2015 4 Hours of Silverstone

The 4 Hours of Silverstone was an endurance motor race held at the Silverstone Circuit near Silverstone, England on 10–11 April 2015, and served as the opening round of the 2015 European Le Mans Series, and the first race under the series' new four-hour format. The event shared the weekend at Silverstone with the FIA World Endurance Championship's six-hour event.

The Silverstone Circuit

Qualifying edit

Qualifying result edit

Class winners in bold.[1]

Pos Class Team Time Grid
1 LMP2 No. 41 Greaves Motorsport 1:48.752 1
2 LMP2 No. 38 Jota Sport 1:49.212 2
3 LMP2 No. 46 Thiriet by TDS Racing 1:49.353 3
4 LMP2 No. 34 AF Corse 1:49.486 4
5 LMP2 No. 48 Murphy Prototypes 1:49.681 5
6 LMP2 No. 34 Eurasia Motorsport 1:50.216 6
7 LMP2 No. 29 Pegasus Racing 1:50.757 7
8 LMP2 No. 45 Ibañez Racing 1:51.418 8
9 LMP2 No. 32 AF Corse 1:52.020 9
10 LMP2 No. 44 Ibañez Racing 1:53.096 10
11 LMP2 No. 40 Krohn Racing 1:55.589 11
12 LMP3 No. 3 Team LNT 1:59.892 12
13 LMGTE No. 81 AF Corse 2:00.151 13
14 LMGTE No. 88 Proton Competition 2:00.269 14
15 LMP3 No. 2 Team LNT 2:00.457 15
16 LMGTE No. 56 AT Racing 2:00.478 16
17 LMGTE No. 52 BMW Sports Trophy Marc VDS 2:00.480 17
18 LMGTE No. 86 Gulf Racing UK 2:00.641 18
19 LMGTE No. 66 JMW Motorsport 2:00.997 19
20 LMGTE No. 55 AF Corse 2:01.110 20
21 LMGTE No. 51 AF Corse 2:01.336 21
22 LMGTE No. 60 Formula Racing 2:01.437 22
23 GTC No. 59 TDS Racing 2:01.939 23
24 LMP3 No. 11 Lanan Racing 2:02.045 24
25 LMP3 No. 7 University of Bolton 2:02.686 25
26 GTC No. 63 AF Corse 2:03.002 26
27 GTC No. 62 AF Corse 2:03.298 27
28 GTC No. 64 AF Corse 2:03.564 28
29 GTC No. 68 Massive Motorsport 2:04.096 29
30 GTC No. 85 Gulf Racing UK 2:04.596 30
31 LMP3 No. 15 SVK by Speed Factory 2:06.697 31

Race edit

Race result edit

Class winners in bold.[2]

Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 LMP2 41   Greaves Motorsport   Gary Hirsch
  Jon Lancaster
  Björn Wirdheim
Gibson 015S D 118
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
2 LMP2 38   Jota Sport   Simon Dolan
  Filipe Albuquerque
  Harry Tincknell
Gibson 015S D 118
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
3 LMP2 46   Thiriet by TDS Racing   Pierre Thiriet
  Ludovic Badey
  Tristan Gommendy
Oreca 05 D 118
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
4 LMP2 40   Krohn Racing   Tracy Krohn
  Niclas Jönsson
  Oswaldo Negri, Jr.
Ligier JS P2 M 117
Judd HK 3.6 L V8
5 LMP2 33   Eurasia Motorsport   Pu Jun Jin
  Nick de Bruijn
Oreca 03R D 116
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
6 LMP2 32   AF Corse   Maurizio Mediani
  Nicolas Minassian
  David Markozov
Oreca 03 M 114
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
7 LMP2 45   Ibañez Racing   José Ibañez
  Ivan Bellarosa
  Pierre Perret
Oreca 03R D 114
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
8 LMGTE 86   Gulf Racing UK   Michael Wainwright
  Phil Keen
  Adam Carroll
Porsche 911 RSR D 110
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
9 LMGTE 66   JMW Motorsport   George Richardson
  Robert Smith
  Sam Tordoff
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 D 109
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
10 LMGTE 55   AF Corse   Duncan Cameron
  Matt Griffin
  Aaron Scott
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 D 109
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
11 LMGTE 52   BMW Team Marc VDS   Henry Hassid
  Jesse Krohn
  Andy Priaulx
BMW Z4 GTE D 109
BMW 4.4 L V8
12 LMGTE 88   Proton Competition   Christian Ried
  Khaled Al Qubaisi
  Klaus Bachler
Porsche 911 RSR D 109
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
13 LMGTE 60   Formula Racing   Johnny Laursen
  Mikkel Mac
  Andrea Rizzoli
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 D 109
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
14 GTC 59   TDS Racing   Eric Dermont
  Dino Lunardi
  Franck Perera
BMW Z4 GT3 D 108
BMW 4.4 L V8
15 LMGTE 56   AT Racing   Alexander Talkanitsa, Jr.
  Alexander Talkanitsa, Sr.
  Alessandro Pier Guidi
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 D 107
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
16 LMP3 3   Team LNT   Chris Hoy
  Charlie Robertson
Ginetta-Juno LMP3 M 107
Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
17 LMP3 2   Team LNT   Michael Simpson
  Gaëtan Paletou
Ginetta-Juno LMP3 M 106
Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
18 GTC 64   AF Corse   Mads Rasmussen
  Francisco Guedes
  Filipe Barreiros
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 D 106
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
19 LMP2 34   AF Corse   Mikhail Aleshin
  Anton Ladygin
  Kirill Ladygin
Oreca 03 M 105
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
20 LMP3 7   University of Bolton   Rob Garofall
  Jens Petersen
Ginetta-Juno LMP3 M 105
Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
21 LMP3 15   SVK by Speed Factory   Konstantīns Calko
  Jésus Fuster
  Dainius Matijošaitis
Ginetta-Juno LMP3 M 102
Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
22 GTC 85   Gulf Racing UK   Daniel Brown
  Roald Goethe
  Archie Hamilton
Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3 D 92
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
DNF LMP2 44   Ibañez Racing   Michele La Rosa
  Yutaka Yamagishi
Oreca 03 D 99
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
DNF LMP2 48   Murphy Prototypes   Michael Lyons
  Nathanaël Berthon
  Mark Patterson
Oreca 03R D 83
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
DNF GTC 63   AF Corse   Marco Cioci
  Ilya Melnikov
  Giorgio Roda
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 D 67
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
DNF GTC 68   Massive Motorsport   Casper Elgaard
  Simon Møller
  Kristian Poulsen
Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 D 65
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
DNF LMP2 29   Pegasus Racing   Léo Roussel
  David Cheng
  Jonathan Coleman
Morgan LMP2 M 64
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
DNF LMP3 11   Lanan Racing   Alex Craven
  Joey Foster
  Charlie Hollings
Ginetta-Juno LMP3 M 52
Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
DNF LMGTE 51   AF Corse   Matteo Cressoni
  Raffaele Giammaria
  Peter Mann
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 D 35
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
DNF LMGTE 81   AF Corse   Michele Rugolo
  Stephen Wyatt
  Rui Águas
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 D 32
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
DNS GTC 62   AF Corse   Francesco Castellacci
  Thomas Flohr
  Stuart Hall
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 D -
Ferrari 4.5 L V8

References edit

  1. ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Silverstone – Qualifying Practice – Final Classification" (PDF). European Le Mans Series. 11 April 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  2. ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Silverstone – Race – Final Classification" (PDF). European Le Mans Series. 11 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.