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VonRyan Racing claimed a first Blancpain Endurance Series victory for the new McLaren 650S at Silverstone with Rob Bell, Shane Van Gisbergen and Kevin Estre.



The trio of McLaren factory drivers took a dominant victory, Estre crossing the line at the end of the three-hour race 23 seconds in front of the WRT Audi R8 LMS ultra driven by Jean-Karl Vernay, Robin Frijns and Laurens Vanthoor.



VonRyan effectively sealed the victory early in the race when it brought in Bell for the car's first pitstop just 45 minutes into the race during a full course yellow.



The time gained meant that Van Gisbergen emerged with a lead of approximately 40s after the pitstop sequence was complete shortly after the one-hour mark.



The Kiwi was able to extend his stint to almost to the two-thirds mark of the three hour race at the same time as maintaining the 40s gap.



Estre's lead was cut to just 15s when the best of the ISR Audi R8 LMS ultras made its final pitstop under yellow conditions, but Marco Bonanomi was unable to mount any kind of challenge for ISR.



The VonRyan McLaren took the chequered flag ahead of the WRT Audi which had overturned a 14s deficit to Bonanomi with Vanthoor at the wheel.



Bell said: "We'd done our homework and talked about it, at length actually.



"It was a tough call because we knew it would be tight on fuel, but it was the right one - it gained us about half a minute."



Stephane Ortelli, Frank Stippler and Stephane Richelmi took third place in the second of the WRT Audis.



Ortelli caught Bonanomi, who shared the ISR Audi with Filip Salaquarda and Frederic Vervisch, with a couple of laps to go but did not need to pass because the Italian had been awarded a five-second penalty for a track limits violation.



Fifth place went to the MRS Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 shared by Craig Dolby, Sean Walkinshaw and Martin Plowman, which gained time when a late final pitstop coincided with the second full course yellow.



Bentley took sixth with the factory M-Sport Continental GT3 shared by Maximilian Buhk, Maxime Soulet and Andy Soucek, which came back from a drive-through penalty for avoidable contact.



Pro-Am honours went to the Aston Martin Racing-run Leonard Motorsport team, which claimed 14th overall with Michael Meadows, Paul Wilson and Stuart Leonard.



Victory in the Am Cup was taken by Karim Ojjeh and Olivier Grotz aboard their Boutsen BMW Z4 GT3.

RESULT - 84 LAPS

Pos Class Driver Team Car Gap 1 Pro S.Gisbergen, R.Bell, K.Estre Von Ryan Racing McLaren 3h01m44.827s 2 Pro J-K.Vernay, R.Frijns, L.Vanthoor Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi 23.281s 3 Pro F.Stippler, S.Richelmi, S.Ortelli Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi 44.793s 4 Pro M.Bonanomi, F.Salaquarda, F.Vervisch ISR Audi 48.407s 5 Pro S.Walkinshaw, M.Plowman, C.Dolby MRS GT Racing Nissan 56.787s 6 Pro M.Buhk, M.Soulet, A.Soucek Bentley Team M-Sport Bentley 59.627s 7 Pro R.Salikhov, M.Seefried, N.Siedler Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 1m04.614s 8 Pro G.Venturini, A.Zaugg, M.Bortolotti GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini 1m08.715s 9 Pro G.Smith, A.Meyrick, S.Kane Bentley Team M-Sport Bentley 1m09.644s 10 Pro N.Bastian, S.Dusseldorp, K.Graf Rowe Racing Mercedes 1m26.319s 11 Pro N.Sylvest, I.Dontje, D.Juncadella Rowe Racing Mercedes 1m26.864s 12 Pro G.Guilvert, M.Basseng, E.Sandstrom Sainteloc Racing Audi 1m53.991s 13 Pro K.Chiyo, W.Reip, A.Buncombe Nissan GT Academy Team RJN Nissan 1m58.591s 14 Pro-Am P.Wilson, S.Leonard, M.Meadows Leonard Motorsport Aston Martin 1 Lap 15 Pro-Am R.Sanchez, G.Paletou, J.Mardenborough Nissan GT Academy Team RJN Nissan 1 Lap 16 Pro-Am L.Frey, G.Gardel, F.Barth Emil Frey Racing Jaguar 1 Lap 17 Pro A.Palmer, F.Babini, J.Mul GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini 1 Lap 18 Pro-Am D.Cameron, M.Griffin AF Corse Ferrari 1 Lap 19 Pro A.Al Harthy, J.Adam, D.Lloyd Oman Racing Team Aston Martin 1 Lap 20 Pro-Am A.Karachev, D.Waszek, C.Bouchut GT Russian Team Mercedes 1 Lap 21 Pro-Am E.Dermont, F.Perera, H.Hassid TDS Racing BMW 1 Lap 22 Pro-Am M.Koebolt, S.Bottemanne, P.Schothorst Team WRT Audi 1 Lap 23 Pro A.Al Faisal, H.Haupt, Y.Buurman Black Falcon Mercedes 1 Lap 24 Pro-Am A.Vasiliev, K.Al-Azhari, M.Asmer GT Russian Team Mercedes 1 Lap 25 Pro-Am A.De Leener, C.Sbirrazzuoli AF Corse Ferrari 1 Lap 26 Pro C.Bueno, S.Jimenez, F.Fraga BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil BMW 1 Lap 27 Pro-Am R.Ratcliffe, L.Mowle, J.Osborne Triple 888 Racing BMW 1 Lap 28 Pro-Am J-L.Beaubelique, P.Giauque, M.M.Traffort Akka ASP Team Ferrari 1 Lap 29 Pro K.Heyer, M.Toril, J.Seyffarth Car Collection Motorsport Mercedes 1 Lap 30 Pro-Am L.Machitski, T.Sardarov, J.Cocker Team Russia by Barwell BMW 1 Lap 31 Pro-Am D.Modell, A.McCaig, O.Bryant Ecurie Ecosse BMW 1 Lap 32 Pro-Am G.Vannelet, E.Guibbert, A.Santamato Sport Garage Ferrari 1 Lap 33 Am O.Grotz, K.Ojjeh Boutsen Ginion Racing BMW 2 Laps 34 Pro S.Thong, M.Lee, M.Winkelhock Phoenix Racing Audi 2 Laps 35 Pro-Am M.Ricci, L.Badey Akka ASP Team Ferrari 2 Laps 36 Pro-Am S.Parrow, P.Kaffer Black Pearl Racing by Rinaldi Ferrari 2 Laps 37 Am F.Mancini, A.Alexandrovich, R.Mastronardi Glorax Racing Ferrari 2 Laps 38 Am C.Hamon, T.Samon, L.Paillard Sport Garage Ferrari 3 Laps 39 Pro-Am D.Andersen, M.Jensen Insight Racing Denmark Ferrari 3 Laps 40 Am J.Haring, D.Konstantinou, F.Schmickler Attempto Racing Porsche 3 Laps 41 Am I.Loggie, J.Westwood Team Parker Racing Audi 3 Laps 42 Pro V.Gitlin, A.Buri, O.Webb Attempto Racing McLaren 3 Laps 43 Pro-Am P.Gaillard, D.Hallyday, J.Nash Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi 3 Laps 44 Am Y.Mallegol, H.Blank, J-M.Bachelier AF Corse Ferrari 3 Laps 45 Am P.Ehret, A.Mattschull Car Collection Motorsport Mercedes 3 Laps 46 Pro-Am M.Broniszewski, A.Bonacini, M.Lyons Kessel Racing Ferrari 3 Laps 47 Am P-E.Bordet, A.Viron, E.Orgeval Delahaye Racing Team Porsche 4 Laps 48 Am J-L.Blanchemain, P.Hirschi, T.Nicolle Classic & Modern Racing BMW 4 Laps 49 Pro-Am H.Hedman, T.Kemenater, E.Julian DragonSpeed Ferrari 5 Laps 50 Am M.Rostan, C-Y.Gosselin, J-C.Lagniez Sainteloc Racing Audi 5 Laps 51 Pro-Am P.Perazzini, M.Cioci, E.Potolicchio AF Corse Ferrari 6 Laps 52 Am J-P.Buffin, G.Cabannes, G.Lallement Sainteloc Racing Audi 6 Laps 53 Pro N.Lapierre, A.Q.-Hobbs, A.Parente Von Ryan Racing McLaren 7 Laps 54 Am A.Moiseev, G.Kondakov, R.Ragazzi AF Corse Ferrari 7 Laps 55 Pro A.Fjordbach, A.Roda, F.Onidi ISR Audi 26 Laps - Pro M.Ramos, F.Thuner, N.Armindo Attempto Racing McLaren Retirement - Pro H.Primat, V.Abril, M.Parisy Bentley Team HTP Bentley Retirement - Am F.Barthez, A.Pons Akka ASP Team Ferrari Retirement - Pro V.Brito, A.Abreu, M.Stumpf BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil BMW Retirement - Pro D.Baumann, M.Sandritter, C.Hurtgen BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert BMW Retirement - Am S.Earle, L.Talbot, M.Zanuttini Kessel Racing Ferrari Withdrawn - Pro-Am O.Morley, S.Johnston, M.Engel Black Falcon Mercedes Withdrawn