2023 4 Hours of Barcelona

The layout of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya

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.

Entry list

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

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

• 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

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	Gaël 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 Espírito 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

Race result

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 Espírito 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 Gaël 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

Fastest lap

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]

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