2022 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi

The 2022 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 18 and 20 February 2022, as the final rounds of 2022 Asian Le Mans Series season.[1][2][3]

Schedule

Date Time (local: GST) Event
Friday, 18 February 10:10 Free Practice 1
15:45 Free Practice 2
Saturday, 19 February 9:35 Qualifying - GT
10:15 Qualifying - LMP3
10:55 Qualifying - LMP2
14:30 Race 1
Sunday, 20 February 16:30 Race 2
Source:[4]

Free practice

  • Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Free Practice 1 Class No. Entrant Time
LMP2 23 United Autosports 1:42.052
LMP3 2 DKR Engineering 1:47.748
GT 6 Bilstein Haupt Racing Team 1:51.739
Free Practice 2 Class No. Entrant Time
LMP2 23 United Autosports 1:40.754
LMP3 13 Inter Europol Competition 1:48.162
GT 6 Bilstein Haupt Racing Team 1:51.904
Source:[5][6]

Race 1

Qualifying

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold.

Pos. Class No. Entry Driver Time Grid
1 LMP2 23 United Autosports Paul di Resta 1:39.804 1
2 LMP2 4 Nielsen Racing Ben Hanley 1:40.430 2
3 LMP2 39 Graff David Droux 1:42.393 3
4 LMP2 44 ARC Bratislava Neale Muston 1:44.728 4
5 LMP2 49 High Class Racing Dennis Andersen 1:45.296 5
6 LMP3 2 DKR Engineering Laurents Hörr 1:46.452 6
7 LMP3 26 G-Drive Racing Xavier Lloveras 1:47.609 7
8 LMP3 13 Inter Europol Competition Nico Pino 1:47.881 8
9 LMP3 72 Koiranen Kemppi Motorsport Jesse Salmenautio 1:47.998 9
10 LMP3 8 Nielsen Racing Colin Noble 1:48.065 10
11 LMP3 22 Rinaldi Racing Hendrik Still 1:48.281 11
12 LMP3 3 CD Sport Edouard Cauhaupé 1:48.294 12
13 LMP3 27 CD Sport Steven Palette 1:48.407 13
14 LMP3 21 Konrad Motorsport Jordan Grogor 1:48.630 14
15 GT 95 TF Sport Jonathan Adam 1:50.576 15
16 GT 33 Herberth Motorsport Klaus Bachler 1:50.755 16
17 GT 20 SPS automotive performance Mikaël Grenier 1:50.935 17
18 GT 69 Oman Racing Team with TF Sport Charlie Eastwood 1:50.970 18
19 GT 77 D'station Racing Tom Gamble 1:51.021 19
20 GT 7 Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport Ben Barnicoat 1:51.145 20
21 GT 6 Bilstein Haupt Racing Team Arjun Maini 1:51.235 21
22 GT 17 AF Corse Vincent Abril 1:51.286 22
23 GT 55 Rinaldi Racing Davide Rigon 1:51.538 23
24 GT 57 Kessel Racing Axcil Jefferies 1:51.661 24
25 GT 74 Kessel Racing Mikkel Jensen 1:51.687 25
26 GT 12 Dinamic Motorsport Ben Barker 1:51.719 26
27 GT 99 Herberth Motorsport Marco Seefried 1:51.787 27
28 GT 91 Herberth Motorsport Robert Renauer 1:51.812 28
29 GT 34 Walkenhorst Motorsport Nicky Catsburg 1:51.826 29
30 GT 51 AF Corse Alessandro Pier Guidi 1:51.831 30
31 GT 88 Garage 59 Marvin Kirchhöfer 1:51.924 31
32 GT 42 Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport Joe Osborne 1:51.978 32
33 GT 96 Attempto Racing Alex Aka 1:52.055 33
34 GT 59 Garage 59 Nicolai Kjærgaard 1:52.721 34
35 GT 48 S’Aalocin by Kox Racing Peter Kox 1:54.611 35
36 GT 66 YC Panda Racing Jean-Francois Brunot 1:54.710 36
37 GT 35 Walkenhorst Motorsport Jörg Breuer 1:55.890 37
Source:[7][8][9][10][11]

Race

Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 77 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

Pos Class No. Team Drivers Car Tyres Laps Time/Gap
1 LMP2 23 United Autosports Josh Pierson
Paul di Resta
Oreca 07 M 111 4:03:07.579
2 LMP2 4 Nielsen Racing Matthew Bell
Ben Hanley
Rodrigo Sales
Oreca 07 M 110 +1 Lap
3 LMP2 39 Graff David Droux
Sébastien Page
Eric Trouillet
Oreca 07 M 109 +2 Laps
4 LMP2 49 High Class Racing Dennis Andersen
Anders Fjordbach
Kevin Weeda
Oreca 07 M 108 +3 Laps
5 LMP2 44 ARC Bratislava John Corbett
Miroslav Konôpka
Neale Muston
Ligier JS P217 M 106 +5 Laps
6 LMP3 2 DKR Engineering Sebastián Álvarez
Mathieu de Barbuat
Laurents Hörr
Duqueine M30 – D08 M 105 +6 Laps
7 LMP3 22 Rinaldi Racing Torsten Kratz
Hendrik Still
Leonard Weiss
Duqueine M30 - D08 M 105 +6 Laps
8 LMP3 27 CD Sport Christophe Cresp
Antoine Doquin
Steven Palette
Ligier JS P320 M 105 +6 Laps
9 LMP3 8 Nielsen Racing Colin Noble
Anthony Wells
Ligier JS P320 M 104 +7 Laps
10 LMP3 3 CD Sport Nick Adcock
Edouard Cauhaupé
Michael Jensen
Ligier JS P320 M 104 +7 Laps
11 GT 91 Precote Herberth Motorsport Ralf Bohn
Alfred Renauer
Robert Renauer
Porsche 911 GT3 R M 103 +8 Laps
12 LMP3 13 Inter Europol Competition Guilherme Oliveira
Nico Pino
James Dayson
Ligier JS P320 M 103 +8 Laps
13 GT 7 Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport Ben Barnicoat
Brendan Iribe
Ollie Millroy
McLaren 720S GT3 M 103 +8 Laps
14 GT 17 AF Corse Vincent Abril
Conrad Grunewald
Louis Prette
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 M 103 +8 Laps
15 GT 42 Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport Nick Moss
Joe Osborne
Andrew Watson
McLaren 720S GT3 M 103 +8 Laps
16 LMP3 21 Konrad Motorsport Jordan Grogor
Shaun Thong
Gabriele Rindone
Ginetta G61-LT-P3 M 103 +8 Laps
17 GT 69 Oman Racing Team with TF Sport Charlie Eastwood
Ahmad Al Harthy
Sam De Haan
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 M 103 +8 Laps
18 GT 95 TF Sport Jonathan Adam
Henrique Chaves
John Hartshorne
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 M 103 +8 Laps
19 GT 55 Rinaldi Racing Rino Mastronardi
David Perel
Davide Rigon
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 M 103 +8 Laps
20 GT 77 D'station Racing Tomonobu Fujii
Tom Gamble
Satoshi Hoshino
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 M 102 +9 Laps
21 GT 6 Bilstein Haupt Racing Team Hubert Haupt
Arjun Maini
Rory Penttinen
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo M 102 +9 Laps
22 GT 74 Kessel Racing Michael Broniszewski
David Fumanelli
Mikkel Jensen
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 M 102 +9 Laps
23 GT 34 Walkenhorst Motorsport Nicky Catsburg
Chandler Hull
Jon Miller
BMW M6 GT3 M 102 +9 Laps
24 GT 12 Dinamic Motorsport Ben Barker
Giorgio Roda
Philipp Sager
Porsche 911 GT3 R M 102 +9 Laps
25 GT 59 Garage 59 Nicolai Kjærgaard
Manuel Maldonado
James Vowles
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 M 102 +9 Laps
26 GT 88 Garage 59 Frank Bird
Marvin Kirchhöfer
Alexander West
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 M 102 +9 Laps
27 GT 57 Kessel Racing Axcil Jefferies
Roman Ziemian
Francesco Zollo
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 M 101 +10 Laps
28 GT 20 SPS automotive performance Mikaël Grenier
Ian Loggie
Valentin Pierburg
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo M 101 +10 Laps
29 GT 33 Precote Herberth Motorsport Antares Au
Klaus Bachler
Yifei Ye
Porsche 911 GT3 R M 101 +10 Laps
30 GT 51 AF Corse Alessandro Pier Guidi
Oswaldo Negri Jr.
Francesco Piovanetti
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 M 101 +10 Laps
31 GT 96 Attempto Racing Alex Aka
Finlay Hutchison
Florian Scholze
Audi R8 LMS Evo M 101 +10 Laps
32 LMP3 72 Koiranen Kemppi Motorsport Nikita Alexandrov
Jesse Salmenautio
Tomi Veijalainen
Duqueine M30 - D08 M 100 +11 Laps
33 GT 99 Herberth Motorsport Finn Gehrsitz
Jürgen Häring
Marco Seefried
Porsche 911 GT3 R M 100 +11 Laps
34 GT 48 S’Aalocin by Kox Racing Peter Kox
Stéphane Kox
Nico Pronk
Porsche 911 GT3 R M 100 +11 Laps
35 GT 35 Walkenhorst Motorsport Jörg Breuer
Friedrich Von Bohlen
Henry Walkenhorst
BMW M6 GT3 M 96 +15 Laps
Not Classified
DNF GT 66 YC Panda Racing Douglas Khoo
Jean-Francois Brunot
Audi R8 LMS Evo M 68
DNF LMP3 26 G-Drive Racing Vyaceslav Gutak
Xavier Lloveras
Fabrice Rossello
Ligier JS P320 M 42
Source:[12]

Statistics

Fastest lap
Class Driver Team Time Lap
LMP2 Paul di Resta #23 United Autosports 1:40.913 102
LMP3 Mathieu de Barbuat #2 DKR Engineering 1:49.001 58
GT Ben Barnicoat #7 Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport 1:51.985 57
Source:[13]

Race 2

Qualifying

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold.

Pos. Class No. Entry Driver Time Grid
1 LMP2 23 United Autosports Paul di Resta 1:39.962 1
2 LMP2 4 Nielsen Racing Ben Hanley 1:40.485 2
3 LMP2 39 Graff David Droux 1:42.271 3
4 LMP2 44 ARC Bratislava John Corbett 1:44.632 4
5 LMP2 49 High Class Racing Dennis Andersen 1:44.868 5
6 LMP3 2 DKR Engineering Laurents Hörr 1:46.301 6
7 LMP3 3 CD Sport Edouard Cauhaupé 1:47.465 7
8 LMP3 26 G-Drive Racing Xavier Lloveras 1:47.532 8
9 LMP3 72 Koiranen Kemppi Motorsport Jesse Salmenautio 1:47.925 9
10 LMP3 8 Nielsen Racing Colin Noble 1:47.926 10
11 LMP3 13 Inter Europol Competition Nico Pino 1:48.064 11
12 LMP3 27 CD Sport Steven Palette 1:48.199 12
13 LMP3 22 Rinaldi Racing Hendrik Still 1:48.255 13
14 LMP3 21 Konrad Motorsport Jordan Grogor 1:48.692 14
15 GT 33 Herberth Motorsport Klaus Bachler 1:50.670 15
16 GT 95 TF Sport Jonathan Adam 1:50.870 16
17 GT 6 Bilstein Haupt Racing Team Arjun Maini 1:50.986 17
18 GT 55 Rinaldi Racing Davide Rigon 1:51.051 18
19 GT 7 Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport Ben Barnicoat 1:51.069 19
20 GT 69 Oman Racing Team with TF Sport Charlie Eastwood 1:51.091 20
21 GT 77 D'station Racing Tom Gamble 1:51.097 21
22 GT 20 SPS automotive performance Mikaël Grenier 1:51.237 22
23 GT 17 AF Corse Vincent Abril 1:51.246 23
24 GT 74 Kessel Racing Mikkel Jensen 1:51.268 24
25 GT 12 Dinamic Motorsport Ben Barker 1:51.393 25
26 GT 88 Garage 59 Marvin Kirchhöfer 1:51.515 26
27 GT 34 Walkenhorst Motorsport Nicky Catsburg 1:51.544 27
28 GT 51 AF Corse Alessandro Pier Guidi 1:51.559 28
29 GT 99 Herberth Motorsport Marco Seefried 1:51.636 29
30 GT 57 Kessel Racing Axcil Jefferies 1:51.708 30
31 GT 91 Herberth Motorsport Robert Renauer 1:51.716 31
32 GT 42 Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport Joe Osborne 1:51.923 32
33 GT 59 Garage 59 Nicolai Kjærgaard 1:52.820 33
34 GT 48 S’Aalocin by Kox Racing Peter Kox 1:53.016 34
35 GT 66 YC Panda Racing Douglas Khoo 2:02.141 35
36 GT 35 Walkenhorst Motorsport Friedrich Von Bohlen 2:02.997 36
37 GT 96 Attempto Racing 37
Source:[14][15][16][17][18]

Race

Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 86 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

Pos Class No. Team Drivers Car Tyres Laps Time/Gap
1 LMP2 23 United Autosports Josh Pierson
Paul di Resta
Oreca 07 M 123 4:03:14.231
2 LMP2 4 Nielsen Racing Matthew Bell
Ben Hanley
Rodrigo Sales
Oreca 07 M 122 +1 Lap
3 LMP2 39 Graff David Droux
Sébastien Page
Eric Trouillet
Oreca 07 M 120 +3 Laps
4 LMP2 44 ARC Bratislava John Corbett
Miroslav Konôpka
Neale Muston
Ligier JS P217 M 118 +5 Laps
5 LMP3 26 G-Drive Racing Vyaceslav Gutak
Xavier Lloveras
Fabrice Rossello
Ligier JS P320 M 117 +6 Laps
6 LMP3 27 CD Sport Christophe Cresp
Antoine Doquin
Steven Palette
Ligier JS P320 M 117 +6 Laps
7 LMP3 3 CD Sport Nick Adcock
Edouard Cauhaupé
Michael Jensen
Ligier JS P320 M 117 +6 Laps
8 LMP3 22 Rinaldi Racing Torsten Kratz
Hendrik Still
Leonard Weiss
Duqueine M30 - D08 M 117 +6 Laps
9 LMP3 13 Inter Europol Competition Guilherme Oliveira
Nico Pino
James Dayson
Ligier JS P320 M 115 +8 Laps
10 GT 91 Precote Herberth Motorsport Ralf Bohn
Alfred Renauer
Robert Renauer
Porsche 911 GT3 R M 115 +8 Laps
11 GT 33 Precote Herberth Motorsport Antares Au
Klaus Bachler
Yifei Ye
Porsche 911 GT3 R M 115 +8 Laps
12 GT 88 Garage 59 Frank Bird
Marvin Kirchhöfer
Alexander West
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 M 115 +8 Laps
13 GT 69 Oman Racing Team with TF Sport Charlie Eastwood
Ahmad Al Harthy
Sam De Haan
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 M 115 +8 Laps
14 GT 7 Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport Ben Barnicoat
Brendan Iribe
Ollie Millroy
McLaren 720S GT3 M 115 +8 Laps
15 GT 55 Rinaldi Racing Rino Mastronardi
David Perel
Davide Rigon
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 M 115 +8 Laps
16 GT 6 Bilstein Haupt Racing Team Hubert Haupt
Arjun Maini
Rory Penttinen
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo M 115 +8 Laps
17 GT 12 Dinamic Motorsport Ben Barker
Giorgio Roda
Philipp Sager
Porsche 911 GT3 R M 115 +8 Laps
18 GT 42 Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport Nick Moss
Joe Osborne
Andrew Watson
McLaren 720S GT3 M 114 +9 Laps
19 GT 74 Kessel Racing Michael Broniszewski
David Fumanelli
Mikkel Jensen
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 M 114 +9 Laps
20 GT 95 TF Sport Jonathan Adam
Henrique Chaves
John Hartshorne
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 M 114 +9 Laps
21 GT 34 Walkenhorst Motorsport Nicky Catsburg
Chandler Hull
Jon Miller
BMW M6 GT3 M 114 +9 Laps
22 GT 51 AF Corse Alessandro Pier Guidi
Oswaldo Negri Jr.
Francesco Piovanetti
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 M 114 +9 Laps
23 GT 96 Attempto Racing Alex Aka
Finlay Hutchison
Florian Scholze
Audi R8 LMS Evo M 114 +9 Laps
24 GT 57 Kessel Racing Axcil Jefferies
Roman Ziemian
Francesco Zollo
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 M 113 +10 Laps
25 GT 20 SPS automotive performance Mikaël Grenier
Ian Loggie
Valentin Pierburg
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo M 113 +10 Laps
26 GT 99 Herberth Motorsport Finn Gehrsitz
Jürgen Häring
Marco Seefried
Porsche 911 GT3 R M 112 +11 Laps
27 GT 48 S’Aalocin by Kox Racing Peter Kox
Stéphane Kox
Nico Pronk
Porsche 911 GT3 R M 111 +12 Laps
28 LMP2 49 High Class Racing Dennis Andersen
Anders Fjordbach
Kevin Weeda
Oreca 07 M 108 +15 Laps
29 GT 59 Garage 59 Nicolai Kjærgaard
Manuel Maldonado
James Vowles
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 M 107 +16 Laps
30 GT 35 Walkenhorst Motorsport Jörg Breuer
Friedrich Von Bohlen
Henry Walkenhorst
BMW M6 GT3 M 107 +16 Laps
31 LMP3 8 Nielsen Racing Colin Noble
Anthony Wells
Ligier JS P320 M 103 +20 Laps
32 GT 66 YC Panda Racing Douglas Khoo
Jean-Francois Brunot
Audi R8 LMS Evo M 103 +20 Laps
33 LMP3 2 DKR Engineering Sebastián Álvarez
Mathieu de Barbuat
Laurents Hörr
Duqueine M30 – D08 M 99 +24 Laps
Not Classified
DNF GT 17 AF Corse Vincent Abril
Conrad Grunewald
Louis Prette
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 M 74
DNF LMP3 72 Koiranen Kemppi Motorsport Nikita Alexandrov
Jesse Salmenautio
Tomi Veijalainen
Duqueine M30 - D08 M 63
DNF GT 77 D'station Racing Tomonobu Fujii
Tom Gamble
Satoshi Hoshino
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 M 63
DNF LMP3 21 Konrad Motorsport Jordan Grogor
Shaun Thong
Gabriele Rindone
Ginetta G61-LT-P3 M 36
Source:[19]

Statistics

Fastest lap
Class Driver Team Time Lap
LMP2 Paul di Resta #23 United Autosports 1:41.723 67
LMP3 Laurents Hörr #2 DKR Engineering 1:48.198 59
GT Klaus Bachler #33 Precote Herberth Motorsport 1:52.139 86
Source:[20]

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