2015 Silverstone 24 Hours
The 2015 Britcar 24 Hour Race Silverstone was the 10th running of the Silverstone 24 Hours endurance sports car race held on April 25-26, 2015 at the Silverstone Circuit.[1]
Victory overall and in Class 3 went to the No. 35 Beechdean AMR Aston Martin V8 Vantage driven by Andrew Howard, Jonathan Adam, Harry Whale, Jamie Chadwick, and Ross Gunn.[2][3] Victory in Class 4 went to the No. 50 St. Bas Koeten Racing SEAT León Cup Racer driven by Karel Gijs Bessem, Harry Hilders, and Roger Grouwels. Class 1 was won by the No. 10 Radical Sportcars Radical RXC V8 driven by Laurence Wiltshire, Shahin Nouri, Martyn Smith, and Richard Roberts.[4] Class 5 was won by the No. 62 Red Camel-jordan.nl SEAT Leon driven by Ivo Breukers, Rik Breukers, and Sjaco Griffioen. Finally, Class 2 went to the No. 91 MARC Cars Australia MARC Focus GTC driven by Tom Onslow-Cole, Paul White, Ben Gersekowski, and Garry Jacobson.
Race results
Class winners in bold.
Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Car | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Class 3 | 35 | Beechdean AMR | Andrew Howard Jonathan Adam Harry Whale Jamie Chadwick Ross Gunn |
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 | 529 |
2 | Class 4 | 50 | St. Bas Koeten Racing | Karel Gijs Bessem Harry Hilders Roger Grouwels |
SEAT León Cup Racer | 524 |
3 | Class 3 | 37 | Cor Euser Racing | Hal Prewitt Jim Briody Alistair MacKinnon Dirk Schulz Sam Allpass |
Lotus Evora Cup GT4 | 519 |
4 | Class 3 | 41 | Speedworks Motorsport | Tony Hughes Ollie Hancock Devon Modell John Gilbert |
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 | 515 |
5 | Class 3 | 36 | Andrew Palmer | Andrew Palmer Marek Reichman Alice Powell Andrew Frankel |
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 | 506 |
6 DNF |
Class 4 | 33 | Nick Barrow | Nick Barrow Tom Barrow Clint Bardwell Richard Corbett |
BMW 135 GTR | 495 |
7 | Class 1 | 10 | Radical Sportcars | Laurence Wiltshire Shahin Nouri Martyn Smith Richard Roberts |
Radical RXC V8 | 492 |
8 | Class 5 | 62 | Red Camel-jordans.nl | Ivo Breukers Rik Breukers Sjaco Griffioen |
SEAT Leon | 491 |
9 | Class 2 | 91 | MARC Cars Australia | Tom Onslow-Cole Paul White Ben Gersekowski Garry Jacobson |
MARC Focus GTC | 487 |
10 | Class 4 | 58 | WEC Motorsport | Dave Cox Jason Cox Michael Cox George Haynes |
BMW M3 | 485 |
11 | Class 2 | 17 | Topcats Racing | Nigel Pike Paul Black Joachim Bölting Pat Gormley |
Marcos Mantis | 464 |
12 | Class 4 | 59 | Team Chf500 | Ben Demetriou Jonathan Evans Alex Eacock Paul Follett |
Porsche 968 | 459 |
13 | Class 1 | 12 | Team LNT | Chris Hoy Lawrence Tomlinson Mike Simpson Charlie Robertson Gaetan Paletou |
Ginetta-Juno P3-15 | 418 |
14 | Class 5 | 65 | Paul Mensley | Paul Mensley Nick Boon James Ashton Mike Nash Paul Anderton |
Ford Fiesta | 394 |
15 DNF |
Class 1 | 8 | Peter Cook | Philip Hopkins Franck Pelle Peter Cook Adam Sharpe Stephen Ritchie |
Audi R8 LMS | 389 |
16 DNF |
Class 4 | 61 | JR Motorsport | Eric van de Munckhof Martin Lanting Steve Liquorish Mark Jaffray |
BMW M3 E46 | 378 |
17 NC |
Class 2 | 15 | Topcats Racing | Paul Stephens Gerry Taylor Owen O'Neill Neil Huggins |
Marcos Mantis | 377 |
18 DNF |
Class 2 | 92 | Team Russia by Barwell | Timur Sardarov James Kaye Leo Machitski Mark Lemmer |
MARC Focus GTC | 372 |
19 NC |
Class 5 | 66 | WEC Motorsport | Gavin Spencer Frank Pettit Carey Lewis Andy Ruthven |
SEAT Leon Supercopa | 333 |
20 DNF |
Class 3 | 38 | Darron Anley | Darron Anley David Joseph Mark Abbot |
Chevron GR8 | 322 |
21 DNF |
Class 3 | 34 | Alex Osborne | Alex Osborne James May Paul May |
Porsche 997 GT4 Cup | 274 |
22 DNF |
Class 1 | 4 | Witt Gamski | Witt Gamski Phil Dryburgh Joe Macari Rory Butcher |
Ferrari F430 GTC | 247 |
23 DNF |
Class 4 | 60 | Sicl.com | Ashley Woodman Rob Cullum Martin Byford Jon Cullum |
SEAT Leon Cup Racer | 227 |
24 DNF |
Class 1 | 14 | Marco Shelp | Marco Shelp Michael Tischner Willie Moore Jim Geddie Glynn Geddie |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 221 |
25 DNF |
Class 2 | 43 | Ian Carvell | Ian Carvell Rob Carvell Dave Carvell Tom Witts |
Jaguar XF-S | 157 |
26 DNF |
Class 4 | 53 | Mike Moss | Mike Moss Robert Gilham John Clonis Graham Cox Tom Howard |
BMW M3 GT4 | 81 |
27 DNF |
Class 1 | 76 | Simon Green | Nigel Rata Freddie Hunt Simon Green |
Jaguar XKR-S | 38 |
28 DNF |
Class 3 | 88 | Rollcentre Racing | Martin Short Massimiliano Girardo Richard Neary James Cottingham |
BMW M3 E46 | 8 |
DNS | Class 2 | 16 | John Stack | John Stack Alan Brown Rory Brown |
Ferrari F430 Challenge | 0 |
DNS | Class 1 | 7 | ISL | Alun Edwards Gerry Hampshire |
Tampolli SR2 RTA-2001 | 0 |
References
- https://www.racingsportscars.com/race/Silverstone-2015-04-26.html
- https://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/Silverstone-2015-04-26.html?sort=Results
- http://jonnyadam.com/2015/04/30/britcar-24-hour-overall-victory-for-beechdean-amr/
- https://www.driverdb.com/championships/standings/britcar-silverstone-24hr---class-1/2015/