Silverstone 6 Hours 2018

The winning vehicle: The R13 Rebellion .

The seventh 6-hour race of Silverstone , also 6 Hours of Silverstone and RAC Tourist Trophy 2018 , took place on August 19, 2018 at the Silverstone Circuit and was the third round of the FIA World Endurance Championship 2018/19 .

Before the race

With 34 vehicles on the entry list, there were three fewer vehicles than in the first regular round of the World Endurance Championship in Spa-Francorchamps. After a disappointing run at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Ginetta announced that it would change the engine partner of the Ginetta G60-LT-P1. According to the regulations, engine changes must be registered with the FIA ​​one month before the next race. The manufacturer missed this deadline, which is why the CEFC TRSM Racing team was unable to take part in Silverstone.

In the first free practice session, Bruno Senna had a serious accident after just under half an hour. He lost the rear of his Rebellion R13 in the Corpse corner and slid into the barrier, Senna himself suffered a fracture in his right foot and was unable to continue participating in the race weekend. The training session was interrupted because of Senna's red flag accident and resumed shortly afterwards. Another interruption occurred when the ENSO CLM P1 / 01 of the ByKolles Racing Team with René Binder caught fire after an oil leak.

The qualifying session started with the qualification of the two GT classes. The best starting position in the professional class was claimed by the Ford GT with the number 66 ahead of the two Aston Martin with the numbers 97 and 95 from Aston Martin Racing. In the amateur class, Jörg Bergmeister achieved the best starting position in the Porsche 911 RSR, ahead of the Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche with the number 77.

The prototype qualification session was briefly interrupted five minutes before the end. Frits van Eerd slipped into the gravel trap with his LMP2 prototype in the last corner before the start and finish. The pole position in the LMP1 class was achieved by Mike Conway in the Toyota in front of the sister car with the number 8; the best private prototype from the top class was provided by SMP Racing with the number 11. In the LMP2 class, the Jackie Chan DC Racing Team came in the best starting positions.

The race

At the start of the race it was hectic between the vehicles, the Ford GT with Olivier Pla collided with the Dragonspeed prototype with the number 31. The Dragonspeed prototype tried to get back on the track, but was hit by the BMW with the number 81 . This accident temporarily pushed him far back in the ranking; in the end he finished in 7th overall position. The BR Engineering BR1, with the no. 17, and the Rebellion, with the no. 3, also touched and got into the asphalt run-off zones , both were able to continue the race.

After the start, the two Toyotas dominated the LMP1 class and drove a safe race among themselves. After almost 65 minutes, Buemi, who had been second up to that point, passed Kobayashi. In this order, the vehicles crossed the finish line after a few duels.

The race of the two Oreca 07s of the Jackie Chan DC Racing Team in the LMP2 class was relatively safe. At the end of the race, both prototypes were 2 laps ahead of the third-placed Alpine A470 driven by Lapierre, Negrão and Thiriet.

In the LMGTE Pro class, Mücke and Pla won the Ford GT in front of the Porsche with Lietz and Bruni at the wheel. In the amateur class, Ried, Andlauer and Campbell crossed the finish line in a Porsche ahead of the Aston Martin with Yoluc, Hankey and Eastwood.

After the race, both Toyota TS050s were disqualified. Metal plates embedded in the underbody had bent too much, as a technical check on both vehicles showed. This moved the Rebellion R13 with Laurent, Menezes and Beche to first place in the overall ranking. It was the first victory of a private team in a race in the endurance world championship. The Porsche 911 RSR with Lietz and Bruni at the wheel was also disqualified; the vehicle exceeded the minimum permissible underbody clearance.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	LMP1	3	Rebellion Racing	Thomas Laurent Gustavo Menezes Mathias Beche	Rebellion R13	193
2	LMP1	1	Rebellion Racing	André Lotterer Neel Jani	Rebellion R13	192
3	LMP1	17th	SMP Racing	Stéphane Sarrazin Egor Orudzhev	BR Engineering BR1	192
4th	LMP2	38	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Ho-Pin Tung Gabriel Aubry Stéphane Richelmi	Oreca 07	185
5	LMP2	37	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Jazeman Jaafar Weiron Tan Nabil Jeffri	Oreca 07	185
6th	LMP2	36	Signatech Alpine Matmut	Nicolas Lapierre André Negrão Pierre Thiriet	Alpine A470	183
7th	LMP2	31	Dragonspeed	Roberto Gonzalez Pastor Maldonado Anthony Davidson	Oreca 07	181
8th	LMP2	29	Racing Team Nederland	Frits van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Nyck de Vries	Dallara P217	181
9	LMP2	50	Larbre Compétition	Erwin Creed Romano Ricci Yoshiharu Mori	Ligier JS P217	176
10	LMP2	28	TDS Racing	François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Loïc Duval	Oreca 07	173
11	LMGTE Pro	51	AF Corse	Alessandro Pier Guidi James Calado	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	172
12	LMGTE Pro	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	Andy Priaulx Harry Tincknell	Ford GT	172
13	LMGTE Pro	92	Porsche GT Team	Michael Christensen Kévin Estre	Porsche 911 RSR	172
14th	LMGTE Pro	97	Aston Martin Racing	Alex Lynn Maxime Martin	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	171
15th	LMGTE Pro	81	BMW Team MTEK	Martin Tomczyk Nicky Catsburg	BMW M8 GTE	171
16	LMGTE Pro	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	Stefan Mücke Olivier Pla	Ford GT	170
17th	LMGTE Am	77	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Christian Ried Julien Andlauer Matt Campbell	Porsche 911 RSR	168
18th	LMGTE Am	90	TF Sport	Salih Yoluc Euan Hankey Charlie Eastwood	Aston Martin Vantage	168
19th	LMGTE Am	56	Team Project 1	Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Lindsey Egidio Perfetti	Porsche 911 RSR	168
20th	LMGTE Am	98	Aston Martin Racing	Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda	Aston Martin Vantage	168
21st	LMGTE Am	61	Clearwater Racing	Weng Sun Mok Keita Sawa Matt Griffin	Ferrari 488 GTE	167
22nd	LMGTE Am	86	Gulf Racing UK	Mike Wainwright Ben Barker Alex Davison	Porsche 911 RSR	167
23	LMGTE Am	70	MR Racing	Motoaki Ishikawa Olivier Beretta Eddie Cheever III	Ferrari 488 GTE	167
24	LMGTE Am	88	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Gianluca Roda Giorgio Roda Matteo Cairoli	Porsche 911 RSR	167
25th	LMP1	10	Dragonspeed	Henrik Hedman Ben Hanley Renger van der Zande	BR Engineering BR1	165
26th	LMGTE Am	54	Spirit of Race	Thomas Flohr Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari 488 GTE	158
27	LMGTE Pro	71	AF Corse	Davide Rigon Sam Bird	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	157
28	LMGTE Pro	95	Aston Martin Racing	Marco Sørensen Nicki Thiim	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	155
Disqualified
29	LMP1	8th	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Fernando Alonso	Toyota TS050 Hybrid
30th	LMP1	7th	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López	Toyota TS050 Hybrid
31	LMGTE Pro	91	Porsche GT Team	Richard Lietz Gianmaria Bruni	Porsche 911 RSR
Failed
32	LMGTE Pro	82	BMW Team MTEK	António Félix da Costa Augusto Farfus	BMW M8 GTE
33	LMP1	4th	ByKolles Racing Team	Oliver Webb René Binder	ENSO CLM P1 / 01
34	LMP1	11	SMP Racing	Mikhail Aleshin Vitaly Petrov Jenson Button	BR Engineering BR1

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	Thomas Laurent	Gustavo Menezes	Mathias Beche	Rebellion R13	Overall victory
LMP2	Ho-Pin Tung	Gabriel Aubry	Stéphane Richelmi	Oreca 07	Rank 4
LMGTE Pro	Alessandro Pier Guidi	James Calado		Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	Rank 11
LMGTE Am	Christian Ried	Julien Andlauer	Matt Campbell	Porsche 911 RSR	Rank 17

Racing data

• Registered: 34
• Started: 34
• Rated: 28
• Race classes: 4
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: cloudy and dry
• Route length: 5.891 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6:02: 10.579 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 193
• Total distance of the winning team: 1,136.963 km
• Winner's average: 209.1 km / h
• Pole position: José María López & Mike Conway - Toyota TS050 Hybrid (# 7) - 1: 36.895
• Fastest race lap: Mike Conway - Toyota TS050 Hybrid (# 7) - 1: 36.769
• Racing series: 3rd round of the FIA World Endurance Championship 2018/19

Web links

Commons : 6 Hours of Silverstone 2018  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry list for the 6 Hours of Silverstone 2018. press.fiawec.com, accessed on August 14, 2018 (English). 
2. ↑ Manor misses WEC races at Silverstone. motorsport-total.com, accessed on August 16, 2018 (German). 
3. ^ After a training crash: Bruno Senna's broken foot. motorsport-total.com, accessed on August 18, 2018 (German). 
4. ↑ WEC Silverstone 2018: Conway / Lopez / Kobayashi on pole. motorsport-total.com, accessed on August 20, 2018 (German). 
5. ↑ WEC Silverstone: Both Toyotas disqualified. motorsport-total.com, accessed on August 20, 2018 (German). 
6. ↑ 6 Hours of Silverstone - Race - Final Classification. fiawec.alkamelsystems.com, accessed on August 21, 2018 . 
7. ↑ Qualification results of the 6-hour race of Silverstone 2018. fiawec.alkamelsystems.com, accessed on August 20, 2018 (English). 

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