Day: August 31, 2019

Weather playing a big part at Silverstone

Jens Jensen

The weather gods were out to play, when this season’s fourth round of the European Le Mans Series was run at Silverstone in England. DragonSpeed #21 had taken Pole Position, with Henrik Hedman, Ben Hanley and James Allen, followed by United Autosports #22 with Phil Hanson and Filipe Albuquerque, and IDEC Sport #28 with Paul Loup Chatin, Paul Lafargue and Memo Rojas. M Racing #19 with Yann Ehrlacher, Lucas Legeret and Laurent Millara had taken Pole Position in LMP3, ahead of Ultimate #17 with Matthieu Lahaye, Jean-Baptiste Lahaye and Francois…

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The fastest laptimes of the weekend in the WEC qualifying

Jens Jensen

The qualifying to the FIA World Endurance Championship 4-hour race at Silverstone was run on Saturday midday, right after European Le Mans Series’ qualifying. First, it was the GTE cars on the track, and it didn’t take long before Gulf Racing Porsche #86 took out one of the bollards in the Maggotts/Becketts section. After the first flying lap, it was an AF Corse 1-2 in GTE Pro with just 0,006 second between them, while AF Corse #83 was the quickest in GTE Am, ahead of Aston Martin Racing #98. Gianmaria…

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Close qualifying for ELMS

Jens Jensen

The qualifying for European Le Mans Series race at Silverstone was a close affair. Firstly, the GTE cars got a ten-minute session. The special thing about Silverstone is that the ELMS cars are in the old pitlane, while the qualifying exit was from the new pitlane. It meant that the drivers only had half a lap before they were on a new flying lap. Proton Competition #88 was the fastest car, after all the drivers had set their first laptimes. Nicklas Nielsen got the honour to drive the Luzich Racing…

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Action-packed FP3 in Silverstone

Jens Jensen

It was an action-packed FP3 for FIA World Endurance Championship, in the season opener at Silverstone. The air- and track temperature were colder today, which meant quicker laptimes for all the classes except for LMP1. But it also meant that people pushed extra hard, which resulted in a whole lot of spins in all the categories. But luckily, there was no interruption. Toyota Gazoo Racing #8 with Kazuki Nakajima, Sebastien Buemi and Brendon Hartley was the fastest, ahead of Rebellion Racing #3 with Pipo Derani, Loic Duval and Nathanael Berthon,…

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