The 2024 4 Hours of Mugello was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 27 and 29 September 2024, as the fifth round of the 2024 European Le Mans Series season.
Entry list
editThe 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]
Patrick Pilet replaced Felipe Drugovich in the No. 10 Vector Sport.[3] After replacing Albert Costa at previous round Nick Yelloly became permanent driver of the No. 24 Nielsen Racing. [4] David Heinemeier Hansson missed this round and the No. 27 Nielsen Racing competed with two drivers – Benjamin Pedersen and Will Stevens.[2] Nico Pino joined Reshad de Gerus and Job van Uitert in the No. 28 IDEC Sport.[2] Niels Koolen came back to the No. 30 Duqueine Team after missing previous round.[1][2] Anthony Wells and Matt Bell were originally part of the No. 19 Team Virage lineup alongside Tristan Vautier, who joined the team at the previous race, but were later replaced by Georgios Kolovos and Raphaël Narac.[2][5] Oliver Jarvis came back to the No. 21 United Autosports after missing previous round.[2] Louis Stern joined Lahaye brothers in the No. 35 Ultimate.[1][2] Jason Hart and Scott Noble replaced John Hartshorne and Phil Keen in the No. 66 JMW Motorsport. John Hartshorne announced his retirement from racing after an accident at previous round.[2] Guilherme Oliveira joined Wyatt Brichacek and Alexander Mattschull in the No. 4 DKR Engineering.[6]
Schedule
edit| Date | Time (local: CEST) | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, 27 September | 11:50 | Free Practice 1 |
| 16:20 | Bronze Drivers Collective Test | |
| Saturday, 28 September | 9:40 | Free Practice 2 |
| 14:10 | Qualifying - LMGT3 | |
| 14:35 | Qualifying - LMP3 | |
| 15:00 | Qualifying - LMP2 Pro-Am | |
| 15:25 | Qualifying - LMP2 | |
| Sunday, 29 September | 11:30 | Race |
| Source:[7] | ||
Free practice
edit- Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
| Free Practice 1 | Class | No. | Entrant | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMP2 | 65 |  Panis Racing
|
1:34.687 | |
| LMP2 Pro/Am | 20 |  Algarve Pro Racing
|
1:35.218 | |
| LMP3 | 17 |  COOL Racing
|
1:42.337 | |
| LMGT3 | 57 | Kessel Racing
|
1:46.583 | |
| Free Practice 2 | Class | No. | Entrant | Time |
| LMP2 | 9 |  Iron Lynx – Proton
|
1:33.803 | |
| LMP2 Pro/Am | 24 |  Nielsen Racing
|
1:34.699 | |
| LMP3 | 8 |  Team Virage
|
1:44.215 | |
| LMGT3 | 55 | Spirit of Race
|
1:46.903 | |
| Sources:[8][9] | ||||
Qualifying
editPole position winners in each class are marked in bold.
| Pos | Class | No. | Team | Driver | Time | Gap | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LMP2 | 9 | Iron Lynx – Proton
|
 Matteo Cairoli
|
1:32.829 | — | 1 |
| 2 | LMP2 | 65 | Panis Racing
|
Charles Milesi
|
1:32.866 | +0,037 | 2 |
| 3 | LMP2 | 25 | Algarve Pro Racing
|
Alexander Lynn
|
1:33.054 | +0,225 | 3 |
| 4 | LMP2 | 34 | Inter Europol Competition
|
Oliver Gray
|
1:33.302 | +0,473 | 4 |
| 5 | LMP2 | 28 | IDEC Sport
|
Reshad de Gerus
|
1:33.309 | +0,480 | 5 |
| 6 | LMP2 | 14 |  AO by TF
|
Louis Delétraz
|
1:33.312 | +0,483 | 6 |
| 7 | LMP2 | 37 | COOL Racing
|
 Malthe Jakobsen
|
1:33.497 | +0,668 | 7 |
| 8 | LMP2 | 22 | United Autosports
|
Benjamin Hanley
|
1:33.674 | +0,845 | 8 |
| 9 | LMP2 | 43 | Inter Europol Competition
|
Tom Dillmann
|
1:33.859 | +1,030 | 9 |
| 10 | LMP2 | 47 | COOL Racing
|
 Ferdinand Habsburg
|
1:33.889 | +1,060 | 10 |
| 11 | LMP2 | 27 | Nielsen Racing
|
William Stevens
|
1:34.407 | +1,578 | 11 |
| 12 | LMP2 | 30 | Duqueine Team
|
 James Allen
|
1:35.466 | +2,637 | 12 |
| 13 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 77 | Proton Competition
|
Giorgio Roda
|
1:35.840 | +3,011 | 15 |
| 14 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 29 | Richard Mille by TDS
|
Rodrigo Sales
|
1:36.171 | +3,342 | 16 |
| 15 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 24 | Nielsen Racing
|
John Falb
|
1:36.861 | +4,032 | 17 |
| 16 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 19 | Team Virage
|
 Georgios Kolovos
|
1:37.654 | +4,825 | 20[Q 1] |
| 17 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 21 | United Autosports
|
 Daniel Schneider
|
1:38.540 | +5,711 | 18 |
| 18 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 83 | AF Corse
|
François Perrodo
|
1:39.008 | +6,179 | 19 |
| 19 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 20 | Algarve Pro Racing
|
Kriton Lendoudis
|
1:40.519 | +7,690 | 21 |
| 20 | LMP3 | 17 | COOL Racing
|
Manuel Espírito Santo
|
1:41.083 | +8,254 | 23 |
| 21 | LMP3 | 4 |  DKR Engineering
|
Wyatt Brichacek
|
1:41.545 | +8,716 | 24 |
| 22 | LMP3 | 88 | Inter Europol Competition
|
Kai Askey
|
1:41.554 | +8,725 | 25 |
| 23 | LMP3 | 31 | Racing Spirit of Léman
|
Antoine Doquin
|
1:41.731 | +8,902 | 26 |
| 24 | LMP3 | 35 | Ultimate
|
Jean-Baptiste Lahaye
|
1:41.841 | +9,012 | 27 |
| 25 | LMP3 | 12 | WTM by Rinaldi Racing
|
 Óscar Tunjo
|
1:41.885 | +9,056 | 28 |
| 26 | LMP3 | 15 | RLR M Sport
|
Gaël Julien
|
1:42.117 | +9,288 | 29 |
| 27 | LMP3 | 8 | Team Virage
|
Gillian Henrion
|
1:42.220 | +9,391 | 30 |
| 28 | LMP3 | 11 | Eurointernational
|
 Adam Ali
|
1:42.795 | +9,966 | 31 |
| 29 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 3 | DKR Engineering
|
Andres Latorre Canon
|
1:42.992 | +10,163 | 22 |
| 30 | LMP3 | 5 | RLR M Sport
|
Daniel Ali
|
1:43.485 | +10,656 | 32 |
| 31 | LMP2 | 23 | United Autosports
|
Paul di Resta
|
1:45.874 | +13,045 | 13 |
| 32 | LMGT3 | 59 | Racing Spirit of Léman
|
Derek DeBoer
|
1:47.891 | +15,062 | 33 |
| 33 | LMGT3 | 85 | Iron Dames
|
 Sarah Bovy
|
1:48.015 | +15,186 | 34 |
| 34 | LMGT3 | 97 | Grid Motorsport by TF
|
 Martin Berry
|
1:48.091 | +15,262 | 35 |
| 35 | LMGT3 | 50 | Formula Racing
|
Johnny Laursen
|
1:48.190 | +15,361 | 36 |
| 36 | LMGT3 | 63 | Iron Lynx
|
 Hiroshi Hamaguchi
|
1:48.368 | +15,539 | 37 |
| 37 | LMGT3 | 66 | JMW Motorsport
|
Scott Noble
|
1:49.058 | +16,229 | 38 |
| 38 | LMGT3 | 51 | AF Corse
|
Charles-Henri Samani
|
1:49.231 | +16,402 | 39 |
| 39 | LMGT3 | 57 | Kessel Racing
|
Takeshi Kimura
|
1:49.443 | +16,614 | 40 |
| 40 | LMGT3 | 86 | GR Racing
|
Michael Wainwright
|
1:49.717 | +16,888 | 41 |
| 41 | LMGT3 | 55 | Spirit of Race
|
Duncan Cameron
|
1:50.382 | +17,553 | 42 |
| 42 | LMGT3 | 60 | Proton Competition
|
Claudio Schiavoni
|
1:51.498 | +18,669 | 43 |
| 43 | LMP2 | 10 | Vector Sport
|
—[Q 2] | 14 | ||
| Sources:[12][13][14][15][16][17] | |||||||
- ^ The No. 19 Team Virage was penalised for making an usafe rejoin during Qualifying session. Stewards moved the car back by two places on the starting grid.[10]
- ^ The No. 10 Vector Sport lost all its lap times for causing a red flag during Qualifying session. Stewards allowed the crew to participate in the race, but the fastest driver of that car was obliged to start from the back of the LMP2 grid.[11]
Race
editRace result
editThe minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 79 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.
- ^ Pedro Perino failed to meet the minimum driving time to score points.[19]
- ^ Matthieu Lahaye failed to meet the minimum driving time to score points.[20]
- ^ The No. 85 Iron Dames was penalised for causing a collision with the No. 60 Proton Competition. The penalty was a drive through converted into 30 seconds time penalty.[21]
- ^ The No. 47 COOL Racing was penalised for not meeting the minimum driving time by Ferdinand Habsburg. As the penalty 21 laps were deducted from the number of completed by the crew and 1 minute and 31 seconds were added to crew's total race time.[22]
Statistics
editFastest lap
edit| Class | Driver | Team | Time | Lap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMP2 | Matteo Cairoli
|
#9 Iron Lynx – Proton
|
1:34.882 | 79 |
| LMP2 Pro/Am | Matthieu Vaxivière
|
#83 AF Corse
|
1:35.814 | 82 |
| LMP3 | Óscar Tunjo
|
#12 WTM by Rinaldi Racing
|
1:44.670 | 77 |
| LMGT3 |  Nicolás Varrone
|
#51 AF Corse
|
1:47.609 | 87 |
| Source:[23] | ||||
References
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- ^ Davey, Euwema (19 September 2024). "Yelloly to Complete Season With Nielsen". Sportscar365. Archived from the original on 19 September 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ Mercier, Laurent (25 September 2024). "ELMS - Raphaël Narac en LMP2 chez Team Virage au Mugello". Endurance-Info (in French). Retrieved 25 September 2024.
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