The no17 Porsche of Mark Webber and Brendon Hartley took pole position and underlined their pre-season testing pace when the 1m39.721 average lap time was three second faster than the 2014 pole time.
The Greaves Motorsport Gibson 015S-Nissan driven by Gary Hirsch, Bjorn Wirdheim and Jon Lancaster scored a thrilling victory in the first round of the ELMS at Silverstone.
The British GT championship certainly returned with a bang on Easter Monday as two action packed races wowed the big crowds at Oulton Park in Cheshire.
Louise Richardson had a difficult start to her MSA Formula campaign at Brands Hatch last weeked, finishing only one race out of three with some awful luck.