The typical English spring weather continued as the sun came out to bathe the Silverstone track in sunlight. The nr1 Audi R18 of Andre Lotterer ended the fourth hour of the race in the same position the German began it, leading the race by 8.1 seconds ahead of the nr2 Audi R18 e-tron of Tom Kristensen.
The two Toyotas were in third and fourth places with the nr8 TS030 of Sebastien Buemi holding the final podium position one lap behind the leader. Alex Wurz was back behind the wheel of the nr7 Toyota 42 seconds adrift of Buemi.
The LMP1 Privateer leader was still Nicolas Prost in the nr12 Rebellion Racing Lola-Toyota, two laps ahead of the nr13 sister car which still had Frankie Cheng on driving duties.
The LMP2 lead also ended as it began an hour earlier with the nr25 Delta ADR Oreca of John Martin leading the field ahead of the nr24 Oak Racing Morgan-Nissan of Alex Brundle, who briefly led the race when the lad car pitted for fuel and tyres.
LMGTE classes settle into a rhythm
At the end of the fourth hour of the 6 Hours of Silverstone the sun is once again shining on the British Grand Prix track, and the strong breeze seems to have blown away the rain clouds.
Aston Martin Racing retains its grasp on the lead of both the LMGTE Pro and Am categories and the order has remained much the same as in the previous hour. The No.51 AF Corse Ferrari of Bruni and Fisichella is the only car which seems to have had any major issues, a wrong tyre choice - according to the team - necessitating an additional pit stop which dropped it down the order.
Christian Nygaard, who continues in the No.95 Aston Martin in the LMGTE Am category, has now extended his lead to almost two laps over the No.81 8Star Motorsports Ferrari. The Larbre Corvette C6-ZR1 has overcome its early-race delay (caused by an early pit stop) and is now third in class.
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HOUR 4 RACE FACTS
• 15:59:14In GTE Pro Aston 97 leads by a minute and in GTE Am 95 Aston leads by over a lap
• 15:57:55New fastest lap by Tom Kristensen of 1.43.695 on lap 128
• 15:57:07In LMP1 Lotterer now leads by 15 secs,in LMP2 #25 Oreca leads by 26 secs
• 15:55:25#25 Oreca now leads #24 Morgan in LMP2 by 55 secs
• 15:50:433rd and 4th place Toyota's now lapping together but a lap apart -Buemi in #8 ahead of Wurz in #7
• 15:45:47Andre Lotterer now has a 14 second lead over Tom Kristensen
• 15:41:12#50 Corvette driver Patrick Bornhauser to report to race control
• 15:39:54Leading #1 Audi of Lotterer into pits for routine stop and maintains lead
• 15:38:58#47 KCMG Morgan has small rear end fire in pit but quickly extinguished
• 15:38:082nd place Audi into pits for routine stop
• 15:28:05Lap 111 - fastest lap of race by Andre Lotterer in Audi 1 with 1.43.698 - new sports car lap record
• 15:26:23#26 now back in race after rear bodywork replaced now 7 laps down on LMP2 leader
• 15:22:172 leading Audi's now within half a second of each other after full course yellow
• 15:20:23Track back to green
• 15:18:12Full course yellow to collect debris after #26 and #81 accident
• 15:14:49#7 Toyota of Lapierre into pit lane now 1.5 laps down on leader
• 15:12:34#32 Lotus has small fire in pit lane but rejoins
• 15:10:44#26 and #81 reported having contact causing the debris (part of #26 Delta Oreca)
• 15:08:37Debris reported on track at pit exit
• 15:04:03At half distance the leading Audi has completed 99 laps
• 15:00:10In GTE Pro #97 Aston still leads and in GTE Am #95 Aston still ahead
