2020 4 Hours of Buriram explained

The 2020 4 Hours of Buriram was an endurance sportscar racing event held on February 23, 2020, at Buriram International Circuit in Buriram, Thailand. It served as the fourth and final round of the 2019-20 Asian Le Mans Series season.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time (local: ICT)	Event
Saturday, 22 February	8:40	Free Practice 1
	12:30	Free Practice 2
	16:35	Qualifying
Sunday, 23 February	11:45	Race
Source:^[2]

Free practice

• Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Free Practice 1	Class		Entrant	Time
	LMP2	36	Eurasia Motorsport	1:23.186
	LMP2 Am	25	Rick Ware Racing	1:28.929
	LMP3	9	Graff Racing	1:30.737
	GT	27	HubAuto Corsa	1:34.214
Free Practice 2	Class		Entrant	Time
	LMP2	45	Thunderhead Carlin Racing	1:23.364
	LMP2 Am	25	Rick Ware Racing	1:27.754
	LMP3	2	Nielsen Racing	1:30.485
	GT	27	HubAuto Corsa	1:33.927
Source:^[3] ^[4]

Qualifying

Qualifying results

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold.

	Class		Entry	Car	Time
1	LMP2	45	Thunderhead Carlin Racing	Dallara P217	1:22.758
2	LMP2	1	Eurasia Motorsport	Ligier JS P217	1:22.904
3	LMP2	36	Eurasia Motorsport	Ligier JS P217	1:23.460
4	LMP2	26	G-Drive Racing with Algarve	Aurus 01	1:23.511
5	LMP2	96	K2 Uchino Racing	Oreca 07	1:23.555
6	LMP2	34	Inter Europol Endurance	Ligier JS P217	1:23.627
7	LMP2	33	Inter Europol Endurance	Ligier JS P217	1:26.038
8	LMP2 Am	25	Rick Ware Racing	Ligier JS P2	1:27.035
9	LMP2 Am	52	Rick Ware Racing	Ligier JS P2	1:28.7 09
10	LMP3	2	Nielsen Racing	Norma M30	1:29.001
11	LMP3	3	Nielsen Racing	Norma M30	1:29.399
12	LMP3	9	Graff Racing	Norma M30	1:29.543
13	LMP3	8	Graff Racing	Norma M30	1:30.125
14	LMP3	13	Inter Europol Competition	Ligier JS P3	1:30.234
15	LMP3	12	ACE1 Villorba Corse	Ligier JS P3	1:30.387
16	LMP3	65	Viper Niza Racing	Ligier JS P3	1:30.862
17	LMP3	18	Inter Europol Competition	Ligier JS P3	1:31.621
18	GT	75	T2 Motorsports	Ferrari 488 GT3	1:32.776
19	GT	27	HubAuto Corsa	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	1:32.836
20	GT	51	Spirit of Race	Ferrari 488 GT3	1:32.925
21	GT	77	D'station Racing AMR	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	1:32.929
22	GT	7	Car Guy Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	1:32.949
23	GT	88	Team JLOC	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	1:33.794
Source:^[5]

Race

Race results

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 109 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

	Class		Entry	Drivers	Car	Laps	Time/Gap
					Engine
1	LMP2	45	Thunderhead Carlin Racing	Ben Barnicoat Jack Manchester Harry Tincknell	Dallara P217	157	4:02:10.209
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
2	LMP2	26	G-Drive Racing with Algarve	James French Leonard Hoogenboom Roman Rusinov	Aurus 01	157	+17.721
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
3	LMP2	96	K2 Uchino Racing	Haruki Kurosawa Shaun Thong	Oreca 07	155	+2 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
4	LMP2	1	Eurasia Motorsport	Daniel Gaunt Nick Cassidy Nobuya Yamanaka	Ligier JS P217	155	+2 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
5	LMP2	36	Eurasia Motorsport	Nick Foster Roberto Merhi Aidan Read	Ligier JS P217	153	+4 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
6	LMP2	33	Inter Europol Endurance	John Corbett Nathan Kumar Danial Frost	Ligier JS P217	152	+5 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
7	LMP2 Am	25	Rick Ware Racing	Philippe Mulacek Guy Cosmo Anthony Lazzaro	Ligier JS P2	147	+10 Laps
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
8	LMP3	12	ACE1 Villorba Corse	Alessandro Bressan Gabriele Lancieri David Fumanelli	Ligier JS P3	146	+11 Laps
					Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
9	LMP3	2	Nielsen Racing	Colin Noble Tony Wells	Norma M30	146	+11 Laps
					Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
10	LMP3	8	Graff Racing	Matthias Kaiser Neale Muston	Norma M30	145	+12 Laps
					Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
11	GT	27	HubAuto Corsa	Liam Talbot Marcos Gomes Tim Slade	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	144	+13 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
12	LMP3	65	Viper Niza Racing	Dominc Ang Douglas Khoo	Ligier JS P3	143	+14 Laps
					Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
13	GT	7	Car Guy Racing	Mikkel Jensen Takeshi Kimura Côme Ledogar	Ferrari 488 GT3	142	+15 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
14	GT	51	Spirit of Race	Oswaldo Negri Jr. Daniel Serra Francesco Piovanetti	Ferrari 488 GT3	142	+15 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
15	LMP2	34	Inter Europol Endurance	Mathias Beche Jakub Śmiechowski James Winslow	Ligier JS P217	142	+15 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
16	GT	88	Team JLOC	Takashi Kogure Yuya Motojima Yusaku Shibata	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	141	+16 Laps
					Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
17	LMP3	3	Nielsen Racing	Charles Crews Garett Grist Rob Hodes	Norma M30	141	+16 Laps
					Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
18	GT	75	T2 Motorsports	Christian Colombo Rio Haryanto David Tjiptobiantoro	Ferrari 488 GT3	133	+24 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
19	LMP2 Am	52	Rick Ware Racing	Gustas Grinbergas Cody Ware	Ligier JS P2	128	+29 Laps
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
Not Classified
DNF	LMP3	18	Inter Europol Competition	Philip Kadoorie Dan Wells	Ligier JS P3	72
					Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
DNF	LMP3	9	Graff Racing	David Droux Eric Trouillet Sébastien Page	Norma M30	70
					Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
DNF	LMP3	13	Inter Europol Competition	Martin Hippe Nigel Moore	Ligier JS P3	54
					Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
DNF	GT	77	D'station Racing AMR	Tomonobu Fujii Tom Gamble Satoshi Hoshino	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	43
					Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
Source:^[6]

References

1. Web site: Buriram Paddock Notes: D'Station Aston Martin Plans, Luzich Le Mans Entry Forfeited . 2024-10-27 . www.dailysportscar.com.
2. Web site: 4 Hours of Buriram Asian Le Mans Series . 2024-10-27 . www.asianlemansseries.com.
3. Web site: February 22, 2020 . 2020 4 Hours of Buriram Free Practice 1 Results . October 26, 2024 . Asian Le Mans Series.
4. Web site: February 22, 2020 . 2020 4 Hours of Buriram Free Practice 2 Results . October 26, 2024 . Asian Le Mans Series.
5. Web site: February 22, 2020 . 2020 4 Hours of Buriram Qualifying Results . October 26, 2024 . Asian Le Mans Series.
6. Web site: February 23, 2020 . 2020 4 Hours of Buriram Race Results . October 26, 2024 . Asian Le Mans Series.