2023 4 Hours of Le Castellet explained

The 2023 4 Hours of Le Castellet was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 14 and 16 July 2023, as the second 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]

Mathias Lüthen replaced Nick Moss in the No. 10 Eurointernational.[2] In the No. 31 Racing Spirit of Léman Fabien Michal was replaced by Jean-Ludovic Foubert. Nicklas Nielsen replaced Mikkel Mac in the No. 50 Formula Racing.

Schedule

DateTime (local: CEST)Event
Friday, 14 July11:40Free Practice 1
15:50Bronze Drivers Collective Test
Saturday, 15 July10:10Free Practice 2
14:30Qualifying - LMGTE
14:55Qualifying - LMP3
15:20Qualifying - LMP2 Pro/Am
15:45Qualifying - LMP2
Sunday, 16 July11:30Race
Source:[3]

Free practice

Free Practice 1ClassEntrantTime
LMP247 Cool Racing1:43.030
LMP2 Pro/Am37 Cool Racing1:43.936
LMP313 Inter Europol Competition1:50.542
LMGTE44 GMB Motorsport1:54.804
Free Practice 2ClassEntrantTime
LMP228 IDEC Sport1:44.279
LMP2 Pro/Am19 Team Virage1:45.004
LMP310 Eurointernational1:51.310
LMGTE16 Proton Competition1:54.650
Source:[4] [5]

Qualifying

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

ClassTeamDriverTimeGap
1LMP247 Cool Racing José María López1:44.253—1
2LMP228 IDEC Sport Paul-Loup Chatin1:44.519+0,2662
3LMP265 Panis Racing Job van Uitert1:44.600+0,3473
4LMP243 Inter Europol Competition Olli Caldwell1:44.742+0,4894
5LMP225 Algarve Pro Racing Alexander Lynn1:44.800+0,5475
6LMP230 Duqueine Team René Binder1:45.412+1,1596
7LMP2 Pro/Am34 Racing Team Turkey Salih Yoluç1:46.178+1,9257
8LMP2 Pro/Am99 Proton Competition Giorgio Roda1:47.008+2,7558
9LMP2 Pro/Am24 Nielsen Racing Rodrigo Sales1:47.208+2,9559
10LMP2 Pro/Am3 DKR Engineering Tom Van Rompuy1:47.334+3,08110
11LMP2 Pro/Am83 AF Corse François Perrodo1:47.443+3,19011
12LMP2 Pro/Am19 Team Virage Alexander Mattschull1:47.934+3,68112
13LMP2 Pro/Am37 Cool Racing Alexandre Coigny1:48.054+3,80113
14LMP2 Pro/Am81 DragonSpeed USA Henrik Hedman1:48.236+3,98314
15LMP2 Pro/Am21 United Autosports USA Daniel Schneider1:48.430+4,17715
16LMP2 Pro/Am20 Algarve Pro Racing Fred Poordad1:50.040+5,78716
17LMP312 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Óscar Tunjo1:51.267+7,01417
18LMP37 Nielsen Racing Ryan Harper-Ellam1:51.349+7,09618
19LMP2 Pro/Am23 United Autosports USA James McGuire1:51.442+7,18919
20LMP313 Inter Europol Competition Kai Askey1:51.530+7,27720
21LMP38 Team Virage Manuel Espírito Santo1:51.595+7,34221
22LMP317 Cool Racing Marcos Siebert1:51.676+7,42322
23LMP315 RLR MSport Gaël Julien1:51.755+7,50223
24LMP34 DKR Engineering James Winslow1:52.039+7,78624
25LMP335 Ultimate Matthieu Lahaye1:52.075+7,82225
26LMP311 Eurointernational Adam Ali1:52.136+7,88326
27LMP331 Racing Spirit of Léman Antoine Doquin1:52.152+7,89927
28LMP35 RLR MSport Valdemar Eriksen1:52.743+8,49028
29LMGTE77 Proton Competition Christian Ried1:56.260+12.00729
30LMGTE55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron1:56.407+12.15430
31LMGTE93 Proton Competition Michael Fassbender1:56.482+12.22931
32LMGTE50 Formula Racing Johnny Laursen1:56.574+12.32132
33LMGTE72 TF Sport Arnold Robin1:56.582+12.32933
34LMGTE16 Proton Competition Ryan Hardwick1:56.656+12.40334
35LMGTE44 GMB Motorsport Jens Reno Møller1:56.659+12.40635
36LMGTE57 Kessel Racing Takeshi Kimura1:56.974+12.72136
37LMGTE66 JMW Motorsport Martin Berry1:57.315+13.06237
38LMGTE95 TF Sport John Hartshorne1:57.517+13.26438
39LMGTE51 AF Corse Kriton Lentoudis1:57.706+13.45339
40LMGTE60 Iron Lynx Claudio Schiavoni1:57.790+13.53740
41LMP222 United Autosports USA—41
LMP310 Eurointernational Glenn van Berlo1:51.326+7,07342
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 88 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

Final Classification[12] [13] ! ! Class! ! Team! Drivers! Car! Tyres! Laps! Time/Gap
1LMP225 Algarve Pro Racing Kyffin Simpson
James Allen
Alexander Lynn		Oreca 071264:00:12.680
2LMP230 Duqueine Team Nicolás Pino
René Binder
Neel Jani		Oreca 07126+1.078
3LMP2 Pro/Am34 Racing Team Turkey Salih Yoluç
Charlie Eastwood
Louis Delétraz		Oreca 07126+5.691
4LMP243 Inter Europol Competition Rui Andrade
Jonathan Aberdein
Olli Caldwell		Oreca 07126+5.942
5LMP247 Cool Racing Vladislav Lomko
Reshad de Gerus
José María López		Oreca 07126+11.012
6LMP228 IDEC Sport Paul Lafargue
Paul-Loup Chatin
Laurents Hörr		Oreca 07126+34.332
7LMP2 Pro/Am37 Cool Racing Alexandre Coigny
Malthe Jakobsen
Nicolas Lapierre		Oreca 07126+38.343
8LMP265 Panis Racing Manuel Maldonado
Job van Uitert
Tijmen van der Helm		Oreca 07126+38.873
9LMP2 Pro/Am83 AF Corse François Perrodo
Matthieu Vaxivière
Ben Barnicoat		Oreca 07126+1:09.632
10LMP2 Pro/Am24 Nielsen Racing Rodrigo Sales
Ben Hanley
Mathias Beche		Oreca 07126+1:28.022
11LMP2 Pro/Am21 United Autosports USA Daniel Schneider
Andrew Meyrick
Nelson Piquet Jr.		Oreca 07126+1:28.123
12LMP222 United Autosports USA Marino Sato
Philip Hanson
Oliver Jarvis		Oreca 07126+1:30.023
13LMP2 Pro/Am99 Proton Competition Giorgio Roda
Jonas Ried
Gianmaria Bruni		Oreca 07125+1 Lap
14LMP2 Pro/Am81 DragonSpeed USA Henrik Hedman
Sebastián Montoya
Juan Pablo Montoya		Oreca 07125+1 Lap
15LMP2 Pro/Am20 Algarve Pro Racing Fred Poordad
Tristan Vautier
Jack Hawksworth		Oreca 07124+2 Laps
16LMP2 Pro/Am3 DKR Engineering Tom Van Rompuy
Sebastián Álvarez
Nathanaël Berthon		Oreca 07124+2 Laps
17LMP2 Pro/Am23 United Autosports USA James McGuire
Guy Smith
Paul di Resta		Oreca 07123+3 Laps
18LMP331 Racing Spirit of Léman Jacques Wolff
Jean-Ludovic Foubert
Antoine Doquin		Ligier JS P320120+6 Laps
19LMP312 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Torsten Kratz
Leonard Weiss
Óscar Tunjo		Duqueine M30 – D08120+6 Laps
20LMP317 Cool Racing Adrien Chila
Marcos Siebert
Alejandro García		Ligier JS P320120+6 Laps
21LMP315 RLR MSport Horst Felbermayr
Gaël Julien
Mateusz Kaprzyk		Ligier JS P320120+6 Laps
22LMP34 DKR Engineering Alexander Bukhantsov
James Winslow
Pedro Perino		Duqueine M30 – D08120+6 Laps
23LMP313 Inter Europol Competition Miguel Cristóvão
Kai Askey
Wyatt Brichacek		Ligier JS P320119+7 Laps
24LMP311 Eurointernational Matthew Richard Bell
Adam Ali		Ligier JS P320119+7 Laps
25LMP38 Team Virage Nick Adcock
Michael Jensen
Manuel Espírito Santo		Ligier JS P320119+7 Laps
26LMP35 RLR MSport James Dayson
Valdemar Eriksen
Jack Manchester		Ligier JS P320119+7 Laps
27LMP310 Eurointernational Matthias Lüthen
Glenn van Berlo		Ligier JS P320118+8 Laps
28LMP37 Nielsen Racing Anthony Wells
Ryan Harper-Ellam		Ligier JS P320118+8 Laps
29LMGTE77 Proton Competition Christian Ried
Giammarco Levorato
Julien Andlauer		Porsche 911 RSR-19118+8 Laps
30LMGTE60 Iron Lynx Claudio Schiavoni
Matteo Cressoni
Matteo Cairoli		Porsche 911 RSR-19118+8 Laps
31LMGTE95 TF Sport John Hartshorne
Ben Tuck
Jonathan Adam		Aston Martin Vantage AMR117+9 Laps
32LMGTE57 Kessel Racing Takeshi Kimura
Gregory Huffaker II
Frederik Schandorff		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo117+9 Laps
33LMGTE55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron
David Perel
Matthew Griffin		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo117+9 Laps
34LMGTE66 JMW Motorsport Martin Berry
Lorcan Hanafin
Jon Lancaster		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo117+9 Laps
35LMGTE72 TF Sport Arnold Robin
Maxime Robin
Valentin Hasse-Clot		Aston Martin Vantage AMR117+9 Laps
36LMGTE50 Formula Racing Johnny Laursen
Conrad Laursen
Nicklas Nielsen		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo117+9 Laps
37LMGTE16 Proton Competition Ryan Hardwick
Zacharie Robichon
Alessio Picariello		Porsche 911 RSR-19117+9 Laps
38LMGTE93 Proton Competition Michael Fassbender
Martin Rump
Richard Lietz		Porsche 911 RSR-19117+9 Laps
39LMGTE51 AF Corse Kriton Lentoudis
Rui Águas
Ulysse de Pauw		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo116+10 Laps
40LMGTE44 GMB Motorsport Jens Reno Møller
Gustav Birch
Nicki Thiim		Aston Martin Vantage AMR115+11 Laps
41LMP335 Ultimate Eric Trouillet
Matthieu Lahaye
Jean-Baptiste Lahaye		Ligier JS P320109+17 Laps
Not classified
LMP2 Pro/Am19 Team Virage Alexander Mattschull
Ian Rodríguez
Tatiana Calderón		Oreca 07125

Statistics

Fastest lap

ClassDriverTeamTime
LMP2 Kyffin Simpson #25 Algarve Pro Racing1:45.0026
LMP2 Pro/Am Louis Delétraz #34 Racing Team Turkey1:45.43099
LMP3 Marcos Siebert #17 Cool Racing1:52.68291
LMGTE Julien Andlauer #77 Proton Competition1:55.23088
Source:[14]

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