Steven Thomas, Sami Meguetounif and Scott Huffaker recover from a power-cycle problem to finish second overall and claim their first ELMS victory of the season
TDS RACING survived a late technical scare and some of Silverstone’s most difficult weather conditions to win the LMP2 Pro/Am class and finish second overall in the Goodyear 4 Hours of Silverstone.
“It means a lot to win with this team,” Scott Huffaker said. “They’ve done great all year.”
Huffaker shared the No. 14 Oreca 07 with Steven Thomas and Sami Meguetounif as TDS became the fifth different LMP2 Pro/Am winner in the opening five races of the 2026 European Le Mans Series season.
The trio started from class pole, but their route to the top step included changing conditions, several interruptions and a moment when the car slowed while leading the race overall.
A Difficult Opening Stint
Thomas began the race on a damp circuit and immediately found himself fighting Georgios Kolovos in the No. 47 CLX Motorsport Oreca.
The pair exchanged the Pro/Am lead during the opening laps before Kolovos eventually made a move stick and began to pull away.
For Thomas, the priority was keeping the car intact during a difficult opening phase for the category’s bronze-rated drivers.
Thomas admitted the damp and slippery circuit made the opening stint particularly difficult for the bronze-rated drivers. His primary relief was handing over an undamaged car.
Conditions deteriorated during the second hour, forcing teams to decide when to abandon slick tyres for wets. A long Safety Car period then compressed the field and transformed the second half of the race.
Meguetounif emerged as one of the quickest drivers in the rain, moving the TDS car into the Pro/Am lead before passing Edward Pearson’s No. 24 Nielsen Racing Oreca to take the overall lead.
From Trouble To Victory
The team’s chances appeared to suffer a major blow near the end of the third hour when the No. 14 suddenly slowed during a Full Course Yellow.
Meguetounif was able to restart the car after cycling its power and returned to the pits once racing resumed, but the delay handed rivals an opportunity.
Thomas recalled watching the deficit fall from more than 12 seconds as Huffaker steadily drove the car back into a winning position.
Huffaker kept his composure through the final stint, bringing the car home behind only the overall-winning No. 25 Algarve Pro Racing entry.
Huffaker said the consistent rain and the absence of another Safety Car made his stint more straightforward than those completed by his teammates in changeable conditions.
For Meguetounif, the victory capped a weekend in which the former Formula 2 and Formula 3 driver again demonstrated his growing comfort in endurance racing.
Meguetounif said he had enjoyed his transition into endurance racing and working with Thomas and Huffaker, describing the victory as the reward on top of that experience.
The result gave TDS Racing its first ELMS win of the season, although the wider Pro/Am championship remains remarkably open.
AF Corse left Silverstone at the top of the standings, but eight crews remain mathematically capable of winning the title when the season concludes at Portimão on 10 October.
