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Hour One action from the 6 Hours of Silverstone

Hour One action from the 6 Hours of Silverstone
17/04/2016

The Headlines after 1 Hour…

  •         Andre Lotterer leads in No.7 Audi R18 from pole position
  •        Mark Webber in No.1 Porsche 919 Hybrid hunts down Lotterer and takes lead with daring manoeuvre at Abbey         corner after 28mins
  •        Oliver Jarvis in No.8 Audi R18 and Romain Dumas engage in battle for third position. The two almost touch on          the Wellington Straight
  •        LMP2 sees Pipo Derani in No.31 ESM Ligier takes lead on opening lap and pulls out advantage
  •        Derani hands over to Cumming after 38mins and Roman Rusinov in G-Drive ORECA takes over lead but is              overtaken by Bruno Senna in RGR Sports by Morand Ligier-Nissan.
  •        Cumming suffers major spin at Brooklands complex after 50 minutes
  •        Rusinov re-takes lead after first round of pit stops
  •        ByKolles CLM P1/01 leads privateer LMP1 class but caught by No.13 Rebellion Racing car of Alexandre                    Imperatori
  •        LMGTE Pro class led by Davide Rigon in Ferrari 488 GTE. Bird takes over cockpit at first pit stop. The No.71              Ferrari leads Stefan Mucke’s No.66 Ford GT.
  •        No.88 Abu-Dhabi Proton Racing in charge of LMGTE Pro as Klaus Bachler opens up gap to second placed No.83        AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia of Rui Aguas.

13:00:52 Fords #66 & #67 in 2nd & 3rd in GTE Pro after pit stops

12:56:31 Stop & Go penalty for Aston #97 for track limits violation

12:53:29 Alpine #35 reported for pit stop infringement

12:52:59 Strakka Gibson #42 takes 3rd in P2 after spin for #31 ESM of Cumming

12:49:39 G-Drive Oreca #26 leads P2 after stops

12:48:27 Rebellion #13 now leads P1 Privateer class

12:47:20 Leader Webber in #1 into pits on lap 27 - Hartley in

12:46:11 Both Toyotas into pits 

12:45:01 Porsche #2 of Dumas into pits on lap 26

12:42:41 Lotterer in Audi #7 into pits

12:42:20 Jarvis in Audi #8 pits

12:38:41 RGR Ligier #43 now leads P2

12:38:04 P2 leader Derani in #31 pits - Cumming gets in

12:32:14 SMP BR #27 rejoins

12:27:34 Webber takes the lead on lap 16 from Lotterer

12:25:04 CLM #4 leads P1 Privateer class in 7th overall

12:24:03 Fastest lap by Webber is 0.527 secs better than 2015 fastest lap (1:40.836 by Lotterer)

12:21:06 SMP BR #27 into pit garage

12:20:15 RGR Ligier #43 takes 2nd in P2 from #26 G-Drive Oreca

12:18:09 Ferrari #51 serves 3 minute penalty

12:13:58 Lotterer leads by 5.5 secs after 8 laps

12:12:29 Ferrari #51 has to serve 3 minute penalty for engine change after qualifying

12:10:50 Webber takes 2nd place from Jarvis only 6

12:07:11 Fastest lap for Webber in #1 on lap 3 1:40.309

12:05:13 Bachler in #88 Porsche leads GTE Am

12:04:26 Rigon in Ferrari #71 leads GTE Pro

12:03:41 Derani in #31 ESM leads P2

12:03:02 All cars safely complete lap 1

12:01:55 Lotterer in Audi #7 leads at end of lap 112:59:45Green Flag

11:56:33 Conway & Buemi start the Toyotas

11:56:02 Webber & Dumas start in the Porsches12:55:24Lotterer & Jarvis start in the Audis

11:54:03 Track temp 6.7C - Air Temp 7.8C

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