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2024 4 Hours of Barcelona

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The layout of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya

The 2024 4 Hours of Barcelona was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 12 and 14 April 2024, as the first round of 2024 European Le Mans Series season.

Entry list

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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]

Ferdinand Habsburg was replaced by Paul-Loup Chatin in the No. 47 COOL Racing. Habsburg was forced to miss this round as the result of a crash during a test at MotorLand Aragón.[3]

Schedule

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Date Time (local: CEST) Event
Friday, 12 April 11:50 Free Practice 1
16:20 Bronze Drivers Collective Test
Saturday, 13 April 10:10 Free Practice 2
14:40 Qualifying - LMGT3
15:05 Qualifying - LMP3
15:30 Qualifying - LMP2 Pro-Am
15:55 Qualifying - LMP2
Sunday, 14 April 11:30 Race
Source:[4]

Free practice

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  • Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Free Practice 1 Class No. Entrant Time
LMP2 14 United States AO by TF 1:28.821
LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Kingdom United Autosports 1:30.026
LMP3 17 Switzerland COOL Racing 1:35.045
LMGT3 66 United Kingdom JMW Motorsport 1:40.826
Free Practice 2 Class No. Entrant Time
LMP2 43 Poland Inter Europol Competition 1:28.413
LMP2 Pro/Am 24 United Kingdom Nielsen Racing 1:29.547
LMP3 8 Poland Team Virage 1:36.475
LMGT3 86 United Kingdom GR Racing 1:40.831
Sources:[5][6]

Qualifying

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Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 LMP2 22 United Kingdom United Autosports United Kingdom Ben Hanley 1:28.071 1
2 LMP2 28 France IDEC Sport France Reshad de Gerus 1:28.224 +0.153 2
3 LMP2 25 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing United Kingdom Alexander Lynn 1:28.381 +0.310 3
4 LMP2 47 Switzerland COOL Racing Denmark Frederik Vesti 1:28.476 +0.405 4
5 LMP2 37 Switzerland COOL Racing Japan Ritomo Miyata 1:28.489 +0.418 5
6 LMP2 43 Poland Inter Europol Competition France Tom Dillmann 1:28.498 +0.427 6
7 LMP2 34 Poland Inter Europol Competition Italy Luca Ghiotto 1:28.522 +0.451 7
8 LMP2 23 United Kingdom United Autosports United Kingdom Paul di Resta 1:28.651 +0.580 8
9 LMP2 65 France Panis Racing Monaco Arthur Leclerc 1:28.683 +0.612 9
10 LMP2 14 United States AO by TF Switzerland Louis Delétraz 1:28.726 +0.655 10
11 LMP2 27 United Kingdom Nielsen Racing United Kingdom William Stevens 1:28.732 +0.661 11
12 LMP2 9 Germany Iron LynxProton Italy Matteo Cairoli 1:28.897 +0.826 12
13 LMP2 30 France Duqueine Team Australia James Allen 1:29.128 +1.057 13
14 LMP2 10 United Kingdom Vector Sport Brazil Felipe Drugovich 1:29.153 +1.082 14
15 LMP2 Pro/Am 77 Germany Proton Competition Italy Giorgio Roda 1:30.816 +2.745 15
16 LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Poland Team Virage United Kingdom Anthony Wells 1:31.349 +3.278 16
17 LMP2 Pro/Am 24 United Kingdom Nielsen Racing United States John Falb 1:31.497 +3.426 17
18 LMP2 Pro/Am 29 France Richard Mille by TDS United States Rodrigo Sales 1:31.510 +3.439 18
19 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 Italy AF Corse France François Perrodo 1:32.174 +4.103 19
20 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Kingdom United Autosports Brazil Daniel Schneider 1:33.212 +5.141 20
21 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing Greece Kriton Lentoudis 1:33.267 +5.196 21
22 LMP3 17 Switzerland COOL Racing Portugal Manuel Espírito Santo 1:34.761 +6.690 23
23 LMP3 8 Poland Team Virage France Gillian Henrion 1:35.014 +6.943 24
24 LMP3 15 United Kingdom RLR M Sport France Gaël Julien 1:35.249 +7.178 25
25 LMP3 4 Luxembourg DKR Engineering United States Wyatt Brichacek 1:35.409 +7.338 26
26 LMP3 12 Germany WTM by Rinaldi Racing Colombia Óscar Tunjo 1:35.567 +7.496 27
27 LMP3 88 Poland Inter Europol Competition United Kingdom Kai Askey 1:36.016 +7.945 28
28 LMP3 31 Switzerland Racing Spirit of Léman France Antoine Doquin 1:36.541 +8.470 29
29 LMP3 11 Italy Eurointernational Canada Adam Ali 1:36.628 +8.557 30
30 LMP3 5 United Kingdom RLR M Sport United Kingdom Bailey Voisin 1:36.679 +8.608 31
31 LMP2 Pro/Am 3 Luxembourg DKR Engineering Australia Andres Latorre Canon 1:37.086 +9.015 22
32 LMP3 35 France Ultimate France Matthieu Lahaye 1:37.331 +9.260 32
33 LMGT3 85 Germany Iron Dames Belgium Sarah Bovy 1:41.850 +13.779 33
34 LMGT3 63 Italy Iron Lynx Japan Hiroshi Hamaguchi 1:42.167 +14.096 34
35 LMGT3 50 Denmark Formula Racing Denmark Johnny Laursen 1:42.337 +14.266 35
36 LMGT3 55 Switzerland Spirit of Race United Kingdom Duncan Cameron 1:42.759 +14.688 36
37 LMGT3 57 Switzerland Kessel Racing Japan Takeshi Kimura 1:42.895 +14.824 37
38 LMGT3 97 United Kingdom Grid Motorsport by TF Singapore Martin Berry 1:43.028 +14.957 38
39 LMGT3 86 United Kingdom GR Racing United Kingdom Michael Wainwright 1:43.117 +15.046 39
40 LMGT3 51 Italy AF Corse France Charles-Henri Samani 1:43.345 +15.274 40
41 LMGT3 59 Switzerland Racing Spirit of Léman United States Derek DeBoer 1:43.351 +15.280 41
42 LMGT3 60 Germany Proton Competition Italy Claudio Schiavoni 1:44.148 +16.077 42
43 LMGT3 66 United Kingdom JMW Motorsport United Kingdom John Hartshorne 1:46.230 +18.159 43
Sources:[7][8][9][10][11][12]

Race

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Race result

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The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 97 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

Final Classification[13][14]
Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Tyres Laps Time/Gap
1 LMP2 37 Switzerland COOL Racing Spain Lorenzo Fluxá
Denmark Malthe Jakobsen
Japan Ritomo Miyata
Oreca 07 G 139 4:01:06.862
2 LMP2 25 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing Liechtenstein Matthias Kaiser
United Kingdom Olli Caldwell
United Kingdom Alexander Lynn
Oreca 07 G 139 +16.161
3 LMP2 22 United Kingdom United Autosports Romania Filip Ugran
Japan Marino Sato
United Kingdom Benjamin Hanley
Oreca 07 G 139 +16.905
4 LMP2 28 France IDEC Sport France Paul Lafargue
France Reshad de Gerus
Netherlands Job van Uitert
Oreca 07 G 139 +1:14.182
5 LMP2 65 France Panis Racing United Kingdom Manuel Maldonado
France Charles Milesi
Monaco Arthur Leclerc
Oreca 07 G 139 +1:20.643
6 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 Italy AF Corse France François Perrodo
France Matthieu Vaxivière
Italy Alessio Rovera
Oreca 07 G 138 +1 Lap
7 LMP2 Pro/Am 29 France Richard Mille by TDS United States Rodrigo Sales
France Mathias Beche
Switzerland Grégoire Saucy
Oreca 07 G 138 +1 Lap
8 LMP2 43 Poland Inter Europol Competition Mexico Sebastián Álvarez
France Vladislav Lomko
France Tom Dillmann
Oreca 07 G 138 +1 Lap
9 LMP2 14 United States AO by TF United Kingdom Jonny Edgar
Switzerland Louis Delétraz
Poland Robert Kubica
Oreca 07 G 138 +1 Lap
10 LMP2 34 Poland Inter Europol Competition United Kingdom Oliver Gray
France Clément Novalak
Italy Luca Ghiotto
Oreca 07 G 138 +1 Lap
11 LMP2 23 United Kingdom United Autosports United States Bijoy Garg
Switzerland Fabio Scherer
United Kingdom Paul di Resta
Oreca 07 G 138 +1 Lap
12 LMP2 Pro/Am 24 United Kingdom Nielsen Racing United States John Falb
United Kingdom Colin Noble
Spain Albert Costa Balboa
Oreca 07 G 137 +2 Laps
13 LMP2 10 United Kingdom Vector Sport United Kingdom Ryan Cullen
Monaco Stéphane Richelmi
Brazil Felipe Drugovich
Oreca 07 G 137 +2 Laps
14 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing Greece Kriton Lentoudis
United Kingdom Richard Bradley
United Kingdom Alex Quinn
Oreca 07 G 137 +2 Laps
15 LMP2 Pro/Am 77 Germany Proton Competition Italy Giorgio Roda
Netherlands Bent Viscaal
Austria René Binder
Oreca 07 G 137 +2 Laps
16 LMP2 30 France Duqueine Team Netherlands Niels Koolen
France Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer
Australia James Allen
Oreca 07 G 136 +3 Laps
17 LMP2 Pro/Am 3 Luxembourg DKR Engineering Australia Andres Latorre Canon
Turkey Cem Bölükbaşı
Germany Laurents Hörr
Oreca 07 G 136 +3 Laps[R 1]
18 LMP2 47 Switzerland COOL Racing Mexico Alejandro Garcia
France Paul-Loup Chatin
Denmark Frederik Vesti
Oreca 07 G 136 +3 Laps[R 2]
19 LMP2 27 United Kingdom Nielsen Racing Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson
Chile Nicolás Pino
United Kingdom William Stevens
Oreca 07 G 131 +8 Laps
20 LMP3 8 Poland Team Virage Algeria Julien Gerbi
Portugal Bernardo Pinheiro
France Gillian Henrion
Ligier JS P320 M 131 +8 Laps
21 LMP3 17 Switzerland COOL Racing Portugal Miguel Cristóvão
Switzerland Cédric Oltramare
Portugal Manuel Espírito Santo
Ligier JS P320 M 131 +8 Laps
22 LMP3 11 Italy Eurointernational United Kingdom Matthew Bell
Canada Adam Ali
Ligier JS P320 M 130 +9 Laps
23 LMP3 15 United Kingdom RLR M Sport Denmark Michael Jensen
United Kingdom Nick Adcock
France Gaël Julien
Ligier JS P320 M 130 +9 Laps
24 LMP3 4 Luxembourg DKR Engineering Germany Alexander Mattschull
Spain Belén García
United States Wyatt Brichacek
Duqueine M30 - D08 M 130 +9 Laps
25 LMP3 88 Poland Inter Europol Competition United Arab Emirates Alexander Bukhantsov
United Kingdom Kai Askey
Portugal Pedro Perino
Ligier JS P320 M 129 +10 Laps
26 LMP3 31 Switzerland Racing Spirit of Léman France Jacques Wolff
France Jean-Ludovic Foubert
France Antoine Doquin
Ligier JS P320 M 129 +10 Laps
27 LMP3 12 Germany WTM by Rinaldi Racing Germany Torsten Kratz
Germany Leonard Weiss
Colombia Óscar Tunjo
Duqueine M30 - D08 M 127 +12 Laps
28 LMGT3 50 Denmark Formula Racing Denmark Johnny Laursen
Denmark Conrad Laursen
Denmark Nicklas Nielsen
Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 127 +12 Laps
29 LMGT3 86 United Kingdom GR Racing United Kingdom Michael Wainwright
Italy Riccardo Pera
Italy Davide Rigon
Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 127 +12 Laps
30 LMGT3 63 Italy Iron Lynx Japan Hiroshi Hamaguchi
Zimbabwe Axcil Jefferies
Italy Andrea Caldarelli
Lamborghini Huracan LMGT3 Evo2 G 127 +12 Laps
31 LMGT3 60 Germany Proton Competition Italy Claudio Schiavoni
Italy Matteo Cressoni
France Julien Andlauer
Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 G 127 +12 Laps
32 LMGT3 55 Switzerland Spirit of Race United Kingdom Duncan Cameron
South Africa David Perel
Republic of Ireland Matthew Griffin
Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 127 +12 Laps
33 LMGT3 59 Switzerland Racing Spirit of Léman United States Derek DeBoer
United Kingdom Casper Stevenson
France Valentin Hasse-Clot
Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3 G 126 +13 Laps
34 LMGT3 97 United Kingdom Grid Motorsport by TF Singapore Martin Berry
United Kingdom Lorcan Hanafin
United Kingdom Jonathan Adam
Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3 G 126 +13 Laps
35 LMGT3 51 Italy AF Corse France Charles-Henri Samani
France Emmanuel Collard
Belgium Ulysse de Pauw
Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 126 +13 Laps
36 LMGT3 57 Switzerland Kessel Racing Japan Takeshi Kimura
France Esteban Masson
Brazil Daniel Serra
Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 126 +13 Laps
37 LMP3 35 France Ultimate France Alexandre Yvon
France Jean-Baptiste Lahaye
France Matthieu Lahaye
Ligier JS P320 M 123 +16 Laps
38 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Kingdom United Autosports Brazil Daniel Schneider
United Kingdom Andrew Meyrick
United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
Oreca 07 G 121 +18 Laps
Not classified
LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Poland Team Virage United Kingdom Anthony Wells
United Kingdom Matthew Bell
Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr.
Oreca 07 G 128
LMP2 9 Germany Iron LynxProton Germany Jonas Ried
France Macéo Capietto
Italy Matteo Cairoli
Oreca 07 G 121
LMGT3 85 Germany Iron Dames Belgium Sarah Bovy
Switzerland Rahel Frey
Denmark Michelle Gatting
Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 G 103
LMGT3 66 United Kingdom JMW Motorsport United Kingdom John Hartshorne
United Kingdom Ben Tuck
United Kingdom Philip Keen
Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 83
LMP3 5 United Kingdom RLR M Sport Canada James Dayson
Canada Daniel Ali
United Kingdom Bailey Voisin
Ligier JS P320 M 6
  1. ^ The No. 3 DKR Engineering was penalised for causing a collision with the No. 19 Team Virage. The penalty was a drive through converted to 30 seconds time penalty.[15]
  2. ^ The No. 47 COOL Racing was penalised for not respecting driving time of Paul-Loup Chatin who did not meet his driving time by 37 seconds. The penalty was 37 seconds stop & go converted to 72 seconds time penalty.[16][14]

Statistics

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Fastest lap

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Class Driver Team Time Lap
LMP2 Romania Filip Ugran United Kingdom #22 United Autosports 1:30.589 3
LMP2 Pro/Am Italy Alessio Rovera Italy #83 AF Corse 1:30.174 45
LMP3 United States Wyatt Brichacek Luxembourg #4 DKR Engineering 1:38.387 101
LMGT3 France Esteban Masson Switzerland #57 Kessel Racing 1:41.766 59
Source:[17]

References

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  15. ^ "Decision No. 22" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 14 April 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  16. ^ "Decision No. 23" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 14 April 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
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