The sunThe sun shone on the Silverstone circuit for the first LMP qualifying session of the 2015 season. In a change from 2014, the pole position time was calculated using the average of the best single lap set by the two drivers who took part in the 20 minute session rather than the best two.
The no17 Porsche of Mark Webber and Brendon Hartley took pole position and underlined their pre-season testing pace when the 1m39.721 average lap time was three second faster than the 2014 pole time.
The no18 919 of Neel Jani and Romain Dumas completed a Porsche front row lockout for tomorrow’s 6 Hours of Silverstone, pushing the no8 Audi R18 e-tron quattro of Lucas Di Grassi and Oliver Jarvis onto the second row by just 0.012 seconds. Reigning world champions Toyota will start 4th and 6th with the no1 TS040 of Anthony Davidson and Kazuki Nakajima just 0.030 seconds behind the no8 Audi and 0.661 behind the leading Porsche.
In LMP2 G-Drive Racing also scored a 1-2 in qualifying for tomorrow’s race, a great achievement for the Russian team who are running two cars for the first time in the World Endurance Championship. The no28 Ligier JS P2-Nissan of Ricardo Gonzalez and Luis Felipe Derani beat their teammates Roman Rusinov and Sam Bird in the no26 Ligier to the top spot by just 0.062 seconds. The 1m48.021 average time was over one second faster than last year’s pole time, set by Rusinov and Olivier Pla in the G-Drive Racing Morgan.
The brand new KCMG Oreca 05 was third fastest, finishing one tenth of a second ahead of the 2014 ELMS Champions Signatech Alpine, the French team making their WEC qualifying debut.
The 6 Hours of Silverstone will take place tomorrow at 12h00, the first chapter in the long story to find out who will be the 2015 FIA World Endurance Champions.
CLICK HERE for the results from qualifying
CLICK HERE for the results from qualifying shone on the Silverstone circuit for the first LMP qualifying session of the 2015 season. In a change from 2014, the pole position time was calculated using the average of the best single lap set by the two drivers who took part in the 20 minute session rather than the best two.
The no17 Porsche of Mark Webber and Brendon Hartley took pole position and underlined their pre-season testing pace when the 1m39.721 average lap time was three second faster than the 2014 pole time.
The no18 919 of Neel Jani and Romain Dumas completed a Porsche front row lockout for tomorrow’s 6 Hours of Silverstone, pushing the no8 Audi R18 e-tron quattro of Lucas Di Grassi and Oliver Jarvis onto the second row by just 0.012 seconds. Reigning world champions Toyota will start 4th and 6th with the no1 TS040 of Anthony Davidson and Kazuki Nakajima just 0.030 seconds behind the no8 Audi and 0.661 behind the leading Porsche.
In LMP2 G-Drive Racing also scored a 1-2 in qualifying for tomorrow’s race, a great achievement for the Russian team who are running two cars for the first time in the World Endurance Championship. The no28 Ligier JS P2-Nissan of Ricardo Gonzalez and Luis Felipe Derani beat their teammates Roman Rusinov and Sam Bird in the no26 Ligier to the top spot by just 0.062 seconds. The 1m48.021 average time was over one second faster than last year’s pole time, set by Rusinov and Olivier Pla in the G-Drive Racing Morgan.
The brand new KCMG Oreca 05 was third fastest, finishing one tenth of a second ahead of the 2014 ELMS Champions Signatech Alpine, the French team making their WEC qualifying debut.
The 6 Hours of Silverstone will take place tomorrow at 12h00, the first chapter in the long story to find out who will be the 2015 FIA World Endurance Champions.
CLICK HERE for the results from qualifying
In P1 17 Porsche on pole from 18 Porsche and 8 Audi
12:52:42 Chequered Flag
12:51:32 CLM No 4 will lose a lap time for excessive fuel consumption
12:47:07 G Drive Ligier 28 fastest in P2 with average of 1:48.021
12:45:43 Toyota 1 goes second with average of 1:40.382
12:41:36 First 2 lap average for 17 Porsche of 1:39.721
12:39:03 All first drivers have set a time
12:36:27 1.48.438 for 36 Alpine of Chatin fastest in P2
12:35:36 Spin for 26 Ligier of Canal
12:36:27 1.48.438 for 36 Alpine of Chatin fastest in P2
12:35:36 Spin for 26 Ligier of Canal
12:34:48 1.39.908 for Webber in 17 Porsche
12:33:40 Webber and Jani in Porsche's
12:33:01 Lotterer and Di Grassi in Audi's
12:32:13 Davidson and Sarrazin in Toyota's
12:30:37 Green Flag
