ELMS – United Autosports snatches victory

United Autosports left its mark at Silverstone (Great Britain). After suffering a drive through, the No. 32 Ligier of Albuquerque-Owen-De Sadeleer won against the Oreca 07 of G-Drive Racing of Hirakawa-Rojas-Roussel, the Japanese having lost to the Portuguese two minutes from the finish with tires in agony.

The three manufacturers are on the podium with the No. 49 Dallara from the new High Class Racing team from Andersen-Fjordbach. The second Oreca from Dragonspeed, the n°21 of Stone-Hedman-Hanley, suffered gearbox problems and finished outside the top ten.

It was a double success for the American team which also won with the #3 Ligier JS P3 of Patterson-Boyd-England in LMP3 ahead of the #6 360 Racing of Woodward-Kaiser-Wells, while the The podium in the category is completed by the No. 17 Ultimate from Lahaye-Heriau-Lahaye.

TF Sport wins in GTE with theAston Martin de Hankey-Yoluc-Thiim qui précède sur le podium de la catégorie la Porsche 911 RSR du Proton Compétition emmenée par Ried-Camathias-Cairoli et la seconde Vantage du plateau engagée par Beechdean AMR avec Gunn-Howard-Turner.

Discover the report of theELMS at Silverstone in AUTOhebdo issue 2110, available from Monday evening in digital version on all platforms, and from Wednesday on newsstands.