2023 4 Hours of Barcelona

The layout of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya

The 2023 4 Hours of Barcelona was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 21 and 23 April 2023, as the first 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]

Rob Hodes was replaced by Dennis Andersen in No. 19 Team Virage after a crash in the Bronze Drivers Collective Test that made Hodes visit a hospital.[2]

Schedule

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Date Time (local: CEST) Event
Friday, 21 April 11:50 Free Practice 1
16:20 Bronze Drivers Collective Test
Saturday, 22 April 10:10 Free Practice 2
14:40 Qualifying - LMGTE
15:05 Qualifying - LMP3
15:30 Qualifying - LMP2 Pro-Am
15:55 Qualifying - LMP2
Sunday, 23 April 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 25 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing 1:30.055
LMP2 Pro/Am 37 Switzerland Cool Racing 1:29.811
LMP3 8 Poland Team Virage 1:35.509
LMGTE 60 Italy Iron Lynx 1:40.306
Free Practice 2 Class No. Entrant Time
LMP2 43 Poland Inter Europol Competition 1:29.950
LMP2 Pro-Am 81 United States DragonSpeed USA 1:31.419
LMP3 12 Germany WTM by Rinaldi Racing 1:36.971
LMGTE 93 Germany Proton Competition 1:40.248
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 France Reshad de Gerus 1:29.396 1
2 LMP2 25 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing Australia James Allen 1:29.435 +0.039 2
3 LMP2 30 France Duqueine Team Switzerland Neel Jani 1:29.593 +0.197 3
4 LMP2 22 United States United Autosports USA United Kingdom Philip Hanson 1:29.693 +0.297 4
5 LMP2 65 France Panis Racing Netherlands Job van Uitert 1:29.789 +0.393 5
6 LMP2 43 Poland Inter Europol Competition South Africa Jonathan Aberdein 1:29.839 +0.443 6
7 LMP2 28 France IDEC Sport France Paul-Loup Chatin 1:30.159 +0.763 7
8 LMP2 Pro/Am 34 Turkey Racing Team Turkey Turkey Salih Yoluç 1:30.947 +1.551 8
9 LMP2 Pro/Am 99 Germany Proton Competition Italy Giorgio Roda 1:31.267 +1.871 9
10 LMP2 Pro/Am 37 Switzerland Cool Racing Switzerland Alexandre Coigny 1:32.838 +3.442 10
11 LMP2 Pro/Am 3 Luxembourg DKR Engineering Belgium Tom van Rompuy 1:33.010 +3.614 11
12 LMP2 Pro/Am 24 United Kingdom Nielsen Racing United States Rodrigo Sales 1:33.088 +3.692 12
13 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 Italy AF Corse France François Perrodo 1:33.805 +4.409 13
14 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United States United Autosports USA Brazil Daniel Schneider 1:34.596 +5.200 14
15 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing United States Fred Poordad 1:34.922 +5.526 15
16 LMP3 17 Switzerland Cool Racing Argentina Marcos Siebert 1:35.250 +5.854 16
17 LMP3 13 Poland Inter Europol Competition United States Wyatt Brichacek 1:35.562 +6.166 17
18 LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Poland Team Virage Denmark Dennis Andersen 1:35.605 +6.209 21[Q 1]
19 LMP3 31 Switzerland Racing Spirit of Léman France Antoine Doquin 1:35.616 +6.220 18
20 LMP3 12 Germany WTM by Rinaldi Racing Colombia Óscar Tunjo 1:35.758 +6.362 19
21 LMP3 15 United Kingdom RLR M Sport France Gaël Julien 1:35.765 +6.369 20
22 LMP3 7 United Kingdom Nielsen Racing United Kingdom Ryan Harper-Ellam 1:36.046 +6.650 22
23 LMP3 8 Poland Team Virage Portugal Manuel Espírito Santo 1:36.449 +7.053 41[Q 2]
24 LMP3 10 Italy Eurointernational Netherlands Glenn van Berlo 1:36.461 +7.065 23
25 LMP3 4 Luxembourg DKR Engineering Portugal Pedro Perino 1:36.593 +7.197 24
26 LMP3 5 United Kingdom RLR M Sport Denmark Valdemar Eriksen 1:36.764 +7.368 25
27 LMP3 35 France Ultimate France Matthieu Lahaye 1:36.848 +7.452 26
28 LMP2 Pro/Am 23 United States United Autosports USA United States James McGuire 1:36.966 +7.570 27
29 LMP2 Pro/Am 81 United States DragonSpeed USA Sweden Henrik Hedman 1:37.185 +7.789 42[Q 3]
30 LMP3 11 Italy Eurointernational United Kingdom Matthew Richard Bell 1:37.641 +8.245 28
31 LMGTE 66 United Kingdom JMW Motorsport Singapore Martin Berry 1:41.060 +11.664 29
32 LMGTE 57 Switzerland Kessel Racing Japan Takeshi Kimura 1:41.173 +11.777 30
33 LMGTE 16 Germany Proton Competition United States Ryan Hardwick 1:41.188 +11.792 31
34 LMGTE 72 United Kingdom TF Sport France Arnold Robin 1:41.315 +11.919 32
35 LMGTE 44 Denmark GMB Motorsport Denmark Jens Reno Møller 1:41.360 +11.964 33
36 LMGTE 93 Germany Proton Competition Republic of Ireland Michael Fassbender 1:41.499 +12.103 34
37 LMGTE 50 Denmark Formula Racing Denmark Johnny Laursen 1:41.561 +12.165 35
38 LMGTE 77 Germany Proton Competition Germany Christian Ried 1:42.157 +12.761 36
39 LMGTE 55 Switzerland Spirit of Race United Kingdom Duncan Cameron 1:42.468 +13.072 37
40 LMGTE 51 Italy AF Corse Greece Kriton Lentoudis 1:42.862 +13.466 38
41 LMGTE 60 Italy Iron Lynx Italy Claudio Schiavoni 1:43.030 +13.634 39
42 LMGTE 95 United Kingdom TF Sport United Kingdom John Hartshorne 1:43.968 +14.572 40
Source:[9][10][11][12][13][14]
  1. ^ The No. 19 Team Virage was penalised for impeding cars No. 23 and No. 3 in qualifying session. Stewards handed 3 place grid drop penalty for this offense.[6]
  2. ^ The No. 8 Team Virage was penalised for causing a red flag in qualifying session and lost all its laptimes.[7]
  3. ^ The No. 81 DragonSpeed USA was penalised for causing a red flag in qualifying session and lost all its laptimes.[8]

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 98 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

Final Classification[15][16]
Pos Class No. Team Drivers Car Tyres Laps Time/Gap
1 LMP2 Pro/Am 34 Turkey Racing Team Turkey Turkey Salih Yoluç
Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood
Switzerland Louis Delétraz
Oreca 07 G 140 4:01:14.646
2 LMP2 30 France Duqueine Team United Kingdom Nicolas Pino
Austria René Binder
Switzerland Neel Jani
Oreca 07 G 140 +2.363
3 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 Italy AF Corse France François Perrodo
France Matthieu Vaxivière
United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat
Oreca 07 G 140 +12.995
4 LMP2 Pro/Am 37 Switzerland Cool Racing Switzerland Alexandre Coigny
Denmark Malthe Jakobsen
France Nicolas Lapierre
Oreca 07 G 140 +43.757
5 LMP2 65 France Panis Racing Netherlands Job van Uitert
Venezuela Manuel Maldonado
Netherlands Tijmen van der Helm
Oreca 07 G 140 +46.377
6 LMP2 28 France IDEC Sport France Paul Lafargue
France Paul-Loup Chatin
Germany Laurents Hörr
Oreca 07 G 140 +1:05.613
7 LMP2 47 Switzerland Cool Racing Authorised Neutral Athletes Vladislav Lomko
France Reshad de Gerus
Argentina José María López
Oreca 07 G 140 +1:17.282
8 LMP2 25 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing United States Kyffin Simpson
Australia James Allen
United Kingdom Alexander Lynn
Oreca 07 G 139 +1 lap
9 LMP2 Pro/Am 24 United Kingdom Nielsen Racing United States Rodrigo Sales
United Kingdom Ben Hanley
Switzerland Mathias Beche
Oreca 07 G 139 +1 lap[R 1]
10 LMP2 22 United States United Autosports USA Japan Marino Sato
United Kingdom Philip Hanson
United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
Oreca 07 G 139 +1 lap
11 LMP2 Pro/Am 3 Luxembourg DKR Engineering Belgium Tom van Rompuy
United Kingdom Sebastián Álvarez
France Nathanaël Berthon
Oreca 07 G 139 +1 lap
12 LMP2 Pro/Am 99 Germany Proton Competition Italy Giorgio Roda
Germany Jonas Ried
Italy Gianmaria Bruni
Oreca 07 G 139 +1 lap
13 LMP2 Pro/Am 81 United States DragonSpeed USA Sweden Henrik Hedman
Colombia Sebastián Montoya
Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya
Oreca 07 G 138 +2 laps
14 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing United States Fred Poordad
France Tristan Vautier
France Jack Hawksworth
Oreca 07 G 138 +2 laps
15 LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Poland Team Virage Denmark Dennis Andersen
Guatemala Ian Rodríguez
Colombia Tatiana Calderón
Oreca 07 G 138 +2 laps
16 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United States United Autosports USA Brazil Daniel Schneider
United Kingdom Andrew Meyrick
Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr.
Oreca 07 G 137 +3 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 137 +3 laps
18 LMP3 17 Switzerland Cool Racing France Adrien Chila
Argentina Marcos Siebert
Mexico Alex García
Ligier JS P320 M 134 +6 laps
19 LMP3 13 Poland Inter Europol Competition Portugal Miguel Cristóvão
United Kingdom Kai Askey
United States Wyatt Brichacek
Ligier JS P320 M 134 +6 laps
20 LMP3 31 Switzerland Racing Spirit of Léman France Jacques Wolff
France Antoine Doquin
France Fabien Michal
Ligier JS P320 M 134 +6 laps[R 2]
21 LMP3 11 Italy Eurointernational United Kingdom Matthew Richard Bell
Canada Adam Ali
Ligier JS P320 M 133 +7 laps
22 LMP3 7 United Kingdom Nielsen Racing United Kingdom Anthony Wells
United Kingdom Ryan Harper-Ellam
Ligier JS P320 M 133 +7 laps
23 LMP3 5 United Kingdom RLR M Sport Canada James Dayson
Denmark Valdemar Eriksen
United Kingdom Jack Manchester
Ligier JS P320 M 133 +7 laps
24 LMP3 35 France Ultimate France Eric Trouillet
France Matthieu Lahaye
France Jean-Baptiste Lahaye
Ligier JS P320 M 132 +8 laps
25 LMP3 8 Poland Team Virage Portugal Manuel Espírito Santo
United Kingdom Nick Adcock
Denmark Michael Jensen
Ligier JS P320 M 131 +9 laps
26 LMGTE 16 Germany Proton Competition United States Ryan Hardwick
Canada Zacharie Robichon
Belgium Alessio Picariello
Porsche 911 RSR-19 G 131 +9 laps
27 LMGTE 50 Denmark Formula Racing Denmark Johnny Laursen
Denmark Conrad Laursen
Denmark Mikkel Mac
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 131 +9 laps
28 LMGTE 66 United Kingdom JMW Motorsport Singapore Martin Berry
United Kingdom Lorcan Hanafin
United Kingdom Jon Lancaster
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 130 +10 laps
29 LMGTE 60 Italy Iron Lynx Italy Claudio Schiavoni
Italy Matteo Cressoni
Italy Matteo Cairoli
Porsche 911 RSR-19 G 130 +10 laps
30 LMGTE 55 Switzerland Spirit of Race United Kingdom Duncan Cameron
South Africa David Perel
Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 130 +10 laps
31 LMGTE 51 Italy AF Corse Greece Kriton Lentoudis
Portugal Rui Águas
Belgium Ulysse de Pauw
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 130 +10 laps
32 LMGTE 57 Switzerland Kessel Racing Japan Takeshi Kimura
United States Gregory Huffaker II
Denmark Frederik Schandorff
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 130 +10 laps
33 LMGTE 93 Germany Proton Competition Republic of Ireland Michael Fassbender
Estonia Martin Rump
Austria Richard Lietz
Porsche 911 RSR-19 G 128 +12 laps
34 LMGTE 95 United Kingdom TF Sport United Kingdom John Hartshorne
United Kingdom Ben Tuck
United Kingdom Jonathan Adam
Aston Martin Vantage AMR G 128 +12 laps
35 LMP3 15 United Kingdom RLR M Sport Austria Horst Felbermayr Jr
France Gaël Julien
Poland Mateusz Kaprzyk
Ligier JS P320 M 125 +15 laps
36 LMP3 4 Luxembourg DKR Engineering United Arab Emirates Alexander Bukhantsov
United Kingdom James Winslow
Portugal Pedro Perino
Duqueine M30 - D08 M 113 +27 laps
Not classified
LMP3 10 Italy Eurointernational United Kingdom Nick Moss
Netherlands Glenn van Berlo
Ligier JS P320 M 67
LMP2 43 Poland Inter Europol Competition Angola Rui Andrade
United Kingdom Olli Caldwell
South Africa Jonathan Aberdein
Oreca 07 G 34
LMGTE 44 Denmark GMB Motorsport Denmark Jens Reno Møller
Denmark Gustav Birch
Denmark Nicki Thiim
Aston Martin Vantage AMR G 1
LMP3 12 Germany WTM by Rinaldi Racing Germany Torsten Kratz
Germany Leonard Weiss
Colombia Óscar Tunjo
Duqueine M30 - D08 M 0
LMGTE 72 United Kingdom TF Sport France Arnold Robin
France Maxime Robin
France Valentin Hasse-Clot
Aston Martin Vantage AMR G 0
LMGTE 77 Germany Proton Competition Germany Christian Ried
Italy Giammarco Levorato
France Julien Andlauer
Porsche 911 RSR-19 G 0
  1. ^ The No. 24 Nielsen Racing was penalised for not slowing down in time during Full Course Yellow neutralisation and was handed 20 seconds time penalty.[17]
  2. ^ The No. 31 Racing Spirit of Léman was penalised for serving mandatory pitstop during Full Course Yellow neutralisation. The crew was penalised with 105 seconds time penalty.[18][19]

Statistics

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Fastest lap

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Class Driver Team Time Lap
LMP2 Authorised Neutral Athletes Vladislav Lomko Switzerland #47 Cool Racing 1:31.451 10
LMP2 Pro/Am Turkey Salih Yoluç Turkey #34 Racing Team Turkey 1:32.517 12
LMP3 Argentina Marcos Siebert Switzerland #17 Cool Racing 1:38.481 105
LMGTE Belgium Alessio Picariello Germany #16 Proton Competition 1:41.371 99
Source:[20]

References

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  8. ^ "Decision No. 17" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
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  10. ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Qualifying Practice - LMP2 Provisional Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  11. ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Qualifying Practice - LMP2 Pro/Am Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  12. ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Qualifying Practice - LMP3 Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  13. ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Qualifying Practice - LMGTE Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  14. ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Race (4 Hours) Final Starting Grid" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  15. ^ "2023 Barcelona 4h". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  16. ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Race Final Classification" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  17. ^ "Decision No. 41" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  18. ^ Davey Euwema. "Racing Team Turkey Wins Barcelona Thriller". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  19. ^ "Decision No. 43" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  20. ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Race Final Classification by Category" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.