The 2023 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 22 and 24 September 2023, as the fourth round of the 2023 European Le Mans Series season.
Entry list
The pre-event entry list consisted of 41 entries in 4 categories – 7 in LMP2, 10 in LMP2 Pro/Am, 12 in LMP3 and 12 in LMGTE. In comparison to the previous round one car was missing – the No. 23 United Autosports USA was withdrawn for the rest of the season due to Jim McGuire's injury.
Alessio Rovera stayed in the No. 83 AF Corse entry after replacing Ben Barnicoat at Aragón. Bent Viscaal was kept in crew of the No. 20 Algarve Pro Racing after replacing Jack Hawksworth in previous round. Nelson Piquet Jr. came back to the No. 21 United Autosports USA after missing previous race. Tom van Rompuy also missed previous round and came back to the car No. 3 of DKR Engineering. François Heriau joined Glenn van Berlo in the No. 10 Eurointernational. Daniel Serra joined the No. 57 Kessel Racing.
Schedule Date Time (local: CEST) Event Friday, 22 September 11:00 Free Practice 1 14:45 Bronze Drivers Collective Test Saturday, 23 September 10:15 Free Practice 2 14:05 Qualifying - LMGTE 14:30 Qualifying - LMP3 14:55 Qualifying - LMP2 Pro/Am 15:20 Qualifying - LMP2 Sunday, 24 September 11:30 Race Source:
Free practice Only the fastest car in each class is shown. Free Practice 1 Class Entrant Time LMP2 22 United Autosports USA 2:05.030 LMP2 Pro/Am 37 Cool Racing 2:05.060 LMP3 31 Racing Spirit of Léman 2:12.789 LMGTE 60 Iron Lynx 2:16.741 Free Practice 2 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition 2:04.530 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Autosports USA 2:05.630 LMP3 8 Team Virage 2:12.212 LMGTE 60 Iron Lynx 2:17.096 Source:
Qualifying Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.
Class Team Driver Time Gap 1 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing Alexander Lynn 2:03.564 — 1 2 LMP2 22 United Autosports USA Philip Hanson 2:03.672 +0.108 2 3 LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Laurents Hörr 2:03.789 +0.225 3 4 LMP2 30 Duqueine Team René Binder 2:04.197 +0.633 4 5 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition Jonathan Aberdein 2:04.211 +0.647 5 6 LMP2 65 Panis Racing Job van Uitert 2:04.350 +0.786 6 7 LMP2 47 Cool Racing Vladislav Lomko 2:05.013 +1.449 7 8 LMP2 Pro/Am 34 Racing Team Turkey Salih Yoluç 2:05.221 +1.657 8 9 LMP2 Pro/Am 99 Proton Competition Giorgio Roda 2:05.874 +2.310 9 10 LMP2 Pro/Am 3 DKR Engineering Tom van Rompuy 2:07.112 +3.548 10 11 LMP2 Pro/Am 37 Cool Racing Alexandre Coigny 2:07.307 +3.743 11 12 LMP2 Pro/Am 24 Nielsen Racing Rodrigo Sales 2:07.852 +4.288 12 13 LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Team Virage Alexander Mattschull 2:07.977 +4.413 16 14 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 AF Corse François Perrodo 2:08.104 +4.540 13 15 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Autosports USA Daniel Schneider 2:08.483 +4.919 14 16 LMP2 Pro/Am 81 DragonSpeed USA Henrik Hedman 2:09.700 +6.136 15 17 LMP3 8 Team Virage Manuel Espírito Santo 2:11.285 +7.721 17 18 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Algarve Pro Racing Fred Poordad 2:11.461 +7.897 18 19 LMP3 7 Nielsen Racing Ryan Harper-Ellam 2:11.630 +8.066 19 20 LMP3 10 Eurointernational Glenn van Berlo 2:11.943 +8.379 20 21 LMP3 17 Cool Racing Marcos Siebert 2:11.978 +8.414 21 22 LMP3 31 Racing Spirit of Léman Antoine Doquin 2:12.064 +8.500 22 23 LMP3 11 Eurointernational Adam Ali 2:12.124 +8.560 23 24 LMP3 13 Inter Europol Competition Wyatt Brichacek 2:12.520 +8.956 24 25 LMP3 15 RLR M Sport Gaël Julien 2:12.523 +8.959 25 26 LMP3 4 DKR Engineering James Winslow 2:12.574 +9.010 26 27 LMP3 35 Ultimate Matthieu Lahaye 2:12.856 +9.292 27 28 LMP3 5 RLR M Sport Valdemar Eriksen 2:13.328 +9.764 28 29 LMGTE 16 Proton Competition Ryan Hardwick 2:17.385 +13.821 29 30 LMGTE 72 TF Sport Arnold Robin 2:18.039 +14.475 30 31 LMGTE 66 JMW Motorsport Martin Berry 2:18.362 +14.798 31 32 LMGTE 44 GMB Motorsport Jens Møller 2:18.436 +14.872 32 33 LMGTE 93 Proton Competition Michael Fassbender 2:18.568 +15.004 33 34 LMGTE 55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron 2:18.817 +15.253 34 35 LMGTE 50 Formula Racing Johnny Laursen 2:18.914 +15.350 35 36 LMGTE 57 Kessel Racing Takeshi Kimura 2:18.919 +15.355 36 37 LMGTE 77 Proton Competition Christian Ried 2:19.002 +15.438 37 38 LMGTE 51 AF Corse Kriton Lendoudis 2:20.341 +16.777 38 39 LMGTE 60 Iron Lynx Claudio Schiavoni 2:20.658 +17.094 39 40 LMGTE 95 TF Sport John Hartshorne 2:20.811 +17.247 40 LMP3 12 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Óscar Tunjo 2:10.554 +6.990 – Sources:
Race Race result The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 61 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.
+ Final Classification Class Team Drivers Car Tyres Laps Time/Gap 1 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing Kyffin Simpson James Allen Alexander Lynn Oreca 07 88 4:00:13.458 2 LMP2 Pro/Am 37 Cool Racing Alexandre Coigny Malthe Jakobsen Nicolas Lapierre Oreca 07 88 +1.811 3 LMP2 Pro/Am 34 Racing Team Turkey Salih Yoluç Charlie Eastwood Louis Delétraz Oreca 07 88 +5.674 4 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Autosports USA Daniel Schneider Andrew Meyrick Nelson Piquet Jr. Oreca 07 88 +6.431 5 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 AF Corse François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Alessio Rovera Oreca 07 88 +7.033 6 LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Team Virage Alexander Mattschull Ian Rodríguez Tatiana Calderón Oreca 07 88 +9.238 7 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Algarve Pro Racing Fred Poordad Tristan Vautier Bent Viscaal Oreca 07 88 +11.178 8 LMP2 65 Panis Racing Job van Uitert Manuel Maldonado Tijmen van der Helm Oreca 07 88 +31.808 9 LMP2 47 Cool Racing Vladislav Lomko Reshad de Gerus José María López Oreca 07 88 +48.302 10 LMP2 Pro/Am 81 DragonSpeed USA Henrik Hedman Sebastián Montoya Juan Pablo Montoya Oreca 07 88 +49.343 11 LMP2 Pro/Am 3 DKR Engineering Tom van Rompuy Sebastián Álvarez Nathanaël Berthon Oreca 07 88 +1:07.298 12 LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Paul Lafargue Paul-Loup Chatin Laurents Hörr Oreca 07 87 +1 Lap 13 LMP2 22 United Autosports USA Marino Sato Philip Hanson Oliver Jarvis Oreca 07 86 +2 Laps 14 LMP3 17 Cool Racing Adrien Chila Marcos Siebert Alejandro Garcia Ligier JS P320 86 +2 Laps 15 LMP3 13 Inter Europol Competition Miguel Cristóvão Kai Askey Wyatt Brichacek Ligier JS P320 86 +2 Laps 16 LMP3 11 Eurointernational Matthew Richard Bell Adam Ali Ligier JS P320 86 +2 Laps 17 LMP3 5 RLR M Sport James Dayson Valdemar Eriksen Jack Manchester Ligier JS P320 86 +2 Laps 18 LMGTE 60 Iron Lynx Claudio Schiavoni Matteo Cressoni Matteo Cairoli Porsche 911 RSR-19 86 +2 Laps 19 LMP3 8 Team Virage Michael Jensen Nick Adcock Manuel Espírito Santo Ligier JS P320 86 +2 Laps 20 LMP3 15 RLR M Sport Horst Felbermayr Jr Gaël Julien Mateusz Kaprzyk Ligier JS P320 86 +2 Laps 21 LMGTE 50 Formula Racing Johnny Laursen Conrad Laursen Nicklas Nielsen Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 86 +2 Laps 22 LMGTE 16 Proton Competition Ryan Hardwick Zacharie Robichon Alessio Picariello Porsche 911 RSR-19 86 +2 Laps 23 LMGTE 51 AF Corse Kriton Lendoudis Rui Águas Ulysse de Pauw Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 86 +2 Laps 24 LMGTE 57 Kessel Racing Takeshi Kimura Scott Huffaker Daniel Serra Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 86 +2 Laps 25 LMGTE 72 TF Sport Arnold Robin Maxime Robin Valentin Hasse-Clot Aston Martin Vantage AMR 86 +2 Laps 26 LMGTE 55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron David Perel Matt Griffin Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 86 +2 Laps 27 LMGTE 77 Proton Competition Christian Ried Giammarco Levorato Julien Andlauer Porsche 911 RSR-19 86 +2 Laps 28 LMP2 30 Duqueine Team Nicolás Pino René Binder Neel Jani Oreca 07 85 +3 Laps 29 LMGTE 95 TF Sport John Hartshorne Ben Tuck Jonathan Adam Aston Martin Vantage AMR 85 +3 Laps 30 LMP3 4 DKR Engineering Alexander Bukhantsov James Winslow Pedro Perino Duqueine M30 – D08 79 +9 Laps 31 LMP3 31 Racing Spirit of Léman Jacques Wolff Jean-Ludovic Foubert Antoine Doquin Ligier JS P320 76 +12 Laps Not classified LMP3 35 Ultimate Eric Trouillet Matthieu Lahaye Jean-Baptiste Lahaye Ligier JS P320 83 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition Rui Andrade Olli Caldwell Jonathan Aberdein Oreca 07 81 LMP2 Pro/Am 24 Nielsen Racing Rodrigo Sales Ben Hanley Mathias Beche Oreca 07 75 LMGTE 44 GMB Motorsport Jens Møller Gustav Birch Nicki Thiim Aston Martin Vantage AMR 64 LMP3 10 Eurointernational François Heriau Glenn van Berlo Ligier JS P320 55 LMGTE 66 JMW Motorsport Martin Berry Lorcan Hanafin Jon Lancaster Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 35 LMGTE 93 Proton Competition Michael Fassbender Martin Rump Richard Lietz Porsche 911 RSR-19 34 LMP3 7 Nielsen Racing Anthony Wells Ryan Harper-Ellam Ligier JS P320 31 LMP2 Pro/Am 99 Proton Competition Giorgio Roda Jonas Ried Gianmaria Bruni Oreca 07 30
Statistics Fastest lap Class Driver Team Time LMP2 Kyffin Simpson #25 Algarve Pro Racing 2:06.150 8 LMP2 Pro/Am Malthe Jakobsen #37 Cool Racing 2:06.042 70 LMP3 Matthew Richard Bell #11 Eurointernational 2:13.990 16 LMGTE Julien Andlauer #77 Proton Competition 2:17.686 46 Source:
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