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WEC Silverstone 6 Hours

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That's it for our Live coverage. Be sure to tune in again next weekend where we've got more live coverage of the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps. We'll be back with more live Silverstone coverage then too, with Moto GP paying a visit.

Thanks for reading, see you again soon!
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Phew! That was an exciting race right until the end. A lot has happened over the last six hours, so a quick read of our race report should help get everything straight

Silverstone WEC: Alonso, Buemi and Nakajima win again in Toyota 1-2

Toyota drivers Fernando Alonso, Sebastien Buemi and Kazuki Nakajima scored their third consecutive World Endurance Championship race victory at Silverstone

Silverstone WEC: Alonso, Buemi and Nakajima win again in Toyota 1-2
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GTE Am provisional classification

1. Ried/Andlauer/Campbell (Dempsey-Proton)
2. Yoluc/Adam/Eastwood (TF Sport)
3. Bergmeister/Lindsey/Perfetti (Project 1)
4. Dalla Lana/Lamy/Lauda (Aston Martin)
5. Mok/Sawa/Griffin (Clearwater)
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GTE Pro provisional classification

1. Pier Guidi/Calado (Ferrari)
2. Bruni/Lietz (Porsche) +14.0s
3. Tincknell/Priaulx (Ford) +35.0s
4. Christensen/Estre (Porsche) +39.3s
5. Lynn/Martin (Aston Martin) +1 lap
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LMP2 provisional classification

1. Tung/Aubry/Richelmi (DC Racing)
2. Jaafar/Tan/Jeffri (DC Racing) +1.971s
3. Lapierre/Negrao/Thiriet (Signatech) +2 laps
4. Gonzalez/Maldonado/Davidson (DragonSpeed) +4 laps
5. Van Eerd/Van der Garde/De Vries (Racing Team Nederland) +4 laps
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So, provisional results, firstly for our fastest LMP1 class cars.

LMP1 provisional classification
1. Buemi/Alonso/Nakajima (Toyota)
2. Kobayashi/Conway/Lopez (Toyota) +19.264s
3. Beche/Laurent/Menezes (Rebellion) +4 laps
4. Jani/Lotterer (Rebellion) +5 laps
5. Sarrazin/Orudzhev (SMP) +5 laps

That late issue with rear bodywork cost Jani and Lotterer a late podium, it turns out.
GTE AM
Just to confirm, Matt Campell already crossed the line to secure GTE Am honours, with Adam in second place driving the #90 TF Sport.
GTE AM
Replays show that one of the Toyotas helped Bergmeister take third in GTE Am. Lamy, struggling for grip in its wake, couldn't fend off Bergmesiter, who slipped down the inside exiting Copse.
LMP2
Ho-Pin Tung secures LMP2 victory for the #38 Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca, pipping the sister #37 car by 1.9s.
GTE AM
Bergmeister has passed Lamy for third in GTE Am on the last lap!
GTE PRO
And right behind Buemi, Alessandro Pier Guidi crosses the line to secure GTE Pro victory.
Checkered flag
Sebastien Buemi, Fernando Alonso and Kazuki Nakajima win the Silverstone 6 Hours!
LMP1
We switch back to the #8 Toyota for now, though. Last few corners to go.
GTE AM
Bergmeister is now on the bootlid of Lamy's Aston!
GTE AM
A late challenge for the last podium place in GTE Am! Jorg Bergmeister aboard the #56 Project 1 Porsche is one second behind Pedro Lamy's #98 Aston Martin.

Feeling brave, Jorg?
Heading into Abbey on lap one, the #51 Ferrari was running last in GTE Pro. Alessandro Pier Guidi is now 5 minutes away from victory. Who says WEC is predictable?

Heading into Abbey on lap one, the #51 Ferrari was running last in GTE Pro. Alessandro Pier Guidi is now 5 minutes away from victory. Who says WEC is predictable?

LMP1
Only an unforseen disaster can stop Buemi, Alonso and Nakajima from victory now. Buemi is 12.4s up the road compared to Kobayashi in the #7 Toyota.
LMP2
The intra-team LMP2 lead battle has settled down for a moment but looks like it's about to pick up again. Tung pulled 2.5s over Jaafar a couple of laps ago but that gap has now halved.

The #37 has a little over seven minutes to find a way past the #38. What can Jaafar muster?
GTE PRO
The stewards took notice of that repeated door banging. They've laid the blame squarely at Christensen's feet, giving him a black and white flag.

Replays show Tincknell went wide at Stowe due to Christensen having a lairy oversteer moment, which nudged the Ford wide. Then he clobbered him again entering Club and send him wide there too.
GTE PRO
It's getting aggressive! Tincknell ran wide exiting Stowe but held the inside into Vale. Christensen wouldn't give the place up and smacked the sausage kerb at the entry to Club.

Tincknell takes third place in all of that.
GTE PRO
Tincknell gets a tow down Hangar straight and throws it around the outside of Christensen at Stowe!
GTE PRO
Tincknell is faster in the corners but Christensen's Porsche has plenty of straight line speed. Tincknell even gives the Porsche a nudge exiting The Loop. He's hungry for this but needs to pick his moment.
LMP1
Third placed Neel Jani is in trouble. He pits for replacement tail end bodywork but it won't detach, mechanics yanking repeatedly to get it off.

That might cost him a podium to the sister #3 Rebellion, which currently has Gustavo Menezes at the wheel.
GTE PRO
Harry Tincknell has been punching in a series of fast laps and has now caught Michael Christensen in the third placed #92 Porsche. There's a shot of a consolation podium here for Chip Ganassi's lead Ford GT.
LMP2
Jazeman Jaafar in the #37 car is hunting down Ho-Pin Tung in the #38 but his half-hearted looks at Brooklands and Luffield amount to nothing.

Jaafar loses momentum so Tung gets a small breather, the gap opening back up to 1.3s.
LMP2
But there's one seriously close battle still going on. The two DC Racing Orecas are nose to tail!
GTE AM
Checking in with our Am drivers, it's looking very good for Dempsey-Proton Porsche. Matt Campbell leads by an entire lap thanks to penalties earlier this hour for his chief rivals.

Pedro Lamy has fallen away from second placed Jonny Adam,
GTE PRO
Alessandro Pier Guidi appears to have the GTE Pro lead under control. He's slowly edged his advantage over Gianmaria Bruni out to 13.8s.
LMP1
Buemi retakes the lead while Kobayashi is still in his pit box being refuelled. Moments later the #7 sets off again.

Only 23 minutes separate Buemi, Alonso and Nakajima from a third straight WEC win.
Pit stop
One lap later, Kobayashi pits the #7 Toyota. It was a 57 second stop for Buemi - how will the #7 crew fare in comparison?
LMP1
A quick fuel top-up and Buemi is on his way.
Pit stop
Into the pits comes race leader Sebastien Buemi!
GTE PRO
James Calado explains the class leading #51 Ferrari was in fuel saving mode during its first two stints. That might explain why they've demonstrated leading pace in the latter half of this race, despite being stuck in the midfield earlier.
LMP2
No team orders evident at Jackie Chan DC Racing. Jaafar has closed in on the sister #38 car, reducing his deficit to a mere 1.2s.

Let the battle commence!
LMP1
Toyota #8 is looking good for victory. Buemi is 9.7s ahead of Kobayashi in the #7.

That would mean Buemi, Fernando Alonso and Kazuki Nakajima would retain a 100% win rate this season.
LMP2
That gap between Tung and Jaafar after their respective stops is now 3.7s.
LMP2
If there are any DragonSpeed fans still left out there, find your nearest loved one and ask for a hug. Because the bad news just keeps on coming.

Anthony Davidson has just earned the #31 a penalty for breaking full course yellow procedure. Oh dear.
LMP2
It's so close for the lead of LMP2! The #37 exits the pitlane....behind the #38! So Tung still leads, but it can't be much more than about five seconds to Jaafar behind.
LMP2
DragonSpeed in trouble again. It's the #10 this time, pointing the wrong way at the exit of Becketts. Regner van der Zande gets it turned around after a few seconds.
LMP2
Another last scheduled stop, this time for the #38 Jota-prepared DC Racing Oreca. Ho-Pin Tung stays at the wheel. We'll keep an eye on both those Jota cars, there's potential for a great finish with how close they've been running in the last hour.

By: Matt Beer

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