2015 6 Hours of Silverstone
The 2015 6 Hours of Silverstone was a six hour endurance sports car racing event held for Le Mans Prototype and Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance cars at the Silverstone Circuit near Silverstone, Northamptonshire, England on 12 April 2015 before a crowd of 45,000 spectators. The event served as the opening round of the 2015 World Endurance Championship; it was fourth running of the event as part of the championship.
Oliver Jarvis (pictured in 2009) took the place of nine-time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen.
David Brabham (pictured in 2007) replaced Johannes van Overbeek who injured his rib due to a coughing fit.
Benoît Tréluyer (pictured in 2013) set the fastest overall lap in all the three practice sessions.
Brendon Hartley helped put the No. 17 Porsche 919 Hybrid on pole position in qualifying.
The Porsche 919 Hybrid is a Le Mans Prototype 1 (LMP1) dual hybrid racing car built and used by Porsche in the 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 seasons of the FIA World Endurance Championship. It has a two-litre (120 cu in) 90-degree V4 mid-mounted mono-turbocharged petrol engine that produces 500 hp (370 kW) and acts as a chassis load-bearing member – and two separate energy-recovery hybrid systems to recover thermal energy from exhaust gases and convert kinetic energy into electrical energy under braking for storage into lithium-ion battery packs. In accordance with the 2014 regulations, the vehicle was placed in the 6 MJ (1.7 kWh) class.
The Porsche 919 Hybrid at the IAA 2017
The front view of the Porsche 919 Hybrid on display at the 2014 Concours d'Elegance
The Porsche 919 Hybrid at its official reveal at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show
The red liveried No. 17 Porsche 919 Hybrid that was driven in the 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans
