Audi and Toyota fought hard for the win of the 6 Hours of Silverstone, in the end it was the No. 1 R18 e-tron quattro of Marcel Fässler, Benoît Tréluyer and Andre Lotterer that came out on top.
By doing so, they gifted Audi the inaugural World Endurance Championship manufacturers' title as well.
But the story of the day was the fight Toyota put up for the victory, in only its second race with the TS030 hybrid, driven this time by Alex Wurz, Nicolas Lapierre and Kazuki Nakajima. In the end, they lost the top step of the podium only in the pits, where the e-tron quattro stopped fewer times.
Third place went to Audi's old guard, Allan McNish and Tom Kristensen driving the No. 2 R18 ultra. Furthermore, their podium result was insufficient to keep the pair on top of the drivers' standings. They lost that lead to their Audi teammates Fässler, Tréluyer and Lotterer.
The race in LMP2 went to ADR-Delta's trio of John Martin, Tor Graves and Jan Charouz, after an interesting duel with the Starworks outfit, led by ex-Peugeot driver Stéphane Sarrazin. The Brundle father and son duo, paired with Lucas Ordonez at Greaves which started on pole was slowed down during the race by a stop-and-go penalty.
In GTE, Ferrari dominated both the Pro and Am classes, although, in Pro, Aston Martin did put up a fight until it was delayed by an extra pit stop. A late charge had Stefan Mucke's Vantage in third spot, albeit not without a controversial, rubber-fending, overtaking manoeuvre.
By doing so, they gifted Audi the inaugural World Endurance Championship manufacturers' title as well.
But the story of the day was the fight Toyota put up for the victory, in only its second race with the TS030 hybrid, driven this time by Alex Wurz, Nicolas Lapierre and Kazuki Nakajima. In the end, they lost the top step of the podium only in the pits, where the e-tron quattro stopped fewer times.
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Third place went to Audi's old guard, Allan McNish and Tom Kristensen driving the No. 2 R18 ultra. Furthermore, their podium result was insufficient to keep the pair on top of the drivers' standings. They lost that lead to their Audi teammates Fässler, Tréluyer and Lotterer.
The race in LMP2 went to ADR-Delta's trio of John Martin, Tor Graves and Jan Charouz, after an interesting duel with the Starworks outfit, led by ex-Peugeot driver Stéphane Sarrazin. The Brundle father and son duo, paired with Lucas Ordonez at Greaves which started on pole was slowed down during the race by a stop-and-go penalty.
In GTE, Ferrari dominated both the Pro and Am classes, although, in Pro, Aston Martin did put up a fight until it was delayed by an extra pit stop. A late charge had Stefan Mucke's Vantage in third spot, albeit not without a controversial, rubber-fending, overtaking manoeuvre.