Porsche gets Silverstone WEC win as Audi excluded over plank wear
Audi has lost its victory in Sunday's opening round of the 2016 World Endurance Championship at Silverstone to a technical infringement
The #7 Audi R18 e-tron quattro driven by Andre Lotterer, Benoit Treluyer and Marcel Fassler has been excluded under article 3.5.6 a3 of the LMP1 rulebook, which concerns post-race measurement of the underfloor plank.
The front skid block was found at post-race scrutineering to be worn by more than the 5mm permitted by the regulations.
Audi Sport Team Joest was granted a hearing by the race stewards at which it offered an explanation of the excessive wear.
This was rejected by the officials who deemed, according to a stewards' statement, that "it is the liability of the competitor to respect the technical regulations in any case in order [that] the car complies with this regulation".
Audi has lodged an appeal against the decision.
The exclusion means that the second-placed Porsche 919 Hybrid driven by Neel Jani, Romain Dumas and Marc Lieb has been declared the race winner.
The Toyota TS050 HYBRID of Mike Conway, Stephane Sarrazin and Kamui Kobayashi now moves up to second, while the privateer LMP1 Rebellion-AER R-One shared by Alexandre Imperatori, Matheo Tuscher and Dominik Kraihamer takes the final podium spot.
REVISED RESULT - 194 LAPS:
Pos | Class | Driver | Team | Car | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | LMP1 | R.Dumas, N.Jani, M.Lieb | Porsche Team | Porsche | 6h01m53.028s |
2 | LMP1 | S.Sarrazin, M.Conway, K.Kobayashi | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Toyota | 1 Lap |
3 | LMP1 | M.Tuscher, D.Kraihamer, A.Imperatori | Rebellion Racing | Rebellion/AER | 11 Laps |
4 | LMP1 | N.Prost, N.Piquet Jr., N.Heidfeld | Rebellion Racing | Rebellion/AER | 13 Laps |
5 | LMP2 | R.Gonzalez, F.Albuquerque, B.Senna | RGR Sport by Morand | Ligier/Nissan | 15 Laps |
6 | LMP2 | R.Dalziel, P.Derani, C.Cumming | Extreme Speed Motorsports | Ligier/Nissan | 15 Laps |
7 | LMP2 | R.Rusinov, N.Berthon, R.Rast | G-Drive Racing | ORECA/Nissan | 15 Laps |
8 | LMP2 | G.Menezes, N.Lapierre, S.Richelmi | Signatech Alpine | Alpine/Nissan | 16 Laps |
9 | LMP2 | N.Leventis, D.Watts, J.Kane | Strakka Racing | Gibson/Nissan | 17 Laps |
10 | LMP2 | M.Rao, R.Bradley, R.Merhi | Manor | ORECA/Nissan | 17 Laps |
11 | LMP2 | D.Cheng, H-Pin Tung, N.Panciatici | Baxi DC Racing Alpine | Alpine/Nissan | 18 Laps |
12 | LMP2 | V.Petrov, K.Ladygin, V.Shaytar | SMP Racing | BR Engineering/Nissan | 18 Laps |
13 | LMP2 | S.Sharp, E.Brown, J.van Overbeek | Extreme Speed Motorsports | Ligier/Nissan | 19 Laps |
14 | LMP1 | S.Trummer, O.Webb, J.Rossiter | ByKOLLES Racing Team | CLM/AER | 22 Laps |
15 | LMP2 | N.Minassian, M.Mediani | SMP Racing | BR Engineering/Nissan | 23 Laps |
16 | LMP1 | A.Davidson, S.Buemi, K.Nakajima | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Toyota | 24 Laps |
17 | GTE Pro | D.Rigon, S.Bird | AF Corse | Ferrari | 27 Laps |
18 | GTE Pro | G.Bruni, J.Calado | AF Corse | Ferrari | 28 Laps |
19 | GTE Pro | N.Thiim, M.Sorensen, D.Turner | Aston Martin Racing | Aston Martin | 28 Laps |
20 | GTE Pro | M.Franchitti, A.Priaulx, H.Tincknell | Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK | Ford | 29 Laps |
21 | GTE Pro | B.Johnson, S.Mucke, O.Pla | Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK | Ford | 29 Laps |
22 | GTE Am | F.Perrodo, E.Collard, R.Aguas | AF Corse | Ferrari | 31 Laps |
23 | GTE Am | P.D.Lana, P.Lamy, M.Lauda | Aston Martin Racing | Aston Martin | 32 Laps |
24 | GTE Am | Y.Yamagishi, P.Ragues, P.Ruberti | Larbre Competition | Chevrolet | 33 Laps |
25 | GTE Pro | R.Lietz, M.Christensen | Dempsey-Proton Racing | Porsche | 40 Laps |
26 | GTE Am | C.Ried, W.Henzler, J.Camathias | KCMG | Porsche | 40 Laps |
27 | GTE Am | K.Al Qubaisi, D.H.Hansson, K.Bachler | Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing | Porsche | 41 Laps |
- | LMP1 | M.Fassler, A.Lotterer, B.Treluyer | Audi Sport Team Joest | Audi | Disqualified |
- | GTE Pro | R.Stanaway, F.Rees | Aston Martin Racing | Aston Martin | Retirement |
- | LMP2 | T.Graves, W.Stevens, J.Jakes | Manor | ORECA/Nissan | Retirement |
- | LMP1 | T.Bernhard, M.Webber, B.Hartley | Porsche Team | Porsche | Retirement |
- | LMP1 | L.di Grassi, L.Duval, O.Jarvis | Audi Sport Team Joest | Audi | Retirement |
- | GTE Am | M.Wainwright, A.Carroll, B.Barker | Gulf Racing | Porsche | Retirement |
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