2024 4 Hours of Imola

The 2024 4 Hours of Imola was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 5 and 7 July 2024, as the third round of the 2024 European Le Mans Series season.

Entry list

Main article: 2024 European Le Mans Series § Entries

The pre-event entry list was released on 26 June 2024 and consisted of 43 entries between 4 categories - 14 in LMP2, 8 in LMP2 Pro/Am, 10 in LMP3 and 11 in LMGT3.[1][2]

Paul-Loup Chatin replaced Ritomo Miyata in the No. 37 COOL Racing. Miyata could not compete in this round due to his FIA F2 commitments.[1][2] The other change in the No. 47 was Carl Bennett who had replaced Alex García.[1] Ferdinand Habsburg drove in the No. 47 COOL Racing for the first time this season after missing previous rounds due to an injury.[1] Paul Lafargue had to skip this round for family matters, Marcos Siebert replaced him in the No. 28 IDEC Sport.[3] Paul Lanchere joined Lahaye brothers in the No. 35 Ultimate.[2][3]

Schedule

Date Time (local: CEST) Event
Friday, 5 July 10:40 Free Practice 1
15:40 Bronze Drivers Collective Test
Saturday, 6 July 10:05 Free Practice 2
14:35 Qualifying - LMGT3
15:00 Qualifying - LMP3
15:25 Qualifying - LMP2 Pro-Am
15:50 Qualifying - LMP2
Sunday, 7 July 11:30 Race
Source:[4]

Free practice

  • Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Free Practice 1 Class No. Entrant Time
LMP2 34 Inter Europol Competition 1:31.236
LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Algarve Pro Racing 1:31.787
LMP3 88 Inter Europol Competition 1:39.053
LMGT3 57 Kessel Racing 1:42.386
Free Practice 2 Class No. Entrant Time
LMP2 65 Panis Racing 1:30.885
LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Algarve Pro Racing 1:32.243
LMP3 12 WTM by Rinaldi Racing 1:39.541
LMGT3 57 Kessel Racing 1:42.588
Sources:[5][6]

Qualifying

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 LMP2 65 Panis Racing Charles Milesi 1:30.829 — 1
2 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing Alexander Lynn 1:30.961 +0.132 2
3 LMP2 10 Vector Sport Felipe Drugovich 1:30.988 +0.159 3
4 LMP2 47 COOL Racing Frederik Vesti 1:31.051 +0.222 4
5 LMP2 37 COOL Racing Malthe Jakobsen 1:31.098 +0.269 5
6 LMP2 34 Inter Europol Competition Oliver Gray 1:31.184 +0.355 6
7 LMP2 14 AO by TF Robert Kubica 1:31.279 +0.450 7
8 LMP2 22 United Autosports Benjamin Hanley 1:31.321 +0.492 8
9 LMP2 23 United Autosports Paul di Resta 1:31.365 +0.536 9
10 LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Reshad de Gerus 1:31.465 +0.636 10
11 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition Tom Dillmann 1:31.545 +0.716 11
12 LMP2 27 Nielsen Racing William Stevens 1:31.657 +0.828 12
13 LMP2 9 Iron Lynx – Proton Matteo Cairoli 1:31.718 +0.889 13
14 LMP2 Pro/Am 77 Proton Competition Giorgio Roda 1:33.093 +2.264 14
15 LMP2 Pro/Am 29 Richard Mille by TDS Rodrigo Sales 1:33.625 +2.796 16[Q 1]
16 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 AF Corse François Perrodo 1:34.120 +3.291 15
17 LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Team Virage Anthony Wells 1:34.362 +3.533 17
18 LMP2 Pro/Am 24 Nielsen Racing John Falb 1:34.455 +3.626 18
19 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Autosports Daniel Schneider 1:34.959 +4.130 19
20 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Algarve Pro Racing Kriton Lendoudis 1:35.872 +5.043 20
21 LMP2 Pro/Am 3 DKR Engineering Andres Latorre Canon 1:37.652 +6.823 21
22 LMP3 4 DKR Engineering Wyatt Brichacek 1:37.776 +6.947 22
23 LMP3 12 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Óscar Tunjo 1:38.019 +7.190 23
24 LMP3 15 RLR M Sport Gaël Julien 1:38.564 +7.735 24
25 LMP3 88 Inter Europol Competition Kai Askey 1:38.637 +7.808 25
26 LMP3 17 COOL Racing Manuel Espírito Santo 1:38.684 +7.855 26
27 LMP3 8 Team Virage Gillian Henrion 1:38.927 +8.098 27
28 LMP3 31 Racing Spirit of Léman Antoine Doquin 1:39.072 +8.243 28
29 LMP3 11 Eurointernational Adam Ali 1:39.081 +8.252 29
30 LMP3 5 RLR M Sport Bailey Voisin 1:39.701 +8.872 30
31 LMP3 35 Ultimate Jean-Baptiste Lahaye 1:39.775 +8.946 31
32 LMGT3 85 Iron Dames Sarah Bovy 1:43.349 +12.520 32
33 LMGT3 59 Racing Spirit of Léman Derek DeBoer 1:43.476 +12.647 33
34 LMGT3 63 Iron Lynx Hiroshi Hamaguchi 1:43.560 +12.731 34
35 LMGT3 57 Kessel Racing Takeshi Kimura 1:43.821 +12.992 35
36 LMGT3 97 Grid Motorsport by TF Martin Berry 1:44.230 +13.401 36
37 LMGT3 50 Formula Racing Johnny Laursen 1:44.592 +13.763 37
38 LMGT3 51 AF Corse Charles-Henri Samani 1:44.747 +13.918 38
39 LMGT3 86 GR Racing Michael Wainwright 1:44.786 +13.957 39
40 LMGT3 55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron 1:45.523 +14.694 40
41 LMGT3 60 Proton Competition Claudio Schiavoni 1:46.321 +15.492 41
42 LMGT3 66 JMW Motorsport John Hartshorne 1:49.682 +18.853 42
43 LMP2 30 Duqueine Team James Allen —[Q 2] 43
Sources:[9][10][11][12][13][14]
  1. ^ The No. 29 Richard Mille by TDS was penalised for impeding the car No. 3 and was moved back on the grid by 1 position.[7]
  2. ^ The No. 30 Duqueine Team was penalised for causing the red flag during Qualifying session and lost all its laps. It was also obliged to start the race with its fastest driver.[8]

Race

Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 93 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

Final Classification[15]
Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Tyres Laps Time/Gap
1 LMP2 65 Panis Racing Manuel Maldonado
Charles Milesi
Arthur Leclerc 		Oreca 07 G 133 4:01:32.720[R 1]
2 LMP2 14 AO by TF Jonny Edgar
Louis Delétraz
Robert Kubica 		Oreca 07 G 133 +11.357
3 LMP2 10 Vector Sport Ryan Cullen
Stéphane Richelmi
Felipe Drugovich 		Oreca 07 G 133 +11.621
4 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition Sebastián Álvarez
Vladislav Lomko
Tom Dillmann 		Oreca 07 G 133 +12.561
5 LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Marcos Siebert
Reshad de Gerus
Job van Uitert 		Oreca 07 G 133 +12.735
6 LMP2 23 United Autosports Bijoy Garg
Fabio Scherer
Paul di Resta 		Oreca 07 G 133 +42.244
7 LMP2 34 Inter Europol Competition Oliver Gray
Clément Novalak
Luca Ghiotto 		Oreca 07 G 133 +1:01.248
8 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing Matthias Kaiser
Olli Caldwell
Alexander Lynn 		Oreca 07 G 132 +1 Laps
9 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Algarve Pro Racing Kriton Lendoudis
Richard Bradley
Alex Quinn 		Oreca 07 G 132 +1 Laps
10 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 AF Corse François Perrodo
Matthieu Vaxivière
Alessio Rovera 		Oreca 07 G 132 +1 Laps
11 LMP2 Pro/Am 29 Richard Mille by TDS Rodrigo Sales
Mathias Beche
Grégoire Saucy 		Oreca 07 G 132 +1 Laps
12 LMP2 30 Duqueine Team Niels Koolen
Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer
James Allen 		Oreca 07 G 132 +1 Laps
13 LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Team Virage Anthony Wells
Matthew Bell
Nelson Piquet Jr. 		Oreca 07 G 131 +2 Laps
14 LMP2 Pro/Am 3 DKR Engineering Andres Latorre Canon
Cem Bölükbaşı
Laurents Hörr 		Oreca 07 G 131 +2 Laps
15 LMP2 Pro/Am 24 Nielsen Racing John Falb
Colin Noble
Albert Costa Balboa 		Oreca 07 G 131 +2 Laps
16 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Autosports Daniel Schneider
Andrew Meyrick
Oliver Jarvis 		Oreca 07 G 130 +3 Laps
17 LMP2 Pro/Am 77 Proton Competition Giorgio Roda
René Binder
Bent Viscaal 		Oreca 07 G 130 +3 Laps
18 LMP2 47 COOL Racing Carl Bennett
Ferdinand Habsburg
Frederik Vesti 		Oreca 07 G 130 +3 Laps
19 LMP2 22 United Autosports Filip Ugran
Marino Sato
Benjamin Hanley 		Oreca 07 G 130 +3 Laps[R 2]
20 LMP2 27 Nielsen Racing David Heinemeier Hansson
Nicolás Pino
William Stevens 		Oreca 07 G 128 +5 Laps
21 LMP3 11 Eurointernational Matthew Richard Bell
Adam Ali 		Ligier JS P320 M 125 +8 Laps
22 LMP3 8 Team Virage Julien Gerbi
Bernardo Pinheiro
Gillian Henrion 		Ligier JS P320 M 125 +8 Laps
23 LMP3 35 Ultimate Paul Lanchere
Jean-Baptiste Lahaye
Matthieu Lahaye 		Ligier JS P320 M 124 +9 Laps
24 LMP3 15 RLR M Sport Michael Jensen
Nick Adcock
Gaël Julien 		Ligier JS P320 M 124 +9 Laps
25 LMP3 12 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Torsten Kratz
Leonard Weiss
Óscar Tunjo 		Duqueine M30 - D08 M 124 +9 Laps
26 LMP3 4 DKR Engineering Alexander Mattschull
Belén García
Wyatt Brichacek 		Duqueine M30 - D08 M 124 +9 Laps
27 LMP3 5 RLR M Sport James Dayson
Daniel Ali
Bailey Voisin 		Ligier JS P320 M 123 +10 Laps
28 LMGT3 85 Iron Dames Sarah Bovy
Rahel Frey
Michelle Gatting 		Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 G 123 +10 Laps
29 LMGT3 59 Racing Spirit of Léman Derek DeBoer
Casper Stevenson
Valentin Hasse-Clot 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3 G 123 +10 Laps
30 LMP3 17 COOL Racing Miguel Cristóvão
Cédric Oltramare
Manuel Espírito Santo 		Ligier JS P320 M 123 +10 Laps
31 LMGT3 63 Iron Lynx Hiroshi Hamaguchi
Axcil Jefferies
Andrea Caldarelli 		Lamborghini Huracan LMGT3 Evo2 G 123 +10 Laps
32 LMGT3 57 Kessel Racing Takeshi Kimura
Esteban Masson
Daniel Serra 		Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 123 +10 Laps[R 3]
33 LMGT3 97 Grid Motorsport by TF Martin Berry
Lorcan Hanafin
Jonathan Adam[R 4] 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3 G 123 +10 Laps[R 5]
34 LMGT3 51 AF Corse Charles-Henri Samani
Emmanuel Collard
Nicolás Varrone 		Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 122 +11 Laps
35 LMGT3 86 GR Racing Michael Wainwright
Riccardo Pera
Davide Rigon 		Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 122 +11 Laps
36 LMGT3 55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron
David Perel
Matthew Griffin 		Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 122 +11 Laps
37 LMGT3 50 Formula Racing Johnny Laursen
Conrad Laursen
Nicklas Nielsen 		Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 122 +11 Laps
38 LMGT3 66 JMW Motorsport John Hartshorne
Ben Tuck
Philip Keen 		Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 120 +13 Laps
39 LMGT3 60 Proton Competition Claudio Schiavoni
Matteo Cressoni
Julien Andlauer 		Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 G 120 +13 Laps[R 6]
40 LMP3 88 Inter Europol Competition Alexander Bukhantsov
Kai Askey
Pedro Perino[R 7] 		Ligier JS P320 M 107 +26 Laps
Not classified
LMP2 9 Iron Lynx – Proton Jonas Ried
Macéo Capietto
Matteo Cairoli 		Oreca 07 G 120
LMP3 31 Racing Spirit of Léman Jacques Wolff
Jean-Ludovic Foubert
Antoine Doquin 		Ligier JS P320 M 104
LMP2 37 COOL Racing Lorenzo Fluxá
Malthe Jakobsen
Paul-Loup Chatin 		Oreca 07 G 72
  1. ^ The No. 65 Panis Racing was origianlly penalised for accelerating too early at the end of a Full Course Yellow, and a drive-through converted into 35 seconds time penalty was given.[16] The penalty would later be overturned, with the No. 65 reinstated as winner.[17]
  2. ^ The No. 22 United Autosports was penalised for not fulfilling minimum driving time by Benjamin Hanley. Hanley drove 1 minute and 35.999 seconds under the minimum. The penalty was deduction of 1 lap from the covered distance and adding 43 seconds to crew's total race time.[16][18]
  3. ^ The No. 57 Kessel Racing was penalised for overtaking car No. 63 under double-waved yellow flags. The penalty was a drive-through converted into 35 seconds time penalty.[16][19]
  4. ^ Jonathan Adam did not fulfil minimum driving time to score points.[20]
  5. ^ The No. 97 Grid Motorsport by TF was penalised for exceeding track limits. The penalty was a drive-through converted into 35 seconds time penalty.[16][21]
  6. ^ The No. 60 Proton Competition was penalised not complying with rules of accessing pit lane under a Full Course Yellow. The penalty was 3 minutes Stop & Go converted into deduction of 2 laps from the covered distance and adding 9 seconds to crew's total race time.[22]
  7. ^ Pedro Perino did not fulfil minimum driving time to score points.[23]

Statistics

Fastest lap

Class Driver Team Time Lap
LMP2 Arthur Leclerc #65 Panis Racing 1:31.757 67
LMP2 Pro/Am Oliver Jarvis #21 United Autosports 1:32.694 108
LMP3 Wyatt Brichacek #4 DKR Engineering 1:39.635 106
LMGT3 Julien Andlauer #60 Proton Competition 1:42.689 90
Source:[24]

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