08.08.2018
2018 6 HOURS OF SILVERSTONE Round 3: 17-19 August 2018
Lap distance: 5.901 km
Race duration: 6 hours
Location: Silverstone is located in Central England in the county of Northamptonshire, 70 miles from London.
Other Races: FIA F3 European Championship, European Le Mans Series
Airports: Heathrow Airport – 65 miles – www.heathrowairport.com Birmingham International Airport – 55 miles - https://birminghamairport.co.uk/
LAP RECORDSP RECORDS LMP1 M. Conway Toyota TS 050 - Hybrid 1m39.656 213.2kph 16 April 2017 LMP2 O. Jarvis Oreca 07-Gibson 1m46.256 199.9kph 16 April 2017 LMGTE Pro A. Priaulx Ford GT 1m57.416 180.9kph 16 April 2017 LMGTE Am M. Molina Ferrari F488 GTE 1m59.567 177.7kph 16 April 2017
ROLL OF HONOUR 6 HOURS OF SILVERSTONEERS 24-26 August 2012 12-14 April 2013 18-20 April 2014 2012 Fässler / Lotterer / Tréluyer n°1 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 e-tron quattro (M) 194 laps 2013 Kristensen / Duval / McNish n°2 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 e-tron quattro (M) 197 laps 2014 Davidson / Lapierre / Buemi n°8 Toyota Racing Toyota TS 040 – Hybrid (M) 167 laps 2015 Fässler / Lotterer / Tréluyer n°7 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 e-tron quattro (M) 201 laps 2016 Dumas / Jani / Lieb n°2 Porsche Team Porsche 919 Hybrid (M) 194 laps 2017 Davidson / Nakajima / Buemi n°8 Toyota Racing Toyota TS 050 – Hybrid (M) 197 laps
DID YOU KNOW? The 6 Hours of Silverstone was first held on 26 August 2012, round 4 of the inaugural season of the newly launched FIA World Endurance Championship. In 2013 the 6 Hours of Silverstone moved to April, becoming the opening race of the season until this year, when it has moved back to August once again.
In 2013 the Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy was awarded to the overall winners for the first time. The 2013 race was won by Tom Kristensen, Loic Duval and Allan McNish in an Audi R18 e-tron quattro, the first time Audi’s name appeared on the Tourist Trophy roll of honour which stretches back to 1905.
In 2014 the winners were Anthony Davidson, Sebastien Buemi and Nicolas Lapierre in a Toyota TS040, also the first time Toyota has won the Tourist Trophy. Davidson and Buemi repeated their success in 2016, this time with Kazuki Nakajima. In 2016 Porsche also added their name to the roll of honour when Neel Jani, Romain Dumas and Marc Lieb took the race win.
The Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy was first awarded in 1905 to John Napier driving an Arrol- Johnston after a 6-hour race on the Isle of Man. At 113 years old the Tourist Trophy is the world’s oldest motorsport trophy still being contested.
As overall winners, Audi has two Tourist Trophy victories (2013, 2015), Toyota two wins (2014, 2017), Porsche one win (2016), Aston Martin five wins (1953, 1958, 1959, 2005, 2008) , Ford three wins (1972, 1988, 1994) , Ferrari with six wins (1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1998) and WEC newcomers BMW the most with eight victories in the 1970s and 80s(1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1987).
Sir Stirling Moss has won the Tourist Trophy more than any other driver - seven times in all: twice in an Aston Martin (‘58, ‘59) and twice in a Ferrari (‘60, ’61). He also won twice in a Jaguar and once in a Mercedes-Benz.
In LMGTE Pro, since 2012 honours have been shared between the four manufacturers competing prior to the 2018 season. Ferrari won in 2012, 2015 and 2016, Aston Martin in 2013, Porsche in 2014 and Ford in 2017.
FIA WEC TIMETABLE Thursday, 16 August 08:30-19:00 Scrutineering
Friday, 17 August 10:00 Drivers’ briefing 12:15 - 13:45 Free Practice #1 15:00 Pre-event Press conference 16:25 - 17:55 Free Practice #2
Saturday, 18 August 09:00 - 10:00 Free Practice #3 12:00 - 12:20 Qualifying - LMGTE-PRO/LMGTE-AM 12:25 - 12:45 Qualifying - LMP1/LMP2 12:55 Qualifying Press Conference 13:45 – 14:05 Mixed Interview Zone
Sunday, 19 August 12:00 - 18:00 RACE: 6 Hours of Silverstone 18:30 Post-race Press Conference
FIA OFFICIALS Eduardo Freitas FIA Race Director Jean-Francois Veroux FIA Steward (Chairman) Tim Mayer FIA Steward Manuel Leal FIA Technical Delegate Christian Wahlen FIA Medical Delegate Jeff Carter FIA Media Delegate Cristobal Lopera Chief timekeeper Yannick Dalmas FIA Driver Adviser
FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP CLASSIFICATIONS The provisional classifications for all the Championship can be found on the following link: http://www.fia.com
FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP - 6 HOURS OF SILVERSTONE Shortly after the finish of the sessions, results of the event can be found on the following link: http://www.fia.com