The 2024 4 Hours of Barcelona was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 12 and 14 April 2024, as the first round of 2024 European Le Mans Series season.
The pre-event entry list consisted of 43 entries between 4 categories - 14 in LMP2, 8 in LMP2 Pro-Am, 10 in LMP3 and 11 in LMGT3.[1] [2]
Ferdinand Habsburg was replaced by Paul-Loup Chatin in the No. 47 COOL Racing. Habsburg was forced to miss this round as the result of a crash during a test at MotorLand Aragón.[3]
| Date | Time (local: CEST) | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, 12 April | 11:50 | Free Practice 1 | |
| 16:20 | Bronze Drivers Collective Test | ||
| Saturday, 13 April | 10:10 | Free Practice 2 | |
| 14:40 | Qualifying - LMGT3 | ||
| 15:05 | Qualifying - LMP3 | ||
| 15:30 | Qualifying - LMP2 Pro-Am | ||
| 15:55 | Qualifying - LMP2 | ||
| Sunday, 14 April | 11:30 | Race | |
| Source:[4] | |||
| Free Practice 1 | Class | Entrant | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMP2 | 14 |  AO by TF | 1:28.821 | ||
| LMP2 Pro/Am | 21 |  United Autosports | 1:30.026 | ||
| LMP3 | 17 |  COOL Racing | 1:35.045 | ||
| LMGT3 | 66 | JMW Motorsport | 1:40.826 | ||
| Free Practice 2 | Class | Entrant | Time | ||
| LMP2 | 43 |  Inter Europol Competition | 1:28.413 | ||
| LMP2 Pro/Am | 24 | Nielsen Racing | 1:29.547 | ||
| LMP3 | 8 | Team Virage | 1:36.475 | ||
| LMGT3 | 86 | GR Racing | 1:40.831 | ||
| Sources:[5] [6] | |||||
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.
| Class | Team | Driver | Time | Gap | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LMP2 | 22 | United Autosports | Ben Hanley | 1:28.071 | — | 1 |
| 2 | LMP2 | 28 |  IDEC Sport | Reshad de Gerus | 1:28.224 | +0.153 | 2 |
| 3 | LMP2 | 25 |  Algarve Pro Racing | Alexander Lynn | 1:28.381 | +0.310 | 3 |
| 4 | LMP2 | 47 | COOL Racing |  Frederik Vesti | 1:28.476 | +0.405 | 4 |
| 5 | LMP2 | 37 | COOL Racing |  Ritomo Miyata | 1:28.489 | +0.418 | 5 |
| 6 | LMP2 | 43 | Inter Europol Competition | Tom Dillmann | 1:28.498 | +0.427 | 6 |
| 7 | LMP2 | 34 | Inter Europol Competition |  Luca Ghiotto | 1:28.522 | +0.451 | 7 |
| 8 | LMP2 | 23 | United Autosports | Paul di Resta | 1:28.651 | +0.580 | 8 |
| 9 | LMP2 | 65 | Panis Racing |  Arthur Leclerc | 1:28.683 | +0.612 | 9 |
| 10 | LMP2 | 14 | AO by TF | Louis Delétraz | 1:28.726 | +0.655 | 10 |
| 11 | LMP2 | 27 | Nielsen Racing | William Stevens | 1:28.732 | +0.661 | 11 |
| 12 | LMP2 | 9 |  Iron Lynx – Proton | Matteo Cairoli | 1:28.897 | +0.826 | 12 |
| 13 | LMP2 | 30 | Duqueine Team |  James Allen | 1:29.128 | +1.057 | 13 |
| 14 | LMP2 | 10 | Vector Sport |  Felipe Drugovich | 1:29.153 | +1.082 | 14 |
| 15 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 77 | Proton Competition | Giorgio Roda | 1:30.816 | +2.745 | 15 |
| 16 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 19 | Team Virage | Anthony Wells | 1:31.349 | +3.278 | 16 |
| 17 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 24 | Nielsen Racing | John Falb | 1:31.497 | +3.426 | 17 |
| 18 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 29 | Richard Mille by TDS | Rodrigo Sales | 1:31.510 | +3.439 | 18 |
| 19 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 83 | AF Corse | François Perrodo | 1:32.174 | +4.103 | 19 |
| 20 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 21 | United Autosports | Daniel Schneider | 1:33.212 | +5.141 | 20 |
| 21 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 20 | Algarve Pro Racing |  Kriton Lentoudis | 1:33.267 | +5.196 | 21 |
| 22 | LMP3 | 17 | COOL Racing | Manuel Espírito Santo | 1:34.761 | +6.690 | 23 |
| 23 | LMP3 | 8 | Team Virage | Gillian Henrion | 1:35.014 | +6.943 | 24 |
| 24 | LMP3 | 15 | RLR M Sport | Gaël Julien | 1:35.249 | +7.178 | 25 |
| 25 | LMP3 | 4 |  DKR Engineering | Wyatt Brichacek | 1:35.409 | +7.338 | 26 |
| 26 | LMP3 | 12 | WTM by Rinaldi Racing |  Óscar Tunjo | 1:35.567 | +7.496 | 27 |
| 27 | LMP3 | 88 | Inter Europol Competition | Kai Askey | 1:36.016 | +7.945 | 28 |
| 28 | LMP3 | 31 | Racing Spirit of Léman | Antoine Doquin | 1:36.541 | +8.470 | 29 |
| 29 | LMP3 | 11 | Eurointernational |  Adam Ali | 1:36.628 | +8.557 | 30 |
| 30 | LMP3 | 5 | RLR M Sport | Bailey Voisin | 1:36.679 | +8.608 | 31 |
| 31 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 3 | DKR Engineering | Andres Latorre Canon | 1:37.086 | +9.015 | 22 |
| 32 | LMP3 | 35 | Ultimate | Matthieu Lahaye | 1:37.331 | +9.260 | 32 |
| 33 | LMGT3 | 85 | Iron Dames |  Sarah Bovy | 1:41.850 | +13.779 | 33 |
| 34 | LMGT3 | 63 | Iron Lynx | Hiroshi Hamaguchi | 1:42.167 | +14.096 | 34 |
| 35 | LMGT3 | 50 | Formula Racing | Johnny Laursen | 1:42.337 | +14.266 | 35 |
| 36 | LMGT3 | 55 | Spirit of Race | Duncan Cameron | 1:42.759 | +14.688 | 36 |
| 37 | LMGT3 | 57 | Kessel Racing | Takeshi Kimura | 1:42.895 | +14.824 | 37 |
| 38 | LMGT3 | 97 | Grid Motorsport by TF |  Martin Berry | 1:43.028 | +14.957 | 38 |
| 39 | LMGT3 | 86 | GR Racing | Michael Wainwright | 1:43.117 | +15.046 | 39 |
| 40 | LMGT3 | 51 | AF Corse | Charles-Henri Samani | 1:43.345 | +15.274 | 40 |
| 41 | LMGT3 | 59 | Racing Spirit of Léman | Derek DeBoer | 1:43.351 | +15.280 | 41 |
| 42 | LMGT3 | 60 | Proton Competition | Claudio Schiavoni | 1:44.148 | +16.077 | 42 |
| 43 | LMGT3 | 66 | JMW Motorsport | John Hartshorne | 1:46.230 | +18.159 | 43 |
| Sources:[7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] | |||||||
The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 97 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.
| Class | Driver | Team | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMP2 |  Filip Ugran | #22 United Autosports | 1:30.589 | 3 | |
| LMP2 Pro/Am | Alessio Rovera | #83 AF Corse | 1:30.174 | 45 | |
| LMP3 | Wyatt Brichacek | #4 DKR Engineering | 1:38.387 | 101 | |
| LMGT3 | Esteban Masson | #57 Kessel Racing | 1:41.766 | 59 | |
| Source:[15] | |||||
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