ELMS – G-Drive wins at Silverstone

The Gibson 015S of G-Drive Racing managed by Jota Sport dominated the 4 Hours of Silverstone (Great Britain), the first event of the 2016 season of theELMS. The crew of the No. 38 composed of Simon Dolan, Harry Tincknell and Giedo van der Garde quickly took control of the race while the Oreca 05 of Thiriet by TDS Racing, which started from pole, retired in the first part of the race. event following Pierre Thiriet going off the track.

Panis-Barthez Compétition was well established in second place until the Ligier JS P2 encountered reliability problems relegating Timothé Buret, Fabien Bathez and Paul-Loup Chatin to ninth place. SMP Racing took the opportunity to take the second step of the podium with the BR01-Nissan of Stefano Coletti, Julian Leal and Andreas Wirth.

The So2 Ligier JS P24! by Lombard Racing completes the top three with Vincent Capillaire, Olivier Lombard and Jonathan Coleman. Krohn Racing, which fields the Ligier JS P2 entrusted to Tracy Krohn, Niclas Jönsson and Bjorn Wirdheim, and the second SMP BR01 driven by Sean Gelael, Mitch Evans and Antonio Giovinazzi complete the top five.

United Autosports dominated the LMP3 and took a double with the #2 of Christian England, Alex Brundle and Michael Guasch ahead of the #3 of Mark Patterson, Matthew Bell and Wayne Boyd. Graff racing completes the category podium with the No. 9 of Éric Trouillet, Paul Petit and Enzo Guibbert.

JMW Motorsport ensures victory in GTE with the Ferrari 458 Italia n°66 by Rory Butcher, Robert Smith and Andrea Bertolini.

Discover the report of the ELMS at Silverstone in issue 2059 of AUTOhebdo, available from Monday evening in digital version on all platforms, and from Wednesday on newsstands.