2016 FIA GT World Cup
Race details | ||
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Date | 20 November 2016 | |
Official name | SJM Macau GT Cup – FIA GT World Cup | |
Location | Guia Circuit, Macau | |
Course | Temporary street circuit 6.120 km (3.803 mi) | |
Distance | Qualifying Race 12 laps, 61.200 km (38.028 mi) Main Race 4 laps, 24.800 km (15.410 mi) | |
Qualifying Race | ||
Pole | ||
Driver | Edoardo Mortara | Audi Sport Team WRT |
Time | 2:16.862 | |
Fastest lap | ||
Driver | Laurens Vanthoor | Audi Sport Team WRT |
Time | 2:18.031 (on lap 11) | |
Podium | ||
First | Laurens Vanthoor | Audi Sport Team WRT |
Second | Earl Bamber | Manthey Racing |
Third | Kévin Estre | Manthey Racing |
Main Race | ||
Pole | ||
Driver | Laurens Vanthoor | Audi Sport Team WRT |
Fastest lap | ||
Driver | Kévin Estre | Manthey Racing |
Time | 2:28.995 (on lap 2) | |
Podium | ||
First | Laurens Vanthoor | Audi Sport Team WRT |
Third | Kévin Estre | Manthey Racing |
Third | Maro Engel | Mercedes-AMG Driving Academy |
The 2016 FIA GT World Cup (officially the SJM Macau GT Cup – FIA GT World Cup) was a
Laurens Vanthoor of Audi Sport Team WRT won the main race in a R8 LMS from pole position after winning the event's Qualification Race the day before. Vanthoor passed his teammate Edoardo Mortara on the rolling start and went on to win the qualifying race. Vanthoor led the first four laps of the main race before being passed by Earl Bamber in a Manthey Racing-entered Porsche 911 GT3 R at the start of lap five. After hitting a barrier, Vanthoor went airborne and landed on the roof of his car, thereby ending the race. Vanthoor was named the winner after the results were counted back to the conclusion of lap four. Manthey Racing's Kévin Estre finished second, and Mercedes-AMG Driving Academy's Maro Engel completed the podium in third.
Background and entry list
At an
To compete in the FIA GT World Cup in Macau, drivers had to have competed in a
Practice and qualifying
There was one half an hour practice session each on Thursday afternoon and Friday morning preceding Sunday's race.
Friday afternoon's half-hour qualifying session set the starting order for the qualification race using each driver's fastest laps.
Qualifying classification
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Qualifying Race
The qualifying race to set the grid order for the main race egan in cloudy and dry weather at 12:10
"To be honest, in past years we saw that we lost the race at the start, so we put a lot of preparation into the start and that worked out, I had a slightly better start than Edo, so I was in front. I left him as much room as I could. That gave me first position to control the race. Then, it was more difficult than I expected, I had to push hard in the second sector as the Porsches are faster in the first and third sector, but I managed to keep them at bay. For tomorrow, it is obviously easier to control the start when you have both cars on the front row, but I am not particularly worried. I know that we have the potential to do well and I will try to make the best of it.”
Laurens Vanthoor on winning the qualification race and starting the main race from pole position.[25]
Vanthoor led as racing resumed at the start of lap five. The action was cut short after Ma and Chen collided and crashed at Reservoir Bend. The safety car was withdrawn on lap nine. Bamber applied significant pressure to Vanthoor and slipstreamed him into Mandarin Oriental Bend corner. Bamber then lost momentum through the following turn and gave Vanthoor a small advantage that grew progressivelly. Vanthoor maintained his lead through the circuit's mountain portion.[21] Mortara returned to the lead lap before a mistimed overtake on the final lap put O'Young into the Maternity Bend wall.[22][23][26] Vanthoor was the first to finish after 12 laps, earning pole position for the main race. Bamber finished second on the road, 0.786 seconds behind his teammate Estre.[25] Engel finished fourth with teammate Van der Zande fifth. Fong, Catsburg, Plentz, Yoshimoto and Bortolotti rounded out the top ten finishers.[24] The final classified finishers were Cheng, Lee, Mortara, Couto, Lathouras, Capo, Kuo, Ma, Tulpe and O'Young.[20] The two safety cars made the race untidy for all participants, therefore seven of the twelve racing laps were conducted under green flag conditions.[22]
Qualification Race classification
Pos. | Class | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired |
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1 | P | 8 | Laurens Vanthoor | Audi Sport Team WRT | Audi | 12 | 33:00.643 |
2 | P | 911 | Earl Bamber | Manthey Racing | Porsche | 12 | +0.786 |
3 | P | 912 | Kévin Estre | Manthey Racing | Porsche | 12 | +1.840 |
4 | P | 1 | Maro Engel | Mercedes-AMG Driving Academy | Mercedes-Benz | 12 | +6.982 |
5 | G | 2 | Renger van der Zande | Mercedes-AMG Driving Academy | Mercedes-Benz | 12 | +9.516 |
6 | G | 10 | Adderly Fong | Bentley Team Absolute | Bentley | 12 | +15.748 |
7 | G | 9 | Nick Catsburg
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Rowe Racing | BMW | 12 | +17.820 |
8 | S | 28 | Fabian Plentz | Team HCB-Rutronik Racing | Audi | 12 | +19.299 |
9 | G | 89 | Hiroki Yoshimoto | HubAuto Racing | Ferrari | 12 | +21.017 |
10 | P | 5 | Mirko Bortolotti | FFF Racing | Lamborghini | 12 | +21.563 |
11 | G | 11 | Cheng Congfu | Absolute Racing | Audi | 12 | +22.193 |
12 | S | 16 | Marchy Lee | Audi Hong Kong | Audi | 12 | +23.331 |
13 | P | 7 | Edoardo Mortara | Audi Sport Team WRT | Audi | 12 | +24.430 |
14 | G | 55 | André Couto | FFF Racing | Lamborghini | 12 | +27.872 |
15 | S | 50 | Pasin Lathouras | Spirit of Race | Ferrari | 12 | +28.152 |
16 | S | 17 | Ricky Capo | Modena Engineering | BMW | 12 | +31.061 |
17 | B | 22 | Kuo Hsin Kuo | D2 Racing Team | Mercedes-Benz | 12 | +53.841 |
18 | B | 98 | Philip Ma | GruppeM Racing | Porsche | 12 | +1:06.860 |
19 | B | 29 | Tommy Tulpe | Team HCB-Rutronik Racing | Audi | 12 | +1:08.540 |
20 | G | 99 | Darryl O'Young | Craft-Bamboo Racing | Porsche | 11 | +1 Lap/Accident |
Ret | B | 68 | John Shen | Modena Motorsports | Porsche | 4 | Accident |
Ret | G | 15 | Nico Müller | Phoenix Racing Asia | Audi | 1 | Accident |
DNS | G | 88 | Richard Lyons | Craft-Bamboo Racing | Porsche | — | Accident[N 2] |
Source:[19][20] |
Main Race
The main race commenced in cloudy and dry weather at 12:55 local time on 20 November.[9][28] The stewards led by Tim Mayer, the Automobile Competition Committee for the United States' chair, imposed three-place grid penalties on Van der Zande and Mortara for their respective collisions with Müller and O'Young in the previous day's qualification race.[29] Müller and O'Young were withdrawn from the race due to heavy structural damage to their cars that could not be fixed in Macau.[29] Vanthoor maintained the lead as he approached Mandarin Oriental Bend, while Bamber held off a challenge from teammate Estre for second. Bamber's block on Estre caused Engel to collide with a barrier at Reservoir Bend turn, resulting in a five-second time penalty.[30] Engel recovered from the contact and passed Fong into the Lisboa corner to reclaim fourth position. At the conclusion of the first lap, Vanthoor led Bamber, Estre, Engel, Fong and Van der Zande who gained two positions from the start to run in sixth.[31]
The race initially went under the safety car due to a crash for Capo exiting Fisherman's Bend on his first lap, as his BMW Z4 GT3 clattered the tyre barrier at considerable speed midway through lap two, necessitating repairs.[32] The race was stopped the conclusion of lap three for 3⁄4 of an hour, which designated the race official under the FIA Code.[30][31][33] Every driver had to enter the pit lane after driving behind the safety car.[23] A marshal was hurt while repairing the barrier and recovering Capo's car, and an ambulance was dispatched to the scene.[23] The official timing clock continued to run during the stoppage, and 18 minutes remained when all cars returned to the circuit.[30][34] The event restarted behind the safety car on lap five.[23][31] With 15 minutes to go, the safety car was withdrawn and racing resumed.[30] Bamber used his vehicle's superior torque to pass Vanthoor for the lead into Mandarin Oriental Bend and build up a wide enough margin to neutralise the penalty's effect after being told of his five-second time penalty for his collision with Engel at the initial start.[26][34][35]
"Physically, I am okay. Everything is fine. It is just one of the nastiest corners to have a crash and then doing the whole straight on the roof and seeing the other cars coming is not really describable. A scary memory in my mind, but as I said, everything is okay. I think if you go back two laps before the crash, I would have deserved the win. I am not saying that I was going to win, but I had the potential for it. Now, officially, I have won it, but the way it happened is very strange and I don't really know if I have deserved in a way. I crashed and I have made a mistake, but I am still the winner. That is very awkward. It would have been a better show without the crash for everybody. It is a victory, but I don't know where to put it in my head."
Laurens Vanthoor about his accident and on winning his first race at Macau.[31]
Vanthoor followed Bamber closely, hoping to slipstream him down to the braking zone for Lisboa corner.[26] Consequently, Vanthoor was caught in an aerodynamic push, misread the entry to the next corner, and slipped wide by going over the inside kerbs.[36][37] He was sent heavily into the lower catchfence on the outside exit barrier at 250 km/h (160 mph), removing his car's rear wing.[26][35][38][39] Then the floor of Vanthoor's car caught air at its front, lifted airborne and overturned onto its roof.[38] His car's bay caught fire while sliding on its roof for more than 200 m (660 ft) into Lisboa corner. Vanthoor was slowed by the friction of the roof before stopping as other drivers swerved to avoid hitting him.[36][37][40] He was unhurt and exited the car unaided.[32]
The race was stopped for the second time and did not resume because there were only four minutes remaining and clearing the debris left by the accident would have been time-consuming. Race officials decided to take the results from the running order at the end of the fourth lap.[23][34] Although regulations stated a driver who caused a red flag would face sanctions such as disqualification, the stewards took no action.[30] Vanthoor thus took his first victory in Macau,[31] and Audi won the FIA GT World Cup Manufacturers' Trophy.[33] Estre was 31⁄2 seconds behind in second and Engel completed the podium in third.[32] Bamber's five-second time penalty dropped him from second to fourth.[41] Fong, Van der Zande, Catsburg, Plentz, Bortolotti, Cheng, Yoshimoto, Couto, Mortara, Lathouras, Kuo, Ma, Shen, Tulpe and Lee were the final classified finishers.[32][28] Vanthoor led for four laps, more than any other driver, in less than two laps at race pace.[33]
Post-race
The FIA responded to Vanthoor's accident and the Macau scheduling restrictions by moving the opening race of the 2017 Guia Race of Macau from Sunday morning to Saturday afternoon to accommodate for the increased potential that the 2017 race would last 18 laps.[42] As part of the race organizer's goal to avoid repeated crashes, only manufacturer-supported teams with professional drivers rated platinum or bronze were allowed to compete, and safety and trackside recovery procedures were improved.[43]
Main Race classification
Pos. | Class | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired |
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1 | P | 8 | Laurens Vanthoor | Audi Sport Team WRT | Audi | 4 | 12:21.870 |
2 | P | 912 | Kévin Estre | Manthey Racing | Porsche | 4 | +3.500 |
3 | P | 1 | Maro Engel | Mercedes-AMG Driving Academy | Mercedes-Benz | 4 | +5.605 |
4 | P | 911 | Earl Bamber | Manthey Racing | Porsche | 4 | +6.878[N 3] |
5 | G | 10 | Adderly Fong | Bentley Team Absolute | Bentley | 4 | +7.365 |
6 | G | 2 | Renger van der Zande | Mercedes-AMG Driving Academy | Mercedes-Benz | 4 | +10.492 |
7 | G | 9 | Nick Catsburg
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Rowe Racing | BMW | 4 | +12.508 |
8 | S | 28 | Fabian Plentz | Team HCB-Rutronik Racing | Audi | 4 | +14.486 |
9 | P | 5 | Mirko Bortolotti | FFF Racing | Lamborghini | 4 | +16.396 |
10 | G | 11 | Cheng Congfu | Absolute Racing | Audi | 4 | +18.384 |
11 | G | 89 | Hiroki Yoshimoto | HubAuto Racing | Ferrari | 4 | +20.900 |
12 | G | 55 | André Couto | FFF Racing | Lamborghini | 4 | +23.183 |
13 | P | 7 | Edoardo Mortara | Audi Sport Team WRT | Audi | 4 | +25.471 |
14 | S | 50 | Pasin Lathouras | Spirit of Race | Ferrari | 4 | +27.899 |
15 | B | 22 | Kuo Hsin Kuo | D2 Racing Team | Mercedes-Benz | 4 | +29.787 |
16 | B | 98 | Philip Ma | GruppeM Racing | Porsche | 4 | +31.164 |
17 | B | 68 | John Shen | Modena Motorsports | Porsche | 4 | +32.825 |
18 | B | 29 | Tommy Tulpe | Team HCB-Rutronik Racing | Audi | 4 | +36.152 |
19 | S | 16 | Marchy Lee | Audi Hong Kong | Audi | 4 | +38.418 |
Ret | S | 17 | Ricky Capo | Modena Engineering | BMW | 0 | Accident |
DNS | G | 99 | Darryl O'Young | Craft-Bamboo Racing | Porsche | — | Accident[N 4] |
DNS | G | 15 | Nico Müller | Phoenix Racing Asia | Audi | — | Accident[N 5] |
DNS | G | 88 | Richard Lyons | Craft-Bamboo Racing | Porsche | — | Accident[N 2] |
Source:[19][28] |
See also
Notes and references
Notes
- ^ Darryl O'Young did not set a time in Qualifying, because the Craft-Bamboo Racing crew were unable to repair the car due to the amount of structural damage suffered during an accident in Free Practice 2.[14]
- ^ a b Richard Lyons did not start the Qualification Race and the Main Race, because the Craft-Bamboo Racing crew were unable to repair the car due to the amount of structural damage to the chassis suffered during an accident in Qualifying.[14]
- ^ Earl Bamber was originally classified as 2nd, but a 5-second penalty was later applied due to contact with Maro Engel at the start of the race.[41]
- ^ Darryl O'Young did not start the Main Race, because the Craft-Bamboo Racing crew were unable to repair the car due to the amount of structural damage to the chassis suffered during an accident in the Qualification Race.[29]
- ^ Nico Müller did not start the Main Race, because the Phoenix Racing Asia crew were unable to repair the car due to the amount of structural damage suffered during an accident in the Qualification Race.[29]
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