Silverstone Britcar 24-Hour
The 24 - hour race at Silverstone, also known as 24hr Britcar is held annually since 2005 as part of the British Britcar Endurance Series for sports cars. It is 24 regarded as the successor of the Willhire because there was no 24 -hour race more in the UK since its last staging in 1994. The length of the lap was 2005-2009 5.141 km ( 3.195 miles ). During the renovation in 2010, the length of a round is 5.890 km ( 3.660 miles ) or 5.901 kilometers ( 3.667 miles ). The qualifying for the race will take place on Friday and consists of a day and a night session. The Tagsession starts around noon, night session in the evening. Before the race, there is a morning warm-up before the race starts in the afternoon.
Classification
The vehicle field is subdivided into four classes, the classification is done either according to FIA homologation or the power to weight ratio:
- Class 1: Cars FIA GT3 regulations, or with a maximum of 2.6 kg / hp. Vehicles that are based on any road car are classified as LMPX and may have up to 3.0 kg / hp.
Diesel vehicles are classified according to the performance weight. You may carry a maximum of 75 liters with it, 120 liter gasoline vehicles. 75 liters may be refueled per pit stop.
History
2005 - 10-11. September
2006 - 9-10. September
2007 - 8/9 September
The race started at 16.30 clock with cloudy skies and a dry track. In the morning the fog was too dense, the race had to be interrupted. The restart took place at 07:15 clock.
Top Gear
Among the participants was also a team from the British car show Top Gear. They took part in a BMW e46 330d. In both qualifying sessions they were, with the help ihrers driver Stig, better than expected until the car lost propulsion. The repair lasted into the lap of the field and they could still start as level. Except for small problems in the race, everything went well until Richard Hammond 23 against clock had an accident with a Mosler and the car had to take a three-hour break repair. They reached the goal and finished the race in 39 of 46 James May took in 2011 and 2012 do not participate, it was another James May
2008 - 20-21. September
2009 - 2 / 3 October
The race was shortened from 24 hours to 500 miles (805 km).
2010 - 2 / 3 October
The race start was at 16.30 clock. The weather conditions were good at the start of the race, but after a few hours it started to rain. At the beginning of the night, the track was wet and not dried out. On Sunday, the fog was too dense and the field had to drive for hours behind the safety car.
2011 - 1 / 2 October
The race start was at 16.30 clock.
2012 - 22-23. September
The pole position time of 2:02.420 minutes was driven by Team LNT Ginetta G55 on a GT3. The race started at 15:30 clock. Overall winner of the team led by Richard Abra in a BMW M3 E46 GTR with 564 rounds was. The fastest lap of the race with a time of 2:05.297 minutes was driven by Neil Garner Motorsport Mosler MT900 R on a. From 33 launched vehicles managed 26 in the standings.
2013
This year there will be no 24 -hour race, it is replaced by a 1000 km race, which will take place from 20 to 22 September. The full 24 hours are likely to be contested again in 2014.
Live broadcast
The race was in 2012 largely commented on by the Internet radio station radiolemans.com in English.
Overall winner
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