2018 6 Hours of Silverstone

The 2018 6 Hours of Silverstone was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire, England on 17–19 August 2018. Silverstone served as the third round of the 2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship, and was the seventh running of the event as part of the championship. The race was won by the #3 Rebellion R13, after the #8 and #7 TS050 Hybrids were disqualified due to excessive wear on their Skid Planks.[1]

Track layout of the Silverstone Circuit

Qualifying

Qualifying Results

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.[2]

Pos Class Team Average Time Gap Grid
1 LMP1 No. 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:36.895 1
2 LMP1 No. 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:37.306 +0.411 2
3 LMP1 No. 11 SMP Racing 1:38.932 +2.037 3
4 LMP1 No. 17 SMP Racing 1:39.070 +2.175 4
5 LMP1 No. 3 Rebellion Racing 1:39.247 +2.352 5
6 LMP1 No. 1 Rebellion Racing 1:39.613 +2.718 6
7 LMP1 No. 10 DragonSpeed 1:41.412 +4.517 7
8 LMP1 No. 4 ByKolles Racing Team 1:41.839 +4.944 8
9 LMP2 No. 37 Jackie Chan DC Racing 1:44.896 +8.001 9
10 LMP2 No. 38 Jackie Chan DC Racing 1:45.083 +8.188 10
11 LMP2 No. 36 Signatech Alpine Matmut 1:46.370 +9.475 11
12 LMP2 No. 28 TDS Racing 1:47.048 +10.153 12
13 LMP2 No. 29 Racing Team Nederland 1:47.107 +10.212 13
14 LMP2 No. 31 DragonSpeed 1:47.270 +10.375 14
15 LMP2 No. 50 Larbre Compétition 1:49.489 +12.594 15
16 LMGTE Pro No. 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK 1:55.727 +18.832 16
17 LMGTE Pro No. 97 Aston Martin Racing 1:55.805 +18.910 17
18 LMGTE Pro No. 95 Aston Martin Racing 1:56.103 +19.208 18
19 LMGTE Pro No. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK 1:56.204 +19.309 19
20 LMGTE Pro No. 92 Porsche GT Team 1:56.446 +19.551 20
21 LMGTE Pro No. 71 AF Corse 1:56.510 +19.615 21
22 LMGTE Pro No. 82 BMW Team MTEK 1:56.731 +19.836 22
23 LMGTE Pro No. 81 BMW Team MTEK 1:56.992 +20.097 23
24 LMGTE Pro No. 51 AF Corse 1:57.105 +20.210 24
25 LMGTE Pro No. 91 Porsche GT Team 1:57.151 +20.256 25
26 LMGTE Am No. 56 Team Project 1 1:59.001 +22.106 26
27 LMGTE Am No. 77 Dempsey - Proton Racing 1:59.203 +22.308 27
28 LMGTE Am No. 90 TF Sport 1:59.275 +22.380 28
29 LMGTE Am No. 98 Aston Martin Racing 1:59.338 +22.443 29
30 LMGTE Am No. 88 Dempsey - Proton Racing 1:59.757 +22.862 30
31 LMGTE Am No. 54 Spirit of Race 1:59.809 +22.914 31
32 LMGTE Am No. 70 MR Racing 2.00.003 +23.108 32
33 LMGTE Am No. 61 Clearwater Racing 2.00.118 +23.223 33
34 LMGTE Am No. 86 Gulf Racing UK 2.00.221 +23.326 34

Race

Upon starting the Rebellion R-13s were caught out by the No. 17 SMP car, and also, contact in LMGTE Am caused carnage on the first lap, similar to the previous races. On lap 23, Aleshin's engine failed and the car retired. Shortly afterward, the No. 10 suffered a supposed suspension issue, as stated by Hanley. The No. 54 had an issue that tossed off the rear wing, bringing out a yellow. Binder was caught out by slowing LMP2 cars, causing him to spin. The car could not start and retired. Egor Orudzhev's No. 17 lost grip and made contact with Molina, and the No. 71 brought out the safety car for tire debris. The No. 71 ultimately finished second to last, because after the safety car period, the No. 95, from near the LMGTE Pro lead, had a brake repair. The No. 82 had a suspension failure, forcing its retirement, and an FCY to recover it. Late in the race, Sarrazin stopped in the pit lane and had to be pushed to its box. The No. 7 ran wide at Stowe and got a puncture, and the No. 8 took the lead. Lotterer had an unstable rear end and came in for a rear wing change. In the final 30 minutes, the No. 92 of Christensen hit Priaulx's Ford, giving it a penalty even so on the road it was 3rd in class.

Post-Race

In the post-race, the No. 91 Porsche GT was disqualified for low ride height, same being with both the Nos. 7 & 8 of Toyota, giving Thomas Laurent, Mathias Beche, and Gustavo Menezes the win with Rebellion Racing, the first for a non-hybrid since 2012 spa, when Duams, Gene, and Duval won in the Audi R18 ultra, and Laurent had the prize of youngest race winner. The podium was then a 1-2 for Rebellion followed by SMP No. 17. In LMP2, Richelmi, Aubry, and Tung won from Jafaar, Jeffri, and Tan, followed by the Le Mans class winners. The disqualification of Lietz/Bruni meant that the LMGTE Pro podium was Calado/ Pier Guidi followed by Priaulx/Tincknell, with Estre/Christensen in third. LMGTE Am, the Le Mans winners finished ahead of TF Sport's Adam/Hankey/Eastwood, completing the podium was Perfetti/ Lindsey/Bergmeister in the "Bumblebee" Project 1.

Race Result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of the overall winning car's race distance) was 135 laps. Class winners in bold.[3]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 LMP1 3 Rebellion Racing Mathias Beche
Gustavo Menezes
Thomas Laurent
Rebellion R13 M 193 6:02:10.579
Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8
2 LMP1 1 Rebellion Racing Neel Jani
André Lotterer
Rebellion R13 M 192 +1 Lap
Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8
3 LMP1 17 SMP Racing Egor Orudzhev
Stéphane Sarrazin
BR Engineering BR1 M 192 +1 Lap
AER P60B 2.4L Turbo V6
4 LMP2 38 Jackie Chan DC Racing Gabriel Aubry
Stéphane Richelmi
Ho-Pin Tung
Oreca 07 D 185 +8 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
5 LMP2 37 Jackie Chan DC Racing Jazeman Jaafar
Nabil Jeffri
Weiron Tan
Oreca 07 D 185 +8 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
6 LMP2 36 Signatech Alpine Matmut Nicolas Lapierre
André Negrão
Pierre Thiriet
Alpine A470 D 183 +10 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
7 LMP2 31 DragonSpeed Anthony Davidson
Roberto González
Pastor Maldonado
Oreca 07 M 181 +12 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
8 LMP2 29 Racing Team Nederland Frits van Eerd
Giedo van der Garde
Nyck de Vries
Dallara P217 M 181 +12 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
9 LMP2 50 Larbre Compétition Erwin Creed
Yoshiharu Mori
Romano Ricci
Ligier JS P217 M 176 +17 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
10 LMP2 28 TDS Racing Loïc Duval
François Perrodo
Matthieu Vaxivière
Oreca 07 D 173 +20 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
11 LMGTE
Pro
51 AF Corse James Calado
Alessandro Pier Guidi
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 172 +21 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8
12 LMGTE
Pro
67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Andy Priaulx
Harry Tincknell
Ford GT M 172 +21 Laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5L Turbo V6
13 LMGTE
Pro
92 Porsche GT Team Michael Christensen
Kévin Estre
Porsche 911 RSR M 172 +21 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat 6
14 LMGTE
Pro
97 Aston Martin Racing Alex Lynn
Maxime Martin
Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 171 +22 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0L Turbo V8
15 LMGTE
Pro
81 BMW Team MTEK Nicky Catsburg
Martin Tomczyk
BMW M8 GTE M 171 +22 Laps
BMW S63 4.0L Turbo V8
16 LMGTE
Pro
66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Stefan Mücke
Olivier Pla
Ford GT M 170 +23 Laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5L Turbo V6
17 LMGTE
Am
77 Dempsey - Proton Racing Julien Andlauer
Matt Campbell
Christian Ried
Porsche 911 RSR M 168 +25 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat 6
18 LMGTE
Am
90 TF Sport Jonathan Adam
Charlie Eastwood
Salih Yoluç
Aston Martin Vantage GTE M 168 +25 Laps
Aston Martin 4.5L V8
19 LMGTE
Am
56 Team Project 1 Jörg Bergmeister
Patrick Lindsey
Egidio Perfetti
Porsche 911 RSR M 168 +25 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat 6
20 LMGTE
Am
98 Aston Martin Racing Paul Dalla Lana
Pedro Lamy
Mathias Lauda
Aston Martin Vantage GTE M 168 +25 Laps
Aston Martin 4.5L V8
21 LMGTE
Am
61 Clearwater Racing Matt Griffin
Keita Sawa
Weng Sun Mok
Ferrari 488 GTE M 167 +26 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
22 LMGTE
Am
86 Gulf Racing UK Ben Barker
Alex Davison
Michael Wainwright
Porsche 911 RSR M 167 +26 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat 6
23 LMGTE
Am
70 MR Racing Olivier Beretta
Eddie Cheever III
Motoaki Ishikawa
Ferrari 488 GTE M 167 +26 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
24 LMGTE
Am
88 Dempsey - Proton Racing Matteo Cairoli
Gianluca Roda
Giorgio Roda
Porsche 911 RSR M 167 +26 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat 6
25 LMP1 10 DragonSpeed Ben Hanley
Henrik Hedman
Renger van der Zande
BR Engineering BR1 M 165 +28 Laps
Gibson GL458 4.5L V8
26 LMGTE
Am
54 Spirit of Race Francesco Castellacci
Giancarlo Fisichella
Thomas Flohr
Ferrari 488 GTE M 158 +35 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
27 LMGTE
Pro
71 AF Corse Sam Bird
Davide Rigon
Ferrari 488 GTE M 157 +36 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
28 LMGTE
Pro
95 Aston Martin Racing Marco Sørensen
Nicki Thiim
Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 157 +36 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
DNF LMGTE
Pro
82 BMW Team MTEK António Félix da Costa
Augusto Farfus
BMW M8 GTE M 116 Suspension
BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8
DNF LMP1 4 ByKolles Racing Team René Binder
Oliver Webb
ENSO CLM P1/01 M 59 Spin
Nismo VRX30A 3.0 L Turbo V6
DNF LMP1 11 SMP Racing Mikhail Aleshin
Jenson Button
Vitaly Petrov
BR Engineering BR1 M 23 Engine
AER P60B 2.4 L Turbo V6
DSQ LMP1 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Fernando Alonso
Sébastien Buemi
Kazuki Nakajima
Toyota TS050 Hybrid M 197 Disqualified
Toyota 2.4L Turbo V6
DSQ LMP1 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway
Kamui Kobayashi
José María López
Toyota TS050 Hybrid M 197 Disqualified
Toyota 2.4L Turbo V6
DSQ LMGTE
Pro
91 Porsche GT Team Gianmaria Bruni
Richard Lietz
Porsche 911 RSR M 172 Disqualified
Porsche 4.0 L Flat 6

Standings after the race

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for the Drivers' Championship standings.
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for the Drivers' Championship standings.

References

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