0:58 – So with an hour to go here at Silverstone the top five in each class are as follows:
- LMP2 – #38, #34, #46, #43, #41.
- GTE – #72, #55, #56, #58, #76.
- GTC – #96, #60, #73, #51, #75.
0:55 – Kapadia gets back into the overall top 10 in an attempt to salvage the race for the Murphy Prototype squad.
0:54 – Nicolas Armindo takes 4th in GTE, getting past Talkanitsa at Woodcote after a three-wide moment going down the hanger straight earlier in the lap.
0:48 – Simon Dolan goes off the track exiting Chapel as he attempts to lap Rugolo, the Zytek taking to the grass as the Ferrari drifts wide. Dolan almost holds the slide but the Zytek snaps back and runs across the track and hits the Larbre Morgan before the #38 careers hard, impacting the left front corner into the unprotected concrete barrier just ahead of the bridge parapet.
Jota will be out of this one after leading most of the race. Franck Mallieux in the Race Performance Oreca takes the lead as the safety car comes out.
0:44 – Kimber-Smith climbs aboard the Caterham Greaves Zytek for his first stint of the race. He currently sits fifth overall, and within striking distance. The top six are all on the same lap and will restart the race within 30 seconds of each other.
0:38 – The GTC lead has changed, the all-Danish #60 Formula Racing 458 has managed to get by Pier Guidi’s #96 Ukraine Ferrari in the pits.
0:29 – The series organisers confirm that Simon Dolan is conscious and out of the car – he will need a trip to the medical centre however.
0:26 – So when we get going again there will be six on the lead lap in LMP2, four in GTE and three in GTC.
0:22 – Green flag flies once again.
0:21 – Gommendy in the TDS Morgan gets immediately behind the lead Race Performance Oreca of Frey at the restart.
0:18 – Tom Kimber-Smith gets past Chatin in the Signatech Alpine for 4th in class.
0:16 – Rugolo’s #55 takes Bertolini in the #72 SMP 458 for the GTE lead. AF Corse lead once again!
0:11 – Pier Guidi in the Ukraine Ferrari takes the GTC from the Formula Racing team once again. Formula Racing drops to 3rd in class as the #73 SMP Ferrari of Markozov takes 2nd off the Danish crew.
0:05 – Gommendy takes the lead at Copse, three-way battle for the lead in P2 now. Frey under pressure from Gary Hirsch now in the Newblood Morgan.
0:02 – Frey shows off his skills fending off Hirschi at turn 1. Side-by-side action but the Race Performance Judd prevails against the Newblood Morgan.
0:00 – The field crosses the line after four hours of racing. A great drive by Gommendy to take the win for TDS Racing. AF Corse win GTE but the results in GTC though, are under investigation by the series organisers.
Stephen Kilbey
