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.
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.
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]
| 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 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] | ||||
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] | |||||||
The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 98 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.
| 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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