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.

Circuit de la Sarthe track

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   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

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