UNITED AUTOSPORTS HEAD TO THE BELGIAN FOREST FOR ROUND FIVE OF THE EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES

Last time out at Silverstone, United Autosports maintained their home race winning streak, when the #3 Ligier JS P3 of Tony Wells, Garett Grist and Matt Bell crossed the line claiming the team’s first ELMS win of 2018 after a fantastic race by the trio. Hot on their heels were the #2 pairing of John Falb and Sean Rayhall – a storming drive by Sean during the first two hours saw him recover from a first corner spin which put him dead last to move up to second as he handed over the Ligier to John Falb. Unfortunately, while on target to jump the #3 car in the final round of stops, an electrical problem caused a delayed pit stop and dropped the unlucky pair to seventh. Tony, Matt and Garett now lie joint second in the LMP3 standings with 46.5 points, only 12 points behind the leaders with two races to go.
 
The ELMS LMP2 team suffered further misfortune at Silverstone as Phil Hanson was forced to retire the #22 Ligier JS P217 only slightly into the second hour denying Filipe Albuquerque chance to get behind the wheel. Hugo de Sadeleer, Will Owen and Wayne Boyd also struggled in the #32 Ligier – a good start by Hugo was thwarted in the final moments of the race as contact with a lapped car caused a puncture and an unscheduled stop dropping them to 10^th at the flag.

The Spa Francorchamps race weekend begins on Friday 21^st September with Michelin Le Mans Cup free practice at 10:45. The two-hour Michelin Le Mans Cup race will be held on Saturday 22^nd September at 15:50, with the 4 Hours of Spa Francorchamps beginning at 12:30 on Sunday 23^rd September.

Zak Brown, Team Owner and Chairman, United Autosports:
“We had a great result at Silverstone so now we just need to keep that momentum going into the final two rounds. I’m looking forward to seeing how we get on. I love Spa and I’m excited to be there so fingers crossed we get a good result.”
 
Richard Dean, Team Owner and Managing Director, United Autosports:
“To win our home race for the third year running was fantastic. Now we just need to maximise all our efforts for the next two races to keep us in with a chance of the championship. We have been working on our LMP2 package as well, to hopefully get us closer to the front of the grid than we have been for the first part of the season. Our Michelin Le Mans Cup guys performed well at Red Bull Ring too, so we just need to pull it altogether to get some top results for them too.”