2016 Road to Le Mans

2016 Road to Le Mans

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Parent series:
24 Hours of Le Mans
GT3 Le Mans Cup

Circuit de la Sarthe track

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

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

Race result

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	DC Racing	Alexandre Cougnaud Thomas Laurent	Ligier JS P3	13
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
2	LMP3	2	United Autosports	Martin Brundle Christian England	Ligier JS P3	13
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
3	LMP3	77	Graff	John Falb	Ligier JS P3	13
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
4	LMP3	18	M.Racing-YMR	Yann Ehrlacher Romano Ricci	Ligier JS P3	13
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
5	LMP3	3	United Autosports	Guy Cosmo Mike Hedlund	Ligier JS P3	13
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
6	LMP3	6	360 Racing	Terrence Woodward James Swift	Ligier JS P3	13
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
7	LMP3	15	Duqueine Engineering	Thomas Dagoneau Alexis Kapadia	Ligier JS P3	13
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
8	LMP3	24	OAK Racing	Jacques Nicolet Pierre Nicolet	Ligier JS P3	13
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
9	GT3	57	SMP Racing	Aleksey Basov Viktor Shaytar	Ferrari 488 GT3	13
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
10	LMP3	61	Graff	Dean Koutsoumidis James Winslow	Ligier JS P3	13
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
11	GT3	55	FFF Racing Team by ACM	Hiroshi Hamaguchi Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	McLaren 650S GT3	13
					McLaren 3.8 L Turbo V8
12	GT3	88	Mentos Racing	Egidio Perfetti Klaus Bachler	Porsche 911 GT3 R	13
					Porsche 4.0L flat-6
13	LMP3	10	Race Performance	Marcello Marateotto Giorgio Maggi	Ligier JS P3	13
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
14	GT3	34	TF Sport	Euan Hankey Salih Yoluc	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3	13
					Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
15	GT3	51	AF Corse	Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr	Ferrari 488 GT3	13
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
16	LMP3	16	Duqueine Engineering	Antonin Borga Laurent Millara	Ligier JS P3	13
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
17	GT3	22	TF Sport	Andrew Jarman Devon Modell	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3	13
					Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
18	GT3	17	Duqueine Engineering	Christophe Hamon Lonni Martins	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	13
					Ferrari F136 4.5L V8
19	GT3	66	Barwell Motorsport	James Cottingham Joe Twyman	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	13
					Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
20	GT3	37	IDEC Sport Racing	Patrice Lafargue Paul Lafargue	Mercedes-AMG GT3	13
					Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
21	GT3	8	Scuderia Villorba Corse	Steeve Hiesse Joe Twyman	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	13
					Ferrari F136 4.5L V8
22	GT3	16	FFF Racing Team by ACM	Marco Attard Matt Bell	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	13
					Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
23	LMP3	99	WinEurasia Limited	William Lok	Ligier JS P3	13
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
24	LMP3	31	Graff	Jean Claude Poirier Paul Petit	Ligier JS P3	13
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
25	GT3	71	AF Corse	Felipe Barreiros Mads Rasmussen	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	13
					Ferrari F136 4.5L V8
26	GT3	26	Classic and Modern Racing	Nicolas Misslin Matthieu Vaxivière	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	12
					Ferrari F136 4.5L V8
27	GT3	50	Larbre Competition	Franck Labescat Christian Philippon	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	12
					Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
28	GT3	51	FF Corse	Ivar Dunbar Johnny Mowlem	Ferrari 488 GT3	12
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
29	LMP3	31	Team LNT	Lawrence Tomlinson Charlie Robertson	Ginetta P3-15	12
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
30	GT3	28	Delahaye Racing Team	Pierre-Etienne Bordet Alexandre Viron	Porsche 997 GT3-R	12
					Porsche 4.0L V8
31	GT3	44	DKR Engineering	Niels Bouwhuis Jan Storm	BMW Z4 GT3	12
					BMW S65 4.4L V8
32	LMP3	11	By Speed Factory	Jesus Fuster Rebecca Jackson	Ligier JS P3	13
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
33	LMP3	9	Racing Team Holland	Jan Lammers Bernhard van Oranje	Ligier JS P3	12
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
34	LMP3	7	Scuderia Villorba Corse	Roberto Lacorte Giorgio Sernagiotto	Ligier JS P3	12
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
35	GT3	44	Tockwith Motorsports	Philip Hanson Nigel Moore	Audi R8 LMS ultra	11
					Audi 5.2L V10
36	GT3	14	AF Corse	Adrien De Leener Pierre-Marie De Leener	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	9
					Ferrari F136 4.5L V8
37	LMP3	48	PS Racing Ltd.	Angelo Negro Philippe Prette	ADESS-03	3
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8