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2023 4 Hours of Barcelona

The 2023 4 Hours of Barcelona was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 21 and 23 April 2023, as the first round of the 2023 European Le Mans Series season.

The layout of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya

Entry list edit

Main article: 2023 European Le Mans Series § Entries

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]

Rob Hodes was replaced by Dennis Andersen in No. 19 Team Virage after a crash in the Bronze Drivers Collective Test that made Hodes visit a hospital.[2]

Schedule edit

Date Time (local: CEST) Event
Friday, 21 April 11:50 Free Practice 1
16:20 Bronze Drivers Collective Test
Saturday, 22 April 10:10 Free Practice 2
14:40 Qualifying - LMGTE
15:05 Qualifying - LMP3
15:30 Qualifying - LMP2 Pro-Am
15:55 Qualifying - LMP2
Sunday, 23 April 11:30 Race
Source:[3]

Free practice edit

  • Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Free Practice 1 Class No. Entrant Time
LMP2 25   Algarve Pro Racing 1:30.055
LMP2 Pro/Am 37   Cool Racing 1:29.811
LMP3 8   Team Virage 1:35.509
LMGTE 60   Iron Lynx 1:40.306
Free Practice 2 Class No. Entrant Time
LMP2 43   Inter Europol Competition 1:29.950
LMP2 Pro-Am 81   DragonSpeed USA 1:31.419
LMP3 12   WTM by Rinaldi Racing 1:36.971
LMGTE 93   Proton Competition 1:40.248
Source:[4][5]

Qualifying edit

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 LMP2 47   Cool Racing   Reshad de Gerus 1:29.396 — 1
2 LMP2 25   Algarve Pro Racing   James Allen 1:29.435 +0.039 2
3 LMP2 30   Duqueine Team   Neel Jani 1:29.593 +0.197 3
4 LMP2 22   United Autosports USA   Philip Hanson 1:29.693 +0.297 4
5 LMP2 65   Panis Racing   Job van Uitert 1:29.789 +0.393 5
6 LMP2 43   Inter Europol Competition   Jonathan Aberdein 1:29.839 +0.443 6
7 LMP2 28   IDEC Sport   Paul-Loup Chatin 1:30.159 +0.763 7
8 LMP2 Pro/Am 34   Racing Team Turkey   Salih Yoluç 1:30.947 +1.551 8
9 LMP2 Pro/Am 99   Proton Competition   Giorgio Roda 1:31.267 +1.871 9
10 LMP2 Pro/Am 37   Cool Racing   Alexandre Coigny 1:32.838 +3.442 10
11 LMP2 Pro/Am 3   DKR Engineering   Tom van Rompuy 1:33.010 +3.614 11
12 LMP2 Pro/Am 24   Nielsen Racing   Rodrigo Sales 1:33.088 +3.692 12
13 LMP2 Pro/Am 83   AF Corse   François Perrodo 1:33.805 +4.409 13
14 LMP2 Pro/Am 21   United Autosports USA   Daniel Schneider 1:34.596 +5.200 14
15 LMP2 Pro/Am 20   Algarve Pro Racing   Fred Poordad 1:34.922 +5.526 15
16 LMP3 17   Cool Racing   Marcos Siebert 1:35.250 +5.854 16
17 LMP3 13   Inter Europol Competition   Wyatt Brichacek 1:35.562 +6.166 17
18 LMP2 Pro/Am 19   Team Virage   Dennis Andersen 1:35.605 +6.209 21[Q 1]
19 LMP3 31   Racing Spirit of Léman   Antoine Doquin 1:35.616 +6.220 18
20 LMP3 12   WTM by Rinaldi Racing   Óscar Tunjo 1:35.758 +6.362 19
21 LMP3 15   RLR M Sport   Gael Julien 1:35.765 +6.369 20
22 LMP3 7   Nielsen Racing   Ryan Harper-Ellam 1:36.046 +6.650 22
23 LMP3 8   Team Virage   Manuel Espirito Santo 1:36.449 +7.053 41[Q 2]
24 LMP3 10   Eurointernational   Glenn van Berlo 1:36.461 +7.065 23
25 LMP3 4   DKR Engineering   Pedro Perino 1:36.593 +7.197 24
26 LMP3 5   RLR M Sport   Valdemar Eriksen 1:36.764 +7.368 25
27 LMP3 35   Ultimate   Matthieu Lahaye 1:36.848 +7.452 26
28 LMP2 Pro/Am 23   United Autosports USA   James McGuire 1:36.966 +7.570 27
29 LMP2 Pro/Am 81   DragonSpeed USA   Henrik Hedman 1:37.185 +7.789 42[Q 3]
30 LMP3 11   Eurointernational   Matthew Richard Bell 1:37.641 +8.245 28
31 LMGTE 66   JMW Motorsport   Martin Berry 1:41.060 +11.664 29
32 LMGTE 57   Kessel Racing   Takeshi Kimura 1:41.173 +11.777 30
33 LMGTE 16   Proton Competition   Ryan Hardwick 1:41.188 +11.792 31
34 LMGTE 72   TF Sport   Arnold Robin 1:41.315 +11.919 32
35 LMGTE 44   GMB Motorsport   Jens Reno Møller 1:41.360 +11.964 33
36 LMGTE 93   Proton Competition   Michael Fassbender 1:41.499 +12.103 34
37 LMGTE 50   Formula Racing   Johnny Laursen 1:41.561 +12.165 35
38 LMGTE 77   Proton Competition   Christian Ried 1:42.157 +12.761 36
39 LMGTE 55   Spirit of Race   Duncan Cameron 1:42.468 +13.072 37
40 LMGTE 51   AF Corse   Kriton Lentoudis 1:42.862 +13.466 38
41 LMGTE 60   Iron Lynx   Claudio Schiavoni 1:43.030 +13.634 39
42 LMGTE 95   TF Sport   John Hartshorne 1:43.968 +14.572 40
Source:[9][10][11][12][13][14]
  1. ^ The No. 19 Team Virage was penalised for impeding cars No. 23 and No. 3 in qualifying session. Stewards handed 3 place grid drop penalty for this offense.[6]
  2. ^ The No. 8 Team Virage was penalised for causing a red flag in qualifying session and lost all its laptimes.[7]
  3. ^ The No. 81 DragonSpeed USA was penalised for causing a red flag in qualifying session and lost all its laptimes.[8]

Race edit

Race result edit

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 98 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

Final Classification[15][16]
Pos Class No. Team Drivers Car Tyres Laps Time/Gap
1 LMP2 Pro/Am 34   Racing Team Turkey   Salih Yoluç
  Charlie Eastwood
  Louis Delétraz 		Oreca 07 G 140 4:01:14.646
2 LMP2 30   Duqueine Team   Nicolas Pino
  René Binder
  Neel Jani 		Oreca 07 G 140 +2.363
3 LMP2 Pro/Am 83   AF Corse   François Perrodo
  Matthieu Vaxivière
  Ben Barnicoat 		Oreca 07 G 140 +12.995
4 LMP2 Pro/Am 37   Cool Racing   Alexandre Coigny
  Malthe Jakobsen
  Nicolas Lapierre 		Oreca 07 G 140 +43.757
5 LMP2 65   Panis Racing   Job van Uitert
  Manuel Maldonado
  Tijmen van der Helm 		Oreca 07 G 140 +46.377
6 LMP2 28   IDEC Sport   Paul Lafargue
  Paul-Loup Chatin
  Laurents Hörr 		Oreca 07 G 140 +1:05.613
7 LMP2 47   Cool Racing   Vladislav Lomko
  Reshad de Gerus
  José María López 		Oreca 07 G 140 +1:17.282
8 LMP2 25   Algarve Pro Racing   Kyffin Simpson
  James Allen
  Alexander Lynn 		Oreca 07 G 139 +1 lap
9 LMP2 Pro/Am 24   Nielsen Racing   Rodrigo Sales
  Ben Hanley
  Mathias Beche 		Oreca 07 G 139 +1 lap[R 1]
10 LMP2 22   United Autosports USA   Marino Sato
  Philip Hanson
  Oliver Jarvis 		Oreca 07 G 139 +1 lap
11 LMP2 Pro/Am 3   DKR Engineering   Tom van Rompuy
  Sebastián Álvarez
  Nathanaël Berthon 		Oreca 07 G 139 +1 lap
12 LMP2 Pro/Am 99   Proton Competition   Giorgio Roda
  Jonas Ried
  Gianmaria Bruni 		Oreca 07 G 139 +1 lap
13 LMP2 Pro/Am 81   DragonSpeed USA   Henrik Hedman
  Sebastián Montoya
  Juan Pablo Montoya 		Oreca 07 G 138 +2 laps
14 LMP2 Pro/Am 20   Algarve Pro Racing   Fred Poordad
  Tristan Vautier
  Jack Hawksworth 		Oreca 07 G 138 +2 laps
15 LMP2 Pro/Am 19   Team Virage   Dennis Andersen
  Ian Rodríguez
  Tatiana Calderón 		Oreca 07 G 138 +2 laps
16 LMP2 Pro/Am 21   United Autosports USA   Daniel Schneider
  Andrew Meyrick
  Nelson Piquet Jr. 		Oreca 07 G 137 +3 laps
17 LMP2 Pro/Am 23   United Autosports USA   James McGuire
  Guy Smith
  Paul di Resta 		Oreca 07 G 137 +3 laps
18 LMP3 17   Cool Racing   Adrien Chila
  Marcos Siebert
  Alex García 		Ligier JS P320 M 134 +6 laps
19 LMP3 13   Inter Europol Competition   Miguel Cristóvão
  Kai Askey
  Wyatt Brichacek 		Ligier JS P320 M 134 +6 laps
20 LMP3 31   Racing Spirit of Léman   Jacques Wolff
  Antoine Doquin
  Fabien Michal 		Ligier JS P320 M 134 +6 laps[R 2]
21 LMP3 11   Eurointernational   Matthew Richard Bell
  Adam Ali 		Ligier JS P320 M 133 +7 laps
22 LMP3 7   Nielsen Racing   Anthony Wells
  Ryan Harper-Ellam 		Ligier JS P320 M 133 +7 laps
23 LMP3 5   RLR M Sport   James Dayson
  Valdemar Eriksen
  Jack Manchester 		Ligier JS P320 M 133 +7 laps
24 LMP3 35   Ultimate   Eric Trouillet
  Matthieu Lahaye
  Jean-Baptiste Lahaye 		Ligier JS P320 M 132 +8 laps
25 LMP3 8   Team Virage   Manuel Espirito Santo
  Nick Adcock
  Michael Jensen 		Ligier JS P320 M 131 +9 laps
26 LMGTE 16   Proton Competition   Ryan Hardwick
  Zacharie Robichon
  Alessio Picariello 		Porsche 911 RSR-19 G 131 +9 laps
27 LMGTE 50   Formula Racing   Johnny Laursen
  Conrad Laursen
  Mikkel Mac 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 131 +9 laps
28 LMGTE 66   JMW Motorsport   Martin Berry
  Lorcan Hanafin
  Jon Lancaster 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 130 +10 laps
29 LMGTE 60   Iron Lynx   Claudio Schiavoni
  Matteo Cressoni
  Matteo Cairoli 		Porsche 911 RSR-19 G 130 +10 laps
30 LMGTE 55   Spirit of Race   Duncan Cameron
  David Perel
  Matt Griffin 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 130 +10 laps
31 LMGTE 51   AF Corse   Kriton Lentoudis
  Rui Águas
  Ulysse de Pauw 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 130 +10 laps
32 LMGTE 57   Kessel Racing   Takeshi Kimura
  Gregory Huffaker II
  Frederik Schandorff 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 130 +10 laps
33 LMGTE 93   Proton Competition   Michael Fassbender
  Martin Rump
  Richard Lietz 		Porsche 911 RSR-19 G 128 +12 laps
34 LMGTE 95   TF Sport   John Hartshorne
  Ben Tuck
  Jonathan Adam 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR G 128 +12 laps
35 LMP3 15   RLR M Sport   Horst Felbermayr Jr
  Gael Julien
  Mateusz Kaprzyk 		Ligier JS P320 M 125 +15 laps
36 LMP3 4   DKR Engineering   Alexander Bukhantsov
  James Winslow
  Pedro Perino 		Duqueine M30 - D08 M 113 +27 laps
Not classified
LMP3 10   Eurointernational   Nick Moss
  Glenn van Berlo 		Ligier JS P320 M 67
LMP2 43   Inter Europol Competition   Rui Andrade
  Olli Caldwell
  Jonathan Aberdein 		Oreca 07 G 34
LMGTE 44   GMB Motorsport   Jens Reno Møller
  Gustav Birch
  Nicki Thiim 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR G 1
LMP3 12   WTM by Rinaldi Racing   Torsten Kratz
  Leonard Weiss
  Óscar Tunjo 		Duqueine M30 - D08 M 0
LMGTE 72   TF Sport   Arnold Robin
  Maxime Robin
  Valentin Hasse-Clot 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR G 0
LMGTE 77   Proton Competition   Christian Ried
  Giammarco Levorato
  Julien Andlauer 		Porsche 911 RSR-19 G 0
  1. ^ The No. 24 Nielsen Racing was penalised for not slowing down in time during Full Course Yellow neutralisation and was handed 20 seconds time penalty.[17]
  2. ^ The No. 31 Racing Spirit of Léman was penalised for serving mandatory pitstop during Full Course Yellow neutralisation. The crew was penalised with 105 seconds time penalty.[18][19]

Statistics edit

Fastest lap edit

Class Driver Team Time Lap
LMP2   Vladislav Lomko   #47 Cool Racing 1:31.451 10
LMP2 Pro/Am   Salih Yoluç   #34 Racing Team Turkey 1:32.517 12
LMP3   Marcos Siebert   #17 Cool Racing 1:38.481 105
LMGTE   Alessio Picariello   #16 Proton Competition 1:41.371 99
Source:[20]

References edit

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  2. ^ Stephen Kilbey. "Aberdein Sets The FP2 Pace Ahead Of Qualifying". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  3. ^ "4 HOURS OF BARCELONA - PROVISIONAL TIMETABLE V8" (PDF). press.fiawec.com. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  4. ^ "2023 Barcelona 4h". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
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  7. ^ "Decision No. 19" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Decision No. 17" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  9. ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Qualifying Final Classification" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  10. ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Qualifying Practice - LMP2 Provisional Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  11. ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Qualifying Practice - LMP2 Pro/Am Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  12. ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Qualifying Practice - LMP3 Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  13. ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Qualifying Practice - LMGTE Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  14. ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Race (4 Hours) Final Starting Grid" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  15. ^ "2023 Barcelona 4h". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  16. ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Race Final Classification" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  17. ^ "Decision No. 41" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  18. ^ Davey Euwema. "Racing Team Turkey Wins Barcelona Thriller". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  19. ^ "Decision No. 43" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  20. ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Race Final Classification by Category" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
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