Round4

6 Hours of Nürburgring

NÜRBURG (GER)

Course:NÜRBURGRING
GRAND PRIX CIRCUIT

Qualify

QUALIFYING DAMPENER FOR TOYOTA GAZOO Racing

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing will start the 6 Hours of Nürburgring from the third row after a disappointing qualifying session in wet conditions for the fourth round of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC).

Intermittent rain throughout the day created changing track conditions and a challenge for the teams, both in terms of tyre choice and track conditions.

The #6 TS050 HYBRID of Stéphane Sarrazin, Mike Conway and Kamui Kobayashi was the lead TOYOTA in fifth place, one ahead of Anthony Davidson, Sébastien Buemi and Kazuki Nakajima in the #5.

Light rain just before the green flag meant Sébastien and Kamui started on the hybrid intermediate tyre, but a dry line soon emerged and both cars headed for the pits after just one flying lap for a set of dry specification Michelins.

Anthony and Stéphane took over and improved the lap times by around two seconds before Sébastien and Kamui returned to their respective cars.

With the WEC grid decided on the average of each driver’s fastest lap, Sébastien and Kamui needed some dry running to improve on the laps they achieved with hybrid intermediate tyres.

Both did improve significantly but the rain returned on their flying laps and gradually grew in intensity, meaning neither could improve their car’s grid position for the race, in which TOYOTA expects to be much more competitive.

TS050 HYBRID #5 (Anthony Davidson, Sébastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima)

Free practice 3: 2nd (1min 41.293secs), 28 laps
Qualifying: 6th (1min 40.748secs average)

Anthony Davidson

“It was a difficult qualifying in mixed conditions. The car was difficult to drive. I only had one lap and got traffic, but we were too far from the competition for that to have made any big difference. The race is what counts and we are comfortable with our race pace.”

Sébastien Buemi

“That was a very strange qualifying due to the weather. Obviously we had to compromise our qualifying performance in terms of set-up and tyres because we are focusing on the race. That explains some of the gap but it’s still a bit disappointing.”

TS050 HYBRID #6 (Stéphane Sarrazin, Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi)

Free practice 3: 6th (1min 42.309secs), 30 laps
Qualifying: 5th (1min 40.639secs average)

Stéphane Sarrazin

“The track conditions were very tricky. I went out on slicks and it was still a bit damp so I couldn’t push to the maximum. We knew it would be difficult for us in qualifying; on race pace we are in the game but not on one lap. We have targeted the race and we have good balance so I’m optimistic.”

Kamui Kobayashi

“It was not easy in those conditions but we know qualifying is not a strong point for us. We have focused on the race set-up so the third row was all we could do today. I think the race should be a different story and we expect to be stronger. We will see.”

QUALIFYING RESULTS -LMP CLASS

Pos N° Cat Driver Car T Driver 1 Driver 2 Laps Average Gap
1 7 LMP1 Marcel FÄSSLER, André LOTTERER, Audi R18 M 1:39.239 1:39.649 2 1'39.444
2 8 LMP1 Lucas DI GRASSI, Loïc DUVAL, Oliver JARVIS Audi R18 M 1:40.644 1:38.777 2 1'39.710 +0.266
3 1 LMP1 Timo BERNHARD, Mark WEBBER, Brendon HARTLEY Porsche 919 Hybrid M 1:40.044 1:39.678 2 1'39.861 +0.417
4 2 LMP1 Romain DUMAS, Neel JANI, Marc LIEB Porsche 919 Hybrid M 1:40.477 1:39.309 2 1'39.893 +0.449
5 6 LMP1 Stéphane SARRAZIN, Mike CONWAY, Kamui KOBAYASHI Toyota TS050 - Hybrid M 1:40.571 1:40.707 2 1'40.639 +1.195
6 5 LMP1 Anthony DAVIDSON, Sébastien BUEMI, Kazuki NAKAJIMA Toyota TS050 - Hybrid M 1:40.645 1:40.852 2 1'40.748 +1.304
7 13 LMP1 Mathéo TUSCHER, Dominik KRAIHAMER, Alexandre IMPERATORI Rebellion R-One - AER D 1:45.900 1:46.263 2 1'46.081 +6.637
8 4 LMP1 Simon TRUMMER, Oliver WEBB, Pierre KAFFER CLM P1/01 - AER D 1:46.642 1:47.173 2 1'46.907 +7.463
9 12 LMP1 Nicolas PROST, Nick HEIDFELD, Mathias BECHE Rebellion R-One - AER D 1:46.958 1:47.094 2 1'47.026 +7.582
10 26 LMP2 Roman RUSINOV, René RAST, Alex BRUNDLE Oreca 05 - Nissan D 1:49.675 1:48.294 2 1'48.984 +9.540
11 36 LMP2 Gustavo MENEZES, Nicolas LAPIERRE, Stéphane RICHELMI Alpine A460 - Nissan D 1:49.643 1:49.812 2 1'49.727 +10.283
12 42 LMP2 Nick LEVENTIS, Jonny KANE, Lewis WILLIAMSON Gibson 015S - Nissan D 1:49.600 1:49.924 2 1'49.762 +10.318
13 43 LMP2 Ricardo GONZALEZ, Filipe ALBUQUERQUE, Bruno SENNA LIGIER JS P2 - Nissan D 1:49.256 1:50.955 2 1'50.105 +10.661
14 44 LMP2 Tor GRAVES, Antonio PIZZONIA, Matthew HOWSON Oreca 05 - Nissan D 1:49.837 1:50.908 2 1'50.372 +10.928
15 27 LMP2 Nicolas MINASSIAN, Maurizio MEDIANI, BR01 - Nissan D 1:50.410 1:51.486 2 1'50.948 +11.504
16 31 LMP2 Ryan DALZIEL, Luis Felipe DERANI, Christopher CUMMING LIGIER JS P2 - Nissan M 1:49.560 1:52.828 2 1'51.194 +11.750
17 45 LMP2 Matthew RAO, Richard BRADLEY, Roberto MERHI Oreca 05 - Nissan D 1:50.031 1:52.557 2 1'51.294 +11.850
18 37 LMP2 Vitaly PETROV, Kirill LADYGIN, Victor SHAITAR BR01 - Nissan D 1:51.310 1:52.025 2 1'51.667 +12.223
19 35 LMP2 David CHENG, Ho-Pin TUNG, Nelson PANCIATICI Alpine A460 - Nissan D 1:49.878 1:55.134 2 1'52.506 +13.062
20 30 LMP2 Scott SHARP, Ed BROWN, Johannes VAN OVERBEEK LIGIER JS P2 - Nissan M 2:01.353 1:51.571 2 1'56.462 +17.018

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QUALIFYING RESULTS -LMTG CLASS

Pos N° Cat Driver Car T Driver 1 Driver 2 Laps Average Gap
1 95 LMGTE Pro Nicki THIIM, Marco SØRENSEN, Aston Martin Vantage V8 D 1:59.033 2:04.392 2 2'01.712
2 66 LMGTE Pro Stefan MÜCKE, Olivier PLA, Ford GT M 2:01.034 2:02.884 2 2'01.959 +0.247
3 97 LMGTE Pro Richie STANAWAY, Darren TURNER, Aston Martin Vantage V8 D 2:00.215 2:04.225 2 2'02.220 +0.508
4 51 LMGTE Pro Gianmaria BRUNI, James CALADO, Ferrari 488 GTE M 2:06.477 1:58.548 2 2'02.512 +0.800
5 67 LMGTE Pro Marino FRANCHITTI, Andy PRIAULX, Harry TINCKNELL Ford GT M 2:06.316 2:00.197 2 2'03.256 +1.544
6 77 LMGTE Pro Richard LIETZ, Michael CHRISTENSEN, Porsche 911 RSR (2016) M 2:06.785 2:00.577 2 2'03.681 +1.969
7 88 LMGTE Am Khaled AL QUBAISI, David HEINEMEIER HANSSON, Patrick LONG Porsche 911 RSR M 2:10.179 2:01.844 2 2'06.011 +4.299
8 78 LMGTE Am Christian RIED, Wolf HENZLER, Joël CAMATHIAS Porsche 911 RSR M 2:10.157 2:02.237 2 2'06.197 +4.485
9 98 LMGTE Am Paul DALLA LANA, Pedro LAMY, Mathias LAUDA Aston Martin Vantage V8 D 2:07.013 2:05.732 2 2'06.372 +4.660
10 83 LMGTE Am François PERRODO, Emmanuel COLLARD, Rui AGUAS Ferrari F458 Italia M 2:01.644 2:11.535 2 2'06.589 +4.877
11 71 LMGTE Pro Davide RIGON, Sam BIRD, Ferrari 488 GTE M 2:06.371 2:07.120 2 2'06.745 +5.033
12 50 LMGTE Am Yutaka YAMAGISHI, Pierre RAGUES, Paolo RUBERTI Chevrolet Corvette C7-Z06 M 2:07.184 2:11.071 2 2'09.127 +7.415
13 86 LMGTE Am Michael WAINWRIGHT, Adam CARROLL, Ben BARKER Porsche 911 RSR M 2:08.365 2:11.275 2 2'09.820 +8.108

Free practice 3 results

Pos N° Cat Driver Car T Laps Total Time Gap Gap Prev. Best lap Best time Best speed
1 1 LMP1 Timo BERNHARD, Mark WEBBER, Brendon HARTLEY Porsche 919 Hybrid M 24 - - 16 1:41.002 183.1
2 5 LMP1 Anthony DAVIDSON, Sébastien BUEMI, Kazuki NAKAJIMA Toyota TS050 - Hybrid M 28 +0.291 +0.291 15 1:41.293 182.6
3 8 LMP1 Lucas DI GRASSI, Loïc DUVAL, Oliver JARVIS Audi R18 M 29 +0.540 +0.249 22 1:41.542 182.1
4 7 LMP1 Marcel FÄSSLER, André LOTTERER, Audi R18 M 29 +0.997 +0.457 14 1:41.999 181.3
5 2 LMP1 Romain DUMAS, Neel JANI, Marc LIEB Porsche 919 Hybrid M 24 +1.237 +0.240 13 1:42.239 180.9
6 6 LMP1 Stéphane SARRAZIN, Mike CONWAY, Kamui KOBAYASHI Toyota TS050 - Hybrid M 30 +1.307 +0.070 23 1:42.309 180.8
7 13 LMP1 Mathéo TUSCHER, Dominik KRAIHAMER, Alexandre IMPERATORI Rebellion R-One - AER D 23 +5.899 +4.592 18 1:46.901 173.0
8 12 LMP1 Nicolas PROST, Nick HEIDFELD, Mathias BECHE Rebellion R-One - AER D 26 +6.321 +0.422 25 1:47.323 172.3
9 4 LMP1 Simon TRUMMER, Oliver WEBB, Pierre KAFFER CLM P1/01 - AER D 25 +6.630 +0.309 25 1:47.632 171.8
10 26 LMP2 Roman RUSINOV, René RAST, Alex BRUNDLE Oreca 05 - Nissan D 27 +9.258 +2.628 26 1:50.260 167.7
11 44 LMP2 Tor GRAVES, Antonio PIZZONIA, Matthew HOWSON Oreca 05 - Nissan D 24 +9.981 +0.723 14 1:50.983 166.6
12 35 LMP2 David CHENG, Ho-Pin TUNG, Nelson PANCIATICI Alpine A460 - Nissan D 26 +10.244 +0.263 21 1:51.246 166.2
13 36 LMP2 Gustavo MENEZES, Nicolas LAPIERRE, Stéphane RICHELMI Alpine A460 - Nissan D 28 +10.385 +0.141 16 1:51.387 166.0
14 45 LMP2 Matthew RAO, Richard BRADLEY, Roberto MERHI Oreca 05 - Nissan D 24 +10.595 +0.210 19 1:51.597 165.7
15 37 LMP2 Vitaly PETROV, Kirill LADYGIN, Victor SHAITAR BR01 - Nissan D 22 +10.966 +0.371 20 1:51.968 165.2
16 43 LMP2 Ricardo GONZALEZ, Filipe ALBUQUERQUE, Bruno SENNA LIGIER JS P2 - Nissan D 25 +11.086 +0.120 21 1:52.088 165.0
17 30 LMP2 Scott SHARP, Ed BROWN, Johannes VAN OVERBEEK LIGIER JS P2 - Nissan M 22 +11.296 +0.210 11 1:52.298 164.7
18 42 LMP2 Nick LEVENTIS, Jonny KANE, Lewis WILLIAMSON Gibson 015S - Nissan D 27 +11.535 +0.239 27 1:52.537 164.3
19 27 LMP2 Nicolas MINASSIAN, Maurizio MEDIANI, BR01 - Nissan D 27 +11.698 +0.163 11 1:52.700 164.1
20 31 LMP2 Ryan DALZIEL, Luis Felipe DERANI, Christopher CUMMING LIGIER JS P2 - Nissan M 27 +12.139 +0.441 13 1:53.141 163.5
21 51 LMGTE Pro Gianmaria BRUNI, James CALADO, Ferrari 488 GTE M 23 +16.143 +4.004 22 1:57.145 157.9
22 71 LMGTE Pro Davide RIGON, Sam BIRD, Ferrari 488 GTE M 23 +16.363 +0.220 21 1:57.365 157.6
23 67 LMGTE Pro Marino FRANCHITTI, Andy PRIAULX, Harry TINCKNELL Ford GT M 27 +16.528 +0.165 21 1:57.530 157.3
24 97 LMGTE Pro Richie STANAWAY, Darren TURNER, Aston Martin Vantage V8 D 25 +17.132 +0.604 20 1:58.134 156.5
25 77 LMGTE Pro Richard LIETZ, Michael CHRISTENSEN, Porsche 911 RSR (2016) M 20 +17.369 +0.237 13 1:58.371 156.2
26 95 LMGTE Pro Nicki THIIM, Marco SØRENSEN, Aston Martin Vantage V8 D 27 +17.579 +0.210 19 1:58.581 156.0
27 66 LMGTE Pro Stefan MÜCKE, Olivier PLA, Ford GT M 25 +17.829 +0.250 21 1:58.831 155.6
28 88 LMGTE Am Khaled AL QUBAISI, David HEINEMEIER HANSSON, Patrick LONG Porsche 911 RSR M 23 +19.358 +1.529 22 2:00.360 153.6
29 83 LMGTE Am François PERRODO, Emmanuel COLLARD, Rui AGUAS Ferrari F458 Italia M 25 +19.924 +0.566 18 2:00.926 152.9
30 78 LMGTE Am Christian RIED, Wolf HENZLER, Joël CAMATHIAS Porsche 911 RSR M 27 +19.994 +0.070 16 2:00.996 152.8
31 50 LMGTE Am Yutaka YAMAGISHI, Pierre RAGUES, Paolo RUBERTI Chevrolet Corvette C7-Z06 M 22 +20.055 +0.061 22 2:01.057 152.8
32 98 LMGTE Am Paul DALLA LANA, Pedro LAMY, Mathias LAUDA Aston Martin Vantage V8 D 26 +20.631 +0.576 25 2:01.633 152.0
33 86 LMGTE Am Michael WAINWRIGHT, Adam CARROLL, Ben BARKER Porsche 911 RSR M 22 +21.003 +0.372 12 2:02.005 151.6

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