2017 fia wec

6 hours of silverstone THE circuit - silverstone - ENTRIES: LENGTH RIGHT CORNER LEFT CORNER APRIL 18 27 5,903 KM CORNERS 10 8 16 2017 10 - ROUND 1 09

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CHAMPIONSHIP 16 11 (WEC) - SILVERSTONE ENGLAND 07 12

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2016 15 EDITION 02 03 05 04 WINNERS 06 Dumas/Jani/Lieb (/ Features Michelin), 194 laps - POLE POSITION Silverstone is a high-speed Finely-tuned aerodynamics are Rain can never be ruled out and Fässler/Lotterer/Tréluyer circuit with several famous essential. Tyre-wear is medium- temperatures are rarely very ( R18/Michelin), fast corners which place big to-high and asymmetrical, while high. 1m53.204s demands on tyre casings. grip levels are quite low. - FASTEST RACE LAP

Neel Jani (Porsche 919 Hybrid/Michelin), th Visited by the FIA WEC for the 6 time FRIDAY, APRIL 14 1m40.303s - Circuit modified in 2010 and 2011 12:15pm 90 mins Free Practice 1 The N°7 Audi was first Based on a former Royal Air Force 4:30pm 90 mins Free Practice 2 past the flag but was later airfield disqualified for a technical

(local times) SATURDAY, APRIL 15 infringement Straddles two English counties: and 9:00am 60 mins Free Practice 3 LM GTE Pro winner: N°71 Buckinghamshire 488 GTE/Michelin 11:50am 20 mins LM GTE Qualifying (Rigon/Bird) Hosted the first Formula 1 World 12:20pm 20 mins LMP Qualifying

Saturday morning was Championship race in 1950 TIMETABLE affected by snow! SUNDAY, APRIL 16 Hosted a round of the World Sportscar Championship in 1976 12:00 noon 6 hours Race Circuit time (GMT +1) Source : fiawec.com - information subject to change circuit available at the tyres 1 300 race the authorised for slicksof sets 4

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Michelin & THE 6 HOURS OF SILVERSTONE Jérôme sides are very different. Practically attention to the degree and all the fast corners, which are type of wear because the new · 13 cars on Michelin mondain especially hard on tyres, are tyre regulations mean the LMP1 tyres Endurance Racing right-handers. We consequently cars will systematically need to · Michelin has won the 6 Programme Manager, recommend an asymmetric car double stint, and the LM GTE Pro Hours of Silverstone with three Michelin set-up, especially their camber. cars will need to do the same for different manufacturer partners: Depending on the weather and two-thirds of the race. On top of Audi, , Porsche “Silverstone has roughly the same what we see in free practice, we that, the weather can be quite · The Michelin Hybrid number of right and left turns may even envisage the use of changeable at Silverstone – free ‘intermediate’ tyre [10 and 8], but the demands they different types of tyre either side practice 3 was even cancelled due place on the tyres’ right and left of the car. We will pay careful to snow last year!”

MISCELLANEOUS · The 6 Hours of Silverstone is this year’s RAC Tourist Trophy race. The trophy was presented for the first time in 1905 · Michelin has won all 41 FIA WEC races organised since 2012 · 10 years ago: Michelin won the 1,000km of Silverstone with Minassian/Gené (Peugeot 908 HDi) · The new Toyota TS050 Hybrid and Porsche 919 Hybrid were unveiled at the recent FIA WEC Prologue at Monza, · The 2014 6 Hours of Silverstone was halted by rain with 30 minutes remaining

REGULATIONS · FIA WEC grid orders are based on the average best qualifying times of each car’s two nominated drivers (six-hour races) · LM P1 and LM GTE Pro cars may only use four sets of tyres for qualifying and the race, compared with six previously. Calendar 16 SEPTEMBER 18 NOVEMBER 3 SEPTEMBER 5 NOVEMBER 15 OCTOBER 17-18 JUNE 16 APRIL 16 06 MAY 06 16 JULY 16 6H. OF SILVERSTONE OF 6H. 6H. OF BAHREÏN OF 6H. 6H. OF COTA6H. OF 6H. OF FUJI FUJI OF 6H. 24H. OF LEMANS OF 24H. 6H. OF SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS WEC SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS OF 6H. 6H. OF SHANGHAI SHANGHAI OF 6H. 6H. OF MEXICO 6H. OF 6H. OF NÜRBURGRING BAHRAIN CHINA USA MEXICO UK