The 6 Hours of Silverstone reached the halfway point with the no8 Toyota TS040 of Nicolas Lapierre leading the race by 53 seconds from the no7 TS040 of Kazuki Nakajima to head a Toyota 1-2. Brendon Hartley was a distant third in the no20 Porsche 919, two laps adrift of the two Toyota’s and two laps ahead of Benoit Treluyer in the no2 Audi R18. With the demise of the no14 Porsche and no1 Audi, these four factory cars are the remaining entries in the LMP1-H category.
The sole LMP1-L remaining runner is nr12 Rebellion Racing Lola-Toyota of Nick Heidfeld, the German just one lap behind the Audi.
In LMP2 the nr37 SMP Racing of Anton Ladygin went off at the exit of T9 and into retirement. This left two contenders in the LMP2 battle with the nr47 KCMG of Matthew Howson leading by a 71 second line over the no26 G Driver Racing Morgan of Roman Rusinov.
RACE FACTS –180 Minutes
14:55:43 #8 Toyota lead down to 44 seconds
14:51:43 Spin for #99 Aston of O'Young but continues
14:50:24 Nakajima in #7 Toyota gaining about one second a lap on the leader now 49 seconds behind #8 Toyota
14:48:01 Ferrari #90 has 20 second stop and go for 2nd offence of speeding in pit lane
14:46:58 Aston #95 takes lead in GTE Am from #81 Ferrari
14:44:57 G-Drive Morgan #26, problem with headlight
14:42:22 Porsche #92 of Holzer now leads GTE Pro after stop & go for #91 which now lies 2nd
14:40:29 Toyota #8 retains 1 lap lead over #7 Toyota
14:37:50 Ferrari #61 back out - Mirko Venturi at the wheel
14:36:49 Matt Howson into leading LMP2 #47 Oreca
14:35:36 Now raining harder again
14:35:04 Porsche #20 into pits - Hartley stays in
14:34:03 Ferrari #61 pushed into garage
14:32:41 Ferrari #61 has fire in pit lane
14:31:27 #97 Aston under investigation for overtaking under yellow flags
14:30:22 Porsche #91 GTE Pro leader has stop and go for overtaking under yellow flags
14:27:50 Spin for #53 Ferrari drops down to 6th in GTE Am
14:26:52 Leader #8 Toyota into pits - Lapierre stays in
14:26:03 Mark Patterson takes over #53 Ferrari which drops to 4th in GTE Am
14:23:51 Steve Wyatt takes over leading GTE Am Ferrari #81
14:22:29 Oreca #37 stopped at Copse
14:21:38 Jorg Bergmeister takes over leading GTE Pro Porsche #91 and Holzer takes over 2nd place #92
14:18:51 Ferrari #61 up to 3rd in GTE Am
14:13:53 Toyota #7 has scheduled stop after 28 lap stint and retains 2nd place
14:12:31 #51 Ferrari has stop and go penalty for overtaking under yellow flags
14:11:40 #90 Ferrari has 10 second stop and go penalty for speeding in pit lane
14:08:01 Some rain reported again
14:01:48 Porsches #91 and #92 back to 1-2 in GTE Pro class
14:00:35 Audi #2 is now over 3 laps behind the leading #8 Toyota
13:54:39 Sam Bird in #81 Ferrari takes lead in GTE Am from Ben Collins in #53 Ferrari
13:53:14 Audi #2 into pits - Treluyer takes over
13:51:28 Toyota #8 leads by 74 seconds from #8 Toyota
13:49:44 Lotterer now up to 4th in #2 Audi
13:48:12 Circuit now appears to be dry
13:47:28 Oreca #47 back into lead of LMP2 after 32 second slower stop for #26 Morgan
13:45:21 Porsche #14 retired due to drive train problems
13:44:08 Toyota's #7 and #8 in first two places after #20 Porsche pit stop
13:42:54 Porsche #91 leading GTE Pro, under investigation for overtaking under yellow
13:41:34 Morgan #26 retakes lead in LMP2
13:40:20 2nd place Porsche #20 into pits - Hartley into car
13:38:32 LeadIng KCMG #47 Oreca into pit
13:36:41 Toyota #8 retains lead after pitstop by 17 seconds
13:35:42 Ferrari #90 reported for speeding in pit lane
13:34:57 Toyota #8 into pit on lap 50 - Lapierre into car - fresh slick tyres
13:33:32 Porsche #14 has been retired
13:32:52 Heavier rain now reported again
13:32:23 Audi #2 and Toyota #7 both spin off - no visible contact
13:30:54 Aston #95 takes 3rd in GTE Am
