Race Highlights | 4 Hours of Silverstone 2026 | ELMS

The red lights are out, we're racing at Silverstone for round five of the European Le Mans Series. And through the first corner they go, one out wide already, that is the Goodyear car in fact, but it controlled itself well. Look at Ben at the 22 car, not started by Ben Handley, poorly qualified by him yesterday, but Griffin Peebles wasting no time at all in trying to squeeze ahead. He's gained I think one position, and now he's sideways for Jamie Chadwick, and that also has taken the Goodyear car with her. Side-by-side, and this is Griffin Peebles looking to do what he can, side-by-side with the second of the interior pole cars, and I think he's going to get that done as they come down the Waddington Straight and into the complex. Takes a very inside line, Griffin Peebles, that was very aggressive into the turn, completely legal at that point. Either side of Blake McDonald, and they're going to be side-by-side as they come down past the pits and down into the brakings over Copse Corner. This is superb racing, no space at all on the outside of Copse left. Now off the road is Francois Pirodo. Yeah, he got by Hersfeldenbach, but couldn't stop the car, ran through the gravel, and that's actually cost him a place to Daniel Schneider. Side-by-side again for the Forestier Racing 29. Roy Nissany knocked neck and neck, and Nissany will get through as we continue with the four hours, the Goodyear four hours of Silverstone. Oh, Matt Kurzyzewski of the inside of Duncan Cameron, that was very neatly done. Pretty late in the day, mind you, as well, and now a little over the grass for Kurzyzewski as he goes through Loffield, but should get good drive off the corner, and they're both going to be overtaken, lapped by Jamie Chadwick. Peebles down the inside at Stowe Corner. I'm not sure whether Kaiser is going to fight this too much. In fact, Kaiser runs entirely off the road, and now the new second-place car is indeed the Aussie Griffin Peebles. He's come from 10th on the grid, Graham. He got hit. Well, because he was slow. I mean, if there's no power coming out of there, I'm not sure whether Algarve Pro Racing can necessarily be blamed for that because he would have expected the McLaren to pick up speed, and if the car's out of fuel... And there's trouble there. That was a hit. That was... I think that was hit on the rear of the 63 car. A moment in traffic as well. That was a touch with the Dekar car. Heavy contact with the rear of the 57. Both spin out. Down the inside. It's not PJ anymore. It's Dane Cameron in 99, and he goes second to get ahead of Megatuniff and Bollock-Baschi, who were embroiled in their own fight. They still are, in fact, coming through Loffield Corner, and Dane Cameron deliberately stayed back there and found the inside line. The rain's really coming down now at Copse as there's another place change with seven. Back up into third position. Damage, meanwhile, on the pole-sitting car in LMP2. This is Nick Yellerly on an outlap. It's not damage. He's missing a rear left wheel. He's missing the front wheel. Full course yellow is announced. The 29 of Forestier Racing car of Olly Gray is off the road now. Major dramas for the 74 Ferrari of Andrew Gilbert, who got collected. Was he having his own moment there, Graham? He was. He spun. He was in close contention with our SGP car. There you go. Bang with the Mercedes AMG. Safety car has now been called for. That means pit entry is closed. Oh, big problems. It's a huge queue, and that's the 37 that has been duking it out for the race lead for the first two hours. And that's a spin for the 17. Loses the lead of LMP3. Can he get that car running? Are the car briefly stalling as well? So Megatuniff on the inside line in the green car, looking for a better exit out of snow, and will get the race lead in the Pro-Am category. Ed Pearson struggling here. I can't remember what tyres he was put on, but it feels like those tyres have almost gone off a cliff because he doesn't have the same performance as Antonio Fuoco. He's up against factory drivers, though, we should remember as well. It can't be anything other than Wetz. His pace against the rest of these cars leading back to the green flag. Racing spirit of Le Mans. Aston Martin, though, now in the gravel track for number 59. That's Marius Fossar still at the wheel. Now off the road. The Goodyear number 10 Vector Sport car. Now skating towards the wrong bit of the circuit. There is the number three DKR engineering car. That was coming out of Abbey. Change of lead. Bambonico ahead of Murillo Sato. He can do this now. I think he can catch him on pace. Yeah. That would be an extraordinary fight back from Luis Iglesias. Phenomenal, considering how much time the car was parked at the side of the road. Now down the inside went De La Traz to firm up that position, but has he run a bit wide into La Fille to allow Vaxivier alongside again? Not quite. Jack Aitken is waiting in the wings. Here comes Aitken down the inside of Vaxivier. And Matcha is going to lose two places in two corners. So AF Corsa drop a couple of spots. The more crucial one, though, was to De La Traz because that will affect how many points the 83 car picks up. The Ferrari number 57 has dropped back to third position. Oh, dear. Yeah. And off onto the grass. Through would go Hansis and Charlie Eastwood. So first and second now AMG and Corvette. They brush side to side and here comes Hansis on the fight back. We've only got 10 minutes to go, folks, but LM GT3, I get the feeling, is going to go down to the wire. And how much of a hampering is that now rear diffuser as Hansis is wide as well at Luffield. So three place changes in the matter of about four corners. Eastwood initially ahead. Hansis back through. Now Hansis two wheels on the grass as they go through Woodcut. And he's drifting his way through the final corner as they hit the control line. We've got loads more laps to go. And don't discount Matisse Chaubert either, because he's got a second life all of a sudden, having made that mistake at Luffield a few laps ago. And now here he is in Algar Pro Racing's colours, Ben Barnacote, the stand-in driver for this weekend. It's a first win for APR since Spa-Francorchamps 2023 and second overall. Got to go to car number 14, Steven Thomas, Sammy Megatuniff and Scott Huffey. The completing the podium in LMP2. Edexports 28 car and the 22 for United Autosports. That could be an absolutely critical result on a day where their championship rivals scored very few points indeed. That is your overall result. An extraordinary one with the 25 from Algar Pro Racing winning overall from the LMP2 Pro and winning car from TDS Racing. 18 seconds the gap. The winners in classes completed with LMP3 back down in 24th place. The first win in the LMS for our reigning Le Mans Cup champions, RSGP, the 85 Duquesne, fending off championship leaders CLX Motorsport, who could have clinched it today. And that spin possibly cost them that chance. Fabulous finish in LMGT3, that saw Team Qatar buy on Lynx, just fending off the TF Sport Corvette that lead the championship. The 77 Proton Competition Porsche that completed the podium with a late race pass from Harry King.