page_title: 2016 6 Hours of Silverstone
section_title: Post-race
hierarchical_section_title: 2016 6 Hours of Silverstone / Race / Post-race
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: La Porsche 919 Hybrid n°2 aux 6 Heures de Silverstone 2016, en Angleterre. English: The n°2 Porsche 919 Hybrid at 2016 6 Hours of Silverstone, in England.
context_page_description: The 2016 6 Hours of Silverstone was an endurance sports car racing event held for Le Mans Prototype and Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance cars at the Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire, England on 15–17 April 2016. Silverstone served as the opening round of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship, and was the fifth running of the event as part of the championship. 52,000 people attended the race weekend.
  Audi's No. 7 car of André Lotterer, Marcel Fässler and Benoît Tréluyer won the pole position and maintained their advantage on the race's first lap. Lotterer initially pulled away from the field but lost the lead to Mark Webber in Porsche's No. 1 car who remained in the position. Co-driver Brendon Hartley remained in first until he retired following heavy contact with Michael Wainwright in the No. 86 Gulf Racing car. This handed the lead to Neel Jani in the sister No. 2 car, but it switched again to Tréluyer when Jani's co-driver Marc Lieb was delayed by a slower vehicle. Although he was challenged by Lieb after being blocked by slower cars Tréluyer pulled away from him and the No. 7 Audi maintained its advantage over the No.
context_section_description: The top three drivers of each racing class appeared on the podium to collect their trophies and in a later press conference. Lotterer was delighted over his team's performance, saying at this early stage of the season, Audi were "amazed" they were able to finish as the winners, but felt they were lucky because of Hartley's crash. Fässler said it had been "a riveting race" and the slower traffic made it more unpredictable. Tréluyer described the win as "the best way to open a season as you can imagine." Jani felt he would have had a possibility to challenge for the victory had he not been delayed by his late-race puncture. Dumas was satisfied with his early race battle with Jarvis and revealed that Porsche's target was to remain with their rivals. Sarrazin stated although his team still need improvements they were already closer than they had been the previous season and they were motivated to battle at the front of the field. Conway said the team's result was "a cool way to start the year" but had not been easy because Toyota still needed to work on their car's pace to get closer to their opposition. Kobayashi said his first race in LMP1 was "a positive start" and was excited about the No. 6 car's development.
  Hartley was reprimanded by the stewards because he was deemed responsible for causing the crash between himself and Wainwright. He said that he felt "very upset for the team" but praised his car and Webber for his first (and only) stint. Hartley revealed that he did not feel pressure because of his large advantage upfront but did not apportion blame for the accident, calling it "a shocking moment and it is a true shame." Wainwright apportioned blame on Hartley for causing the incident, saying he was not aware the latter was near him until the crash occurred. He spoke of his feeling that Hartley was attempting to pass him and move across the track to rejoin onto the racing line for the next turn. His co-driver Carroll observed the incident and stated Hartley had not left enough space as was seen on television. He said it was "a very unfortunate accident and one that definitely could have been avoided. Definitely not our fault." All three of Audi's No. 8 car drivers were disappointed over their retirement from a hybrid system failure but Jarvis was optimistic for the next race.
  Shortly after the race, the No. 7 Audi was disqualified when scrutineers discovered that the car's front skid block had been worn out by more than the permitted amount of 5 millimetres (0.20 in). The team offered an explanation to the stewards about the issue but it was rejected. Audi announced early on 18 April that they would appeal the decision, meaning the race result would remain provisional until the appeal was settled. Three days later, the team chose to drop their appeal following analysis of the problem that revealed the car was subjected to unexpected vertical movements. The head of Audi Sport, Wolfgang Ullrich, said the decision was made in the best interests of the championship and hoped the season's remaining races would be as "similarly thrilling as the season opener." The No. 7 Audi's disqualification meant Lieb, Jani and Dumas took their first victory of the season with Sarrazin, Conway and Kobayashi promoted to second, and Rebellion Racing's No. 13 car of Dominik Kraihamer, Alexandre Imperatori and Mathéo Tuscher inherited third, the team's first podium in the series since the 2013 6 Hours of Fuji.
  As this was the first race of the season, Lieb, Jani and Dumas became the leaders of the Drivers' Championship with 25 points each, seven points ahead of their nearest rivals Sarrazin, Conway and Kobayashi, and a further three in front of Kraihamer, Imperatori and Tuscher. Heidfeld, Prost and Piquet were fourth on twelve points, with Senna, Albuquerque and González rounding out the top five with ten points. Toyota were leading the Manufacturers' Championship with 33 points, eight ahead of their rival Porsche in second; the third-placed manufacturer Audi had scored one point with eight races left in the season.
caption: The race-winning No. 2 Porsche 919 Hybrid
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