2024 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps

The layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

The 2024 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 23 and 25 August 2024, as the fourth round of the 2024 European Le Mans Series season.

Entry list

Main article: 2024 European Le Mans Series § Entries

The pre-event entry list was published on 14 August and consisted of 43 entries between 4 categories – 14 in LMP2, 8 in LMP2 Pro/Am, 10 in LMP3 and 11 in LMGT3. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

After missing previous round, Ritomo Miyata returned to the No. 37 COOL Racing. ^{[1] [2]} As a result of a clash with IMSA SportsCar Championship, Oliver Jarvis missed this round and Filipe Albuquerque replaced him in the No. 21 United Autosports. ^{[4] [1]} Nick Yelloly joined John Falb and Colin Noble in the No. 24 Nielsen Racing. ^[5] Wayne Boyd and Tristan Vautier joined Anthony Wells in the No. 19 Team Virage. ^[3] Louis Rossi raced alongside Lahaye brothers in the No. 35 Ultimate. ^{[1] [2]} Benjamin Pedersen is going to replace Nico Pino in the No. 27 Nielsen Racing. ^[6] Niels Koolen did not take part in this round and Rasmus Lindh replaced him in the No. 30 Duqueine Team. ^[7] Before the race Belén García decided to split with DKR Engineering due to unsolved problems with her driving position in the Duqueine M30 - D08. Her late withdrawal meant Wyatt Brichacek and Alexander Mattschull raced as the duo in the car No. 4. ^[8]

Schedule

Date	Time (local: CEST)	Event
Friday, 23 August	11:00	Free Practice 1
	14:55	Bronze Drivers Collective Test
Saturday, 24 August	10:15	Free Practice 2
	14:00	Qualifying - LMGT3
	14:25	Qualifying - LMP3
	14:50	Qualifying - LMP2 Pro/Am
	15:15	Qualifying - LMP2
Sunday, 25 August	11:30	Race
Source: [9]

Free practice

• Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Free Practice 1	Class	No.	Entrant	Time
	LMP2	65	Panis Racing	2:01.385
	LMP2 Pro/Am	21	United Autosports	2:02.294
	LMP3	17	COOL Racing	2:11.211
	LMGT3	57	Kessel Racing	2:15.876
Free Practice 2	LMP2	43	Inter Europol Competition	2:01.435
	LMP2 Pro/Am	83	AF Corse	2:03.808
	LMP3	8	Team Virage	2:12.674
	LMGT3	57	Kessel Racing	2:16.355
Sources: [10] [11]

Qualifying

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap	Grid
1	LMP2	14	AO by TF	Louis Delétraz	2:01.253	—	1
2	LMP2	65	Panis Racing	Charles Milesi	2:01.660	+0,407	2
3	LMP2	43	Inter Europol Competition	Tom Dillmann	2:01.665	+0,412	3
4	LMP2	37	COOL Racing	Ritomo Miyata	2:02.064	+0,811	4
5	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	Alexander Lynn	2:02.071	+0,818	5
6	LMP2	23	United Autosports	Paul di Resta	2:02.114	+0,861	6
7	LMP2	10	Vector Sport	Felipe Drugovich	2:02.184	+0,931	7
8	LMP2	9	Iron Lynx – Proton	Matteo Cairoli	2:02.216	+0,963	8
9	LMP2	34	Inter Europol Competition	Luca Ghiotto	2:02.237	+0,984	9
10	LMP2	28	IDEC Sport	Job van Uitert	2:02.479	+1,226	10
11	LMP2	27	Nielsen Racing	William Stevens	2:02.630	+1,377	11
12	LMP2	30	Duqueine Team	James Allen	2:02.879	+1,626	12
13	LMP2 Pro/Am	29	Richard Mille by TDS	Rodrigo Sales	2:04.537	+3,284	15
14	LMP2 Pro/Am	77	Proton Competition	Giorgio Roda	2:04.570	+3,317	16
15	LMP2 Pro/Am	24	Nielsen Racing	John Falb	2:04.670	+3,417	17
16	LMP2 Pro/Am	83	AF Corse	François Perrodo	2:05.036	+3,783	18
17	LMP2 Pro/Am	21	United Autosports	Daniel Schneider	2:05.720	+4,467	19
18	LMP2 Pro/Am	19	Team Virage	Anthony Wells	2:05.911	+4,658	20
19	LMP2 Pro/Am	20	Algarve Pro Racing	Kriton Lendoudis	2:09.127	+7,874	21
20	LMP2 Pro/Am	3	DKR Engineering	Andres Latorre Canon	2:10.193	+8,940	22
21	LMP3	15	RLR M Sport	Gaël Julien	2:11.847	+10,594	23
22	LMP3	17	COOL Racing	Manuel Espírito Santo	2:11.887	+10,634	24
23	LMP3	88	Inter Europol Competition	Pedro Perino	2:12.061	+10,808	25
24	LMP3	8	Team Virage	Gillian Henrion	2:12.080	+10,827	26
25	LMP3	12	WTM by Rinaldi Racing	Óscar Tunjo	2:12.259	+11,006	27
26	LMP3	35	Ultimate	Jean-Baptiste Lahaye	2:12.605	+11,352	28
27	LMP3	11	Eurointernational	Adam Ali	2:12.858	+11,605	29
28	LMP3	5	RLR M Sport	Bailey Voisin	2:13.313	+12,060	30
29	LMP3	31	Racing Spirit of Léman	Antoine Doquin	2:13.369	+12,116	31
30	LMP2	47	COOL Racing	Frederik Vesti	2:14.923	+13,670	13
31	LMGT3	63	Iron Lynx	Hiroshi Hamaguchi	2:17.873	+16,620	32
32	LMGT3	50	Formula Racing	Johnny Laursen	2:18.916	+17,663	33
33	LMGT3	97	Grid Motorsport by TF	Martin Berry	2:19.096	+17,843	34
34	LMGT3	55	Spirit of Race	Duncan Cameron	2:19.246	+17,993	42 [Q 1]
35	LMGT3	85	Iron Dames	Sarah Bovy	2:19.508	+18,255	38 [Q 2]
36	LMGT3	57	Kessel Racing	Takeshi Kimura	2:19.680	+18,427	35
37	LMGT3	59	Racing Spirit of Léman	Derek DeBoer	2:19.729	+18,476	36
38	LMGT3	51	AF Corse	Charles-Henri Samani	2:20.247	+18,994	37
39	LMGT3	86	GR Racing	Michael Wainwright	2:20.480	+19,227	39
40	LMGT3	60	Proton Competition	Claudio Schiavoni	2:22.157	+20,904	40
41	LMGT3	66	JMW Motorsport	John Hartshorne	2:25.878	+24,625	41
42	LMP2	22	United Autosports	Benjamin Hanley	—		14 [Q 3]
43	LMP3	4	DKR Engineering	—			43 [Q 4]
Sources: [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]

1. Stewards allowed David Perel, driver of the No. 55 Spirit of Race, to take part in the race despite him not fulfilling the 110% rule. Stewards also obliged Matthew Griffin, the crew's fastest driver, to start the race from the back of the category. ^[12]
2. The No. 85 Iron Dames was moved 3 places on the grid for causing a collision with car No. 23 United Autosports during the Free Practice 1. ^[13]
3. The No. 22 United Autosports was penalised for causing the red flag during Qualifying session. Benjamin Hanley was not allowed to rejoin the session and lost all his lap times. Stewards allowed the No. 22 to start from the back of category and obliged this crew to start the race with their fastest driver. ^[14]
4. The No. 4 DKR Engineering was allowed by stewards to take part in the race despite not fulfilling the 110% rule in Qualifying. Stewards also obliged Wyatt Brichacek, the crew's fastest driver, to start the race from the back of the grid. ^[15]

Race

Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 66 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

Final Classification ^{[22] [23]}

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Tyres	Laps	Time/Gap
1	LMP2	14	AO by TF	Jonny Edgar Louis Delétraz Robert Kubica	Oreca 07	G	95	4:01:28.729
2	LMP2	43	Inter Europol Competition	Sebastián Álvarez Vladislav Lomko Tom Dillmann	Oreca 07	G	95	+1.100
3	LMP2	28	IDEC Sport	Marcos Siebert Reshad de Gerus Job van Uitert	Oreca 07	G	95	+32.436
4	LMP2	34	Inter Europol Competition	Oliver Gray Clément Novalak Luca Ghiotto	Oreca 07	G	95	+33.731
5	LMP2	37	COOL Racing	Lorenzo Fluxá Malthe Jakobsen Ritomo Miyata	Oreca 07	G	95	+45.658
6	LMP2	65	Panis Racing	Manuel Maldonado Charles Milesi Arthur Leclerc	Oreca 07	G	95	+47.273
7	LMP2	9	Iron Lynx – Proton	Jonas Ried Macéo Capietto Matteo Cairoli	Oreca 07	G	95	+57.022
8	LMP2 Pro/Am	83	AF Corse	François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Alessio Rovera	Oreca 07	G	95	+1:01.303
9	LMP2 Pro/Am	77	Proton Competition	Giorgio Roda René Binder Bent Viscaal	Oreca 07	G	95	+1:18.608
10	LMP2	10	Vector Sport	Ryan Cullen Stéphane Richelmi Felipe Drugovich	Oreca 07	G	95	+1:25.528
11	LMP2 Pro/Am	20	Algarve Pro Racing	Kriton Lendoudis Richard Bradley Alex Quinn	Oreca 07	G	95	+1:26.750
12	LMP2	22	United Autosports	Filip Ugran Marino Sato Benjamin Hanley	Oreca 07	G	95	+1:29.917
13	LMP2 Pro/Am	24	Nielsen Racing	John Falb Colin Noble Nicholas Yelloly	Oreca 07	G	95	+1:30.457
14	LMP2	23	United Autosports	Bijoy Garg Fabio Scherer Paul di Resta	Oreca 07	G	95	+1:32.574
15	LMP2 Pro/Am	3	DKR Engineering	Andres Latorre Canon Cem Bölükbaşı Laurents Hörr	Oreca 07	G	95	+1:43.810
16	LMP2 Pro/Am	21	United Autosports	Daniel Schneider Andrew Meyrick Filipe Albuquerque	Oreca 07	G	95	+1:52.067
17	LMP2 Pro/Am	19	Team Virage	Anthony Wells Wayne Boyd Tristan Vautier	Oreca 07	G	95	+1:59.492
18	LMP2	47	COOL Racing	Carl Bennett Ferdinand Habsburg Frederik Vesti	Oreca 07	G	95	+2:07.150
19	LMP2	30	Duqueine Team	Rasmus Lindh Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer James Allen	Oreca 07	G	94	+1 Lap
20	LMP2	27	Nielsen Racing	David Heinemeier Hansson Benjamin Pedersen William Stevens	Oreca 07	G	94	+1 Lap
21	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	Matthias Kaiser Olli Caldwell Alexander Lynn	Oreca 07	G	92	+3 Laps
22	LMP3	11	Eurointernational	Matthew Richard Bell Adam Ali	Ligier JS P320	M	91	+4 Laps
23	LMP3	31	Racing Spirit of Léman	Jacques Wolff Jean-Ludovic Foubert Antoine Doquin	Ligier JS P320	M	91	+4 Laps
24	LMP3	17	COOL Racing	Miguel Cristóvão Cédric Oltramare Manuel Espírito Santo	Ligier JS P320	M	91	+4 Laps
25	LMP3	15	RLR M Sport	Michael Jensen Nick Adcock Gaël Julien	Ligier JS P320	M	91	+4 Laps
26	LMP3	35	Ultimate	Louis Rossi Jean-Baptiste Lahaye Matthieu Lahaye [R 1]	Ligier JS P320	M	91	+4 Laps
27	LMP3	8	Team Virage	Julien Gerbi Bernardo Pinheiro Gillian Henrion	Ligier JS P320	M	91	+4 Laps
28	LMP3	4	DKR Engineering	Alexander Mattschull Wyatt Brichacek	Duqueine M30 - D08	M	91	+4 Laps
29	LMP3	12	WTM by Rinaldi Racing	Torsten Kratz Leonard Weiss Óscar Tunjo	Duqueine M30 - D08	M	91	+4 Laps
30	LMP3	88	Inter Europol Competition	Alexander Bukhantsov Kai Askey Pedro Perino	Ligier JS P320	M	91	+4 Laps
31	LMP3	5	RLR M Sport	James Dayson Daniel Ali Bailey Voisin	Ligier JS P320	M	90	+5 Laps
32	LMGT3	57	Kessel Racing	Takeshi Kimura Esteban Masson Daniel Serra	Ferrari 296 LMGT3	G	89	+6 Laps
33	LMGT3	86	GR Racing	Michael Wainwright Riccardo Pera Davide Rigon	Ferrari 296 LMGT3	G	88	+7 Laps
34	LMGT3	51	AF Corse	Charles-Henri Samani Emmanuel Collard Nicolás Varrone	Ferrari 296 LMGT3	G	88	+7 Laps
35	LMGT3	59	Racing Spirit of Léman	Derek DeBoer Casper Stevenson Valentin Hasse-Clot	Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3	G	88	+7 Laps
36	LMGT3	97	Grid Motorsport by TF	Martin Berry Lorcan Hanafin Jonathan Adam	Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3	G	88	+7 Laps
37	LMGT3	60	Proton Competition	Claudio Schiavoni Matteo Cressoni Julien Andlauer	Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3	G	87	+8 Laps
Not classified
	LMP2 Pro/Am	29	Richard Mille by TDS	Rodrigo Sales Mathias Beche Grégoire Saucy	Oreca 07	G	31
	LMGT3	50	Formula Racing	Johnny Laursen Conrad Laursen Nicklas Nielsen	Ferrari 296 LMGT3	G	30
	LMGT3	63	Iron Lynx	Hiroshi Hamaguchi Axcil Jefferies Andrea Caldarelli	Lamborghini Huracan LMGT3 Evo2	G	25
	LMGT3	85	Iron Dames	Sarah Bovy Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting	Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3	G	25
	LMGT3	55	Spirit of Race	Duncan Cameron David Perel Matthew Griffin	Ferrari 296 LMGT3	G	19
	LMGT3	66	JMW Motorsport	John Hartshorne Ben Tuck Philip Keen	Ferrari 296 LMGT3	G	5

1. Matthieu Lahaye failed to meet the minimum driving time to score points. ^[24]

Statistics

Fastest lap

Class	Driver	Team	Time	Lap
LMP2	Charles Milesi	#65 Panis Racing	2:01.257	78
LMP2 Pro/Am	Alessio Rovera	#83 AF Corse	2:02.466	51
LMP3	Gaël Julien	#15 RLR M Sport	2:11.843	42
LMGTE	Esteban Masson	#57 Kessel Racing	2:16.623	59
Source: [25]

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