O trio Will Owen/Hugo Sadeleer/Filipe Albuquerque (Ligier JSP217-Gibson/United Autosports) venceu no sábado (15/04), a Quatro Horas de Silverstone, na Grã-Bretanha, etapa de abertura do European Le Mans Series. O trio Memo Rojas/Ryo Hirakawa/Leo Roussel (Oreca 07-Gibson/ G-Drive) terminou em segundo, seguido pelo pela dupla Dennis Andersen/Anders Fjordbach (Dallara P217-Gibson/High Class).
Faltando apenas cinco minutos para o final, Albuquerque ultrapassou Hirakawa, assumindo a liderança. No final o português recebeu a bandeirada com 6s3 de vantagem sobre o japonês. Andersen/Fjordbach fecharam o pódio no geral, e na classe LMP2.
A United Autosports também venceu na classe LMP3 com a dupla John Falb/Sean Rayhall (Ligier JSP3-Nissan/United Autosports).
Pela classe LMGTE vitória do trio Salih Yoluc/Euan Hankey/Nicki Thiim (Aston Martin Vantage V8/TF Sport).
A próxima etapa acontece no dia 14 de maio, no circuito de Monza na Itália.
Final:
1 – Owen-Sadeleer-Albuquerque (Ligier JSP217-Gibson) – United Autosports – 126 voltas
2 – Rojas-Hirakawa-Roussel (Oreca 07-Gibson) – G-Drive – 6â€339
3 – Andersen-Fjordbach (Dallara P217-Gibson) – High Class – 28â€158
4 – Allen-Matelli-Bradley (Oreca 07-Gibson) – Graff – 53â€426
5 – Moore-Hanson (Ligier JSP217-Gibson) – Tockwith Motorsports – 1’00â€297
6 – Lacorte-Sernagiotto-Belicchi (Dallara P217-Gibson) – Villorba – 1’44â€440
7 – Trouillet-Petit-Guibbert (Oreca 07-Gibson) – Graff – 1 volta
8 – Lafargue-Lafargue-Zollinger (Ligier JSP217-Gibson) – Idec Sport – 3
9 – Barthez-Buret-Berthon (Ligier JSP217-Gibson) – Panis Barthez – 3
10 – Lammers-VanEerd (Dallara P217-Gibson) – Racing Team Nederland – 4
11 – Hedman-Lapierre-Hanley (Oreca 07-Gibson) – DragonSpeed – 6
12 – Falb-Rayhall (Ligier JSP3-Nissan) – United Autosports – 7
13 – Woodward-Kaiser-Wells (Ligier JSP3-Nissan) – 360 Racing – 7
14 – Lahaye-Lahaye-Heriau (Ligier JSP3-Nissan) – Ultimate – 8
15 – Patterson-Boyd-England (Ligier JSP3-Nissan) – United Autosports – 8
16 – Talkanitsa-Talka-Jensen (Ligier JSP3-Nissan) – AT Racing – 8
17 – Cougnaud-Jung-Ricci (Ligier JSP3-Nissan) – YMR – 8
18 – Smiechowski-Hippe (Ligier JSP3-Nissan) – Inter Europol – 8
19 – Farano-Dons-Kapadia (Ligier JSP3-Nissan) – RLR MSport – 9
20 – Debard-Gachet-Bean (Ligier Ligier JSP3) – Panis Barthez – 9
21 – Ehrlacher-Capo-Creed (Norma M 30 LMP3) – M.Racing – YMR – 10
22 – Borga-Droux-Schatz (Ligier JSP3-Nissan) – Duqueine Engineering – 10
23 – Dromedari-Harnatty-Pialat (Ligier JSP3-Nissan) – Eurointernational – 10
24 – Yoluc-Hankey-Thiim (Aston Martin Vantage V8) – TF Sport – 10
25 – Ried-Camathias-Cairoli (Porsche 911) – Proton Competition – 11
26 – Howard-Gunn-Turner (Aston Martin Vantage V8) – Beechdean AMR – 11
27 – Cameron-Griffin-Scott (Ferrari 488 GTE) – Spirit of Race – 11
28 – Smith-Butcher-Fannin (Ferrari 458 Italia) – JMW Motorsport – 12
29 – Roda-Roda-Bertolini (Ferrari 488 GTE) – Spirit of Race – 13
30 – Roda-Mendez-Capitanio (Norma M 30-Nissan) – Oregon Team – 13
31 – Alexander-Forgione (Ligier JSP3-Nissan) – Cool Racing by GPC – 14
32 – Müller-Krebs-Viidas (Ligier JSP3-Nissan) – By Speed Factory – 22
33 – Roda-Mcmurry-Pizzitola (Ligier JSP217-Gibson) – Algarve – 56
34 – Beltoise-Hassid (Ligier JSP3-Nissan) – Duqueine Engineering – 85
35 – Mondini-Uboldi (Ligier JSP3-Nissan) – Eurointernational – 109