20.04.2016 - 11h08

What the drivers said after 6 Hours of Silverstone

Porsche Team (No.1 and No.2 Porsche 919 Hybrid, LMP1)

Brendon Hartley : Then I wanted to get passed a GT car on the outside, which is quite normal through corner two, but the driver didn’t see me and used all the road.
Mark Webber : In the beginning the Audi was really strong, but then I was able to catch up, get passed and create a gap.

Romain Dumas : During my first stint after the race start I touched a GT car and damaged the front aero. Afterwards the car was pretty understeery until the nose was changed.
Neel Jani : After my pit stop I was a lot luckier with traffic and, although we still had the damaged front wing on the car, I was able to go at the same speed as the leading car.

Marc Lieb : Race preparation wasn’t easy because of the weather conditions we had. Nevertheless we did a solid job in the race.

http://www.porsche.com/international/motorsportandevents/motorsport/worksracing/raceseries/fiawec/

Toyota Gazoo Racing (No.5 and No.6 Toyota TS050-Hybrid, LMP1)

Anthony Davidson : It was nice to see the other car score a podium and I am really happy for the guys in the team.

Sébastien Buemi : It is a bit unfortunate what happened to our car as we lost all chance of finishing on the podium due to the puncture.

Kazuki Nakajima : Many thanks to the mechanics who managed to fix the car and allow us to score some points which could be important for the championship.

Stéphane Sarrazin : It is not a win but it is a good podium for the team. The TS050 is a really nice car and there is big potential in it.

Mike Conway: Our speed generally on one lap was quite strong but we still need to work on the pace over a whole stint to get closer to the others.

Kamui Kobayashi : We need to continually improve how we are using the car to get more out of it so we can fight more closely with the others.

http://www.toyotahybridracing.com/

Audi Sport Team Joest (No.7 and No.8 Audi R18, LMP1)

Marcel Fässler* : A huge ‘thank you’ goes to our trackside squad, as well as to our employees in Neuburg and Neckarsulm.

André Lotterer* : I’m happy that our car was running so impeccably.

Benoît Tréluyer* : For us, this was the best way to open a season as you can imagine.

Lucas Di Grassi : We’d have liked to contribute to the result as well, but unfortunately suffered a failure of our car’s hybrid system.

Loïc Duval : Thank you’ to Audi Sport for a car that we took a position on the front row with.

Oliver Jarvis : Now we’d like to show what we’re capable of from the second race on.

http://www.joest-racing.de/

ByKolles Racing Team (No.4 CLM P1/01-AER, LMP1)

James Rossiter : The partnership with Dunlop is new, just like several parts of the car. It offers a lot of potential which we will have to leverage.

Simon Trummer : We know much better now which tyre compounds work in the different conditions. I am looking forward to the race at Spa-Francorchamps in May!

Oliver Webb : My home race at Silverstone was great fun. The fans were fantastic as was the atmosphere on race day !

http://www.bykolles.com/

Strakka Racing (No.42 Gibson 015S-Nissan, LMP2)

Jonny Kane : This car suits Silverstone and we found a good balance that works through the tyre life cycle.

Nick Leventis : I’m looking forward to continuing the momentum at Spa in three weeks’ time.

http://www.strakkaracing.com/wp/

Manor (No.45 Oreca 05-Nissan, LMP2)

Roberto Merhi : I had a good start and made up two or three positions, it was a really fun part of the race.

Matt Rao : P6 behind such experienced team is a good result for us considering the car was only shaken down a few days ago.

Richard Bradley : We knew the first race was going to be tough, but we came through with no problems

http://www.manorwec.com/news.html

Aston Martin Racing (No.95 Aston Martin Vantage, GTE Pro / No.98 Aston Martin V8 Vantage, GTE Am)

Darren Turner : The car ran perfectly and I’m both happy and encouraged by the performance of our new Dunlop tyres.

Marco Sorensen : I’m already looking forward to Spa and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Mathias Lauda : We had a tough qualifying but I knew that Pedro, Paul and I would be really strong as a team.

http://www.astonmartin.com/racing

Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK (No. 66 and No.67 Ford GT, GTE Pro)

Stefan Mücke : It’s always exciting to start the first race of a new season and to take the start in the Ford GT was a special moment.

Andy Priaulx : The car ran faultlessly and I was able to get into a good rhythm straight away.

Harry Tincknell : I really enjoyed it and I’m happy with fourth, although a podium would have been nice.

http://www.chipganassiracing.com/

Dempsey-Proton Racing (No.77 Porsche 911 RSR (2016), GTE Pro)

Richard Lietz : This is not how we expected the start in the new season.

Michael Christensen : I’m sure that we will do a lot better already in Spa.

http://www.proton-competition.com/

KCMG (No.78 Porsche 911 RSR, GTE Am)

Joël Camathias : It’s frustrating to see the podium going at the very end, when we had been running second or third during the whole race, but this is racing.

Christian Ried : And if we then don’t run into problems and maybe have a bit of luck, successes will come.

Wolf Henzler : We all would have hoped for a more successful season kick-off.

http://www.proton-competition.com/