2016 6 Hours of Silverstone

The 2016 6 Hours of Silverstone was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire, England on 15–17 April 2016. Silverstone served as the opening round of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship, and was the fifth running of the event as part of the championship. 52,000 people attended the race weekend.

Audi's No. 7 car of André Lotterer, Marcel Fässler and Benoît Tréluyer won the pole position and maintained their advantage on the race's first lap. Lotterer initially pulled away from the field but lost the lead to Mark Webber in Porsche's No. 1 car and remained in the position when he handed over his driving duties to co-driver Brendon Hartley. He remained in the first place until he retired following heavy contact with Michael Wainwright in the No. 86 Gulf Racing entry. This handed the position to Neel Jani in the sister No. 2 car but lost it Tréluyer when Jani's co-driver Marc Lieb was delayed by a slower vehicle. Although he was challenged by Lieb after being bulked by slower cars Tréluyer pulled away from the German driver and the No. 7 Audi maintained its advantage over the No. 2 Porsche for the majority of the remainder of the event to finish the race first. However the No. 7 Audi was disqualified when its front skid block was discovered to have been worn out by more than the regulations allowed for, handing the victory to Lieb, Jani and Romain Dumas. Toyota No. 5 drivers Stéphane Sarrazin, Mike Conway and Kamui Kobayashi finished in second and Dominik Kraihamer, Alexandre Imperatori and Mathéo Tuscher. came in third to secure Rebellion Racing's first podium result in the World Endurance Championship since the 2013 6 Hours of Fuji.

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