship points, seven championship points ahead of FFF Racing Team by ACM's No. 55 squad and ten ahead of the No. 26 Classic and Modern Racing team.22 October 2016 Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup – Teams' Championship Estoril After Race Final Classification http://gt3lemanscup.alkamelsystems.com/Results/00_2016/06_ESTORIL/153_MICHELIN%20GT3%20LE%20MANS%20CUP/201610221645_Race/Championships%20GT3/GT32016_Round_6_Estoril_Teams_Classification.pdf 12 November 2024 Automobile Club de l'Ouest https://web.archive.org/web/20241125123111/http://gt3lemanscup.alkamelsystems.com/Results/00_2016/06_ESTORIL/153_MICHELIN%20GT3%20LE%20MANS%20CUP/201610221645_Race/Championships%20GT3/GT32016_Round_6_Estoril_Teams_Classification.pdf 25 November 2024 Regulations and entrants Entry to the event was open from 18 March to 15 April 2016. The ACO's selection committee issued invitations to Le Mans Prototype 3 (LMP3) vehicles from the ACO's continental racing series, the European Le Mans Series and/or the Asian Le Mans Series, as well as Group GT3 (GT3) cars from the GT3 Le Mans Cup (GT3 LMC).Wittemeier Roman 2 March 2016 LMP3 und GT3: So läuft das Rahmenrennen in Le Mans LMP3 and GT3: This is how the support race in Le Mans works https://www.motorsport-total.com/24-stunden-von-le-mans/news/lmp3-und-gt3-so-laeuft-das-rahmenrennen-in-le-mans-16030203 11 November 2024 Motorsport-Total.com de https://web.archive.org/web/20241112223724/https://www.motorsport-total.com/24-stunden-von-le-mans/news/lmp3-und-gt3-so-laeuft-das-rahmenrennen-in-le-mans-16030203 12 November 2024Dagys John 1 March 2016 Le Mans GT3/LMP3 Support Race Details Revealed https://sportscar365.com/lemans/lemans-cup/le-mans-gt3lmp3-support-race-details-revealed/ 12 November 2024 SportsCar365 22 September 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230922014617/https://sportscar365.com/lemans/lemans-cup/le-mans-gt3lmp3-support-race-details-revealed/ live All current GT3 LMC full-season entries were automatically accepted while the ACO reserved the right to invite additional LMP3 and GT3 cars to the race. LMP3 teams could field one or two drivers; however GT3 teams could not field only one driver and was a non-championship race for them. Each team had to sign a bronze-rated driver (that is a gentleman driver). No platinum-rated driver (that is a professional driver) could participate. Each driver was permitted no more than 20 minutes to drive on the track. Michelin supplied the event's control tyres with each class receiving a single slick tyre specification. The entry list was published on 19 May 2016.Kilshaw Jake 19 May 2016 39 Cars on Road to Le Mans Entry List https://sportscar365.com/lemans/road-to-le-mans/39-cars-on-road-to-le-mans-entry-list/ 11 November 2024 SportsCar365 24 February 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240224151737/https://sportscar365.com/lemans/road-to-le-mans/39-cars-on-road-to-le-mans-entry-list/ live Kilbey Stephen 19 May 2016 Entry List For The Road To Le Mans Race Revealed https://www.dailysportscar.com/2016/05/19/entry-list-for-the-road-to-le-mans-race-revealed.html 11 November 2024 DailySportsCar https://web.archive.org/web/20241210075804/http://www.dailysportscar.com/2016/05/19/entry-list-for-the-road-to-le-mans-race-revealed.html 10 December 2024 The 37-car entry list included 19 LMP3 and 18 GT3 cars,Circuit de La Sarthe Entry List http://www.gt3lemanscup.com/en/app.title.entries-spa-francorchamps-round-2016/entry/6/58?year=&category=&race=162 https://web.archive.org/web/20160925015706/http://www.gt3lemanscup.com/en/app.title.entries-spa-francorchamps-round-2016/entry/6/58?year=&category=&race=162 25 September 2016 12 November 2024 GT3 Le Mans Cup9 June 2020 A look back at the first Road to Le Mans race https://www.lemanscup.com/article/a-look-back-at-the-first-road-to-le-mans-race-5f08165be2b04f139b44836f 16 March 2026 Le Mans Cup the first time such vehicles raced alongside each other in the LMC. Several of the LMP3 entries were ELMS competitors and all but two used Ligier JS P3-Nissan cars. The two non-Ligiers were a Ginetta P3-15-Nissan car and a ADESS 03-Nissan car. The GT3 LMC contributed 11 of the 17 entries in the GT3 class, and there were nine manufacturers represented in the category. AF Corse and Larbre Compétition were the only teams competing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Road to Le Mans. The BMS Scuderia Italia Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 was the lone GT3 car missing from the entry list.Mercier Laurent 10 June 2016 Road To Le Mans : La Balance de Performance revue et corrigée en GT3 Road To Le Mans: The Balance of Performance reviewed and corrected in GT3 http://www.endurance-info.com/fr/road-to-le-mans-la-balance-de-performance-revue-et-corrigee-en-gt3/ dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160619072023/http://www.endurance-info.com/fr/road-to-le-mans-la-balance-de-performance-revue-et-corrigee-en-gt3/ 19 June 2016 12 November 2024 Endurance-Info fr Balance of performance The balance of performance was modified to try to create parity within the GT3 category. Ballast was added to the No. 19 Tockwith Motorsports Audi R8 LMS ultra, the No. 26 Classic and Modern Racing Ferrari F458 Italia GT3, the No. 34 TF Sport Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3, the No. 51 AF Corse Ferrari F458 Italia GT3 and the No. 55 FFF McLaren 650S GT3 to effect their handling while the Lamborghini Huracán GT3 was made 10 kg lb on lighter. The Ferrari's power was reduced by a smaller air restrictor whilst the Lamborghini's was increased by a larger air restrictor. New entries are the No. 22 TF Sport Aston Martin, the No. 37 IDEC Sport Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3, the No. 44 DKR Engineering BMW Z4 GT3, the No. 50 Larbre Competition Mercedes-Benz, the No. 57 AF Corse Ferrari and the No. 66 Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini, each with a ballast of 10 kg lb on. Practice Two one-hour practice sessions were held on the evening of 15 June and the afternoon of 16 June. During the first session, there was light rain and reportedly oil on the track, but track conditions improved.ten Caat Marcel 15 June 2016 DC Racing Quickest in Road to Le Mans Free Practice https://sportscar365.com/lemans/road-to-le-mans/dc-racing-quickest-in-road-to-le-mans-free-practice/ 12 November 2024 SportsCar365 https://web.archive.org/web/20241113051837/https://sportscar365.com/lemans/road-to-le-mans/dc-racing-quickest-in-road-to-le-mans-free-practice/ 13 November 2024 Thomas Laurent No. 85 DC Racing's car was fastest, with a lap time of 4:05.758 achieved on his sixth and last lap of the session. He was 4.128 seconds faster than James Winslow's second-placed No. 61 Graff Racing entry. Yann Ehrlacher's No. 18 M.Racing-YMR car was third.15 June 2016 Wet Start to the Road to Le Mans https://www.lemanscup.com/article/wet-start-to-the-road-to-le-mans-5f08165ce2b04f139b4485bb 12 November 2024 GT3 Le Mans Cup https://web.archive.org/web/20241112061748/https://www.lemanscup.com/article/wet-start-to-the-road-to-le-mans-5f08165ce2b04f139b4485bb 12 November 2024 Philippe Prette's No. 48 PS Racing car stopped at the Esses with its front-left wheel detached on his out-lap. Viktor Shaytar's No. 57 AF Corse Ferrari was fastest in GT3 at 4:15.418. Shaytar was six-tenths of a second faster than Lonni Martins's No. 17 Duqueine Engineering's car. Klaus Bachler's No. 88 Mentos Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R was third in class. Several cars went off the circuit during the second practice session and race control ended the session after 20 minutes when Jean-Claude Poirier wrecked the No. 31 Graff car into the tyre barrier at Mulsanne corner. Poirier was unhurt and exited the car unaided, but the barriers needed substantial repair and marshals removed excess oil from the circuit.Kilbey Stephen 16 June 2016 DC Racing & Menthos Top Shortened Road To Le Mans FP2 https://www.dailysportscar.com/2016/06/16/dc-racing-menthos-top-shortened-road-to-le-mans-fp2.html 12 November 2024 DailySportsCarten Caat Marcel 16 June 2016 Laurent Tops Shortened Final Road to Le Mans Practice https://sportscar365.com/lemans/road-to-le-mans/laurent-tops-shortened-final-road-to-le-mans-practice/ 12 November 2024 SportsCar365 27 May 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240527062130/https://sportscar365.com/lemans/road-to-le-mans/laurent-tops-shortened-final-road-to-le-mans-practice/ live Laurent's No. 85 DC Racing entry led overall at 4:21.444. John Falb's No. 77 Graff entry was 1.7 seconds slower in second.16 June 2016 DC Racing Ligier and Mentos Racing Head Shortened Free Practice 2 https://www.lemanscup.com/article/dc-racing-ligier-and-mentos-racing-head-shortened-free-practice-2-5f08165ce2b04f139b4485b9 12 November 2024 GT3 Le Mans Cup https://web.archive.org/web/20241112063405/https://www.lemanscup.com/article/dc-racing-ligier-and-mentos-racing-head-shortened-free-practice-2-5f08165ce2b04f139b4485b9 12 November 2024 Jesus Fuster's No. 11 By Speed Factory Ligier stopped at the pit lane entry, prompting a six-minute slow zone at the Ford chicane to recover the vehicle. The fastest GT3 car was Egidio Perfetti's No. 88 Mentos Porsche, which was third overall in 4:24.020. Martins's No, 17 Duqueine Ferrari was three seconds and five overall positions behind in second in class. Tockwith's No. 19 Audi had to be driven slowly to the pit lane with a flat rear tyre. Qualifying right|250px|thumb|The No. 3 United Autosports Ligier as raced by Guy Cosmo and Mike Hedlund.On the evening of 16 June, a 30-minute qualifying session was held to set the race's starting order. Qualifying was held in dry, cool weather.Cozens Jack 16 June 2016 Martin Brundle on pole position for Le Mans 24 Hours support race https://www.autosport.com/general/news/martin-brundle-on-pole-position-for-le-mans-24-hours-support-race-5042428/5042428/ 12 November 2024 Autosport 12 April 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220412004702/https://www.autosport.com/general/news/martin-brundle-on-pole-position-for-le-mans-24-hours-support-race-5042428/5042428/ live 16 June 2016 Martin Brundle and Egidio Perfetti Claim Road to Le Mans Pole Positions https://www.lemanscup.com/article/martin-brundle-and-egidio-perfetti-claim-road-to-le-mans-pole-positions-5f08165ce2b04f139b4485b8 12 November 2024 GT3 Le Mans Cup https://web.archive.org/web/20241112085710/https://www.lemanscup.com/article/martin-brundle-and-egidio-perfetti-claim-road-to-le-mans-pole-positions-5f08165ce2b04f139b4485b8 12 November 2024 Martin Brundle's No. 2 United Autosports entry was second for most of the qualifying session until improving his lap time to 3:55.748 at the end for overall pole position and his second at Le Mans after the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans.Klein Jamie 8 June 2023 16 June 2016 Brundle takes LMP3 pole for Le Mans support race https://www.motorsport.com/lemans/news/brundle-takes-lmp3-pole-for-le-mans-support-race-788865/788865/ 12 November 2024 Motorsport.com https://web.archive.org/web/20241113001446/https://www.motorsport.com/lemans/news/brundle-takes-lmp3-pole-for-le-mans-support-race-788865/788865/ 13 November 2024 Charlie Robertson's No. 32 Team LNT entry was 0.185 seconds slower in second. Laurent's No. 85 DC Racing, Ehrlacher's No. 18 M.Racing-YMR, and Giorgio Sernagiotto's No. 7 Scuderia Villorba Corse finished third through fifth.ten Caat Marcel 16 June 2016 Brundle Claims Pole Position for Road to Le Mans https://sportscar365.com/lemans/road-to-le-mans/brundle-claims-pole-position-for-road-to-le-mans/ 12 November 2024 SportsCar365 https://web.archive.org/web/20241225235036/https://sportscar365.com/lemans/road-to-le-mans/brundle-claims-pole-position-for-road-to-le-mans/ 25 December 2024 Pierre Nicolet's No. 24 OAK Racing Ligier slid into the gravel trap at Tertre Rouge corner, crashing into the barriers midway through qualifying. Qualifying was stopped for the first time due to debris on the circuit but Nicolet returned to the pit lane. Perfetti's No. 88 Mentos Porsche took pole position in GT3 with a 4:04.494 lap. He was nearly seven-tenths of a second faster than Aleksey Basov's No. 57 SMP Racing Ferrari. Hamaguchi's No. 55 FFF Racing Team by ACM McLaren took third, ahead of Misslin's No. 26 Classic and Modern Racing Ferrari and Mads Rasmussen's No. 71 AF Corse Ferrari.16 June 2016 Road to Le Mans 84º Edition des 24 Heures du Mans After Qualifying Session Provisional Classification by Driver Fastest Lap http://gt3lemanscup.alkamelsystems.com/Results/00_2016/02_LE%20MANS/128_ROAD%20TO%20LE%20MANS/201606161800_Qualifying%20Session/07_FastestLapByDriverAfter_Qualifying%20Session.PDF 12 November 2024 Automobile Club de l'Ouest 1–2 https://web.archive.org/web/20241112091909/http://gt3lemanscup.alkamelsystems.com/Results/00_2016/02_LE%20MANS/128_ROAD%20TO%20LE%20MANS/201606161800_Qualifying%20Session/07_FastestLapByDriverAfter_Qualifying%20Session.PDF 12 November 2024 A second stoppage ended qualifying two minutes early, as Hamaguchi spun into the tyre barriers at Karting Corner. Hamaguchi was unhurt. Qualifying results Teams who set the pole position lap time in each class are denoted in bold and by a .16 June 2016 Road to Le Mans 84º Edition des 24 Heures du Mans Qualifying Session Final Classification http://www.gt3lemanscup.com/assets/1/course/162/RTLM-Qualification_e925db.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160626052224/http://www.gt3lemanscup.com/assets/1/course/162/RTLM-Qualification_e925db.pdf 26 June 2016 12 November 2024 Automobile Club de l'Ouest +Final qualifying classification Pos. Position Class No. Car number Team Qualifying Grid Final grid position 1 LMP3 2 United Autosports 3:55.748 1 2 LMP3 32 Team LNT 3:55.933 2 3 LMP3 85 DC Racing 3:56.247 3 4 LMP3 18 M.Racing-YMR 3:57.662 4 5 LMP3 7 Scuderia Villorba Corse 3:58.029 5 6 LMP3 61 Graff 3:58.485 6 7 LMP3 77 Graff 3:58.545 7 8 LMP3 31 Graff 3:58.547 8 9 LMP3 9 Racing Team Holland 4:00.410 9 10 LMP3 15 Duqueine Engineering 4:00.891 10 11 LMP3 3 United Autosports 4:00.891 11 12 LMP3 16 Duqueine Engineering 4:01.358 12 13 LMP3 24 OAK Racing 4:01.485 13 14 LMP3 24 360 Racing 4:02.055 14 15 GT3 88 Mentos Racing 4:04.494 15 16 LMP3 11 By Speed Factory 4:04.856 16 17 GT3 11 SMP Racing 4:05.183 17 18 GT3 55 FFF Racing Team by ACM 4:07.168 18 19 LMP3 10 Race Performance 4:07.186 19 20 GT3 26 Classic and Modern Racing 4:08.112 20 21 GT3 71 AF Corse 4:08.790 21 22 GT3 34 TF Sport 4:10.559 22 23 LMP3 17 Duqueine Engineering 4:10.837 23 24 GT3 51 AF Corse 4:12.282 24 25 GT3 37 IDEC Sport Racing 4:12.879 25 26 LMP3 99 WinEurasia Limited 4:14.407 26 27 GT3 66 Barwell Motorsport 4:14.421 27 28 GT3 22 TF Sport 4:15.655 28 29 GT3 19 Tockwith Motorsports 4:15.860 29 30 GT3 8 Scuderia Villorba Corse 4:15.899 30 31 GT3 5 FFF Racing Team by ACM 4:19.035 31 32 LMP3 48 PS Racing Ltd. 4:20.042 32 33 GT3 25 FF Corse 4:26.129 33 34 GT3 50 Larbre Compétition 4:26.635 34 35 GT3 14 AF Corse 4:38.993 35 36 GT3 44 DKR Engineering 4:45.907 36 37 GT3 28 Delahaye Racing Team 4:45.968 37 Race left|thumb|The start of the race It was dry and overcast before the event.United Autosports Claims Excellent Inauguaral "Road to Le Mans" Podium 18 June 2016 United Autosports https://www.unitedautosports.com/news/united-autosports-claims-excellent-inaugural-road-to-le-mans-podium 12 November 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241112105520/https://www.unitedautosports.com/news/united-autosports-claims-excellent-inaugural-road-to-le-mans-podium 12 November 2024 The air temperature was between 16.35 and 17.7 C on F and the track temperature was between 20 and 21.75 C on F.18 June 2024 84º Edition des 24 Heures du Mans Road to Le Mans Race Weather Report http://gt3lemanscup.alkamelsystems.com/Results/00_2016/02_LE%20MANS/128_ROAD%20TO%20LE%20MANS/201606181110_Race/26_Weather_Race.PDF 12 November 2024 Automobile Club de l'Ouest 1 https://web.archive.org/web/20241112105502/http://gt3lemanscup.alkamelsystems.com/Results/00_2016/02_LE%20MANS/128_ROAD%20TO%20LE%20MANS/201606181110_Race/26_Weather_Race.PDF 12 November 2024 The race commenced at 11:10 Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00), which was led by the starting polesitter Brundle.18 June 2016 Road to Le Mans 84º Edition des 24 Heures du Mans Race (55') Final Starting Grid http://gt3lemanscup.alkamelsystems.com/Results/00_2016/02_LE%20MANS/128_ROAD%20TO%20LE%20MANS/201606181110_Race/01_Grid_Race.PDF 12 November 2024 Automobile Club de l'Ouest 1 https://web.archive.org/web/20241112105534/http://gt3lemanscup.alkamelsystems.com/Results/00_2016/02_LE%20MANS/128_ROAD%20TO%20LE%20MANS/201606181110_Race/01_Grid_Race.PDF 12 November 2024 Second-place starter Robertson battled Brundle as he crested the hill approaching the Dunlop chicane and braked later on the inside to take the race lead, despite Brundle appearing to have caught Robertson off guard when the race began.Errity Stephen 18 June 2016 DC Racing Duo Win Road To Le Mans Race https://www.dailysportscar.com/2016/06/18/dc-racing-duo-win-road-to-le-mans-race.html 12 November 2024 DailySportsCar https://web.archive.org/web/20241130114930/http://www.dailysportscar.com/2016/06/18/dc-racing-duo-win-road-to-le-mans-race.html 30 November 2024Cozens Jack 23 June 2016 French crew beats Brundle https://porschecarshistory.com/wp-content/old/lib/magazines/autosport/2016/06/AS2016.06.23.pdf Autosport 60 12 November 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241112144519/https://porschecarshistory.com/wp-content/old/lib/magazines/autosport/2016/06/AS2016.06.23.pdf 12 November 2024 Porsche Cars History Winslow began quickly, moving from sixth to third before passing Brundle for second at the Mulsanne corner.Klein Jamie 18 June 2016 DC Racing takes honours in Le Mans support event https://www.motorsport.com/lemans/news/dc-racing-takes-honours-in-le-mans-support-event-789410/789410/ 12 November 2024 Motorsport.com https://web.archive.org/web/20241112144519/https://www.motorsport.com/lemans/news/dc-racing-takes-honours-in-le-mans-support-event-789410/789410/ 12 November 202418 June 2016 DC Racing and AF Corse are the first Road to Le Mans winners https://www.lemanscup.com/article/dc-racing-and-af-corse-are-the-first-road-to-le-mans-winners-5f08165ce2b04f139b4485b7 12 November 2024 GT3 Le Mans Cup https://web.archive.org/web/20241112144519/https://www.lemanscup.com/article/dc-racing-and-af-corse-are-the-first-road-to-le-mans-winners-5f08165ce2b04f139b4485b7 12 November 2024 Meanwhile, Perfetti maintained his lead in GT3 with the No. 88 Mentos Porsche, gradually pulling away from Basov's No. 57 SMP Ferrari. During the first lap, Hamaguchi dropped from third to fifth in class, but he began duelling Misslin's No. 26 Classic and Modern Racing Ferrari for fourth while being challenged by Yoluç's No. 34 TF Sport Aston Martin until Yoluç's driver error while attempting to pass Hamaguchi at the Forza chicane gave him a temporary reprieve, allowing him to pull clear. On lap four, when Robertson began to pull away from the rest of the race, Brundle was close behind Winslow and passed him to retake second place overall. The following lap saw Phil Hanson's No. 44 Tockwith Audi driven slowly to the pit lane due to a failed front right tyre, while Martins overtook Basov for second in GT3 at the Indianapolis corner, but Basov retook the position at the same corner the following lap. Roberto Lacorte caused the race's first slow zone by going into the gravel trap at the Forza chicane. The No. 7 Scuderia Villoriba Corse car was recovered after five minutes and the slow zone was lifted. At this point, cars began making mandatory pit stops to allow teams to change drivers.ten Caat Marcel 18 June 2016 DC Racing Claims Road to Le Mans Victory https://sportscar365.com/lemans/road-to-le-mans/dc-racing-claims-road-to-le-mans-victory/ 12 November 2024 SportsCar365 28 May 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230528072643/https://sportscar365.com/lemans/road-to-le-mans/dc-racing-claims-road-to-le-mans-victory/ live Robertson and Brundle made their pit stops on the same lap; however both drivers lost a significant amount of time to DC Racing's No. 85 team, and Laurent took the overall lead after the pit stops, having relieved his co-driver Alexandre Cougnaud who was fourth during his stint. Christian England had relieved Brundle but he spun the No. 2 United Autosports car exiting the Dunlop chicane. On his second lap, Lawrence Tomlinson lost control of the rear of the No. 32 Team LNT entry, which became stuck in the gravel at the Dunlop chicane. Tomlinson's spin activated the race's second slow zone, dropping him from second to tenth overall. The No. 88 Mentos Porsche received a ten-second stop-and-go penalty for speeding in the pit lane. Shaytar's No. 57 SMP Ferrari now led the GT3 category lead as Hankey's No. 34 TF Aston Martin, Vaxivière's No. 26 Classic and Modern Ferrari and Quaife-Hobbs's No. 55 FFF Ferrari battled for the final places on the podium in class. thumb|The podium ceremonies that were held following the completion of the race. With ten minutes remaining, Hankey spun the No. 34 TF Aston Martin following the Dunlop chicane when scything his way by slower LMP3 cars. This moved Vaxivière, Quaife-Hobbs and Bachler to second, third and fourth in GT3. Romano Ricci's No. 18 M.Racing-YMR entry was third overall, but Falb's No. 77 Graff car was gaining on him and, on the suggestion of his engineer, passed him at the first chicane to take third on the final lap,Un premier podium Road to Le Mans pour le Graff 22 June 2016 Graff Racing http://www.graffracing.fr/news/2016/6/22/un-premier-podium-road-to-le-mans-pour-le-graff fr 12 November 2024 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20170118115231/http://www.graffracing.fr/news/2016/6/22/un-premier-podium-road-to-le-mans-pour-le-graff 18 January 2017 A first Road to Le Mans podium for Graff having passed Dean Koutsoumidis's sister No. 61 Graff car on lap 11. Both Quaife-Hobbs and Bachler gained second and third in GT3 when Vaxiviere's Classic and Modern Ferrari sustained a puncture on the final lap.Stunning Second for FFF Racing at Le Mans 20 June 2016 FFF Racing Team http://www.fff-racingteam.com/cms/news/2016/6/stunning-second-fff-racing-le-mans 12 November 2024 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20170617153120/http://www.fff-racingteam.com/cms/news/2016/6/stunning-second-fff-racing-le-mans 17 June 2017 Laurent pulled away from the field and held the No. 85 DC Racing car's lead for the final six laps to win the race for himself and Cougnaud. The No. 2 United Autosports car recovered to finish second, 16.863 seconds behind. Falb competed alone in the No. 77 Graff entry, finishing third overall. The No. 57 AF Corse Ferrari won the GT3 category by 11.238 seconds over the No. 55 FFF McLaren, propelling the team and drivers Basov and Shaytar to third in the Drivers' and Teams' Championships. The No. 88 Mentos Porsche completed the class podium in third. Race result The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of the overall winning car's race distance) was seven laps. Class winners are in bold and .18 June 2016 Road to Le Mans 84º Edition des 24 Heures du Mans Race Provisional Classification http://www.gt3lemanscup.com/assets/1/course/162/RTLM-2016_405765.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160705074404/http://www.gt3lemanscup.com/assets/1/course/162/RTLM-2016_405765.pdf 5 July 2016 12 November 2024 Automobile Club de l'OuestRoad to Le Mans 2016 https://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/Le_Mans-2016-06-19g.html Racing Sports Cars 12 November 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241113074404/https://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/Le_Mans-2016-06-19g.html 13 November 2024 +Final race classification Pos. Position Class No. Car number Team Drivers Chassis Laps Laps complete Time/Retired Engine 1 LMP3 85 CHN DC Racing FRA Alexandre CougnaudFRA Thomas Laurent Ligier JS P3 1355:30.230 Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 2 LMP3 2 USA United Autosports GBR Martin BrundleGBR Christian England Ligier JS P3 13+16.863 Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 3 LMP3 77 FRA Graff USA John Falb Ligier JS P3 13+32.846 Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 4 LMP3 18 FRA M.Racing-YMR FRA Yann EhrlacherFRA Romano Ricci Ligier JS P3 13+35.566 Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 5 LMP3 3 USA United Autosports USA Guy CosmoUSA Mike Hedlund Ligier JS P3 13+39.428 Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 6 LMP3 6 GBR 360 Racing GBR James SwiftGBR Terrence Woodward Ligier JS P3 13+47.034 Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 7 LMP3 15 FRA Duqueine Engineering FRA Thomas DagoneauGBR Alexis Kapadia Ligier JS P3 13+48.823 Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 8 LMP3 24 FRA OAK Racing FRA Jacques NicoletFRA Pierre Nicolet Ligier JS P3 13+49.204 Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 9 GT3 57 RUS SMP Racing RUS Aleksey BasovRUS Viktor Shaytar Ferrari 488 GT3 13+57.918 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 10 LMP3 61 FRA Graff AUS Dean KoutsoumidisGBR James Winslow Ligier JS P3 13+1:03.281 Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 11 GT3 55 CHN FFF Racing Team by ACM JPN Hiroshi HamaguchiGBR Adrian Quaife-Hobbs McLaren 650S GT3 13+1:09.156 McLaren M838T 3.8 L Turbo V8 12 GT3 88 NLD Mentos Racing AUT Klaus BachlerNOR Egidio Perfetti Porsche 911 GT3 R 13+1:11.384 Porsche 4.0L flat-6 13 LMP3 10 CHE Race Performance CHE Giorgio MaggiCHE Marcello Marateotto Ligier JS P3 13+1:12.274 Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 14 GT3 34 GBR TF Sport GBR Euan HankeyTUR Salih Yoluç Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 13+1:27.512 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 15 GT3 51 ITA AF Corse ITA Francesco CastellacciCHE Thomas Flohr Ferrari 488 GT3 13+1:34.373 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 16 LMP3 16 FRA Duqueine Engineering CHE Antonin BorgaFRA Laurent Millara Ligier JS P3 13+1:37.722 Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 17 GT3 22 GBR TF Sport GBR Andrew JarmanGBR Devon Modell Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 13+1:56.761 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 18 GT3 17 FRA Duqueine Engineering FRA Christophe HamonFRA Lonni Martins Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 13+2:03.476 Ferrari F136 4.5L V8 19 GT3 66 GBR Barwell Motorsport GBR James CottinghamGBR Joe Twyman Lamborghini Huracán GT3 13+2:06.454 Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 20 GT3 37 FRA IDEC Sport Racing FRA Patrice LafargueFRA Paul Lafargue Mercedes-AMG GT3 13+2:10.863 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 21 GT3 8 ITA Scuderia Villorba Corse FRA Steeve HiesseGBR Joe Twyman Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 13+2:19.659 Ferrari F136 4.5L V8 22 GT3 16 CHN FFF Racing Team by ACM GBR Marco AttardGBR Matt Bell Lamborghini Huracán GT3 13+2:23.115 Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 23 LMP3 99 HKG WinEurasia Limited HKG William Lok Ligier JS P3 13+2:27.776 Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 24 LMP3 31 FRA Graff FRA Paul PetitFRA Jean Claude Poirier Ligier JS P3 13+2:32.467 Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 25 GT3 71 ITA AF Corse PRT Felipe BarreirosDNK Mads Rasmussen Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 13+2:36.360 Ferrari F136 4.5L V8 26 GT3 26 FRA Classic and Modern Racing FRA Nicolas MisslinFRA Matthieu Vaxivière Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 12+1 Lap Ferrari F136 4.5L V8 27 GT3 50 FRA Larbre Compétition FRA Franck LabescatFRA Christian Philippon Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 12+1 Lap Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 28 GT3 51 GBR FF Corse GBR Ivar DunbarGBR Johnny Mowlem Ferrari 488 GT3 12+1 Lap Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 29 LMP3 32 GBR Team LNT GBR Charlie RobertsonGBR Lawrence Tomlinson Ginetta P3-15 12+1 Lap Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 30 GT3 28 BEL Delahaye Racing Team FRA Pierre-Etienne BordetFRA Alexandre Viron Porsche 997 GT3-R 12+1 Lap Porsche 4.0L V8 31 GT3 44 LUX DKR Engineering NLD Niels BouwhuisNLD Jan Storm BMW Z4 GT3 12+1 Lap BMW S65 4.4L V8 32 LMP3 11 ESP By Speed Factory ESP Jesus FusterGBR Rebecca Jackson Ligier JS P3 12+1 Lap Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 33 LMP3 9 NLD Racing Team Holland NLD Jan LammersNLD Bernhard van Oranje Ligier JS P3 12+1 Lap Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 34 LMP3 7 ITA Scuderia Villorba Corse ITA Roberto LacorteITA Giorgio Sernagiotto Ligier JS P3 12+1 Lap Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 35 GT3 44 GBR Tockwith Motorsports GBR Phil HansonGBR Nigel Moore Audi R8 LMS ultra 11+2 Laps Audi 5.2L V10 36 GT3 14 ITA AF Corse BEL Adrien De LeenerBEL Pierre-Marie De Leener Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 9+4 Laps Ferrari F136 4.5L V8 37 LMP3 48 FIN PS Racing Ltd. ITA Angelo NegroITA Philippe Prette ADESS-03 3Did not finish Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 Championship standings after the race Note: Only the top five positions are included for the Drivers' and Teams' Championship standings. +GT3 Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Position +/– Championship positions gained, maintained or lost Driver Points 1 10px GBR Euan HankeyTUR Salih Yoluç 37 2 10px JPN Hiroshi HamaguchiGBR Adrian Quaife-Hobbs 36 3 10px 8 RUS Aleksey BasovRUS Viktor Shaytar 25 4 10px ITA Francesco CastellacciCHE Thomas Flohr 22 5 10px 5 AUT Klaus BachlerNOR Egidio Perfetti 16 +GT3 Teams' Championship standings Pos. Position +/– Championship positions gained, maintained or lost No. Car number Constructor Points 1 10px 34 GBR TF Sport 37 2 10px 55 CHN FFF Racing Team by ACM 36 3 10px 8 57 ITA AF Corse 25 4 10px 51 ITA AF Corse 22 5 10px 5 88 NLD Mentos Racing 16 References External links Category:2016 in French motorsport