2015 6 Hours of Silverstone

The 2015 6 Hours of Silverstone was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Silverstone Circuit near Silverstone, England on 10-12 April 2015. The event served as the opening round of the 2015 World Endurance Championship. The race was won by the No. 7 Audi R18 e-tron quattro entered by Audi Sport Team Joest.

Qualifying


Qualifying result

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.[1]

Pos Class Team Average Time Grid
1 LMP1 No. 17 Porsche Team 1:39.721 1
2 LMP1 No. 18 Porsche Team 1:40.340 2
3 LMP1 No. 8 Audi Sport Team Joest 1:40.352 3
4 LMP1 No. 1 Toyota Racing 1:40.382 4
5 LMP1 No. 7 Audi Sport Team Joest 1:41.153 5
6 LMP1 No. 2 Toyota Racing 1:41.694 6
7 LMP2 No. 28 G-Drive Racing 1:48.021 7
8 LMP2 No. 26 G-Drive Racing 1:48.083 8
9 LMP2 No. 47 KCMG 1:49.389 9
10 LMP2 No. 36 Signatech Alpine 1:49.498 10
11 LMP1 No. 4 Team ByKolles 1:50.622 11
12 LMP2 No. 30 Extreme Speed Motorsports 1:51.551 12
13 LMP2 No. 42 Strakka Racing 1:52.284 13
14 LMP2 No. 35 OAK Racing 1:53.457 14
15 LMP2 No. 31 Extreme Speed Motorsports 1:55.491 15
16 LMGTE Pro No. 95 Aston Martin Racing 1:59.970 16
17 LMGTE Pro No. 99 Aston Martin Racing V8 2:00.175 17
18 LMGTE Pro No. 97 Aston Martin Racing 2:00.333 18
19 LMGTE Pro No. 91 Porsche Team Manthey 2:00.651 19
20 LMGTE Pro No. 51 AF Corse 2:00.701 20
21 LMGTE Pro No. 92 Porsche Team Manthey 2:01.591 21
22 LMGTE Am No. 98 Aston Martin Racing 2:01.998 22
23 LMGTE Pro No. 71 AF Corse 2:02.156 23
24 LMGTE Am No. 50 Larbre Compétition 2:02.937 24
25 LMGTE Am No. 88 Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing 2:03.134 25
26 LMGTE Am No. 83 AF Corse 2:03.482 26
27 LMGTE Am No. 72 SMP Racing 2:04.114 27
28 LMGTE Am No. 96 Aston Martin Racing 2:05.050 28
29 LMGTE Am No. 77 Dempsey Racing-Proton 2:06.024 29

Race


Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of the overall winning car's race distance) was 141 laps. Class winners in bold.[2]

Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 LMP1 7 Germany Audi Sport Team Joest Germany André Lotterer
Switzerland Marcel Fässler
France Benoît Tréluyer
Audi R18 e-tron quattro M 201
Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6
2 LMP1 18 Germany Porsche Team Germany Marc Lieb
France Romain Dumas
Switzerland Neel Jani
Porsche 919 Hybrid M 201
Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
3 LMP1 1 Japan Toyota Racing United Kingdom Anthony Davidson
Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
Japan Kazuki Nakajima
Toyota TS040 Hybrid M 201
Toyota 3.7 L V8
4 LMP1 2 Japan Toyota Racing Austria Alexander Wurz
France Stéphane Sarrazin
United Kingdom Mike Conway
Toyota TS040 Hybrid M 200
Toyota 3.7 L V8
5 LMP1 8 Germany Audi Sport Team Joest France Loïc Duval
Brazil Lucas di Grassi
United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
Audi R18 e-tron quattro M 197
Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6
6 LMP2 26 Russia G-Drive Racing Russia Roman Rusinov
France Julien Canal
United Kingdom Sam Bird
Ligier JS P2 D 185
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
7 LMP2 28 Russia G-Drive Racing Colombia Gustavo Yacamán
Mexico Ricardo González
Brazil Pipo Derani
Ligier JS P2 D 184
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
8 LMP2 42 United Kingdom Strakka Racing United Kingdom Nick Leventis
United Kingdom Jonny Kane
United Kingdom Danny Watts
Strakka Dome S103 M 178
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
9 LMGTE
Pro
51 Italy AF Corse Italy Gianmaria Bruni
Finland Toni Vilander
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 172
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
10 LMGTE
Pro
91 Germany Porsche Team Manthey Austria Richard Lietz
Denmark Michael Christensen
Porsche 911 RSR M 172
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
11 LMGTE
Pro
71 Italy AF Corse Italy Davide Rigon
United Kingdom James Calado
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 172
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
12 LMGTE
Pro
95 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Denmark Christoffer Nygaard
Denmark Nicki Thiim
Denmark Marco Sørensen
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE M 171
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
13 LMGTE
Pro
97 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing United Kingdom Darren Turner
Germany Stefan Mücke
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE M 171
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
14 LMGTE
Pro
99 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing V8 Brazil Fernando Rees
United Kingdom Alex MacDowall
New Zealand Richie Stanaway
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE M 171
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
15 LMGTE
Pro
92 Germany Porsche Team Manthey France Patrick Pilet
France Frédéric Makowiecki
Porsche 911 RSR M 170
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
16 LMGTE
Am
98 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Canada Paul Dalla Lana
Portugal Pedro Lamy
Austria Mathias Lauda
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE M 168
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
17 LMGTE
Am
83 Italy AF Corse France François Perrodo
France Emmanuel Collard
Portugal Rui Águas
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 168
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
18 LMGTE
Am
72 Russia SMP Racing Russia Viktor Shaitar
Russia Aleksey Basov
Italy Andrea Bertolini
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 168
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
19 LMP2 47 Hong Kong KCMG United Kingdom Matthew Howson
United Kingdom Richard Bradley
United Kingdom Nick Tandy
Oreca 05 D 167
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
20 LMGTE
Am
96 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Germany Roald Goethe
United Kingdom Stuart Hall
Italy Francesco Castellacci
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE M 166
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
21 LMGTE
Am
88 Germany Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing Germany Christian Ried
Austria Klaus Bachler
United Arab Emirates Khalded Al Qubaisi
Porsche 911 RSR M 166
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
22 LMP2 35 France OAK Racing France Jacques Nicolet
France Jean-Marc Merlin
France Erik Maris
Ligier JS P2 D 165
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
23 LMGTE
Am
77 Germany Dempsey Racing-Proton United States Patrick Dempsey
United States Patrick Long
Germany Marco Seefried
Porsche 911 RSR M 165
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
24 LMP2 31 United States Extreme Speed Motorsports United States Ed Brown
Australia David Brabham
United States Jon Fogarty
HPD ARX-03b D 165
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
25 LMGTE
Am
50 France Larbre Compétition Italy Gianluca Roda
Italy Paolo Ruberti
Denmark Kristian Poulsen
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 160
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
DNF LMP1 4 Austria Team ByKolles Switzerland Simon Trummer
Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi
Austria Christian Klien
CLM P1/01 M 116
AER P60 Turbo V6
DNF LMP1 17 Germany Porsche Team Germany Timo Bernhard
New Zealand Brendon Hartley
Australia Mark Webber
Porsche 919 Hybrid M 44
Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
DNF LMP2 36 France Signatech Alpine France Nelson Panciatici
France Paul-Loup Chatin
France Vincent Capillaire
Alpine A450b D 20
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
EX LMP2 30 United States Extreme Speed Motorsports United States Scott Sharp
United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel
Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson
HPD ARX-03b D 183
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6

References

FIA World Endurance Championship
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6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps