2023 4 Hours of Barcelona

The 2023 4 Hours of Barcelona was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 21 and 23 April 2023, as the first round of the 2023 European Le Mans Series season.

Entry list

Main article: 2023 European Le Mans Series § Entries

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]

Rob Hodes was replaced by Dennis Andersen in No. 19 Team Virage after a crash in the Bronze Drivers Collective Test that made Hodes visit a hospital.[2]

Schedule

Date Time (local: CEST) Event
Friday, 21 April 11:50 Free Practice 1
16:20 Bronze Drivers Collective Test
Saturday, 22 April 10:10 Free Practice 2
14:40 Qualifying - LMGTE
15:05 Qualifying - LMP3
15:30 Qualifying - LMP2 Pro-Am
15:55 Qualifying - LMP2
Sunday, 23 April 11:30 Race
Source:[3]

Free practice

  • Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Free Practice 1 Class No. Entrant Time
LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing 1:30.055
LMP2 Pro/Am 37 Cool Racing 1:29.811
LMP3 8 Team Virage 1:35.509
LMGTE 60 Iron Lynx 1:40.306
Free Practice 2 Class No. Entrant Time
LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition 1:29.950
LMP2 Pro-Am 81 DragonSpeed USA 1:31.419
LMP3 12 WTM by Rinaldi Racing 1:36.971
LMGTE 93 Proton Competition 1:40.248
Source:[4][5]

Qualifying

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 LMP2 47 Cool Racing Reshad de Gerus 1:29.396 — 1
2 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing James Allen 1:29.435 +0.039 2
3 LMP2 30 Duqueine Team Neel Jani 1:29.593 +0.197 3
4 LMP2 22 United Autosports USA Philip Hanson 1:29.693 +0.297 4
5 LMP2 65 Panis Racing Job van Uitert 1:29.789 +0.393 5
6 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition Jonathan Aberdein 1:29.839 +0.443 6
7 LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Paul-Loup Chatin 1:30.159 +0.763 7
8 LMP2 Pro/Am 34 Racing Team Turkey Salih Yoluç 1:30.947 +1.551 8
9 LMP2 Pro/Am 99 Proton Competition Giorgio Roda 1:31.267 +1.871 9
10 LMP2 Pro/Am 37 Cool Racing Alexandre Coigny 1:32.838 +3.442 10
11 LMP2 Pro/Am 3 DKR Engineering Tom van Rompuy 1:33.010 +3.614 11
12 LMP2 Pro/Am 24 Nielsen Racing Rodrigo Sales 1:33.088 +3.692 12
13 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 AF Corse François Perrodo 1:33.805 +4.409 13
14 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Autosports USA Daniel Schneider 1:34.596 +5.200 14
15 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Algarve Pro Racing Fred Poordad 1:34.922 +5.526 15
16 LMP3 17 Cool Racing Marcos Siebert 1:35.250 +5.854 16
17 LMP3 13 Inter Europol Competition Wyatt Brichacek 1:35.562 +6.166 17
18 LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Team Virage Dennis Andersen 1:35.605 +6.209 21[Q 1]
19 LMP3 31 Racing Spirit of Léman Antoine Doquin 1:35.616 +6.220 18
20 LMP3 12 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Óscar Tunjo 1:35.758 +6.362 19
21 LMP3 15 RLR M Sport Gaël Julien 1:35.765 +6.369 20
22 LMP3 7 Nielsen Racing Ryan Harper-Ellam 1:36.046 +6.650 22
23 LMP3 8 Team Virage Manuel Espírito Santo 1:36.449 +7.053 41[Q 2]
24 LMP3 10 Eurointernational Glenn van Berlo 1:36.461 +7.065 23
25 LMP3 4 DKR Engineering Pedro Perino 1:36.593 +7.197 24
26 LMP3 5 RLR M Sport Valdemar Eriksen 1:36.764 +7.368 25
27 LMP3 35 Ultimate Matthieu Lahaye 1:36.848 +7.452 26
28 LMP2 Pro/Am 23 United Autosports USA James McGuire 1:36.966 +7.570 27
29 LMP2 Pro/Am 81 DragonSpeed USA Henrik Hedman 1:37.185 +7.789 42[Q 3]
30 LMP3 11 Eurointernational Matthew Richard Bell 1:37.641 +8.245 28
31 LMGTE 66 JMW Motorsport Martin Berry 1:41.060 +11.664 29
32 LMGTE 57 Kessel Racing Takeshi Kimura 1:41.173 +11.777 30
33 LMGTE 16 Proton Competition Ryan Hardwick 1:41.188 +11.792 31
34 LMGTE 72 TF Sport Arnold Robin 1:41.315 +11.919 32
35 LMGTE 44 GMB Motorsport Jens Reno Møller 1:41.360 +11.964 33
36 LMGTE 93 Proton Competition Michael Fassbender 1:41.499 +12.103 34
37 LMGTE 50 Formula Racing Johnny Laursen 1:41.561 +12.165 35
38 LMGTE 77 Proton Competition Christian Ried 1:42.157 +12.761 36
39 LMGTE 55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron 1:42.468 +13.072 37
40 LMGTE 51 AF Corse Kriton Lentoudis 1:42.862 +13.466 38
41 LMGTE 60 Iron Lynx Claudio Schiavoni 1:43.030 +13.634 39
42 LMGTE 95 TF Sport John Hartshorne 1:43.968 +14.572 40
Source:[9][10][11][12][13][14]
  1. ^ The No. 19 Team Virage was penalised for impeding cars No. 23 and No. 3 in qualifying session. Stewards handed 3 place grid drop penalty for this offense.[6]
  2. ^ The No. 8 Team Virage was penalised for causing a red flag in qualifying session and lost all its laptimes.[7]
  3. ^ The No. 81 DragonSpeed USA was penalised for causing a red flag in qualifying session and lost all its laptimes.[8]

Race

Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 98 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

Final Classification[15][16]
Pos Class No. Team Drivers Car Tyres Laps Time/Gap
1 LMP2 Pro/Am 34 Racing Team Turkey Salih Yoluç
Charlie Eastwood
Louis Delétraz 		Oreca 07 G 140 4:01:14.646
2 LMP2 30 Duqueine Team Nicolas Pino
René Binder
Neel Jani 		Oreca 07 G 140 +2.363
3 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 AF Corse François Perrodo
Matthieu Vaxivière
Ben Barnicoat 		Oreca 07 G 140 +12.995
4 LMP2 Pro/Am 37 Cool Racing Alexandre Coigny
Malthe Jakobsen
Nicolas Lapierre 		Oreca 07 G 140 +43.757
5 LMP2 65 Panis Racing Job van Uitert
Manuel Maldonado
Tijmen van der Helm 		Oreca 07 G 140 +46.377
6 LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Paul Lafargue
Paul-Loup Chatin
Laurents Hörr 		Oreca 07 G 140 +1:05.613
7 LMP2 47 Cool Racing Vladislav Lomko
Reshad de Gerus
José María López 		Oreca 07 G 140 +1:17.282
8 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing Kyffin Simpson
James Allen
Alexander Lynn 		Oreca 07 G 139 +1 lap
9 LMP2 Pro/Am 24 Nielsen Racing Rodrigo Sales
Ben Hanley
Mathias Beche 		Oreca 07 G 139 +1 lap[R 1]
10 LMP2 22 United Autosports USA Marino Sato
Philip Hanson
Oliver Jarvis 		Oreca 07 G 139 +1 lap
11 LMP2 Pro/Am 3 DKR Engineering Tom van Rompuy
Sebastián Álvarez
Nathanaël Berthon 		Oreca 07 G 139 +1 lap
12 LMP2 Pro/Am 99 Proton Competition Giorgio Roda
Jonas Ried
Gianmaria Bruni 		Oreca 07 G 139 +1 lap
13 LMP2 Pro/Am 81 DragonSpeed USA Henrik Hedman
Sebastián Montoya
Juan Pablo Montoya 		Oreca 07 G 138 +2 laps
14 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Algarve Pro Racing Fred Poordad
Tristan Vautier
Jack Hawksworth 		Oreca 07 G 138 +2 laps
15 LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Team Virage Dennis Andersen
Ian Rodríguez
Tatiana Calderón 		Oreca 07 G 138 +2 laps
16 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Autosports USA Daniel Schneider
Andrew Meyrick
Nelson Piquet Jr. 		Oreca 07 G 137 +3 laps
17 LMP2 Pro/Am 23 United Autosports USA James McGuire
Guy Smith
Paul di Resta 		Oreca 07 G 137 +3 laps
18 LMP3 17 Cool Racing Adrien Chila
Marcos Siebert
Alex García 		Ligier JS P320 M 134 +6 laps
19 LMP3 13 Inter Europol Competition Miguel Cristóvão
Kai Askey
Wyatt Brichacek 		Ligier JS P320 M 134 +6 laps
20 LMP3 31 Racing Spirit of Léman Jacques Wolff
Antoine Doquin
Fabien Michal 		Ligier JS P320 M 134 +6 laps[R 2]
21 LMP3 11 Eurointernational Matthew Richard Bell
Adam Ali 		Ligier JS P320 M 133 +7 laps
22 LMP3 7 Nielsen Racing Anthony Wells
Ryan Harper-Ellam 		Ligier JS P320 M 133 +7 laps
23 LMP3 5 RLR M Sport James Dayson
Valdemar Eriksen
Jack Manchester 		Ligier JS P320 M 133 +7 laps
24 LMP3 35 Ultimate Eric Trouillet
Matthieu Lahaye
Jean-Baptiste Lahaye 		Ligier JS P320 M 132 +8 laps
25 LMP3 8 Team Virage Manuel Espírito Santo
Nick Adcock
Michael Jensen 		Ligier JS P320 M 131 +9 laps
26 LMGTE 16 Proton Competition Ryan Hardwick
Zacharie Robichon
Alessio Picariello 		Porsche 911 RSR-19 G 131 +9 laps
27 LMGTE 50 Formula Racing Johnny Laursen
Conrad Laursen
Mikkel Mac 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 131 +9 laps
28 LMGTE 66 JMW Motorsport Martin Berry
Lorcan Hanafin
Jon Lancaster 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 130 +10 laps
29 LMGTE 60 Iron Lynx Claudio Schiavoni
Matteo Cressoni
Matteo Cairoli 		Porsche 911 RSR-19 G 130 +10 laps
30 LMGTE 55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron
David Perel
Matt Griffin 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 130 +10 laps
31 LMGTE 51 AF Corse Kriton Lentoudis
Rui Águas
Ulysse de Pauw 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 130 +10 laps
32 LMGTE 57 Kessel Racing Takeshi Kimura
Gregory Huffaker II
Frederik Schandorff 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 130 +10 laps
33 LMGTE 93 Proton Competition Michael Fassbender
Martin Rump
Richard Lietz 		Porsche 911 RSR-19 G 128 +12 laps
34 LMGTE 95 TF Sport John Hartshorne
Ben Tuck
Jonathan Adam 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR G 128 +12 laps
35 LMP3 15 RLR M Sport Horst Felbermayr Jr
Gaël Julien
Mateusz Kaprzyk 		Ligier JS P320 M 125 +15 laps
36 LMP3 4 DKR Engineering Alexander Bukhantsov
James Winslow
Pedro Perino 		Duqueine M30 - D08 M 113 +27 laps
Not classified
LMP3 10 Eurointernational Nick Moss
Glenn van Berlo 		Ligier JS P320 M 67
LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition Rui Andrade
Olli Caldwell
Jonathan Aberdein 		Oreca 07 G 34
LMGTE 44 GMB Motorsport Jens Reno Møller
Gustav Birch
Nicki Thiim 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR G 1
LMP3 12 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Torsten Kratz
Leonard Weiss
Óscar Tunjo 		Duqueine M30 - D08 M 0
LMGTE 72 TF Sport Arnold Robin
Maxime Robin
Valentin Hasse-Clot 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR G 0
LMGTE 77 Proton Competition Christian Ried
Giammarco Levorato
Julien Andlauer 		Porsche 911 RSR-19 G 0
  1. ^ The No. 24 Nielsen Racing was penalised for not slowing down in time during Full Course Yellow neutralisation and was handed 20 seconds time penalty.[17]
  2. ^ The No. 31 Racing Spirit of Léman was penalised for serving mandatory pitstop during Full Course Yellow neutralisation. The crew was penalised with 105 seconds time penalty.[18][19]

Statistics

Fastest lap

Class Driver Team Time Lap
LMP2 Vladislav Lomko #47 Cool Racing 1:31.451 10
LMP2 Pro/Am Salih Yoluç #34 Racing Team Turkey 1:32.517 12
LMP3 Marcos Siebert #17 Cool Racing 1:38.481 105
LMGTE Alessio Picariello #16 Proton Competition 1:41.371 99
Source:[20]

References

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  2. ^ Stephen Kilbey. "Aberdein Sets The FP2 Pace Ahead Of Qualifying". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  3. ^ "4 HOURS OF BARCELONA - PROVISIONAL TIMETABLE V8" (PDF). press.fiawec.com. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
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  8. ^ "Decision No. 17" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  9. ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Qualifying Final Classification" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  10. ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Qualifying Practice - LMP2 Provisional Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  11. ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Qualifying Practice - LMP2 Pro/Am Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  12. ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Qualifying Practice - LMP3 Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  13. ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Qualifying Practice - LMGTE Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  14. ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Race (4 Hours) Final Starting Grid" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  15. ^ "2023 Barcelona 4h". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  16. ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Race Final Classification" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  17. ^ "Decision No. 41" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  18. ^ Davey Euwema. "Racing Team Turkey Wins Barcelona Thriller". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  19. ^ "Decision No. 43" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  20. ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Race Final Classification by Category" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
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