2023 4 Hours of Le Castellet

The 2023 4 Hours of Le Castellet was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 14 and 16 July 2023, as the second 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]

Mathias Lüthen replaced Nick Moss in the No. 10 Eurointernational.[2] In the No. 31 Racing Spirit of Léman Fabien Michal was replaced by Jean-Ludovic Foubert.[1] Nicklas Nielsen replaced Mikkel Mac in the No. 50 Formula Racing.[1]

Schedule

Date Time (local: CEST) Event
Friday, 14 July 11:40 Free Practice 1
15:50 Bronze Drivers Collective Test
Saturday, 15 July 10:10 Free Practice 2
14:30 Qualifying - LMGTE
14:55 Qualifying - LMP3
15:20 Qualifying - LMP2 Pro/Am
15:45 Qualifying - LMP2
Sunday, 16 July 11:30 Race
Source:[3]

Free practice

  • Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Free Practice 1 Class No. Entrant Time
LMP2 47 Cool Racing 1:43.030
LMP2 Pro/Am 37 Cool Racing 1:43.936
LMP3 13 Inter Europol Competition 1:50.542
LMGTE 44 GMB Motorsport 1:54.804
Free Practice 2 Class No. Entrant Time
LMP2 28 IDEC Sport 1:44.279
LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Team Virage 1:45.004
LMP3 10 Eurointernational 1:51.310
LMGTE 16 Proton Competition 1:54.650
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 José María López 1:44.253 — 1
2 LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Paul-Loup Chatin 1:44.519 +0,266 2
3 LMP2 65 Panis Racing Job van Uitert 1:44.600 +0,347 3
4 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition Olli Caldwell 1:44.742 +0,489 4
5 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing Alexander Lynn 1:44.800 +0,547 5
6 LMP2 30 Duqueine Team René Binder 1:45.412 +1,159 6
7 LMP2 Pro/Am 34 Racing Team Turkey Salih Yoluç 1:46.178 +1,925 7
8 LMP2 Pro/Am 99 Proton Competition Giorgio Roda 1:47.008 +2,755 8
9 LMP2 Pro/Am 24 Nielsen Racing Rodrigo Sales 1:47.208 +2,955 9
10 LMP2 Pro/Am 3 DKR Engineering Tom Van Rompuy 1:47.334 +3,081 10
11 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 AF Corse François Perrodo 1:47.443 +3,190 11
12 LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Team Virage Alexander Mattschull 1:47.934 +3,681 12
13 LMP2 Pro/Am 37 Cool Racing Alexandre Coigny 1:48.054 +3,801 13
14 LMP2 Pro/Am 81 DragonSpeed USA Henrik Hedman 1:48.236 +3,983 14
15 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Autosports USA Daniel Schneider 1:48.430 +4,177 15
16 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Algarve Pro Racing Fred Poordad 1:50.040 +5,787 16
17 LMP3 12 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Óscar Tunjo 1:51.267 +7,014 17
18 LMP3 7 Nielsen Racing Ryan Harper-Ellam 1:51.349 +7,096 18
19 LMP2 Pro/Am 23 United Autosports USA James McGuire 1:51.442 +7,189 19
20 LMP3 13 Inter Europol Competition Kai Askey 1:51.530 +7,277 20
21 LMP3 8 Team Virage Manuel Espírito Santo 1:51.595 +7,342 21
22 LMP3 17 Cool Racing Marcos Siebert 1:51.676 +7,423 22
23 LMP3 15 RLR MSport Gaël Julien 1:51.755 +7,502 23
24 LMP3 4 DKR Engineering James Winslow 1:52.039 +7,786 24
25 LMP3 35 Ultimate Matthieu Lahaye 1:52.075 +7,822 25
26 LMP3 11 Eurointernational Adam Ali 1:52.136 +7,883 26
27 LMP3 31 Racing Spirit of Léman Antoine Doquin 1:52.152 +7,899 27
28 LMP3 5 RLR MSport Valdemar Eriksen 1:52.743 +8,490 28
29 LMGTE 77 Proton Competition Christian Ried 1:56.260 +12.007 29
30 LMGTE 55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron 1:56.407 +12.154 30
31 LMGTE 93 Proton Competition Michael Fassbender 1:56.482 +12.229 31
32 LMGTE 50 Formula Racing Johnny Laursen 1:56.574 +12.321 32
33 LMGTE 72 TF Sport Arnold Robin 1:56.582 +12.329 33
34 LMGTE 16 Proton Competition Ryan Hardwick 1:56.656 +12.403 34
35 LMGTE 44 GMB Motorsport Jens Reno Møller 1:56.659 +12.406 35
36 LMGTE 57 Kessel Racing Takeshi Kimura 1:56.974 +12.721 36
37 LMGTE 66 JMW Motorsport Martin Berry 1:57.315 +13.062 37
38 LMGTE 95 TF Sport John Hartshorne 1:57.517 +13.264 38
39 LMGTE 51 AF Corse Kriton Lentoudis 1:57.706 +13.453 39
40 LMGTE 60 Iron Lynx Claudio Schiavoni 1:57.790 +13.537 40
41 LMP2 22 United Autosports USA[Q 1] — 41
DSQ LMP3 10 Eurointernational[Q 2] Glenn van Berlo 1:51.326 +7,073 42
Source:[8][9][10][11][12][13]
  1. ^ The No. 22 United Autosports USA was allowed to start in the race from the back of the grid despite not setting any lap time. For causing the red flag in the LMP2 Qualifying session the crew was obliged to start the race with their fastest driver.[6]
  2. ^ The No. 10 Eurointernational was disqualified from Qualifying session for technical infraction. The car had its splitter 2mm below the minimum set by the technical regulations.[7]

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.

Final Classification[14][15]
Pos Class No. Team Drivers Car Tyres Laps Time/Gap
1 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing Kyffin Simpson
James Allen
Alexander Lynn 		Oreca 07 G 126 4:00:12.680
2 LMP2 30 Duqueine Team Nicolás Pino
René Binder
Neel Jani 		Oreca 07 G 126 +1.078
3 LMP2 Pro/Am 34 Racing Team Turkey Salih Yoluç
Charlie Eastwood
Louis Delétraz 		Oreca 07 G 126 +5.691
4 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition Rui Andrade
Jonathan Aberdein
Olli Caldwell 		Oreca 07 G 126 +5.942
5 LMP2 47 Cool Racing Vladislav Lomko
Reshad de Gerus
José María López 		Oreca 07 G 126 +11.012
6 LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Paul Lafargue
Paul-Loup Chatin
Laurents Hörr 		Oreca 07 G 126 +34.332
7 LMP2 Pro/Am 37 Cool Racing Alexandre Coigny
Malthe Jakobsen
Nicolas Lapierre 		Oreca 07 G 126 +38.343
8 LMP2 65 Panis Racing Manuel Maldonado
Job van Uitert
Tijmen van der Helm 		Oreca 07 G 126 +38.873
9 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 AF Corse François Perrodo
Matthieu Vaxivière
Ben Barnicoat 		Oreca 07 G 126 +1:09.632[R 1]
10 LMP2 Pro/Am 24 Nielsen Racing Rodrigo Sales
Ben Hanley
Mathias Beche 		Oreca 07 G 126 +1:28.022
11 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Autosports USA Daniel Schneider
Andrew Meyrick
Nelson Piquet Jr. 		Oreca 07 G 126 +1:28.123
12 LMP2 22 United Autosports USA Marino Sato
Philip Hanson
Oliver Jarvis 		Oreca 07 G 126 +1:30.023
13 LMP2 Pro/Am 99 Proton Competition Giorgio Roda
Jonas Ried
Gianmaria Bruni 		Oreca 07 G 125 +1 Lap
14 LMP2 Pro/Am 81 DragonSpeed USA Henrik Hedman
Sebastián Montoya
Juan Pablo Montoya 		Oreca 07 G 125 +1 Lap
15 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Algarve Pro Racing Fred Poordad
Tristan Vautier
Jack Hawksworth 		Oreca 07 G 124 +2 Laps
16 LMP2 Pro/Am 3 DKR Engineering Tom Van Rompuy
Sebastián Álvarez
Nathanaël Berthon 		Oreca 07 G 124 +2 Laps
17 LMP2 Pro/Am 23 United Autosports USA James McGuire
Guy Smith
Paul di Resta 		Oreca 07 G 123 +3 Laps
18 LMP3 31 Racing Spirit of Léman Jacques Wolff
Jean-Ludovic Foubert
Antoine Doquin 		Ligier JS P320 M 120 +6 Laps
19 LMP3 12 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Torsten Kratz
Leonard Weiss
Óscar Tunjo 		Duqueine M30 – D08 M 120 +6 Laps
20 LMP3 17 Cool Racing Adrien Chila
Marcos Siebert
Alejandro García 		Ligier JS P320 M 120 +6 Laps
21 LMP3 15 RLR MSport Horst Felbermayr
Gaël Julien
Mateusz Kaprzyk 		Ligier JS P320 M 120 +6 Laps
22 LMP3 4 DKR Engineering Alexander Bukhantsov
James Winslow
Pedro Perino 		Duqueine M30 – D08 M 120 +6 Laps
23 LMP3 13 Inter Europol Competition Miguel Cristóvão
Kai Askey
Wyatt Brichacek 		Ligier JS P320 M 119 +7 Laps
24 LMP3 11 Eurointernational Matthew Richard Bell
Adam Ali 		Ligier JS P320 M 119 +7 Laps
25 LMP3 8 Team Virage Nick Adcock
Michael Jensen
Manuel Espírito Santo 		Ligier JS P320 M 119 +7 Laps
26 LMP3 5 RLR MSport James Dayson
Valdemar Eriksen
Jack Manchester 		Ligier JS P320 M 119 +7 Laps
27 LMP3 10 Eurointernational Matthias Lüthen
Glenn van Berlo 		Ligier JS P320 M 118 +8 Laps
28 LMP3 7 Nielsen Racing Anthony Wells
Ryan Harper-Ellam 		Ligier JS P320 M 118 +8 Laps
29 LMGTE 77 Proton Competition Christian Ried
Giammarco Levorato
Julien Andlauer 		Porsche 911 RSR-19 G 118 +8 Laps
30 LMGTE 60 Iron Lynx Claudio Schiavoni
Matteo Cressoni
Matteo Cairoli 		Porsche 911 RSR-19 G 118 +8 Laps
31 LMGTE 95 TF Sport John Hartshorne
Ben Tuck
Jonathan Adam 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR G 117 +9 Laps
32 LMGTE 57 Kessel Racing Takeshi Kimura
Gregory Huffaker II
Frederik Schandorff 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 117 +9 Laps[R 2]
33 LMGTE 55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron
David Perel
Matthew Griffin 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 117 +9 Laps
34 LMGTE 66 JMW Motorsport Martin Berry
Lorcan Hanafin
Jon Lancaster 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 117 +9 Laps
35 LMGTE 72 TF Sport Arnold Robin
Maxime Robin
Valentin Hasse-Clot 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR G 117 +9 Laps
36 LMGTE 50 Formula Racing Johnny Laursen
Conrad Laursen
Nicklas Nielsen 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 117 +9 Laps
37 LMGTE 16 Proton Competition Ryan Hardwick
Zacharie Robichon
Alessio Picariello 		Porsche 911 RSR-19 G 117 +9 Laps[R 3]
38 LMGTE 93 Proton Competition Michael Fassbender
Martin Rump
Richard Lietz 		Porsche 911 RSR-19 G 117 +9 Laps[R 4]
39 LMGTE 51 AF Corse Kriton Lentoudis
Rui Águas
Ulysse de Pauw 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 116 +10 Laps
40 LMGTE 44 GMB Motorsport Jens Reno Møller
Gustav Birch
Nicki Thiim 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR G 115 +11 Laps
41 LMP3 35 Ultimate Eric Trouillet
Matthieu Lahaye
Jean-Baptiste Lahaye 		Ligier JS P320 M 109 +17 Laps
Not classified
LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Team Virage Alexander Mattschull
Ian Rodríguez
Tatiana Calderón 		Oreca 07 G 125
  1. ^ The No. 83 AF Corse was penalised for pit stop infringement and was handed 5 seconds time penalty.[15]
  2. ^ The No. 57 Kessel Racing was penalised for causing the collision with No. 16 Proton Competition and was handed drive through penalty. The penalty was converted to 35 seconds time penalty.[16][17]
  3. ^ The No. 16 Proton Competition was penalised for the collision with #28 IDEC Sport and was handed drive through penalty. The penalty was converted into 35 seconds time penalty.[15]
  4. ^ The No. 93 Proton Competition was penalised for abusing track limits and was handed drive through penalty. The penalty was converted into 35 seconds time penalty.[15]

Statistics

Fastest lap

Class Driver Team Time Lap
LMP2 Kyffin Simpson #25 Algarve Pro Racing 1:45.002 6
LMP2 Pro/Am Louis Delétraz #34 Racing Team Turkey 1:45.430 99
LMP3 Marcos Siebert #17 Cool Racing 1:52.682 91
LMGTE Julien Andlauer #77 Proton Competition 1:55.230 88
Source:[18]

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