2016 Road to Le Mans

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The 1st Road to Le Mans is an automobile endurance event that took place on 18 June 2016. It was the second round of the 2016 GT3 Le Mans Cup. The race was run at the 13.629 km Circuit de la Sarthe supporting the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans. In contrast to the usual 2-hour races in the series, this race was run over 1-hour. The race was open to LMP3 class cars for which it was a non-championship event.

Qualifying[edit]

The No. 3 United Autosports Ligier as raced by Guy Cosmo and Mike Hedlund.
Pos. Class No. Team Qualifying Grid
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 Competition 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[edit]

Race result[edit]

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of the overall winning car's race distance) was 7 laps. Class winners are in bold.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Laps
Engine
1 LMP3 85 China DC Racing France Alexandre Cougnaud
France Thomas Laurent
Ligier JS P3 13
Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
2 LMP3 2 United States United Autosports United Kingdom Martin Brundle
United Kingdom Christian England
Ligier JS P3 13
Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
3 LMP3 77 France Graff United States John Falb Ligier JS P3 13
Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
4 LMP3 18 France M.Racing-YMR France Yann Ehrlacher
France Romano Ricci
Ligier JS P3 13
Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
5 LMP3 3 United States United Autosports United States Guy Cosmo
United States Mike Hedlund
Ligier JS P3 13
Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
6 LMP3 6 United Kingdom 360 Racing United Kingdom Terrence Woodward
United Kingdom James Swift
Ligier JS P3 13
Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
7 LMP3 15 France Duqueine Engineering France Thomas Dagoneau
United Kingdom Alexis Kapadia
Ligier JS P3 13
Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
8 LMP3 24 France OAK Racing France Jacques Nicolet
France Pierre Nicolet
Ligier JS P3 13
Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
9 GT3 57 Russia SMP Racing Russia Aleksey Basov
Russia Viktor Shaytar
Ferrari 488 GT3 13
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
10 LMP3 61 France Graff Australia Dean Koutsoumidis
United Kingdom James Winslow
Ligier JS P3 13
Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
11 GT3 55 China FFF Racing Team by ACM Japan Hiroshi Hamaguchi
United Kingdom Adrian Quaife-Hobbs
McLaren 650S GT3 13
McLaren 3.8 L Turbo V8
12 GT3 88 Netherlands Mentos Racing Norway Egidio Perfetti
Austria Klaus Bachler
Porsche 911 GT3 R 13
Porsche 4.0L flat-6
13 LMP3 10 Switzerland Race Performance Switzerland Marcello Marateotto
Switzerland Giorgio Maggi
Ligier JS P3 13
Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
14 GT3 34 United Kingdom TF Sport United Kingdom Euan Hankey
Turkey Salih Yoluc
Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 13
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
15 GT3 51 Italy AF Corse Italy Francesco Castellacci
Switzerland Thomas Flohr
Ferrari 488 GT3 13
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
16 LMP3 16 France Duqueine Engineering Switzerland Antonin Borga
France Laurent Millara
Ligier JS P3 13
Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
17 GT3 22 United Kingdom TF Sport United Kingdom Andrew Jarman
United Kingdom Devon Modell
Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 13
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
18 GT3 17 France Duqueine Engineering France Christophe Hamon
France Lonni Martins
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 13
Ferrari F136 4.5L V8
19 GT3 66 United Kingdom Barwell Motorsport United Kingdom James Cottingham
United Kingdom Joe Twyman
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 13
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
20 GT3 37 France IDEC Sport Racing France Patrice Lafargue
France Paul Lafargue
Mercedes-AMG GT3 13
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
21 GT3 8 Italy Scuderia Villorba Corse France Steeve Hiesse
United Kingdom Joe Twyman
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 13
Ferrari F136 4.5L V8
22 GT3 16 China FFF Racing Team by ACM United Kingdom Marco Attard
United Kingdom Matt Bell
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 13
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
23 LMP3 99 Hong Kong WinEurasia Limited Hong Kong William Lok Ligier JS P3 13
Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
24 LMP3 31 France Graff France Jean Claude Poirier
France Paul Petit
Ligier JS P3 13
Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
25 GT3 71 Italy AF Corse Portugal Felipe Barreiros
Denmark Mads Rasmussen
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 13
Ferrari F136 4.5L V8
26 GT3 26 France Classic and Modern Racing France Nicolas Misslin
France Matthieu Vaxivière
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 12
Ferrari F136 4.5L V8
27 GT3 50 France Larbre Competition France Franck Labescat
France Christian Philippon
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 12
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
28 GT3 51 United Kingdom FF Corse United Kingdom Ivar Dunbar
United Kingdom Johnny Mowlem
Ferrari 488 GT3 12
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
29 LMP3 31 United Kingdom Team LNT United Kingdom Lawrence Tomlinson
United Kingdom Charlie Robertson
Ginetta P3-15 12
Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
30 GT3 28 Belgium Delahaye Racing Team France Pierre-Etienne Bordet
France Alexandre Viron
Porsche 997 GT3-R 12
Porsche 4.0L V8
31 GT3 44 Luxembourg DKR Engineering Netherlands Niels Bouwhuis
Netherlands Jan Storm
BMW Z4 GT3 12
BMW S65 4.4L V8
32 LMP3 11 Spain By Speed Factory Spain Jesus Fuster
United Kingdom Rebecca Jackson
Ligier JS P3 13
Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
33 LMP3 9 Netherlands Racing Team Holland Netherlands Jan Lammers
Netherlands Bernhard van Oranje
Ligier JS P3 12
Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
34 LMP3 7 Italy Scuderia Villorba Corse Italy Roberto Lacorte
Italy Giorgio Sernagiotto
Ligier JS P3 12
Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
35 GT3 44 United Kingdom Tockwith Motorsports United Kingdom Philip Hanson
United Kingdom Nigel Moore
Audi R8 LMS ultra 11
Audi 5.2L V10
36 GT3 14 Italy AF Corse Belgium Adrien De Leener
Belgium Pierre-Marie De Leener
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 9
Ferrari F136 4.5L V8
37 LMP3 48 Finland PS Racing Ltd. Italy Angelo Negro
Italy Philippe Prette
ADESS-03 3
Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8

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