WEC - 2017 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas - Preview
WEC - 2017 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas - Preview
2017 6 HOURS OF CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS
Round 6: 14-16 September 2017
Lap distance: 5.513 km
Race duration: 6 hours
Location: 9201 Circuit of The Americas Blvd.
Austin, TX 78617
Website : http://circuitoftheamericas.com/events
Other Races: World Series Formula V8 3.5
F4 USA Championship
Ferrari Challenge North America
Airport: Austin Bergstrom – 9 miles / 14km – http://www.austintexas.gov/airport
Circuit of The Americas
The North American round of the FIA WEC returns to the ultra modern circuit near Austin, Texas, for the fifth edition of the 6 Hours of the Circuit of the Americas and the Lone Star Le Mans weekend. The first ever FIA WEC event was held the USA at Sebring in March 2012 with the US round of the WEC moving to the Circuit of the Americas in September 2013.
DATE | 20-22 Sept 2013 | 18-20 Sept 2014 | 17-19 Sept 2015 | 16-18 Sept 2016 |
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WINNERS | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
LMP1 | Kristensen / Duval / McNish no2 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 e-tron quattro (M) 187 laps | Fässler / Lotterer / Tréluyer No2 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 e-tron quattro (M) 157 laps | Bernhard / Webber / Hartley No1 Porsche Team Porsche 919 Hybrid (M) 185 laps | Bernhard / Webber / Hartley No1 Porsche Team Porsche 919 Hybrid (M) 186 laps |
LMP2 | Rusinov / Martin / Conway no26 G-Drive Racing Oreca 03 – Nissan (D) 178 laps | Bradley / Howson / Matsuda no47 KCMG Oreca 03 – Nissan (D) 145 laps | Rusinov / Canal / Bird no26 G-Drive Racing Ligier JS P2 – Nissan (D) 170 laps | Menezes / Lapierre / Richelmi No36 Signatch Alpine Alpine A460 – Nissan (D) 172 laps |
LMGTE Pro | B. Senna / F. Makowiecki no99 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage V8 (M) 167 laps | D Turner / S Mücke no97 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage V8 (M) 141 laps | Lietz / Christensen no91 Porsche Team Manthey Porsche 911 RSR (M) 162 laps | Thiim / Sorensen no95 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage V8 (D) 163 laps |
LMGTE Am | Hall / Campbell-Walter no96 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage V8 (M) 165 laps | Dalla Lana / Lamy / Nygaard no98 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage V8 (M) 138 laps | Shaytar / Bertolini / Basoc No72 SMP Racing Ferrari 458 Italia (M) 159 laps | Dalla Lana / Lamy / Lauda no98 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage V8 (D) 158 laps |
POLE POSITION | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
LMP1 | L. Duval / A. McNish no2 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 e-tron quattro (M) 1:48.355 | S. Buemi / A. Davidson no8 Toyota Racing Toyota TS 040 – Hybrid (M) 1 :49.093 | M.Lieb / N.Jani No18 Porsche Team Porsche 919 Hybrid (M) 1 :46.211 | A.Lotterer / M.Fassler No7 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 e-tron quattro (M) 1:45.750 |
LMP2 | J. Martin / M. Conway no26 G-Drive Racing Oreca 03 – Nissan (D) 1 :54.951 | R. Rusinov / O. Pla no26 G-Drive Racing Ligier JS P2 - Nissan (D) 1 :56.075 | J. Canal / S. Bird no26 G-Drive Racing Ligier JS P2 – Nissan (D) 1:57.148 | G.Menezes / N.Lapierre No36 Signatch Alpine Alpine A460 – Nissan (D) 1:55.892 |
LMGTE Pro | B. Senna / F. Makowiecki no99 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage V8 (M) 2 :04.628 | G. Bruni / T. Vilander no51 AF Corse Ferrari F458 Italia (M) 2 :06.456 | F.Rees / R. Stanaway no99 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage V8 (M) 2 :05.872 | N.Thiim / M.Sorensen no95 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage V8 (D) 2 :04.610 |
LMGTE Am | R. Aguas / M. Malucelli no81 8 Star Motorsports Ferrari F458 Italia (M) 2 :06.515 | E. Collard / M. Vaxivière no75 Prospeed Competition Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 2 :08.271 | P. Dempsey / P. Long no77 Dempsey Proton Racing Porsche 911 RSR 2 :08.085 | P. Dalla Lana / P.Lamy no98 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage V8 (D) 2 :07.683 |
LAP RECORDS | |||||
LMP1 | L.Duval | Audi R18 e-tron quattro | 1m47.052 | 185.5kph | 18 September 2016 |
LMP2 | M. Conway | Oreca 03 - Nissan | 1m54.559 | 173.3kph | 22 September 2013 |
LMGTE Pro | K. Kobayashi | Ferrari F458 Italia | 2m03.520 | 160.8kph | 22 September 2013 |
LMGTE Am | N. Thiim | Aston Martin Vantage V8 | 2m04.830 | 159.1kph | 22 September 2013 |
Wednesday 13 September
08:30-18:00 Scrutineering
Thursday 14 September
10:15 Drivers’ briefing
12:00-13:30 Free Practice #1
15:00 Pre-event Press conference
16:30 - 18:00 Free Practice #2
Friday 15 September
10:00 - 11:00 Free Practice #3
15:05 – 15:25 Qualifying - LMGTE-PRO/LMGTE-AM
15:35 - 15:55 Qualifying - LMP1/LMP2
16:05 Qualifying Press Conference
16:35 Mixed Interview Zone
Saturday 16 September
12:00 - 18:00 RACE: 6 Hours of CoTA
18:15 Post-race Press Conference
FIA OFFICIALS
Eduardo Freitas FIA Race Director
Jean-Francois Veroux FIA WEC Steward (Chairman)
Denis Chevrier FIA Technical Delegate
Jacques Tropenat FIA Medical Delegate
Jeff Carter FIA Media Delegate
David Escribano Chief timekeeper
Yannick Dalmas Driver Adviser
FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP CLASSIFICATIONS
The provisional classifications for all the Championship can be found on the following link:
FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP –6 HOURS OF CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS
Shortly after the finish of the sessions, results of the event can be found on the following link:
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