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.

Qualifying

Qualifying Results Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold. Class Team Average Time 1 LMP1 No. 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:36.895 − 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, 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 The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of the overall winning car's race distance) was 135 laps. Class winners in bold.

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

Standings after the race

2018–2019 LMP World Endurance Drivers' Championship +/– DriverPoints 1 Fernando Alonso Kazuki Nakajima Sébastien Buemi 65 2 1 Thomas Laurent Gustavo Menezes Mathias Beche 63 3 1 Kamui Kobayashi Mike Conway José María López 46 4 1 Neel Jani André Lotterer 36 5 1 Nicolas Lapierre André Negrão Pierre Thiriet 29

2018–2019 LMP1 World Endurance Championship +/– Team Points 1 Toyota Gazoo Racing 66 2 Rebellion Racing 63 3 1 SMP Racing 25 4 1 ByKolles Racing Team 12 5 CEFC TRSM Racing 1 6 DragonSpeed 0.5

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

2018–2019 World Endurance GTE Drivers' Championship +/– DriverPoints 1 Michael Christensen Kévin Estre 71 2 Stefan Mücke Olivier Pla 57 3 1 Billy Johnson 48 4 4 James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi 43.5 5 2 Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz 40

2018–2019 World Endurance GTE Manufacturers' Championship +/– Constructor Points 1 Porsche 117 2 Ford 90 3 Ferrari 71 4 Aston Martin 46 5 BMW 27

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

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