2018 4 Hours of Red Bull Ring

The 2018 4 Hours of Red Bull Ring was an endurance sportscar racing event held on 22 July 2018 at the Red Bull Ring. It was the third round of the 2018 European Le Mans Series, and the sixth running of the event as part of the European Le Mans Series.

Background

The event was announced on 23 September 2017, with the Red Bull Ring round being a part of the calendar for the sixth consecutive time. This was the first race after a two-month hiatus for the ELMS season, with the last round having taken place at Monza, ten weeks prior.[1]

Entry list

The entry list was revealed on 19 July 2018, and saw 42 entries: 18 in LMP2, 18 in LMP3, and 6 in LMGTE.[2]

Schedule

Date Time (local: CEST) Event
Friday, 20 July 13:00 Free Practice 1
17:35 Bronze Driver Test
Saturday, 21 July 09:15 Free Practice 2
13:40 Qualifying - LMGTE
14:00 Qualifying - LMP3
14:20 Qualifying - LMP2
Sunday, 22 July 12:00 Race
Source:[3]

Practice

There were two practice sessions held: one on Friday afternoon and one on Saturday morning. Both session ran for 90 minutes.[3]

Practice 1

The first practice session was held at 13:00 CEST on Friday. Paul-Loup Chatin ended up quickest in the No. 28 IDEC Sport Oreca, with a lap time of 1:20.067. Norman Nato was second-quickest in the No. 24 Racing Engineering Oreca, only 0.003s off Chatin. Matthieu Vaxivière finished third in the No. 33 TDS Racing Oreca.[4] LMP3 was topped by Matthieu Lahaye in the No. 17 Ultimate Norma, lapping the circuit in 1 minute, 26.927 seconds. He was 0.018s quicker than second-placed Matt Bell in the No. 3 United Autosports Ligier.[4] GTE was topped by Miguel Molina in the No. 66 JMW Motorsport Ferrari, with a lap of 1:28.829, 0.570s quicker than the second-placed No. 88 Proton Competition Porsche.[4]

Class No. Entrant Driver Time
LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Paul-Loup Chatin 1:20.067
LMP3 17 Ultimate Matthieu Lahaye 1:26.927
LMGTE 66 JMW Motorsport Miguel Molina 1:28.829
Source:[5][6]
  • Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Final practice

The second and final practice session took place at 09:15 CEST on Saturday, and ended with Chatin and the No. 28 Oreca topping the time sheets in a largely wet practice session. He lapped the circuit in 1 minute, 19.616 seconds. He was 0.134s quicker than Andrea Pizzitola in the No. 26 G-Drive Racing Oreca, with Nato third-quickest.[7] Job van Uitert was quickest in LMP3 in the No. 15 RLR MSport Ligier: 1:27.176. David Droux was second-quickest in LMP3, 0.604s slower than Van Uitert.[7] GTE was topped by Matt Griffin in the No. 55 Spirit of Race Ferrari, with a lap of 1:29.845. Dennis Olsen was second-quickest in the No. 77 Proton Competition Porsche, lapping 0.177s slower than Griffin, with Fabio Babini completing the top three in the No. 80 Ebimotors Porsche.[7]

Class No. Entrant Driver Time
LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Paul-Loup Chatin 1:19.616
LMP3 15 RLR MSport Job van Uitert 1:27.176
LMGTE 55 Spirit of Race Matt Griffin 1:29.845
Source:[8][9]
  • Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Qualifying

Qualifying started at 13:40 CEST on Saturday, and was split into three sessions: one for LMGTE, one for LMP3, and one for LMP2. Each session lasted fifteen minutes. Paul-Loup Chatin continued his strong practice pace and claimed overall pole position in his No. 28 Oreca. He shared the front row with Nico Jamin in the No. 29 Duqueine Engineering Oreca, who was 0.019s slower than Chatin.[10] The No. 9 AT Racing Ligier originally claimed pole position in the LMP3 class, but saw its fastest lap deleted after a track limits violation. This handed LMP3 pole position to the No. 17 Norma of Matthieu Lahaye, with a lap time of 1:26.519. The No. 19 MRacing - YMR Norma of Lucas Legeret qualified second, 0.064s slower.[11][10] Molina took pole in LMGTE in the No. 66 Ferrari, ahead of Matteo Cairoli in the No. 88 Porsche, with Andrea Bertolini in the No. 83 Krohn Racing Ferrari in third.[11]

Qualifying results

Pole position winners in each class are in bold.

Pos Class No. Team Time Gap Grid
1 LMP2 28 IDEC Sport 1:19.246 – 1
2 LMP2 29 Duqueine Engineering 1:19.265 +0.019 2
3 LMP2 24 Racing Engineering 1:19.387 +0.141 3
4 LMP2 21 DragonSpeed 1:19.423 +0.177 4
5 LMP2 26 G-Drive Racing 1:19.562 +0.316 5
6 LMP2 33 TDS Racing 1:19.743 +0.497 6
7 LMP2 22 United Autosports 1:19.950 +0.704 7
8 LMP2 40 G-Drive Racing 1:19.959 +0.713 8
9 LMP2 39 Graff 1:20.179 +0.933 9
10 LMP2 47 Cetilar Villorba Corse 1:20.234 +0.988 10
11 LMP2 35 SMP Racing 1:20.351 +1.105 11
12 LMP2 32 United Autosports 1:20.383 +1.137 12
13 LMP2 49 High Class Racing 1:20.609 +1.363 13
14 LMP2 31 APR – Rebellion Racing 1:20.622 +1.376 14
15 LMP2 23 Panis Barthez Competition 1:21.091 +1.845 15
16 LMP2 30 AVF by Adrián Vallés 1:21.362 +2.116 16
17 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing 1:23.522 +4.276 17
18 LMP2 27 IDEC Sport 1:23.695 +4.449 18
19 LMP3 17 Ultimate 1:26.519 +7.273 19
20 LMP3 19 MRacing – YMR 1:26.583 +7.337 20
21 LMP3 15 RLR MSport 1:26.703 +7.457 21
22 LMP3 4 Cool Racing 1:26.751 +7.505 22
23 LMP3 8 DKR Engineering 1:26.917 +7.671 23
24 LMP3 9 AT Racing 1:26.960 +7.714 24
25 LMP3 10 Oregon Team 1:27.008 +7.762 25
26 LMP3 2 United Autosports 1:27.032 +7.786 26
27 LMP3 7 Écurie Écosse/Nielsen 1:27.192 +7.946 27
28 LMP3 3 United Autosports 1:27.354 +8.108 28
29 LMP3 11 EuroInternational 1:27.365 +8.119 29
30 LMP3 13 Inter Europol Competition 1:27.486 +8.240 30
31 LMP3 5 NEFIS by Speed Factory 1:27.654 +8.408 31
32 LMP3 18 MRacing – YMR 1:27.890 +8.644 32
33 LMP3 6 360 Racing 1:28.133 +8.887 33
34 LMP3 16 BHK Motorsport 1:28.368 +9.122 34
35 LMGTE 66 JMW Motorsport 1:28.827 +9.581 35
36 LMP3 12 EuroInternational 1:28.893 +9.647 36
37 LMGTE 88 Proton Competition 1:28.925 +9.679 37
38 LMGTE 83 Krohn Racing 1:28.967 +9.721 38
39 LMGTE 55 Spirit of Race 1:29.190 +9.944 39
40 LMGTE 77 Proton Competition 1:29.259 +10.013 40
41 LMGTE 80 Ebimotors 1:29.366 +10.120 41
42 LMP3 14 Inter Europol Competition No time – 42
Source:[12][13]

Race

Class winners are in bold and ‡.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 LMP2 26 G-Drive Racing Andrea Pizzitola
Roman Rusinov
Jean-Éric Vergne 		Oreca 07 D 160 4:00:14.242‡
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
2 LMP2 24 Racing Engineering Norman Nato
Paul Petit
Olivier Pla 		Oreca 07 D 160 +20.126
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
3 LMP2 22 United Autosports Filipe Albuquerque
Phil Hanson
 Ligier JS P217 D 160 +54.166
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
4 LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Paul-Loup Chatin
Paul Lafargue
Memo Rojas 		Oreca 07 M 160 +56.087
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
5 LMP2 21 DragonSpeed Ben Hanley
Henrik Hedman
Nicolas Lapierre 		Oreca 07 M 159 +1 Lap
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
6 LMP2 31 APR – Rebellion Racing Ryan Cullen
Gustavo Menezes
Harrison Newey 		Oreca 07 D 159 +1 Lap
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
7 LMP2 35 SMP Racing Matevos Isaakyan
Egor Orudzhev
Viktor Shaytar 		Dallara P217 D 159 +1 Lap
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
8 LMP2 39 Graff Alexandre Cougnaud
Tristan Gommendy
Jonathan Hirschi 		Oreca 07 D 159 +1 Lap
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
9 LMP2 33 TDS Racing Loïc Duval
François Perrodo
Matthieu Vaxivière 		Oreca 07 D 159 +1 Lap
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
10 LMP2 23 Panis Barthez Competition Timothé Buret
Julien Canal
Will Stevens 		Ligier JS P217 M 158 +2 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
11 LMP2 47 Cetilar Villorba Corse Roberto Lacorte
Felipe Nasr
Giorgio Sernagiotto 		Dallara P217 D 158 +2 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
12 LMP2 49 High Class Racing Dennis Andersen
Anders Fjordbach
 Dallara P217 D 158 +2 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
13 LMP2 40 G-Drive Racing James Allen
José Gutiérrez
 Oreca 07 D 158 +2 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
14 LMP2 30 AVF by Adrián Vallés Henrique Chaves
Konstatin Tereschenko
 Dallara P217 D 158 +2 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
15 LMP2 32 United Autosports Wayne Boyd
Will Owen
Hugo de Sadeleer 		Ligier JS P217 D 157 +3 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
16 LMP2 27 IDEC Sport Patrice Lafargue
Erik Maris
 Ligier JS P217 M 154 +6 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
17 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing Ate De Jong
Tacksung Kim
Mark Patterson 		Ligier JS P217 D 152 +8 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
18 LMP3 15 RLR MSport John Farano
Robert Garofall
Job van Uitert 		Ligier JS P3 M 148 +12 Laps‡
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
19 LMP3 7 Écurie Écosse/Nielsen Alex Kapadia
Colin Noble
Christian Stubbe Olsen 		Ligier JS P3 M 148 +12 Laps
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
20 LMP3 13 Inter Europol Competition Martin Hippe
Jakub Śmiechowski
 Ligier JS P3 M 148 +12 Laps
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
21 LMP3 17 Ultimate François Heriau
Matthieu Lahaye
Jean-Baptiste Lahaye 		Norma M30 M 148 +12 Laps
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
22 LMP3 9 AT Racing Mikkel Jensen
Alexander Talkanitsa
Alexander Talkanitsa Jr. 		Ligier JS P3 M 147 +13 Laps
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
23 LMP3 5 NEFIS by Speed Factory Timur Boguslavskiy
Aleksey Chuklin
Daniil Pronenko 		Ligier JS P3 M 147 +13 Laps
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
24 LMGTE 88 Proton Competition Matteo Cairoli
Gianluca Roda
Giorgio Roda 		Porsche 911 RSR D 147 +13 Laps‡
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
25 LMP3 11 EuroInternational Kay van Berlo
Giorgio Mondini
 Ligier JS P3 M 147 +13 Laps[N 1]
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
26 LMP3 6 360 Racing Ross Kaiser
Terrence Woodward
 Ligier JS P3 M 146 +14 Laps
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
27 LMGTE 55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron
Matt Griffin
Aaron Scott 		Ferrari 488 GTE D 146 +14 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
28 LMP3 18 MRacing – YMR Natan Bihel
Laurent Millara
 Ligier JS P3 M 146 +14 Laps
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
29 LMP3 4 Cool Racing Iradj Alexander
Antonin Borga
Alexandre Coigny 		Ligier JS P3 M 146 +14 Laps
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
30 LMGTE 80 Ebimotors Fabio Babini
Bret Curtis
Riccardo Pera 		Porsche 911 RSR D 146 +14 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
31 LMGTE 77 Proton Competition Marvin Dienst
Dennis Olsen
Christian Ried 		Porsche 911 RSR D 145 +15 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
32 LMP3 14 Inter Europol Competition Guglielmo Belotti
Luca Demarchi
Paul Scheuschner 		Ligier JS P3 M 145 +15 Laps
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
33 LMP3 3 United Autosports Matt Bell
Garett Grist
Anthony Wells 		Ligier JS P3 M 145 +15 Laps
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
34 LMP3 12 EuroInternational James Dayson
Andrea Dromedari
Maxwell Hanratty 		Ligier JS P3 M 144 +16 Laps
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
35 LMGTE 83 Krohn Racing Andrea Bertolini
Niclas Jönsson
Tracy Krohn 		Ferrari 488 GTE D 143 +17 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
36 LMP3 8 DKR Engineering Henning Enqvist
Fabien Lavergne
Ricardo Sanchez 		Norma M30 M 142 +18 Laps
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
37 LMP3 16 BHK Motorsport Jacopo Baratto
Francesco Dracone
 Ligier JS P3 M 139 +21 Laps[N 2]
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
38 LMP3 10 Oregon Team Clément Mateu
Andrés Méndez
Riccardo Ponzio 		Norma M30 M 132 +28 Laps
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
39 LMP3 19 MRacing – YMR David Droux
Alain Ferté
Lucas Légéret 		Norma M30 M 112 Not classified
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
40 LMP3 2 United Autosports John Falb
Sean Rayhall
 Ligier JS P3 M 70 Not classified
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
41 LMGTE 66 JMW Motorsport Liam Griffin
Alex MacDowall
Miguel Molina 		Ferrari 488 GTE D 43 Not classified
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
42 LMP2 29 Duqueine Engineering Nico Jamin
Nelson Panciatici
Pierre Ragues 		Oreca 07 M 160 Disqualified[N 3]
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
Source:[17]

Notes

  1. ^ The No. 11 EuroInternational Ligier received a drive-through during the race. Since they did not complete the drive-through, it was converted into a 25-second penalty. The car dropped from 24th to 25th overall.[14]
  2. ^ The No. 16 BHK Motorsport Ligier received a 2-lap penalty for not completing the minimum drive time with their bronze-rated driver Jacopo Baratto.[15]
  3. ^ The No. 29 Duqueine Engineering Oreca was disqualified from the race using a different fuel than the fuel that was indicated by the organiser. The car originally finished second overall.[16]

References

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