Realteam Racing ended the 4 Hours of Silverstone in eleventh position

Realteam Racing ended up the ELMS 4 Hours of Silverstone in eleventh position of the LMP3 category.

August 31st was the fourth race of the European Le Mans Series season at Silverstone. It was 2:30 pm when David Droux started the race on a wet track. Starting in seventh position, he gradually cleared traffic in the first five minutes of racing and reached the third position. The rain forced the Swiss driver to come back to the pit at the seventh minute to change tires, he came out in 8th place.

In the first hour on the track, several race events have arrived. The Team did not take advantage of it and the car found itself P13. The consistency and the work of the driver allowed him however to reach the 11th place at 1:15 of race. A fight started when David Droux tried to overtake the Team United Autosports and Team Ultimate cars. He finally managed and found himself P8 at 1:20 of race.

Shortly before the half-race, Esteban Garcia entered the track. His teammate drove a little over 1h45 under a changing weather. It was a first time for him on the English circuit. Eleventh at 2:10 in the race, the Swiss driver progressed up the rankings and reached the eighth position after 15 minutes on track. Despite a good pace, he let the wheel to his teammate P11. David Droux entered the track to finish the 4 Hours of Silverstone. He crossed the finish line in the same position.

At the end of this fourth round, Realteam Racing is sixth overall. A new serious race that allowed the whole Team to work on the car before heading to Belgium on September 22nd for the penultimate meeting of the 2019 season.

“Discovery weekend for Esteban who managed to driver on this difficult circuit of Silverstone. Unfortunately we missed a bit of success in the race events to expect a better result but we know we have the potential to do well in Spa in three weeks.” – David Droux

“Silverstone is a legendary circuit that I discovered for the first time this weekend. Very good start of David who placed Realteam in 3rd position. Then, the rain came and we lost positions during the tire change. Despite two Safety Cars and concerns of power steering, I took a lot of fun to do my stint.” – Esteban Garcia

Results and chronos

• Free practice 1 – P6 (1:43.490)
• Free practice 2 – P6 (1:44.475)
• Qualifying session – P9 (1:41.654)
• Race – P8 (1:45.091)

Classification – LMP3 category

1. Inter Europol Competition (58 pts)
2. Eurointernational (44 pts)
3. Ultimate (43 pts)
4. United Autosports (38 pts)
5. Nielsen Racing (28 pts)
6. Realteam Racing (22 pts)