2014 4 Hours of Silverstone

The 2014 4 Hours of Silverstone was an endurance motor race held at the Silverstone Circuit near Silverstone, England on 18–19 April 2014, and served as the opening round of the 2014 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. The French trio of Pierre Thiriet, Ludovic Badey, and Tristan Gommendy won the race overall for TDS Racing, ahead of Race Performance's Michel Frey and Franck Mailleux and Morand Racing's Christian Klien, Gary Hirsch, and Romain Brandela. The LMGTE category was led by Duncan Cameron, Michele Rugolo, and Matt Griffin for AF Corse, while Team Ukraine's Andriy Kruglyk, Sergii Chukanov, and Alessandro Pier Guidi were victorious in the GTC class.
Qualifying
Qualifying result
| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Tyre | Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine | |||||||
| 1 | LMP2 | 38 |  Jota Sport |  Simon Dolan  Harry Tincknell .svg.png) Filipe Albuquerque | Zytek Z11SN | D | 1:47.702 | 
| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 2 | LMP2 | 34 | .svg.png) Race Performance | .svg.png) Michel Frey  Franck Mailleux | Oreca 03 | D | 1:48.854 | 
| Judd HK 3.6 L V8 | |||||||
| 3 | LMP2 | 48 |  Murphy Prototypes |  Karun Chandhok  Rodolfo González  Alex Kapadia | Oreca 03 | D | 1:48.912 | 
| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 4 | LMP2 | 41 |  Greaves Motorsport |  Tom Kimber-Smith  Chris Dyson  Matt McMurry | Zytek Z11SN | D | 1:48.950 | 
| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 5 | LMP2 | 46 |  Thiriet by TDS Racing |  Pierre Thiriet  Ludovic Badey  Tristan Gommendy | Morgan LMP2 | D | 1:49.057 | 
| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 6 | LMP2 | 43 | .svg.png) Newblood by Morand Racing |  Gary Hirsch  Romain Brandela  Christian Klien | Morgan LMP2 | D | 1:49.715 | 
| Judd HK 3.6 L V8 | |||||||
| 7 | LMP2 | 36 |  Signatech Alpine |  Paul-Loup Chatin  Nelson Panciatici  Oliver Webb | Alpine A450 | M | 1:49.762 | 
| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 8 | LMP2 | 28 |  Greaves Motorsport |  James Littlejohn  Anthony Wells  James Walker | Zytek Z11SN | D | 1:50.236 | 
| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 9 | LMP2 | 24 |  Sébastien Loeb Racing |  Vincent Capillaire  Jan Charouz | Oreca 03 | M | 1:51.822 | 
| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 10 | LMP2 | 29 |  Pegasus Racing |  Julien Schell  Niki Leutwiler  Jonathan Coleman | Morgan LMP2 | D | 1:51.997 | 
| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 11 | LMP2 | 50 |  Larbre Compétition |  Gustavo Yacamán  Keiko Ihara | Morgan LMP2 | M | 1:52.846 | 
| Judd HK 3.6 L V8 | |||||||
| 12 | LMGTE | 72 |  SMP Racing |  Andrea Bertolini  Viktor Shaitar  Sergey Zlobin | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | M | 1:57.970 | 
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 13 | LMGTE | 66 |  JMW Motorsport |  Daniel McKenzie  George Richardson  Daniel Zampieri | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | D | 1:58.590 | 
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 14 | LMGTE | 55 |  AF Corse |  Duncan Cameron  Matt Griffin  Michele Rugolo | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | M | 1:58.835 | 
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 15 | LMGTE | 58 |  Team SOFREV-ASP |  Anthony Pons  Soheil Ayari  Fabien Barthez | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | M | 1:59.166 | 
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 16 | LMGTE | 81 | .svg.png) Kessel Racing |  Thomas Kemenater  Matteo Cressoni | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | M | 1:59.471 | 
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 17 | LMGTE | 54 |  AF Corse |  Piergiuseppe Perazzini  Marco Cioci  Michael Lyons | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | M | 1:59.687 | 
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 18 | LMGTE | 76 |  IMSA Performance Matmut |  Raymond Narac  Nicolas Armindo  David Hallyday | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | M | 1:59.755 | 
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 19 | LMGTE | 80 | .svg.png) Kessel Racing |  Michał Broniszewski  Giacomo Piccini | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | M | 1:59.775 | 
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 20 | LMGTE | 56 |  AT Racing |  Alexander Talkanitsa, Sr.  Alexander Talkanitsa, Jr.  Pierre Kaffer | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | M | 1:59.803 | 
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 21 | GTC | 71 |  SMP Racing |  Kirill Ladygin  Luca Persiani  Aleksey Basov | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | M | 2:00.032 | 
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 22 | GTC | 96 |  Team Ukraine |  Andriy Kruglyk  Sergii Chukanov  Alessandro Pier Guidi | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | M | 2:00.209 | 
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 23 | GTC | 63 |  AF Corse |  Mads Rasmussen  Dennis Lind | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | M | 2:00.676 | 
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 24 | LMGTE | 82 |  Crubilé Sport |  Sebastien Crubilé  François Perrodo  Emmanuel Collard | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | M | 2:00.717 | 
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 25 | GTC | 78 |  Team Russia by Barwell |  Leo Machitski  Timur Sardarov  Jonny Cocker | BMW Z4 GT3 | M | 2:00.956 | 
| BMW 4.4 L V8 | |||||||
| 26 | GTC | 98 |  ART Grand Prix |  Kevin Korjus  Grégoire Demoustier  Yann Goudy | McLaren MP4-12C GT3 | M | 2:01.091 | 
| McLaren 3.8 L Turbo V8 | |||||||
| 27 | LMGTE | 86 |  Gulf Racing UK |  Michael Wainwright  Adam Carroll  Ben Barker | Porsche 997 GT3 RSR | M | 2:01.222 | 
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 28 | GTC | 60 |  Formula Racing |  Jan Magnussen  Johnny Laursen  Mikkel Mac | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | M | 2:01.434 | 
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 29 | GTC | 51 |  Sébastien Loeb Racing |  Henri Hassid  Mike Parisy  Olivier Lombard | Audi R8 LMS ultra | M | 2:01.589 | 
| Audi 5.2 L V10 | |||||||
| 30 | GTC | 99 |  ART Grand Prix |  Ricardo González .svg.png) Karim Ajlani  Alex Brundle | McLaren MP4-12C GT3 | M | 2:01.669 | 
| McLaren 3.8 L Turbo V8 | |||||||
| 31 | GTC | 93 |  Pro GT by Almeras |  Franck Perera  Lucas Laserre  Eric Dermont | Porsche 997 GT3 R | M | 2:01.906 | 
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 32 | GTC | 59 |  Team SOFREV-ASP |  Christophe Bourret  Pascal Gibon  Jean-Philippe Belloc | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | M | 2:02.020 | 
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 33 | GTC | 75 | .svg.png) Prospeed Competition |  Paul Van Splunteren .svg.png) Maxime Soulet  Gilles Vannelet | Porsche 997 GT3 R | M | 2:02.048 | 
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 34 | LMGTE | 67 |  IMSA Performance Matmut |  Erik Maris  Jean-Marc Merlin  Éric Hélary | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | M | 2:02.355 | 
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 35 | GTC | 73 |  SMP Racing |  Olivier Beretta  Anton Ladygin  David Markozov | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | M | 2:04.384 | 
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 36 | GTC | 95 |  AF Corse |  Adrien De Leneer  Cédric Sbirrazzuoli | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | M | 2:04.384 | 
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 37 | LMGTE | 85 |  Gulf Racing UK |  Roald Goethe  Stuart Hall  Dan Brown | Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE | M | 2:04.701 | 
| Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 38 | GTC | 62 |  AF Corse |  Yannick Mollegol  Jean-Marc Bachelier  Howard Blank | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | M | 2:04.716 | 
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | 
Race
Race result
Class winners in bold.[1]
| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Tyre | Laps | Gap/Retired | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine | ||||||||
| 1 | LMP2 | 46 |  Thiriet by TDS Racing |  Pierre Thiriet  Ludovic Badey  Tristan Gommendy | Morgan LMP2 | D | 118 | 4:00'29.711 | 
| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | ||||||||
| 2 | LMP2 | 34 | .svg.png) Race Performance | .svg.png) Michel Frey  Franck Mailleux | Oreca 03 | D | 118 | + 3.828 | 
| Judd HK 3.6 L V8 | ||||||||
| 3 | LMP2 | 43 | .svg.png) Newblood by Morand Racing |  Gary Hirsch  Romain Brandela  Christian Klien | Morgan LMP2 | D | 118 | + 4.731 | 
| Judd HK 3.6 L V8 | ||||||||
| 4 | LMP2 | 41 |  Greaves Motorsport |  Tom Kimber-Smith  Chris Dyson  Matt McMurry | Zytek Z11SN | D | 118 | + 14.388 | 
| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | ||||||||
| 5 | LMP2 | 36 |  Signatech Alpine |  Paul-Loup Chatin  Nelson Panciatici  Oliver Webb | Alpine A450 | M | 118 | + 55.068 | 
| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | ||||||||
| 6 | LMP2 | 28 |  Greaves Motorsport |  James Littlejohn  Anthony Wells  James Walker | Zytek Z11SN | D | 118 | + 1'00.569 | 
| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | ||||||||
| 7 | LMP2 | 24 |  Sébastien Loeb Racing |  Vincent Capillaire  Jan Charouz | Oreca 03 | M | 116 | + 2 Laps | 
| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | ||||||||
| 8 | LMP2 | 48 |  Murphy Prototypes |  Karun Chandhok  Rodolfo González  Alex Kapadia | Oreca 03 | D | 112 | + 6 Laps | 
| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | ||||||||
| 9 | LMGTE | 55 |  AF Corse |  Duncan Cameron  Matt Griffin  Michele Rugolo | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | M | 112 | + 6 Laps | 
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | ||||||||
| 10 | LMGTE | 72 |  SMP Racing |  Andrea Bertolini  Viktor Shaitar  Sergey Zlobin | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | M | 112 | + 6 Laps | 
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | ||||||||
| 11 | LMGTE | 76 |  IMSA Performance Matmut |  Raymond Narac  Nicolas Armindo  David Hallyday | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | M | 111 | + 7 Laps | 
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | ||||||||
| 12 | LMP2 | 50 |  Larbre Compétition |  Gustavo Yacamán  Keiko Ihara | Morgan LMP2 | M | 111 | + 7 Laps | 
| Judd HK 3.6 L V8 | ||||||||
| 13 | LMGTE | 56 |  AT Racing |  Alexander Talkanitsa, Sr.  Alexander Talkanitsa, Jr.  Pierre Kaffer | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | M | 111 | + 7 Laps | 
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | ||||||||
| 14 | LMGTE | 66 |  JMW Motorsport |  Daniel McKenzie  George Richardson  Daniel Zampieri | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | D | 111 | + 7 Laps | 
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | ||||||||
| 15 | LMGTE | 54 |  AF Corse |  Piergiuseppe Perazzini  Marco Cioci  Michael Lyons | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | M | 110 | + 8 Laps | 
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | ||||||||
| 16 | LMGTE | 58 |  Team SOFREV-ASP |  Anthony Pons  Soheil Ayari  Fabien Barthez | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | M | 110 | + 8 Laps | 
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | ||||||||
| 17 | GTC | 96 |  Team Ukraine |  Andriy Kruglyk  Sergii Chukanov  Alessandro Pier Guidi | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | M | 109 | + 9 Laps | 
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | ||||||||
| 18 | GTC | 73 |  SMP Racing |  Olivier Beretta  Anton Ladygin  David Markozov | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | M | 109 | + 9 Laps | 
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | ||||||||
| 19 | GTC | 60 |  Formula Racing |  Jan Magnussen  Johnny Laursen  Mikkel Mac | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | M | 109 | + 9 Laps | 
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | ||||||||
| 20 | LMGTE | 82 |  Crubilé Sport |  Sebastien Crubilé  François Perrodo  Emmanuel Collard | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | M | 109 | + 9 Laps | 
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | ||||||||
| 21 | LMGTE | 86 |  Gulf Racing UK |  Michael Wainwright  Adam Carroll  Ben Barker | Porsche 997 GT3 RSR | M | 109 | + 9 Laps | 
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | ||||||||
| 22 | LMGTE | 80 | .svg.png) Kessel Racing |  Michał Broniszewski  Giacomo Piccini | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | M | 108 | + 10 Laps | 
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | ||||||||
| 23 | GTC | 78 |  Team Russia by Barwell |  Leo Machitski  Timur Sardarov  Jonny Cocker | BMW Z4 GT3 | M | 108 | + 10 Laps | 
| BMW 4.4 L V8 | ||||||||
| 241 | LMGTE | 85 |  Gulf Racing UK |  Roald Goethe  Stuart Hall  Dan Brown | Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE | M | 108 | + 10 Laps | 
| Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 | ||||||||
| 25 | GTC | 99 |  ART Grand Prix |  Ricardo González .svg.png) Karim Ajlani  Alex Brundle | McLaren MP4-12C GT3 | M | 107 | + 11 Laps | 
| McLaren 3.8 L Turbo V8 | ||||||||
| 26 | GTC | 51 |  Sébastien Loeb Racing |  Henri Hassid  Mike Parisy  Olivier Lombard | Audi R8 LMS ultra | M | 107 | + 11 Laps | 
| Audi 5.2 L V10 | ||||||||
| 27 | GTC | 98 |  ART Grand Prix |  Kevin Korjus  Grégoire Demoustier  Yann Goudy | McLaren MP4-12C GT3 | M | 107 | + 11 Laps | 
| McLaren 3.8 L Turbo V8 | ||||||||
| 28 | GTC | 93 |  Pro GT by Almeras |  Franck Perera  Lucas Laserre  Eric Dermont | Porsche 997 GT3 R | M | 107 | + 11 Laps | 
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | ||||||||
| 29 | GTC | 75 | .svg.png) Prospeed Competition |  Paul Van Splunteren .svg.png) Maxime Soulet  Gilles Vannelet | Porsche 997 GT3 R | M | 107 | + 11 Laps | 
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | ||||||||
| 30 | GTC | 63 |  AF Corse |  Mads Rasmussen  Dennis Lind | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | M | 106 | + 12 Laps | 
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | ||||||||
| 31 | LMGTE | 67 |  IMSA Performance Matmut |  Erik Maris  Jean-Marc Merlin  Éric Hélary | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | M | 106 | + 12 Laps | 
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | ||||||||
| 32 | GTC | 59 |  Team SOFREV-ASP |  Christophe Bourret  Pascal Gibon  Jean-Philippe Belloc | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | M | 106 | + 12 Laps | 
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | ||||||||
| 33 | LMGTE | 81 | .svg.png) Kessel Racing |  Thomas Kemenater  Matteo Cressoni | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | M | 104 | + 14 Laps | 
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | ||||||||
| 34 | GTC | 95 |  AF Corse |  Adrien De Leneer  Cédric Sbirrazzuoli | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | M | 102 | + 16 Laps | 
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | ||||||||
| 35 | GTC | 62 |  AF Corse |  Yannick Mollegol  Jean-Marc Bachelier  Howard Blank | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | M | 102 | + 16 Laps | 
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | ||||||||
| DNF | LMP2 | 38 |  Jota Sport |  Simon Dolan  Harry Tincknell .svg.png) Filipe Albuquerque | Zytek Z11SN | D | 97 | Collision | 
| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | ||||||||
| DNF | LMP2 | 29 |  Pegasus Racing |  Julien Schell  Niki Leutwiler  Jonathan Coleman | Morgan LMP2 | D | 74 | Retired | 
| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | ||||||||
| DNS | GTC | 71 |  SMP Racing |  Kirill Ladygin  Luca Persiani  Aleksey Basov | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | M | – | Oil leak | 
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | 
^1 – The No. 85 Gulf Racing Aston Martin was penalized two laps by race stewards following the race for not adhering to the driver time requirements.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Silverstone – Race – Final Classification" (PDF). European Le Mans Series. 19 April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-22. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- ^ "Decision Nº 21" (PDF). European Le Mans Series. 19 April 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.