Three days to go until the 4 Hours of Silverstone

2014 Le Mans 24 Hours LMP2 class winner, JOTA Sport, will be looking for a strong home race in 2015 while teams new to LMP2 such as Eurasia Motorsport, AF Corse, Krohn Racing and Ibanez will clearly want to show what they are made of for their first race in the European series. Amongst the newcomers and also looking for a positive race will be the five LMP3 entries, the BMW Team Marc VDS Z4 in LMGTE as well as the BMW Z4 GT3 of TDS Racing and the sole Aston Martin Vantage GT3 of Massive Motorsport in GTC.

Circuit presentation

Known for being a mecca for British motorsport, Silverstone Circuit (in the county of Northamptonshire) is a true British institution.  Ninety minutes from the UK’s capital city of London, the 5.9km (3.66 mile) Silverstone track has everything to excite and entertain spectators. Built on the site of an old airfield, it has undergone regular upgrades and is host to the British F1 Grand Prix.

Nine European endurance races have taken place at Silverstone since 2004.  In 2013 the first round of the newly re-launched ELMS took place under heavy rain, the race being shortened due to the extreme weather conditions, while in 2014 everything came together perfectly for a great race which was won by the French Thiriet by TDS Racing team.  

European Le Mans Series results (2014)

LMP2: Thiriet by TDS Racing – No.46 Morgan Nissan – Gommendy/Thiriet/Badey

LMGTE: AF Corse – No.55 Ferrari 458 Italia - Cameron/Griffin

GTC: Team Ukraine – No. 96 Ferrari 458 Italia - Pier Guidi/Kruglyk/Chukanov

European Le Mans Series results (2013):

LMP2: Jota Sport –No.38 Zytek Z11SN-Nissan – Dolan/Turvey

LMGTE: Proton Competition –No.77 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR - Ried/Roda/Tandy

LMPC: Team Endurance Challenge –No.48 FLM ORECA 09 – Pons/Ayari

GTC: Ecurie Ecosse–No.79 BMW Z4 – Millroy/Smith/McCaig

Program for the 4 Hours of Silverstone ELMS 2015

The 4 Hours of Silverstone will take place on Saturday April 11th.

The first free practice session of the week-end will start on Friday April 10th at 10h35 (local time) and last one hour; the second free practice session will start at 14h10 for 90 minutes. On Saturday morning, the LMGTE and GTC cars will be back on track for their qualifying session at 11h05, while the LMP2 and LMP3 prototypes will take to the track for their qualifying at 11h30.

Fans of the ELMS will be able to meet the teams and the drivers during an autograph session in the pit lane from 12h55 to 13h25, and the start of the 4-hour race will be given at 14h30 (all local times).

All additional information on the 4 Hours of Silverstone will be posted on www.europeanlemansseries.com.

Tickets can be bought HERE

Full programme HERE

Latest Entry list HERE