2023 4 Hours of Barcelona explained

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

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

DateTime (local: CEST)Event
Friday, 21 April11:50Free Practice 1
16:20Bronze Drivers Collective Test
Saturday, 22 April10:10Free Practice 2
14:40Qualifying - LMGTE
15:05Qualifying - LMP3
15:30Qualifying - LMP2 Pro-Am
15:55Qualifying - LMP2
Sunday, 23 April11:30Race
Source:[3]

Free practice

Free Practice 1ClassEntrantTime
LMP225 Algarve Pro Racing1:30.055
LMP2 Pro/Am37 Cool Racing1:29.811
LMP38 Team Virage1:35.509
LMGTE60 Iron Lynx1:40.306
Free Practice 2ClassEntrantTime
LMP243 Inter Europol Competition1:29.950
LMP2 Pro-Am81 DragonSpeed USA1:31.419
LMP312 WTM by Rinaldi Racing1:36.971
LMGTE93 Proton Competition1:40.248
Source:[4] [5]

Qualifying

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

ClassTeamDriverTimeGap
1LMP247 Cool Racing Reshad de Gerus1:29.396—1
2LMP225 Algarve Pro Racing James Allen1:29.435+0.0392
3LMP230 Duqueine Team Neel Jani1:29.593+0.1973
4LMP222 United Autosports USA Philip Hanson1:29.693+0.2974
5LMP265 Panis Racing Job van Uitert1:29.789+0.3935
6LMP243 Inter Europol Competition Jonathan Aberdein1:29.839+0.4436
7LMP228 IDEC Sport Paul-Loup Chatin1:30.159+0.7637
8LMP2 Pro/Am34 Racing Team Turkey Salih Yoluç1:30.947+1.5518
9LMP2 Pro/Am99 Proton Competition Giorgio Roda1:31.267+1.8719
10LMP2 Pro/Am37 Cool Racing Alexandre Coigny1:32.838+3.44210
11LMP2 Pro/Am3 DKR Engineering Tom van Rompuy1:33.010+3.61411
12LMP2 Pro/Am24 Nielsen Racing Rodrigo Sales1:33.088+3.69212
13LMP2 Pro/Am83 AF Corse François Perrodo1:33.805+4.40913
14LMP2 Pro/Am21 United Autosports USA Daniel Schneider1:34.596+5.20014
15LMP2 Pro/Am20 Algarve Pro Racing Fred Poordad1:34.922+5.52615
16LMP317 Cool Racing Marcos Siebert1:35.250+5.85416
17LMP313 Inter Europol Competition Wyatt Brichacek1:35.562+6.16617
18LMP2 Pro/Am19 Team Virage Dennis Andersen1:35.605+6.20921
19LMP331 Racing Spirit of Léman Antoine Doquin1:35.616+6.22018
20LMP312 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Óscar Tunjo1:35.758+6.36219
21LMP315 RLR M Sport Gaël Julien1:35.765+6.36920
22LMP37 Nielsen Racing Ryan Harper-Ellam1:36.046+6.65022
23LMP38 Team Virage Manuel Espírito Santo1:36.449+7.05341
24LMP310 Eurointernational Glenn van Berlo1:36.461+7.06523
25LMP34 DKR Engineering Pedro Perino1:36.593+7.19724
26LMP35 RLR M Sport Valdemar Eriksen1:36.764+7.36825
27LMP335 Ultimate Matthieu Lahaye1:36.848+7.45226
28LMP2 Pro/Am23 United Autosports USA James McGuire1:36.966+7.57027
29LMP2 Pro/Am81 DragonSpeed USA Henrik Hedman1:37.185+7.78942
30LMP311 Eurointernational Matthew Richard Bell1:37.641+8.24528
31LMGTE66 JMW Motorsport Martin Berry1:41.060+11.66429
32LMGTE57 Kessel Racing Takeshi Kimura1:41.173+11.77730
33LMGTE16 Proton Competition Ryan Hardwick1:41.188+11.79231
34LMGTE72 TF Sport Arnold Robin1:41.315+11.91932
35LMGTE44 GMB Motorsport Jens Reno Møller1:41.360+11.96433
36LMGTE93 Proton Competition Michael Fassbender1:41.499+12.10334
37LMGTE50 Formula Racing Johnny Laursen1:41.561+12.16535
38LMGTE77 Proton Competition Christian Ried1:42.157+12.76136
39LMGTE55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron1:42.468+13.07237
40LMGTE51 AF Corse Kriton Lentoudis1:42.862+13.46638
41LMGTE60 Iron Lynx Claudio Schiavoni1:43.030+13.63439
42LMGTE95 TF Sport John Hartshorne1:43.968+14.57240
Source:[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

Race

Race result

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[12] [13] ! ! Class! ! Team! Drivers! Car! Tyres! Laps! Time/Gap
1LMP2 Pro/Am34 Racing Team Turkey Salih Yoluç
Charlie Eastwood
Louis Delétraz		Oreca 071404:01:14.646
2LMP230 Duqueine Team Nicolas Pino
René Binder
Neel Jani		Oreca 07140+2.363
3LMP2 Pro/Am83 AF Corse François Perrodo
Matthieu Vaxivière
Ben Barnicoat		Oreca 07140+12.995
4LMP2 Pro/Am37 Cool Racing Alexandre Coigny
Malthe Jakobsen
Nicolas Lapierre		Oreca 07140+43.757
5LMP265 Panis Racing Job van Uitert
Manuel Maldonado
Tijmen van der Helm		Oreca 07140+46.377
6LMP228 IDEC Sport Paul Lafargue
Paul-Loup Chatin
Laurents Hörr		Oreca 07140+1:05.613
7LMP247 Cool Racing Vladislav Lomko
Reshad de Gerus
José María López		Oreca 07140+1:17.282
8LMP225 Algarve Pro Racing Kyffin Simpson
James Allen
Alexander Lynn		Oreca 07139+1 lap
9LMP2 Pro/Am24 Nielsen Racing Rodrigo Sales
Ben Hanley
Mathias Beche		Oreca 07139+1 lap
10LMP222 United Autosports USA Marino Sato
Philip Hanson
Oliver Jarvis		Oreca 07139+1 lap
11LMP2 Pro/Am3 DKR Engineering Tom van Rompuy
Sebastián Álvarez
Nathanaël Berthon		Oreca 07139+1 lap
12LMP2 Pro/Am99 Proton Competition Giorgio Roda
Jonas Ried
Gianmaria Bruni		Oreca 07139+1 lap
13LMP2 Pro/Am81 DragonSpeed USA Henrik Hedman
Sebastián Montoya
Juan Pablo Montoya		Oreca 07138+2 laps
14LMP2 Pro/Am20 Algarve Pro Racing Fred Poordad
Tristan Vautier
Jack Hawksworth		Oreca 07138+2 laps
15LMP2 Pro/Am19 Team Virage Dennis Andersen
Ian Rodríguez
Tatiana Calderón		Oreca 07138+2 laps
16LMP2 Pro/Am21 United Autosports USA Daniel Schneider
Andrew Meyrick
Nelson Piquet Jr.		Oreca 07137+3 laps
17LMP2 Pro/Am23 United Autosports USA James McGuire
Guy Smith
Paul di Resta		Oreca 07137+3 laps
18LMP317 Cool Racing Adrien Chila
Marcos Siebert
Alex García		Ligier JS P320134+6 laps
19LMP313 Inter Europol Competition Miguel Cristóvão
Kai Askey
Wyatt Brichacek		Ligier JS P320134+6 laps
20LMP331 Racing Spirit of Léman Jacques Wolff
Antoine Doquin
Fabien Michal		Ligier JS P320134+6 laps
21LMP311 Eurointernational Matthew Richard Bell
Adam Ali		Ligier JS P320133+7 laps
22LMP37 Nielsen Racing Anthony Wells
Ryan Harper-Ellam		Ligier JS P320133+7 laps
23LMP35 RLR M Sport James Dayson
Valdemar Eriksen
Jack Manchester		Ligier JS P320133+7 laps
24LMP335 Ultimate Eric Trouillet
Matthieu Lahaye
Jean-Baptiste Lahaye		Ligier JS P320132+8 laps
25LMP38 Team Virage Manuel Espírito Santo
Nick Adcock
Michael Jensen		Ligier JS P320131+9 laps
26LMGTE16 Proton Competition Ryan Hardwick
Zacharie Robichon
Alessio Picariello		Porsche 911 RSR-19131+9 laps
27LMGTE50 Formula Racing Johnny Laursen
Conrad Laursen
Mikkel Mac		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo131+9 laps
28LMGTE66 JMW Motorsport Martin Berry
Lorcan Hanafin
Jon Lancaster		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo130+10 laps
29LMGTE60 Iron Lynx Claudio Schiavoni
Matteo Cressoni
Matteo Cairoli		Porsche 911 RSR-19130+10 laps
30LMGTE55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron
David Perel
Matt Griffin		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo130+10 laps
31LMGTE51 AF Corse Kriton Lentoudis
Rui Águas
Ulysse de Pauw		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo130+10 laps
32LMGTE57 Kessel Racing Takeshi Kimura
Gregory Huffaker II
Frederik Schandorff		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo130+10 laps
33LMGTE93 Proton Competition Michael Fassbender
Martin Rump
Richard Lietz		Porsche 911 RSR-19128+12 laps
34LMGTE95 TF Sport John Hartshorne
Ben Tuck
Jonathan Adam		Aston Martin Vantage AMR128+12 laps
35LMP315 RLR M Sport Horst Felbermayr Jr
Gaël Julien
Mateusz Kaprzyk		Ligier JS P320125+15 laps
36LMP34 DKR Engineering Alexander Bukhantsov
James Winslow
Pedro Perino		Duqueine M30 - D08113+27 laps
Not classified
LMP310 Eurointernational Nick Moss
Glenn van Berlo		Ligier JS P32067
LMP243 Inter Europol Competition Rui Andrade
Olli Caldwell
Jonathan Aberdein		Oreca 0734
LMGTE44 GMB Motorsport Jens Reno Møller
Gustav Birch
Nicki Thiim		Aston Martin Vantage AMR1
LMP312 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Torsten Kratz
Leonard Weiss
Óscar Tunjo		Duqueine M30 - D080
LMGTE72 TF Sport Arnold Robin
Maxime Robin
Valentin Hasse-Clot		Aston Martin Vantage AMR0
LMGTE77 Proton Competition Christian Ried
Giammarco Levorato
Julien Andlauer		Porsche 911 RSR-190

Statistics

Fastest lap

ClassDriverTeamTime
LMP2 Vladislav Lomko #47 Cool Racing1:31.45110
LMP2 Pro/Am Salih Yoluç #34 Racing Team Turkey1:32.51712
LMP3 Marcos Siebert #17 Cool Racing1:38.481105
LMGTE Alessio Picariello #16 Proton Competition1:41.37199
Source:[14]

References

  1. Web site: 2023 EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES - PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST . 19 April 2023 . press.fiawec.com.
  2. Web site: Aberdein Sets The FP2 Pace Ahead Of Qualifying . Stephen Kilbey . 24 April 2023 . dailysportscar.com.
  3. Web site: 4 HOURS OF BARCELONA - PROVISIONAL TIMETABLE V8 . 19 April 2023 . press.fiawec.com.
  4. Web site: 2023 Barcelona 4h . 24 April 2023 . motorsportstats.com.
  5. Web site: 2023 Barcelona 4h . 24 April 2023 . motorsportstats.com.
  6. Web site: European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Qualifying Final Classification . 24 April 2023 . elms.alkamelsystems.com.
  7. Web site: European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Qualifying Practice - LMP2 Provisional Classification by Driver Fastest Lap . 24 April 2023 . elms.alkamelsystems.com.
  8. Web site: European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Qualifying Practice - LMP2 Pro/Am Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap . 24 April 2023 . elms.alkamelsystems.com.
  9. Web site: European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Qualifying Practice - LMP3 Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap . 24 April 2023 . elms.alkamelsystems.com.
  10. Web site: European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Qualifying Practice - LMGTE Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap . 24 April 2023 . elms.alkamelsystems.com.
  11. Web site: European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Race (4 Hours) Final Starting Grid . 24 April 2023 . elms.alkamelsystems.com.
  12. Web site: 2023 Barcelona 4h . 24 April 2023 . motorsportstats.com.
  13. Web site: European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Race Final Classification . 24 April 2023 . elms.alkamelsystems.com.
  14. Web site: European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Race Final Classification by Category . 24 April 2023 . elms.alkamelsystems.com.

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