6 Hrs Silverstone: LMP1 post race news round up
Toyota Racing
TOYOTA Racing made the perfect start to the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship season with a one-two finish from pole position in the Six Hours of Silverstone.
The 1000PS, four-wheel-drive TS040 HYBRID won its very first race in convincing fashion thanks to the #8 of Anthony Davidson, Nicolas Lapierre and Sébastien Buemi who take an early lead in the eight-race World Championship. The #7 of Alex Wurz, Stéphane Sarrazin and Kazuki Nakajima completed TOYOTA Racing’s first-ever one-two finish, with a fine second place despite changing weather.
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Porsche Team
The eagerly awaited race debut of the innovative Porsche 919 Hybrid in the World Endurance Championship (WEC) was a success. The highly complex Le Mans Prototype took a podium at its first attempt in the action packed six hour race at Silverstone (Great Britain).
Timo Bernhard (DE), Brendon Hartley (NZ) and Mark Webber (AU) came third in the Porsche 919 Hybrid after 165 laps on the 5.891 kilometre long track. The race was red flagged because of heavy rain 24 minutes before the planned six hours were completed. Webber brought the car home behind the safety car. The sister car of Romain Dumas (FR), Neel Jani (CH) and Marc Lieb (DE) had to retire after 1 hour 15 minutes because of a technical problem. The overall victory went to Toyota drivers Sébastien Buemi (CH), Anthony Davidson (GB) and Nicolas Lapierre (FR).
For more information including quotes from key members of the Porsche Team, CLICK HERE.
Audi Sport Team Joest
For Audi, the season opener of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) at Silverstone began with good performances, but the race ended in disappointment. Both Audi R18 e-tron quattro cars retired due to accidents in which the drivers sustained no injuries.
The World Champions had started strongly. At the beginning of the new sports car era which is governed by efficiency regulations, Audi proved its technological expertise in the battle against two challengers. World Champions Tom Kristensen (DK) and Loïc Duval (F), sharing car #1 with Lucas di Grassi (BR), managed setting the fastest single lap in qualifying on Saturday. A day later André Lotterer (D), on posting the fastest race lap, showed that the diesel hybrid sports car from Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm is fast across a single lap despite a restrictive rating.
For more information and team quotes, CLICK HERE
Rebellion Racing
For the first round of the 2014 World Endurance Championship, Nicolas Prost, Nick Heidfeld and Mathias Beche with the Lola-Toyota #12 car secured fouth place overall at the 6 Hours of Silverstone, and first place of the LM P1-L category, scoring maximum points for the REBELLION Racing team in the championship.
Starting from eighth position on the grid, just behind the sister car #13, Nick Heidfeld drove fantastically well. For more than three hours and thirty minutes Nick avoided every trap of the British race track, showers, greasy corners, traffic …driving safely and quickly stint after stint supported his pit team and his Michelin tyres.
The full Rebellion Racing press release and team information can be found HERE
