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2023 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps

The 2023 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 22 and 24 September 2023, as the fourth round of the 2023 European Le Mans Series season.

The layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

Entry list edit

Main article: 2023 European Le Mans Series § Entries

The pre-event entry list consisted of 41 entries in 4 categories – 7 in LMP2, 10 in LMP2 Pro/Am, 12 in LMP3 and 12 in LMGTE. In comparison to the previous round one car was missing – the No. 23 United Autosports USA was withdrawn for the rest of the season due to Jim McGuire's injury.[1][2]

Alessio Rovera stayed in the No. 83 AF Corse entry after replacing Ben Barnicoat at Aragón.[1] Bent Viscaal was kept in crew of the No. 20 Algarve Pro Racing after replacing Jack Hawksworth in previous round.[1] Nelson Piquet Jr. came back to the No. 21 United Autosports USA after missing previous race.[1] Tom van Rompuy also missed previous round and came back to the car No. 3 of DKR Engineering.[1][2] François Heriau joined Glenn van Berlo in the No. 10 Eurointernational.[1][2] Daniel Serra joined the No. 57 Kessel Racing.[1][2]

Schedule edit

Date Time (local: CEST) Event
Friday, 22 September 11:00 Free Practice 1
14:45 Bronze Drivers Collective Test
Saturday, 23 September 10:15 Free Practice 2
14:05 Qualifying - LMGTE
14:30 Qualifying - LMP3
14:55 Qualifying - LMP2 Pro/Am
15:20 Qualifying - LMP2
Sunday, 24 September 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 22   United Autosports USA 2:05.030
LMP2 Pro/Am 37   Cool Racing 2:05.060
LMP3 31   Racing Spirit of Leman 2:12.789
LMGTE 60   Iron Lynx 2:16.741
Free Practice 2 LMP2 43   Inter Europol Competition 2:04.530
LMP2 Pro/Am 21   United Autosports USA 2:05.630
LMP3 8   Team Virage 2:12.212
LMGTE 60   Iron Lynx 2:17.096
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 25   Algarve Pro Racing   Alexander Lynn 2:03.564 — 1
2 LMP2 22   United Autosports USA   Philip Hanson 2:03.672 +0.108 2
3 LMP2 28   IDEC Sport   Laurents Hörr 2:03.789 +0.225 3
4 LMP2 30   Duqueine Team   René Binder 2:04.197 +0.633 4
5 LMP2 43   Inter Europol Competition   Jonathan Aberdein 2:04.211 +0.647 5
6 LMP2 65   Panis Racing   Job van Uitert 2:04.350 +0.786 6
7 LMP2 47   Cool Racing   Vladislav Lomko 2:05.013 +1.449 7
8 LMP2 Pro/Am 34   Racing Team Turkey   Salih Yoluç 2:05.221 +1.657 8
9 LMP2 Pro/Am 99   Proton Competition   Giorgio Roda 2:05.874 +2.310 9
10 LMP2 Pro/Am 3   DKR Engineering   Tom van Rompuy 2:07.112 +3.548 10
11 LMP2 Pro/Am 37   Cool Racing   Alexandre Coigny 2:07.307 +3.743 11
12 LMP2 Pro/Am 24   Nielsen Racing   Rodrigo Sales 2:07.852 +4.288 12
13 LMP2 Pro/Am 19   Team Virage   Alexander Mattschull 2:07.977 +4.413 16[Q 1]
14 LMP2 Pro/Am 83   AF Corse   François Perrodo 2:08.104 +4.540 13
15 LMP2 Pro/Am 21   United Autosports USA   Daniel Schneider 2:08.483 +4.919 14
16 LMP2 Pro/Am 81   DragonSpeed USA   Henrik Hedman 2:09.700 +6.136 15
17 LMP3 8   Team Virage   Manuel Espirito Santo 2:11.285 +7.721 17
18 LMP2 Pro/Am 20   Algarve Pro Racing   Fred Poordad 2:11.461 +7.897 18
19 LMP3 7   Nielsen Racing   Ryan Harper-Ellam 2:11.630 +8.066 19
20 LMP3 10   Eurointernational   Glenn van Berlo 2:11.943 +8.379 20
21 LMP3 17   Cool Racing   Marcos Siebert 2:11.978 +8.414 21
22 LMP3 31   Racing Spirit of Leman   Antoine Doquin 2:12.064 +8.500 22
23 LMP3 11   Eurointernational   Adam Ali 2:12.124 +8.560 23
24 LMP3 13   Inter Europol Competition   Wyatt Brichacek 2:12.520 +8.956 24
25 LMP3 15   RLR M Sport   Gael Julien 2:12.523 +8.959 25
26 LMP3 4   DKR Engineering   James Winslow 2:12.574 +9.010 26
27 LMP3 35   Ultimate   Matthieu Lahaye 2:12.856 +9.292 27
28 LMP3 5   RLR M Sport   Valdemar Eriksen 2:13.328 +9.764 28
29 LMGTE 16   Proton Competition   Ryan Hardwick 2:17.385 +13.821 29
30 LMGTE 72   TF Sport   Arnold Robin 2:18.039 +14.475 30
31 LMGTE 66   JMW Motorsport   Martin Berry 2:18.362 +14.798 31
32 LMGTE 44   GMB Motorsport   Jens Møller 2:18.436 +14.872 32
33 LMGTE 93   Proton Competition   Michael Fassbender 2:18.568 +15.004 33
34 LMGTE 55   Spirit of Race   Duncan Cameron 2:18.817 +15.253 34
35 LMGTE 50   Formula Racing   Johnny Laursen 2:18.914 +15.350 35
36 LMGTE 57   Kessel Racing   Takeshi Kimura 2:18.919 +15.355 36
37 LMGTE 77   Proton Competition   Christian Ried 2:19.002 +15.438 37
38 LMGTE 51   AF Corse   Kriton Lentoudis 2:20.341 +16.777 38
39 LMGTE 60   Iron Lynx   Claudio Schiavoni 2:20.658 +17.094 39
40 LMGTE 95   TF Sport   John Hartshorne 2:20.811 +17.247 40
DSQ LMP3 12   WTM by Rinaldi Racing   Óscar Tunjo 2:10.554 +6.990 –[Q 2]
Sources:[8][9][10][11][12][13]
  1. ^ The No. 19 Team Virage lost 3 positions on the grid for impeding car No. 24 of Nielsen Racing.[6]
  2. ^ The No. 12 WTM by Rinaldi Racing was disqualified and excluded from the race meeting because Torsten Kratz, bronze-rated driver, did not participate in any practice session.[7]

Race edit

Race result edit

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 61 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

Final Classification[14][15]
Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Tyres Laps Time/Gap
1 LMP2 25   Algarve Pro Racing   Kyffin Simpson
  James Allen
  Alexander Lynn 		Oreca 07 G 88 4:00:13.458
2 LMP2 Pro/Am 37   Cool Racing   Alexandre Coigny
  Malthe Jakobsen
  Nicolas Lapierre 		Oreca 07 G 88 +1.811
3 LMP2 Pro/Am 34   Racing Team Turkey   Salih Yoluç
  Charlie Eastwood
  Louis Delétraz 		Oreca 07 G 88 +5.674[R 1]
4 LMP2 Pro/Am 21   United Autosports USA   Daniel Schneider
  Andrew Meyrick
  Nelson Piquet Jr. 		Oreca 07 G 88 +6.431
5 LMP2 Pro/Am 83   AF Corse   François Perrodo
  Matthieu Vaxivière
  Alessio Rovera 		Oreca 07 G 88 +7.033[R 2]
6 LMP2 Pro/Am 19   Team Virage   Alexander Mattschull
  Ian Rodríguez
  Tatiana Calderón 		Oreca 07 G 88 +9.238
7 LMP2 Pro/Am 20   Algarve Pro Racing   Fred Poordad
  Tristan Vautier
  Bent Viscaal 		Oreca 07 G 88 +11.178
8 LMP2 65   Panis Racing   Job van Uitert
  Manuel Maldonado
  Tijmen van der Helm 		Oreca 07 G 88 +31.808
9 LMP2 47   Cool Racing   Vladislav Lomko
  Reshad de Gerus
  José María López 		Oreca 07 G 88 +48.302
10 LMP2 Pro/Am 81   DragonSpeed USA   Henrik Hedman
  Sebastián Montoya
  Juan Pablo Montoya 		Oreca 07 G 88 +49.343[R 3]
11 LMP2 Pro/Am 3   DKR Engineering   Tom van Rompuy
  Sebastián Álvarez
  Nathanaël Berthon 		Oreca 07 G 88 +1:07.298
12 LMP2 28   IDEC Sport   Paul Lafargue
  Paul-Loup Chatin
  Laurents Hörr 		Oreca 07 G 87 +1 Lap
13 LMP2 22   United Autosports USA   Marino Sato
  Philip Hanson
  Oliver Jarvis 		Oreca 07 G 86 +2 Laps
14 LMP3 17   Cool Racing   Adrien Chila
  Marcos Siebert
  Alejandro Garcia 		Ligier JS P320 M 86 +2 Laps
15 LMP3 13   Inter Europol Competition   Miguel Cristóvão
  Kai Askey
  Wyatt Brichacek 		Ligier JS P320 M 86 +2 Laps
16 LMP3 11   Eurointernational   Matthew Richard Bell
  Adam Ali 		Ligier JS P320 M 86 +2 Laps
17 LMP3 5   RLR M Sport   James Dayson
  Valdemar Eriksen
  Jack Manchester 		Ligier JS P320 M 86 +2 Laps
18 LMGTE 60   Iron Lynx   Claudio Schiavoni
  Matteo Cressoni
  Matteo Cairoli 		Porsche 911 RSR-19 G 86 +2 Laps
19 LMP3 8   Team Virage   Michael Jensen
  Nick Adcock
  Manuel Espirito Santo 		Ligier JS P320 M 86 +2 Laps
20 LMP3 15   RLR M Sport   Horst Felbermayr Jr
  Gael Julien
  Mateusz Kaprzyk 		Ligier JS P320 M 86 +2 Laps
21 LMGTE 50   Formula Racing   Johnny Laursen
  Conrad Laursen
  Nicklas Nielsen 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 86 +2 Laps
22 LMGTE 16   Proton Competition   Ryan Hardwick
  Zacharie Robichon
  Alessio Picariello 		Porsche 911 RSR-19 G 86 +2 Laps[R 4]
23 LMGTE 51   AF Corse   Kriton Lentoudis
  Rui Águas
  Ulysse de Pauw 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 86 +2 Laps
24 LMGTE 57   Kessel Racing   Takeshi Kimura
  Scott Huffaker
  Daniel Serra 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 86 +2 Laps
25 LMGTE 72   TF Sport   Arnold Robin
  Maxime Robin
  Valentin Hasse-Clot 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR G 86 +2 Laps
26 LMGTE 55   Spirit of Race   Duncan Cameron
  David Perel
  Matthew Griffin 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 86 +2 Laps
27 LMGTE 77   Proton Competition   Christian Ried
  Giammarco Levorato
  Julien Andlauer 		Porsche 911 RSR-19 G 86 +2 Laps[R 5]
28 LMP2 30   Duqueine Team   Nicolás Pino
  René Binder
  Neel Jani 		Oreca 07 G 85 +3 Laps
29 LMGTE 95   TF Sport   John Hartshorne
  Ben Tuck
  Jonathan Adam 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR G 85 +3 Laps
30 LMP3 4   DKR Engineering   Alexander Bukhantsov
  James Winslow
  Pedro Perino 		Duqueine M30 – D08 M 79 +9 Laps
31 LMP3 31   Racing Spirit of Leman   Jacques Wolff
  Jean-Ludovic Foubert
  Antoine Doquin 		Ligier JS P320 M 76 +12 Laps
Not classified
LMP3 35   Ultimate   Eric Trouillet
  Matthieu Lahaye
  Jean-Baptiste Lahaye 		Ligier JS P320 M 83
LMP2 43   Inter Europol Competition   Rui Andrade
  Olli Caldwell
  Jonathan Aberdein 		Oreca 07 G 81
LMP2 Pro/Am 24   Nielsen Racing   Rodrigo Sales
  Ben Hanley
  Mathias Beche 		Oreca 07 G 75
LMGTE 44   GMB Motorsport   Jens Møller
  Gustav Birch
  Nicki Thiim 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR G 64
LMP3 10   Eurointernational   François Heriau
  Glenn van Berlo 		Ligier JS P320 M 55
LMGTE 66   JMW Motorsport   Martin Berry
  Lorcan Hanafin
  Jon Lancaster 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 35
LMGTE 93   Proton Competition   Michael Fassbender
  Martin Rump
  Richard Lietz 		Porsche 911 RSR-19 G 34
LMP3 7   Nielsen Racing   Anthony Wells
  Ryan Harper-Ellam 		Ligier JS P320 M 31
LMP2 Pro/Am 99   Proton Competition   Giorgio Roda
  Jonas Ried
  Gianmaria Bruni 		Oreca 07 G 30
  1. ^ The No. 34 Racing Team Turkey was penalised for prematurely accelerating during Full Course Yellow. The penalty was 2 seconds added to crew's total race time.[16]
  2. ^ The No. 83 AF Corse was penalised for prematurely accelerating during Full Course Yellow. The penalty was 4 seconds added to crew's total race time.[17]
  3. ^ The No. 81 DragonSpeed USA was penalised for unsafe release in the pit lane and causing a collision with the No. 16 Proton Competition. The penalty was 10 seconds added to the next pit stop but it was converted into 10 seconds added to crew's total race time.[18][15]
  4. ^ The No. 16 Proton Competition was penalised for prematurely accelerating during Full Course Yellow. The penalty was 10 seconds added to crew's total race time.[19]
  5. ^ The No. 77 Proton Competition was penalised twice. The first penalty was 30 seconds for constant abuse of track limits.[20] The second penalty was also 30 seconds for causing a collision with the No. 35 Ultimate.[21]

Statistics edit

Fastest lap edit

Class Driver Team Time Lap
LMP2   Kyffin Simpson   #25 Algarve Pro Racing 2:06.150 8
LMP2 Pro/Am   Malthe Jakobsen   #37 Cool Racing 2:06.042 70
LMP3   Matthew Richard Bell   #11 Eurointernational 2:13.990 16
LMGTE   Julien Andlauer   #77 Proton Competition 2:17.686 46
Source:[22]

References edit

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  22. ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Race Final Classification by Category" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 24 September 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
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