The 2022 4 Hours of Le Castellet was an endurance sportscar racing event that was held on 17 April 2022, as the opening round of the 2022 European Le Mans Series.

In LMP2, the race was won by the #9 Prema run Oreca 07-Gibson, driven by Lorenzo Colombo, Louis Delétraz and Ferdinand Habsburg.

In LMP3, the race was won by the #17 COOL Racing run Ligier JS P320, driven by Mike Benham, Malthe Jakobsen and Maurice Smith.

In LMGTE, the race was won by the #32 Rinaldi Racing run Ferrari 488 GTE Evo, driven by Pierre Ehret, Nicolás Varrone and Memo Gidley.

Qualifying

Qualifying Result Pole position in each class are marked in bold. PosClassNo.TeamLap TimeGrid1LMP2 Pro-Am31 TDS Racing x Vaillante1:43.03812LMP222 United Autosports1:43.19123LMP29 Prema Racing1:43.43134LMP2 Pro-Am34 Racing Team Turkey1:43.50545LMP265 Panis Racing1:43.61256LMP2 Pro-Am24 Nielsen Racing1:43.63967LMP2 Pro-Am88 AF Corse1:43.75078LMP228 IDEC Sport1:43.85189LMP243 Inter Europol Competition1:44.016910LMP219 Algarve Pro Racing1:44.0301011LMP2 Pro-Am51 Team Virage1:44.2241112LMP230 Duqueine Team1:44.4511213LMP221 Mühlner Motorsport1:45.2381314LMP235 BHK Motorsport1:45.2671415LMP317 COOL Racing1:49.0081516LMP35 RLR Msport1:49.3471617LMP327 COOL Racing1:49.6221718LMP34 DKR Engineering1:49.7001819LMP32 United Autosports1:49.7501920LMP315 RLR Msport1:50.4292021LMP33 United Autosports1:50.4562122LMP310 EuroInternational1:50.5212223LMP37 Nielsen Racing1:50.5532324LMP314 Inter Europol Competition1:50.6022425LMP313 Inter Europol Competition1:50.7312526LMP36 360 Racing1:51.2092627LMP311 EuroInternational1:52.4332728LMGTE32 Rinaldi Racing1:54.7552829LMGTE69 Oman Racing with TF Sport1:54.9092930LMGTE83 Iron Lynx1:55.0203031LMGTE77 Proton Competition1:55.1943132LMGTE93 Proton Competition1:55.4493233LMGTE18 Absolute Racing1:55.6403334LMGTE66 JMW Motorsport1:55.8113435LMGTE33 Rinaldi Racing1:56.2483536LMGTE57 Kessel Racing1:56.3053637LMGTE55 Spirit of Race1:56.4783738LMGTE60 Iron Lynx1:57.1613839LMGTE95 Oman Racing with TF Sport1:58.6833940LMP237 COOL RacingNo Time4041LMP2 Pro-Am47 Algarve Pro RacingNo Time4142LMP2 Pro-Am40 Graff RacingNo Time42

Race

Race Result Class winners are marked in bold. - Cars failing to complete 70% of the winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC). ClassTeamDriversChassisTyreTime/RetiredEngine1LMP29 Prema Racing Lorenzo Colombo Louis Delétraz Ferdinand HabsburgOreca 071204:00:43.565Gibson GK428 4.2 L V82LMP219 Algarve Pro Racing Sophia Flörsch Bent ViscaalOreca 07120 +10.936 sGibson GK428 4.2 L V83LMP265 Panis Racing Julien Canal Nico Jamin Job van UitertOreca 07120 +13.484 sGibson GK428 4.2 L V84LMP228 IDEC Sport Paul Lafargue Paul-Loup Chatin Patrick PiletOreca 07120 +30.027 sGibson GK428 4.2 L V85LMP237 COOL Racing Nicolas Lapierre Niklas Krütten Ye YifeiOreca 07120 +30.537 sGibson GK428 4.2 L V86LMP2 Pro-Am34 Racing Team Turkey Salih Yoluç Charlie Eastwood Jack AitkenOreca 07120 +33.737 sGibson GK428 4.2 L V87LMP222 United Autosports Philip Hanson Tom Gamble Duncan TappyOreca 07120 +1:01.958Gibson GK428 4.2 L V88LMP2 Pro-Am88 AF Corse François Perrodo Nicklas Nielsen Alessio RoveraOreca 07120 +1:12.820Gibson GK428 4.2 L V89LMP221 Mühlner Motorsport Matthias Kaiser Thomas Laurent Ugo de WildeOreca 07119 +1 LapGibson GK428 4.2 L V810LMP2 Pro-Am31 TDS Racing x Vaillante Philippe Cimadomo Mathias Beche Tijmen van der HelmOreca 07119 +1 LapGibson GK428 4.2 L V811LMP243 Inter Europol Competition Fabio Scherer Pietro Fittipaldi David Heinemeier HanssonOreca 07119 +1 LapGibson GK428 4.2 L V812LMP230 Duqueine Team Memo Rojas Reshad de Gerus Richard BradleyOreca 07119 +1 LapGibson GK428 4.2 L V813LMP2 Pro-Am24 Nielsen Racing Rodrigo Sales Matt Bell Ben HanleyOreca 07119 +1 LapGibson GK428 4.2 L V814LMP235 BHK Motorsport Sergio Campana Markus PommerOreca 07118 +2 LapsGibson GK428 4.2 L V815LMP2 Pro-Am51 Team Virage Rob Hodes Gabriel Aubry Jazeman JaafarOreca 07118 +2 LapsGibson GK428 4.2 L V816LMP2 Pro-Am40 Graff Racing Eric Trouillet Sébastien Page David DrouxOreca 07118 +2 LapsGibson GK428 4.2 L V817LMP317 COOL Racing Maurice Smith Mike Benham Malthe JakobsenLigier JS P320115+5 LapsNissan VK56DE 5.6 L V818LMP2 Pro-Am47 Algarve Pro Racing John Falb James Allen Alex PeroniOreca 07114 +6 LapsGibson GK428 4.2 L V819LMP32 United Autosports Bailey Voisin Josh Caygill Finn GehrsitzLigier JS P320114 +6 LapsNissan VK56DE 5.6 L V820LMP35 RLR MSport Michael Jensen Nick Adcock Alex KapadiaLigier JS P320114 +6 LapsNissan VK56DE 5.6 L V821LMP310 Eurointernational Glenn van Berlo Xavier Lloveras Tom CloetLigier JS P320114 +6 LapsNissan VK56DE 5.6 L V822LMP36 360 Racing Terrence Woodward Ross Kaiser Mark RichardsLigier JS P320114 +6 LapsNissan VK56DE 5.6 L V823LMP37 Nielsen Racing Anthony Wells James LittlejohnLigier JS P320113 +7 LapsNissan VK56DE 5.6 L V824LMGTE32 Rinaldi Racing Pierre Ehret Nicolás Varrone Memo GidleyFerrari 488 GTE Evo113+7 LapsFerrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V825LMGTE77 Proton Competition Christian Ried Lorenzo Ferrari Gianmaria BruniPorsche 911 RSR-19113 +7 LapsPorsche 4.2 L Flat-626LMGTE93 Proton Competition Michael Fassbender Zacharie Robichon Richard LietzPorsche 911 RSR-19113 +7 LapsPorsche 4.2 L Flat-627LMGTE83 Iron Lynx Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Sarah BovyFerrari 488 GTE Evo113 +7 LapsFerrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V828LMGTE57 Kessel Racing Takeshi Kimura Frederik Schandorff Mikkel JensenFerrari 488 GTE Evo113 +7 LapsFerrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V829LMGTE95 Oman Racing with TF Sport John Hartshorne Henrique Chaves Jonathan AdamAston Martin Vantage AMR113 +7 LapsAston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V830LMGTE60 Iron Lynx Claudio Schiavoni Matteo Cressoni Davide RigonFerrari 488 GTE Evo113 +7 LapsFerrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V831LMGTE18 Absolute Racing Andrew Haryanto Martin Rump Alessio PicarielloPorsche 911 RSR-19113 +7 LapsPorsche 4.2 L Flat-632LMP33 United Autosports James McGuire Kay van Berlo Andrew BentleyLigier JS P320112 +8 LapsNissan VK56DE 5.6 L V833LMGTE55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin David PerelFerrari 488 GTE Evo112 +8 LapsFerrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V834LMP314 Inter Europol Competition Noam Abramczyk Mateusz Kaprzyk James DaysonLigier JS P320112 +8 LapsNissan VK56DE 5.6 L V835LMGTE66 JMW Motorsport Giacorno Petrobelli Sean Hudspeth Matthew PayneFerrari 488 GTE Evo112 +8 LapsFerrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V836LMGTE33 Rinaldi Racing Christian Hook Óscar Tunjo Fabrizio CrestaniFerrari 488 GTE Evo112 +8 LapsFerrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V837LMP34 DKR Engineering Sebastián Álvarez Alexander Bukhantsov Tom Van RompuyDuqueine M30 – D08112 +8 LapsNissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8DNFLMP311 Eurointernational Marcos Siebert Max Koebolt Adrien ChilaLigier JS P32070EngineNissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8DNFLMP327 COOL Racing Nicolas Maulini Jean-Ludovic Foubert Antoine DoquinLigier JS P32022Accident DamageNissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8DNFLMP315 RLR MSport Horst Felbemayr Jr. Valentino Catalano Austin McCuskerLigier JS P3209CrashNissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8DNFLMGTE69 Oman Racing with TF Sport Ahmad Al Harthy Marco Sørensen Sam De HaanAston Martin Vantage AMR2Accident DamageAston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8DSQLMP313 Inter Europol Competition Charles Crews Nico Pino Guilherme OliveiraLigier JS P320115DisqualifiedNissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8Source: Notes ;- The #13 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P320 was disqualified from the race due to a stewards decision.

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