2023 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi

The 2023 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 17 and 19 February 2023, as final rounds of 2023 Asian Le Mans Series season.

Schedule Date Time (local: GST) Event Friday, 17 February 13:30 Free Practice 1 17:15 Free Practice 2 Saturday, 18 February 10:40 Qualifying - GT 11:10 Qualifying - LMP2 and LMP3 15:00 Race 1 Sunday, 19 February 13:15 Warm-up 16:00 Race 2 Source:

Entry list

The No. 65 Viper Niza Racing withdrew from this racing weekend after an accident during 4 Hours of Dubai Race 2. The No. 54 Dinamic GT and No. 61 TF Sport also withdrew from Abu Dhabi races.

Ollie Millroy and Benjamin Barker continued to drive for No. 72 HubAuto Racing and No. 74 Kessel Racing respectively after being substitutes in Dubai. Marvin Kirchhöfer raced for No. 88 Garage 59 after missing both Dubai races because of being ill. Ahmad Al Harthy joined 99 Racing as Bronze-rated driver. Nicolas Lapierre, the driver of No. 37 Cool Racing, decided to step down from driving duties this weekend to allow Malthe Jakobsen gain more track time.

Free practice Only the fastest car in each class is shown. Free Practice 1 Class Entrant Time LMP2 22 United Autosports 1:42.821 LMP3 17 Cool Racing 1:47.986 GT 7 Haupt Racing Team 1:53.429 Free Practice 2 Class Entrant Time LMP2 37 Cool Racing 1:41.957 LMP3 11 WTM by Rinaldi Racing 1:48.232 GT 95 TF Sport 1:52.992 Source:

Race 1 Qualifying Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Class Team Driver Time Gap 1 LMP2 98 99 Racing Ahmad Al Harthy 1:42.644 — 1 2 LMP2 3 DKR Engineering Salih Yoluç 1:43.731 +1.087 2 3 LMP2 24 Nielsen Racing Rodrigo Sales 1:43.734 +1.090 3 4 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition Charles Crews 1:44.044 +1.400 4 5 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing John Falb 1:44.138 +1.494 5 6 LMP2 37 Cool Racing Alexandre Coigny 1:44.471 +1.827 6 7 LMP2 44 ARC Bratislava Miro Konôpka 1:47.949 +5.305 7 8 LMP3 11 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Torsten Kratz 1:48.576 +5.932 8 9 LMP2 22 United Autosports James McGuire 1:48.907 +6.263 9 10 LMP3 73 Inter Europol Competition Alexander Bukhantsov 1:49.118 +6.474 11 11 LMP3 4 Nielsen Racing Tony Wells 1:49.447 +6.803 12 12 LMP3 55 Rinaldi Racing Matthias Lüthen 1:49.450 +6.806 13 13 LMP3 29 MV2S Racing Jérôme de Sadeleer 1:49.548 +6.904 14 14 LMP3 9 Graff Racing Eric Trouillet 1:49.791 +7.147 15 15 LMP3 17 Cool Racing Adrien Chila 1:49.925 +7.281 16 16 LMP3 5 DKR Engineering Tom van Rompuy 1:50.040 +7.396 17 17 LMP3 8 Graff Racing François Hériau 1:50.399 +7.755 18 18 LMP3 2 CD Sport James Sweetnam 1:50.473 +7.829 19 19 LMP3 53 Inter Europol Competition Miguel Cristóvão 1:50.621 +7.977 20 20 LMP3 1 CD Sport Nick Adcock 1:50.677 +8.033 21 21 LMP3 15 RLR MSport Amir Feyzulin 1:51.420 +8.776 22 22 GT 72 HubAuto Racing Liam Talbot 1:52.776 +10.132 23 23 LMP3 63 Inter Europol Competition John Schauerman 1:52.825 +10.181 24 24 GT 34 Walkenhorst Motorsport Thomas Merrill 1:52.833 +10.189 25 25 GT 7 Haupt Racing Team Martin Konrad 1:53.001 +10.357 26 26 GT 21 AF Corse Stefano Costantini 1:53.411 +10.767 27 27 GT 99 Herberth Motorsport Ralf Bohn 1:53.515 +10.871 28 28 GT 10 GetSpeed Performance Florian Scholze 1:53.543 +10.899 29 29 LMP3 18 360 Racing Frédéric Jousset 1:53.680 +11.036 30 30 GT 91 Herberth Motorsport Alex Malykhin 1:53.702 +11.058 31 31 GT 16 GetSpeed Performance Bihuang Zhou 1:53.967 +11.323 32 32 GT 88 Garage 59 Alexander West 1:53.989 +11.345 33 33 GT 66 Bullitt Racing Martin Berry 1:54.020 +11.376 34 34 GT 60 Formula Racing Johnny Laursen 1:54.130 +11.486 35 35 GT 19 Leipert Motorsport Gabriel Rindone 1:54.244 +11.600 36 36 GT 33 Herberth Motorsport Antares Au 1:54.283 +11.639 37 37 GT 20 Herberth Motorsport Nicolas Leutwiler 1:54.423 +11.779 38 38 GT 59 Garage 59 Nick Halstead 1:54.572 +11.928 39 39 GT 74 Kessel Racing Michał Broniszewski 1:54.612 +11.968 40 40 GT 57 CarGuy Takeshi Kimura 1:54.870 +12.226 41 41 GT 77 D'station Racing Charlie Fagg 1:55.034 +12.390 42 42 GT 6 Haupt Racing Team Michael Blanchemain 1:55.365 +12.721 43 43 GT 95 TF Sport John Hartshorne 1:56.626 +13.982 44 44 LMP2 23 United Autosports — 10 45 GT 67 Orange Racing Powered by JMH — — Source:

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

+ Final Classification Class Team Drivers Car Tyres Laps Time/Gap 1 LMP2 37 Cool Racing Alexandre Coigny Malthe Jakobsen Oreca 07 100 4:03:13.317 2 LMP2 23 United Autosports Yasser Shahin Garnet Patterson Oliver Jarvis Oreca 07 100 +34.394 3 LMP2 3 DKR Engineering Salih Yoluç Charlie Eastwood Ayhancan Güven Oreca 07 100 +40.730 4 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition Nolan Siegel Christian Bogle Charles Crews Oreca 07 100 +1:02.636 5 LMP2 22 United Autosports Philip Hanson Paul di Resta James McGuire Oreca 07 100 +1:08.128 6 LMP2 24 Nielsen Racing Rodrigo Sales Ben Hanley Mathias Beche Oreca 07 100 +1:27.377 7 LMP2 98 99 Racing Neel Jani Nikita Mazepin Ahmad Al Harthy Oreca 07 100 +1:29.559 8 LMP2 44 ARC Bratislava Miro Konôpka Nicolas Pino László Tóth Oreca 07 98 +2 Laps 9 LMP3 4 Nielsen Racing Tony Wells Matthew Bell Ligier JS P320 97 +3 Laps 10 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing John Falb James Allen Kyffin Simpson Oreca 07 97 +3 Laps 11 LMP3 29 MV2S Racing Jérôme de Sadeleer Viacheslav Gutak Fabien Lavergne Ligier JS P320 97 +3 Laps 12 LMP3 11 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Torsten Kratz Leonard Weiss Nicolás Varrone Duqueine M30 - D08 97 +3 Laps 13 LMP3 8 Graff Racing Fabrice Rossello Xavier Lloveras François Hériau Ligier JS P320 96 +4 Laps 14 LMP3 5 DKR Engineering Tom van Rompuy Valentino Catalano Duqueine M30 - D08 96 +4 Laps 15 LMP3 17 Cool Racing Cédric Oltramare Adrien Chila Marcos Siebert Ligier JS P320 96 +4 Laps 16 LMP3 9 Graff Racing Eric Trouillet Sébastien Page Belén García Ligier JS P320 96 +4 Laps 17 LMP3 1 CD Sport Michael Jensen Nick Adcock Valdemar Eriksen Ligier JS P320 96 +4 Laps 18 LMP3 53 Inter Europol Competition Kai Askey Wyatt Brichacek Miguel Cristóvão Ligier JS P320 95 +5 Laps 19 LMP3 73 Inter Europol Competition John Corbett Alexander Bukhantsov James Winslow Ligier JS P320 94 +6 Laps 20 GT 7 Haupt Racing Team Al Faisal Al Zubair Luca Stolz Martin Konrad Mercedes AMG GT3 94 +6 Laps 21 LMP3 15 RLR MSport Amir Feyzulin Bijoy Garg Andres Latorre Canon Ligier JS P320 94 +6 Laps 22 GT 91 Herberth Motorsport Alex Malykhin Joel Sturm Harry King Porsche 911 GT3 R 94 +6 Laps 23 GT 19 Leipert Motorsport Gabriel Rindone Brendon Leitch Marco Mapelli Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 94 +6 Laps 24 LMP3 63 Inter Europol Competition Adam Ali John Schauerman James Dayson Ligier JS P320 93 +7 Laps 25 GT 34 Walkenhorst Motorsport Chandler Hull Nicky Catsburg Thomas Merrill BMW M4 GT3 93 +7 Laps 26 GT 95 TF Sport John Hartshorne Henrique Chaves Jonathan Adam Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 93 +7 Laps 27 GT 77 D'station Racing Satoshi Hoshino Tomonobu Fujii Charlie Fagg Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 92 +8 Laps 28 GT 10 GetSpeed Performance Raffaele Marciello Fabian Schiller Florian Scholze Mercedes AMG GT3 92 +8 Laps 29 GT 33 Herberth Motorsport Antares Au Alfred Renauer Klaus Bachler Porsche 911 GT3 R 92 +8 Laps 30 GT 20 Herberth Motorsport Nicolas Leutwiler Mikkel Pedersen Matteo Cairoli Porsche 911 GT3 R 92 +8 Laps 31 GT 57 CarGuy Takeshi Kimura Frederik Schandorff Mikkel Jensen Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 92 +8 Laps 32 GT 59 Garage 59 Nick Halstead Louis Prette Rob Bell McLaren 720S GT3 92 +8 Laps 33 GT 16 GetSpeed Bihuang Zhou Wang Zhongwei Alexandre Imperatori Mercedes AMG GT3 91 +9 Laps 34 GT 6 Haupt Racing Team Arjun Maini Frank Bird Michael Blanchemain Mercedes AMG GT3 88 +12 Laps 35 GT 72 HubAuto Racing Liam Talbot Jules Gounon Ollie Millroy Mercedes AMG GT3 94 +13 Laps LMP3 2 CD Sport Vladislav Lomko James Sweetnam Jacques Wolff Ligier JS P320 65 Not classified NC GT 99 Herberth Motorsport Ralf Bohn Axcil Jefferies Robert Renauer Porsche 911 GT3 R 44 Not classified NC LMP3 55 Rinaldi Racing Lorcan Hanafin Matthias Lüthen Jonas Ried Duqueine M30 - D08 37 Wheel NC LMP3 18 360 Racing Frédéric Jousset Sebastián Álvarez Ross Kaiser Ligier JS P320 35 Collision damage NC GT 88 Garage 59 Alexander West Benjamin Goethe Marvin Kirchhöfer McLaren 720S GT3 14 Puncture NC GT 60 Formula Racing Johnny Laursen Conrad Laursen Nicklas Nielsen Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 12 Crash NC GT 66 Bullitt Racing Valentin Hasse-Clot Jacob Riegel Martin Berry Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 1 Collision damage NC GT 21 AF Corse Stefano Costantini Simon Mann Miguel Molina Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 0 Crash GT 74 Kessel Racing Michał Broniszewski David Fumanelli Benjamin Barker Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 0 Did not start DNS GT 67 Orange Racing Powered by JMH Simon Orange Michael O'Brien Marcus Clutton McLaren 720S GT3 0 Brakes

Statistics Fastest lap Class Driver Team Time LMP2 Malthe Jakobsen #37 Cool Racing 1:42.085 82 LMP3 Nicolás Varrone #11 WTM by Rinaldi Racing 1:48.871 97 GT Luca Stolz #7 Haupt Racing Team 1:53.074 45 Source:

Race 2 Qualifying Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Class Team Driver Time Gap 1 LMP2 98 99 Racing Ahmad Al Harthy 1:43.003 — 1 2 LMP2 24 Nielsen Racing Rodrigo Sales 1:43.757 +0.754 2 3 LMP2 3 DKR Engineering Salih Yoluç 1:43.834 +0.831 3 4 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing John Falb 1:44.159 +1.156 4 5 LMP2 37 Cool Racing Alexandre Coigny 1:44.585 +1.582 5 6 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition Charles Crews 1:45.310 +2.307 6 7 LMP2 44 ARC Bratislava Miro Konôpka 1:48.367 +5.364 7 8 LMP3 11 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Torsten Kratz 1:48.663 +5.660 8 9 LMP2 22 United Autosports James McGuire 1:49.281 +6.278 9 10 LMP3 73 Inter Europol Competition Alexander Bukhantsov 1:49.511 +6.508 11 11 LMP3 29 MV2S Racing Jérôme de Sadeleer 1:49.556 +6.553 12 12 LMP3 4 Nielsen Racing Tony Wells 1:49.858 +6.855 13 13 LMP3 55 Rinaldi Racing Matthias Lüthen 1:49.873 +6.870 14 14 LMP3 17 Cool Racing Adrien Chila 1:49.967 +6.964 15 15 LMP3 9 Graff Racing Eric Trouillet 1:50.137 +7.134 16 16 LMP3 5 DKR Engineering Tom van Rompuy 1:50.199 +7.196 17 17 LMP3 8 Graff Racing François Hériau 1:50.407 +7.404 18 18 LMP3 2 CD Sport James Sweetnam 1:50.540 +7.537 19 19 LMP3 53 Inter Europol Competition Miguel Cristóvão 1:50.644 +7.641 20 20 LMP3 1 CD Sport Nick Adcock 1:50.778 +7.775 21 21 LMP3 15 RLR MSport Amir Feyzulin 1:51.530 +8.527 22 22 GT 72 HubAuto Racing Liam Talbot 1:52.885 +9.882 23 23 LMP3 63 Inter Europol Competition John Schauerman 1:52.943 +9.940 24 24 GT 7 Haupt Racing Team Martin Konrad 1:53.042 +10.039 25 25 GT 34 Walkenhorst Motorsport Thomas Merrill 1:53.155 +10.152 26 26 GT 21 AF Corse Stefano Costantini 1:53.462 +10.459 27 27 GT 99 Herberth Motorsport Ralf Bohn 1:53.554 +10.551 28 28 LMP3 18 360 Racing Frédéric Jousset 1:53.710 +10.707 29 29 GT 10 GetSpeed Performance Florian Scholze 1:53.739 +10.736 30 30 GT 16 GetSpeed Performance Bihuang Zhou 1:53.994 +10.991 31 31 GT 91 Herberth Motorsport Alex Malykhin 1:54.021 +11.018 32 32 GT 66 Bullitt Racing Martin Berry 1:54.034 +11.031 33 33 GT 60 Formula Racing Johnny Laursen 1:54.190 +11.187 34 GT 88 Garage 59 Alexander West 1:54.225 +11.222 34 35 GT 19 Leipert Motorsport Gabriel Rindone 1:54.308 +11.305 35 36 GT 33 Herberth Motorsport Antares Au 1:54.648 +11.645 36 37 GT 74 Kessel Racing Michael Broniszewski 1:54.784 +11.781 WD 38 GT 59 Garage 59 Nick Halstead 1:54.790 +11.787 37 39 GT 57 CarGuy Takeshi Kimura 1:55.073 +12.070 38 40 GT 20 Herberth Motorsport Nicolas Leutwiler 1:55.171 +12.168 39 41 GT 6 Haupt Racing Team Michael Blanchemain 1:55.370 +12.367 40 42 GT 77 D'station Racing Satoshi Hoshino 1:57.329 +14.326 41 43 GT 95 TF Sport John Hartshorne 1:57.353 +14.350 42 44 LMP2 23 United Autosports — 10 45 GT 67 Orange Racing Powered by JMH — WD Source:

Race Race result The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 91 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.