2015 4 Hours of Silverstone explained

The 2015 4 Hours of Silverstone was an endurance motor race held at the Silverstone Circuit near Silverstone, England on 10–11 April 2015, and served as the opening round of the 2015 European Le Mans Series, and the first race under the series' new four-hour format. The event shared the weekend at Silverstone with the FIA World Endurance Championship's six-hour event.

Qualifying

Qualifying result

Class winners in bold.^[1]

Pos	Class	Team	Time	Grid
1	LMP2	No. 41 Greaves Motorsport	1:48.752	1
2	LMP2	No. 38 Jota Sport	1:49.212	2
3	LMP2	No. 46 Thiriet by TDS Racing	1:49.353	3
4	LMP2	No. 34 AF Corse	1:49.486	4
5	LMP2	No. 48 Murphy Prototypes	1:49.681	5
6	LMP2	No. 34 Eurasia Motorsport	1:50.216	6
7	LMP2	No. 29 Pegasus Racing	1:50.757	7
8	LMP2	No. 45 Ibañez Racing	1:51.418	8
9	LMP2	No. 32 AF Corse	1:52.020	9
10	LMP2	No. 44 Ibañez Racing	1:53.096	10
11	LMP2	No. 40 Krohn Racing	1:55.589	11
12	LMP3	No. 3 Team LNT	1:59.892	12
13	LMGTE	No. 81 AF Corse	2:00.151	13
14	LMGTE	No. 88 Proton Competition	2:00.269	14
15	LMP3	No. 2 Team LNT	2:00.457	15
16	LMGTE	No. 56 AT Racing	2:00.478	16
17	LMGTE	No. 52 BMW Sports Trophy Marc VDS	2:00.480	17
18	LMGTE	No. 86 Gulf Racing UK	2:00.641	18
19	LMGTE	No. 66 JMW Motorsport	2:00.997	19
20	LMGTE	No. 55 AF Corse	2:01.110	20
21	LMGTE	No. 51 AF Corse	2:01.336	21
22	LMGTE	No. 60 Formula Racing	2:01.437	22
23	GTC	No. 59 TDS Racing	2:01.939	23
24	LMP3	No. 11 Lanan Racing	2:02.045	24
25	LMP3	No. 7 University of Bolton	2:02.686	25
26	GTC	No. 63 AF Corse	2:03.002	26
27	GTC	No. 62 AF Corse	2:03.298	27
28	GTC	No. 64 AF Corse	2:03.564	28
29	GTC	No. 68 Massive Motorsport	2:04.096	29
30	GTC	No. 85 Gulf Racing UK	2:04.596	30
31	LMP3	No. 15 SVK by Speed Factory	2:06.697	31

Race

Race result

Class winners in bold.^[2]

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
Pos	Class	No.	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tyre	Laps
1	LMP2	41	Greaves Motorsport	Gary Hirsch Jon Lancaster Björn Wirdheim	Gibson 015S		118
1	LMP2	41	Greaves Motorsport	Gary Hirsch Jon Lancaster Björn Wirdheim	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8		118
2	LMP2	38	Jota Sport	Simon Dolan Filipe Albuquerque Harry Tincknell	Gibson 015S		118
2	LMP2	38	Jota Sport	Simon Dolan Filipe Albuquerque Harry Tincknell	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8		118
3	LMP2	46	Thiriet by TDS Racing	Pierre Thiriet Ludovic Badey Tristan Gommendy	Oreca 05		118
3	LMP2	46	Thiriet by TDS Racing	Pierre Thiriet Ludovic Badey Tristan Gommendy	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8		118
4	LMP2	40	Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson Oswaldo Negri, Jr.	Ligier JS P2		117
4	LMP2	40	Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson Oswaldo Negri, Jr.	Judd HK 3.6 L V8		117
5	LMP2	33	Eurasia Motorsport	Pu Jun Jin Nick de Bruijn	Oreca 03R		116
5	LMP2	33	Eurasia Motorsport	Pu Jun Jin Nick de Bruijn	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8		116
6	LMP2	32	AF Corse	Maurizio Mediani Nicolas Minassian David Markozov	Oreca 03		114
6	LMP2	32	AF Corse	Maurizio Mediani Nicolas Minassian David Markozov	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8		114
7	LMP2	45	Ibañez Racing	José Ibañez Ivan Bellarosa Pierre Perret	Oreca 03R		114
7	LMP2	45	Ibañez Racing	José Ibañez Ivan Bellarosa Pierre Perret	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8		114
8	LMGTE	86	Gulf Racing UK	Michael Wainwright Phil Keen Adam Carroll	Porsche 911 RSR		110
8	LMGTE	86	Gulf Racing UK	Michael Wainwright Phil Keen Adam Carroll	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		110
9	LMGTE	66	JMW Motorsport	George Richardson Robert Smith Sam Tordoff	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2		109
9	LMGTE	66	JMW Motorsport	George Richardson Robert Smith Sam Tordoff	Ferrari 4.5 L V8		109
10	LMGTE	55	AF Corse	Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin Aaron Scott	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2		109
10	LMGTE	55	AF Corse	Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin Aaron Scott	Ferrari 4.5 L V8		109
11	LMGTE	52	BMW Team Marc VDS	Henry Hassid Jesse Krohn Andy Priaulx	BMW Z4 GTE		109
11	LMGTE	52	BMW Team Marc VDS	Henry Hassid Jesse Krohn Andy Priaulx	BMW 4.4 L V8		109
12	LMGTE	88	Proton Competition	Christian Ried Khaled Al Qubaisi Klaus Bachler	Porsche 911 RSR		109
12	LMGTE	88	Proton Competition	Christian Ried Khaled Al Qubaisi Klaus Bachler	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		109
13	LMGTE	60	Formula Racing	Johnny Laursen Mikkel Mac Andrea Rizzoli	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2		109
13	LMGTE	60	Formula Racing	Johnny Laursen Mikkel Mac Andrea Rizzoli	Ferrari 4.5 L V8		109
14	GTC	59	TDS Racing	Eric Dermont Dino Lunardi Franck Perera	BMW Z4 GT3		108
14	GTC	59	TDS Racing	Eric Dermont Dino Lunardi Franck Perera	BMW 4.4 L V8		108
15	LMGTE	56	AT Racing	Alexander Talkanitsa, Jr. Alexander Talkanitsa, Sr. Alessandro Pier Guidi	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2		107
15	LMGTE	56	AT Racing		Ferrari 4.5 L V8		107
16	LMP3	3	Team LNT	Chris Hoy Charlie Robertson	Ginetta-Juno LMP3		107
16	LMP3	3	Team LNT	Chris Hoy Charlie Robertson	Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8		107
17	LMP3	2	Team LNT	Michael Simpson Gaëtan Paletou	Ginetta-Juno LMP3		106
17	LMP3	2	Team LNT	Michael Simpson Gaëtan Paletou	Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8		106
18	GTC	64	AF Corse	Mads Rasmussen Francisco Guedes Filipe Barreiros	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3		106
18	GTC	64	AF Corse	Mads Rasmussen Francisco Guedes Filipe Barreiros	Ferrari 4.5 L V8		106
19	LMP2	34	AF Corse	Mikhail Aleshin Anton Ladygin Kirill Ladygin	Oreca 03		105
19	LMP2	34	AF Corse	Mikhail Aleshin Anton Ladygin Kirill Ladygin	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8		105
20	LMP3	7	University of Bolton	Rob Garofall Jens Petersen	Ginetta-Juno LMP3		105
20	LMP3	7	University of Bolton	Rob Garofall Jens Petersen	Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8		105
21	LMP3	15	SVK by Speed Factory	Konstantīns Calko Jésus Fuster Dainius Matijošaitis	Ginetta-Juno LMP3		102
21	LMP3	15	SVK by Speed Factory	Konstantīns Calko Jésus Fuster Dainius Matijošaitis	Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8		102
22	GTC	85	Gulf Racing UK	Daniel Brown Roald Goethe Archie Hamilton	Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3		92
22	GTC	85	Gulf Racing UK	Daniel Brown Roald Goethe Archie Hamilton	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10		92
DNF	LMP2	44	Ibañez Racing	Michele La Rosa Yutaka Yamagishi	Oreca 03		99
DNF	LMP2	44	Ibañez Racing	Michele La Rosa Yutaka Yamagishi	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8		99
DNF	LMP2	48	Murphy Prototypes	Michael Lyons Nathanaël Berthon Mark Patterson	Oreca 03R		83
DNF	LMP2	48	Murphy Prototypes	Michael Lyons Nathanaël Berthon Mark Patterson	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8		83
DNF	GTC	63	AF Corse	Marco Cioci Ilya Melnikov Giorgio Roda	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3		67
DNF	GTC	63	AF Corse	Marco Cioci Ilya Melnikov Giorgio Roda	Ferrari 4.5 L V8		67
DNF	GTC	68	Massive Motorsport	Casper Elgaard Simon Møller Kristian Poulsen	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3		65
DNF	GTC	68	Massive Motorsport	Casper Elgaard Simon Møller Kristian Poulsen	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8		65
DNF	LMP2	29	Pegasus Racing	Léo Roussel David Cheng Jonathan Coleman	Morgan LMP2		64
DNF	LMP2	29	Pegasus Racing	Léo Roussel David Cheng Jonathan Coleman	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8		64
DNF	LMP3	11	Lanan Racing	Alex Craven Joey Foster Charlie Hollings	Ginetta-Juno LMP3		52
DNF	LMP3	11	Lanan Racing	Alex Craven Joey Foster Charlie Hollings	Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8		52
DNF	LMGTE	51	AF Corse	Matteo Cressoni Raffaele Giammaria Peter Mann	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2		35
DNF	LMGTE	51	AF Corse	Matteo Cressoni Raffaele Giammaria Peter Mann	Ferrari 4.5 L V8		35
DNF	LMGTE	81	AF Corse	Michele Rugolo Stephen Wyatt Rui Águas	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2		32
DNF	LMGTE	81	AF Corse	Michele Rugolo Stephen Wyatt Rui Águas	Ferrari 4.5 L V8		32
DNS	GTC	62	AF Corse	Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr Stuart Hall	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3		-
DNS	GTC	62	AF Corse	Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr Stuart Hall	Ferrari 4.5 L V8		-

Notes and References

Web site: European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Silverstone – Qualifying Practice – Final Classification . . PDF . 11 April 2015 . 22 October 2016.
Web site: European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Silverstone – Race – Final Classification . . PDF . 11 April 2015 . 23 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150425074000/http://www.europeanlemansseries.com/assets/1/Courses/Docs/Classification_Race_Hour_4_b84892.pdf . 25 April 2015 . dead . dmy-all .