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event held at the

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, on 15–17 September 2016, and served as the sixth round of the

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and Mark Webber won the race driving the No. 1

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Qualifying

Qualifying result

Pole position in Class is in bold. – Only one driver of the No. 26 G-Drive Racing set a lap time.

Race

Race result

Class winners are denoted with bold.

Notes

References

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