Sunday, August 19, 2018

Stop The Presses! Post race news and some major, major changes to the Silverstone results

Folks, we have some major changes to go over, regarding the outcome of today’s 6 Hours of Silverstone, and some new winners.  Both Toyota’s and one of the LM GTE Pro Porsche’s have been disqualified.  Here’s the wrap up, and the 411 on the latest developments,

Pre-Race:

A Lap of Silverstone in DragonSpeed Oreca
https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/lap-of-silverstone-in-dragonspeed-oreca/

Race:

Toyota Leads Dramatic Opening Hour at Silverstone
https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/toyota-leads-dramatic-opening-hour-at-silverstone/

Ford, Tincknell Lead GTE-Pro at Halfway
https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/ford-leads-gte-pro-at-halfway/

Calado, Pier Guidi Win GTE-Pro at Silverstone
https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/calado-pier-guidi-win-gte-pro-at-silverstone/

Toyota Takes Dominant 6H Silverstone Victory
https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/toyota-takes-dominant-6h-silverstone-victory/

*Read on, and you’ll find out, that today’s race results will change, and it is no sunshine and roses for the boys from Toyota.

Silverstone Race Highlights
https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/silverstone-race-highlights-2/

Priaulx: Ford Would Have Won Without FCY
https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/priaulx-ford-would-have-won-without-fcy/

OK, folks, here’s where the race results get turned on their ear.  As you will read, two of the four class  cars, were disqualified from today’s motor race.  Three cars, in total were disqualified after the post-race technical inspection by the FIA and ACO stewards.

Second-Placed No. 91 Porsche Excluded from 6H Silverstone
https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/second-placed-no-91-porsche-excluded-from-6h-silverstone/

Porsche, gets dinged for an infraction, and so to, do both of the Toyota’s that finished first and second.  Both of the Toyota TS050 Hybrids are under investigation.

Wow, this is a stinger.  Both of the Toyota’s have been disqualified!  This means, that there is no hat trick for Fernando Alonso, Kazuki Nakajima, and Sebastien Buemi, even though their Le Mans triumph and Spa triumph still stand.  The second place car, the sister car of Kamui Kobayashi, Jose Maria Lopez, and Mike Conway, have been disqualified,  thus, Rebellion Racing inherits the win!

Your new winners of the 6 Hours of Silverstone, are the drivers of the #3 Rebellion Racing Rebellion R13 Gibson, Thomas Laurent from France, Mathias Beche from Switzerland, and Gustavo Menezes from the United States.

Both Toyota’s Disqualified, Rebellion Inherits Win
https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/both-toyotas-excluded-from-6h-silverstone/

Wow.  How things can change.

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