The 2014 6 Hours of Silverstone was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Silverstone Circuit near Silverstone, England on 17–20 April 2014. The event served as the opening round of the 2014 World Endurance Championship, and overall race winners were awarded the annual Tourist Trophy by the Royal Automobile Club. Toyota became the first Japanese manufacturer to win Silverstone's endurance race, with Anthony Davidson, Sébastien Buemi, and Nicolas Lapierre leading the team's second TS040 Hybrid to a 1–2 finish. The race, which had run under mixed weather conditions, was stopped in the final half-hour of competition due to heavy rains and not restarted.

Porsche, making their return to the prototype categories with the debuting 919 Hybrid, completed the overall race podium with third place. Accidents ended the race of both Audi R18 e-tron quattro cars after the World Champions had started strongly. Rebellion Racing's Nicolas Prost, Nick Heidfeld, and Mathias Beche were the only team to reach the finish in the LMP1-L category, while G-Drive Racing's Morgan-Nissan won the LMP2 class. Lock-out 1–2 victories were also earned by Porsche in LMGTE Pro and British marque Aston Martin in LMGTE Am.

Qualifying results

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos Class Team Average Time Grid 1 LMP1-H No. 7 Toyota Racing 1:42.774 1 2 LMP1-H No. 1 Audi Sport Team Joest 1:42.779 2 3 LMP1-H No. 14 Porsche Team 1:43.087 3 4 LMP1-H No. 2 Audi Sport Team Joest 1:43.137 4 5 LMP1-H No. 8 Toyota Racing 1:43.137 5 6 LMP1-H No. 20 Porsche Team 1:43.226 6 7 LMP1-L No. 13 Rebellion Racing 1:44.285 7 8 LMP1-L No. 12 Rebellion Racing 1:44.392 8 9 LMP2 No. 26 G-Drive Racing 1:49.156 9 10 LMP2 No. 47 KCMG 1:49.439 10 11 LMP2 No. 37 SMP Racing 1:51.326 11 12 LMP2 No. 27 SMP Racing 1:51.514 12 13 LMGTE Pro No. 51 AF Corse 1:59.125 13 14 LMGTE Pro No. 91 Porsche Team Manthey 1:59.380 14 15 LMGTE Pro No. 92 Porsche Team Manthey 1:59.717 15 16 LMGTE Pro No. 71 AF Corse 1:59.841 16 17 LMGTE Am No. 81 AF Corse 1:59.932 17 18 LMGTE Pro No. 97 Aston Martin Racing 1:59.954 18 19 LMGTE Pro No. 52 Ram Racing 2:00.216 19 20 LMGTE Am No. 98 Aston Martin Racing 2:00.923 20 21 LMGTE Am No. 61 AF Corse 2:00.971 21 22 LMGTE Am No. 95 Aston Martin Racing 2:00.982 22 23 LMGTE Pro No. 99 Aston Martin Racing 2:01.122 23 24 LMGTE Am No. 75 Prospeed Competition 2:01.886 24 25 LMGTE Am No. 88 Proton Competition 2:01.917 25 26 LMGTE Am No. 53 Ram Racing 2:01.953 26 27 LMGTE Am No. 90 8 Star Motorsports 2:01.982 27

Race

Race result Class winners in bold.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Engine 1 LMP1-H 8 Toyota Racing Anthony Davidson Sébastien Buemi Nicolas Lapierre Toyota TS040 Hybrid 167 Toyota 3.7 L V8 2 LMP1-H 7 Toyota Racing Alexander Wurz Stéphane Sarrazin Kazuki Nakajima Toyota TS040 Hybrid 166 Toyota 3.7 L V8 3 LMP1-H 20 Porsche Team Timo Bernhard Brendon Hartley Mark Webber Porsche 919 Hybrid 165 Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4 4 LMP1-L 12 Rebellion Racing Nicolas Prost Nick Heidfeld Mathias Beche Lola B12/60 159 Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8 5 LMP2 26 G-Drive Racing Roman Rusinov Olivier Pla Julien Canal Morgan LMP2 154 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 6 LMP2 47 KCMG Matthew Howson Richard Bradley Tsugio Matsuda Oreca 03 152 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 7 LMGTEPro 92 Porsche Team Manthey Marco Holzer Frédéric Makowiecki Richard Lietz Porsche 911 RSR 147 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 8 LMGTEPro 91 Porsche Team Manthey Patrick Pilet Jörg Bergmeister Nick Tandy Porsche 911 RSR 147 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 9 LMGTEPro 97 Aston Martin Racing Darren Turner Stefan Mücke Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE 147 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 10 LMGTEPro 51 AF Corse Gianmaria Bruni Toni Vilander Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 147 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 11 LMGTEPro 71 AF Corse Davide Rigon James Calado Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 146 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 12 LMGTEPro 52 Ram Racing Matt Griffin Álvaro Parente Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 146 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 13 LMP2 27 SMP Racing Sergey Zlobin Maurizio Mediani Nicolas Minassian Oreca 03 145 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 14 LMGTEPro 99 Aston Martin Racing Darryl O'Young Alex MacDowall Fernando Rees Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE 144 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 15 LMGTEAm 95 Aston Martin Racing David Heinemeier Hansson Kristian Poulsen Nicki Thiim Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE 144 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 16 LMGTEAm 98 Aston Martin Racing Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy Christoffer Nygaard Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE 144 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 17 LMGTEAm 81 AF Corse Stephen Wyatt Michele Rugolo Sam Bird Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 143 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 18 LMGTEAm 88 Proton Competition Christian Ried Klaus Bachler Khaled Al Qubaisi Porsche 911 RSR 142 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 19 LMGTEAm 53 Ram Racing Johnny Mowlem Ben Collins Mark Patterson Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 141 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 20 LMGTEAm 61 AF Corse Luís Pérez Companc Marco Cioci Mirko Venturi Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 141 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 DNF LMGTEAm 90 8 Star Motorsports Enzo Potolicchio Paolo Ruberti Gianluca Roda Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 118 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 DNF LMP1-H 2 Audi Sport Team Joest André Lotterer Marcel Fässler Benoît Tréluyer Audi R18 e-tron quattro 94 Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo V6(Diesel) DNF LMGTEAm 75 Prospeed Competition François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Emmanuel Collard Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 83 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DNF LMP2 37 SMP Racing Kirill Ladygin Anton Ladygin Viktor Shaitar Oreca 03 65 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 DNF LMP1-H 14 Porsche Team Marc Lieb Romain Dumas Neel Jani Porsche 919 Hybrid 30 Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4 DNF LMP1-L 13 Rebellion Racing Dominik Kraihamer Andrea Belicchi Fabio Leimer Lola B12/60 24 Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8 DNF LMP1-H 1 Audi Sport Team Joest Tom Kristensen Loïc Duval Lucas di Grassi Audi R18 e-tron quattro 24 Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo V6(Diesel)

See also 2014 4 Hours of Silverstone

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