Toyota leads first two hours at Silverstone

The story of the race so far......

Hour One

• Toyota Gazoo Racing run 1-2 in first hour at Silverstone
• Sebastien Buemi leads first hour in #8 Toyota TS 0505 HYBRID after overcoming teammate and pole sitter Mike Conway in #7 car
• Gap is just a second between the Toyota drivers
• Porsche staying in touch as #2 of Brendon Hartley places third and Neel Jani fourth in 919 Hybrid’s
• Reigning champion Nicolas Lapierre leads from start in LMP2 and enjoys 10-second advantage
• Alex Lynn second but pits for unscheduled stop on the hour after issue with door on his G-Drive ORECA
• Bruno Senna runs second in #31 Vaillante Rebellion ORECA
• TDS ORECA-Gibson P3 with Matthieu Vaxiviere at wheel
• Pole sitting #67 Ford GT of Andy Priaulx leads intense LMGTE Pro class but out of sequence after early pit stop for loose door and deflating left front tyre
• Porsche pushed to the front but slow pit stop drops Frederic Makowiecki to P6 in class
• #66 Ford GT driven by Stefan Mucke places P2
• Ferrari P3 and P5 as #71 of Sam Bird heads #51 488 GTE of James Calado
• Calado has contact with #92 Porsche of Michael Christensen while battling for position
• #98 Aston Martin leads LMGTE Am after close first hour battle with Spirit of Race Ferari driven by Fransesco Castellacci. Paul Dalla Lana takes over from Pedro Lamy at first pit stop
• Light rain showers come and go 

Hour Two

• Toyota continues to lead after two hours as Anthony Davidson takes over from Sebastien Buemi in #8 Toyota TS 050 HYBRID
• British driver leads race by seven seconds
• Porsche up to second position as early leader #7 Toyota suffers suspected software mapping issues
• Kamui Kobayashi drops down to fourth position behind Timo Bernhard driven #2 Porsche and Nick Tandy’s #1 919 Hybrid
• Signatech Alpine still in control of LMP2 as Gustavo Menezes enjoys large lead over #38 Jackie Chan DC Racing entry of Ho-Pin Tung
• Vaillante Rebellion places third in LMP2 as Nicolas Prost takes over from Bruno Senna
• Drama in LMP2 as Jonathan Hirschi and David Heinnemeier-Hansson collide and spin. DHH pits with damage and drops to rear of class.
• #66 Ford GT of Stefan Mucke leads LMGTE Pro by 19-seconds
• Mucke executing stellar double stint and leads from No.51 AF Corse Ferrari now driven by Alessandro Pier Guidi
• Ferrari also place third with #71 car still driven by Sam Bird
• #98 Aston Martin leads LMGTE Am by comfortable margin from Gulf Racing Porsche
• Light showers return but not affecting tyre choices