2023 4 Hours of Aragón
The 2023 4 Hours of Aragón was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 23 and 26 August 2023, as the third round of the 2023 European Le Mans Series season.
Entry list
The pre-event entry list consisted of 42 entries in 4 categories - 7 in LMP2, 11 in LMP2 Pro/Am, 12 in LMP3 and 12 in LMGTE.[1]
Nelson Piquet Jr. was replaced by Filipe Albuquerque in the No. 21 United Autosports USA. Piquet was unable to take part in this race due to calendar clash with Stock Car Pro Series. Bent Viscaal replaced Jack Hawksworth in the No. 20 Algarve Pro Racing. In the No. 83 AF Corse Ben Barnicoat was replaced by Alessio Rovera. Both Barnicoat and Hawksworth could not take part in this race due to a clash with IMSA SportsCar Championship.[1] Jacek Zielonka was set to join Glenn van Berlo in the No. 10 Eurointernational but in the end Matthias Lüthen was Berlo's teammate in this race.[1][2] Tom van Rompuy was replaced by Andreas Laskaratos in the No. 3 DKR Engineering.[3]
United Autosport USA's No. 23 moved from LMP2 Pro/Am to LMP2 class after Jim McGuire was forced to not take part in this race weekend. Garnet Patterson joined Paul di Resta and Guy Smith in the No. 23 squad.[2]
Schedule
| Date | Time (local: CEST) | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, 23 August | 14:55 | Free Practice 1 |
| Friday, 24 August | 14:00 | Bronze Drivers Collective Test |
| 20:30 | Free Practice 2 | |
| Saturday, 15 July | 10:15 | Qualifying - LMGTE |
| 10:45 | Qualifying - LMP3 | |
| 11:15 | Qualifying - LMP2 Pro/Am | |
| 11:45 | Qualifying - LMP2 | |
| 18:00 | Race | |
| Source:[4] | ||
Free practice
- Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
| Free Practice 1 | Class | No. | Entrant | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMP2 | 25 | Algarve Pro Racing | 1:49.272 | |
| LMP2 Pro/Am | 37 | Cool Racing | 1:48.738 | |
| LMP3 | 17 | Cool Racing | 1:53.601 | |
| LMGTE | 60 | Iron Lynx | 1:58.347 | |
| Free Practice 2 | Class | No. | Entrant | Time |
| LMP2 | 43 | Inter Europol Competition | 1:48.316 | |
| LMP2 Pro/Am | 21 | United Autosports USA | 1:48.670 | |
| LMP3 | 4 | DKR Engineering | 1:54.058 | |
| LMGTE | 60 | Iron Lynx | 1:57.265 | |
| Source:[5][6] | ||||
Qualifying
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.
| Pos | Class | No. | Team | Driver | Time | Gap | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LMP2 | 22 | United Autosports USA | Philip Hanson | 1:46.822 | — | 1 |
| 2 | LMP2 | 30 | Duqueine Team | Neel Jani | 1:46.850 | +0.028 | 2 |
| 3 | LMP2 | 43 | Inter Europol Competition | Olli Caldwell | 1:46.901 | +0.079 | 3 |
| 4 | LMP2 | 47 | Cool Racing | José María López | 1:47.262 | +0.440 | 4 |
| 5 | LMP2 | 28 | IDEC Sport | Paul-Loup Chatin | 1:47.308 | +0.486 | 5 |
| 6 | LMP2 | 23 | United Autosports USA | Garnet Patterson | 1:47.379 | +0.557 | 6 |
| 7 | LMP2 | 65 | Panis Racing | Tijmen van der Helm | 1:47.852 | +1.030 | 7 |
| 8 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 34 | Racing Team Turkey | Salih Yoluç | 1:49.361 | +2.539 | 8 |
| 9 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 99 | Proton Competition | Giorgio Roda | 1:49.682 | +2.860 | 9 |
| 10 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 24 | Nielsen Racing | Rodrigo Sales | 1:49.859 | +3.037 | 10 |
| 11 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 83 | AF Corse | François Perrodo | 1:49.898 | +3.076 | 11 |
| 12 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 19 | Team Virage | Alexander Mattschull | 1:50.289 | +3.467 | 12 |
| 13 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 37 | Cool Racing | Alexandre Coigny | 1:50.691 | +3.869 | 13 |
| 14 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 81 | DragonSpeed USA | Henrik Hedman | 1:51.020 | +4.198 | 14 |
| 15 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 3 | DKR Engineering | Andreas Laskaratos | 1:52.016 | +5.194 | 15 |
| 16 | LMP3 | 13 | Inter Europol Competition | Wyatt Brichacek | 1:52.269 | +5.447 | 16 |
| 17 | LMP3 | 31 | Racing Spirit of Léman | Antoine Doquin | 1:52.590 | +5.768 | 17 |
| 18 | LMP3 | 8 | Team Virage | Manuel Espírito Santo | 1:52.616 | +5.794 | 18 |
| 19 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 20 | Algarve Pro Racing | Fred Poordad | 1:52.632 | +5.810 | 19 |
| 20 | LMP3 | 11 | Eurointernational | Adam Ali | 1:52.649 | +5.827 | 20 |
| 21 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 21 | United Autosports USA | Daniel Schneider | 1:52.651 | +5.829 | 21 |
| 22 | LMP3 | 10 | Eurointernational | Glenn van Berlo | 1:52.679 | +5.857 | 22 |
| 23 | LMP3 | 17 | Cool Racing | Marcos Siebert | 1:52.773 | +5.951 | 23 |
| 24 | LMP3 | 15 | RLR MSport | Gaël Julien | 1:52.832 | +6.010 | 24 |
| 25 | LMP3 | 4 | DKR Engineering | Pedro Perino | 1:52.833 | +6.011 | 25 |
| 26 | LMP3 | 12 | WTM by Rinaldi Racing | Óscar Tunjo | 1:53.088 | +6.266 | 26 |
| 27 | LMP3 | 35 | Ultimate | Matthieu Lahaye | 1:53.340 | +6.518 | 27 |
| 28 | LMP3 | 7 | Nielsen Racing | Ryan Harper-Ellam | 1:53.503 | +6.681 | 28 |
| 29 | LMP3 | 5 | RLR MSport | Valdemar Eriksen | 1:53.657 | +6.835 | 29 |
| 30 | LMGTE | 66 | JMW Motorsport | Martin Berry | 1:57.022 | +10.200 | 30 |
| 31 | LMGTE | 50 | Formula Racing | Johnny Laursen | 1:57.263 | +10.441 | 31 |
| 32 | LMGTE | 16 | Proton Competition | Ryan Hardwick | 1:57.375 | +10.553 | 32 |
| 33 | LMGTE | 93 | Proton Competition | Michael Fassbender | 1:57.574 | +10.752 | 33 |
| 34 | LMGTE | 57 | Kessel Racing | Takeshi Kimura | 1:57.598 | +10.776 | 34 |
| 35 | LMGTE | 77 | Proton Competition | Christian Ried | 1:57.674 | +10.852 | 35 |
| 36 | LMGTE | 72 | TF Sport | Arnold Robin | 1:57.723 | +10.901 | 36 |
| 37 | LMGTE | 55 | Spirit of Race | Duncan Cameron | 1:57.850 | +11.028 | 37 |
| 38 | LMGTE | 44 | GMB Motorsport | Jens Reno Møller | 1:58.034 | +11.212 | 38 |
| 39 | LMGTE | 60 | Iron Lynx | Claudio Schiavoni | 1:59.303 | +12.481 | 39 |
| 40 | LMGTE | 51 | AF Corse | Kriton Lentoudis | 1:59.769 | +12.947 | 40 |
| 41 | LMGTE | 95 | TF Sport | John Hartshorne | 1:59.969 | +13.147 | 41 |
| 42 | LMP2 | 25 | Algarve Pro Racing | — | 42 | ||
| Source:[7][8][9][10][11][12] | |||||||
Race
Race result
The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 83 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.
- ^ The No. 30 Duqueine Team was penalised for refuelling the car while it was not on its wheels and was handed 20 seconds penalty added to crew's total race time[15]
- ^ The No. 17 COOL Racing was penalised for not grounding the car during refuelling and was handed 20 seconds time penalty.[16] The time was added to crew's total race time.[14]
- ^ The No. 34 Racing Team Turkey was penalised for using an external battery to restart the engine during a pitstop and was handed 2 minutes penalty added to crew's total race time.[17]
Statistics
Fastest lap
| Class | Driver | Team | Time | Lap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMP2 | Neel Jani | #30 Duqueine Team | 1:48.864 | 91 |
| LMP2 Pro/Am | Malthe Jakobsen | #37 Cool Racing | 1:48.792 | 81 |
| LMP3 | Marcos Siebert | #17 Cool Racing | 1:55.233 | 88 |
| LMGTE | Martin Rump | #93 Proton Competition | 1:56.853 | 85 |
| Source:[18] | ||||
References
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