Conway Quickest in Silverstone opening practice
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| #7 Toyota of Conway |
Mike Conway set the pace in an incident-filled Free Practice 1 ahead of the Six Hours of Silverstone which saw two red flag periods.
He posted a best time of 1:39.916 in the No. 7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid, 0.275 seconds quicker than Sebastien Buemi in the No. 8 car.
Ford Chip Ganassi Racing were 1-2 in GTE-Pro with Stefan Mucke improving on co-driver Olivier Pla’s time late in the session to keep the No. 66 Ford GT on top in class.
The session was extended by 15 minutes following the first red flag period, called for Bruno Senna going off track at Copse, which halted the session for 30 minutes.
WEC debutant Rene Binder stopped on the Wellington Straight in the ByKolles ENSO CLM P1/01 NISMO causing a 2nd red flag for 11 minutes.
Practice 1 Times
| POS | CLASS | DRIVER | TEAM | CAR | TIME | GAP | LAPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LMP1 | M.Conway, K.Kobayashi, J.M.Lopez | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Toyota | 1m39.916s | – | 24 |
| 2 | LMP1 | S.Buemi, K.Nakajima, F.Alonso | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Toyota | 1m40.191s | 0.275s | 27 |
| 3 | LMP1 | M.Beche, T.Laurent, G.Menezes | Rebellion Racing | Rebellion/Gibson | 1m40.943s | 1.027s | 20 |
| 4 | LMP1 | N.Jani, A.Lotterer, B.Senna | Rebellion Racing | Rebellion/Gibson | 1m43.155s | 3.239s | 4 |
| 5 | LMP1 | M.Aleshin, V.Petrov, J.Button | SMP Racing | BR Engineering/AER | 1m43.176s | 3.260s | 17 |
| 6 | LMP1 | S.Sarrazin, E.Orudzhev | SMP Racing | BR Engineering/AER | 1m43.957s | 4.041s | 20 |
| 7 | LMP1 | H.Hedman, B.Hanley, R.van der Zande | DragonSpeed | BR Engineering/Gibson | 1m44.533s | 4.617s | 16 |
| 8 | LMP1 | O.Webb, R.Binder | ByKOLLES Racing Team | ENSO CLM/NISMO | 1m44.770s | 4.854s | 17 |
| 9 | LMP2 | F.Perrodo, M.Vaxiviere, L.Duval | TDS Racing | ORECA/Gibson | 1m46.122s | 6.206s | 32 |
| 10 | LMP2 | H-Pin Tung, G.Aubry, S.Richelmi | Jackie Chan DC Racing | ORECA/Gibson | 1m46.855s | 6.939s | 26 |
| 11 | LMP2 | N.Lapierre, A.Negrao, P.Thiriet | Signatech Alpine Matmut | Alpine/Gibson | 1m47.082s | 7.166s | 30 |
| 12 | LMP2 | J.Jaafar, W.Tan, N.Jeffri | Jackie Chan DC Racing | ORECA/Gibson | 1m47.385s | 7.469s | 28 |
| 13 | LMP2 | R.Gonzalez, P.Maldonado, A.Davidson | DragonSpeed | ORECA/Gibson | 1m47.760s | 7.844s | 21 |
| 14 | LMP2 | F.van Eerd, G.van der Garde, N.de Vries | Racing Team Nederland | Dallara/Gibson | 1m48.650s | 8.734s | 29 |
| 15 | LMP2 | E.Creed, R.Ricci, Y.Mori | Larbre Competition | Alpine/Gibson | 1m50.929s | 11.013s | 27 |
| 16 | GTE Pro | S.Mucke, O.Pla | Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK | Ford | 1m56.852s | 16.936s | 20 |
| 17 | GTE Pro | A.Priaulx, H.Tincknell | Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK | Ford | 1m57.523s | 17.607s | 28 |
| 18 | GTE Pro | R.Lietz, G.Bruni | Porsche GT Team | Porsche | 1m58.212s | 18.296s | 24 |
| 19 | GTE Pro | A.P.Guidi, J.Calado | AF Corse | Ferrari | 1m58.483s | 18.567s | 26 |
| 20 | GTE Pro | M.Christensen, K.Estre | Porsche GT Team | Porsche | 1m58.748s | 18.832s | 25 |
| 21 | GTE Pro | A.Lynn, M.Martin | Aston Martin Racing | Aston Martin | 1m58.770s | 18.854s | 25 |
| 22 | GTE Pro | M.Sorensen, N.Thiim | Aston Martin Racing | Aston Martin | 1m58.836s | 18.920s | 29 |
| 23 | GTE Pro | D.Rigon, S.Bird | AF Corse | Ferrari | 1m58.927s | 19.011s | 22 |
| 24 | GTE Pro | A.Farfus, A.F.da Costa | BMW Team MTEK | BMW | 1m59.122s | 19.206s | 24 |
| 25 | GTE Am | G.Roda, G.Roda, M.Cairoli | Dempsey-Proton Racing | Porsche | 1m59.418s | 19.502s | 26 |
| 26 | GTE Am | C.Ried, J.Andlauer, M.Campbell | Dempsey-Proton Racing | Porsche | 1m59.623s | 19.707s | 26 |
| 27 | GTE Am | M.Wainwright, B.Barker, A.Davison | Gulf Racing | Porsche | 1m59.676s | 19.760s | 24 |
| 28 | GTE Am | S.Yoluc, J.Adam, C.Eastwood | TF Sport | Aston Martin | 1m59.693s | 19.777s | 28 |
| 29 | GTE Pro | M.Tomczyk, N.Catsburg | BMW Team MTEK | BMW | 1m59.754s | 19.838s | 15 |
| 30 | GTE Am | Mok W.S., K.Sawa, M.Griffin | Clearwater Racing | Ferrari | 2m00.180s | 20.264s | 26 |
| 31 | GTE Am | T.Flohr, F.Castellacci, G.Fisichella | Spirit of Race | Ferrari | 2m00.704s | 20.788s | 29 |
| 32 | GTE Am | M.Ishikawa, O.Beretta, E.Cheever | MR Racing | Ferrari | 2m01.042s | 21.126s | 28 |
| 33 | GTE Am | P.D.Lana, P.Lamy, M.Lauda | Aston Martin Racing | Aston Martin | 2m01.067s | 21.151s | 23 |
| 34 | GTE Am | J.Bergmeister, P.Lindsey, E.Perfetti | Team Project 1 | Porsche | 2m01.549s | 21.633s | 25 |