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2018 6 Hours of Silverstone

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Track layout of the Silverstone Circuit

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]

Qualifying

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Qualifying Results

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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

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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

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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, when Dumas, 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

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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 Switzerland Rebellion Racing Switzerland Mathias Beche
United States Gustavo Menezes
France Thomas Laurent
Rebellion R13 M 193 6:02:10.579
Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8
2 LMP1 1 Switzerland Rebellion Racing Switzerland Neel Jani
Germany André Lotterer
Rebellion R13 M 192 +1 Lap
Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8
3 LMP1 17 Russia SMP Racing Russia Egor Orudzhev
France Stéphane Sarrazin
BR Engineering BR1 M 192 +1 Lap
AER P60B 2.4L Turbo V6
4 LMP2 38 China Jackie Chan DC Racing France Gabriel Aubry
Monaco Stéphane Richelmi
China Ho-Pin Tung
Oreca 07 D 185 +8 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
5 LMP2 37 China Jackie Chan DC Racing Malaysia Jazeman Jaafar
Malaysia Nabil Jeffri
Malaysia Weiron Tan
Oreca 07 D 185 +8 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
6 LMP2 36 France Signatech Alpine Matmut France Nicolas Lapierre
Brazil André Negrão
France Pierre Thiriet
Alpine A470 D 183 +10 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
7 LMP2 31 United States DragonSpeed United Kingdom Anthony Davidson
Mexico Roberto González
Venezuela Pastor Maldonado
Oreca 07 M 181 +12 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
8 LMP2 29 Netherlands Racing Team Nederland Netherlands Frits van Eerd [nl]
Netherlands Giedo van der Garde
Netherlands Nyck de Vries
Dallara P217 M 181 +12 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
9 LMP2 50 France Larbre Compétition France Erwin Creed
Japan Yoshiharu Mori
France Romano Ricci
Ligier JS P217 M 176 +17 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
10 LMP2 28 France TDS Racing France Loïc Duval
France François Perrodo
France Matthieu Vaxivière
Oreca 07 D 173 +20 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
11 LMGTE
Pro
51 Italy AF Corse United Kingdom James Calado
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 172 +21 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8
12 LMGTE
Pro
67 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK United Kingdom Andy Priaulx
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell
Ford GT M 172 +21 Laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5L Turbo V6
13 LMGTE
Pro
92 Germany Porsche GT Team Denmark Michael Christensen
France Kévin Estre
Porsche 911 RSR M 172 +21 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat 6
14 LMGTE
Pro
97 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing United Kingdom Alex Lynn
Belgium Maxime Martin
Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 171 +22 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0L Turbo V8
15 LMGTE
Pro
81 Germany BMW Team MTEK Netherlands Nicky Catsburg
Germany Martin Tomczyk
BMW M8 GTE M 171 +22 Laps
BMW S63 4.0L Turbo V8
16 LMGTE
Pro
66 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Germany Stefan Mücke
France Olivier Pla
Ford GT M 170 +23 Laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5L Turbo V6
17 LMGTE
Am
77 Germany Dempsey - Proton Racing France Julien Andlauer
Australia Matt Campbell
Germany Christian Ried
Porsche 911 RSR M 168 +25 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat 6
18 LMGTE
Am
90 United Kingdom TF Sport United Kingdom Jonathan Adam
Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood
Turkey Salih Yoluç
Aston Martin Vantage GTE M 168 +25 Laps
Aston Martin 4.5L V8
19 LMGTE
Am
56 Germany Team Project 1 Germany Jörg Bergmeister
United States Patrick Lindsey
Norway Egidio Perfetti
Porsche 911 RSR M 168 +25 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat 6
20 LMGTE
Am
98 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Canada Paul Dalla Lana
Portugal Pedro Lamy
Austria Mathias Lauda
Aston Martin Vantage GTE M 168 +25 Laps
Aston Martin 4.5L V8
21 LMGTE
Am
61 Singapore Clearwater Racing Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin
Japan Keita Sawa
Malaysia Weng Sun Mok
Ferrari 488 GTE M 167 +26 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
22 LMGTE
Am
86 United Kingdom Gulf Racing UK United Kingdom Ben Barker
Australia Alex Davison
United Kingdom Michael Wainwright
Porsche 911 RSR M 167 +26 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat 6
23 LMGTE
Am
70 Japan MR Racing Monaco Olivier Beretta
Italy Eddie Cheever III
Japan Motoaki Ishikawa
Ferrari 488 GTE M 167 +26 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
24 LMGTE
Am
88 Germany Dempsey - Proton Racing Italy Matteo Cairoli
Italy Gianluca Roda
Italy Giorgio Roda
Porsche 911 RSR M 167 +26 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat 6
25 LMP1 10 United States DragonSpeed United Kingdom Ben Hanley
Sweden Henrik Hedman
Netherlands Renger van der Zande
BR Engineering BR1 M 165 +28 Laps
Gibson GL458 4.5L V8
26 LMGTE
Am
54 Switzerland Spirit of Race Italy Francesco Castellacci
Italy Giancarlo Fisichella
Switzerland Thomas Flohr
Ferrari 488 GTE M 158 +35 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
27 LMGTE
Pro
71 Italy AF Corse United Kingdom Sam Bird
Italy Davide Rigon
Ferrari 488 GTE M 157 +36 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
28 LMGTE
Pro
95 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Denmark Marco Sørensen
Denmark Nicki Thiim
Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 157 +36 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
DNF LMGTE
Pro
82 Germany BMW Team MTEK Portugal António Félix da Costa
Brazil Augusto Farfus
BMW M8 GTE M 116 Suspension
BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8
DNF LMP1 4 Austria ByKolles Racing Team Austria René Binder
United Kingdom Oliver Webb
ENSO CLM P1/01 M 59 Spin
Nismo VRX30A 3.0 L Turbo V6
DNF LMP1 11 Russia SMP Racing Russia Mikhail Aleshin
United Kingdom Jenson Button
Russia Vitaly Petrov
BR Engineering BR1 M 23 Engine
AER P60B 2.4 L Turbo V6
DSQ LMP1 8 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing Spain Fernando Alonso
Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
Japan Kazuki Nakajima
Toyota TS050 Hybrid M 197 Disqualified
Toyota 2.4L Turbo V6
DSQ LMP1 7 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing United Kingdom Mike Conway
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Argentina José María López
Toyota TS050 Hybrid M 197 Disqualified
Toyota 2.4L Turbo V6
DSQ LMGTE
Pro
91 Germany Porsche GT Team Italy Gianmaria Bruni
Austria Richard Lietz
Porsche 911 RSR M 172 Disqualified
Porsche 4.0 L Flat 6

Standings after the race

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  • 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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  1. ^ "Post-race disqualification for Toyota at WEC 6 Hours of Silverstone". lemans.org. Archived from the original on 10 September 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  2. ^ "2018 6 Hours of Silverstone Qualifying Results" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 18 August 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  3. ^ "2018 6 Hours of Silverstone Race Result" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "2018–2019 LMP World Endurance Drivers Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "2018–2019 LMP1 World Endurance Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "2018–2019 World Endurance GTE Drivers Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "2018–2019 World Endurance GTE Manufacturers Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.[permanent dead link]
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