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2024 6 Hours of Imola

The 2024 6 Hours of Imola was an endurance sportscar racing event held on 21 April 2024, as the second of eight rounds of the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship. It was the second running of the event, and the first running of the event as part of the World Endurance Championship.

The layout of the Imola Circuit, where the race was held.

Background edit

The event was announced on 9 June 2023, during the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans weekend. The Italian round of the World Endurance Championship was held at Monza in July between 2021 and 2023. To accommodate an additional non-European race, the Italian round was moved from July to April. Since the Monza circuit is currently undergoing upgrade works, the round was moved from Monza to Imola.[1]

Prior to the race, Peugeot unveiled their updated Peugeot 9X8, including a rear wing and a change in tire size: the front tires having a diameter of 29 centimeters, and the rear tires having a diameter of 34 centimeters, aligning with the rest of the Hypercar field.[2]

Entry list edit

Main article: 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship § Entries

The entry list was revealed on 2 April 2024, with 19 entries in the Hypercar category, and 18 entries in the LMGT3 category. In Hypercar, the No. 2 Cadillac Racing entry dropped from three to two drivers: Sébastien Bourdais did not drive for the team in Imola. Furthermore, Ferdinand Habsburg was replaced by Jules Gounon in the No. 35 Alpine Endurance Team entry, since the former was still recovering from an injury.[3] All other entered teams and drivers stayed the same as in Qatar.[4][5]

Schedule edit

Date Time (local: CEST) Event
Friday, 19 April 12:00 Free Practice 1
17:15 Free Practice 2
Saturday, 20 April 11:10 Free Practice 3
14:45 Qualifying - LMGT3
15:05 Hyperpole - LMGT3
15:25 Qualifying - Hypercar
15:45 Hyperpole - Hypercar
Sunday, 21 April 13:00 Race
Source:[6]

Practice edit

There are three practice sessions scheduled to be held preceding the start of the race on Sunday: two on Friday and one on Saturday. The sessions on Friday afternoon and Friday evening lasted 90 minutes, and the final session on Saturday morning lasted for 60 minutes.[6]

Practice 1 edit

The first practice session took place at 12:00 CEST on Friday. Yifei Ye was quickest in the No. 83 AF Corse Ferrari, with a lap time of 1:31.347. Antonio Fuoco ended up second fastest in the No. 50 Ferrari AF Corse entry, with Mikkel Jensen in the No. 93 Peugeot TotalEnergies entry in third.[7] LMGT3 was led by Daniel Juncadella in the No. 82 TF Sport Corvette, lapping the circuit in 1 minute and 42.113 seconds, with team mate Charlie Eastwood in the No. 81 Corvette second, 0.606s behind. Davide Rigon was third-quickest in the No. 54 Vista AF Corse Ferrari, 0.858s slower than Juncadella.[8] The session saw one red flag, after Jean-Éric Vergne's No. 93 Peugeot suddenly stopped on-track.[9]

Class No. Entrant Driver Time
Hypercar 83   AF Corse   Yifei Ye 1:31.347
LMGT3 82   TF Sport   Daniel Juncadella 1:42.113
Source:[10][11]
  • Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Practice 2 edit

The second practice session took place at 17:15 CEST on Friday. Fuoco was quickest in the No. 50 Ferrari with a lap time of 1:30.957. Kévin Estre was second in the No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport entry, 0.342s behind. Robert Shwartzman ended up third in the No. 83 Ferrari.[12] Eastwood was quickest in LMGT3 in the No. 81 Corvette, with a lap of 1:41.986, which was 0.187s faster than Alessio Rovera's lap in the No. 55 Vista AF Corse Ferrari. Juncadella was third-quickest in the No. 82 Corvette.[13]

Class No. Entrant Driver Time
Hypercar 50   Ferrari AF Corse   Antonio Fuoco 1:30.957
LMGT3 81   TF Sport   Charlie Eastwood 1:41.986
Source:[14][15]
  • Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Final practice edit

The third and final practice session took place at 11:10 CEST on Saturday. Fuoco was once again quickest in the No. 50 Ferrari, with a lap of 1:31.238. He was 0.034s quicker than Dries Vanthoor in the No. 15 BMW M Team WRT entry, with team-mate René Rast in the No. 20 BMW a further 0.271s behind.[16] In LMGT3, Marco Sørensen was quickest in the No. 777 D'station Racing Aston Martin, lapping the track in 1 minute and 42.474 seconds. He was half a second quicker than Daniel Mancinelli in the No. 27 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin, with Augusto Farfus in the No. 31 Team WRT BMW in third.[17] The session saw one stoppage, when Paul di Resta beached his No. 94 Peugeot TotalEnergies entry in the gravel at turn 18.[17]

Class No. Entrant Driver Time
Hypercar 50   Ferrari AF Corse   Antonio Fuoco 1:31.238
LMGT3 777   D'station Racing   Marco Sørensen 1:42.474
Source:[18][19]
  • Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Qualifying edit

Qualifying results edit

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos Class No. Entrant Qualifying Hyperpole Grid
1 Hypercar 50   Ferrari AF Corse 1:30.196 1:29.466 1
2 Hypercar 83   AF Corse 1:30.710 1:29.885 2
3 Hypercar 51   Ferrari AF Corse 1:30.736 1:29.953 3
4 Hypercar 6   Porsche Penske Motorsport 1:31.190 1:30.101 4
5 Hypercar 5   Porsche Penske Motorsport 1:30.221 1:30.385 5
6 Hypercar 7   Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:30.636 1:30.410 6
7 Hypercar 20   BMW M Team WRT 1:30.950 1:30.600 7
8 Hypercar 8   Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:30.497 1:30.652 8
9 Hypercar 12   Hertz Team Jota 1:30.992 1:30.656 9
10 Hypercar 99   Proton Competition 1:30.929 1:30.692 10
11 Hypercar 38   Hertz Team Jota 1:31.322 11
12 Hypercar 2   Cadillac Racing 1:31.397 12
13 Hypercar 15   BMW M Team WRT 1:31.549 13
14 Hypercar 94   Peugeot TotalEnergies 1:31.651 14
15 Hypercar 93   Peugeot TotalEnergies 1:31.748 15
16 Hypercar 63   Lamborghini Iron Lynx 1:31.862 16
17 Hypercar 35   Alpine Endurance Team 1:31.980 17
18 Hypercar 36   Alpine Endurance Team 1:32.054 18
19 Hypercar 11   Isotta Fraschini 1:33.575 19
20 LMGT3 92   Manthey PureRxcing 1:42.734 1:42.365 20
21 LMGT3 27   Heart of Racing Team 1:43.452 1:43.058 21
22 LMGT3 46   Team WRT 1:43.241 1:43.099 22
23 LMGT3 31   Team WRT 1:43.281 1:43.105 23
24 LMGT3 85   Iron Dames 1:42.924 1:43.151 24
25 LMGT3 88   Proton Competition 1:43.416 1:43.229 25
26 LMGT3 91   Manthey EMA 1:43.134 1:43.399 26
27 LMGT3 55   Vista AF Corse 1:43.198 1:43.523 27
28 LMGT3 54   Vista AF Corse 1:43.225 1:43.650 28
29 LMGT3 59   United Autosports 1:43.882 1:43.835 29
30 LMGT3 81   TF Sport 1:43.897 30
31 LMGT3 777   D'station Racing 1:43.947 31
32 LMGT3 82   TF Sport 1:44.108 32
33 LMGT3 77   Proton Competition 1:44.118 33
34 LMGT3 95   United Autosports 1:44.291 34
35 LMGT3 78   Akkodis ASP Team 1:44.347 35
36 LMGT3 60   Iron Lynx 1:46.254 36
37 LMGT3 87   Akkodis ASP Team No time[N 1] 37
Source:[21][22]

Race edit

Race results edit

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 143 laps. Class winners are in bold and ‡.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 Hypercar 7   Toyota Gazoo Racing   Mike Conway
  Kamui Kobayashi
  Nyck de Vries 		Toyota GR010 Hybrid M 205 6:00:34.717‡
Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6
2 Hypercar 6   Porsche Penske Motorsport   Kévin Estre
  André Lotterer
  Laurens Vanthoor 		Porsche 963 M 205 +7.081[N 2]
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
3 Hypercar 5   Porsche Penske Motorsport   Matt Campbell
  Michael Christensen
  Frédéric Makowiecki 		Porsche 963 M 205 +25.626
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
4 Hypercar 50   Ferrari AF Corse   Antonio Fuoco
  Miguel Molina
  Nicklas Nielsen 		Ferrari 499P M 205 +31.469
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
5 Hypercar 8   Toyota Gazoo Racing   Sébastien Buemi
  Brendon Hartley
  Ryo Hirakawa 		Toyota GR010 Hybrid M 205 +33.777
Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6
6 Hypercar 20   BMW M Team WRT   Robin Frijns
  Sheldon van der Linde
  René Rast 		BMW M Hybrid V8 M 204 +1 Lap
BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8
7 Hypercar 51   Ferrari AF Corse   James Calado
  Antonio Giovinazzi
  Alessandro Pier Guidi 		Ferrari 499P M 204 +1 Lap
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
8 Hypercar 83   AF Corse   Robert Kubica
  Robert Shwartzman
  Yifei Ye 		Ferrari 499P M 204 +1 Lap
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
9 Hypercar 93   Peugeot TotalEnergies   Mikkel Jensen
  Nico Müller
  Jean-Éric Vergne 		Peugeot 9X8 2024 M 203 +2 Laps
Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6
10 Hypercar 2   Cadillac Racing   Earl Bamber
  Alex Lynn
 Cadillac V-Series.R M 203 +2 Laps
Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
11 Hypercar 38   Hertz Team Jota   Jenson Button
  Philip Hanson
  Oliver Rasmussen 		Porsche 963 M 203 +2 Laps
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
12 Hypercar 63   Lamborghini Iron Lynx   Mirko Bortolotti
  Daniil Kvyat
  Edoardo Mortara 		Lamborghini SC63 M 203 +2 Laps
Lamborghini 3.8 L Turbo V8
13 Hypercar 35   Alpine Endurance Team   Paul-Loup Chatin
  Jules Gounon
  Charles Milesi 		Alpine A424 M 201 +4 Laps[N 3]
Alpine 3.4 L Turbo V6
14 Hypercar 12   Hertz Team Jota   Callum Ilott
  Norman Nato
  Will Stevens 		Porsche 963 M 200 +5 Laps
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
15 Hypercar 94   Peugeot TotalEnergies   Paul di Resta
  Loïc Duval
  Stoffel Vandoorne 		Peugeot 9X8 2024 M 199 +6 Laps
Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6
16 Hypercar 36   Alpine Endurance Team   Nicolas Lapierre
  Mick Schumacher
  Matthieu Vaxivière 		Alpine A424 M 199 +6 Laps[N 3]
Alpine 3.4 L Turbo V6
17 Hypercar 11   Isotta Fraschini   Carl Bennett
  Antonio Serravalle
  Jean-Karl Vernay 		Isotta Fraschini Tipo 6-C M 191 +14 Laps
Isotta Fraschini 3.0 L Turbo V6
18 LMGT3 31   Team WRT   Augusto Farfus
  Sean Gelael
  Darren Leung 		BMW M4 GT3 G 187 +18 Laps‡
BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6
19 LMGT3 46   Team WRT   Ahmad Al Harthy
  Maxime Martin
  Valentino Rossi 		BMW M4 GT3 G 187 +18 Laps
BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6
20 LMGT3 92   Manthey PureRxcing   Klaus Bachler
  Alex Malykhin
  Joel Sturm 		Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) G 186 +19 Laps
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
21 LMGT3 55   Vista AF Corse   François Heriau
  Simon Mann
  Alessio Rovera 		Ferrari 296 GT3 G 186 +19 Laps
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
22 LMGT3 27   Heart of Racing Team   Ian James
  Daniel Mancinelli
  Alex Riberas 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo G 185 +20 Laps[N 4]
Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
23 LMGT3 95   United Autosports   Josh Caygill
  Nico Pino
  Marino Sato 		McLaren 720S GT3 Evo G 185 +20 Laps
McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
24 LMGT3 81   TF Sport   Rui Andrade
  Charlie Eastwood
  Tom van Rompuy 		Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R G 185 +20 Laps
Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8
25 LMGT3 82   TF Sport   Sébastien Baud
  Daniel Juncadella
  Hiroshi Koizumi 		Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R G 185 +20 Laps
Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8
26 LMGT3 77   Proton Competition   Ben Barker
  Ryan Hardwick
  Zacharie Robichon 		Ford Mustang GT3 G 184 +21 Laps
Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8
27 LMGT3 777   D'station Racing   Erwan Bastard
  Clément Mateu
  Marco Sørensen 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo G 184 +21 Laps
Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
28 LMGT3 59   United Autosports   Nicolas Costa
  James Cottingham
  Grégoire Saucy 		McLaren 720S GT3 Evo G 184 +21 Laps
McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
29 LMGT3 54   Vista AF Corse   Francesco Castellacci
  Thomas Flohr
  Davide Rigon 		Ferrari 296 GT3 G 184 +21 Laps
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
30 LMGT3 60   Iron Lynx   Matteo Cressoni
  Franck Perera
  Claudio Schiavoni 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 G 183 +22 Laps
Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10
31 LMGT3 78   Akkodis ASP Team   Timur Boguslavskiy
  Kelvin van der Linde
  Arnold Robin 		Lexus RC F GT3 G 183 +22 Laps
Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8
32 LMGT3 87   Akkodis ASP Team   Takeshi Kimura
  José María López
  Esteban Masson 		Lexus RC F GT3 G 182 +23 Laps
Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8
33 LMGT3 91   Manthey EMA   Richard Lietz
  Morris Schuring
  Yasser Shahin 		Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) G 171 +34 Laps
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
NC Hypercar 99   Proton Competition   Julien Andlauer
  Neel Jani
  Harry Tincknell 		Porsche 963 M 167 Not classified
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
NC LMGT3 85   Iron Dames   Sarah Bovy
  Michelle Gatting
  Doriane Pin 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 G 33 Not classified
Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10
Ret LMGT3 88   Proton Competition   Dennis Olsen
  Mikkel O. Pedersen
  Giorgio Roda 		Ford Mustang GT3 G 82 Retired
Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8
DSQ Hypercar 15   BMW M Team WRT   Raffaele Marciello
  Dries Vanthoor
  Marco Wittmann 		BMW M Hybrid V8 M 163 Parc fermé breach[N 5]
BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8
Source:[30]

Notes edit

  1. ^ The No. 87 Akkodis ASP Team entry had all its lap times deleted due to a faulty sensor.[20]
  2. ^ The No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport entry received a 5-second time penalty for overtaking under the safety car. The car kept its second-place position.[23]
  3. ^ a b The Nos. 35 and 36 Alpine Endurance Team entries initially received penalties for not reaching the minimum drive time with Jules Gounon and Nicolas Lapierre, respectively.[24][25] However, this decision was later reverted by the stewards.[26][27]
  4. ^ The No. 27 Heart of Racing Team entry received a 10-second time penalty for leaving its engine running whilst refuelling. The car kept its position of fifth in class.[28]
  5. ^ The No. 15 BMW M Team WRT entry was disqualified as it did not rejoin parc fermé under its own power.[29]

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