The 2018 4 Hours of Red Bull Ring was an endurance sportscar racing event held on 22 July 2018 at the Red Bull Ring. It was the third round of the 2018 European Le Mans Series, and the sixth running of the event as part of the European Le Mans Series.

Background The event was announced on 23 September 2017, with the Red Bull Ring round being a part of the calendar for the sixth consecutive time. This was the first race after a two-month hiatus for the ELMS season, with the last round having taken place at Monza, ten weeks prior.

Entry list The entry list was revealed on 19 July 2018, and saw 42 entries: 18 in LMP2, 18 in LMP3, and 6 in LMGTE.

Schedule Date Time (local: CEST) Event Friday, 20 July 13:00 Free Practice 1 17:35 Bronze Driver Test Saturday, 21 July 09:15 Free Practice 2 13:40 Qualifying - LMGTE 14:00 Qualifying - LMP3 14:20 Qualifying - LMP2 Sunday, 22 July 12:00 Race Source:

Practice There were two practice sessions held: one on Friday afternoon and one on Saturday morning. Both session ran for 90 minutes.

Practice 1 The first practice session was held at 13:00 CEST on Friday. Paul-Loup Chatin ended up quickest in the No. 28 IDEC Sport Oreca, with a lap time of 1:20.067. Norman Nato was second-quickest in the No. 24 Racing Engineering Oreca, only 0.003s off Chatin. Matthieu Vaxivière finished third in the No. 33 TDS Racing Oreca. LMP3 was topped by Matthieu Lahaye in the No. 17 Ultimate Norma, lapping the circuit in 1 minute, 26.927 seconds. He was 0.018s quicker than second-placed Matt Bell in the No. 3 United Autosports Ligier. GTE was topped by Miguel Molina in the No. 66 JMW Motorsport Ferrari, with a lap of 1:28.829, 0.570s quicker than the second-placed No. 88 Proton Competition Porsche.

Class Entrant Driver Time LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Paul-Loup Chatin 1:20.067 LMP3 17 Ultimate Matthieu Lahaye 1:26.927 LMGTE 66 JMW Motorsport Miguel Molina 1:28.829 Source: Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Final practice The second and final practice session took place at 09:15 CEST on Saturday, and ended with Chatin and the No. 28 Oreca topping the time sheets in a largely wet practice session. He lapped the circuit in 1 minute, 19.616 seconds. He was 0.134s quicker than Andrea Pizzitola in the No. 26 G-Drive Racing Oreca, with Nato third-quickest. Job van Uitert was quickest in LMP3 in the No. 15 RLR MSport Ligier: 1:27.176. David Droux was second-quickest in LMP3, 0.604s slower than Van Uitert. GTE was topped by Matt Griffin in the No. 55 Spirit of Race Ferrari, with a lap of 1:29.845. Dennis Olsen was second-quickest in the No. 77 Proton Competition Porsche, lapping 0.177s slower than Griffin, with Fabio Babini completing the top three in the No. 80 Ebimotors Porsche. Class Entrant Driver Time LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Paul-Loup Chatin 1:19.616 LMP3 15 RLR MSport Job van Uitert 1:27.176 LMGTE 55 Spirit of Race Matt Griffin 1:29.845 Source: Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Qualifying Qualifying started at 13:40 CEST on Saturday, and was split into three sessions: one for LMGTE, one for LMP3, and one for LMP2. Each session lasted fifteen minutes. Paul-Loup Chatin continued his strong practice pace and claimed overall pole position in his No. 28 Oreca. He shared the front row with Nico Jamin in the No. 29 Duqueine Engineering Oreca, who was 0.019s slower than Chatin. The No. 9 AT Racing Ligier originally claimed pole position in the LMP3 class, but saw its fastest lap deleted after a track limits violation. This handed LMP3 pole position to the No. 17 Norma of Matthieu Lahaye, with a lap time of 1:26.519. The No. 19 MRacing - YMR Norma of Lucas Legeret qualified second, 0.064s slower. Molina took pole in LMGTE in the No. 66 Ferrari, ahead of Matteo Cairoli in the No. 88 Porsche, with Andrea Bertolini in the No. 83 Krohn Racing Ferrari in third.

Qualifying results Pole position winners in each class are in bold.

Class Team Time 1 LMP2 28 IDEC Sport 1:19.246 – 1 2 LMP2 29 Duqueine Engineering 1:19.265 +0.019 2 3 LMP2 24 Racing Engineering 1:19.387 +0.141 3 4 LMP2 21 DragonSpeed 1:19.423 +0.177 4 5 LMP2 26 G-Drive Racing 1:19.562 +0.316 5 6 LMP2 33 TDS Racing 1:19.743 +0.497 6 7 LMP2 22 United Autosports 1:19.950 +0.704 7 8 LMP2 40 G-Drive Racing 1:19.959 +0.713 8 9 LMP2 39 Graff 1:20.179 +0.933 9 10 LMP2 47 Cetilar Villorba Corse 1:20.234 +0.988 10 11 LMP2 35 SMP Racing 1:20.351 +1.105 11 12 LMP2 32 United Autosports 1:20.383 +1.137 12 13 LMP2 49 High Class Racing 1:20.609 +1.363 13 14 LMP2 31 APR – Rebellion Racing 1:20.622 +1.376 14 15 LMP2 23 Panis Barthez Competition 1:21.091 +1.845 15 16 LMP2 30 AVF by Adrián Vallés 1:21.362 +2.116 16 17 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing 1:23.522 +4.276 17 18 LMP2 27 IDEC Sport 1:23.695 +4.449 18 19 LMP3 17 Ultimate 1:26.519 +7.273 19 20 LMP3 19 MRacing – YMR 1:26.583 +7.337 20 21 LMP3 15 RLR MSport 1:26.703 +7.457 21 22 LMP3 4 Cool Racing 1:26.751 +7.505 22 23 LMP3 8 DKR Engineering 1:26.917 +7.671 23 24 LMP3 9 AT Racing 1:26.960 +7.714 24 25 LMP3 10 Oregon Team 1:27.008 +7.762 25 26 LMP3 2 United Autosports 1:27.032 +7.786 26 27 LMP3 7 Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen 1:27.192 +7.946 27 28 LMP3 3 United Autosports 1:27.354 +8.108 28 29 LMP3 11 EuroInternational 1:27.365 +8.119 29 30 LMP3 13 Inter Europol Competition 1:27.486 +8.240 30 31 LMP3 5 NEFIS by Speed Factory 1:27.654 +8.408 31 32 LMP3 18 MRacing – YMR 1:27.890 +8.644 32 33 LMP3 6 360 Racing 1:28.133 +8.887 33 34 LMP3 16 BHK Motorsport 1:28.368 +9.122 34 35 LMGTE 66 JMW Motorsport 1:28.827 +9.581 35 36 LMP3 12 EuroInternational 1:28.893 +9.647 36 37 LMGTE 88 Proton Competition 1:28.925 +9.679 37 38 LMGTE 83 Krohn Racing 1:28.967 +9.721 38 39 LMGTE 55 Spirit of Race 1:29.190 +9.944 39 40 LMGTE 77 Proton Competition 1:29.259 +10.013 40 41 LMGTE 80 Ebimotors 1:29.366 +10.120 41 42 LMP3 14 Inter Europol Competition No time – 42 Source:

Race Class winners are in bold and . Class Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Time/Retired Engine 1 LMP2 26 G-Drive Racing Andrea Pizzitola Roman Rusinov Jean-Éric Vergne Oreca 07 160 4:00:14.242 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 2 LMP2 24 Racing Engineering Norman Nato Paul Petit Olivier Pla Oreca 07 160 +20.126 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 3 LMP2 22 United Autosports Filipe Albuquerque Phil Hanson Ligier JS P217 160 +54.166 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 4 LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Paul-Loup Chatin Paul Lafargue Memo Rojas Oreca 07 160 +56.087 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 5 LMP2 21 DragonSpeed Ben Hanley Henrik Hedman Nicolas Lapierre Oreca 07 159 +1 Lap Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 6 LMP2 31 APR – Rebellion Racing Ryan Cullen Gustavo Menezes Harrison Newey Oreca 07 159 +1 Lap Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 7 LMP2 35 SMP Racing Matevos Isaakyan Egor Orudzhev Viktor Shaytar Dallara P217 159 +1 Lap Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 8 LMP2 39 Graff Alexandre Cougnaud Tristan Gommendy Jonathan Hirschi Oreca 07 159 +1 Lap Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 9 LMP2 33 TDS Racing Loïc Duval François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Oreca 07 159 +1 Lap Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 10 LMP2 23 Panis Barthez Competition Timothé Buret Julien Canal Will Stevens Ligier JS P217 158 +2 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 11 LMP2 47 Cetilar Villorba Corse Roberto Lacorte Felipe Nasr Giorgio Sernagiotto Dallara P217 158 +2 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 12 LMP2 49 High Class Racing Dennis Andersen Anders Fjordbach Dallara P217 158 +2 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 13 LMP2 40 G-Drive Racing James Allen José Gutiérrez Oreca 07 158 +2 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 14 LMP2 30 AVF by Adrián Vallés Henrique Chaves Konstatin Tereschenko Dallara P217 158 +2 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 15 LMP2 32 United Autosports Wayne Boyd Will Owen Hugo de Sadeleer Ligier JS P217 157 +3 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 16 LMP2 27 IDEC Sport Patrice Lafargue Erik Maris Ligier JS P217 154 +6 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 17 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing Ate De Jong Tacksung Kim Mark Patterson Ligier JS P217 152 +8 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 18 LMP3 15 RLR MSport John Farano Robert Garofall Job van Uitert Ligier JS P3 148 +12 Laps Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 19 LMP3 7 Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen Alex Kapadia Colin Noble Christian Stubbe Olsen Ligier JS P3 148 +12 Laps Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 20 LMP3 13 Inter Europol Competition Martin Hippe Jakub Śmiechowski Ligier JS P3 148 +12 Laps Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 21 LMP3 17 Ultimate François Heriau Matthieu Lahaye Jean-Baptiste Lahaye Norma M30 148 +12 Laps Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 22 LMP3 9 AT Racing Mikkel Jensen Alexander Talkanitsa Alexander Talkanitsa Jr. Ligier JS P3 147 +13 Laps Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 23 LMP3 5 NEFIS by Speed Factory Timur Boguslavskiy Aleksey Chuklin Daniil Pronenko Ligier JS P3 147 +13 Laps Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 24 LMGTE 88 Proton Competition Matteo Cairoli Gianluca Roda Giorgio Roda Porsche 911 RSR 147 +13 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 25 LMP3 11 EuroInternational Kay van Berlo Giorgio Mondini Ligier JS P3 147 +13 Laps Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 26 LMP3 6 360 Racing Ross Kaiser Terrence Woodward Ligier JS P3 146 +14 Laps Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 27 LMGTE 55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin Aaron Scott Ferrari 488 GTE 146 +14 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 28 LMP3 18 MRacing – YMR Natan Bihel Laurent Millara Ligier JS P3 146 +14 Laps Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 29 LMP3 4 Cool Racing Iradj Alexander Antonin Borga Alexandre Coigny Ligier JS P3 146 +14 Laps Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 30 LMGTE 80 Ebimotors Fabio Babini Bret Curtis Riccardo Pera Porsche 911 RSR 146 +14 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 31 LMGTE 77 Proton Competition Marvin Dienst Dennis Olsen Christian Ried Porsche 911 RSR 145 +15 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 32 LMP3 14 Inter Europol Competition Guglielmo Belotti Luca Demarchi Paul Scheuschner Ligier JS P3 145 +15 Laps Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 33 LMP3 3 United Autosports Matt Bell Garett Grist Anthony Wells Ligier JS P3 145 +15 Laps Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 34 LMP3 12 EuroInternational James Dayson Andrea Dromedari Maxwell Hanratty Ligier JS P3 144 +16 Laps Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 35 LMGTE 83 Krohn Racing Andrea Bertolini Niclas Jönsson Tracy Krohn Ferrari 488 GTE 143 +17 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 36 LMP3 8 DKR Engineering Henning Enqvist Fabien Lavergne Ricardo Sanchez Norma M30 142 +18 Laps Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 37 LMP3 16 BHK Motorsport Jacopo Baratto Francesco Dracone Ligier JS P3 139 +21 Laps Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 38 LMP3 10 Oregon Team Clément Mateu Andrés Méndez Riccardo Ponzio Norma M30 132 +28 Laps Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 39 LMP3 19 MRacing – YMR David Droux Alain Ferté Lucas Légeret Norma M30 112 Not classified Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 40 LMP3 2 United Autosports John Falb Sean Rayhall Ligier JS P3 70 Not classified Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 41 LMGTE 66 JMW Motorsport Liam Griffin Alex MacDowall Miguel Molina Ferrari 488 GTE 43 Not classified Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 42 LMP2 29 Duqueine Engineering Nico Jamin Nelson Panciatici Pierre Ragues Oreca 07 160 Disqualified Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 Source:

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