2014 6 Hours of Silverstone

Sports car endurance race held at Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire, England thumb|Map of the Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit 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. http://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/toyota-wins-rain-shortened-six-hours-of-silverstone/ Toyota Wins Rain Shortened Six Hours of Silverstone Sportscar 365 Dagys John 20 April 2014 21 April 2014 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.Achorn George WEC: Unfortunate Start of WEC Season after Strong Start for World Champion Team Audi Sport http://fourtitude.com/news/motorsports-test/wec-unfortunate-start-wec-season-strong-start-world-champion-team-audi-sport/ Audi Sport 3 May 2014 3 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140503122958/http://fourtitude.com/news/motorsports-test/wec-unfortunate-start-wec-season-strong-start-world-champion-team-audi-sport/ dead 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. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/113583 Silverstone WEC: Toyota starts 2014 with one-two; disaster for Audi Haymarket Press Autosport Watkins Gary 20 April 2014 21 April 2014 Qualifying results Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold. http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/Results/04_2014/01_SILVERSTONE/37_FIA%20WEC/201404191200_Qualifying%20Practice/03_Classification_QP_Qualifying%20Practice.PDF FIA WEC 6 Hours of Silverstone Qualifying Practice Final Classification Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile PDF 19 April 2014 21 April 2014 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. http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/Results/04_2014/01_SILVERSTONE/37_FIA%20WEC/201404201200_Race/Hour%206/05_Classification_Race_Hour%206.PDF FIA WEC 6 Hours of Silverstone Race Final Classification Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile PDF 20 April 2014 21 April 2014 Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Engine 1 LMP1-H 8 JPN Toyota Racing GBR Anthony DavidsonSUI Sébastien BuemiFRA Nicolas Lapierre Toyota TS040 Hybrid Michelin 167 Toyota 3.7 L V8 2 LMP1-H 7 JPN Toyota Racing AUT Alexander WurzFRA Stéphane SarrazinJPN Kazuki Nakajima Toyota TS040 Hybrid Michelin 166 Toyota 3.7 L V8 3 LMP1-H 20 DEU Porsche Team DEU Timo BernhardNZL Brendon HartleyAUS Mark Webber Porsche 919 Hybrid Michelin 165 Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4 4 LMP1-L 12 SUI Rebellion Racing FRA Nicolas ProstDEU Nick HeidfeldSUI Mathias Beche Lola B12/60 Michelin 159 Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8 5 LMP2 26 RUS G-Drive Racing RUS Roman RusinovFRA Olivier PlaFRA Julien Canal Morgan LMP2 Dunlop 154 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 6 LMP2 47 HKG KCMG GBR Matthew HowsonGBR Richard BradleyJPN Tsugio Matsuda Oreca 03 Dunlop 152 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 7 LMGTEPro 92 DEU Porsche Team Manthey DEU Marco HolzerFRA Frédéric MakowieckiAUT Richard Lietz Porsche 911 RSR Michelin 147 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 8 LMGTEPro 91 DEU Porsche Team Manthey FRA Patrick PiletDEU Jörg BergmeisterGBR Nick Tandy Porsche 911 RSR Michelin 147 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 9 LMGTEPro 97 GBR Aston Martin Racing GBR Darren TurnerDEU Stefan Mücke Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE Michelin 147 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 10 LMGTEPro 51 ITA AF Corse ITA Gianmaria BruniFIN Toni Vilander Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Michelin 147 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 11 LMGTEPro 71 ITA AF Corse ITA Davide RigonGBR James Calado Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Michelin 146 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 12 LMGTEPro 52 GBR Ram Racing IRL Matt GriffinPRT Álvaro Parente Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Michelin 146 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 13 LMP2 27 RUS SMP Racing RUS Sergey ZlobinITA Maurizio MedianiFRA Nicolas Minassian Oreca 03 Michelin 145 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 14 LMGTEPro 99 GBR Aston Martin Racing HKG Darryl O'YoungGBR Alex MacDowallBRA Fernando Rees Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE Michelin 144 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 15 LMGTEAm 95 GBR Aston Martin Racing DEN David Heinemeier HanssonDEN Kristian PoulsenDEN Nicki Thiim Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE Michelin 144 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 16 LMGTEAm 98 GBR Aston Martin Racing CAN Paul Dalla LanaPRT Pedro LamyDEN Christoffer Nygaard Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE Michelin 144 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 17 LMGTEAm 81 ITA AF Corse AUS Stephen WyattITA Michele RugoloGBR Sam Bird Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Michelin 143 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 18 LMGTEAm 88 DEU Proton Competition DEU Christian RiedAUT Klaus BachlerUAE Khaled Al Qubaisi Porsche 911 RSR Michelin 142 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 19 LMGTEAm 53 GBR Ram Racing GBR Johnny MowlemGBR Ben CollinsUSA Mark Patterson Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Michelin 141 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 20 LMGTEAm 61 ITA AF Corse ARG Luís Pérez CompancITA Marco CiociITA Mirko Venturi Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Michelin 141 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 DNF LMGTEAm 90 USA 8 Star Motorsports VEN Enzo PotolicchioITA Paolo RubertiITA Gianluca Roda Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Michelin 118 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 DNF LMP1-H 2 DEU Audi Sport Team Joest DEU André LottererSUI Marcel FässlerFRA Benoît Tréluyer Audi R18 e-tron quattro Michelin 94 Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo V6(Diesel) DNF LMGTEAm 75 BEL Prospeed Competition FRA François PerrodoFRA Matthieu VaxivièreFRA Emmanuel Collard Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 83 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DNF LMP2 37 RUS SMP Racing RUS Kirill LadyginRUS Anton LadyginRUS Viktor Shaitar Oreca 03 Michelin 65 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 DNF LMP1-H 14 DEU Porsche Team DEU Marc LiebFRA Romain DumasSUI Neel Jani Porsche 919 Hybrid Michelin 30 Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4 DNF LMP1-L 13 SUI Rebellion Racing AUT Dominik KraihamerITA Andrea BelicchiSUI Fabio Leimer Lola B12/60 Michelin 24 Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8 DNF LMP1-H 1 DEU Audi Sport Team Joest DEN Tom KristensenFRA Loïc DuvalBRA Lucas di Grassi Audi R18 e-tron quattro Michelin 24 Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo V6(Diesel) See also 2014 4 Hours of Silverstone References 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship None 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Silverstone Silverstone Category:6 Hours of Silverstone Category:RAC Tourist Trophy