The 2024 4 Hours of Le Castellet was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 3 and 5 May 2024, as the second round of 2024 European Le Mans Series season.
Entry list edit
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]
It was another ELMS round missed by Ferdinand Habsburg as the result of a crash at MotorLand Aragón. As in Barcelona Paul-Loup Chatin replaced Habsburg in the No. 47 COOL Racing. Eric Trouillet replaced Alexandre Yvon in the No. 35 Ultimate.[1][2] Nicolás Varrone replaced Ulysse de Pauw in the No. 51 AF Corse.[3]
Schedule edit
| Date | Time (local: CEST) | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, 3 May | 11:50 | Free Practice 1 |
| 16:35 | Bronze Drivers Collective Test | |
| Saturday, 4 May | 10:10 | Free Practice 2 |
| 14:40 | Qualifying - LMGT3 | |
| 15:05 | Qualifying - LMP3 | |
| 15:30 | Qualifying - LMP2 Pro-Am | |
| 15:55 | Qualifying - LMP2 | |
| Sunday, 5 May | 11:30 | Race |
| Source:[4] | ||
Free practice edit
- Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
| Free Practice 1 | Class | No. | Entrant | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMP2 | 37 |  COOL Racing
|
1:41.186 | |
| LMP2 Pro/Am | 83 |  AF Corse
|
1:41.969 | |
| LMP3 | 4 |  DKR Engineering
|
1:49.545 | |
| LMGT3 | 60 |  Proton Competition
|
1:55.257 | |
| Free Practice 2 | Class | No. | Entrant | Time |
| LMP2 | 9 | Iron Lynx – Proton
|
1:41.362 | |
| LMP2 Pro/Am | 83 | AF Corse
|
1:42.154 | |
| LMP3 | 15 |  RLR M Sport
|
1:50.189 | |
| LMGT3 | 55 | Spirit of Race
|
1:54.892 | |
| Sources:[5][6] | ||||
Qualifying edit
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.
| Pos | Class | No. | Team | Driver | Time | Gap | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LMP2 | 28 |  IDEC Sport
|
 Job van Uitert
|
1:40.104 | — | 1 |
| 2 | LMP2 | 14 |  AO by TF
|
Louis Delétraz
|
1:40.350 | +0.246 | 2 |
| 3 | LMP2 | 9 | Iron Lynx – Proton
|
Matteo Cairoli
|
1:40.365 | +0.261 | 3 |
| 4 | LMP2 | 47 | COOL Racing
|
 Frederik Vesti
|
1:40.382 | +0.278 | 4 |
| 5 | LMP2 | 22 | United Autosports
|
Benjamin Hanley
|
1:40.559 | +0.455 | 5 |
| 6 | LMP2 | 37 | COOL Racing
|
Malthe Jakobsen
|
1:40.703 | +0.599 | 6 |
| 7 | LMP2 | 27 | Nielsen Racing
|
William Stevens
|
1:40.775 | +0.671 | 7 |
| 8 | LMP2 | 30 | Duqueine Team
|
 James Allen
|
1:40.862 | +0.758 | 8 |
| 9 | LMP2 | 65 | Panis Racing
|
Charles Milesi
|
1:40.900 | +0.796 | 9 |
| 10 | LMP2 | 10 | Vector Sport
|
 Felipe Drugovich
|
1:40.931 | +0.827 | 10 |
| 11 | LMP2 | 34 |  Inter Europol Competition
|
Clément Novalak
|
1:41.013 | +0.909 | 11 |
| 12 | LMP2 | 43 | Inter Europol Competition
|
Tom Dillmann
|
1:41.126 | +1.022 | 12 |
| 13 | LMP2 | 25 |  Algarve Pro Racing
|
Olli Caldwell
|
1:41.135 | +1.031 | 13 |
| 14 | LMP2 | 23 | United Autosports
|
Paul di Resta
|
1:41.651 | +1.547 | 14 |
| 15 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 77 | Proton Competition
|
Giorgio Roda
|
1:43.067 | +2.963 | 15 |
| 16 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 83 | AF Corse
|
François Perrodo
|
1:43.445 | +3.341 | 16 |
| 17 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 29 | Richard Mille by TDS
|
Rodrigo Sales
|
1:43.672 | +3.568 | 17 |
| 18 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 24 | Nielsen Racing
|
John Falb
|
1:43.759 | +3.655 | 18 |
| 19 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 21 | United Autosports
|
Daniel Schneider
|
1:44.803 | +4.699 | 19 |
| 20 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 19 | Team Virage
|
Anthony Wells
|
1:44.987 | +4.883 | 20 |
| 21 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 20 | Algarve Pro Racing
|
 Kriton Lendoudis
|
1:45.925 | +5.821 | 21 |
| 22 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 3 | DKR Engineering
|
Andres Latorre Canon
|
1:46.581 | +6.477 | 22 |
| 23 | LMP3 | 15 | RLR M Sport
|
Gaël Julien
|
1:48.867 | +8.763 | 23 |
| 24 | LMP3 | 17 | COOL Racing
|
Manuel Espírito Santo
|
1:48.991 | +8.887 | 24 |
| 25 | LMP3 | 8 | Team Virage
|
Gillian Henrion
|
1:49.168 | +9.064 | 25 |
| 26 | LMP3 | 12 | WTM by Rinaldi Racing
|
 Óscar Tunjo
|
1:49.214 | +9.110 | 26 |
| 27 | LMP3 | 31 | Racing Spirit of Léman
|
Antoine Doquin
|
1:49.292 | +9.188 | 27 |
| 28 | LMP3 | 88 | Inter Europol Competition
|
Pedro Perino
|
1:49.451 | +9.347 | 28 |
| 29 | LMP3 | 4 | DKR Engineering
|
Wyatt Brichacek
|
1:49.665 | +9.561 | 29 |
| 30 | LMP3 | 11 | Eurointernational
|
 Adam Ali
|
1:50.001 | +9.897 | 30 |
| 31 | LMP3 | 35 | Ultimate
|
Matthieu Lahaye
|
1:50.046 | +9.942 | 31 |
| 32 | LMP3 | 5 | RLR M Sport
|
Daniel Ali
|
1:51.084 | +10.980 | 32 |
| 33 | LMGT3 | 85 | Iron Dames
|
 Sarah Bovy
|
1:56.003 | +15.899 | 33 |
| 34 | LMGT3 | 55 | Spirit of Race
|
Duncan Cameron
|
1:56.283 | +16.179 | 34 |
| 35 | LMGT3 | 63 | Iron Lynx
|
 Hiroshi Hamaguchi
|
1:56.619 | +16.515 | 35 |
| 36 | LMGT3 | 59 | Racing Spirit of Léman
|
Derek DeBoer
|
1:56.898 | +16.794 | 36 |
| 37 | LMGT3 | 57 | Kessel Racing
|
Takeshi Kimura
|
1:56.942 | +16.838 | 37 |
| 38 | LMGT3 | 50 | Formula Racing
|
Johnny Laursen
|
1:57.431 | +17.327 | 38 |
| 39 | LMGT3 | 97 | Grid Motorsport by TF
|
 Martin Berry
|
1:57.456 | +17.352 | 39 |
| 40 | LMGT3 | 86 | GR Racing
|
Michael Wainwright
|
1:57.588 | +17.484 | 40 |
| 41 | LMGT3 | 51 | AF Corse
|
Charles-Henri Samani
|
1:58.218 | +18.114 | 41 |
| 42 | LMGT3 | 60 | Proton Competition
|
Claudio Schiavoni
|
1:58.943 | +18.839 | 42 |
| 43 | LMGT3 | 66 | JMW Motorsport
|
John Hartshorne
|
2:00.742 | +20.638 | 43 |
| Sources:[7][8][9][10][11][12] | |||||||
Race edit
Race result edit
The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 87 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.
- ^ The No. 28 IDEC Sport was penalised for weaving on the Mistral straight and causing a contact. The penalty was 10 seconds time penalty.[15]
Statistics edit
Fastest lap edit
| Class | Driver | Team | Time | Lap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMP2 | Olli Caldwell
|
#25 Algarve Pro Racing
|
1:43.076 | 55 |
| LMP2 Pro/Am | Matthieu Vaxivière
|
#83 AF Corse
|
1:42.781 | 88 |
| LMP3 | Wyatt Brichacek
|
#4 DKR Engineering
|
1:51.853 | 105 |
| LMGT3 | Julien Andlauer
|
#60 Proton Competition
|
1:55.885 | 105 |
| Source:[16] | ||||
References edit
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- ^ Klein, Jamie. "Varrone Joins AF Corse for Paul Ricard". Sportscar365. Archived from the original on 2 May 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
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- ^ "Iron Lynx Proton ORECA Quickest In Second Practice". DailySportscar. 4 May 2024. Archived from the original on 4 May 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
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- ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Le Castellet Race Final Classification" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 5 May 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Historic Win For Inter Europol In Drama-Filled 4H Le Castellet". ELMS Alkamel. 5 May 2024. Archived from the original on 5 May 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Le Castellet Race Final Classification by Category" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 5 May 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.