2021 4 Hours of Dubai

The 2021 4 Hours of Dubai was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 11 and 14 February 2021, as the first and second round of 2021 Asian Le Mans Series season.[1][2] This was the first running of the event as part of the Asian Le Mans Series.[3]

The weekend was dominated by the #26 G-Drive Racing Aurus 01 driven by René Binder, Ferdinand Habsburg and Yifei Ye, who won both rounds of the 4 Hours of Dubai. The LMP3 class was also swept by the #23 United Autosports entry driven by Wayne Boyd, Manuel Maldonado and Rory Penttinen. In GT, the #99 Precote Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R driven by Ralf Bohn, Alfred Renauer and Robert Renauer, converted a race 1 pole to a win and the #40 GPX Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R driven by Julien Andlauer, Alain Ferté andAxcil Jefferies took race 2 class honors.[4][5]

Entry List

The initial entry list was published on 3 February and consisted of 36 entries across 3 categories – 7 in LMP2, 10 in LMP3, and 19 in GT.[6] On 7 February, a revised entry list was released with the remaining drivers of the #23 United Autosports Ligier JS P320 annouced. Joining Manuel Maldonado to fill the lineup was Wayne Boyd and Rory Penttinen.[7] Further changes were made on 9 February when the teams arrived at the track. In GT, Sami-Matti Trogen joined the #35 Walkenhorst BMW M6 GT3 entry and Alessio Rovera replaced Frederick Paulsen in the #60 Formula Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 due to COVID-19 quarantine problems for Paulsen.[8]

Schedule

Date Time (local: GST) Event
Thursday, 11 February 17:45 Free Practice
Friday, 12 February 9:55 Qualifying
Saturday, 13 February 14:15 Race 1
Sunday, 14 February 12:45 Race 2
Source:[9][10]

Free practice

  • Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Free Practice Class No. Entrant Time
LMP2 5 Phoenix Racing 1:45.487
LMP3 3 United Autosports 1:53.238
GT 51 AF Corse 1:56.929
Source:[11]

Race 1

Qualifying

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold.

Pos. Class No. Entry Driver Time Grid
1 LMP2 25 G-Drive Racing Franco Colapinto 1:43.616 1
2 LMP2 26 G-Drive Racing Yifei Ye 1:43.885 2
3 LMP2 5 Phoenix Racing Nicki Thiim 1:44.072 3
4 LMP2 28 Jota Sean Gelael 1:44.386 4
5 LMP2 64 Racing Team India Narain Karthikeyan 1:45.025 5
6 LMP2 18 Era Motorsport Kyle Tilley 1:46.469 6
7 LMP2 11 EuroInternational – Ojets John Corbett 1:48.863 7
8 LMP3 23 United Autosports Wayne Boyd 1:51.418 8
9 LMP3 3 United Autosports Duncan Tappy 1:51.425 9
10 LMP3 33 CD Sport Adam Eteki 1:52.056 10
11 LMP3 15 RLR MSport Malthe Jakobsen 1:52.471 11
12 LMP3 63 DKR Engineering Laurents Hörr 1:52.528 12
13 LMP3 9 Nielsen Racing Colin Noble 1:52.572 13
14 LMP3 2 United Autosports Andy Meyrick 1:52.743 14
15 LMP3 8 Nielsen Racing Matthew Bell 1:53.043 15
16 LMP3 4 Phoenix-IronForce Racing Leo Weiss 1:53.085 16
17 LMP3 44 ARC Bratislava Charlie Robertson 1:53.329 17
18 GT 99 Precote Herberth Motorsport Robert Renauer 1:55.552 18
19 GT 40 GPX Racing Julien Andlauer 1:55.566 19
20 GT 93 Precote Herberth Motorsport Klaus Bachler 1:55.866 20
21 GT 95 TF Sport Charlie Eastwood 1:56.101 21
22 GT 1 HubAuto Racing Raffaele Marciello 1:56.214 22
23 GT 88 Garage 59 Maxime Martin 1:56.284 23
24 GT 51 AF Corse Alessandro Pier Guidi 1:56.349 24
25 GT 7 Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport Ben Barnicoat 1:56.415 25
26 GT 89 Garage 59 Marvin Kirchhöfer 1:56.517 26
27 GT 97 Oman Racing Team with TF Sport Jonathan Adam 1:56.603 27
28 GT 57 Car Guy Racing Côme Ledogar 1:56.685 28
29 GT 60 Formula Racing Nicklas Nielsen 1:56.859 29
30 GT 55 Rinaldi Racing Davide Rigon 1:57.134 30
31 GT 54 AF Corse Francesco Castellacci 1:57.237 31
32 GT 35 Walkenhorst Motorsport Sami-Matti Trogen 1:57.274 32
33 GT 27 Kessel Racing Giorgio Roda 1:57.502 33
34 GT 77 D'station Racing Tomonobu Fujii 1:57.662 34
35 GT 34 Walkenhorst Motorsport Chandler Hull 1:58.157 35
36 GT 66 Rinaldi Racing 36
Source:[12][13][14]

Race

Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 88 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

Pos Class No. Team Drivers Car Tyres Laps Time/Gap
1 LMP2 26 G-Drive Racing René Binder
Ferdinand Habsburg
Yifei Ye
Aurus 01 M 127 4:02:26.692
2 LMP2 28 Jota Sean Gelael
Stoffel Vandoorne
Oreca 07 M 126 +1 Lap
3 LMP2 5 Phoenix Racing Matthias Kaiser
Simon Trummer
Nicki Thiim
Oreca 07 M 126 +1 Lap
4 LMP2 25 G-Drive Racing Rui Andrade
Franco Colapinto
John Falb
Aurus 01 M 125 +2 Laps
5 LMP2 64 Racing Team India Narain Karthikeyan
Arjun Maini
Naveen Rao
Oreca 07 M 124 +3 Laps
6 LMP2 18 Era Motorsport Andreas Laskaratos
Dwight Merriman
Kyle Tilley
Oreca 07 M 123 +4 Laps
7 LMP2 11 EuroInternational – Ojets John Corbett
Neale Muston
Ligier JS P217 M 120 +7 Laps
8 LMP3 23 United Autosports Wayne Boyd
Manuel Maldonado
Rory Penttinen
Ligier JS P320 M 119 +8 Laps
9 LMP3 9 Nielsen Racing Colin Noble
Anthony Wells
Ligier JS P320 M 118 +9 Laps
10 LMP3 3 United Autosports Andrew Bentley
Jim McGuire
Duncan Tappy
Ligier JS P320 M 118 +9 Laps
11 LMP3 2 United Autosports Robert Wheldon
Ian Loggie
Andy Meyrick
Ligier JS P320 M 118 +9 Laps
12 LMP3 4 Phoenix-IronForce Racing Jan-Erik Slooten
Leo Weiss
Ligier JS P320 M 117 +10 Laps
13 GT 99 Precote Herberth Motorsport Ralf Bohn
Alfred Renauer
Robert Renauer
Porsche 911 GT3 R M 117 +10 Laps
14 LMP3 15 RLR MSport Maxwell Hanratty
Malthe Jakobsen
Bashar Mardini
Ligier JS P320 M 117 +10 Laps
15 GT 7 Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport Ben Barnicoat
Brendan Iribe
Ollie Millroy
McLaren 720S GT3 M 116 +11 Laps
16 GT 34 Walkenhorst Motorsport Nicky Catsburg
Chandler Hull
Jon Miller
BMW M6 GT3 M 116 +11 Laps
17 GT 40 GPX Racing Julien Andlauer
Alain Ferté
Axcil Jefferies
Porsche 911 GT3 R M 116 +11 Laps
18 GT 88 Garage 59 Valentin Hasse-Clot
Maxime Martin
Alexander West
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 M 116 +11 Laps
19 GT 60 Formula Racing Johnny Laursen
Nicklas Nielsen
Alessio Rovera
Ferrari 488 GT3 M 116 +11 Laps
20 GT 97 Oman Racing Team with TF Sport Jonathan Adam
Ahmad Al Harthy
Tom Canning
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 M 116 +11 Laps
21 GT 55 Rinaldi Racing Rino Mastronardi
David Perel
Davide Rigon
Ferrari 488 GT3 M 116 +11 Laps
22 GT 57 Car Guy Racing Mikkel Jensen
Takeshi Kimura
Côme Ledogar
Ferrari 488 GT3 M 116 +11 Laps
23 GT 95 TF Sport Charlie Eastwood
Ollie Hancock
John Hartshorne
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 M 115 +12 Laps
24 GT 54 AF Corse Francesco Castellacci
Giancarlo Fisichella
Thomas Flohr
Ferrari 488 GT3 M 115 +12 Laps
25 GT 66 Rinaldi Racing Christian Hook
Patrick Kujala
Manuel Lauck
Ferrari 488 GT3 M 115 +12 Laps
26 GT 77 D'station Racing Tomonobu Fujii
Tom Gamble
Satoshi Hoshino
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 M 115 +12 Laps
27 GT 51 AF Corse Alessandro Pier Guidi
Oswaldo Negri Jr.
Francesco Piovanetti
Ferrari 488 GT3 M 115 +12 Laps
28 GT 93 Precote Herberth Motorsport Antares Au
Klaus Bachler
Steffen Görig
Porsche 911 GT3 R M 115 +12 Laps
29 GT 35 Walkenhorst Motorsport Jörg Breuer
Sami-Matti Trogen
Henry Walkenhorst
BMW M6 GT3 M 114 +13 Laps
30 GT 89 Garage 59 Mike Benham
Marvin Kirchhöfer
Yuki Nemoto
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 M 114 +13 Laps
31 GT 27 Kessel Racing Tim Kohmann
Giorgio Roda
Francesco Zollo
Ferrari 488 GT3 M 114 +13 Laps
32 LMP3 33 CD Sport Nick Adcock
Adam Eteki
Michael Jensen
Ligier JS P320 M 109 +18 Laps
Not Classified
DNF GT 1 HubAuto Racing Marcos Gomes
Raffaele Marciello
Liam Talbot
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo M 102
DNF LMP3 44 ARC Bratislava Tom Cloet
Miroslav Konôpka
Charlie Robertson
Ginetta G61-LT-P3 M 95
DNF LMP3 8 Nielsen Racing Matthew Bell
Rodrigo Sales
Ligier JS P320 M 43
DNF LMP3 63 DKR Engineering Jean Glorieux
Laurents Hörr
Duqueine M30 – D08 M 39
Source:[15]

Statistics

Fastest lap
Class Driver Team Time Lap
LMP2 Franco Colapinto #25 G-Drive Racing 1:46.723 85
LMP3 Colin Noble #9 Nielsen Racing 1:54.938 63
GT Julien Andlauer #40 GPX Racing 1:57.479 3
Source:[16]

Race 2

Qualifying

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold.

Pos. Class No. Entry Driver Time Grid
1 LMP2 25 G-Drive Racing Franco Colapinto 1:43.885 1
2 LMP2 26 G-Drive Racing Yifei Ye 1:43.949 2
3 LMP2 28 Jota Sean Gelael 1:44.442 3
4 LMP2 5 Phoenix Racing Nicki Thiim 1:44.543 4
5 LMP2 64 Racing Team India Narain Karthikeyan 1:45.684 5
6 LMP2 18 Era Motorsport Kyle Tilley 1:46.543 6
7 LMP2 11 EuroInternational – Ojets John Corbett 1:49.372 7
8 LMP3 23 United Autosports Wayne Boyd 1:51.503 8
9 LMP3 3 United Autosports Duncan Tappy 1:51.614 9
10 LMP3 33 CD Sport Adam Eteki 1:52.145 10
11 LMP3 63 DKR Engineering Laurents Hörr 1:52.700 11
12 LMP3 15 RLR MSport Malthe Jakobsen 1:52.824 12
13 LMP3 9 Nielsen Racing Colin Noble 1:52.838 13
14 LMP3 2 United Autosports Andy Meyrick 1:52.978 14
15 LMP3 4 Phoenix-IronForce Racing Leo Weiss 1:53.138 15
16 LMP3 8 Nielsen Racing Matthew Bell 1:53.232 16
17 LMP3 44 ARC Bratislava Miroslav Konôpka 1:53.618 17
18 GT 93 Precote Herberth Motorsport Klaus Bachler 1:55.918 18
19 GT 40 GPX Racing Julien Andlauer 1:55.965 19
20 GT 99 Precote Herberth Motorsport Robert Renauer 1:56.015 20
21 GT 88 Garage 59 Maxime Martin 1:56.355 21
22 GT 51 AF Corse Alessandro Pier Guidi 1:56.357 22
23 GT 1 HubAuto Racing Raffaele Marciello 1:56.434 23
24 GT 95 TF Sport Charlie Eastwood 1:56.474 24
25 GT 97 Oman Racing Team with TF Sport Jonathan Adam 1:56.835 25
26 GT 60 Formula Racing Nicklas Nielsen 1:56.869 26
27 GT 89 Garage 59 Marvin Kirchhöfer 1:56.960 27
28 GT 57 Car Guy Racing Côme Ledogar 1:56.965 28
29 GT 54 AF Corse Francesco Castellacci 1:57.287 29
30 GT 35 Walkenhorst Motorsport Sami-Matti Trogen 1:57.311 30
31 GT 77 D'station Racing Tomonobu Fujii 1:57.720 31
32 GT 27 Kessel Racing Giorgio Roda 1:58.015 32
33 GT 34 Walkenhorst Motorsport Chandler Hull 1:58.515 33
34 GT 7 Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport 34
35 GT 55 Rinaldi Racing 35
36 GT 66 Rinaldi Racing 36
Source:[12][13][17]

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.

Pos Class No. Team Drivers Car Tyres Laps Time/Gap
1 LMP2 26 G-Drive Racing René Binder
Ferdinand Habsburg
Yifei Ye
Aurus 01 M 125 4:03:13.632
2 LMP2 25 G-Drive Racing Rui Andrade
Franco Colapinto
John Falb
Aurus 01 M 125 +45.459
3 LMP2 5 Phoenix Racing Matthias Kaiser
Simon Trummer
Nicki Thiim
Oreca 07 M 125 +59.745
4 LMP2 64 Racing Team India Narain Karthikeyan
Arjun Maini
Naveen Rao
Oreca 07 M 124 +1 Lap
5 LMP2 18 Era Motorsport Andreas Laskaratos
Dwight Merriman
Kyle Tilley
Oreca 07 M 120 +5 Laps
6 LMP2 28 Jota Sean Gelael
Stoffel Vandoorne
Oreca 07 M 118 +7 Laps
7 LMP3 23 United Autosports Wayne Boyd
Manuel Maldonado
Rory Penttinen
Ligier JS P320 M 117 +8 Laps
8 LMP3 2 United Autosports Robert Wheldon
Ian Loggie
Andy Meyrick
Ligier JS P320 M 117 +8 Laps
9 LMP3 8 Nielsen Racing Matthew Bell
Rodrigo Sales
Ligier JS P320 M 117 +8 Laps
10 LMP3 63 DKR Engineering Jean Glorieux
Laurents Hörr
Duqueine M30 – D08 M 117 +8 Laps
11 LMP3 3 United Autosports Andrew Bentley
Jim McGuire
Duncan Tappy
Ligier JS P320 M 116 +9 Laps
12 LMP3 33 CD Sport Nick Adcock
Adam Eteki
Michael Jensen
Ligier JS P320 M 116 +9 Laps
13 LMP3 15 RLR MSport Maxwell Hanratty
Malthe Jakobsen
Bashar Mardini
Ligier JS P320 M 115 +10 Laps
14 GT 40 GPX Racing Julien Andlauer
Alain Ferté
Axcil Jefferies
Porsche 911 GT3 R M 115 +10 Laps
15 GT 55 Rinaldi Racing Rino Mastronardi
David Perel
Davide Rigon
Ferrari 488 GT3 M 114 +11 Laps
16 GT 88 Garage 59 Valentin Hasse-Clot
Maxime Martin
Alexander West
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 M 114 +11 Laps
17 GT 1 HubAuto Racing Marcos Gomes
Raffaele Marciello
Liam Talbot
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo M 114 +11 Laps
18 GT 99 Precote Herberth Motorsport Ralf Bohn
Alfred Renauer
Robert Renauer
Porsche 911 GT3 R M 114 +11 Laps
19 GT 7 Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport Ben Barnicoat
Brendan Iribe
Ollie Millroy
McLaren 720S GT3 M 114 +11 Laps
20 GT 97 Oman Racing Team with TF Sport Jonathan Adam
Ahmad Al Harthy
Tom Canning
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 M 114 +11 Laps
21 GT 57 Car Guy Racing Mikkel Jensen
Takeshi Kimura
Côme Ledogar
Ferrari 488 GT3 M 114 +11 Laps
22 GT 93 Precote Herberth Motorsport Antares Au
Klaus Bachler
Steffen Görig
Porsche 911 GT3 R M 114 +11 Laps
23 GT 89 Garage 59 Mike Benham
Marvin Kirchhöfer
Yuki Nemoto
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 M 114 +11 Laps
24 GT 95 TF Sport Charlie Eastwood
Ollie Hancock
John Hartshorne
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 M 113 +12 Laps
25 GT 54 AF Corse Francesco Castellacci
Giancarlo Fisichella
Thomas Flohr
Ferrari 488 GT3 M 113 +12 Laps
26 GT 77 D'station Racing Tomonobu Fujii
Tom Gamble
Satoshi Hoshino
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 M 113 +12 Laps
27 GT 51 AF Corse Alessandro Pier Guidi
Oswaldo Negri Jr.
Francesco Piovanetti
Ferrari 488 GT3 M 112 +13 Laps
28 GT 66 Rinaldi Racing Christian Hook
Patrick Kujala
Manuel Lauck
Ferrari 488 GT3 M 112 +13 Laps
29 GT 60 Formula Racing Johnny Laursen
Nicklas Nielsen
Alessio Rovera
Ferrari 488 GT3 M 112 +13 Laps
30 GT 27 Kessel Racing Tim Kohmann
Giorgio Roda
Francesco Zollo
Ferrari 488 GT3 M 112 +13 Laps
31 GT 35 Walkenhorst Motorsport Jörg Breuer
Sami-Matti Trogen
Henry Walkenhorst
BMW M6 GT3 M 112 +13 Laps
32 LMP3 44 ARC Bratislava Tom Cloet
Miroslav Konôpka
Charlie Robertson
Ginetta G61-LT-P3 M 111 +14 Laps
Not Classified
DNF LMP3 9 Nielsen Racing Colin Noble
Anthony Wells
Ligier JS P320 M 96
DNF LMP2 11 EuroInternational – Ojets John Corbett
Neale Muston
Ligier JS P217 M 19
DNF LMP3 4 Phoenix-IronForce Racing Jan-Erik Slooten
Leo Weiss
Ligier JS P320 M 13
DNF GT 34 Walkenhorst Motorsport Nicky Catsburg
Chandler Hull
Jon Miller
BMW M6 GT3 M 5
Source:[18]

Statistics

Fastest lap
Class Driver Team Time Lap
LMP2 Franco Colapinto #25 G-Drive Racing 1:46.306 107
LMP3 Malthe Jakobsen #15 RLR MSport 1:54.497 6
GT Klaus Bachler #93 Precote Herberth Motorsport 1:58.190 26
Source:[19]

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