Lopez Seizes Lead for No.7 Toyota; Porsche Back Front in LMGTE Pro
The Headlines from Silverstone After 4 Hours….
• José Maria Lopez takes control of 6 Hours of Silverstone after seizing lead from Kazuki Nakajima at Stowe Corner in fourth hour
• Nakajima emerged in front after pit stop but Lopez hunts down No.8 sister Toyota TS050 HYBRID and then stretches clear
• Earlier Fernando Alonso and Mike Conway engaged in entertaining fight and swapped lead before Safety Car deployed for debris due to debris on track
• No.1 Rebellion R13-Gibson driven by Neel Jani continues in a lonely third ahead of sister Rebellion driven by Thomas Laurent
• SMP Racing BR1-AER of Stephane Sarrazin runs fifth after recovering from early drive-through penalty for causing lap one, turn one accident
• Kevin Estre back in the lead in LMGTE Pro after making pit stop under earlier Safety Car.
• The No.92 Porsche 911 RSR leads No.51 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE of James Calado by 2.5 seconds
• Harry Tincknell in No.67 Ford GT sits third just 3.5 seconds behind Ferrari
• Problems for No.95 Aston Martin as Marco Sørensen pits with a gearbox issue and slips out of contention in fourth hour
• No.71 AF Corse Ferrari badly delayed after collision with No.17 SMP LMP1 car leads to extensive damage due to puncture
• In LMP2, No.37 Jackie Chan DC Racing ORECA back in lead but out of pit stop sequence to opposition after earlier tyre issue
• No.38 Jackie Chan DC Racing car driven by Gabriel Aubry enjoys clear ‘net lead’ but runs second behind sister car
• Signatech Alpine third after quiet race; TDS Racing drops back from the front group in class with a front suspension breakage
• Team Project 1 Porsche regains lead of LMGTE Am as Jörg Bergmeister holds off TF Sport Aston Martin as Charlie Eastwood takes his second stint at the wheel
• Dempsey Proton’s Porsche 911 runs in 3rd ahead of No.98 Aston Martin Vantage