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OAK Racing's Morgan-Nissan LMP2 took victory at the Donington Six Hours, Round 2 of the European Le Mans Series.
After the race in Zolder was cancelled due to the poor number of entries, the ELMS field was also low at Donington with only 13 cars at the start, including nine LMP2 prototypes, one GTE Pro, two GTE Am and one Formula Le Mans.
Nicolet and Lahaye clinched pole position in their OAK Morgan-Nissan, but it was their teammates Olivier Pla, Bertrand Baguette and Dimitri Enjalbert who took victory after six hours of racing.
The fight for victory was intense between eventual winners and the TDS' Oreca and the Murphy Prototypes' Oreca.
AF Corse's Ferrari F458 driven by Simonsen and Cocker captured victory in the GTE Pro class, and concluded the race in 8th position overall.
The GTE Am battle was won by IMSA Performance's Porsche 997, and the only Formula Le Mans car also reached the finish line.
Final classification:
1 - Pla/Baguette/Enjalbert (Morgan-Nissan) - OAK - 251 laps in 6h00'05"061 (1st LMP2)
2 - Beche/Thiriet (Oreca 03-Nissan) - TDS - 21"574
3 - Firth/Hughes/Hartley (Oreca 03-Nissan) - Murphy - 32"365
4 - Sarrazin/Minassian/Marroc (Oreca 03-Nissan) - Loeb Racing - 1 lap
5 - Kaffer/Ayari/Perez Companc (Oreca 03-Nissan) - Pecom - 5 laps
6 - Nicolet/Lahaye (Morgan-Judd) - OAK - 7 laps
7 - Brundle/Ordonez/Kimber-Smith (Zytek Z11SN-Nissan) - Greaves - 17 laps
8 - Simonsen/Cocker (Ferrari F458 Italia) - JMW - 19 laps (1st GTE Pro)
9 - Pons/Armindo/Narac (Porsche 997) - IMSA - 20 laps (1st GTE Am)
10 - Perazzini/Cioci/Griffin (Ferrari F458 Italia) - AF Corse - 21 laps
11 - Dagoneau/Battut/Hartshorne (Oreca FLM09) - BGR - 38 laps (1st Formula Le Mans).
After the race in Zolder was cancelled due to the poor number of entries, the ELMS field was also low at Donington with only 13 cars at the start, including nine LMP2 prototypes, one GTE Pro, two GTE Am and one Formula Le Mans.
Nicolet and Lahaye clinched pole position in their OAK Morgan-Nissan, but it was their teammates Olivier Pla, Bertrand Baguette and Dimitri Enjalbert who took victory after six hours of racing.
The fight for victory was intense between eventual winners and the TDS' Oreca and the Murphy Prototypes' Oreca.
AF Corse's Ferrari F458 driven by Simonsen and Cocker captured victory in the GTE Pro class, and concluded the race in 8th position overall.
The GTE Am battle was won by IMSA Performance's Porsche 997, and the only Formula Le Mans car also reached the finish line.
Final classification:
1 - Pla/Baguette/Enjalbert (Morgan-Nissan) - OAK - 251 laps in 6h00'05"061 (1st LMP2)
2 - Beche/Thiriet (Oreca 03-Nissan) - TDS - 21"574
3 - Firth/Hughes/Hartley (Oreca 03-Nissan) - Murphy - 32"365
4 - Sarrazin/Minassian/Marroc (Oreca 03-Nissan) - Loeb Racing - 1 lap
5 - Kaffer/Ayari/Perez Companc (Oreca 03-Nissan) - Pecom - 5 laps
6 - Nicolet/Lahaye (Morgan-Judd) - OAK - 7 laps
7 - Brundle/Ordonez/Kimber-Smith (Zytek Z11SN-Nissan) - Greaves - 17 laps
8 - Simonsen/Cocker (Ferrari F458 Italia) - JMW - 19 laps (1st GTE Pro)
9 - Pons/Armindo/Narac (Porsche 997) - IMSA - 20 laps (1st GTE Am)
10 - Perazzini/Cioci/Griffin (Ferrari F458 Italia) - AF Corse - 21 laps
11 - Dagoneau/Battut/Hartshorne (Oreca FLM09) - BGR - 38 laps (1st Formula Le Mans).