Silverstone 4-hour race 2019, 2nd race

The overall winner vehicle, the Toyota TS050 Hybrid with the number 7

The Porsche 911 RSR with the number 91, the winning vehicle of the LMGTE Pro class

The 4 Hours of Silverstone 2019, 2nd race , also 4 Hours of Silverstone and RAC Tourist Trophy 2019 , took place on the Silverstone Circuit and was the first race of the FIA World Endurance Championship 2019/20 . The Silverstone 4-hour race was held twice in 2019. On August 31, the vehicles of the European Le Mans Series started at the 4-hour race of Silverstone 2019, 1st race , one day later, on September 1, the vehicles of the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship drove out their race .

Before the race

For the first race of the 2019/20 World Endurance Championship, which has been changed into a winter season, 31 vehicles were entered on the entry list. In the first free practice, the Frenchman Norman Nato was able to set the fastest time ahead of the factory Toyotas in the privately used Rebellion R13. In the two following trainings, however, the Toyotas achieved the top positions again, as expected.

The qualifying session started on Saturday with the vehicles of the two Gran Turismo classes. In the LMGTE-Pro class there was a double pole for the Ferraris. James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi secured pole position in front of their teammates Davide Rigon and Miguel Molina. In the LMGTE-Am class, the Aston Martin Vantage AMR, entered by TF Sport, achieved the best starting position ahead of Team Project 1 Porsche 911 RSR. This was followed by the qualifying session for the Le Mans prototypes. Giedo van der Garde and Job van Uitert achieved the best starting position in the Oreca 07 in front of the same vehicle from the United Motorsport team. In the LMP1 class, Kamui Kobayashi and Mike Conway took pole position in the Toyota TS050 Hybrid, ahead of the Toyota sister vehicle. The best privately used LMP1 prototype was the Rebellion R13, driven by Gustavo Menezes and Bruno Senna.

The race

At the start of the second 4-hour race this weekend, 30 vehicles were on the grid; the Porsche from Team Project 1 with the number 57 had to start from the pit lane due to a clutch damage during practice. The race started when the weather was still dry. On the second lap of the race, the United Autosports Team's Oreca 07 stopped with smoke development, which led to the safety car being used for the first time. The race was reopened six laps later. The number 6 Ginetta G60-LT-P1 lost a rear wheel on lap 15. The vehicle fell back to the end of the field. After 90 minutes of racing it started to rain. In the wet the AF Corse Ferrari collided with the number 71 and could not restart the race.

The constantly changing weather conditions repeatedly resulted in unscheduled pit stops for the teams in order to adapt the tires to the weather. The race won Conway, Kobayashi and López in the Toyota TS050 ahead of their teammates Buemi, Nakajima and Hartley; Third was the Rebellion R13, driven by Berthon, Durani and Duval. The winner in the LMP2 class was the Oreca 07 from the Cool Racing Team ahead of the Alpine A470 from the Signatech Alpine Elf Team. Porsche achieved a double victory in the LMGTE Pro class, Bruni and Lietz placed in front of the sister vehicle, driven by Christensen and Estre. The LMGTE-Am class was won by AF Corse Ferrari with the number 83.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	LMP1	7th	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	129
2	LMP1	8th	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Brendon Hartley	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	129
3	LMP1	3	Rebellion Racing	Nathanaël Berthon Luís Felipe Derani Loïc Duval	Rebellion R13	128
4th	LMP1	5	Team LNT	Charlie Robertson Ben Hanley Yegor Orudschew	Ginetta G60-LT-P1	124
5	LMP2	5	Cool racing	Nicolas Lapierre Antonin Borga	Oreca 07	124
6th	LMP2	36	Signatech Alpine Elf	Thomas Laurent Andre Negrao Pierre Ragues	Alpine A470	124
7th	LMP2	29	Racing Team Nederland	Frits van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Job van Uitert	Oreca 07	124
8th	LMP2	37	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Ho-Pin Tung Gabriel Aubry Will Stevens	Oreca 07	124
9	LMP2	38	Iota sport	Roberto González Antonio Felix da Costa	Oreca 07	124
10	LMP1	1	Rebellion Racing	Bruno Senna Gustavo Menezes Norman Nato	Rebellion R13	123
11	LMP2	47	Cetilar Racing	Roberto Lacorte Andrea Belicchi Giorgio Sernagiotto	Dallara P217	122
12	LMP2	33	High class racing	Mark Patterson Kenta Yamashita Anders Fjordbach	Oreca 07	122
13	LMGTE Pro	91	Porsche GT Team	Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz	Porsche 911 RSR	115
14th	LMGTE Pro	92	Porsche GT Team	Michael Christensen Kévin Estre	Porsche 911 RSR	115
15th	LMGTE Pro	97	Aston Martin Racing	Alex Lynn Maxime Martin	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	115
16	LMGTE Pro	51	AF Corse	James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	115
17th	LMGTE Pro	95	Aston Martin Racing	Nicki Thiim Marco Sørensen	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	114
18th	LMGTE Am	83	AF Corse	Nicklas Nielsen Emmanuel Collard François Perrodo	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	114
19th	LMGTE Am	98	Aston Martin Racing	Paul Dalla Lana Darren Turner Ross Gunn	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	113
20th	LMGTE Am	70	MR Racing	Motoaki Ishikawa Olivier Beretta Kei Cozzolino	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	113
21st	LMGTE Am	86	Gulf Racing	Mike Wainwright Andrew Watson Ben Barker	Porsche 911 RSR	113
22nd	LMGTE Am	77	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Christian Ried Matt Campbell Riccardo Pera	Porsche 911 RSR	113
23	LMGTE Am	56	Team Project 1	Egidio Perfetti David Kolkmann Matteo Cairoli	Porsche 911 RSR	113
24	LMGTE Am	90	TF Sport	Salih Yoluc Charlie Eastwood Jonny Adam	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	113
25th	LMGTE Am	62	Red River Sport	Bonamy Grimes Johnny Mowlem Charles Hollings	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	113
26th	LMGTE Am	54	AF Corse	Thomas Flohr Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	113
27	LMGTE Am	57	Team Project 1	Ben Keating Felipe Fraga Jeroen Bleekemolen	Porsche 911 RSR	112
28	LMP1	6th	Team LNT	Mike Simpson Oliver Jarvis Guy Smith	Ginetta G60-LT-P1	112
29	LMGTE Am	88	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Thomas Preining Gianluca Giraudi Ricardo Sanchez	Porsche 911 RSR	111
Failed
30th	LMGTE Pro	71	AF Corse	Davide Rigon Miguel Molina	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	54
31	LMP2	22nd	United Autosports	Philip Hanson Filipe Albuquerque Paul di Resta	Oreca 07	2

Only in the entry list

No further reports are known for this race.

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
LMP1	Mike Conway	Kamui Kobayashi	José María López	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	Overall victory
LMP2	Nicolas Lapierre	Antonin Borga		Oreca 07	Rank 5
LMGTE Pro	Gianmaria Bruni	Richard Lietz		Porsche 911 RSR	Rank 13
LMGTE Am	Nicklas Nielsen	Emmanuel Collard	François Perrodo	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	Rank 18

Racing data

• Registered: 31
• Started: 31
• Rated: 29
• Race classes: 4
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: changeable, rainy
• Route length: 5.891 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 4:00: 57.709 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 129
• Total distance of the winning team: 759.939 kilometers
• Winner's average: unknown
• Pole position: Kamui Kobayashi & Mike Conway - Toyota TS050 Hybrid (# 7) - 1: 36.015
• Fastest race lap: Kamui Kobayashi - Toyota TS050 Hybrid (# 7) - 1: 35.992
• Racing series: 1st round of the FIA World Endurance Championship 2019/20

Web links

Commons : 2019 4 Hours of Silverstone  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry list for the 4-hour race of Silverstone 2019. fiawec.alkamelsystems.com, accessed on August 30, 2019 (English). 
2. ↑ Nato Tops FP1 Times For Rebellion. dailysportcar.com, accessed on August 31, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Despite fastest time in FT2: Toyota drivers see strong competition. motorsport-total.com, accessed on September 8, 2019 . 
4. ↑ WEC Silverstone 2019: Toyota takes pole by half a second. motorsport-total.com, accessed on September 8, 2019 . 
5. ↑ WEC Silverstone 2019: Sovereign double victory for Toyota. motorsport-total.com, accessed on September 8, 2019 . 
6. ↑ 4 Hours of Silverstone - Race - Final Classification. fiawec.alkamelsystems.com, accessed September 1, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Qualification results for the 2019 Silverstone 4-hour race. Fiawec.alkamelsystems.com, accessed on September 9, 2019 . 
8. ↑ 4 Hours of Silverstone - After Race - Final Classification by Fastest Lap. fiawec.alkamelsystems.com, accessed September 9, 2019 . 

Predecessor race 24 Hours of Le Mans 2019

FIA World Endurance Championship

Successor to the 6-hour race of Fuji 2019