2024 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps

The 2024 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 23 and 25 August 2024, as the fourth 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 published on 14 August 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][3]

After missing previous round, Ritomo Miyata returned to the No. 37 COOL Racing.[1][2] As a result of a clash with IMSA SportsCar Championship, Oliver Jarvis missed this round and Filipe Albuquerque replaced him in the No. 21 United Autosports.[4][1] Nick Yelloly joined John Falb and Colin Noble in the No. 24 Nielsen Racing.[5] Wayne Boyd and Tristan Vautier joined Anthony Wells in the No. 19 Team Virage.[3] Louis Rossi raced alongside Lahaye brothers in the No. 35 Ultimate.[1][2] Benjamin Pedersen is going to replace Nico Pino in the No. 27 Nielsen Racing.[6] Niels Koolen did not take part in this round and Rasmus Lindh replaced him in the No. 30 Duqueine Team.[7] Before the race Belén García decided to split with DKR Engineering due to unsolved problems with her driving position in the Duqueine M30 - D08. Her late withdrawal meant Wyatt Brichacek and Alexander Mattschull raced as the duo in the car No. 4.[8]

Schedule

Date Time (local: CEST) Event
Friday, 23 August 11:00 Free Practice 1
14:55 Bronze Drivers Collective Test
Saturday, 24 August 10:15 Free Practice 2
14:00 Qualifying - LMGT3
14:25 Qualifying - LMP3
14:50 Qualifying - LMP2 Pro/Am
15:15 Qualifying - LMP2
Sunday, 25 August 11:30 Race
Source:[9]

Free practice

  • Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Free Practice 1 Class No. Entrant Time
LMP2 65 Panis Racing 2:01.385
LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Autosports 2:02.294
LMP3 17 COOL Racing 2:11.211
LMGT3 57 Kessel Racing 2:15.876
Free Practice 2 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition 2:01.435
LMP2 Pro/Am 83 AF Corse 2:03.808
LMP3 8 Team Virage 2:12.674
LMGT3 57 Kessel Racing 2:16.355
Sources:[10][11]

Qualifying

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 LMP2 14 AO by TF Louis Delétraz 2:01.253 — 1
2 LMP2 65 Panis Racing Charles Milesi 2:01.660 +0,407 2
3 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition Tom Dillmann 2:01.665 +0,412 3
4 LMP2 37 COOL Racing Ritomo Miyata 2:02.064 +0,811 4
5 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing Alexander Lynn 2:02.071 +0,818 5
6 LMP2 23 United Autosports Paul di Resta 2:02.114 +0,861 6
7 LMP2 10 Vector Sport Felipe Drugovich 2:02.184 +0,931 7
8 LMP2 9 Iron Lynx – Proton Matteo Cairoli 2:02.216 +0,963 8
9 LMP2 34 Inter Europol Competition Luca Ghiotto 2:02.237 +0,984 9
10 LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Job van Uitert 2:02.479 +1,226 10
11 LMP2 27 Nielsen Racing William Stevens 2:02.630 +1,377 11
12 LMP2 30 Duqueine Team James Allen 2:02.879 +1,626 12
13 LMP2 Pro/Am 29 Richard Mille by TDS Rodrigo Sales 2:04.537 +3,284 15
14 LMP2 Pro/Am 77 Proton Competition Giorgio Roda 2:04.570 +3,317 16
15 LMP2 Pro/Am 24 Nielsen Racing John Falb 2:04.670 +3,417 17
16 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 AF Corse François Perrodo 2:05.036 +3,783 18
17 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Autosports Daniel Schneider 2:05.720 +4,467 19
18 LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Team Virage Anthony Wells 2:05.911 +4,658 20
19 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Algarve Pro Racing Kriton Lendoudis 2:09.127 +7,874 21
20 LMP2 Pro/Am 3 DKR Engineering Andres Latorre Canon 2:10.193 +8,940 22
21 LMP3 15 RLR M Sport Gaël Julien 2:11.847 +10,594 23
22 LMP3 17 COOL Racing Manuel Espírito Santo 2:11.887 +10,634 24
23 LMP3 88 Inter Europol Competition Pedro Perino 2:12.061 +10,808 25
24 LMP3 8 Team Virage Gillian Henrion 2:12.080 +10,827 26
25 LMP3 12 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Óscar Tunjo 2:12.259 +11,006 27
26 LMP3 35 Ultimate Jean-Baptiste Lahaye 2:12.605 +11,352 28
27 LMP3 11 Eurointernational Adam Ali 2:12.858 +11,605 29
28 LMP3 5 RLR M Sport Bailey Voisin 2:13.313 +12,060 30
29 LMP3 31 Racing Spirit of Léman Antoine Doquin 2:13.369 +12,116 31
30 LMP2 47 COOL Racing Frederik Vesti 2:14.923 +13,670 13
31 LMGT3 63 Iron Lynx Hiroshi Hamaguchi 2:17.873 +16,620 32
32 LMGT3 50 Formula Racing Johnny Laursen 2:18.916 +17,663 33
33 LMGT3 97 Grid Motorsport by TF Martin Berry 2:19.096 +17,843 34
34 LMGT3 55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron 2:19.246 +17,993 42[Q 1]
35 LMGT3 85 Iron Dames Sarah Bovy 2:19.508 +18,255 38[Q 2]
36 LMGT3 57 Kessel Racing Takeshi Kimura 2:19.680 +18,427 35
37 LMGT3 59 Racing Spirit of Léman Derek DeBoer 2:19.729 +18,476 36
38 LMGT3 51 AF Corse Charles-Henri Samani 2:20.247 +18,994 37
39 LMGT3 86 GR Racing Michael Wainwright 2:20.480 +19,227 39
40 LMGT3 60 Proton Competition Claudio Schiavoni 2:22.157 +20,904 40
41 LMGT3 66 JMW Motorsport John Hartshorne 2:25.878 +24,625 41
42 LMP2 22 United Autosports Benjamin Hanley — 14[Q 3]
43 LMP3 4 DKR Engineering — 43[Q 4]
Sources:[16][17][18][19][20][21]
  1. ^ Stewards allowed David Perel, driver of the No. 55 Spirit of Race, to take part in the race despite him not fulfilling the 110% rule. Stewards also obliged Matthew Griffin, the crew's fastest driver, to start the race from the back of the category.[12]
  2. ^ The No. 85 Iron Dames was moved 3 places on the grid for causing a collision with car No. 23 United Autosports during the Free Practice 1.[13]
  3. ^ The No. 22 United Autosports was penalised for causing the red flag during Qualifying session. Benjamin Hanley was not allowed to rejoin the session and lost all his lap times. Stewards allowed the No. 22 to start from the back of category and obliged this crew to start the race with their fastest driver.[14]
  4. ^ The No. 4 DKR Engineering was allowed by stewards to take part in the race despite not fulfilling the 110% rule in Qualifying. Stewards also obliged Wyatt Brichacek, the crew's fastest driver, to start the race from the back of the grid.[15]

Race

Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 66 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

Final Classification[22][23]
Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Tyres Laps Time/Gap
1 LMP2 14 AO by TF Jonny Edgar
Louis Delétraz
Robert Kubica 		Oreca 07 G 95 4:01:28.729
2 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition Sebastián Álvarez
Vladislav Lomko
Tom Dillmann 		Oreca 07 G 95 +1.100
3 LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Marcos Siebert
Reshad de Gerus
Job van Uitert 		Oreca 07 G 95 +32.436
4 LMP2 34 Inter Europol Competition Oliver Gray
Clément Novalak
Luca Ghiotto 		Oreca 07 G 95 +33.731
5 LMP2 37 COOL Racing Lorenzo Fluxá
Malthe Jakobsen
Ritomo Miyata 		Oreca 07 G 95 +45.658
6 LMP2 65 Panis Racing Manuel Maldonado
Charles Milesi
Arthur Leclerc 		Oreca 07 G 95 +47.273
7 LMP2 9 Iron Lynx – Proton Jonas Ried
Macéo Capietto
Matteo Cairoli 		Oreca 07 G 95 +57.022
8 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 AF Corse François Perrodo
Matthieu Vaxivière
Alessio Rovera 		Oreca 07 G 95 +1:01.303
9 LMP2 Pro/Am 77 Proton Competition Giorgio Roda
René Binder
Bent Viscaal 		Oreca 07 G 95 +1:18.608
10 LMP2 10 Vector Sport Ryan Cullen
Stéphane Richelmi
Felipe Drugovich 		Oreca 07 G 95 +1:25.528
11 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Algarve Pro Racing Kriton Lendoudis
Richard Bradley
Alex Quinn 		Oreca 07 G 95 +1:26.750
12 LMP2 22 United Autosports Filip Ugran
Marino Sato
Benjamin Hanley 		Oreca 07 G 95 +1:29.917
13 LMP2 Pro/Am 24 Nielsen Racing John Falb
Colin Noble
Nicholas Yelloly 		Oreca 07 G 95 +1:30.457
14 LMP2 23 United Autosports Bijoy Garg
Fabio Scherer
Paul di Resta 		Oreca 07 G 95 +1:32.574
15 LMP2 Pro/Am 3 DKR Engineering Andres Latorre Canon
Cem Bölükbaşı
Laurents Hörr 		Oreca 07 G 95 +1:43.810
16 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Autosports Daniel Schneider
Andrew Meyrick
Filipe Albuquerque 		Oreca 07 G 95 +1:52.067
17 LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Team Virage Anthony Wells
Wayne Boyd
Tristan Vautier 		Oreca 07 G 95 +1:59.492
18 LMP2 47 COOL Racing Carl Bennett
Ferdinand Habsburg
Frederik Vesti 		Oreca 07 G 95 +2:07.150
19 LMP2 30 Duqueine Team Rasmus Lindh
Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer
James Allen 		Oreca 07 G 94 +1 Lap
20 LMP2 27 Nielsen Racing David Heinemeier Hansson
Benjamin Pedersen
William Stevens 		Oreca 07 G 94 +1 Lap
21 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing Matthias Kaiser
Olli Caldwell
Alexander Lynn 		Oreca 07 G 92 +3 Laps
22 LMP3 11 Eurointernational Matthew Richard Bell
Adam Ali 		Ligier JS P320 M 91 +4 Laps
23 LMP3 31 Racing Spirit of Léman Jacques Wolff
Jean-Ludovic Foubert
Antoine Doquin 		Ligier JS P320 M 91 +4 Laps
24 LMP3 17 COOL Racing Miguel Cristóvão
Cédric Oltramare
Manuel Espírito Santo 		Ligier JS P320 M 91 +4 Laps
25 LMP3 15 RLR M Sport Michael Jensen
Nick Adcock
Gaël Julien 		Ligier JS P320 M 91 +4 Laps
26 LMP3 35 Ultimate Louis Rossi
Jean-Baptiste Lahaye
Matthieu Lahaye[R 1] 		Ligier JS P320 M 91 +4 Laps
27 LMP3 8 Team Virage Julien Gerbi
Bernardo Pinheiro
Gillian Henrion 		Ligier JS P320 M 91 +4 Laps
28 LMP3 4 DKR Engineering Alexander Mattschull
Wyatt Brichacek 		Duqueine M30 - D08 M 91 +4 Laps
29 LMP3 12 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Torsten Kratz
Leonard Weiss
Óscar Tunjo 		Duqueine M30 - D08 M 91 +4 Laps
30 LMP3 88 Inter Europol Competition Alexander Bukhantsov
Kai Askey
Pedro Perino 		Ligier JS P320 M 91 +4 Laps
31 LMP3 5 RLR M Sport James Dayson
Daniel Ali
Bailey Voisin 		Ligier JS P320 M 90 +5 Laps
32 LMGT3 57 Kessel Racing Takeshi Kimura
Esteban Masson
Daniel Serra 		Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 89 +6 Laps
33 LMGT3 86 GR Racing Michael Wainwright
Riccardo Pera
Davide Rigon 		Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 88 +7 Laps
34 LMGT3 51 AF Corse Charles-Henri Samani
Emmanuel Collard
Nicolás Varrone 		Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 88 +7 Laps
35 LMGT3 59 Racing Spirit of Léman Derek DeBoer
Casper Stevenson
Valentin Hasse-Clot 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3 G 88 +7 Laps
36 LMGT3 97 Grid Motorsport by TF Martin Berry
Lorcan Hanafin
Jonathan Adam 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3 G 88 +7 Laps
37 LMGT3 60 Proton Competition Claudio Schiavoni
Matteo Cressoni
Julien Andlauer 		Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 G 87 +8 Laps
Not classified
LMP2 Pro/Am 29 Richard Mille by TDS Rodrigo Sales
Mathias Beche
Grégoire Saucy 		Oreca 07 G 31
LMGT3 50 Formula Racing Johnny Laursen
Conrad Laursen
Nicklas Nielsen 		Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 30
LMGT3 63 Iron Lynx Hiroshi Hamaguchi
Axcil Jefferies
Andrea Caldarelli 		Lamborghini Huracan LMGT3 Evo2 G 25
LMGT3 85 Iron Dames Sarah Bovy
Rahel Frey
Michelle Gatting 		Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 G 25
LMGT3 55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron
David Perel
Matthew Griffin 		Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 19
LMGT3 66 JMW Motorsport John Hartshorne
Ben Tuck
Philip Keen 		Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 5
  1. ^ Matthieu Lahaye failed to meet the minimum driving time to score points.[24]

Statistics

Fastest lap

Class Driver Team Time Lap
LMP2 Charles Milesi #65 Panis Racing 2:01.257 78
LMP2 Pro/Am Alessio Rovera #83 AF Corse 2:02.466 51
LMP3 Gaël Julien #15 RLR M Sport 2:11.843 42
LMGTE Esteban Masson #57 Kessel Racing 2:16.623 59
Source:[25]

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