6 Hours of Silverstone 2015
The Six Hours of Silverstone will be shown live online on Sunday, April 12, from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET via live stream. FIA WEC

The WEC: Silverstone 6 Hours begins Sunday, April at the legendary English circuit of Northamptonshire. Coverage of the 6 Hours Of Silverstone event will begin from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. ET in its entirety on FOX Sports. Those who wish to watch it online can also switch over online via FOX Sports GO.

The Audi team has dominated the top category of endurance racing for over a decade. Meanwhile, the Toyota TS040 took the WEC championship title for 2014. Now, it is Porsche that draws first blood as the pair of Porsche 919 Hybrid race cars lock out the front grid with a perfect 1-2 in qualifying..

The #17 Porsche driven by Mark Webber, Timo Bernhard, and Brendon Hartley took pole with the fastest time of 1:39.721. This is the second season of FIA World Endurance Championship racing for both Mark Webber as well as the Porsche 919 Hybrid. In 2014, the team had already earned three finishes while the sister car driven by Dumas, Jani, and Lieb scored the 919's first win at least year's season finale at Sao Paolo.

“The first year I learned a lot, to be honest,” said Mark Webber in an interview with FOX Sports. “I was definitely improving as the season went on, especially at Le Mans, where I was quite low in experience.

For the first pole of 2015, Webber gives a lot of credit to the improvements made to the machine:

“We’ve ironed out as many of the problems as we didn’t like on the ’14 car as we can,” Webber said. “There’s still a few there; it’s natural, you cannot get everything perfect in the first attempt. But we will look to phase these out as close to Le Mans as we can.

“It’s still relatively early. We don’t have the car completely perfect yet because of the focus on endurance, which is going quite well, I must say. Then we can start giving the car some more love for the short races, on pace and intensity.”

The WEC: Silverstone 6 Hours begins Sunday, April at the legendary English circuit of Northamptonshire. Coverage of the 6 Hours Of Silverstone event will begin from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. ET in its entirety on FOX Sports. Those who wish to watch it online can also switch over online via FOX Sports GO.

Q2
1. Webber/Hartley/Bernhard GER Porsche 919 Hybrid 1m 39.721s LMP1
2. Dumas/Jani/Lieb GER Porsche 919 Hybrid 1m 40.340s LMP1
3. Jarvis/Duval/di Grassi GER Audi Sport Joest R18 e-tron 1m 40.352s LMP1
4. Davidson/Buemi/Nakajima JPN Toyota TS040 Hybrid 1m 40.382s LMP1
5. Fassler/Lotterer/Treluyer GER Audi Sport Joest R18 e-tron 1m 41.153s LMP1
6. Wurz/Sarrazin/Conway JPN Toyota TS040 Hybrid 1m 41.694s LMP1
7. Yacaman/Gonzalez/Derani RUS G-Drive Ligier Nissan 1m 48.021s LMP2
8. Rusinov/Bird/Canal RUS G-Drive Ligier Nissan 1m 48.083s LMP2
9. Howson/Bradley/Tandy HKG KCMG Oreca 05 Nissan 1m 49.389s LMP2
10. Panciatici/Chatin/Cappillaire FRA Signatech Alpine Nissan 1m 50.559s LMP2
11. Liuzzi/Trummer/Klien ROU ByKolles CLM P1/01 AER 1m 50.622s LMP1
12. Sharp/Dalziel/Heinemeier-Hansson USA ESM HPD-ARX 03b 1m 51.551s LMP2
13. Leventis/Kane/Watts GBR Strakka DOME Nissan 1m 53.457s LMP2
14. Nicolet/Merlin/Maris FRA OAK Ligier Nissan 1m 53.806s LMP2
15. Brown/Brabham/Fogarty USA ESM HPD-ARX 03b 1m 55.491s LMP2

Q1
16. Sorensen/Thiim/Nygaard GBR Aston Martin Racing Vantage 1m 59.970s GTE Pro
17. Macdowall/Stanaway/Rees GBR Aston Martin Racing Vantage V8 2m 00.175s GTE Pro
18. Turner/Mucke GBR Aston Martin Racing Vantage V8 2m 00.333s GTE Pro
19. Lietz/Christensen GER Porsche Team Manthay 911 2m 00.651s GTE Pro
20. Bruni/Vilander ITA AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia 2m 00.701s GTE Pro
21. Pilet/Makowiecki/ GER Porsche Team Manthay 911 2m 01.591s GTE Pro
22. Dalla Lana/Lamy/Lauda GBR Aston Martin Racing Vantage V8 2m 01.998s GTE Am
23. Rigon/Calado ITA AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia 2m 02.156s GTE Pro
24. Ried/Bachler/Al Qubaisi GER Proton-Abu Dhabi Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 2m 03.134s GTE Am
25. Perrodo/Collard/Aguas ITA AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia 2m 03.428s GTE Am
26. Shaytar/Basov/Bertolini RUS SMP Ferrari 458 Italia 2m 04.114s GTE Am
27. Goethe/Hall/Castellacci GBR Aston Martin Racing Vantage V8 2m 05.050s GTE Am
28. Dempsey/Long/Seefried GER Proton-Dempsey Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 2m 06.024s GTE Am
29. Roda/Ruberti/Poulsen FRA Larbre Chevrolet Corvette C7.R No time GTE Am

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