The 2014 Circuit of the Americas 6 Hours was the twentieth race in the current World Endurance Championship. It marked a variety of personal bests and firsts. Here are some highlights.
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The following drivers enjoyed their maiden WEC victories:
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Richard Bradley, Matthew Howson, and Tsugio Matsuda in LMP2 and Paul Dalla Lana in GTE Am.
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Sergey Zlobin and Maurizio Mediani’s ninth overall and second in LM P2 were personal bests for both drivers.
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While this Stefan Mücke’s fourth GTE Pro victory, the eleventh position overall was his best result in the general classification.
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While it was Christophe Bouchut’s seventh WEC start, this was his first finish, fifteenth overall and second in LMP1-L. Regarding his co-drivers, for James Rossiter this was his best finish in class while Lucas Auer was making his first actual WEC drive after a previous non-start.
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It was the debut WEC start for American drivers Scott Sharp, Ed Brown, and Jeff Segal.
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It was the debut for the Extreme Speed Motorsports team.
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This was the first time that Sebastien Buemi had recorded the fastest overall lap of the race and the first time that Richie Stanaway did so in class (GTE Am).
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It was the first fast lap in class (LMP2) for the Ligier-Nissan.
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This was the first class pole for Prospeed Competition (GTE Am).
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While driver records in qualifying are nuanced by the averaging system, it is the first time that either Anthony Davidson (overall) or Emmanuel Collard (GTE Am) set the fast times in the cars which took pole position.
Running Totals
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There have been 670 starters across the 20 races (not counting the ALMS cars at Sebring, 2012). A total of 552 out of 670 starters have finished for a percentage of 82%.
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The winning cars have completed 33,095 kilometers (20,565 miles) during 176 hours (7-1/3 days) of racing.
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These 670 cars have collectively traveled about 1.056 million kilometers (656,000 miles) across the 20 races. That is equivalent to approximately 2.5 trips to the moon and back!!
