The key players in the LMGTE Pro and Am categories have remained much the same in the last 90 minutes of racing at the 6 Hours of Silverstone as they were at the half way point, with a slight change of order among the one-year-old Am cars.
With the rain continuing to hold off, thanks to a strong wind over the Silverstone Circuit, Porsche is still holding the upper hand in the LMGTE Pro class and the positions of the top three have not changed. The No.91 of Pilet-Bergmeister-Tandy is now 13 seconds ahead of the No.92 Porsche 911 RSR of Porsche Team Manthey, while third in class is the No.51 AF Corse Ferrari 458 of Bruni-Vilander. The top five GTE Pro cars are all on the same lap and victory in the category remains open depending on the weather conditions in the last quarter of the race.
In LMGTE Am it is the No.98 Aston Martin Vantage at the head of the class, Christoffer Nygaard now at the wheel of the V8-powered British car. The Dane is just 6 seconds ahead of its team mate in the Aston Martin Racing stable, the No.95, and well over a minute ahead of the No.81 AF Corse of Wyatt-Rugolo-Bird.
With more rain forecast in the next 30 minutes, the order at the finish is still unpredictable.
Full results can be found HERE
16:21:42 Porsche #20 pits - Webber stays in
16:20:37 Webber in #20 only 1s behind Sarrazin in #7 but Porsche due to stop in a couple of laps
16:16:30 Morgan #26 takes lead in LMP2 after #47 Oreca takes penalty
16:15:04 10 second stop and go penalty for #47 KCMG Oreca for speeding in pit lane
16:14:05 In GTE Am #98 Aston leads from #95 Aston by 1 minute 24 seconds with #81 Ferrari in 3rd
16:12:03 In GTE Pro #91 Porsche leads by 11 seconds from #92 Porsche and 19 seconds from #51 Ferrari in 3rd
16:10:32 Pit stop for 2nd place #7 Toyota - Sarrazin stays in
16:09:38 KCMG Oreca #47 still leads LMP2 by 2 seconds from #26 Morgan
16:05:52 Aston #97 has stop and go for overtaking under yellow flags
16:05:01 Webber reports #20 Porsche understeering badly in places
16:02:57 2 Hours to go in the race
15:58:33 Porsche #75 retired
15:49:58 #26 Morgan and #52 Ferrari being investigated for pit stops under safety car
15:47:52 Aston #98 leads GTE Am by 2 seconds from #95 Aston and by another 20 seconds from #81 Ferrari
15:45:46 #47 KCMG Oreca reported for speeding in the pit lane
15:44:53 In GTE Pro #91 Porsche still leads from #92 Porsche by 6s with Bruni in #51 a further 4s back
15:41:34 Only half a second between #47 KCMG Oreca and #26 Morgan in LMP2
15:36:23 3rd offence of speeding in pit lane for #90 Ferrari - another 20 second stop and go
15:34:59 Spin for #88 Porsche
15:32:34 Oreca #37 retired
15:31:36 Safety Car in this lap
15:30:48 Nico Prost into Lola #12 in 4th place
15:28:59 Flash fire for #51 Ferrari in pits
15:28:17 Porsche #20 into pits - Webber takes over
15:27:25 Toyota #8 leader into pits - Davidson takes over
15:25:31 Pit lane now open under SC
15:21:41 Ferrari #53 spins behind safety car
15:14:05 Audi #2 now retired
15:10:57 Safety Car
15:10:14 Safety car on standby
15:07:50 Rebellion Lola #12 moves into 4th place
15:05:25 Audi #2 of Treluyer hits barrier on entry to Copse
15:04:34 Pit stop for 2nd place #7 Toyota - Sarrazin into car
15:00:07 Aston #98 of Dalla Lana takes lead in GTE Am from #81 Ferrari of Wyatt
Fiona Miller
Photo: SILVERSTONE CIRCUIT (SILVERSTONE, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, UK), 6 HOURS OF SILVERSTONE, SUNDAY 20 APRIL 2014, RACE. Aston Martin Racing carry out a full pit stop.
