2017 6 Hours of Mexico City Review

Review of Round five of the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City, Mexico.

The Porsche Team won the race overall and the LMP1 class too of Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley and Earl Bamber in their Porsche 919 Hybrid. Second was the Porsche Team of Neel Jani, Nick Tandy and André Lotterer in their Porsche 919 Hybrid to compete a Porsche one-two finish, they were seven seconds behind the leaders at the end of the race. Meanwhile, third place was the Toyota Gazoo Racing team of Sébastien Buemi, Anthony Davidson and Kazuki Nakajima in their Toyota TS050 Hybrid, they were a lap behind the leaders at the end of the race.

In LMP2 class (all cars using the Gibson 4.2 L V8 engine), the Vaillante Rebellion team of Julien Canal, Nicolas Prost and Bruno Senna in their Oreca 07 won LMP2 class. They finish in fifth place overall and they were twenty-one laps behind the leaders at the end of the race.

While in GTE Pro class, was won by Aston Martin Racing team of Marco Sørensen and Nicki Thiim won in their Aston Martin Vantage GTE. They finish in fourteenth place overall and they were thirty-one laps behind the leaders at the end of the race.

While in GTE Am class, was won by Dempsey-Proton Racing team of Christian Ried, Marvin Dienst and Matteo Cairoli in their Porsche 911 RSR. They finish in twenty-first place overall and they were thirty-six laps behind the leaders at the end of the race.

Highlights of the 6 Hours of Mexico City below, enjoy.



Next Stop 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas in two weeks time for round six of the FIA World Endurance Championship.