The 2018 4 Hours of Le Castellet was an endurance motor race that took place at the Circuit Paul Ricard near Le Castellet, France between 13 and 15 April 2018, and served as the opening round of the 2018 European Le Mans Series.
The overall race victory was taken by the LMP2-class Oreca 07 of Racing Engineering, with Norman Nato, Paul Petit and Olivier Pla winning on the teams' debut in the series. [1]
Pole position in class is denoted with a yellow background. [2]
Pos. | Class | No° | Team | Chassis | Time | Grid |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | LMP2 | 28 | IDEC Sport | Oreca 07 | 1:41.194 | 1 |
2 | LMP2 | 33 | TDS Racing | Oreca 07 | 1:41.638 | 2 |
3 | LMP2 | 21 | DragonSpeed | Oreca 07 | 1:41.904 | 3 |
4 | LMP2 | 24 | Racing Engineering | Oreca 07 | 1:42.130 | 4 |
5 | LMP2 | 29 | Duqueine Engineering | Oreca 07 | 1:42.138 | 5 |
6 | LMP2 | 31 | APR - Rebellion Racing | Oreca 07 | 1:42.194 | 6 |
7 | LMP2 | 23 | Panis Barthez Competition | Ligier JS P217 | 1:42.199 | 7 |
8 | LMP2 | 36 | Signatech Alpine Matmut | Alpine A470 | 1:42.230 | 8 |
9 | LMP2 | 35 | SMP Racing | Dallara P217 | 1:42.507 | 9 |
10 | LMP2 | 40 | G-Drive Racing | Oreca 07 | 1:42.582 | 10 |
11 | LMP2 | 30 | AVF by Adrián Vallés | Dallara P217 | 1:42.660 | 11 |
12 | LMP2 | 26 | G-Drive Racing | Oreca 07 | 1:42.850 | 12 |
13 | LMP2 | 39 | Graff | Oreca 07 | 1:43.139 | 13 |
14 | LMP2 | 32 | United Autosports | Ligier JS P217 | 1:43.410 | 14 |
15 | LMP2 | 49 | High Class Racing | Dallara P217 | 1:43.717 | 15 |
16 | LMP2 | 47 | Cetilar Villorba Corse | Dallara P217 | 1:43.895 | 16 |
17 | LMP2 | 22 | United Autosports | Ligier JS P217 | 1:44.043 | 17 |
18 | LMP2 | 27 | IDEC Sport | Ligier JS P217 | 1:46.016 | 18 |
19 | LMP2 | 25 | Algarve Pro Racing | Ligier JS P217 | 1:47.194 | 19 |
20 | LMP3 | 19 | M.Racing - YMR | Norma M30 | 1:51.930 | 20 |
21 | LMP3 | 17 | Ultimate | Norma M30 | 1:51.991 | 21 |
22 | LMP3 | 8 | DKR Engineering | Norma M30 | 1:52.104 | 22 |
23 | LMP3 | 15 | RLR Msport | Ligier JS P3 | 1:52.108 | 23 |
24 | LMP3 | 2 | United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | 1:52.641 | 24 |
25 | LMP3 | 3 | United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | 1:52.711 | 25 |
26 | LMP3 | 6 | 360 Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 1:52.783 | 26 |
27 | LMP3 | 11 | Eurointernational | Ligier JS P3 | 1:53.009 | 27 |
28 | LMP3 | 18 | M.Racing - YMR | Ligier JS P3 | 1:53.070 | 28 |
29 | LMP3 | 5 | NEFIS By Speed Factory | Ligier JS P3 | 1:53.198 | 29 |
30 | LMGTE | 88 | Proton Competition | Porsche 911 RSR | 1:53.377 | 30 |
31 | LMP3 | 9 | AT Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 1:53.383 | 31 |
32 | LMP3 | 13 | Inter Europol Competition | Ligier JS P3 | 1:53.400 | 32 |
33 | LMP3 | 7 | Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen | Ligier JS P3 | 1:53.638 | 33 |
34 | LMP3 | 4 | Cool Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 1:53.872 | 34 |
35 | LMP3 | 12 | Eurointernational | Ligier JS P3 | 1:54.027 | 35 |
36 | LMP3 | 10 | Oregon Team | Norma M30 | 1:54.172 | 36 |
37 | LMGTE | 66 | JMW Motorsport | Ferrari 488 GTE | 1:54.562 | 37 |
38 | LMP3 | 14 | Inter Europol Competition | Ligier JS P3 | 1:54.582 | 38 |
39 | LMGTE | 77 | Proton Competition | Porsche 911 RSR | 1:54.830 | 39 |
40 | LMGTE | 83 | Krohn Racing | Ferrari 488 GTE | 1:54.905 | 40 |
41 | LMGTE | 55 | Spirit of Race | Ferrari 488 GTE | 1:54.949 | 41 |
42 | LMP3 | 16 | BHK Motorsport | Ligier JS P3 | 1:55.159 | 42 |
43 | LMGTE | 80 | Ebimotors | Porsche 911 RSR | 1:55.183 | 43 |
44 | LMGTE | 54 | Spirit of Race | Ferrari 488 GTE | 1:55.790 | 44 |
45 | LMGTE | 86 | Gulf Racing | Porsche 911 RSR | No Time | 45 1 |
Class winners are denoted with a yellow background. [3]
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