WEC Opening Round at Silverstone
www.porscheroadandrace.com WEC Opening Round at Silverstone Published: 15th April 2017 By: Glen Smale Online version: https://www.porscheroadandrace.com/wec-opening-round-at-silverstone/ #2, Porsche Team, Porsche 919 Hybrid, driven by Timo Bernhard, Earl Bamber, Brendon Hartley, during at FIA WEC 6 Hours of Silverstone 2017, Silverstone International Circuit, on 14.04.2017 It was a dry day at Silverstone on the first day of practice for this year’s WEC opening round at Silverstone. This, you would think, would give the teams the best chance of testing their steeds, but in reality, very few teams were willing to show their hand at this early stage. www.porscheroadandrace.com (l-r) Earl Bamber, Brendon Hartley, Timo Bernhard, #2, Porsche LMP Team On Saturday 15 April, there was one more practice session (FP3) in the morning followed by two qualifying sessions around midday, one for the Prototypes and one for the GTE cars. FP3 may reveal some potential between the teams, but it is in the qualifying sessions where the teams will have to show their speed if they want to be at or near the top of the grid. www.porscheroadandrace.com #1, Porsche Team, Porsche 919 Hybrid, driven by Neel Jani, Andre Lotterer, Nick Tandy, FIA WEC 2017 6 Hours of Silverstone, Silverstone International Circuit, 14/04/2017, During FP1 and FP2 one could reasonably expect to see improvements in times as the teams began to wind up their performance, but in the case of the Porsche LMP1 cars, they had other reasons for being off the pace.
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