Silverstone 3 Hours 2018 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Silverstone		Date: 20.5.2018
Track: Silverstone (United Kingdom), 5.901 kms	Organiser: unknown
Silverstone 3 Hours
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup (round 2)

Weather:	dry, warm
Start time:	14:59
Grid:	2-2-2, rolling start
Distance:	3 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	52
Practiced:	50
Qualified:	50
Started:	50
Finished:	40
Classified:	44

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
FIA GT3 - Pro Cup	25	25	22
FIA GT3 - Silver Cup	9	9	7
FIA GT3 - Pro-Am Cup	10	10	9
FIA GT3 - Am Cup	6	6	6

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Lap Times

Race notes:
no full-course cautions

Pre-race sessions:
Bronze Test held for a total of 60 minutes on 18/5
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 180 minutes on 19/5
1 qualifying session held for a total of 60 minutes on 20/5

Winners:
Overall:	76	Aston Martin V12 Vantage	Thiim / Dennis / Vaxiviere
FIA GT3 - Silver Cup:	6	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Al Faisal / Haupt / Piana
FIA GT3 - Pro-Am Cup:	49	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Yoluc / Burke / Hankey
FIA GT3 - Am Cup:	188	McLaren 650 S GT3	Harris / West / Goodwin
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	72	Ferrari 488 GT3	Aleshin / Molina / Rigon	1:58.667	179.000 km/h	lap 65
FIA GT3 - Silver Cup:	54	Jaguar XK-R Emil Frey G3	Fontana / Zaugg / Grenier	1:59.442	177.800 km/h	lap 64
FIA GT3 - Pro-Am Cup:	42	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Buncombe / Leventis / Williamson	1:59.333	178.000 km/h	lap 87
FIA GT3 - Am Cup:	188	McLaren 650 S GT3	Harris / West / Goodwin	1:59.992	177.000 km/h	lap 72
Pole Positions:
Overall:	76	Aston Martin V12 Vantage	Thiim / Dennis / Vaxiviere	1:56.637	182.100 km/h
FIA GT3 - Silver Cup:	54	Jaguar XK-R Emil Frey G3	Fontana / Zaugg / Grenier	1:57.418	180.900 km/h
FIA GT3 - Pro-Am Cup:	333	Ferrari 488 GT3	Salikhov / Mattschull / Keilwitz	1:56.863	181.700 km/h
FIA GT3 - Am Cup:	188	McLaren 650 S GT3	Harris / West / Goodwin	1:58.947	178.500 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Mercedes-AMG (12), Lamborghini (9), Audi (6), Ferrari (5), Aston Martin (3), BMW (3), Bentley (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Mercedes-Benz (12), Lamborghini (9), Audi (6), Ferrari (5), Aston Martin (3), BMW (3), Bentley (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Mercedes-AMG GT3 (12), Lamborghini Huracán (8), Audi R8 LMS (6)
Driver nationalities:	GB (33), D (27), F (21), I (16), CH (7), NL (5), RUS (5), E (5), B (4), FIN (3), ZA (3)
Team nationalities:	D (13), GB (13), F (6), I (5), CH (5), A (3), B (2), RUS (2)
Engine positions:	front-engined (52%), mid-engined (44%), rear-engined (4%)
Average engine size:	5078 cc (with regard to 30% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 5687 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Pierre Ehret (62), Kriton Lendoudis (59), Maurice Ricci (57)
Youngest known drivers:	Kelvin van der Linde (22), Michele Beretta (24), Jeffrey Schmidt (24)

Official Race Programme:

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