The 2017 6 Hours of Silverstone was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire, England on 14–16 April 2017. Silverstone served as the opening round of the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship, and was the sixth running of the event as part of the championship. The event was won by the #8 Toyota Gazoo Racing TS050 Hybrid

Qualifying

Qualifying results Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Class Team Average Time 1 LMP1 No. 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:37.304— 1 2 LMP1 No. 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:37.593 +0.289 2 3 LMP1 No. 1 Porsche LMP Team 1:38.615 +1.311 3 4 LMP1 No. 2 Porsche LMP Team 1:39.063 +1.759 4 5 LMP2 No. 26 G-Drive Racing 1:44.387 +7.083 5 6 LMP2 No. 36 Signatech Alpine Matmut 1:44.433 +7.129 6 7 LMP2 No. 38 Jackie Chan DC Racing 1:44.591 +7.287 7 8 LMP2 No. 31 Vaillante Rebellion 1:45.194 +7.890 8 9 LMP1 No. 4 ByKolles Racing Team 1:45.235 +7.931 9 10 LMP2 No. 13 Vaillante Rebellion 1:45.323 +8.019 10 11 LMP2 No. 24 CEFC Manor TRS Racing 1:46.102 +8.798 11 12 LMP2 No. 28 TDS Racing 1:46.183 +8.879 12 13 LMP2 No. 25 CEFC Manor TRS Racing 1:46.494 +9.190 13 14 LMP2 No. 37 Jackie Chan DC Racing 1:47.250 +9.946 14 15 LMGTE Pro No. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK 1:56.202 +18.898 15 16 LMGTE Pro No. 71 AF Corse 1:57.011 +19.707 16 17 LMGTE Pro No. 95 Aston Martin Racing 1:57.117 +19.813 17 18 LMGTE Pro No. 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK 1:57.269 +19.965 18 19 LMGTE Pro No. 97 Aston Martin Racing 1:57.414 +20.110 19 20 LMGTE Pro No. 51 AF Corse 1:57.466 +20.162 20 21 LMGTE Pro No. 91 Porsche GT Team 1:58.003 +20.699 21 22 LMGTE Pro No. 92 Porsche GT Team 1:58.066 +20.762 22 23 LMGTE Am No. 98 Aston Martin Racing 1:59.562 +22.258 23 24 LMGTE Am No. 54 Spirit of Race 2:00.608 +23.304 24 25 LMGTE Am No. 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing 2:01.347 +24.043 25 26 LMGTE Am No. 61 Clearwater Racing 2:01.621 +24.317 26 27 LMGTE Am No. 86 Gulf Racing 2:01.925 +24.621 27

Race

Race result The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of the overall winning car's race distance) was 138 laps. Class winners in bold.

Class Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Time/Retired Engine 1 LMP1 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Anthony Davidson Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Toyota TS050 Hybrid 197 06:00:33.211 Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6 2 LMP1 2 Porsche LMP Team Timo Bernhard Earl Bamber Brendon Hartley Porsche 919 Hybrid 197 +6.173 Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4 3 LMP1 1 Porsche LMP Team Neel Jani Nick Tandy André Lotterer Porsche 919 Hybrid 197 +46.956 Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4 4 LMP2 38 Jackie Chan DC Racing Ho-Pin Tung Oliver Jarvis Thomas Laurent Oreca 07 184 +13 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 5 LMP2 31 Vaillante Rebellion Julien Canal Nicolas Prost Bruno Senna Oreca 07 184 +13 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 6 LMP2 28 TDS Racing François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxiviere Emmanuel Collard Oreca 07 184 +13 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 7 LMP2 36 Signatech Alpine Matmut Nicolas Lapierre Gustavo Menezes Matt Rao Alpine A470 183 +14 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 8 LMP2 26 G-Drive Racing Roman Rusinov Pierre Thiriet Alex Lynn Oreca 07 183 +14 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 9 LMP2 24 CEFC Manor TRS Racing Tor Graves Jonathan Hirschi Jean-Éric Vergne Oreca 07 183 +14 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 10 LMP2 25 CEFC Manor TRS Racing Roberto González Simon Trummer Vitaly Petrov Oreca 07 182 +15 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 11 LMP2 37 Jackie Chan DC Racing David Cheng Alex Brundle Tristan Gommendy Oreca 07 182 +15 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 12 LMP2 13 Vaillante Rebellion Mathias Beche David Heinemeier Hansson Nelson Piquet Jr. Oreca 07 172 +25 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 13 LMGTEPro 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Andy Priaulx Harry Tincknell Pipo Derani Ford GT 171 +26 Laps Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 14 LMGTEPro 51 AF Corse James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi Ferrari 488 GTE 171 +26 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 15 LMGTEPro 91 Porsche GT Team Richard Lietz Frédéric Makowiecki Porsche 911 RSR 171 +26 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 16 LMGTEPro 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Stefan Mücke Olivier Pla Billy Johnson Ford GT 171 +26 Laps Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 17 LMGTEPro 71 AF Corse Davide Rigon Sam Bird Ferrari 488 GTE 170 +27 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 18 LMGTEPro 95 Aston Martin Racing Nicki Thiim Marco Sørensen Richie Stanaway Aston Martin Vantage GTE 170 +27 Laps Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 19 LMGTEPro 97 Aston Martin Racing Darren Turner Jonathan Adam Daniel Serra Aston Martin Vantage GTE 168 +29 Laps Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 20 LMGTEAm 61 Clearwater Racing Weng Sun Mok Keita Sawa Matt Griffin Ferrari 488 GTE 166 +31 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 21 LMGTEAm 98 Aston Martin Racing Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda Aston Martin Vantage GTE 166 +31 Laps Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 22 LMGTEAm 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Christian Ried Matteo Cairoli Marvin Dienst Porsche 911 RSR 166 +31 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 23 LMP1 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López Toyota TS050 Hybrid 159 +38 Laps Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6 24 LMGTEAm 86 Gulf Racing Michael Wainwright Ben Barker Nick Foster Porsche 911 RSR 143 +54 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DNF LMGTEAm 54 Spirit of Race Thomas Flohr Francesco Castellacci Miguel Molina Ferrari 488 GTE 165 Spun Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 DNF LMP1 4 ByKolles Racing Team Oliver Webb Dominik Kraihamer James Rossiter ENSO CLM P1/01 155 Collision Nismo VRX30A 3.0 L Turbo V6 DNF LMGTEPro 92 Porsche GT Team Michael Christensen Kévin Estre Porsche 911 RSR 95 Fire Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6

Standings after the race

2017 LMP FIA World Endurance Drivers Championship standings +/– DriverPoints 1 Anthony Davidson Kazuki Nakajima Sébastien Buemi 25 2 Brendon Hartley Earl Bamber Timo Bernhard 18 3 André Lotterer Neel Jani Nick Tandy 15 4 Ho-Pin Tung Oliver Jarvis Thomas Laurent 12 5 Bruno Senna Julien Canal Nicolas Prost 10

2017 LMP1 FIA World Endurance Manufacturers Championship standings +/– Constructor Points 1 Porsche 33 2 Toyota 26.5

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

2017 GT FIA World Endurance Drivers Championship standings +/– DriverPoints 1 Andy Priaulx Harry Tincknell Pipo Derani 26 2 Alessandro Pier Guidi James Calado 18 3 Frédéric Makowiecki Richard Lietz 15 4 Billy Johnson Olivier Pla Stefan Mücke 12 5 Davide Rigon Sam Bird 10

2017 GT FIA World Endurance Manufacturers Championship standings +/– Constructor Points 1 Ford 38 2 Ferrari 28 3 Porsche 16 4 Aston Martin 14

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

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