2023 4 Hours of Le Castellet

The layout of the Circuit Paul Ricard

The 2023 4 Hours of Le Castellet was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 14 and 16 July 2023, as the second 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]

Mathias Lüthen replaced Nick Moss in the No. 10 Eurointernational. ^[2] In the No. 31 Racing Spirit of Léman Fabien Michal was replaced by Jean-Ludovic Foubert. ^[1] Nicklas Nielsen replaced Mikkel Mac in the No. 50 Formula Racing. ^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time (local: CEST)	Event
Friday, 14 July	11:40	Free Practice 1
	15:50	Bronze Drivers Collective Test
Saturday, 15 July	10:10	Free Practice 2
	14:30	Qualifying - LMGTE
	14:55	Qualifying - LMP3
	15:20	Qualifying - LMP2 Pro/Am
	15:45	Qualifying - LMP2
Sunday, 16 July	11:30	Race
Source: [3]

Free practice

• Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Free Practice 1	Class	No.	Entrant	Time
	LMP2	47	Cool Racing	1:43.030
	LMP2 Pro/Am	37	Cool Racing	1:43.936
	LMP3	13	Inter Europol Competition	1:50.542
	LMGTE	44	GMB Motorsport	1:54.804
Free Practice 2	Class	No.	Entrant	Time
	LMP2	28	IDEC Sport	1:44.279
	LMP2 Pro/Am	19	Team Virage	1:45.004
	LMP3	10	Eurointernational	1:51.310
	LMGTE	16	Proton Competition	1:54.650
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	José María López	1:44.253	—	1
2	LMP2	28	IDEC Sport	Paul-Loup Chatin	1:44.519	+0,266	2
3	LMP2	65	Panis Racing	Job van Uitert	1:44.600	+0,347	3
4	LMP2	43	Inter Europol Competition	Olli Caldwell	1:44.742	+0,489	4
5	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	Alexander Lynn	1:44.800	+0,547	5
6	LMP2	30	Duqueine Team	René Binder	1:45.412	+1,159	6
7	LMP2 Pro/Am	34	Racing Team Turkey	Salih Yoluç	1:46.178	+1,925	7
8	LMP2 Pro/Am	99	Proton Competition	Giorgio Roda	1:47.008	+2,755	8
9	LMP2 Pro/Am	24	Nielsen Racing	Rodrigo Sales	1:47.208	+2,955	9
10	LMP2 Pro/Am	3	DKR Engineering	Tom Van Rompuy	1:47.334	+3,081	10
11	LMP2 Pro/Am	83	AF Corse	François Perrodo	1:47.443	+3,190	11
12	LMP2 Pro/Am	19	Team Virage	Alexander Mattschull	1:47.934	+3,681	12
13	LMP2 Pro/Am	37	Cool Racing	Alexandre Coigny	1:48.054	+3,801	13
14	LMP2 Pro/Am	81	DragonSpeed USA	Henrik Hedman	1:48.236	+3,983	14
15	LMP2 Pro/Am	21	United Autosports USA	Daniel Schneider	1:48.430	+4,177	15
16	LMP2 Pro/Am	20	Algarve Pro Racing	Fred Poordad	1:50.040	+5,787	16
17	LMP3	12	WTM by Rinaldi Racing	Óscar Tunjo	1:51.267	+7,014	17
18	LMP3	7	Nielsen Racing	Ryan Harper-Ellam	1:51.349	+7,096	18
19	LMP2 Pro/Am	23	United Autosports USA	James McGuire	1:51.442	+7,189	19
20	LMP3	13	Inter Europol Competition	Kai Askey	1:51.530	+7,277	20
21	LMP3	8	Team Virage	Manuel Espírito Santo	1:51.595	+7,342	21
22	LMP3	17	Cool Racing	Marcos Siebert	1:51.676	+7,423	22
23	LMP3	15	RLR MSport	Gaël Julien	1:51.755	+7,502	23
24	LMP3	4	DKR Engineering	James Winslow	1:52.039	+7,786	24
25	LMP3	35	Ultimate	Matthieu Lahaye	1:52.075	+7,822	25
26	LMP3	11	Eurointernational	Adam Ali	1:52.136	+7,883	26
27	LMP3	31	Racing Spirit of Léman	Antoine Doquin	1:52.152	+7,899	27
28	LMP3	5	RLR MSport	Valdemar Eriksen	1:52.743	+8,490	28
29	LMGTE	77	Proton Competition	Christian Ried	1:56.260	+12.007	29
30	LMGTE	55	Spirit of Race	Duncan Cameron	1:56.407	+12.154	30
31	LMGTE	93	Proton Competition	Michael Fassbender	1:56.482	+12.229	31
32	LMGTE	50	Formula Racing	Johnny Laursen	1:56.574	+12.321	32
33	LMGTE	72	TF Sport	Arnold Robin	1:56.582	+12.329	33
34	LMGTE	16	Proton Competition	Ryan Hardwick	1:56.656	+12.403	34
35	LMGTE	44	GMB Motorsport	Jens Reno Møller	1:56.659	+12.406	35
36	LMGTE	57	Kessel Racing	Takeshi Kimura	1:56.974	+12.721	36
37	LMGTE	66	JMW Motorsport	Martin Berry	1:57.315	+13.062	37
38	LMGTE	95	TF Sport	John Hartshorne	1:57.517	+13.264	38
39	LMGTE	51	AF Corse	Kriton Lentoudis	1:57.706	+13.453	39
40	LMGTE	60	Iron Lynx	Claudio Schiavoni	1:57.790	+13.537	40
41	LMP2	22	United Autosports USA [Q 1]	—			41
DSQ	LMP3	10	Eurointernational [Q 2]	Glenn van Berlo	1:51.326	+7,073	42
Source: [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

1. The No. 22 United Autosports USA was allowed to start in the race from the back of the grid despite not setting any lap time. For causing the red flag in the LMP2 Qualifying session the crew was obliged to start the race with their fastest driver. ^[6]
2. The No. 10 Eurointernational was disqualified from Qualifying session for technical infraction. The car had its splitter 2mm below the minimum set by the technical regulations. ^[7]

Race

Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 88 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

Final Classification ^{[14] [15]}

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Drivers	Car	Tyres	Laps	Time/Gap
1	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	Kyffin Simpson James Allen Alexander Lynn	Oreca 07	G	126	4:00:12.680
2	LMP2	30	Duqueine Team	Nicolás Pino René Binder Neel Jani	Oreca 07	G	126	+1.078
3	LMP2 Pro/Am	34	Racing Team Turkey	Salih Yoluç Charlie Eastwood Louis Delétraz	Oreca 07	G	126	+5.691
4	LMP2	43	Inter Europol Competition	Rui Andrade Jonathan Aberdein Olli Caldwell	Oreca 07	G	126	+5.942
5	LMP2	47	Cool Racing	Vladislav Lomko Reshad de Gerus José María López	Oreca 07	G	126	+11.012
6	LMP2	28	IDEC Sport	Paul Lafargue Paul-Loup Chatin Laurents Hörr	Oreca 07	G	126	+34.332
7	LMP2 Pro/Am	37	Cool Racing	Alexandre Coigny Malthe Jakobsen Nicolas Lapierre	Oreca 07	G	126	+38.343
8	LMP2	65	Panis Racing	Manuel Maldonado Job van Uitert Tijmen van der Helm	Oreca 07	G	126	+38.873
9	LMP2 Pro/Am	83	AF Corse	François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Ben Barnicoat	Oreca 07	G	126	+1:09.632 [R 1]
10	LMP2 Pro/Am	24	Nielsen Racing	Rodrigo Sales Ben Hanley Mathias Beche	Oreca 07	G	126	+1:28.022
11	LMP2 Pro/Am	21	United Autosports USA	Daniel Schneider Andrew Meyrick Nelson Piquet Jr.	Oreca 07	G	126	+1:28.123
12	LMP2	22	United Autosports USA	Marino Sato Philip Hanson Oliver Jarvis	Oreca 07	G	126	+1:30.023
13	LMP2 Pro/Am	99	Proton Competition	Giorgio Roda Jonas Ried Gianmaria Bruni	Oreca 07	G	125	+1 Lap
14	LMP2 Pro/Am	81	DragonSpeed USA	Henrik Hedman Sebastián Montoya Juan Pablo Montoya	Oreca 07	G	125	+1 Lap
15	LMP2 Pro/Am	20	Algarve Pro Racing	Fred Poordad Tristan Vautier Jack Hawksworth	Oreca 07	G	124	+2 Laps
16	LMP2 Pro/Am	3	DKR Engineering	Tom Van Rompuy Sebastián Álvarez Nathanaël Berthon	Oreca 07	G	124	+2 Laps
17	LMP2 Pro/Am	23	United Autosports USA	James McGuire Guy Smith Paul di Resta	Oreca 07	G	123	+3 Laps
18	LMP3	31	Racing Spirit of Léman	Jacques Wolff Jean-Ludovic Foubert Antoine Doquin	Ligier JS P320	M	120	+6 Laps
19	LMP3	12	WTM by Rinaldi Racing	Torsten Kratz Leonard Weiss Óscar Tunjo	Duqueine M30 – D08	M	120	+6 Laps
20	LMP3	17	Cool Racing	Adrien Chila Marcos Siebert Alejandro García	Ligier JS P320	M	120	+6 Laps
21	LMP3	15	RLR MSport	Horst Felbermayr Gaël Julien Mateusz Kaprzyk	Ligier JS P320	M	120	+6 Laps
22	LMP3	4	DKR Engineering	Alexander Bukhantsov James Winslow Pedro Perino	Duqueine M30 – D08	M	120	+6 Laps
23	LMP3	13	Inter Europol Competition	Miguel Cristóvão Kai Askey Wyatt Brichacek	Ligier JS P320	M	119	+7 Laps
24	LMP3	11	Eurointernational	Matthew Richard Bell Adam Ali	Ligier JS P320	M	119	+7 Laps
25	LMP3	8	Team Virage	Nick Adcock Michael Jensen Manuel Espírito Santo	Ligier JS P320	M	119	+7 Laps
26	LMP3	5	RLR MSport	James Dayson Valdemar Eriksen Jack Manchester	Ligier JS P320	M	119	+7 Laps
27	LMP3	10	Eurointernational	Matthias Lüthen Glenn van Berlo	Ligier JS P320	M	118	+8 Laps
28	LMP3	7	Nielsen Racing	Anthony Wells Ryan Harper-Ellam	Ligier JS P320	M	118	+8 Laps
29	LMGTE	77	Proton Competition	Christian Ried Giammarco Levorato Julien Andlauer	Porsche 911 RSR-19	G	118	+8 Laps
30	LMGTE	60	Iron Lynx	Claudio Schiavoni Matteo Cressoni Matteo Cairoli	Porsche 911 RSR-19	G	118	+8 Laps
31	LMGTE	95	TF Sport	John Hartshorne Ben Tuck Jonathan Adam	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	G	117	+9 Laps
32	LMGTE	57	Kessel Racing	Takeshi Kimura Gregory Huffaker II Frederik Schandorff	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	G	117	+9 Laps [R 2]
33	LMGTE	55	Spirit of Race	Duncan Cameron David Perel Matthew Griffin	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	G	117	+9 Laps
34	LMGTE	66	JMW Motorsport	Martin Berry Lorcan Hanafin Jon Lancaster	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	G	117	+9 Laps
35	LMGTE	72	TF Sport	Arnold Robin Maxime Robin Valentin Hasse-Clot	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	G	117	+9 Laps
36	LMGTE	50	Formula Racing	Johnny Laursen Conrad Laursen Nicklas Nielsen	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	G	117	+9 Laps
37	LMGTE	16	Proton Competition	Ryan Hardwick Zacharie Robichon Alessio Picariello	Porsche 911 RSR-19	G	117	+9 Laps [R 3]
38	LMGTE	93	Proton Competition	Michael Fassbender Martin Rump Richard Lietz	Porsche 911 RSR-19	G	117	+9 Laps [R 4]
39	LMGTE	51	AF Corse	Kriton Lentoudis Rui Águas Ulysse de Pauw	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	G	116	+10 Laps
40	LMGTE	44	GMB Motorsport	Jens Reno Møller Gustav Birch Nicki Thiim	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	G	115	+11 Laps
41	LMP3	35	Ultimate	Eric Trouillet Matthieu Lahaye Jean-Baptiste Lahaye	Ligier JS P320	M	109	+17 Laps
Not classified
	LMP2 Pro/Am	19	Team Virage	Alexander Mattschull Ian Rodríguez Tatiana Calderón	Oreca 07	G	125

1. The No. 83 AF Corse was penalised for pit stop infringement and was handed 5 seconds time penalty. ^[15]
2. The No. 57 Kessel Racing was penalised for causing the collision with No. 16 Proton Competition and was handed drive through penalty. The penalty was converted to 35 seconds time penalty. ^{[16] [17]}
3. The No. 16 Proton Competition was penalised for the collision with #28 IDEC Sport and was handed drive through penalty. The penalty was converted into 35 seconds time penalty. ^[15]
4. The No. 93 Proton Competition was penalised for abusing track limits and was handed drive through penalty. The penalty was converted into 35 seconds time penalty. ^[15]

Statistics

Fastest lap

Class	Driver	Team	Time	Lap
LMP2	Kyffin Simpson	#25 Algarve Pro Racing	1:45.002	6
LMP2 Pro/Am	Louis Delétraz	#34 Racing Team Turkey	1:45.430	99
LMP3	Marcos Siebert	#17 Cool Racing	1:52.682	91
LMGTE	Julien Andlauer	#77 Proton Competition	1:55.230	88
Source: [18]

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