2023 4 Hours of Aragón

The 2023 4 Hours of Aragón was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 23 and 26 August 2023, as the third round of the 2023 European Le Mans Series season.

The layout of the MotorLand Aragón

Entry list

edit

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]

Nelson Piquet Jr. was replaced by Filipe Albuquerque in the No. 21 United Autosports USA. Piquet was unable to take part in this race due to calendar clash with Stock Car Pro Series. Bent Viscaal replaced Jack Hawksworth in the No. 20 Algarve Pro Racing. In the No. 83 AF Corse Ben Barnicoat was replaced by Alessio Rovera. Both Barnicoat and Hawksworth could not take part in this race due to a clash with IMSA SportsCar Championship.[1] Jacek Zielonka was set to join Glenn van Berlo in the No. 10 Eurointernational but in the end Matthias Lüthen was Berlo's teammate in this race.[1][2] Tom van Rompuy was replaced by Andreas Laskaratos in the No. 3 DKR Engineering.[3]

United Autosport USA's No. 23 moved from LMP2 Pro/Am to LMP2 class after Jim McGuire was forced to not take part in this race weekend. Garnet Patterson joined Paul di Resta and Guy Smith in the No. 23 squad.[2]

Schedule

edit
Date Time (local: CEST) Event
Thursday, 23 August 14:55 Free Practice 1
Friday, 24 August 14:00 Bronze Drivers Collective Test
20:30 Free Practice 2
Saturday, 15 July 10:15 Qualifying - LMGTE
10:45 Qualifying - LMP3
11:15 Qualifying - LMP2 Pro/Am
11:45 Qualifying - LMP2
18:00 Race
Source:[4]

Free practice

edit
  • Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Free Practice 1 Class No. Entrant Time
LMP2 25   Algarve Pro Racing 1:49.272
LMP2 Pro/Am 37   Cool Racing 1:48.738
LMP3 17   Cool Racing 1:53.601
LMGTE 60   Iron Lynx 1:58.347
Free Practice 2 Class No. Entrant Time
LMP2 43   Inter Europol Competition 1:48.316
LMP2 Pro/Am 21   United Autosports USA 1:48.670
LMP3 4   DKR Engineering 1:54.058
LMGTE 60   Iron Lynx 1:57.265
Source:[5][6]

Qualifying

edit

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 LMP2 22   United Autosports USA   Philip Hanson 1:46.822 1
2 LMP2 30   Duqueine Team   Neel Jani 1:46.850 +0.028 2
3 LMP2 43   Inter Europol Competition   Olli Caldwell 1:46.901 +0.079 3
4 LMP2 47   Cool Racing   José María López 1:47.262 +0.440 4
5 LMP2 28   IDEC Sport   Paul-Loup Chatin 1:47.308 +0.486 5
6 LMP2 23   United Autosports USA   Garnet Patterson 1:47.379 +0.557 6
7 LMP2 65   Panis Racing   Tijmen van der Helm 1:47.852 +1.030 7
8 LMP2 Pro/Am 34   Racing Team Turkey   Salih Yoluç 1:49.361 +2.539 8
9 LMP2 Pro/Am 99   Proton Competition   Giorgio Roda 1:49.682 +2.860 9
10 LMP2 Pro/Am 24   Nielsen Racing   Rodrigo Sales 1:49.859 +3.037 10
11 LMP2 Pro/Am 83   AF Corse   François Perrodo 1:49.898 +3.076 11
12 LMP2 Pro/Am 19   Team Virage   Alexander Mattschull 1:50.289 +3.467 12
13 LMP2 Pro/Am 37   Cool Racing   Alexandre Coigny 1:50.691 +3.869 13
14 LMP2 Pro/Am 81   DragonSpeed USA   Henrik Hedman 1:51.020 +4.198 14
15 LMP2 Pro/Am 3   DKR Engineering   Andreas Laskaratos 1:52.016 +5.194 15
16 LMP3 13   Inter Europol Competition   Wyatt Brichacek 1:52.269 +5.447 16
17 LMP3 31   Racing Spirit of Léman   Antoine Doquin 1:52.590 +5.768 17
18 LMP3 8   Team Virage   Manuel Espírito Santo 1:52.616 +5.794 18
19 LMP2 Pro/Am 20   Algarve Pro Racing   Fred Poordad 1:52.632 +5.810 19
20 LMP3 11   Eurointernational   Adam Ali 1:52.649 +5.827 20
21 LMP2 Pro/Am 21   United Autosports USA   Daniel Schneider 1:52.651 +5.829 21
22 LMP3 10   Eurointernational   Glenn van Berlo 1:52.679 +5.857 22
23 LMP3 17   Cool Racing   Marcos Siebert 1:52.773 +5.951 23
24 LMP3 15   RLR MSport   Gaël Julien 1:52.832 +6.010 24
25 LMP3 4   DKR Engineering   Pedro Perino 1:52.833 +6.011 25
26 LMP3 12   WTM by Rinaldi Racing   Óscar Tunjo 1:53.088 +6.266 26
27 LMP3 35   Ultimate   Matthieu Lahaye 1:53.340 +6.518 27
28 LMP3 7   Nielsen Racing   Ryan Harper-Ellam 1:53.503 +6.681 28
29 LMP3 5   RLR MSport   Valdemar Eriksen 1:53.657 +6.835 29
30 LMGTE 66   JMW Motorsport   Martin Berry 1:57.022 +10.200 30
31 LMGTE 50   Formula Racing   Johnny Laursen 1:57.263 +10.441 31
32 LMGTE 16   Proton Competition   Ryan Hardwick 1:57.375 +10.553 32
33 LMGTE 93   Proton Competition   Michael Fassbender 1:57.574 +10.752 33
34 LMGTE 57   Kessel Racing   Takeshi Kimura 1:57.598 +10.776 34
35 LMGTE 77   Proton Competition   Christian Ried 1:57.674 +10.852 35
36 LMGTE 72   TF Sport   Arnold Robin 1:57.723 +10.901 36
37 LMGTE 55   Spirit of Race   Duncan Cameron 1:57.850 +11.028 37
38 LMGTE 44   GMB Motorsport   Jens Reno Møller 1:58.034 +11.212 38
39 LMGTE 60   Iron Lynx   Claudio Schiavoni 1:59.303 +12.481 39
40 LMGTE 51   AF Corse   Kriton Lentoudis 1:59.769 +12.947 40
41 LMGTE 95   TF Sport   John Hartshorne 1:59.969 +13.147 41
42 LMP2 25   Algarve Pro Racing 42
Source:[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 83 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

Final Classification[13][14]
Pos Class No. Team Drivers Car Tyres Laps Time/Gap
1 LMP2 22   United Autosports USA   Marino Sato
  Philip Hanson
  Oliver Jarvis
Oreca 07 G 119 4:00:18.186
2 LMP2 28   IDEC Sport   Paul Lafargue
  Paul-Loup Chatin
  Laurents Hörr
Oreca 07 G 119 +14.987
3 LMP2 25   Algarve Pro Racing   Kyffin Simpson
  James Allen
  Alexander Lynn
Oreca 07 G 119 +25.257
4 LMP2 65   Panis Racing   Manuel Maldonado
  Job van Uitert
  Tijmen van der Helm
Oreca 07 G 119 +37.383
5 LMP2 Pro/Am 83   AF Corse   François Perrodo
  Matthieu Vaxivière
  Alessio Rovera
Oreca 07 G 119 +45.146
6 LMP2 47   Cool Racing   Vladislav Lomko
  Reshad de Gerus
  José María López
Oreca 07 G 119 +56.150
7 LMP2 Pro/Am 24   Nielsen Racing   Rodrigo Sales
  Ben Hanley
  Mathias Beche
Oreca 07 G 119 +1:00.030
8 LMP2 30   Duqueine Team   Nicolás Pino
  René Binder
  Neel Jani
Oreca 07 G 119 +1:07.120[R 1]
9 LMP2 23   United Autosports USA   Garnet Patterson
  Guy Smith
  Paul di Resta
Oreca 07 G 119 +1:42.005
10 LMP2 Pro/Am 21   United Autosports USA   Daniel Schneider
  Andrew Meyrick
  Filipe Albuquerque
Oreca 07 G 119 +1:48.516
11 LMP2 Pro/Am 20   Algarve Pro Racing   Fred Poordad
  Tristan Vautier
  Bent Viscaal
Oreca 07 G 118 +1 Lap
12 LMP2 Pro/Am 99   Proton Competition   Giorgio Roda
  Jonas Ried
  Gianmaria Bruni
Oreca 07 G 118 +1 Lap
13 LMP2 Pro/Am 19   Team Virage   Alexander Mattschull
  Ian Rodríguez
  Tatiana Calderón
Oreca 07 G 118 +1 Lap
14 LMP2 Pro/Am 81   DragonSpeed USA   Henrik Hedman
  Sebastián Montoya
  Juan Pablo Montoya
Oreca 07 G 118 +1 Lap
15 LMP2 Pro/Am 3   DKR Engineering   Andreas Laskaratos
  Sebastián Álvarez
  Nathanaël Berthon
Oreca 07 G 118 +1 Lap
16 LMP3 17   Cool Racing   Adrien Chila
  Marcos Siebert
  Alejandro García
Ligier JS P320 M 114 +5 Laps[R 2]
17 LMP3 12   WTM by Rinaldi Racing   Torsten Kratz
  Leonard Weiss
  Óscar Tunjo
Duqueine M30 – D08 M 113 +6 Laps
18 LMP3 35   Ultimate   Eric Trouillet
  Matthieu Lahaye
  Jean-Baptiste Lahaye
Ligier JS P320 M 113 +6 Laps
19 LMGTE 57   Kessel Racing   Takeshi Kimura
  Gregory Huffaker II
  Davide Rigon
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 113 +6 Laps
20 LMGTE 16   Proton Competition   Ryan Hardwick
  Zacharie Robichon
  Alessio Picariello
Porsche 911 RSR-19 G 113 +6 Laps
21 LMGTE 93   Proton Competition   Michael Fassbender
  Martin Rump
  Richard Lietz
Porsche 911 RSR-19 G 113 +6 Laps
22 LMGTE 77   Proton Competition   Christian Ried
  Giammarco Levorato
  Julien Andlauer
Porsche 911 RSR-19 G 113 +6 Laps
23 LMGTE 66   JMW Motorsport   Martin Berry
  Lorcan Hanafin
  Jon Lancaster
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 113 +6 Laps
24 LMGTE 55   Spirit of Race   Duncan Cameron
  David Perel
  Matthew Griffin
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 113 +6 Laps
25 LMP3 15   RLR MSport   Horst Felbermayr Jr
  Gaël Julien
  Mateusz Kaprzyk
Ligier JS P320 M 113 +6 Laps
26 LMP2 Pro/Am 34   Racing Team Turkey   Salih Yoluç
  Charlie Eastwood
  Louis Delétraz
Oreca 07 G 113 +6 Laps[R 3]
27 LMP3 11   Eurointernational   Matthew Richard Bell
  Adam Ali
Ligier JS P320 M 112 +7 Laps
28 LMGTE 60   Iron Lynx   Claudio Schiavoni
  Matteo Cressoni
  Matteo Cairoli
Porsche 911 RSR-19 G 112 +7 Laps
29 LMGTE 44   GMB Motorsport   Jens Reno Møller
  Gustav Birch
  Nicki Thiim
Aston Martin Vantage AMR G 112 +7 Laps
30 LMP3 7   Nielsen Racing   Anthony Wells
  Ryan Harper-Ellam
Ligier JS P320 M 112 +7 Laps
31 LMGTE 72   TF Sport   Arnold Robin
  Maxime Robin
  Valentin Hasse-Clot
Aston Martin Vantage AMR G 111 +8 Laps
32 LMGTE 51   AF Corse   Kriton Lentoudis
  Rui Águas
  Ulysse de Pauw
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 111 +8 Laps
33 LMGTE 95   TF Sport   John Hartshorne
  Ben Tuck
  Jonathan Adam
Aston Martin Vantage AMR G 111 +8 Laps
34 LMP3 5   RLR MSport   James Dayson
  Valdemar Eriksen
  Jack Manchester
Ligier JS P320 M 109 +10 Laps
35 LMP3 4   DKR Engineering   Alexander Bukhantsov
  James Winslow
  Pedro Perino
Duqueine M30 – D08 M 108 +11 Laps
Not classified
LMP2 Pro/Am 37   Cool Racing   Alexandre Coigny
  Malthe Jakobsen
  Nicolas Lapierre
Oreca 07 G 110
LMP3 13   Inter Europol Competition   Miguel Cristóvão
  Kai Askey
  Wyatt Brichacek
Ligier JS P320 M 88
LMP3 8   Team Virage   Manuel Espírito Santo
  Nick Adcock
  Michael Jensen
Ligier JS P320 M 71
LMP3 31   Racing Spirit of Léman   Jacques Wolff
  Jean-Ludovic Foubert
  Antoine Doquin
Ligier JS P320 M 69
LMP3 10   Eurointernational   Matthias Lüthen
  Glenn van Berlo
Ligier JS P320 M 67
LMP2 43   Inter Europol Competition   Rui Andrade
  Jonathan Aberdein
  Olli Caldwell
Oreca 07 G 32
LMGTE 50   Formula Racing   Johnny Laursen
  Conrad Laursen
  Nicklas Nielsen
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 28
  1. ^ The No. 30 Duqueine Team was penalised for refuelling the car while it was not on its wheels and was handed 20 seconds penalty added to crew's total race time[15]
  2. ^ The No. 17 COOL Racing was penalised for not grounding the car during refuelling and was handed 20 seconds time penalty.[16] The time was added to crew's total race time.[14]
  3. ^ The No. 34 Racing Team Turkey was penalised for using an external battery to restart the engine during a pitstop and was handed 2 minutes penalty added to crew's total race time.[17]

Statistics

edit

Fastest lap

edit
Class Driver Team Time Lap
LMP2   Neel Jani   #30 Duqueine Team 1:48.864 91
LMP2 Pro/Am   Malthe Jakobsen   #37 Cool Racing 1:48.792 81
LMP3   Marcos Siebert   #17 Cool Racing 1:55.233 88
LMGTE   Martin Rump   #93 Proton Competition 1:56.853 85
Source:[18]

References

edit
  1. ^ a b c Kilbey, Stephen (15 August 2023). "42 Cars Set For 4H Aragon". Archived from the original on 15 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b Kilbey, Stephen (24 August 2023). "4H Aragon: Thursday Paddock Notes". DailySportscar. Archived from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  3. ^ Kilbey, Stephen (23 August 2023). "4H Aragon: Wednesday Paddock Notes". DailySportscar. Archived from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  4. ^ "4 HOURS OF ARAGON - PROVISIONAL TIMETABLE V8" (PDF). FIA WEC Press. 11 August 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  5. ^ "European Le Mans Series 2023 4 Hours of Aragón Classification". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  6. ^ "European Le Mans Series 2023 4 Hours of Aragón Classification". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  7. ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Aragon Qualifying Final Classification" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 26 August 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  8. ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Aragon Qualifying Practice - LMP2 Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 26 August 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  9. ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Aragon Qualifying Practice - LMP2 Pro/Am Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 26 August 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  10. ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Aragon Qualifying Practice - LMP3 Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 26 August 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  11. ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Aragon Qualifying Practice - LMGTE Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 26 August 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  12. ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Aragon Race (4 Hours) Starting Grid" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 26 August 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  13. ^ "European Le Mans Series 2023 4 Hours of Aragón Classification". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  14. ^ a b "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Aragon Race_Final Classification" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 27 August 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  15. ^ "Decision No. 43" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 26 August 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  16. ^ "Decision No. 42" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 26 August 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  17. ^ "Decision No. 45" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 26 August 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  18. ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Aragon Race Final Classification by Category" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 27 August 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 September 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.