2022 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi explained

The 2022 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 18 and 20 February 2022, as the final rounds of 2022 Asian Le Mans Series season.

Schedule

Date	Time (local: GST)	Event
Friday, 18 February	10:10	Free Practice 1
	15:45	Free Practice 2
Saturday, 19 February	9:35	Qualifying - GT
	10:15	Qualifying - LMP3
	10:55	Qualifying - LMP2
	14:30	Race 1
Sunday, 20 February	16:30	Race 2
Source:^[1]

Free practice

• Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Free Practice 1	Class		Entrant	Time
	LMP2	23	United Autosports	1:42.052
	LMP3	2	DKR Engineering	1:47.748
	GT	6	Bilstein Haupt Racing Team	1:51.739
Free Practice 2	Class		Entrant	Time
	LMP2	23	United Autosports	1:40.754
	LMP3	13	Inter Europol Competition	1:48.162
	GT	6	Bilstein Haupt Racing Team	1:51.904
Source:^[2] ^[3]

Race 1

Qualifying

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold.

	Class		Entry	Driver	Time
1	LMP2	23	United Autosports	Paul di Resta	1:39.804	1
2	LMP2	4	Nielsen Racing	Ben Hanley	1:40.430	2
3	LMP2	39	Graff	David Droux	1:42.393	3
4	LMP2	44	ARC Bratislava	Neale Muston	1:44.728	4
5	LMP2	49	High Class Racing	Dennis Andersen	1:45.296	5
6	LMP3	2	DKR Engineering	Laurents Hörr	1:46.452	6
7	LMP3	26	G-Drive Racing	Xavier Lloveras	1:47.609	7
8	LMP3	13	Inter Europol Competition	Nico Pino	1:47.881	8
9	LMP3	72	Koiranen Kemppi Motorsport	Jesse Salmenautio	1:47.998	9
10	LMP3	8	Nielsen Racing	Colin Noble	1:48.065	10
11	LMP3	22	Rinaldi Racing	Hendrik Still	1:48.281	11
12	LMP3	3	CD Sport	Edouard Cauhaupé	1:48.294	12
13	LMP3	27	CD Sport	Steven Palette	1:48.407	13
14	LMP3	21	Konrad Motorsport	Jordan Grogor	1:48.630	14
15	GT	95	TF Sport	Jonathan Adam	1:50.576	15
16	GT	33	Herberth Motorsport	Klaus Bachler	1:50.755	16
17	GT	20	SPS automotive performance	Mikaël Grenier	1:50.935	17
18	GT	69	Oman Racing Team with TF Sport	Charlie Eastwood	1:50.970	18
19	GT	77	D'station Racing	Tom Gamble	1:51.021	19
20	GT	7	Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport	Ben Barnicoat	1:51.145	20
21	GT	6	Bilstein Haupt Racing Team	Arjun Maini	1:51.235	21
22	GT	17	AF Corse	Vincent Abril	1:51.286	22
23	GT	55	Rinaldi Racing	Davide Rigon	1:51.538	23
24	GT	57	Kessel Racing	Axcil Jefferies	1:51.661	24
25	GT	74	Kessel Racing	Mikkel Jensen	1:51.687	25
26	GT	12	Dinamic Motorsport	Ben Barker	1:51.719	26
27	GT	99	Herberth Motorsport	Marco Seefried	1:51.787	27
28	GT	91	Herberth Motorsport	Robert Renauer	1:51.812	28
29	GT	34	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Nicky Catsburg	1:51.826	29
30	GT	51	AF Corse	Alessandro Pier Guidi	1:51.831	30
31	GT	88	Garage 59	Marvin Kirchhöfer	1:51.924	31
32	GT	42	Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport	Joe Osborne	1:51.978	32
33	GT	96	Attempto Racing	Alex Aka	1:52.055	33
34	GT	59	Garage 59	Nicolai Kjærgaard	1:52.721	34
35	GT	48	S’Aalocin by Kox Racing	Peter Kox	1:54.611	35
36	GT	66	YC Panda Racing	Jean-Francois Brunot	1:54.710	36
37	GT	35	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Jörg Breuer	1:55.890	37
Source:^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7] ^[8]

Race

Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 77 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

	Class		Team	Drivers	Car	Tyres	Laps	Time/Gap
1	LMP2	23	United Autosports	Josh Pierson Paul di Resta	Oreca 07		111	4:03:07.579
2	LMP2	4	Nielsen Racing	Matthew Bell Ben Hanley Rodrigo Sales	Oreca 07		110	+1 Lap
3	LMP2	39	Graff	David Droux Sébastien Page Eric Trouillet	Oreca 07		109	+2 Laps
4	LMP2	49	High Class Racing	Dennis Andersen Anders Fjordbach Kevin Weeda	Oreca 07		108	+3 Laps
5	LMP2	44	ARC Bratislava	John Corbett Miroslav Konôpka Neale Muston	Ligier JS P217		106	+5 Laps
6	LMP3	2	DKR Engineering	Sebastián Álvarez Mathieu de Barbuat Laurents Hörr	Duqueine M30 – D08		105	+6 Laps
7	LMP3	22	Rinaldi Racing	Torsten Kratz Hendrik Still Leonard Weiss	Duqueine M30 - D08		105	+6 Laps
8	LMP3	27	CD Sport	Christophe Cresp Antoine Doquin Steven Palette	Ligier JS P320		105	+6 Laps
9	LMP3	8	Nielsen Racing	Colin Noble Anthony Wells	Ligier JS P320		104	+7 Laps
10	LMP3	3	CD Sport	Nick Adcock Edouard Cauhaupé Michael Jensen	Ligier JS P320		104	+7 Laps
11	GT	91	Precote Herberth Motorsport	Ralf Bohn Alfred Renauer Robert Renauer	Porsche 911 GT3 R		103	+8 Laps
12	LMP3	13	Inter Europol Competition	Guilherme Oliveira Nico Pino James Dayson	Ligier JS P320		103	+8 Laps
13	GT	7	Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport	Ben Barnicoat Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy	McLaren 720S GT3		103	+8 Laps
14	GT	17	AF Corse	Vincent Abril Conrad Grunewald Louis Prette	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020		103	+8 Laps
15	GT	42	Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport	Nick Moss Joe Osborne Andrew Watson	McLaren 720S GT3		103	+8 Laps
16	LMP3	21	Konrad Motorsport	Jordan Grogor Shaun Thong Gabriele Rindone	Ginetta G61-LT-P3		103	+8 Laps
17	GT	69	Oman Racing Team with TF Sport	Charlie Eastwood Ahmad Al Harthy Sam De Haan	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3		103	+8 Laps
18	GT	95	TF Sport	Jonathan Adam Henrique Chaves John Hartshorne	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3		103	+8 Laps
19	GT	55	Rinaldi Racing	Rino Mastronardi David Perel Davide Rigon	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020		103	+8 Laps
20	GT	77	D'station Racing	Tomonobu Fujii Tom Gamble Satoshi Hoshino	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3		102	+9 Laps
21	GT	6	Bilstein Haupt Racing Team	Hubert Haupt Arjun Maini Rory Penttinen	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo		102	+9 Laps
22	GT	74	Kessel Racing	Michael Broniszewski David Fumanelli Mikkel Jensen	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020		102	+9 Laps
23	GT	34	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Nicky Catsburg Chandler Hull Jon Miller	BMW M6 GT3		102	+9 Laps
24	GT	12	Dinamic Motorsport	Ben Barker Giorgio Roda Philipp Sager	Porsche 911 GT3 R		102	+9 Laps
25	GT	59	Garage 59	Nicolai Kjærgaard Manuel Maldonado James Vowles	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3		102	+9 Laps
26	GT	88	Garage 59	Frank Bird Marvin Kirchhöfer Alexander West	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3		102	+9 Laps
27	GT	57	Kessel Racing	Axcil Jefferies Roman Ziemian Francesco Zollo	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020		101	+10 Laps
28	GT	20	SPS automotive performance	Mikaël Grenier Ian Loggie Valentin Pierburg	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo		101	+10 Laps
29	GT	33	Precote Herberth Motorsport	Antares Au Klaus Bachler Yifei Ye	Porsche 911 GT3 R		101	+10 Laps
30	GT	51	AF Corse	Alessandro Pier Guidi Oswaldo Negri Jr. Francesco Piovanetti	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020		101	+10 Laps
31	GT	96	Attempto Racing	Alex Aka Finlay Hutchison Florian Scholze	Audi R8 LMS Evo		101	+10 Laps
32	LMP3	72	Koiranen Kemppi Motorsport	Nikita Alexandrov Jesse Salmenautio Tomi Veijalainen	Duqueine M30 - D08		100	+11 Laps
33	GT	99	Herberth Motorsport	Finn Gehrsitz Jürgen Häring Marco Seefried	Porsche 911 GT3 R		100	+11 Laps
34	GT	48	S’Aalocin by Kox Racing	Peter Kox Stéphane Kox Nico Pronk	Porsche 911 GT3 R		100	+11 Laps
35	GT	35	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Jörg Breuer Friedrich Von Bohlen Henry Walkenhorst	BMW M6 GT3		96	+15 Laps
Not Classified
DNF	GT	66	YC Panda Racing	Douglas Khoo Jean-Francois Brunot	Audi R8 LMS Evo		68
DNF	LMP3	26	G-Drive Racing	Vyaceslav Gutak Xavier Lloveras Fabrice Rossello	Ligier JS P320		42
Source:^[9]

Statistics

Fastest lap

Class	Driver	Team	Time
LMP2	Paul di Resta	#23 United Autosports	1:40.913	102
LMP3	Mathieu de Barbuat	#2 DKR Engineering	1:49.001	58
GT	Ben Barnicoat	#7 Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport	1:51.985	57
Source:^[10]

Race 2

Qualifying

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold.

	Class		Entry	Driver	Time
1	LMP2	23	United Autosports	Paul di Resta	1:39.962	1
2	LMP2	4	Nielsen Racing	Ben Hanley	1:40.485	2
3	LMP2	39	Graff	David Droux	1:42.271	3
4	LMP2	44	ARC Bratislava	John Corbett	1:44.632	4
5	LMP2	49	High Class Racing	Dennis Andersen	1:44.868	5
6	LMP3	2	DKR Engineering	Laurents Hörr	1:46.301	6
7	LMP3	3	CD Sport	Edouard Cauhaupé	1:47.465	7
8	LMP3	26	G-Drive Racing	Xavier Lloveras	1:47.532	8
9	LMP3	72	Koiranen Kemppi Motorsport	Jesse Salmenautio	1:47.925	9
10	LMP3	8	Nielsen Racing	Colin Noble	1:47.926	10
11	LMP3	13	Inter Europol Competition	Nico Pino	1:48.064	11
12	LMP3	27	CD Sport	Steven Palette	1:48.199	12
13	LMP3	22	Rinaldi Racing	Hendrik Still	1:48.255	13
14	LMP3	21	Konrad Motorsport	Jordan Grogor	1:48.692	14
15	GT	33	Herberth Motorsport	Klaus Bachler	1:50.670	15
16	GT	95	TF Sport	Jonathan Adam	1:50.870	16
17	GT	6	Bilstein Haupt Racing Team	Arjun Maini	1:50.986	17
18	GT	55	Rinaldi Racing	Davide Rigon	1:51.051	18
19	GT	7	Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport	Ben Barnicoat	1:51.069	19
20	GT	69	Oman Racing Team with TF Sport	Charlie Eastwood	1:51.091	20
21	GT	77	D'station Racing	Tom Gamble	1:51.097	21
22	GT	20	SPS automotive performance	Mikaël Grenier	1:51.237	22
23	GT	17	AF Corse	Vincent Abril	1:51.246	23
24	GT	74	Kessel Racing	Mikkel Jensen	1:51.268	24
25	GT	12	Dinamic Motorsport	Ben Barker	1:51.393	25
26	GT	88	Garage 59	Marvin Kirchhöfer	1:51.515	26
27	GT	34	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Nicky Catsburg	1:51.544	27
28	GT	51	AF Corse	Alessandro Pier Guidi	1:51.559	28
29	GT	99	Herberth Motorsport	Marco Seefried	1:51.636	29
30	GT	57	Kessel Racing	Axcil Jefferies	1:51.708	30
31	GT	91	Herberth Motorsport	Robert Renauer	1:51.716	31
32	GT	42	Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport	Joe Osborne	1:51.923	32
33	GT	59	Garage 59	Nicolai Kjærgaard	1:52.820	33
34	GT	48	S’Aalocin by Kox Racing	Peter Kox	1:53.016	34
35	GT	66	YC Panda Racing	Douglas Khoo	2:02.141	35
36	GT	35	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Friedrich Von Bohlen	2:02.997	36
37	GT	96	Attempto Racing	—		37
Source:^[11] ^[12] ^[13] ^[14] ^[15]

Race

Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 86 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

	Class		Team	Drivers	Car	Tyres	Laps	Time/Gap
1	LMP2	23	United Autosports	Josh Pierson Paul di Resta	Oreca 07		123	4:03:14.231
2	LMP2	4	Nielsen Racing	Matthew Bell Ben Hanley Rodrigo Sales	Oreca 07		122	+1 Lap
3	LMP2	39	Graff	David Droux Sébastien Page Eric Trouillet	Oreca 07		120	+3 Laps
4	LMP2	44	ARC Bratislava	John Corbett Miroslav Konôpka Neale Muston	Ligier JS P217		118	+5 Laps
5	LMP3	26	G-Drive Racing	Vyaceslav Gutak Xavier Lloveras Fabrice Rossello	Ligier JS P320		117	+6 Laps
6	LMP3	27	CD Sport	Christophe Cresp Antoine Doquin Steven Palette	Ligier JS P320		117	+6 Laps
7	LMP3	3	CD Sport	Nick Adcock Edouard Cauhaupé Michael Jensen	Ligier JS P320		117	+6 Laps
8	LMP3	22	Rinaldi Racing	Torsten Kratz Hendrik Still Leonard Weiss	Duqueine M30 - D08		117	+6 Laps
9	LMP3	13	Inter Europol Competition	Guilherme Oliveira Nico Pino James Dayson	Ligier JS P320		115	+8 Laps
10	GT	91	Precote Herberth Motorsport	Ralf Bohn Alfred Renauer Robert Renauer	Porsche 911 GT3 R		115	+8 Laps
11	GT	33	Precote Herberth Motorsport	Antares Au Klaus Bachler Yifei Ye	Porsche 911 GT3 R		115	+8 Laps
12	GT	88	Garage 59	Frank Bird Marvin Kirchhöfer Alexander West	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3		115	+8 Laps
13	GT	69	Oman Racing Team with TF Sport	Charlie Eastwood Ahmad Al Harthy Sam De Haan	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3		115	+8 Laps
14	GT	7	Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport	Ben Barnicoat Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy	McLaren 720S GT3		115	+8 Laps
15	GT	55	Rinaldi Racing	Rino Mastronardi David Perel Davide Rigon	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020		115	+8 Laps
16	GT	6	Bilstein Haupt Racing Team	Hubert Haupt Arjun Maini Rory Penttinen	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo		115	+8 Laps
17	GT	12	Dinamic Motorsport	Ben Barker Giorgio Roda Philipp Sager	Porsche 911 GT3 R		115	+8 Laps
18	GT	42	Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport	Nick Moss Joe Osborne Andrew Watson	McLaren 720S GT3		114	+9 Laps
19	GT	74	Kessel Racing	Michael Broniszewski David Fumanelli Mikkel Jensen	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020		114	+9 Laps
20	GT	95	TF Sport	Jonathan Adam Henrique Chaves John Hartshorne	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3		114	+9 Laps
21	GT	34	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Nicky Catsburg Chandler Hull Jon Miller	BMW M6 GT3		114	+9 Laps
22	GT	51	AF Corse	Alessandro Pier Guidi Oswaldo Negri Jr. Francesco Piovanetti	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020		114	+9 Laps
23	GT	96	Attempto Racing	Alex Aka Finlay Hutchison Florian Scholze	Audi R8 LMS Evo		114	+9 Laps
24	GT	57	Kessel Racing	Axcil Jefferies Roman Ziemian Francesco Zollo	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020		113	+10 Laps
25	GT	20	SPS automotive performance	Mikaël Grenier Ian Loggie Valentin Pierburg	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo		113	+10 Laps
26	GT	99	Herberth Motorsport	Finn Gehrsitz Jürgen Häring Marco Seefried	Porsche 911 GT3 R		112	+11 Laps
27	GT	48	S’Aalocin by Kox Racing	Peter Kox Stéphane Kox Nico Pronk	Porsche 911 GT3 R		111	+12 Laps
28	LMP2	49	High Class Racing	Dennis Andersen Anders Fjordbach Kevin Weeda	Oreca 07		108	+15 Laps
29	GT	59	Garage 59	Nicolai Kjærgaard Manuel Maldonado James Vowles	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3		107	+16 Laps
30	GT	35	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Jörg Breuer Friedrich Von Bohlen Henry Walkenhorst	BMW M6 GT3		107	+16 Laps
31	LMP3	8	Nielsen Racing	Colin Noble Anthony Wells	Ligier JS P320		103	+20 Laps
32	GT	66	YC Panda Racing	Douglas Khoo Jean-Francois Brunot	Audi R8 LMS Evo		103	+20 Laps
33	LMP3	2	DKR Engineering	Sebastián Álvarez Mathieu de Barbuat Laurents Hörr	Duqueine M30 – D08		99	+24 Laps
Not Classified
DNF	GT	17	AF Corse	Vincent Abril Conrad Grunewald Louis Prette	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020		74
DNF	LMP3	72	Koiranen Kemppi Motorsport	Nikita Alexandrov Jesse Salmenautio Tomi Veijalainen	Duqueine M30 - D08		63
DNF	GT	77	D'station Racing	Tomonobu Fujii Tom Gamble Satoshi Hoshino	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3		63
DNF	LMP3	21	Konrad Motorsport	Jordan Grogor Shaun Thong Gabriele Rindone	Ginetta G61-LT-P3		36
Source:^[16]

Statistics

Fastest lap

Class	Driver	Team	Time
LMP2	Paul di Resta	#23 United Autosports	1:41.723	67
LMP3	Laurents Hörr	#2 DKR Engineering	1:48.198	59
GT	Klaus Bachler	#33 Precote Herberth Motorsport	1:52.139	86
Source:^[17]

References

1. Web site: 2022 ASIAN LE MANS SERIES - 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi Provisional Schedule V13 . November 3, 2024.
2. Web site: 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi Free Practice 1 Final Classification by Category . November 3, 2024.
3. Web site: 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi Free Practice 2 Final Classification by Category . November 3, 2024.
4. Web site: 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi Qualifying - Race 1 Final Classification . November 4, 2024.
5. Web site: 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi Qualifying LMP2 - Race 1 Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap . November 4, 2024.
6. Web site: 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi Qualifying LMP3 - Race 1 Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap . November 4, 2024.
7. Web site: 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi Qualifying GT - Race 1 Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap . November 4, 2024.
8. Web site: 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi Race 1(4 Hours +1 Lap) Starting Grid . November 4, 2024.
9. Web site: 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi Race 1 Final Classification . November 4, 2024.
10. Web site: 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi Race 1 Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap . November 4, 2024.
11. Web site: 4 Hours of Abu DhabiQualifying - Race 2 Final Classification . November 4, 2024.
12. Web site: 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi Qualifying LMP2 - Race 2 Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap . November 4, 2024.
13. Web site: 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi Qualifying LMP3 - Race 2 Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap . November 4, 2024.
14. Web site: 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi Qualifying GT - Race 2 Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap . November 4, 2024.
15. Web site: 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi Race 2(4 Hours +1 Lap) Starting Grid . November 4, 2024.
16. Web site: 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi Race 2 Final Classification . November 4, 2024.
17. Web site: 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi Race 2 Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap . November 4, 2024.