WEC 6 hours of Silverstone

[Jonny69]

Can't see a thread! It's the WEC 6 hours of Silverstone this weekend. Qualifying today and there's currently a 4 hour ELMS race going on. Tomorrow is the 6 hour first round of the WEC. Race starts at 12 midday and finishes at 6pm. The final 2 hours will be shown live on Quest, available on Freeview. Not sure about other TV coverage. Radio Le Mans providing live commentary as usual.

LMP1 contenders are Porsche, Audi and Toyota. Currently looking like all the cars are up on power since last year; bigger, more efficient hybrid systems and more efficient aero packages. Everyone is now pushing out over 900hp!

About: http://www.fiawec.com/races/6-hours-of-silverstone.html

Live timing: http://live.fiawec.com/

Porsche might be providing a live feed on Sunday: http://www.porsche.com/usa/eventsandracing/motorsport/worksracing/raceseries/fiawec/livestreaming/ - may only be USA though. International here: http://www.porsche.com/internationa.../worksracing/raceseries/fiawec/livestreaming/

The ACO seem to be broadcasting the ELMS race online here so might be also there for the 6: http://www.lemans-tv.com/

Radio Le Mans: http://www.radiolemans.co/

 

[Jonny69]

Anyone know what actually happened to the no.8 Audi? It conked out on the full course yellow, sat out on the track for quite some time, lots of smoke inside the car on the in-car camera, fire system deployed (I think), then it looked like someone in an Audi race suit was trying to jump start it. All that time there was no attempt to even push it off the track which was most strange.

 

[Jonny69]

Ah right. I had wondered how they deal with live Li Ion batteries.

 

[Jonny69]

Great pics. Didn't know you could get above the pits during the race. I would have liked to have done that