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BES - Monza: The cars are off on their formation lap.
WEC - Silverstone: So with the #17 Porsche in the garage, Lieb now leads by five seconds from Treluyer's Audi, with di Grassi third. Buemi, in the lead Toyota, is 19 seconds back.
BES - Monza: We're five minutes from the start of the first round of this season's Blancpain Endurance Series.
Norbert Siedler put the #333 Rinaldi Racing Ferrari on pole, with Pierre Kaffer in the #66 Black Pearl Racing Ferrari in second. Fabio Babini is third on the grid in the GRT Grasser Lamborghini - he also secured the Pro Cup pole.
Norbert Siedler put the #333 Rinaldi Racing Ferrari on pole, with Pierre Kaffer in the #66 Black Pearl Racing Ferrari in second. Fabio Babini is third on the grid in the GRT Grasser Lamborghini - he also secured the Pro Cup pole.
Rinaldi Ferrari, Monza BES 2015
WEC - Silverstone: Both of the Audi's have had off track moments while battling in traffic at the first corner. But didn't lose much thanks to the runoff area.
WEC - Silverstone: So that hands the lead to the Lieb #18 Porsche. The rear bodywork is off the Webber Porsche and it doesn't look like it's going to be back out quickly.
Breaking news
WEC - Silverstone: Very bad news for the Webber Porsche. It's being wheeled back into the garage. Webber is getting out but it's not clear yet what the problem is.
WEC - Silverstone: Dalziel has moved up to third in the LMP2 class in the #30 HPD ahead of Tandy's ORECA. Bird still leads Derani in a G-Drive Ligier one-two.
WEC - Silverstone: The #88 Porsche driven by Bachler is in command in GTE AM now that the first round of pitstops has played out. He's in among the Pro cars and well ahead of the #98 Aston of Dalla Lana.
WEC - Silverstone: Webber leads Lieb by eight seconds. Di Grassi is now 17.327s behind - having lost a couple of seconds on the last lap.
WEC - Silverstone: Given that the first stint didn't play out the way it would have done, it still remains to be seen how the pace of the leading cars ebbs and flows over a stint. Di Grassi in third place is starting to chip away at the Porsches.
Green flag
Racing is back underway.
Yellow flag
WEC - Silverstone: A full-course yellow has been thrown to allow barrier repairs at Copse.
WEC - Silverstone: So, after the first round of stops in the GTE Pro class, the #92 Porsche (Lietz) leads from the #51 Ferrari (Bruni).
WEC - Silverstone: The CLM has rejoined the fray at the back, with Liuzzi still at the wheel. This follows repairs to the floor.
WEC - Silverstone: Webber's lead, meanwhile, has increased to 16.311s. Buemi is third, 28.284s down.
WEC - Silverstone: The team manager of #18 has been called to race control. That's the second-placed Porsche of Lieb. No indication what's that about but you rarely get called to race control for positive reasons!
WEC - Silverstone: Lietz brings the third-placed GTE Pro Porsche into the pits. He hands over to Christensen.
Hall brings the GTE Am-leading #96 Aston Martin into the pits and hands over to Goethe
WEC - Silverstone: There has only been one driver change so far among the leading cars, with Dumas handing the #18 Porsche over to Lieb.
WEC - Silverstone: Ruberti brings the GTE Am-leading Chevrolet into the pits, handing the lead to the #96 Aston Martin of Hall.
WEC - Silverstone: G-Drive still has control of LMP2, with Bird leading Derani. Early leader Tandy holds third in the #47 ORECA.
In GTE Pro, Thiim leads in the #95 Aston. In GTE Am, Ruberti is back in first place in the #50 Chevrolet.
Aston Martin, Silverstone WEC 2015
Stopwatch
WEC - Silverstone: Treluyer sets the fastest lap in the #7 Audi. He's pushing on.
WEC - Silverstone: So, here's how things stand after the yellow-flag period and a round of pitstops:
1 #17 Porsche (Webber)
2 #18 Porsche (Lieb), +9.036s
3 #1 Toyota (Buemi), +18.895s
4 #7 Audi (Treluyer), +35,930s
5 #8 Audi (Di Grassi), +41.204s
6 #2 Toyota (Wurz), +57.684s
1 #17 Porsche (Webber)
2 #18 Porsche (Lieb), +9.036s
3 #1 Toyota (Buemi), +18.895s
4 #7 Audi (Treluyer), +35,930s
5 #8 Audi (Di Grassi), +41.204s
6 #2 Toyota (Wurz), +57.684s
WEC - Silverstone: AUTOSPORT's Marcus Simmons reports that the left-rear of the #36 ORECA that Chatin crashedhas been heavily damaged. Chatin got out of the car and boarded an ambulance under his own power.
Green flag
WEC - Silverstone: The two Audis and the #2 Toyota are now in as the green flag is thrown.
WEC - Silverstone: Dumas out of the #18 Porsche with Lieb getting in. Webber is staying in the sister car. Both Porsches have also taken tyres.
WEC - Silverstone: Followed by Dumas in the second Porsche.
WEC - Silverstone: Webber brings the leading Porsche in.
WEC - Silverstone: Plenty of pitstops being made - most of the LMP2 field is in including leader Bird and second-placed Derani.
WEC - Silverstone: Looks like Chatin's crash might have been caused by the wheel coming loose. Not completely clear though.
WEC - Silverstone: As there's a full-course yellow, Buemi has brought the #1 Toyota into the pits from third place for fuel and tyres.
WEC - Silverstone: It's Chatin in the #36 ORECA. That's that car out of the race.
WEC - Silverstone: Someone has gone off heavily at Copse. Looks like the driver is out of the car...
WEC - Silverstone: Bachler now leads in GTE Am in the #88 Porsche.
WEC - Silverstone: Webber now has a handy lead of eight seconds over Dumas. Down in sixth place, Wurz has lost contact with the top five.
WEC - Silverstone: AUTOSPORT's Marcus Simmons has been watching trackside at Becketts and confirms that it's very windy.
WEC - Silverstone: Di Grassi is back up to fourth in the #8 Audi and right on the back of Buemi's Toyota. In LMP2, Bird has a lead of close to seven seconds.
OAK Ligier, Silverstone WEC 2015
WEC - Silverstone: Webber's lead is back up to 3.693s over Dumas. Buemi in the #1 Toyota is 10 seconds back.
WEC - Silverstone: The #35 Ligier started by Nicolet has been pushed into the garage.
By: Mitchell Adam, Edd Straw, Alex Kalinauckas, Matt Beer, Mark Glendenning
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