2024 4 Hours of Le Castellet

Race winners.

The layout of the Circuit Paul Ricard

The 2024 4 Hours of Le Castellet was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 3 and 5 May 2024, as the second round of the 2024 European Le Mans Series season.

Entry list

Main article: 2024 European Le Mans Series § Entries

The pre-event entry list consisted of 43 entries between 4 categories - 14 in LMP2, 8 in LMP2 Pro/Am, 10 in LMP3 and 11 in LMGT3. ^{[1] [2]}

It was another ELMS round missed by Ferdinand Habsburg as the result of a crash at MotorLand Aragón. As in Barcelona Paul-Loup Chatin replaced Habsburg in the No. 47 COOL Racing. Eric Trouillet replaced Alexandre Yvon in the No. 35 Ultimate. ^{[1] [2]} Nicolás Varrone replaced Ulysse de Pauw in the No. 51 AF Corse. ^[3]

Schedule

Date	Time (local: CEST)	Event
Friday, 3 May	11:50	Free Practice 1
	16:35	Bronze Drivers Collective Test
Saturday, 4 May	10:10	Free Practice 2
	14:40	Qualifying - LMGT3
	15:05	Qualifying - LMP3
	15:30	Qualifying - LMP2 Pro-Am
	15:55	Qualifying - LMP2
Sunday, 5 May	11:30	Race
Source: [4]

Free practice

• Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Free Practice 1	Class	No.	Entrant	Time
	LMP2	37	COOL Racing	1:41.186
	LMP2 Pro/Am	83	AF Corse	1:41.969
	LMP3	4	DKR Engineering	1:49.545
	LMGT3	60	Proton Competition	1:55.257
Free Practice 2	Class	No.	Entrant	Time
	LMP2	9	Iron Lynx – Proton	1:41.362
	LMP2 Pro/Am	83	AF Corse	1:42.154
	LMP3	15	RLR M Sport	1:50.189
	LMGT3	55	Spirit of Race	1:54.892
Sources: [5] [6]

Qualifying

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap	Grid
1	LMP2	28	IDEC Sport	Job van Uitert	1:40.104	—	1
2	LMP2	14	AO by TF	Louis Delétraz	1:40.350	+0.246	2
3	LMP2	9	Iron Lynx – Proton	Matteo Cairoli	1:40.365	+0.261	3
4	LMP2	47	COOL Racing	Frederik Vesti	1:40.382	+0.278	4
5	LMP2	22	United Autosports	Benjamin Hanley	1:40.559	+0.455	5
6	LMP2	37	COOL Racing	Malthe Jakobsen	1:40.703	+0.599	6
7	LMP2	27	Nielsen Racing	William Stevens	1:40.775	+0.671	7
8	LMP2	30	Duqueine Team	James Allen	1:40.862	+0.758	8
9	LMP2	65	Panis Racing	Charles Milesi	1:40.900	+0.796	9
10	LMP2	10	Vector Sport	Felipe Drugovich	1:40.931	+0.827	10
11	LMP2	34	Inter Europol Competition	Clément Novalak	1:41.013	+0.909	11
12	LMP2	43	Inter Europol Competition	Tom Dillmann	1:41.126	+1.022	12
13	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	Olli Caldwell	1:41.135	+1.031	13
14	LMP2	23	United Autosports	Paul di Resta	1:41.651	+1.547	14
15	LMP2 Pro/Am	77	Proton Competition	Giorgio Roda	1:43.067	+2.963	15
16	LMP2 Pro/Am	83	AF Corse	François Perrodo	1:43.445	+3.341	16
17	LMP2 Pro/Am	29	Richard Mille by TDS	Rodrigo Sales	1:43.672	+3.568	17
18	LMP2 Pro/Am	24	Nielsen Racing	John Falb	1:43.759	+3.655	18
19	LMP2 Pro/Am	21	United Autosports	Daniel Schneider	1:44.803	+4.699	19
20	LMP2 Pro/Am	19	Team Virage	Anthony Wells	1:44.987	+4.883	20
21	LMP2 Pro/Am	20	Algarve Pro Racing	Kriton Lendoudis	1:45.925	+5.821	21
22	LMP2 Pro/Am	3	DKR Engineering	Andres Latorre Canon	1:46.581	+6.477	22
23	LMP3	15	RLR M Sport	Gaël Julien	1:48.867	+8.763	23
24	LMP3	17	COOL Racing	Manuel Espírito Santo	1:48.991	+8.887	24
25	LMP3	8	Team Virage	Gillian Henrion	1:49.168	+9.064	25
26	LMP3	12	WTM by Rinaldi Racing	Óscar Tunjo	1:49.214	+9.110	26
27	LMP3	31	Racing Spirit of Léman	Antoine Doquin	1:49.292	+9.188	27
28	LMP3	88	Inter Europol Competition	Pedro Perino	1:49.451	+9.347	28
29	LMP3	4	DKR Engineering	Wyatt Brichacek	1:49.665	+9.561	29
30	LMP3	11	Eurointernational	Adam Ali	1:50.001	+9.897	30
31	LMP3	35	Ultimate	Matthieu Lahaye	1:50.046	+9.942	31
32	LMP3	5	RLR M Sport	Daniel Ali	1:51.084	+10.980	32
33	LMGT3	85	Iron Dames	Sarah Bovy	1:56.003	+15.899	33
34	LMGT3	55	Spirit of Race	Duncan Cameron	1:56.283	+16.179	34
35	LMGT3	63	Iron Lynx	Hiroshi Hamaguchi	1:56.619	+16.515	35
36	LMGT3	59	Racing Spirit of Léman	Derek DeBoer	1:56.898	+16.794	36
37	LMGT3	57	Kessel Racing	Takeshi Kimura	1:56.942	+16.838	37
38	LMGT3	50	Formula Racing	Johnny Laursen	1:57.431	+17.327	38
39	LMGT3	97	Grid Motorsport by TF	Martin Berry	1:57.456	+17.352	39
40	LMGT3	86	GR Racing	Michael Wainwright	1:57.588	+17.484	40
41	LMGT3	51	AF Corse	Charles-Henri Samani	1:58.218	+18.114	41
42	LMGT3	60	Proton Competition	Claudio Schiavoni	1:58.943	+18.839	42
43	LMGT3	66	JMW Motorsport	John Hartshorne	2:00.742	+20.638	43
Sources: [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

Race

Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 87 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

Final Classification ^{[13] [14]}

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Tyres	Laps	Time/Gap
1	LMP2	43	Inter Europol Competition	Sebastián Álvarez Vladislav Lomko Tom Dillmann	Oreca 07	G	125	4:00:47.885
2	LMP2	47	COOL Racing	Alejandro García Paul-Loup Chatin Frederik Vesti	Oreca 07	G	125	+14.004
3	LMP2	14	AO by TF	Jonny Edgar Louis Delétraz Robert Kubica	Oreca 07	G	125	+15.078
4	LMP2	28	IDEC Sport	Paul Lafargue Reshad de Gerus Job van Uitert	Oreca 07	G	125	+20.325 [R 1]
5	LMP2	22	United Autosports	Filip Ugran Marino Sato Benjamin Hanley	Oreca 07	G	125	+20.353
6	LMP2	30	Duqueine Team	Niels Koolen Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer James Allen	Oreca 07	G	125	+24.186
7	LMP2 Pro/Am	29	Richard Mille by TDS	Rodrigo Sales Mathias Beche Grégoire Saucy	Oreca 07	G	125	+34.149
8	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	Matthias Kaiser Olli Caldwell Alexander Lynn	Oreca 07	G	125	+34.846
9	LMP2 Pro/Am	77	Proton Competition	Giorgio Roda René Binder Bent Viscaal	Oreca 07	G	125	+45.906
10	LMP2 Pro/Am	21	United Autosports	Daniel Schneider Andrew Meyrick Oliver Jarvis	Oreca 07	G	125	+59.338
11	LMP2 Pro/Am	83	AF Corse	François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Alessio Rovera	Oreca 07	G	125	+1:03.816
12	LMP2	65	Panis Racing	Manuel Maldonado Charles Milesi Arthur Leclerc	Oreca 07	G	125	+1:21.952
13	LMP2 Pro/Am	24	Nielsen Racing	John Falb Colin Noble Albert Costa Balboa	Oreca 07	G	125	+1:30.041
14	LMP2	9	Iron Lynx – Proton	Jonas Ried Macéo Capietto Matteo Cairoli	Oreca 07	G	125	+1:34.810
15	LMP2	10	Vector Sport	Ryan Cullen Stéphane Richelmi Felipe Drugovich	Oreca 07	G	124	+1 Lap
16	LMP2	27	Nielsen Racing	David Heinemeier Hansson Nicolás Pino William Stevens	Oreca 07	G	124	+1 Lap
17	LMP2	23	United Autosports	Bijoy Garg Fabio Scherer Paul di Resta	Oreca 07	G	124	+1 Lap
18	LMP2 Pro/Am	20	Algarve Pro Racing	Kriton Lendoudis Richard Bradley Alex Quinn	Oreca 07	G	124	+1 Lap
19	LMP2 Pro/Am	19	Team Virage	Anthony Wells Matthew Bell Nelson Piquet Jr.	Oreca 07	G	124	+1 Lap
20	LMP2 Pro/Am	3	DKR Engineering	Andres Latorre Canon Cem Bölükbaşı Laurents Hörr	Oreca 07	G	122	+3 Laps
21	LMP3	15	RLR M Sport	Michael Jensen Nick Adcock Gaël Julien	Ligier JS P320	M	118	+7 Laps
22	LMP3	4	DKR Engineering	Alexander Mattschull Belén García Wyatt Brichacek	Duqueine M30 - D08	M	118	+7 Laps
23	LMP3	35	Ultimate	Eric Trouillet Jean-Baptiste Lahaye Matthieu Lahaye	Ligier JS P320	M	117	+8 Laps
24	LMP3	11	Eurointernational	Matthew Richard Bell Adam Ali	Ligier JS P320	M	117	+8 Laps
25	LMP3	17	COOL Racing	Miguel Cristóvão Cédric Oltramare Manuel Espírito Santo	Ligier JS P320	M	117	+8 Laps
26	LMP3	31	Racing Spirit of Léman	Jacques Wolff Jean-Ludovic Foubert Antoine Doquin	Ligier JS P320	M	117	+8 Laps
27	LMP3	8	Team Virage	Julien Gerbi Bernardo Pinheiro Gillian Henrion	Ligier JS P320	M	116	+9 Laps
28	LMP3	5	RLR M Sport	James Dayson Daniel Ali Bailey Voisin	Ligier JS P320	M	115	+10 Laps
29	LMGT3	55	Spirit of Race	Duncan Cameron David Perel Matthew Griffin	Ferrari 296 LMGT3	G	113	+12 Laps
30	LMGT3	63	Iron Lynx	Hiroshi Hamaguchi Axcil Jefferies Andrea Caldarelli	Lamborghini Huracan LMGT3 Evo2	G	113	+12 Laps
31	LMGT3	59	Racing Spirit of Léman	Derek DeBoer Casper Stevenson Valentin Hasse-Clot	Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3	G	113	+12 Laps
32	LMGT3	85	Iron Dames	Sarah Bovy Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting	Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3	G	113	+12 Laps
33	LMGT3	86	GR Racing	Michael Wainwright Riccardo Pera Davide Rigon	Ferrari 296 LMGT3	G	113	+12 Laps
34	LMGT3	51	AF Corse	Charles-Henri Samani Emmanuel Collard Nicolás Varrone	Ferrari 296 LMGT3	G	113	+12 Laps
35	LMGT3	97	Grid Motorsport by TF	Martin Berry Lorcan Hanafin Jonathan Adam	Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3	G	112	+13 Laps
36	LMGT3	60	Proton Competition	Claudio Schiavoni Matteo Cressoni Julien Andlauer	Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3	G	112	+13 Laps
37	LMGT3	50	Formula Racing	Johnny Laursen Conrad Laursen Nicklas Nielsen	Ferrari 296 LMGT3	G	112	+13 Laps
38	LMGT3	66	JMW Motorsport	John Hartshorne Ben Tuck Philip Keen	Ferrari 296 LMGT3	G	111	+14 Laps
Not classified
	LMP2	34	Inter Europol Competition	Oliver Gray Clément Novalak Luca Ghiotto	Oreca 07	G	113	Gearbox [15]
	LMP2	37	COOL Racing	Lorenzo Fluxá Malthe Jakobsen Ritomo Miyata	Oreca 07	G	101	Gearbox [15]
	LMP3	12	WTM by Rinaldi Racing	Torsten Kratz Leonard Weiss Óscar Tunjo	Duqueine M30 - D08	M	77	Master relay [15]
	LMP3	88	Inter Europol Competition	Alexander Bukhantsov Kai Askey Pedro Perino	Ligier JS P320	M	69
	LMGT3	57	Kessel Racing	Takeshi Kimura Esteban Masson Daniel Serra	Ferrari 296 LMGT3	G	47

1. The No. 28 IDEC Sport was penalised for weaving on the Mistral straight and causing a contact. The penalty was 10 seconds time penalty. ^[15]

Statistics

Fastest lap

Class	Driver	Team	Time	Lap
LMP2	Olli Caldwell	#25 Algarve Pro Racing	1:43.076	55
LMP2 Pro/Am	Matthieu Vaxivière	#83 AF Corse	1:42.781	88
LMP3	Wyatt Brichacek	#4 DKR Engineering	1:51.853	105
LMGT3	Julien Andlauer	#60 Proton Competition	1:55.885	105
Source: [16]

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