2021 4 Hours of Barcelona

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The 2021 4 Hours of Barcelona was an endurance sportscar racing event that was held on 18 April 2021, as the first round of the 2021 European Le Mans Series.

Contents

In LMP2, the race was won by the #41 Team WRT run Oreca 07-Gibson, driven by Robert Kubica, Ye Yifei, and Louis Delétraz.

In LMP3, the race was won by the #19 Cool Racing run Ligier JS P320, driven by Matthew Bell, Niklas Krütten and Nicolas Maulini.

In GTE, the race was won by the #80 Iron Lynx run Ferrari 488 GTE Evo, driven by Matteo Cressoni, Miguel Molina and Rino Mastronardi.

Qualifying

Qualifying Result

Pole position in each class are marked in bold. [1] [2]

PosClassNo.TeamLap TimeGrid
1LMP226 Flag of Russia.svg G-Drive Racing 1:31.788
2LMP241 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Team WRT 1:31.867
3LMP265 Flag of France.svg Panis Racing 1:32.282
4LMP221 Flag of the United States.svg DragonSpeed USA 1:32.402
5LMP232 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Autosports 1:32.578
6LMP222 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Autosports 1:32.725
7LMP228 Flag of France.svg IDEC Sport 1:32.746
8LMP234 Flag of Turkey.svg Racing Team Turkey 1:33.286
9LMP225 Flag of Russia.svg G-Drive Racing 1:33.359
10LMP237 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Cool Racing 1:33.364
11LMP229 Flag of France.svg Ultimate1:33.372
12LMP230 Flag of France.svg Duqueine Team 1:33.724
13LMP217 Flag of France.svg IDEC Sport 1:34.107
14LMP224 Flag of Portugal.svg Algarve Pro Racing 1:34.110
15LMP235 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg BHK Motorsport1:34.550
16LMP239 Flag of France.svg Graff Racing 1:34.747
17Innovat84 Flag of France.svg Association SRT411:37.616
18LMP33 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Autosports 1:39.162
19LMP315 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg RLR MSport1:39.183
20LMP32 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Autosports 1:39.224
21LMP34 Flag of Luxembourg.svg DKR Engineering 1:39.341
22LMP313 Flag of Poland.svg Inter Europol Competition 1:39.385
23LMP38 Flag of France.svg Graff Racing 1:39.691
24LMP320 Flag of Poland.svg Team Virage1:39.743
25LMP318 Flag of Italy.svg 1 AIM Villorba Corse 1:39.915
26LMP319 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Cool Racing 1:40.036
27LMP35 Flag of France.svg MV2S Racing1:40.119
28LMP39 Flag of France.svg Graff Racing 1:40.236
29LMP314 Flag of Poland.svg Inter Europol Competition 1:40.249
30LMP37 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nielsen Racing1:40.261
31LMP312 Flag of Luxembourg.svg Racing Experience1:40.424
32LMP311 Flag of Italy.svg Eurointernational 1:40.437
33LMP36 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nielsen Racing1:40.643
34GTE77 Flag of Germany.svg Proton Competition 1:41.892
35GTE80 Flag of Italy.svg Iron Lynx 1:42.041
36GTE83 Flag of Italy.svg Iron Lynx 1:42.266
37GTE93 Flag of Germany.svg Proton Competition 1:42.566
38GTE95 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg TF Sport 1:42.769
39GTE66 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg JMW Motorsport1:42.842
40GTE55 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Spirit of Race 1:42.977
41GTE60 Flag of Italy.svg Iron Lynx no time

Race

Race Result

Class winners are marked in bold. - Cars failing to complete 70% of the winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos.ClassNo.TeamDriversChassisTyreLapsTime/Retired
Engine
1LMP241 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Team WRT Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Louis Delétraz
Flag of Poland.svg Robert Kubica
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ye Yifei
Oreca 07 G 1414:00:43.527
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
2LMP265 Flag of France.svg Panis Racing Flag of France.svg Julien Canal
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Will Stevens
Flag of France.svg Gabriel Aubry
Oreca 07 G 141+22.125 s
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
3LMP222 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Autosports Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Philip Hanson
Flag of South Africa.svg Jonathan Aberdein
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Gamble
Oreca 07 G 141+1:29.570 s
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
4LMP226 Flag of Russia.svg G-Drive Racing Flag of Russia.svg Roman Rusinov
Flag of Argentina.svg Franco Colapinto
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nyck de Vries
Oreca 07 G 141+1:34.085 s
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
5LMP229 Flag of France.svg Ultimate Flag of France.svg Matthieu Lahaye
Flag of France.svg Jean-Baptiste Lahaye
Flag of France.svg François Heriau
Oreca 07 G 140+1 lap
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
6LMP230 Flag of France.svg Duqueine Team Flag of France.svg Tristan Gommendy
Flag of Austria.svg René Binder
Flag of Mexico.svg Memo Rojas
Oreca 07 G 140+1 lap
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
7LMP225 Flag of Russia.svg G-Drive Racing Flag of the United States.svg John Falb
Flag of Portugal.svg Rui Andrade
Flag of Brazil.svg Pietro Fittipaldi
Oreca 07 G 140+1 lap
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
8LMP228 Flag of France.svg IDEC Sport Flag of France.svg Paul Lafargue
Flag of France.svg Paul-Loup Chatin
Flag of France.svg Patrick Pilet
Oreca 07 G 140+1 lap
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
9LMP232 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Autosports Flag of the Netherlands.svg Job van Uitert
Flag of France.svg Nico Jamin
Flag of Venezuela.svg Manuel Maldonado
Oreca 07 G 139+2 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
10LMP237 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Cool Racing Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alexandre Coigny
Flag of France.svg Nicolas Lapierre
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Antonin Borga
Oreca 07 G 139+2 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
11LMP224 Flag of Portugal.svg Algarve Pro Racing Flag of Mexico.svg Diego Menchaca
Flag of Austria.svg Ferdinand Habsburg
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Bradley
Oreca 07 G 139+2 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
12LMP217 Flag of France.svg IDEC Sport Flag of the United States.svg Dwight Merriman
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kyle Tilley
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ryan Dalziel
Oreca 07 G 139+2 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
13LMP235 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg BHK Motorsport Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Dracone
Flag of Italy.svg Sergio Campana
Flag of Germany.svg Markus Pommer
Oreca 07 G 138+3 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
14LMP239 Flag of France.svg Graff Racing Flag of France.svg Vincent Capillaire
Flag of France.svg Maxime Robin
Flag of France.svg Arnold Robin
Oreca 07 G 136+5 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
15LMP319 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Cool Racing Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Nicolas Maulini
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Matt Bell
Flag of Germany.svg Niklas Krütten
Ligier JS P320 M 133+8 laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
16LMP315 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg RLR MSport Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Michael Benham
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Kapadia
Flag of Denmark.svg Malthe Jakobsen
Ligier JS P320 M 133+8 laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
17LMP313 Flag of Poland.svg Inter Europol Competition Flag of Germany.svg Martin Hippe
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ugo de Wilde
Flag of France.svg Julien Falchero
Ligier JS P320 M 133+8 laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
18LMP318 Flag of Italy.svg 1 AIM Villorba Corse Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Bressan
Flag of Greece.svg Andreas Laskaratos
Flag of Italy.svg Damiano Fioravanti
Ligier JS P320 M 133+8 laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
19LMP34 Flag of Luxembourg.svg DKR Engineering Flag of Germany.svg Laurents Hörr
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Alain Berg
Ligier JS P320 M 133+8 laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
20LMP36 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nielsen Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nicholas Adcock
Flag of the United States.svg Austin McCusker
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Koebolt
Ligier JS P320 M 133+8 laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
21LMP320 Flag of Poland.svg Team Virage Flag of the United States.svg Rob Hodes
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Garett Grist
Flag of the United States.svg C. R. Crews
Ligier JS P320 M 132+9 laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
22LMP314 Flag of Poland.svg Inter Europol Competition Flag of Lithuania.svg Julius Adomavicius
Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Bracalente
Flag of Italy.svg Mattia Pasini
Ligier JS P320 M 132+9 laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
23GTE80 Flag of Italy.svg Iron Lynx Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Cressoni
Flag of Italy.svg Rino Mastronardi
Flag of Spain.svg Miguel Molina
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 132+9 laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
24LMP37 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nielsen Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anthony Wells
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Colin Noble
Ligier JS P320 M 132+9 laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
25LMP33 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Autosports Flag of the United States.svg Jim McGuire
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Duncan Tappy
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Bentley
Ligier JS P320 M 131+10 laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
26LMP311 Flag of Italy.svg Eurointernational Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Domedari
Flag of Poland.svg Mateusz Kaprzyk
Ligier JS P320 M 131+10 laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
27GTE77 Flag of Germany.svg Proton Competition Flag of Germany.svg Christian Ried
Flag of New Zealand.svg Jaxon Evans
Flag of Italy.svg Gianmaria Bruni
Porsche 911 RSR-19 G 131+10 laps
Porsche M97/80 4v DOHC 4.2 L F6
28GTE55 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Spirit of Race Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Duncan Cameron
Flag of Ireland.svg Matt Griffin
Flag of South Africa.svg David Perel
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 131+10 laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
29GTE83 Flag of Italy.svg Iron Lynx Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Rahel Frey
Flag of Denmark.svg Michelle Gatting
Flag of Italy.svg Manuela Gostner
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 130+11 laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
30GTE60 Flag of Italy.svg Iron Lynx Flag of Italy.svg Claudio Schiavoni
Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Sernagiotto
Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Ruberti
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 130+11 laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
31GTE93 Flag of Germany.svg Proton Competition Flag of Ireland.svg Michael Fassbender
Flag of Germany.svg Felipe Fernández Laser
Flag of Austria.svg Richard Lietz
Porsche 911 RSR-19 G 130+11 laps
Porsche M97/80 4v DOHC 4.2 L F6
32GTE66 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg JMW Motorsport Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jody Fannin
Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Fontana
Flag of the United States.svg Rodrigo Sales
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 130+11 laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
33GTE95 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg TF Sport Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Hartshorne
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ross Gunn
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ollie Hancock
Aston Martin Vantage AMR G 128+13 laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
34Innovat84 Flag of France.svg Association SRT41 Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Aoki
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Nigel Bailly
Flag of France.svg Pierre Sancinéna
Oreca 07 ?127+14 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
35LMP38 Flag of France.svg Graff Racing Flag of France.svg Eric Trouillet
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sébastien Page
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg David Droux
Ligier JS P320 M 127+14 laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
36LMP32 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Autosports Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Wayne Boyd
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rob Wheldon
Flag of France.svg Edouard Cauhaupe
Ligier JS P320 M 125+16 laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
37LMP39 Flag of France.svg Graff Racing Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Matthias Kaiser
Flag of Finland.svg Rory Penttinen
Ligier JS P320 M 119+22 laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
38LMP234 Flag of Turkey.svg Racing Team Turkey Flag of Turkey.svg Salih Yoluç
Flag of Ireland.svg Charlie Eastwood
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harry Tincknell
Oreca 07 G 116+25 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
39LMP312 Flag of Luxembourg.svg Racing Experience Flag of Luxembourg.svg David Hauser
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Gary Hauser
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tom Cloet
Ligier JS P320 M 115+26 laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
DNFLMP35 Flag of France.svg MV2S Racing Flag of France.svg Christophe Cresp
Flag of France.svg Fabien Lavergne
Flag of France.svg Adrien Chila
Ligier JS P320 M 122+13 laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
DNFLMP221 Flag of the United States.svg DragonSpeed USA Flag of Sweden.svg Henrik Hedman
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ben Hanley
Flag of the United States.svg Ricky Taylor
Oreca 07 G 7+136 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
[3] [2]

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References

  1. https://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/Barcelona-2021-04-18-34602.html?sort=Grid
  2. 1 2 "European Le Mans Series 2021 4 Hours of Barcelona Classification | Motorsport Stats". motorsportstats.com.
  3. https://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/Barcelona-2021-04-18-34602.html?sort=Results