FP1: G-Drive Out In Front in Silverstone

The session finished with Oreca filling the top four positions and led by the championship leading no26 G-Drive Racing Oreca 07-Gibson after Jean-Eric Vergne set a 1m46.287 lap, 0.246 ahead of the no21 DragonSpeed Oreca, with Ben Hanley setting the fastest lap in that car. The fastest non Oreca was the no22 United Autosports Ligier in 5^th place after Phil Hanson recorded a 1m47.564, 1.2 seconds behind the leading G-Drive Oreca.

The LMP3 category saw a United Autosports 1-2 with the no3 Ligier of Matt Bell posting a 1m55.689 lap, nearly half a second ahead of Sean Rayhall in the no2 Nissan powered Ligier JS P3.  Third fastest was the no7 Ecurie Ecosse / Nielsen Ligier with Alex Kapadia setting a 1m56.212. The championship leading no15 RLR MSport Ligier was sixth fastest.

In the LMGTE class it was a Porsche 1-2 with the no86 Gulf Racing 911 of Ben Barker setting a 2m00.345 lap, 0.111s ahead of the no77 Proton Competition Porsche. Reigning champions JMW Motorsport were third quickest with Alex MacDowall setting a 2m00.886 lap in the Ferrari F488.

The second Free Practice session will take place later today at 14h45.

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