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2023 4 Hours of Le Castellet

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The layout of the Circuit Paul Ricard

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

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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

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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

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  • Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Free Practice 1 Class No. Entrant Time
LMP2 47 Switzerland Cool Racing 1:43.030
LMP2 Pro/Am 37 Switzerland Cool Racing 1:43.936
LMP3 13 Poland Inter Europol Competition 1:50.542
LMGTE 44 Denmark GMB Motorsport 1:54.804
Free Practice 2 Class No. Entrant Time
LMP2 28 France IDEC Sport 1:44.279
LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Poland Team Virage 1:45.004
LMP3 10 Italy Eurointernational 1:51.310
LMGTE 16 Germany Proton Competition 1:54.650
Source:[4][5]

Qualifying

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Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 LMP2 47 Switzerland Cool Racing Argentina José María López 1:44.253 1
2 LMP2 28 France IDEC Sport France Paul-Loup Chatin 1:44.519 +0,266 2
3 LMP2 65 France Panis Racing Netherlands Job van Uitert 1:44.600 +0,347 3
4 LMP2 43 Poland Inter Europol Competition United Kingdom Olli Caldwell 1:44.742 +0,489 4
5 LMP2 25 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing United Kingdom Alexander Lynn 1:44.800 +0,547 5
6 LMP2 30 France Duqueine Team Austria René Binder 1:45.412 +1,159 6
7 LMP2 Pro/Am 34 Turkey Racing Team Turkey Turkey Salih Yoluç 1:46.178 +1,925 7
8 LMP2 Pro/Am 99 Germany Proton Competition Italy Giorgio Roda 1:47.008 +2,755 8
9 LMP2 Pro/Am 24 United Kingdom Nielsen Racing United States Rodrigo Sales 1:47.208 +2,955 9
10 LMP2 Pro/Am 3 Luxembourg DKR Engineering Belgium Tom Van Rompuy 1:47.334 +3,081 10
11 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 Italy AF Corse France François Perrodo 1:47.443 +3,190 11
12 LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Poland Team Virage Germany Alexander Mattschull 1:47.934 +3,681 12
13 LMP2 Pro/Am 37 Switzerland Cool Racing Switzerland Alexandre Coigny 1:48.054 +3,801 13
14 LMP2 Pro/Am 81 United States DragonSpeed USA Sweden Henrik Hedman 1:48.236 +3,983 14
15 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United States United Autosports USA Brazil Daniel Schneider 1:48.430 +4,177 15
16 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing United States Fred Poordad 1:50.040 +5,787 16
17 LMP3 12 Germany WTM by Rinaldi Racing Colombia Óscar Tunjo 1:51.267 +7,014 17
18 LMP3 7 United Kingdom Nielsen Racing United Kingdom Ryan Harper-Ellam 1:51.349 +7,096 18
19 LMP2 Pro/Am 23 United States United Autosports USA United States James McGuire 1:51.442 +7,189 19
20 LMP3 13 Poland Inter Europol Competition United Kingdom Kai Askey 1:51.530 +7,277 20
21 LMP3 8 Poland Team Virage Portugal Manuel Espírito Santo 1:51.595 +7,342 21
22 LMP3 17 Switzerland Cool Racing Argentina Marcos Siebert 1:51.676 +7,423 22
23 LMP3 15 United Kingdom RLR MSport France Gaël Julien 1:51.755 +7,502 23
24 LMP3 4 Luxembourg DKR Engineering United Kingdom James Winslow 1:52.039 +7,786 24
25 LMP3 35 France Ultimate France Matthieu Lahaye 1:52.075 +7,822 25
26 LMP3 11 Italy Eurointernational Canada Adam Ali 1:52.136 +7,883 26
27 LMP3 31 Switzerland Racing Spirit of Léman France Antoine Doquin 1:52.152 +7,899 27
28 LMP3 5 United Kingdom RLR MSport Denmark Valdemar Eriksen 1:52.743 +8,490 28
29 LMGTE 77 Germany Proton Competition Germany Christian Ried 1:56.260 +12.007 29
30 LMGTE 55 Switzerland Spirit of Race United Kingdom Duncan Cameron 1:56.407 +12.154 30
31 LMGTE 93 Germany Proton Competition Republic of Ireland Michael Fassbender 1:56.482 +12.229 31
32 LMGTE 50 Denmark Formula Racing Denmark Johnny Laursen 1:56.574 +12.321 32
33 LMGTE 72 United Kingdom TF Sport France Arnold Robin 1:56.582 +12.329 33
34 LMGTE 16 Germany Proton Competition United States Ryan Hardwick 1:56.656 +12.403 34
35 LMGTE 44 Denmark GMB Motorsport Denmark Jens Reno Møller 1:56.659 +12.406 35
36 LMGTE 57 Switzerland Kessel Racing Japan Takeshi Kimura 1:56.974 +12.721 36
37 LMGTE 66 United Kingdom JMW Motorsport Singapore Martin Berry 1:57.315 +13.062 37
38 LMGTE 95 United Kingdom TF Sport United Kingdom John Hartshorne 1:57.517 +13.264 38
39 LMGTE 51 Italy AF Corse Greece Kriton Lentoudis 1:57.706 +13.453 39
40 LMGTE 60 Italy Iron Lynx Italy Claudio Schiavoni 1:57.790 +13.537 40
41 LMP2 22 United States United Autosports USA[Q 1] 41
DSQ LMP3 10 Italy Eurointernational[Q 2] Netherlands 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

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Race result

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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 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing United States Kyffin Simpson
Australia James Allen
United Kingdom Alexander Lynn
Oreca 07 G 126 4:00:12.680
2 LMP2 30 France Duqueine Team United Kingdom Nicolás Pino
Austria René Binder
Switzerland Neel Jani
Oreca 07 G 126 +1.078
3 LMP2 Pro/Am 34 Turkey Racing Team Turkey Turkey Salih Yoluç
Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood
Switzerland Louis Delétraz
Oreca 07 G 126 +5.691
4 LMP2 43 Poland Inter Europol Competition Angola Rui Andrade
South Africa Jonathan Aberdein
United Kingdom Olli Caldwell
Oreca 07 G 126 +5.942
5 LMP2 47 Switzerland Cool Racing Vladislav Lomko
France Reshad de Gerus
Argentina José María López
Oreca 07 G 126 +11.012
6 LMP2 28 France IDEC Sport France Paul Lafargue
France Paul-Loup Chatin
Germany Laurents Hörr
Oreca 07 G 126 +34.332
7 LMP2 Pro/Am 37 Switzerland Cool Racing Switzerland Alexandre Coigny
Denmark Malthe Jakobsen
France Nicolas Lapierre
Oreca 07 G 126 +38.343
8 LMP2 65 France Panis Racing United Kingdom Manuel Maldonado
Netherlands Job van Uitert
Netherlands Tijmen van der Helm
Oreca 07 G 126 +38.873
9 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 Italy AF Corse France François Perrodo
France Matthieu Vaxivière
United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat
Oreca 07 G 126 +1:09.632[R 1]
10 LMP2 Pro/Am 24 United Kingdom Nielsen Racing United States Rodrigo Sales
United Kingdom Ben Hanley
Switzerland Mathias Beche
Oreca 07 G 126 +1:28.022
11 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United States United Autosports USA Brazil Daniel Schneider
United Kingdom Andrew Meyrick
Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr.
Oreca 07 G 126 +1:28.123
12 LMP2 22 United States United Autosports USA Japan Marino Sato
United Kingdom Philip Hanson
United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
Oreca 07 G 126 +1:30.023
13 LMP2 Pro/Am 99 Germany Proton Competition Italy Giorgio Roda
Germany Jonas Ried
Italy Gianmaria Bruni
Oreca 07 G 125 +1 Lap
14 LMP2 Pro/Am 81 United States DragonSpeed USA Sweden Henrik Hedman
Colombia Sebastián Montoya
Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya
Oreca 07 G 125 +1 Lap
15 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing United States Fred Poordad
France Tristan Vautier
United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth
Oreca 07 G 124 +2 Laps
16 LMP2 Pro/Am 3 Luxembourg DKR Engineering Belgium Tom Van Rompuy
United Kingdom Sebastián Álvarez
France Nathanaël Berthon
Oreca 07 G 124 +2 Laps
17 LMP2 Pro/Am 23 United States United Autosports USA United States James McGuire
United Kingdom Guy Smith
United Kingdom Paul di Resta
Oreca 07 G 123 +3 Laps
18 LMP3 31 Switzerland Racing Spirit of Léman France Jacques Wolff
France Jean-Ludovic Foubert
France Antoine Doquin
Ligier JS P320 M 120 +6 Laps
19 LMP3 12 Germany WTM by Rinaldi Racing Germany Torsten Kratz
Germany Leonard Weiss
Colombia Óscar Tunjo
Duqueine M30 – D08 M 120 +6 Laps
20 LMP3 17 Switzerland Cool Racing France Adrien Chila
Argentina Marcos Siebert
Mexico Alejandro García
Ligier JS P320 M 120 +6 Laps
21 LMP3 15 United Kingdom RLR MSport Austria Horst Felbermayr
France Gaël Julien
Poland Mateusz Kaprzyk
Ligier JS P320 M 120 +6 Laps
22 LMP3 4 Luxembourg DKR Engineering United Arab Emirates Alexander Bukhantsov
United Kingdom James Winslow
Portugal Pedro Perino
Duqueine M30 – D08 M 120 +6 Laps
23 LMP3 13 Poland Inter Europol Competition Portugal Miguel Cristóvão
United Kingdom Kai Askey
United States Wyatt Brichacek
Ligier JS P320 M 119 +7 Laps
24 LMP3 11 Italy Eurointernational United Kingdom Matthew Richard Bell
Canada Adam Ali
Ligier JS P320 M 119 +7 Laps
25 LMP3 8 Poland Team Virage United Kingdom Nick Adcock
Denmark Michael Jensen
Portugal Manuel Espírito Santo
Ligier JS P320 M 119 +7 Laps
26 LMP3 5 United Kingdom RLR MSport Canada James Dayson
Denmark Valdemar Eriksen
United Kingdom Jack Manchester
Ligier JS P320 M 119 +7 Laps
27 LMP3 10 Italy Eurointernational Germany Matthias Lüthen
Netherlands Glenn van Berlo
Ligier JS P320 M 118 +8 Laps
28 LMP3 7 United Kingdom Nielsen Racing United Kingdom Anthony Wells
United Kingdom Ryan Harper-Ellam
Ligier JS P320 M 118 +8 Laps
29 LMGTE 77 Germany Proton Competition Germany Christian Ried
Italy Giammarco Levorato
France Julien Andlauer
Porsche 911 RSR-19 G 118 +8 Laps
30 LMGTE 60 Italy Iron Lynx Italy Claudio Schiavoni
Italy Matteo Cressoni
Italy Matteo Cairoli
Porsche 911 RSR-19 G 118 +8 Laps
31 LMGTE 95 United Kingdom TF Sport United Kingdom John Hartshorne
United Kingdom Ben Tuck
United Kingdom Jonathan Adam
Aston Martin Vantage AMR G 117 +9 Laps
32 LMGTE 57 Switzerland Kessel Racing Japan Takeshi Kimura
United States Gregory Huffaker II
Denmark Frederik Schandorff
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 117 +9 Laps[R 2]
33 LMGTE 55 Switzerland Spirit of Race United Kingdom Duncan Cameron
South Africa David Perel
Republic of Ireland Matthew Griffin
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 117 +9 Laps
34 LMGTE 66 United Kingdom JMW Motorsport Singapore Martin Berry
United Kingdom Lorcan Hanafin
United Kingdom Jon Lancaster
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 117 +9 Laps
35 LMGTE 72 United Kingdom TF Sport France Arnold Robin
France Maxime Robin
France Valentin Hasse-Clot
Aston Martin Vantage AMR G 117 +9 Laps
36 LMGTE 50 Denmark Formula Racing Denmark Johnny Laursen
Denmark Conrad Laursen
Denmark Nicklas Nielsen
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 117 +9 Laps
37 LMGTE 16 Germany Proton Competition United States Ryan Hardwick
Canada Zacharie Robichon
Belgium Alessio Picariello
Porsche 911 RSR-19 G 117 +9 Laps[R 3]
38 LMGTE 93 Germany Proton Competition Republic of Ireland Michael Fassbender
Estonia Martin Rump
Austria Richard Lietz
Porsche 911 RSR-19 G 117 +9 Laps[R 4]
39 LMGTE 51 Italy AF Corse Greece Kriton Lentoudis
Portugal Rui Águas
Belgium Ulysse de Pauw
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 116 +10 Laps
40 LMGTE 44 Denmark GMB Motorsport Denmark Jens Reno Møller
Denmark Gustav Birch
Denmark Nicki Thiim
Aston Martin Vantage AMR G 115 +11 Laps
41 LMP3 35 France Ultimate France Eric Trouillet
France Matthieu Lahaye
France Jean-Baptiste Lahaye
Ligier JS P320 M 109 +17 Laps
Not classified
LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Poland Team Virage Germany Alexander Mattschull
Guatemala Ian Rodríguez
Colombia 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

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Fastest lap

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

References

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