2024 4 Hours of Le Castellet

The 2024 4 Hours of Le Castellet was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 3 and 5 May 2024, as the second round of the 2024 European Le Mans Series season.

Entry list
Main article: 2024 European Le Mans Series § Entries

The pre-event entry list consisted of 43 entries between 4 categories - 14 in LMP2, 8 in LMP2 Pro/Am, 10 in LMP3 and 11 in LMGT3.[1][2]

It was another ELMS round missed by Ferdinand Habsburg as the result of a crash at MotorLand Aragón. As in Barcelona Paul-Loup Chatin replaced Habsburg in the No. 47 COOL Racing. Eric Trouillet replaced Alexandre Yvon in the No. 35 Ultimate.[1][2] Nicolás Varrone replaced Ulysse de Pauw in the No. 51 AF Corse.[3]

Schedule
Date Time (local: CEST) Event
Friday, 3 May 11:50 Free Practice 1
16:35 Bronze Drivers Collective Test
Saturday, 4 May 10:10 Free Practice 2
14:40 Qualifying - LMGT3
15:05 Qualifying - LMP3
15:30 Qualifying - LMP2 Pro-Am
15:55 Qualifying - LMP2
Sunday, 5 May 11:30 Race
Source:[4]

Free practice
  • Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Free Practice 1 Class No. Entrant Time
LMP2 37 COOL Racing 1:41.186
LMP2 Pro/Am 83 AF Corse 1:41.969
LMP3 4 DKR Engineering 1:49.545
LMGT3 60 Proton Competition 1:55.257
Free Practice 2 Class No. Entrant Time
LMP2 9 Iron Lynx – Proton 1:41.362
LMP2 Pro/Am 83 AF Corse 1:42.154
LMP3 15 RLR M Sport 1:50.189
LMGT3 55 Spirit of Race 1:54.892
Sources:[5][6]

Qualifying

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Job van Uitert 1:40.104 — 1
2 LMP2 14 AO by TF Louis Delétraz 1:40.350 +0.246 2
3 LMP2 9 Iron Lynx – Proton Matteo Cairoli 1:40.365 +0.261 3
4 LMP2 47 COOL Racing Frederik Vesti 1:40.382 +0.278 4
5 LMP2 22 United Autosports Benjamin Hanley 1:40.559 +0.455 5
6 LMP2 37 COOL Racing Malthe Jakobsen 1:40.703 +0.599 6
7 LMP2 27 Nielsen Racing William Stevens 1:40.775 +0.671 7
8 LMP2 30 Duqueine Team James Allen 1:40.862 +0.758 8
9 LMP2 65 Panis Racing Charles Milesi 1:40.900 +0.796 9
10 LMP2 10 Vector Sport Felipe Drugovich 1:40.931 +0.827 10
11 LMP2 34 Inter Europol Competition Clément Novalak 1:41.013 +0.909 11
12 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition Tom Dillmann 1:41.126 +1.022 12
13 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing Olli Caldwell 1:41.135 +1.031 13
14 LMP2 23 United Autosports Paul di Resta 1:41.651 +1.547 14
15 LMP2 Pro/Am 77 Proton Competition Giorgio Roda 1:43.067 +2.963 15
16 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 AF Corse François Perrodo 1:43.445 +3.341 16
17 LMP2 Pro/Am 29 Richard Mille by TDS Rodrigo Sales 1:43.672 +3.568 17
18 LMP2 Pro/Am 24 Nielsen Racing John Falb 1:43.759 +3.655 18
19 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Autosports Daniel Schneider 1:44.803 +4.699 19
20 LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Team Virage Anthony Wells 1:44.987 +4.883 20
21 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Algarve Pro Racing Kriton Lendoudis 1:45.925 +5.821 21
22 LMP2 Pro/Am 3 DKR Engineering Andres Latorre Canon 1:46.581 +6.477 22
23 LMP3 15 RLR M Sport Gaël Julien 1:48.867 +8.763 23
24 LMP3 17 COOL Racing Manuel Espírito Santo 1:48.991 +8.887 24
25 LMP3 8 Team Virage Gillian Henrion 1:49.168 +9.064 25
26 LMP3 12 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Óscar Tunjo 1:49.214 +9.110 26
27 LMP3 31 Racing Spirit of Léman Antoine Doquin 1:49.292 +9.188 27
28 LMP3 88 Inter Europol Competition Pedro Perino 1:49.451 +9.347 28
29 LMP3 4 DKR Engineering Wyatt Brichacek 1:49.665 +9.561 29
30 LMP3 11 Eurointernational Adam Ali 1:50.001 +9.897 30
31 LMP3 35 Ultimate Matthieu Lahaye 1:50.046 +9.942 31
32 LMP3 5 RLR M Sport Daniel Ali 1:51.084 +10.980 32
33 LMGT3 85 Iron Dames Sarah Bovy 1:56.003 +15.899 33
34 LMGT3 55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron 1:56.283 +16.179 34
35 LMGT3 63 Iron Lynx Hiroshi Hamaguchi 1:56.619 +16.515 35
36 LMGT3 59 Racing Spirit of Léman Derek DeBoer 1:56.898 +16.794 36
37 LMGT3 57 Kessel Racing Takeshi Kimura 1:56.942 +16.838 37
38 LMGT3 50 Formula Racing Johnny Laursen 1:57.431 +17.327 38
39 LMGT3 97 Grid Motorsport by TF Martin Berry 1:57.456 +17.352 39
40 LMGT3 86 GR Racing Michael Wainwright 1:57.588 +17.484 40
41 LMGT3 51 AF Corse Charles-Henri Samani 1:58.218 +18.114 41
42 LMGT3 60 Proton Competition Claudio Schiavoni 1:58.943 +18.839 42
43 LMGT3 66 JMW Motorsport John Hartshorne 2:00.742 +20.638 43
Sources:[7][8][9][10][11][12]

Race

Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 87 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

Final Classification[13][14]
Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Tyres Laps Time/Gap
1 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition Sebastián Álvarez
Vladislav Lomko
Tom Dillmann		 Oreca 07 G 125 4:00:47.885
2 LMP2 47 COOL Racing Alejandro García
Paul-Loup Chatin
Frederik Vesti		 Oreca 07 G 125 +14.004
3 LMP2 14 AO by TF Jonny Edgar
Louis Delétraz
Robert Kubica		 Oreca 07 G 125 +15.078
4 LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Paul Lafargue
Reshad de Gerus
Job van Uitert		 Oreca 07 G 125 +20.325[R 1]
5 LMP2 22 United Autosports Filip Ugran
Marino Sato
Benjamin Hanley		 Oreca 07 G 125 +20.353
6 LMP2 30 Duqueine Team Niels Koolen
Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer
James Allen		 Oreca 07 G 125 +24.186
7 LMP2 Pro/Am 29 Richard Mille by TDS Rodrigo Sales
Mathias Beche
Grégoire Saucy		 Oreca 07 G 125 +34.149
8 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing Matthias Kaiser
Olli Caldwell
Alexander Lynn		 Oreca 07 G 125 +34.846
9 LMP2 Pro/Am 77 Proton Competition Giorgio Roda
René Binder
Bent Viscaal		 Oreca 07 G 125 +45.906
10 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Autosports Daniel Schneider
Andrew Meyrick
Oliver Jarvis		 Oreca 07 G 125 +59.338
11 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 AF Corse François Perrodo
Matthieu Vaxivière
Alessio Rovera		 Oreca 07 G 125 +1:03.816
12 LMP2 65 Panis Racing Manuel Maldonado
Charles Milesi
Arthur Leclerc		 Oreca 07 G 125 +1:21.952
13 LMP2 Pro/Am 24 Nielsen Racing John Falb
Colin Noble
Albert Costa Balboa		 Oreca 07 G 125 +1:30.041
14 LMP2 9 Iron Lynx – Proton Jonas Ried
Macéo Capietto
Matteo Cairoli		 Oreca 07 G 125 +1:34.810
15 LMP2 10 Vector Sport Ryan Cullen
Stéphane Richelmi
Felipe Drugovich		 Oreca 07 G 124 +1 Lap
16 LMP2 27 Nielsen Racing David Heinemeier Hansson
Nicolás Pino
William Stevens		 Oreca 07 G 124 +1 Lap
17 LMP2 23 United Autosports Bijoy Garg
Fabio Scherer
Paul di Resta		 Oreca 07 G 124 +1 Lap
18 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Algarve Pro Racing Kriton Lendoudis
Richard Bradley
Alex Quinn		 Oreca 07 G 124 +1 Lap
19 LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Team Virage Anthony Wells
Matthew Bell
Nelson Piquet Jr.		 Oreca 07 G 124 +1 Lap
20 LMP2 Pro/Am 3 DKR Engineering Andres Latorre Canon
Cem Bölükbaşı
Laurents Hörr		 Oreca 07 G 122 +3 Laps
21 LMP3 15 RLR M Sport Michael Jensen
Nick Adcock
Gaël Julien		 Ligier JS P320 M 118 +7 Laps
22 LMP3 4 DKR Engineering Alexander Mattschull
Belén García
Wyatt Brichacek		 Duqueine M30 - D08 M 118 +7 Laps
23 LMP3 35 Ultimate Eric Trouillet
Jean-Baptiste Lahaye
Matthieu Lahaye		 Ligier JS P320 M 117 +8 Laps
24 LMP3 11 Eurointernational Matthew Richard Bell
Adam Ali		 Ligier JS P320 M 117 +8 Laps
25 LMP3 17 COOL Racing Miguel Cristóvão
Cédric Oltramare
Manuel Espírito Santo		 Ligier JS P320 M 117 +8 Laps
26 LMP3 31 Racing Spirit of Léman Jacques Wolff
Jean-Ludovic Foubert
Antoine Doquin		 Ligier JS P320 M 117 +8 Laps
27 LMP3 8 Team Virage Julien Gerbi
Bernardo Pinheiro
Gillian Henrion		 Ligier JS P320 M 116 +9 Laps
28 LMP3 5 RLR M Sport James Dayson
Daniel Ali
Bailey Voisin		 Ligier JS P320 M 115 +10 Laps
29 LMGT3 55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron
David Perel
Matthew Griffin		 Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 113 +12 Laps
30 LMGT3 63 Iron Lynx Hiroshi Hamaguchi
Axcil Jefferies
Andrea Caldarelli		 Lamborghini Huracan LMGT3 Evo2 G 113 +12 Laps
31 LMGT3 59 Racing Spirit of Léman Derek DeBoer
Casper Stevenson
Valentin Hasse-Clot		 Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3 G 113 +12 Laps
32 LMGT3 85 Iron Dames Sarah Bovy
Rahel Frey
Michelle Gatting		 Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 G 113 +12 Laps
33 LMGT3 86 GR Racing Michael Wainwright
Riccardo Pera
Davide Rigon		 Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 113 +12 Laps
34 LMGT3 51 AF Corse Charles-Henri Samani
Emmanuel Collard
Nicolás Varrone		 Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 113 +12 Laps
35 LMGT3 97 Grid Motorsport by TF Martin Berry
Lorcan Hanafin
Jonathan Adam		 Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3 G 112 +13 Laps
36 LMGT3 60 Proton Competition Claudio Schiavoni
Matteo Cressoni
Julien Andlauer		 Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 G 112 +13 Laps
37 LMGT3 50 Formula Racing Johnny Laursen
Conrad Laursen
Nicklas Nielsen		 Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 112 +13 Laps
38 LMGT3 66 JMW Motorsport John Hartshorne
Ben Tuck
Philip Keen		 Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 111 +14 Laps
Not classified
LMP2 34 Inter Europol Competition Oliver Gray
Clément Novalak
Luca Ghiotto		 Oreca 07 G 113 Gearbox[15]
LMP2 37 COOL Racing Lorenzo Fluxá
Malthe Jakobsen
Ritomo Miyata		 Oreca 07 G 101 Gearbox[15]
LMP3 12 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Torsten Kratz
Leonard Weiss
Óscar Tunjo		 Duqueine M30 - D08 M 77 Master relay[15]
LMP3 88 Inter Europol Competition Alexander Bukhantsov
Kai Askey
Pedro Perino		 Ligier JS P320 M 69
LMGT3 57 Kessel Racing Takeshi Kimura
Esteban Masson
Daniel Serra		 Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 47
  1. The No. 28 IDEC Sport was penalised for weaving on the Mistral straight and causing a contact. The penalty was 10 seconds time penalty.[15]

Fastest lap
Class Driver Team Time Lap
LMP2 Olli Caldwell #25 Algarve Pro Racing 1:43.076 55
LMP2 Pro/Am Matthieu Vaxivière #83 AF Corse 1:42.781 88
LMP3 Wyatt Brichacek #4 DKR Engineering 1:51.853 105
LMGT3 Julien Andlauer #60 Proton Competition 1:55.885 105
Source:[16]

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