2024 4 Hours of Dubai explained

The 2024 4 Hours of Dubai was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 2 and 4 February 2024 at Dubai Autodrome in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was the third round of 2023–24 Asian Le Mans Series season.

Schedule

Date	Time (local: GST)	Event
Friday, 2 February	14:45	Free Practice 1
Saturday, 3 February	10:10	Free Practice 2
	14:30	Qualifying
Sunday, 4 February	13:00	Race
Source:^[1]

Entry list

The entry list was published on 24 January and consisted of 42 entries in 3 categories – 13 in LMP2, 6 in LMP3 and 23 in GT.^{[2] [3]}

In comparison to the previous round there were four new entrants and one withdrawal. GG Classic Cars entered a Ligier JS P320 with George Nakas and Fraser Ross as its drivers. Dragon Racing did field a Ferrari 296 GT3 with Rui Andrade, Nicola Marinangeli and Marco Pulcini behind the wheel. Nielsen Racing and COOL Racing each did field one Oreca 07. Matt Bell, Patrick Liddy and Blake McDonald raced for Nielsen Racing while Alexandre Coigny, Vladislav Lomko and Lorenzo Fluxá drove for COOL Racing. Craft-Bamboo Racing withdrew from remaining rounds of the season.^[2]

The No. 56 Team Project 1 withdrew after Sean Gelael took an opportunity to substitute Paul Evrard in the No. 43 Saintéloc Racing^{[4] [5]}

Free practice

• Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Free Practice 1	Class		Entrant	Time
	LMP2	22	Proton Competition	1:49.386
	LMP3	2	CD Sport	1:54.605
	GT	21	AF Corse	1:58.931
Free Practice 2	Class		Entrant	Time
	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	1:48.104
	LMP3	26	Bretton Racing	1:54.884
	GT	86	GR Racing	1:58.067
Source:^[6] ^[7]

Qualifying

Qualifying Results

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

	Class		Team	Driver	Time	Gap
1	LMP2	55	Proton Competition	P. J. Hyett	1:48.873	—	1
2	LMP2	99	99 Racing	Ahmad Al Harthy	1:48.919	+0.046	2
3	LMP2	90	TF Sport	Salih Yoluç	1:49.131	+0.258	3
4	LMP2	22	Proton Competition	Giorgio Roda	1:49.270	+0.397	4
5	LMP2	30	Duqueine Team	John Falb	1:49.688	+0.815	5
6	LMP2	83	AF Corse	François Perrodo	1:50.036	+1.163	6
7	LMP2	4	CrowdStrike Racing by APR	George Kurtz	1:50.182	+1.309	7
8	LMP2	3	DKR Engineering	Alexander Mattschull	1:50.231	+1.358	8
9	LMP2	47	Cool Racing	Alexandre Coigny	1:50.813	+1.940	9
10	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	Chris McMurry	1:51.020	+2.147	10
11	LMP2	34	Nielsen Racing		1:51.350	+2.477	11
12	LMP2	24	Nielsen Racing	Ian Loggie	1:51.582	+2.709	12
13	LMP2	44	ARC Bratislava	Miro Konôpka	1:52.887	+4.014	13
14	LMP3	17	Cool Racing	Alexander Bukhantsov	1:55.118	+6.245	14
15	LMP3	26	Bretton Racing	Julien Gerbi	1:55.457	+6.584	15
16	LMP3	20	High Class Racing	Auðunn Guðmundsson	1:55.806	+6.933	16
17	LMP3	2	CD Sport	Nick Adcock	1:56.068	+7.195	17
18	GT	7	Al Manar Racing by GetSpeed	Anthony Liu	1:58.280	+9.407	20
19	GT	42	Saintéloc Racing	Alban Varutti	1:58.411	+9.538	21
20	GT	91	Pure Rxcing	Alex Malykhin	1:58.824	+9.951	22
21	GT	69	Optimum Motorsport	James Cottingham	1:59.129	+10.256	23
22	GT	88	Triple Eight	Prince Jefri Ibrahim	1:59.339	+10.466	24
23	GT	19	Leipert Motorsport	Gabriel Rindone	1:59.346	+10.473	25
24	GT	9	GetSpeed	Martin Konrad	1:59.385	+10.512	26
25	GT	27	Optimum Motorsport	Mark Radcliffe	1:59.412	+10.539	27
26	GT	66	Attempto Racing	Andrey Mukovoz	1:59.639	+10.766	28
27	GT	43	Saintéloc Racing	Zhou Bihuang	1:59.820	+10.947	29
28	GT	98	Dragon Racing	Marco Pulcini	1:59.877	+11.004	30
29	GT	93	Team Project 1	Darren Leung	1:59.949	+11.076	31
30	GT	33	Herberth Motorsport	Antares Au	2:00.036	+11.163	32
31	GT	21	AF Corse	François Heriau	2:00.155	+11.282	33
32	GT	77	D'Station Racing	Satoshi Hoshino	2:00.370	+11.497	34
33	GT	82	AF Corse	Charles-Henri Samani	2:01.084	+12.211	35
34	LMP3	58	GG Classic Cars	George Nakas	2:01.319	+12.446	18
35	GT	11	Attempto Racing	Ilya Gorbatsky	2:01.392	+12.519	36
36	GT	8	EBM	Setiawan Santoso	2:01.575	+12.702	37
37	GT	95	TF Sport	John Hartshorne	2:01.722	+12.849	38
38	GT	86	GR Racing	Michael Wainwright	2:01.746	+12.873	39
39	GT	75	Team Motopark	Heiko Neumann	2:01.767	+12.894	40
40	LMP3	65	Viper Niza Racing	Douglas Khoo	2:02.381	+13.508	19
41	GT	84	EBM	Adrian D'Silva	2:03.271	+14.398	41
Source:^[8] ^[9] ^[10] ^[11]

Race

Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 83 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

Final Classification^[12] ! ! Class! ! Team! Drivers! Car! Tyres! Laps! Time/Gap

1	LMP2	99	99 Racing	Ahmad Al Harthy Nikita Mazepin Louis Delétraz	Oreca 07		119	4:01:25.599
2	LMP2	22	Proton Competition	Giorgio Roda Julien Andlauer René Binder	Oreca 07		119	+3.499
3	LMP2	4	CrowdStrike Racing by APR	George Kurtz Colin Braun Malthe Jakobsen	Oreca 07		119	+6.520
4	LMP2	3	DKR Engineering	Alexander Mattschull Tom Dillmann Laurents Hörr	Oreca 07		119	+31.280
5	LMP2	90	TF Sport	Salih Yoluç Michael Dinan Charlie Eastwood	Oreca 07		119	+40.502
6	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	Chris McMurry Freddie Tomlinson Toby Sowery	Oreca 07		119	+44.561
7	LMP2	55	Proton Competition	P. J. Hyett Harry Tincknell Paul-Loup Chatin	Oreca 07		119	+45.576
8	LMP2	83	AF Corse	François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Alessio Rovera	Oreca 07		119	+54.303
9	LMP2	24	Nielsen Racing	Ian Loggie Alejandro García Will Stevens	Oreca 07		118	+1 Lap
10	LMP2	44	ARC Bratislava	Miro Konôpka Mathias Beche Jonas Ried	Oreca 07		118	+1 Lap
11	LMP2	34	Nielsen Racing	Blake McDonald Patrick Liddy Matthew Bell	Oreca 07		118	+1 Lap
12	LMP3	17	Cool Racing	James Winslow Alexander Bukhantsov	Ligier JS P320		114	+5 Laps
13	LMP3	2	CD Sport	Michael Jensen Nick Adcock Fabien Lavergne	Ligier JS P320		114	+5 Laps
14	LMP3	20	High Class Racing	Auðunn Guðmundsson Anders Fjordbach Seth Lucas	Ligier JS P320		114	+5 Laps
15	LMP3	26	Bretton Racing	John Corbett Julien Gerbi Mihnea Ștefan	Ligier JS P320		113	+6 Laps
16	GT	91	Pure Rxcing	Alex Malykhin Klaus Bachler Joel Sturm	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)		112	+7 Laps
17	GT	7	Al Manar Racing by GetSpeed	Al Faisal Al Zubair Anthony Liu Fabian Schiller	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo		112	+7 Laps
18	GT	21	AF Corse	Simon Mann François Heriau Davide Rigon	Ferrari 296 GT3		112	+7 Laps
19	GT	43	Saintéloc Racing	Dennis Marschall Zhou Bihuang Sean Gelael	Audi R8 LMS Evo II		112	+7 Laps
20	GT	88	Triple Eight	Prince Jefri Ibrahim Jordan Love Luca Stolz	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo		112	+7 Laps
21	GT	27	Optimum Motorsport	Mark Radcliffe Rob Bell Ollie Millroy	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo		112	+7 Laps
22	GT	93	Team Project 1	Darren Leung Christian Bogle Dan Harper	BMW M4 GT3		112	+7 Laps
23	GT	86	GR Racing	Michael Wainwright Benjamin Barker Riccardo Pera	Ferrari 296 GT3		112	+7 Laps
24	GT	33	Herberth Motorsport	Antares Au Tim Heinemann Laurin Heinrich	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)		112	+7 Laps
25	GT	95	TF Sport	John Hartshorne Ben Tuck Jonathan Adam	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3		111	+8 Laps
26	GT	82	AF Corse	Charles-Henri Samani Emmanuel Collard Kei Cozzolino	Ferrari 296 GT3		111	+8 Laps
27	GT	8	EBM	Setiawan Santoso Tanart Sathienthirakul Bastian Buus	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)		111	+8 Laps
28	GT	75	Team Motopark	Lukas Dunner Heiko Neumann Morten Strømsted	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo		111	+8 Laps
29	GT	98	Dragon Racing	Rui Andrade Nicola Marinangeli Marco Pulcini	Ferrari 296 GT3		110	+9 Laps
30	GT	84	EBM	Adrian D'Silva Kerong Li Earl Bamber	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)		108	+11 Laps
31	LMP3	58	GG Classic Cars	Fraser Ross George Nakas	Ligier JS P320		103	+16 Laps
Not classified
	GT	9	GetSpeed	Anthony Bartone Aaron Walker Martin Konrad	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo		86	Damage
	GT	11	Attempto Racing	Alexey Nesov Sergey Titarenko Ilya Gorbatsky	Audi R8 LMS Evo II		81	Retired
	LMP2	30	Duqueine Team	John Falb Carl Bennett Oliver Rasmussen	Oreca 07		78	Wheel
	GT	42	Saintéloc Racing	Christopher Haase Gilles Magnus Alban Varutti	Audi R8 LMS Evo II		78	Mechanical
	GT	77	D'Station Racing	Satoshi Hoshino Tomonobu Fujii Casper Stevenson	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3		73	Collision
	GT	66	Attempto Racing	Dylan Pereira Alex Aka Andrey Mukovoz	Audi R8 LMS Evo II		73	Collision
	GT	19	Leipert Motorsport	Gabriel Rindone Brendon Leitch Marco Mapelli	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2		49	Damage
	LMP2	47	COOL Racing	Alexandre Coigny Vladislav Lomko Lorenzo Fluxá	Oreca 07		1	Collision
	LMP3	65	Viper Niza Racing	Douglas Khoo Dominic Ang	Ligier JS P320		0	Collision
	GT	69	Optimum Motorsport	Sam De Haan James Cottingham Tom Gamble	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo		0	Collision

Statistics

Fastest lap

Class	Driver	Team	Time
LMP2	Malthe Jakobsen	#4 CrowdStrike Racing by APR	1:47.824	92
LMP3	Anders Fjordbach	#20 High Class Racing	1:56.141	91
GT	Riccardo Pera	#86 GR Racing	1:58.547	85
Source:^[13]

References

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2. Web site: 42 Cars For The Asian Le Mans Series UAE Leg . DailySportscar . Kilbey . Stephen . 24 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240124165134/https://www.dailysportscar.com/2024/01/24/42-cars-for-the-asian-le-mans-series-uae-leg.html . 24 January 2024 . 24 January 2024.
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