David Tunnicliffe
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Audi take impressive victory at Silverstone
The #7 Audi R18 of André Lotterer, Benoit Tréyuler and Marcel Fässler took the overall victory after an incident-packed 6 Hours of Silverstone. The pole-sitting car didn’t have everything its own way, however, and benefitted from a number of issues affecting the Porsches, including a massive accident for Brendon Hartley in the #1 919 Hybrid two hours…
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Audi lead at the halfway stage
The pole-sitting #7 Audi R18 of André Lotterer, Benoit Tréyuler and Marcel Fässler leads after three hours of the 6 Hours of Silverstone, but that only tells part of the story in an incident-packed race. The erstwhile leader, the #1 Porsche of Hartley/Webber/Bernhard, is out of the race after a serious incident with the #86…
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Webber hoping for dry race
Audi Sport Team Joest sprang a surprise in Saturday’s qualifying for Sunday’s 6 Hours of Silverstone, locking out the front row with its pair of R18s. Despite showing impressive pace in free practice, Porsche had to settle for the second row of the grid. Mark Webber feels that the weather conditions played their part. “The…
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FP2 another story of Porsche domination
The second free practice session at this weekend’s 6 Hours of Silverstone was another story of Porsche domination, with the defending champions Mark Webber and Brendon Hartley setting the fastest times of the session in the #1 Porsche 919 Hybrid. New Zealander Brendon Hartley was the fastest man of the weekend so far in the #1…
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Porsche lead the way in FP1
Porsche Team look to be continuing their 2015 form with a dominating performance in Friday’s First Practice session. The German marque took the top two spots on the timesheets, with Timo Bernhard recording the quickest time of 1:42.182. Elsewhere, G-Drive Racing topped the LMP2 times, while the AF Corse Ferraris were the cream of the…
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6 Hours of Silverstone 2016: Resources Page
Circuit Name: Silverstone Circuit Opened: 1947 Country: Great Britain Venue: Permanent Race Track Length: 5.109km Corners: 18 Timetable Date Session Time (local) Time (CEST) Friday 15th April Free Practice 1 12:15 – 13:45 13:15 – 14:45 Friday 15th April Free Practice 2 16:30 – 18:00 17:30 – 19:00 Saturday 16th April Free Practice 3 9:00 –…
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6 Hours of Silverstone: LMP Preview
The 6 Hours of Silverstone this weekend marks the on-track competitive debuts for many of the LMP1 and LMP2 competitors. Last year’s curtain-raiser saw astonishing on-track battles between the LMP1 competitors and set the tone for the remainder of the season. Have the works teams made similar progress for 2016? It’s all change in LMP2,…
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6 Hours of Silverstone: GTE Preview
The 2016 World Endurance Championship kicks off this weekend with the Six Hours of Silverstone, the traditional curtain-raiser for the international sportscar championship. WEC-Magazin takes a look at the runners and riders in the two GTE classes. GTE Pro With all eyes on June’s 24 Hours of Le Mans, the first two races of the…
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ACO looking into new LMP1 privateer rules
There is little doubt that the World Endurance Championship has been nothing other than a huge success since its inception in 2012. However, one problem child remains: the privateer LMP1 class. Now, the ACO is looking into measures to accelerate the much-maligned sub-class in an attempt to bring privateer teams on a par with the…