2023 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps

The 2023 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 22 and 24 September 2023, as the fourth 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 41 entries in 4 categories – 7 in LMP2, 10 in LMP2 Pro/Am, 12 in LMP3 and 12 in LMGTE. In comparison to the previous round one car was missing – the No. 23 United Autosports USA was withdrawn for the rest of the season due to Jim McGuire's injury.[1][2]

Alessio Rovera stayed in the No. 83 AF Corse entry after replacing Ben Barnicoat at Aragón.[1] Bent Viscaal was kept in crew of the No. 20 Algarve Pro Racing after replacing Jack Hawksworth in previous round.[1] Nelson Piquet Jr. came back to the No. 21 United Autosports USA after missing previous race.[1] Tom van Rompuy also missed previous round and came back to the car No. 3 of DKR Engineering.[1][2] François Heriau joined Glenn van Berlo in the No. 10 Eurointernational.[1][2] Daniel Serra joined the No. 57 Kessel Racing.[1][2]

Schedule

Date Time (local: CEST) Event
Friday, 22 September 11:00 Free Practice 1
14:45 Bronze Drivers Collective Test
Saturday, 23 September 10:15 Free Practice 2
14:05 Qualifying - LMGTE
14:30 Qualifying - LMP3
14:55 Qualifying - LMP2 Pro/Am
15:20 Qualifying - LMP2
Sunday, 24 September 11:30 Race
Source:[3]

Free practice

  • Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Free Practice 1 Class No. Entrant Time
LMP2 22 United Autosports USA 2:05.030
LMP2 Pro/Am 37 Cool Racing 2:05.060
LMP3 31 Racing Spirit of Leman 2:12.789
LMGTE 60 Iron Lynx 2:16.741
Free Practice 2 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition 2:04.530
LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Autosports USA 2:05.630
LMP3 8 Team Virage 2:12.212
LMGTE 60 Iron Lynx 2:17.096
Source:[4][5]

Qualifying

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing Alexander Lynn 2:03.564 — 1
2 LMP2 22 United Autosports USA Philip Hanson 2:03.672 +0.108 2
3 LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Laurents Hörr 2:03.789 +0.225 3
4 LMP2 30 Duqueine Team René Binder 2:04.197 +0.633 4
5 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition Jonathan Aberdein 2:04.211 +0.647 5
6 LMP2 65 Panis Racing Job van Uitert 2:04.350 +0.786 6
7 LMP2 47 Cool Racing Vladislav Lomko 2:05.013 +1.449 7
8 LMP2 Pro/Am 34 Racing Team Turkey Salih Yoluç 2:05.221 +1.657 8
9 LMP2 Pro/Am 99 Proton Competition Giorgio Roda 2:05.874 +2.310 9
10 LMP2 Pro/Am 3 DKR Engineering Tom van Rompuy 2:07.112 +3.548 10
11 LMP2 Pro/Am 37 Cool Racing Alexandre Coigny 2:07.307 +3.743 11
12 LMP2 Pro/Am 24 Nielsen Racing Rodrigo Sales 2:07.852 +4.288 12
13 LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Team Virage Alexander Mattschull 2:07.977 +4.413 16[Q 1]
14 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 AF Corse François Perrodo 2:08.104 +4.540 13
15 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Autosports USA Daniel Schneider 2:08.483 +4.919 14
16 LMP2 Pro/Am 81 DragonSpeed USA Henrik Hedman 2:09.700 +6.136 15
17 LMP3 8 Team Virage Manuel Espírito Santo 2:11.285 +7.721 17
18 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Algarve Pro Racing Fred Poordad 2:11.461 +7.897 18
19 LMP3 7 Nielsen Racing Ryan Harper-Ellam 2:11.630 +8.066 19
20 LMP3 10 Eurointernational Glenn van Berlo 2:11.943 +8.379 20
21 LMP3 17 Cool Racing Marcos Siebert 2:11.978 +8.414 21
22 LMP3 31 Racing Spirit of Leman Antoine Doquin 2:12.064 +8.500 22
23 LMP3 11 Eurointernational Adam Ali 2:12.124 +8.560 23
24 LMP3 13 Inter Europol Competition Wyatt Brichacek 2:12.520 +8.956 24
25 LMP3 15 RLR M Sport Gaël Julien 2:12.523 +8.959 25
26 LMP3 4 DKR Engineering James Winslow 2:12.574 +9.010 26
27 LMP3 35 Ultimate Matthieu Lahaye 2:12.856 +9.292 27
28 LMP3 5 RLR M Sport Valdemar Eriksen 2:13.328 +9.764 28
29 LMGTE 16 Proton Competition Ryan Hardwick 2:17.385 +13.821 29
30 LMGTE 72 TF Sport Arnold Robin 2:18.039 +14.475 30
31 LMGTE 66 JMW Motorsport Martin Berry 2:18.362 +14.798 31
32 LMGTE 44 GMB Motorsport Jens Møller 2:18.436 +14.872 32
33 LMGTE 93 Proton Competition Michael Fassbender 2:18.568 +15.004 33
34 LMGTE 55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron 2:18.817 +15.253 34
35 LMGTE 50 Formula Racing Johnny Laursen 2:18.914 +15.350 35
36 LMGTE 57 Kessel Racing Takeshi Kimura 2:18.919 +15.355 36
37 LMGTE 77 Proton Competition Christian Ried 2:19.002 +15.438 37
38 LMGTE 51 AF Corse Kriton Lentoudis 2:20.341 +16.777 38
39 LMGTE 60 Iron Lynx Claudio Schiavoni 2:20.658 +17.094 39
40 LMGTE 95 TF Sport John Hartshorne 2:20.811 +17.247 40
DSQ LMP3 12 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Óscar Tunjo 2:10.554 +6.990 –[Q 2]
Sources:[8][9][10][11][12][13]
  1. ^ The No. 19 Team Virage lost 3 positions on the grid for impeding car No. 24 of Nielsen Racing.[6]
  2. ^ The No. 12 WTM by Rinaldi Racing was disqualified and excluded from the race meeting because Torsten Kratz, bronze-rated driver, did not participate in any practice session.[7]

Race

Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 61 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 88 4:00:13.458
2 LMP2 Pro/Am 37 Cool Racing Alexandre Coigny
Malthe Jakobsen
Nicolas Lapierre 		Oreca 07 G 88 +1.811
3 LMP2 Pro/Am 34 Racing Team Turkey Salih Yoluç
Charlie Eastwood
Louis Delétraz 		Oreca 07 G 88 +5.674[R 1]
4 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Autosports USA Daniel Schneider
Andrew Meyrick
Nelson Piquet Jr. 		Oreca 07 G 88 +6.431
5 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 AF Corse François Perrodo
Matthieu Vaxivière
Alessio Rovera 		Oreca 07 G 88 +7.033[R 2]
6 LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Team Virage Alexander Mattschull
Ian Rodríguez
Tatiana Calderón 		Oreca 07 G 88 +9.238
7 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Algarve Pro Racing Fred Poordad
Tristan Vautier
Bent Viscaal 		Oreca 07 G 88 +11.178
8 LMP2 65 Panis Racing Job van Uitert
Manuel Maldonado
Tijmen van der Helm 		Oreca 07 G 88 +31.808
9 LMP2 47 Cool Racing Vladislav Lomko
Reshad de Gerus
José María López 		Oreca 07 G 88 +48.302
10 LMP2 Pro/Am 81 DragonSpeed USA Henrik Hedman
Sebastián Montoya
Juan Pablo Montoya 		Oreca 07 G 88 +49.343[R 3]
11 LMP2 Pro/Am 3 DKR Engineering Tom van Rompuy
Sebastián Álvarez
Nathanaël Berthon 		Oreca 07 G 88 +1:07.298
12 LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Paul Lafargue
Paul-Loup Chatin
Laurents Hörr 		Oreca 07 G 87 +1 Lap
13 LMP2 22 United Autosports USA Marino Sato
Philip Hanson
Oliver Jarvis 		Oreca 07 G 86 +2 Laps
14 LMP3 17 Cool Racing Adrien Chila
Marcos Siebert
Alejandro Garcia 		Ligier JS P320 M 86 +2 Laps
15 LMP3 13 Inter Europol Competition Miguel Cristóvão
Kai Askey
Wyatt Brichacek 		Ligier JS P320 M 86 +2 Laps
16 LMP3 11 Eurointernational Matthew Richard Bell
Adam Ali 		Ligier JS P320 M 86 +2 Laps
17 LMP3 5 RLR M Sport James Dayson
Valdemar Eriksen
Jack Manchester 		Ligier JS P320 M 86 +2 Laps
18 LMGTE 60 Iron Lynx Claudio Schiavoni
Matteo Cressoni
Matteo Cairoli 		Porsche 911 RSR-19 G 86 +2 Laps
19 LMP3 8 Team Virage Michael Jensen
Nick Adcock
Manuel Espírito Santo 		Ligier JS P320 M 86 +2 Laps
20 LMP3 15 RLR M Sport Horst Felbermayr Jr
Gaël Julien
Mateusz Kaprzyk 		Ligier JS P320 M 86 +2 Laps
21 LMGTE 50 Formula Racing Johnny Laursen
Conrad Laursen
Nicklas Nielsen 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 86 +2 Laps
22 LMGTE 16 Proton Competition Ryan Hardwick
Zacharie Robichon
Alessio Picariello 		Porsche 911 RSR-19 G 86 +2 Laps[R 4]
23 LMGTE 51 AF Corse Kriton Lentoudis
Rui Águas
Ulysse de Pauw 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 86 +2 Laps
24 LMGTE 57 Kessel Racing Takeshi Kimura
Scott Huffaker
Daniel Serra 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 86 +2 Laps
25 LMGTE 72 TF Sport Arnold Robin
Maxime Robin
Valentin Hasse-Clot 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR G 86 +2 Laps
26 LMGTE 55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron
David Perel
Matthew Griffin 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 86 +2 Laps
27 LMGTE 77 Proton Competition Christian Ried
Giammarco Levorato
Julien Andlauer 		Porsche 911 RSR-19 G 86 +2 Laps[R 5]
28 LMP2 30 Duqueine Team Nicolás Pino
René Binder
Neel Jani 		Oreca 07 G 85 +3 Laps
29 LMGTE 95 TF Sport John Hartshorne
Ben Tuck
Jonathan Adam 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR G 85 +3 Laps
30 LMP3 4 DKR Engineering Alexander Bukhantsov
James Winslow
Pedro Perino 		Duqueine M30 – D08 M 79 +9 Laps
31 LMP3 31 Racing Spirit of Leman Jacques Wolff
Jean-Ludovic Foubert
Antoine Doquin 		Ligier JS P320 M 76 +12 Laps
Not classified
LMP3 35 Ultimate Eric Trouillet
Matthieu Lahaye
Jean-Baptiste Lahaye 		Ligier JS P320 M 83
LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition Rui Andrade
Olli Caldwell
Jonathan Aberdein 		Oreca 07 G 81
LMP2 Pro/Am 24 Nielsen Racing Rodrigo Sales
Ben Hanley
Mathias Beche 		Oreca 07 G 75
LMGTE 44 GMB Motorsport Jens Møller
Gustav Birch
Nicki Thiim 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR G 64
LMP3 10 Eurointernational François Heriau
Glenn van Berlo 		Ligier JS P320 M 55
LMGTE 66 JMW Motorsport Martin Berry
Lorcan Hanafin
Jon Lancaster 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 35
LMGTE 93 Proton Competition Michael Fassbender
Martin Rump
Richard Lietz 		Porsche 911 RSR-19 G 34
LMP3 7 Nielsen Racing Anthony Wells
Ryan Harper-Ellam 		Ligier JS P320 M 31
LMP2 Pro/Am 99 Proton Competition Giorgio Roda
Jonas Ried
Gianmaria Bruni 		Oreca 07 G 30
  1. ^ The No. 34 Racing Team Turkey was penalised for prematurely accelerating during Full Course Yellow. The penalty was 2 seconds added to crew's total race time.[16]
  2. ^ The No. 83 AF Corse was penalised for prematurely accelerating during Full Course Yellow. The penalty was 4 seconds added to crew's total race time.[17]
  3. ^ The No. 81 DragonSpeed USA was penalised for unsafe release in the pit lane and causing a collision with the No. 16 Proton Competition. The penalty was 10 seconds added to the next pit stop but it was converted into 10 seconds added to crew's total race time.[18][15]
  4. ^ The No. 16 Proton Competition was penalised for prematurely accelerating during Full Course Yellow. The penalty was 10 seconds added to crew's total race time.[19]
  5. ^ The No. 77 Proton Competition was penalised twice. The first penalty was 30 seconds for constant abuse of track limits.[20] The second penalty was also 30 seconds for causing a collision with the No. 35 Ultimate.[21]

Statistics

Fastest lap

Class Driver Team Time Lap
LMP2 Kyffin Simpson #25 Algarve Pro Racing 2:06.150 8
LMP2 Pro/Am Malthe Jakobsen #37 Cool Racing 2:06.042 70
LMP3 Matthew Richard Bell #11 Eurointernational 2:13.990 16
LMGTE Julien Andlauer #77 Proton Competition 2:17.686 46
Source:[22]

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