2022 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps explained

The 2022 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps was an endurance sportscar racing event that was held on 25 September 2022, as the fifth round of the 2022 European Le Mans Series.

In LMP2, the race was won by the #22 United Autosports run Oreca 07-Gibson, driven by Tom Gamble, Duncan Tappy and Philip Hanson.

In LMP3, the race was won by the #13 Inter Europol Competition run Ligier JS P320, driven by Charles Crews, Nico Pino and Guilherme Oliveira.

In LMGTE, the race was won by the #57 Kessel Racing run Ferrari 488 GTE Evo, driven by Conrad Grunewald, Frederik Schandorff and Mikkel Jensen.

Qualifying

Qualifying Result

Pole position in each class are marked in bold.

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Time	Grid
1	LMP2	37	Cool Racing	2:03.544	1
2	LMP2	28	IDEC Sport	2:03.851	2
3	LMP2	65	Panis Racing	2:04.172	3
4	LMP2	22	United Autosports	2:04.175	4
5	LMP2 Pro-Am	34	Racing Team Turkey	2:04.282	5
6	LMP2	21	Mühlner Motorsport	2:04.443	6
7	LMP2 Pro-Am	88	AF Corse	2:04.502	7
8	LMP2	9	Prema Racing	2:04.545	8
9	LMP2	19	Algarve Pro Racing	2:04.842	9
10	LMP2 Pro-Am	31	TDS Racing x Vaillante	2:04.865	10
11	LMP2 Pro-Am	47	Algarve Pro Racing	2:04.891	11
12	LMP2 Pro-Am	51	Team Virage	2:04.970	12
13	LMP2	30	Duqueine Team	2:05.560	13
14	LMP2 Pro-Am	24	Nielsen Racing	2:06.365	14
15	LMP2	35	BHK Motorsport	2:07.170	15
16	LMP3	17	Cool Racing	2:11.062	16
17	LMP3	3	United Autosports	2:11.922	17
18	LMP3	13	Inter Europol Competition	2:12.233	18
19	LMP3	4	DKR Engineering	2:12.346	19
20	LMP3	2	United Autosports	2:12.391	20
21	LMP3	10	EuroInternational	2:12.437	21
22	LMP3	15	RLR Msport	2:12.443	22
23	LMP3	5	RLR Msport	2:12.913	23
24	LMP3	27	Cool Racing	2:13.092	24
25	LMP3	6	360 Racing	2:13.128	25
26	LMP3	11	EuroInternational	2:13.276	26
27	LMP3	7	Nielsen Racing	2:13.369	27
28	LMP3	14	Inter Europol Competition	2:13.768	28
29	LMGTE	57	Kessel Racing	2:17.074	29
30	LMGTE	69	Oman Racing with TF Sport	2:18.185	30
31	LMGTE	32	Rinaldi Racing	2:18.297	31
32	LMGTE	83	Iron Lynx	2:18.333	32
33	LMGTE	77	Proton Competition	2:18.667	33
34	LMGTE	18	Absolute Racing	2:19.502	34
35	LMGTE	66	JMW Motorsport	2:19.741	35
36	LMGTE	60	Iron Lynx	2:20.580	36
37	LMGTE	93	Proton Competition	2:20.629	37
38	LMGTE	95	Oman Racing with TF Sport	2:20.696	38
39	LMP2	43	Inter Europol Competition	No Time	39
Source:^[1] ^[2]

Race

Race Result

Class winners are marked in bold. - Cars failing to complete 70% of the winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC).

	Class		Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre		Time/Retired
					Engine
1	LMP2	22	United Autosports	Philip Hanson Tom Gamble Duncan Tappy	Oreca 07		97	4:00:31.833
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
2	LMP2	43	Inter Europol Competition	Fabio Scherer Pietro Fittipaldi David Heinemeier Hansson	Oreca 07		97	+23.508 s
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
3	LMP2	9	Prema Racing	Juan Manuel Correa Louis DelétrazFerdinand Habsburg	Oreca 07		97	+24.661 s
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
4	LMP2	65	Panis Racing	Julien Canal Nico Jamin Job van Uitert	Oreca 07		97	+35.904 s
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
5	LMP2	37	Cool Racing	Nicolas Lapierre Niklas Krütten Ye Yifei	Oreca 07		97	+48.995 s
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
6	LMP2 Pro-Am	34	Racing Team Turkey	Salih Yoluç Charlie Eastwood Will Stevens	Oreca 07		97	+1:04.217
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
7	LMP2 Pro-Am	88	AF Corse	François Perrodo Nicklas Nielsen Alessio Rovera	Oreca 07		97	+1:04.259
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
8	LMP2	19	Algarve Pro Racing	Filip Ugran Bent Viscaal	Oreca 07		97	+1:35.290
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
9	LMP2	30	Duqueine Team	Memo Rojas Mathieu de Barbuat Richard Bradley	Oreca 07		97	+1:47.745
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
10	LMP2 Pro-Am	47	Algarve Pro Racing	John Falb James Allen Alex Peroni	Oreca 07		97	+2:17.167
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
11	LMP2 Pro-Am	24	Nielsen Racing	Rodrigo Sales Matt Bell Ben Hanley	Oreca 07		96	+1 Lap
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
12	LMP2 Pro-Am	31	TDS Racing x Vaillante	Philippe Cimadomo Mathias Beche Tijmen van der Helm	Oreca 07		96	+1 Lap
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
13	LMP2	35	BHK Motorsport	Francesco Dracone Sergio Campana Markus Pommer	Oreca 07		95	+2 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
14	LMP3	13	Inter Europol Competition	Charles Crews Nico Pino Guilherme Oliveira	Ligier JS P320		93	+4 Laps
					Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
15	LMP2 Pro-Am	51	Team Virage	Rob Hodes Gabriel Aubry Ian Rodríguez	Oreca 07		93	+4 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
16	LMP3	4	DKR Engineering	Sebastián Álvarez Alexander Bukhantsov Tom Van Rompuy	Duqueine M30 – D08		93	+4 Laps
					Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
17	LMP3	7	Nielsen Racing	Anthony Wells James Littlejohn	Ligier JS P320		93	+4 Laps
					Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
18	LMP3	27	Cool Racing	Nicolas Maulini Jean-Ludovic Foubert Antoine Doquin	Ligier JS P320		92	+5 Laps
					Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
19	LMP3	3	United Autosports	Kay van Berlo James McGuire Andrew Bentley	Ligier JS P320		92	+5 Laps
					Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
20	LMP3	11	Eurointernational	Max Koebolt Santiago Concepción Serrano Jérôme de Sadeleer	Ligier JS P320		92	+5 Laps
					Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
21	LMGTE	57	Kessel Racing	Conrad Grunewald Frederik Schandorff Mikkel Jensen	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo		92	+5 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
22	LMP3	6	360 Racing	Terrence Woodward Ross Kaiser Mark Richards	Ligier JS P320		92	+5 Laps
					Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
23	LMGTE	83	Iron Lynx	Doriane Pin Michelle Gatting Sarah Bovy	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo		92	+5 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
24	LMGTE	18	Absolute Racing	Andrew Haryanto Martin Rump Alessio Picariello	Porsche 911 RSR-19		91	+6 Laps
					Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
25	LMGTE	69	Oman Racing with TF Sport	Ahmad Al Harthy Marco Sørensen Sam De Haan	Aston Martin Vantage AMR		91	+6 Laps
					Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
26	LMGTE	77	Proton Competition	Christian Ried Lorenzo Ferrari Gianmaria Bruni	Porsche 911 RSR-19		91	+6 Laps
					Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
27	LMP3	14	Inter Europol Competition	Noam Abramczyk Mateusz Kaprzyk James Dayson	Ligier JS P320		91	+6 Laps
					Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
28	LMGTE	66	JMW Motorsport	Giacorno Petrobelli Sean Hudspeth Matthew Payne	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo		91	+6 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
29	LMGTE	93	Proton Competition	Michael Fassbender Zacharie Robichon Richard Lietz	Porsche 911 RSR-19		90	+7 Laps
					Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
30	LMP3	5	RLR MSport	Michael Jensen Nick Adcock Alex Kapadia	Ligier JS P320		90	+7 Laps
					Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
31	LMGTE	95	Oman Racing with TF Sport	John Hartshorne Henrique Chaves Jonathan Adam	Aston Martin Vantage AMR		90	+7 Laps
					Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
32	LMGTE	60	Iron Lynx	Claudio Schiavoni Matteo Cressoni Davide Rigon	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo		90	+7 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
33	LMGTE	32	Rinaldi Racing	Pierre Ehret Nicolás Varrone Diego Alessi	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo		87	+10 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
34	LMP3	10	Eurointernational	Xavier Lloveras Miguel Cristóvão	Ligier JS P320		70	+27 Laps
					Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
DNF	LMP2	21	Mühlner Motorsport	Matthias Kaiser Thomas Laurent Ugo de Wilde	Oreca 07		72	Retired
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
DNF	LMP3	2	United Autosports	Bailey Voisin Josh Caygill Finn Gehrsitz	Ligier JS P320		71
					Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
DNF	LMP3	15	RLR MSport	Horst Felbemayr Jr. Valentino Catalano Austin McCusker	Ligier JS P320		66
					Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
DNF	LMP2	28	IDEC Sport	Paul Lafargue Paul-Loup Chatin Patrick Pilet	Oreca 07		46
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
DNF	LMP3	17	Cool Racing	Maurice Smith Mike Benham Malthe Jakobsen	Ligier JS P320		10	Accident Damage
					Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
Source:^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: September 24, 2022 . 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Qualifying Final Classification . November 3, 2024.
2. Web site: September 25, 2022 . 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Race (4 Hours) Final Starting Grid . November 3, 2024.
3. Web site: September 25, 2022 . 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Race Final Classification . November 3, 2024.