Session 8909 - Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom

October 02, 2026 06:03pm

Race

Quick Stats

  • Track Length: 5.088 km
  • Most Distance Covered: 23 laps, 117.024 km
  • Simulator Used: GTR2

Race report: Silverstone Sabotage: Horta Overcomes Crumpet Conspiracy to Take Overwhelming 31-Second Victory

Fernando Horta has absolutely annihilated the GT2 field at Silverstone, storming from tenth on the grid to a massive 31-second victory.

Corvette Racing issued a press release this morning that reads as follows:

OFFICIAL CORVETTE RACING MEDIA FLASH: WE CONQUERED THE FAIRYLAND OF SPEED!

Unbelievable! Magnifico! Absolutely world-dominating! Yesterday at the historic Silverstone Circuit, our very own Fernando Horta delivered a masterpiece of GT2 warfare, overcoming a disastrous tenth-place starting position to completely dismantle the competition! He crossed the finish line a whopping 31.4 seconds ahead of Sam Rolfe's roaring Gumpert Apollo! The world is weeping! The crowd is in hysterics!

But behind this monumental triumph lies a dark, bloody plot of international paddock espionage! From the very first green light, the front-left tyre of the #63 Corvette C6-R was overheating at a catastrophic rate, threatening to detonate into a cloud of molten nylon! Our Chief Technical Director and structural folding expert, Patrick "Paper" Head, launched an immediate emergency investigation during the race. What he found was pure, unadulterated SABOTAGE in the chassis!

"They tried to ruin us!" screamed Patrick "Paper" Head, brandishing a highly suspicious, heavily charred British crumpet he extracted from the brake duct. "Someone smuggled this baked good into the airflow! It was a deliberate, calculated attack to boil our brake fluid and destroy Fernando's rubber! But they underestimated our Brazilian resilience!"

Horta was forced to drive like a terrified, law-abiding grandmother for 20 grueling laps to keep the tyre alive. But on the legendary final lap, with the victory safely secured, he decided to completely paint the Northamptonshire tarmac black! In an act of pure defiance, Fernando burned up every single milligram of remaining rubber on Lap 23, setting a final lap time just 0.1 seconds slower than his fastest lap of the entire race (a blazing 1:43.011)! We are victorious, we are supreme, and the crumpet saboteurs have failed!

The high-tension communication from the Corvette Racing pit wall confirms the absolute madness on track:

Horta (#63): My front-left is melting! It feels like I'm driving a three-legged dog through a swamp! I'm losing my mind here!

Patrick "Paper" Head (Engineering): Fernando! We see the telemetry! The structural integrity is compromised by localized flour-based thermal anomalies! Just keep driving like a grandmother on her way to Sunday mass!

Horta (#63): Granny is going to drag race this thing! Watch me absolute-shred the carcass on this final lap!

With this incredible result, Corvette Racing cements its status as the absolute authority on high-speed survival. Despite the frantic attempts to sabotage the #63 machine, the team leaves Silverstone with the biggest trophy and a very angry technical director who is currently interrogating the local catering staff.

Ps. Rodrigo, please check the security cameras near the garages, someone swore they saw a guy in a union-jack tracksuit near our tyre racks.

Disclaimer: This is a fictional, satirical report of a offline race against AI-driven opponents. All characters are fictional. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental

Classification

Position Driver Team Car Laps Gap Grid Best Lap
1 Brazil FERNANDO HORTA CORVETTE RACING CHEVROLET CORVETTE C6-R GT2 23 0:40:30.419 10 1:43.011
2 USA SAM ROLFE HHF HYBRID RACING GUMPERT APOLLO 23 + 31.490 3 1:44.775
3 USA GREGORY MYERS KISSLING MOTORSPORT CHEVROLET CORVETTE ZO6R GT3 23 + 50.725 18 1:44.723
4 USA MIKE SCOTT SUN-RED RACING SUNRED SR21 23 + 57.547 7 1:44.831
5 Canada IAN JOLICOEUR RAHAL LETTERMAN RACING BMW E92 M3 GTR 23 + 01:07.167 6 1:45.301
6 USA MARTY UREN RAHAL LETTERMAN RACING BMW E92 M3 GTR 23 + 01:07.794 19 1:44.543
7 USA VINCENT LOI REITER ENGINEERING LAMBORGHINI GALLARDO LP560 23 + 01:10.153 9 1:43.831
8 USA ROBERT OTTO DRAYSON RACING ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE GT2 23 + 01:10.852 1 1:46.176
9 USA JON WATHEN MASERATI CORSE MASERATI TROFEO LIGHT 23 + 01:11.591 4 1:45.443
10 USA ROY SIMMONS ROCKETSPORTS RACING JAGUAR XKR GT 23 + 01:12.253 5 1:46.155
11 USA BJÖRN HEHMANN GRAVITY RACING MOSLER MT900R 23 + 01:12.917 14 1:45.322
12 USA LOU MASCIARELLI JMB RACING FERRARI F430 GT2 23 + 01:16.461 11 1:45.718
13 USA MARTIN CHEVRIER MULTIMATIC MOTORSPORT PANOZ ESPERANTE GTLM 23 + 01:17.401 16 1:45.705
14 USA ERIC MARECKI PHOENIX RACING AUDI R8 GT3 LMS 23 + 01:17.958 24 1:45.023
15 USA TRACY NOLTE AF CORSE FERRARI F430 GT2 23 + 01:18.957 8 1:45.425
16 USA MITCH VAMOS KRK RACING VIPER COMPETITION COUPE 23 + 01:19.602 22 1:46.110
17 Australia EIRAN PARSONS KISSLING MOTORSPORT CHEVROLET CORVETTE ZO6R GT3 23 + 01:20.125 15 1:45.810
18 USA TONY ATKINS ROCKETSPORTS RACING JAGUAR XKR GT 23 + 01:21.040 29 1:44.471
19 United Kingdom DAVID CANAVAN SCHUBERT MOTORSPORT BMW Z4 GT3 23 + 01:21.825 23 1:45.263
20 USA VLADO KENATS MULTIMATIC MOTORSPORT PANOZ ESPERANTE GTLM 23 + 01:22.304 30 1:45.621
21 USA SIMON GOODWIN HEXIS RACING ASTON MARTIN DBRS9 23 + 01:24.600 20 1:46.255
22 USA ANDREW WERNER SPYKER SQUADRON SPYKER C8 SPYDER GT2-R 23 + 01:25.507 21 1:45.975
23 USA DANIEL WESTLAKE PHOENIX RACING AUDI R8 GT3 LMS 23 + 01:25.748 28 1:44.308
24 USA KENNY MERVIN TEAM FALKEN TIRE PORSCHE 997 GT3-RSR 23 + 01:26.568 27 1:45.634
25 USA CHRIS DURAND GRAVITY RACING MOSLER MT900R 23 + 01:28.635 26 1:45.011
26 USA AL MARIMON MATECH MUSTANG RACING FORD MUSTANG FR500-GT 23 + 01:36.733 12 1:46.686
27 USA BRUNO SAID FLYING LIZARD MOTORSPORT PORSCHE 996 GT3-RSR 23 + 01:39.004 2 1:46.882
28 USA GILLES CHEVRIER AF CORSE FERRARI F430 GT2 23 + 01:39.497 13 1:45.681
29 USA CHRIS MOSES BMW MOTORSPORT BMW E46 M3 GTR 23 + 01:42.043 25 1:46.768
30 USA DREW LIDKEA HEXIS RACING ASTON MARTIN DBRS9 22 + 1 LAP 17 1:45.393

Lap Chart

Position at the end of every lap, FERNANDO HORTA highlighted. Hover or tap a line or a name to follow a driver; dashed lines are cars that retired.

510152023GridFinish DREW LIDKEA 1730 DREW LIDKEA CHRIS MOSES 2529 CHRIS MOSES GILLES CHEVRIER 1328 GILLES CHEVRIER BRUNO SAID 227 BRUNO SAID AL MARIMON 1226 AL MARIMON CHRIS DURAND 2625 CHRIS DURAND KENNY MERVIN 2724 KENNY MERVIN DANIEL WESTLAKE 2823 DANIEL WESTLAKE ANDREW WERNER 2122 ANDREW WERNER SIMON GOODWIN 2021 SIMON GOODWIN VLADO KENATS 3020 VLADO KENATS DAVID CANAVAN 2319 DAVID CANAVAN TONY ATKINS 2918 TONY ATKINS EIRAN PARSONS 1517 EIRAN PARSONS MITCH VAMOS 2216 MITCH VAMOS TRACY NOLTE 815 TRACY NOLTE ERIC MARECKI 2414 ERIC MARECKI MARTIN CHEVRIER 1613 MARTIN CHEVRIER LOU MASCIARELLI 1112 LOU MASCIARELLI BJÖRN HEHMANN 1411 BJÖRN HEHMANN ROY SIMMONS 510 ROY SIMMONS JON WATHEN 49 JON WATHEN ROBERT OTTO 18 ROBERT OTTO VINCENT LOI 97 VINCENT LOI MARTY UREN 196 MARTY UREN IAN JOLICOEUR 65 IAN JOLICOEUR MIKE SCOTT 74 MIKE SCOTT GREGORY MYERS 183 GREGORY MYERS SAM ROLFE 32 SAM ROLFE FERNANDO HORTA 101 FERNANDO HORTA

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