The 2023 4 Hours of Barcelona was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 21 and 23 April 2023, as the first round of the 2023 European Le Mans Series season.
Entry list
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.
Rob Hodes was replaced by Dennis Andersen in No. 19 Team Virage after a crash in the Bronze Drivers Collective Test that made Hodes visit a hospital.
Schedule Date Time (local: CEST) Event Friday, 21 April 11:50 Free Practice 1 16:20 Bronze Drivers Collective Test Saturday, 22 April 10:10 Free Practice 2 14:40 Qualifying - LMGTE 15:05 Qualifying - LMP3 15:30 Qualifying - LMP2 Pro-Am 15:55 Qualifying - LMP2 Sunday, 23 April 11:30 Race Source:
Free practice Only the fastest car in each class is shown. Free Practice 1 Class Entrant Time LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing 1:30.055 LMP2 Pro/Am 37 Cool Racing 1:29.811 LMP3 8 Team Virage 1:35.509 LMGTE 60 Iron Lynx 1:40.306 Free Practice 2 Class Entrant Time LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition 1:29.950 LMP2 Pro-Am 81 DragonSpeed USA 1:31.419 LMP3 12 WTM by Rinaldi Racing 1:36.971 LMGTE 93 Proton Competition 1:40.248 Source:
Qualifying Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.
Class Team Driver Time Gap 1 LMP2 47 Cool Racing Reshad de Gerus 1:29.396 — 1 2 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing James Allen 1:29.435 +0.039 2 3 LMP2 30 Duqueine Team Neel Jani 1:29.593 +0.197 3 4 LMP2 22 United Autosports USA Philip Hanson 1:29.693 +0.297 4 5 LMP2 65 Panis Racing Job van Uitert 1:29.789 +0.393 5 6 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition Jonathan Aberdein 1:29.839 +0.443 6 7 LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Paul-Loup Chatin 1:30.159 +0.763 7 8 LMP2 Pro/Am 34 Racing Team Turkey Salih Yoluç 1:30.947 +1.551 8 9 LMP2 Pro/Am 99 Proton Competition Giorgio Roda 1:31.267 +1.871 9 10 LMP2 Pro/Am 37 Cool Racing Alexandre Coigny 1:32.838 +3.442 10 11 LMP2 Pro/Am 3 DKR Engineering Tom van Rompuy 1:33.010 +3.614 11 12 LMP2 Pro/Am 24 Nielsen Racing Rodrigo Sales 1:33.088 +3.692 12 13 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 AF Corse François Perrodo 1:33.805 +4.409 13 14 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Autosports USA Daniel Schneider 1:34.596 +5.200 14 15 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Algarve Pro Racing Fred Poordad 1:34.922 +5.526 15 16 LMP3 17 Cool Racing Marcos Siebert 1:35.250 +5.854 16 17 LMP3 13 Inter Europol Competition Wyatt Brichacek 1:35.562 +6.166 17 18 LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Team Virage Dennis Andersen 1:35.605 +6.209 21 19 LMP3 31 Racing Spirit of Léman Antoine Doquin 1:35.616 +6.220 18 20 LMP3 12 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Óscar Tunjo 1:35.758 +6.362 19 21 LMP3 15 RLR M Sport Gaël Julien 1:35.765 +6.369 20 22 LMP3 7 Nielsen Racing Ryan Harper-Ellam 1:36.046 +6.650 22 23 LMP3 8 Team Virage Manuel Espírito Santo 1:36.449 +7.053 41 24 LMP3 10 Eurointernational Glenn van Berlo 1:36.461 +7.065 23 25 LMP3 4 DKR Engineering Pedro Perino 1:36.593 +7.197 24 26 LMP3 5 RLR M Sport Valdemar Eriksen 1:36.764 +7.368 25 27 LMP3 35 Ultimate Matthieu Lahaye 1:36.848 +7.452 26 28 LMP2 Pro/Am 23 United Autosports USA James McGuire 1:36.966 +7.570 27 29 LMP2 Pro/Am 81 DragonSpeed USA Henrik Hedman 1:37.185 +7.789 42 30 LMP3 11 Eurointernational Matthew Richard Bell 1:37.641 +8.245 28 31 LMGTE 66 JMW Motorsport Martin Berry 1:41.060 +11.664 29 32 LMGTE 57 Kessel Racing Takeshi Kimura 1:41.173 +11.777 30 33 LMGTE 16 Proton Competition Ryan Hardwick 1:41.188 +11.792 31 34 LMGTE 72 TF Sport Arnold Robin 1:41.315 +11.919 32 35 LMGTE 44 GMB Motorsport Jens Reno Møller 1:41.360 +11.964 33 36 LMGTE 93 Proton Competition Michael Fassbender 1:41.499 +12.103 34 37 LMGTE 50 Formula Racing Johnny Laursen 1:41.561 +12.165 35 38 LMGTE 77 Proton Competition Christian Ried 1:42.157 +12.761 36 39 LMGTE 55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron 1:42.468 +13.072 37 40 LMGTE 51 AF Corse Kriton Lentoudis 1:42.862 +13.466 38 41 LMGTE 60 Iron Lynx Claudio Schiavoni 1:43.030 +13.634 39 42 LMGTE 95 TF Sport John Hartshorne 1:43.968 +14.572 40 Source:
Race Race result The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 98 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.
+ Final Classification Class Team Drivers Car Tyres Laps Time/Gap 1 LMP2 Pro/Am 34 Racing Team Turkey Salih Yoluç Charlie Eastwood Louis Delétraz Oreca 07 140 4:01:14.646 2 LMP2 30 Duqueine Team Nicolas Pino René Binder Neel Jani Oreca 07 140 +2.363 3 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 AF Corse François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Ben Barnicoat Oreca 07 140 +12.995 4 LMP2 Pro/Am 37 Cool Racing Alexandre Coigny Malthe Jakobsen Nicolas Lapierre Oreca 07 140 +43.757 5 LMP2 65 Panis Racing Job van Uitert Manuel Maldonado Tijmen van der Helm Oreca 07 140 +46.377 6 LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Paul Lafargue Paul-Loup Chatin Laurents Hörr Oreca 07 140 +1:05.613 7 LMP2 47 Cool Racing Vladislav Lomko Reshad de Gerus José María López Oreca 07 140 +1:17.282 8 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing Kyffin Simpson James Allen Alexander Lynn Oreca 07 139 +1 lap 9 LMP2 Pro/Am 24 Nielsen Racing Rodrigo Sales Ben Hanley Mathias Beche Oreca 07 139 +1 lap 10 LMP2 22 United Autosports USA Marino Sato Philip Hanson Oliver Jarvis Oreca 07 139 +1 lap 11 LMP2 Pro/Am 3 DKR Engineering Tom van Rompuy Sebastián Álvarez Nathanaël Berthon Oreca 07 139 +1 lap 12 LMP2 Pro/Am 99 Proton Competition Giorgio Roda Jonas Ried Gianmaria Bruni Oreca 07 139 +1 lap 13 LMP2 Pro/Am 81 DragonSpeed USA Henrik Hedman Sebastián Montoya Juan Pablo Montoya Oreca 07 138 +2 laps 14 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Algarve Pro Racing Fred Poordad Tristan Vautier Jack Hawksworth Oreca 07 138 +2 laps 15 LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Team Virage Dennis Andersen Ian Rodríguez Tatiana Calderón Oreca 07 138 +2 laps 16 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Autosports USA Daniel Schneider Andrew Meyrick Nelson Piquet Jr. Oreca 07 137 +3 laps 17 LMP2 Pro/Am 23 United Autosports USA James McGuire Guy Smith Paul di Resta Oreca 07 137 +3 laps 18 LMP3 17 Cool Racing Adrien Chila Marcos Siebert Alex García Ligier JS P320 134 +6 laps 19 LMP3 13 Inter Europol Competition Miguel Cristóvão Kai Askey Wyatt Brichacek Ligier JS P320 134 +6 laps 20 LMP3 31 Racing Spirit of Léman Jacques Wolff Antoine Doquin Fabien Michal Ligier JS P320 134 +6 laps 21 LMP3 11 Eurointernational Matthew Richard Bell Adam Ali Ligier JS P320 133 +7 laps 22 LMP3 7 Nielsen Racing Anthony Wells Ryan Harper-Ellam Ligier JS P320 133 +7 laps 23 LMP3 5 RLR M Sport James Dayson Valdemar Eriksen Jack Manchester Ligier JS P320 133 +7 laps 24 LMP3 35 Ultimate Eric Trouillet Matthieu Lahaye Jean-Baptiste Lahaye Ligier JS P320 132 +8 laps 25 LMP3 8 Team Virage Manuel Espírito Santo Nick Adcock Michael Jensen Ligier JS P320 131 +9 laps 26 LMGTE 16 Proton Competition Ryan Hardwick Zacharie Robichon Alessio Picariello Porsche 911 RSR-19 131 +9 laps 27 LMGTE 50 Formula Racing Johnny Laursen Conrad Laursen Mikkel Mac Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 131 +9 laps 28 LMGTE 66 JMW Motorsport Martin Berry Lorcan Hanafin Jon Lancaster Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 130 +10 laps 29 LMGTE 60 Iron Lynx Claudio Schiavoni Matteo Cressoni Matteo Cairoli Porsche 911 RSR-19 130 +10 laps 30 LMGTE 55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron David Perel Matt Griffin Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 130 +10 laps 31 LMGTE 51 AF Corse Kriton Lentoudis Rui Águas Ulysse de Pauw Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 130 +10 laps 32 LMGTE 57 Kessel Racing Takeshi Kimura Gregory Huffaker II Frederik Schandorff Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 130 +10 laps 33 LMGTE 93 Proton Competition Michael Fassbender Martin Rump Richard Lietz Porsche 911 RSR-19 128 +12 laps 34 LMGTE 95 TF Sport John Hartshorne Ben Tuck Jonathan Adam Aston Martin Vantage AMR 128 +12 laps 35 LMP3 15 RLR M Sport Horst Felbermayr Jr Gaël Julien Mateusz Kaprzyk Ligier JS P320 125 +15 laps 36 LMP3 4 DKR Engineering Alexander Bukhantsov James Winslow Pedro Perino Duqueine M30 - D08 113 +27 laps Not classified LMP3 10 Eurointernational Nick Moss Glenn van Berlo Ligier JS P320 67 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition Rui Andrade Olli Caldwell Jonathan Aberdein Oreca 07 34 LMGTE 44 GMB Motorsport Jens Reno Møller Gustav Birch Nicki Thiim Aston Martin Vantage AMR 1 LMP3 12 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Torsten Kratz Leonard Weiss Óscar Tunjo Duqueine M30 - D08 0 LMGTE 72 TF Sport Arnold Robin Maxime Robin Valentin Hasse-Clot Aston Martin Vantage AMR 0 LMGTE 77 Proton Competition Christian Ried Giammarco Levorato Julien Andlauer Porsche 911 RSR-19 0
Statistics Fastest lap Class Driver Team Time LMP2 Vladislav Lomko #47 Cool Racing 1:31.451 10 LMP2 Pro/Am Salih Yoluç #34 Racing Team Turkey 1:32.517 12 LMP3 Marcos Siebert #17 Cool Racing 1:38.481 105 LMGTE Alessio Picariello #16 Proton Competition 1:41.371 99 Source:
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