The 2016 WEC 6 Hours of Mexico was an

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sports car racing event held at the

Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez The Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez is a motorsport race track in Mexico City, Mexico, named after the racing drivers Ricardo Rodríguez (1942–1962) and Pedro Rodríguez (1940–1971). The circuit got its current name in 1979 after Ricardo ...

, Mexico on 1–3 September 2016. The

round served as the fifth race of the

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. The race was won by the No. 1

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entered by

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Qualifying

Qualifying result

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold. – No. 98 Aston Martin Racing was excluded from qualifying as the ride car's height was 55mm lower.

Race

Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of the overall winning car's race distance) was 161 laps. Class winners are denoted in bold.

References

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Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

6 Hours of Mexico The 6 Hours of Mexico was a sports car racing, sports car race held at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, Mexico. The race was first held in 1974 as part of the IMSA GT Championship. Fifteen years later, in 1989, the World Sportscar ...

6 Hours of Mexico