Pastor Maldonado finished fourth in Silverstone

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El maracayero logró su mejor resultado en el Campeonato Mundial de Resistencia, el FIA WEC 2018-2019

Leader in Sports | UN.- Maintaining a battling rhythm throughout the race, which allowed them to stay on track and manage the difficulties, the Venezuelan driver Pastor Maldonado and his companions in Dragon Speed, the Mexican Roberto González and the British Anthony Davidson, combined to graze the podium in the Six Hours of Silverstone to cross the finish line in the fourth place of the LMP2 category and get his best figuration so far in the World Endurance Championship, the FIA WEC 2018-2019.

 "We recovered the performance of the car for the race, after the failures in the Saturday classification. Roberto (González) started with good pace but ran into problems and some touches in the first round and we lost positions. We started to drive and recovered until we almost reached the third position and finally Anthony (Davidson) weathered difficulties with the brake system and the suspension to keep us in the fight. We had the weapons for a comfortable podium, but in the end the important thing is that we keep adding points "said Pastor when summarizing the performance of the team.

The car with the number 31 of Dragon Speed, gets its best result of the championship, after the fifth places reached in Spa-Francorchamps and in The 24 Hours of Le Mans, the first two events of the WEC FIA 2018-2019.

The triumph in the LMP2 category corresponded to the 38th car of the Team Jackie Chan Racing, by the Chinese Ho Pin Tung, the French Gabriel Aubry and the Monegasque Stéphane Richelmi, followed by the other team car, the number 37, in command of the Malaysian natives Jazeman Jaafar, Weiron Tan and Nabil Jefrri, owners of the pole Saturday. The podium was completed by number 36 of Team Signatec Alpine Matmut and the trio formed by Nicolas Lapierre, Pierre Thiriet and Brazil's André Negrao.

 In the LMP1, the Toyota Gazoo Racing team and their car number 8, got their third straight win in the season. Another laurel for Fernando Alonso, Kazuki Nakajimay Sebastien Buemi, who crossed the finish line. The car "brother" number 7 with Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and José María "Pechito" López followed them in the.