The 2024 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 23 and 25 August 2024, as the fourth round of the 2024 European Le Mans Series season.
Entry list
The pre-event entry list was published on 14 August and consisted of 43 entries between 4 categories – 14 in LMP2, 8 in LMP2 Pro/Am, 10 in LMP3 and 11 in LMGT3.
After missing previous round, Ritomo Miyata returned to the No. 37 COOL Racing. As a result of a clash with IMSA SportsCar Championship, Oliver Jarvis missed this round and Filipe Albuquerque replaced him in the No. 21 United Autosports. Nick Yelloly joined John Falb and Colin Noble in the No. 24 Nielsen Racing. Wayne Boyd and Tristan Vautier joined Anthony Wells in the No. 19 Team Virage. Louis Rossi raced alongside Lahaye brothers in the No. 35 Ultimate. Benjamin Pedersen is going to replace Nico Pino in the No. 27 Nielsen Racing. Niels Koolen did not take part in this round and Rasmus Lindh replaced him in the No. 30 Duqueine Team. Before the race Belén García decided to split with DKR Engineering due to unsolved problems with her driving position in the Duqueine M30 - D08. Her late withdrawal meant Wyatt Brichacek and Alexander Mattschull raced as the duo in the car No. 4.
Schedule Date Time (local: CEST) Event Friday, 23 August 11:00 Free Practice 1 14:55 Bronze Drivers Collective Test Saturday, 24 August 10:15 Free Practice 2 14:00 Qualifying - LMGT3 14:25 Qualifying - LMP3 14:50 Qualifying - LMP2 Pro/Am 15:15 Qualifying - LMP2 Sunday, 25 August 11:30 Race Source:
Free practice Only the fastest car in each class is shown. Free Practice 1 Class Entrant Time LMP2 65 Panis Racing 2:01.385 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Autosports 2:02.294 LMP3 17 COOL Racing 2:11.211 LMGT3 57 Kessel Racing 2:15.876 Free Practice 2 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition 2:01.435 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 AF Corse 2:03.808 LMP3 8 Team Virage 2:12.674 LMGT3 57 Kessel Racing 2:16.355 Sources:
Qualifying Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.
Class Team Driver Time Gap 1 LMP2 14 AO by TF Louis Delétraz 2:01.253 — 1 2 LMP2 65 Panis Racing Charles Milesi 2:01.660 +0,407 2 3 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition Tom Dillmann 2:01.665 +0,412 3 4 LMP2 37 COOL Racing Ritomo Miyata 2:02.064 +0,811 4 5 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing Alexander Lynn 2:02.071 +0,818 5 6 LMP2 23 United Autosports Paul di Resta 2:02.114 +0,861 6 7 LMP2 10 Vector Sport Felipe Drugovich 2:02.184 +0,931 7 8 LMP2 9 Iron Lynx – Proton Matteo Cairoli 2:02.216 +0,963 8 9 LMP2 34 Inter Europol Competition Luca Ghiotto 2:02.237 +0,984 9 10 LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Job van Uitert 2:02.479 +1,226 10 11 LMP2 27 Nielsen Racing Will Stevens 2:02.630 +1,377 11 12 LMP2 30 Duqueine Team James Allen 2:02.879 +1,626 12 13 LMP2 Pro/Am 29 Richard Mille by TDS Rodrigo Sales 2:04.537 +3,284 15 14 LMP2 Pro/Am 77 Proton Competition Giorgio Roda 2:04.570 +3,317 16 15 LMP2 Pro/Am 24 Nielsen Racing John Falb 2:04.670 +3,417 17 16 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 AF Corse François Perrodo 2:05.036 +3,783 18 17 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Autosports Daniel Schneider 2:05.720 +4,467 19 18 LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Team Virage Anthony Wells 2:05.911 +4,658 20 19 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Algarve Pro Racing Kriton Lendoudis 2:09.127 +7,874 21 20 LMP2 Pro/Am 3 DKR Engineering Andres Latorre Canon 2:10.193 +8,940 22 21 LMP3 15 RLR M Sport Gaël Julien 2:11.847 +10,594 23 22 LMP3 17 COOL Racing Manuel Espírito Santo 2:11.887 +10,634 24 23 LMP3 88 Inter Europol Competition Pedro Perino 2:12.061 +10,808 25 24 LMP3 8 Team Virage Gillian Henrion 2:12.080 +10,827 26 25 LMP3 12 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Óscar Tunjo 2:12.259 +11,006 27 26 LMP3 35 Ultimate Jean-Baptiste Lahaye 2:12.605 +11,352 28 27 LMP3 11 Eurointernational Adam Ali 2:12.858 +11,605 29 28 LMP3 5 RLR M Sport Bailey Voisin 2:13.313 +12,060 30 29 LMP3 31 Racing Spirit of Léman Antoine Doquin 2:13.369 +12,116 31 30 LMP2 47 COOL Racing Frederik Vesti 2:14.923 +13,670 13 31 LMGT3 63 Iron Lynx Hiroshi Hamaguchi 2:17.873 +16,620 32 32 LMGT3 50 Formula Racing Johnny Laursen 2:18.916 +17,663 33 33 LMGT3 97 Grid Motorsport by TF Martin Berry 2:19.096 +17,843 34 34 LMGT3 55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron 2:19.246 +17,993 42 35 LMGT3 85 Iron Dames Sarah Bovy 2:19.508 +18,255 38 36 LMGT3 57 Kessel Racing Takeshi Kimura 2:19.680 +18,427 35 37 LMGT3 59 Racing Spirit of Léman Derek DeBoer 2:19.729 +18,476 36 38 LMGT3 51 AF Corse Charles-Henri Samani 2:20.247 +18,994 37 39 LMGT3 86 GR Racing Michael Wainwright 2:20.480 +19,227 39 40 LMGT3 60 Proton Competition Claudio Schiavoni 2:22.157 +20,904 40 41 LMGT3 66 JMW Motorsport John Hartshorne 2:25.878 +24,625 41 42 LMP2 22 United Autosports Benjamin Hanley — 14 43 LMP3 4 DKR Engineering — 43 Sources:
Race Race result The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 66 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.
+ Final Classification Class Team Drivers Car Tyres Laps Time/Gap 1 LMP2 14 AO by TF Jonny Edgar Louis Delétraz Robert Kubica Oreca 07 95 4:01:28.729 2 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition Sebastián Álvarez Vladislav Lomko Tom Dillmann Oreca 07 95 +1.100 3 LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Marcos Siebert Reshad de Gerus Job van Uitert Oreca 07 95 +32.436 4 LMP2 34 Inter Europol Competition Oliver Gray Clément Novalak Luca Ghiotto Oreca 07 95 +33.731 5 LMP2 37 COOL Racing Lorenzo Fluxá Malthe Jakobsen Ritomo Miyata Oreca 07 95 +45.658 6 LMP2 65 Panis Racing Manuel Maldonado Charles Milesi Arthur Leclerc Oreca 07 95 +47.273 7 LMP2 9 Iron Lynx – Proton Jonas Ried Macéo Capietto Matteo Cairoli Oreca 07 95 +57.022 8 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 AF Corse François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Alessio Rovera Oreca 07 95 +1:01.303 9 LMP2 Pro/Am 77 Proton Competition Giorgio Roda René Binder Bent Viscaal Oreca 07 95 +1:18.608 10 LMP2 10 Vector Sport Ryan Cullen Stéphane Richelmi Felipe Drugovich Oreca 07 95 +1:25.528 11 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Algarve Pro Racing Kriton Lendoudis Richard Bradley Alex Quinn Oreca 07 95 +1:26.750 12 LMP2 22 United Autosports Filip Ugran Marino Sato Benjamin Hanley Oreca 07 95 +1:29.917 13 LMP2 Pro/Am 24 Nielsen Racing John Falb Colin Noble Nick Yelloly Oreca 07 95 +1:30.457 14 LMP2 23 United Autosports Bijoy Garg Fabio Scherer Paul di Resta Oreca 07 95 +1:32.574 15 LMP2 Pro/Am 3 DKR Engineering Andres Latorre Canon Cem Bölükbaşı Laurents Hörr Oreca 07 95 +1:43.810 16 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Autosports Daniel Schneider Andrew Meyrick Filipe Albuquerque Oreca 07 95 +1:52.067 17 LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Team Virage Anthony Wells Wayne Boyd Tristan Vautier Oreca 07 95 +1:59.492 18 LMP2 47 COOL Racing Carl Bennett Ferdinand Habsburg Frederik Vesti Oreca 07 95 +2:07.150 19 LMP2 30 Duqueine Team Rasmus Lindh Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer James Allen Oreca 07 94 +1 Lap 20 LMP2 27 Nielsen Racing David Heinemeier Hansson Benjamin Pedersen Will Stevens Oreca 07 94 +1 Lap 21 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing Matthias Kaiser Olli Caldwell Alexander Lynn Oreca 07 92 +3 Laps 22 LMP3 11 Eurointernational Matthew Richard Bell Adam Ali Ligier JS P320 91 +4 Laps 23 LMP3 31 Racing Spirit of Léman Jacques Wolff Jean-Ludovic Foubert Antoine Doquin Ligier JS P320 91 +4 Laps 24 LMP3 17 COOL Racing Miguel Cristóvão Cédric Oltramare Manuel Espírito Santo Ligier JS P320 91 +4 Laps 25 LMP3 15 RLR M Sport Michael Jensen Nick Adcock Gaël Julien Ligier JS P320 91 +4 Laps 26 LMP3 35 Ultimate Louis Rossi Jean-Baptiste Lahaye Matthieu Lahaye Ligier JS P320 91 +4 Laps 27 LMP3 8 Team Virage Julien Gerbi Bernardo Pinheiro Gillian Henrion Ligier JS P320 91 +4 Laps 28 LMP3 4 DKR Engineering Alexander Mattschull Wyatt Brichacek Duqueine M30 - D08 91 +4 Laps 29 LMP3 12 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Torsten Kratz Leonard Weiss Óscar Tunjo Duqueine M30 - D08 91 +4 Laps 30 LMP3 88 Inter Europol Competition Alexander Bukhantsov Kai Askey Pedro Perino Ligier JS P320 91 +4 Laps 31 LMP3 5 RLR M Sport James Dayson Daniel Ali Bailey Voisin Ligier JS P320 90 +5 Laps 32 LMGT3 57 Kessel Racing Takeshi Kimura Esteban Masson Daniel Serra Ferrari 296 LMGT3 89 +6 Laps 33 LMGT3 86 GR Racing Michael Wainwright Riccardo Pera Davide Rigon Ferrari 296 LMGT3 88 +7 Laps 34 LMGT3 51 AF Corse Charles-Henri Samani Emmanuel Collard Nicolás Varrone Ferrari 296 LMGT3 88 +7 Laps 35 LMGT3 59 Racing Spirit of Léman Derek DeBoer Casper Stevenson Valentin Hasse-Clot Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3 88 +7 Laps 36 LMGT3 97 Grid Motorsport by TF Martin Berry Lorcan Hanafin Jonathan Adam Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3 88 +7 Laps 37 LMGT3 60 Proton Competition Claudio Schiavoni Matteo Cressoni Julien Andlauer Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 87 +8 Laps Not classified LMP2 Pro/Am 29 Richard Mille by TDS Rodrigo Sales Mathias Beche Grégoire Saucy Oreca 07 31 LMGT3 50 Formula Racing Johnny Laursen Conrad Laursen Nicklas Nielsen Ferrari 296 LMGT3 30 LMGT3 63 Iron Lynx Hiroshi Hamaguchi Axcil Jefferies Andrea Caldarelli Lamborghini Huracan LMGT3 Evo2 25 LMGT3 85 Iron Dames Sarah Bovy Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 25 LMGT3 55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron David Perel Matt Griffin Ferrari 296 LMGT3 19 LMGT3 66 JMW Motorsport John Hartshorne Ben Tuck Philip Keen Ferrari 296 LMGT3 5
Statistics Fastest lap Class Driver Team Time LMP2 Charles Milesi #65 Panis Racing 2:01.257 78 LMP2 Pro/Am Alessio Rovera #83 AF Corse 2:02.466 51 LMP3 Gaël Julien #15 RLR M Sport 2:11.843 42 LMGTE Esteban Masson #57 Kessel Racing 2:16.623 59 Source:
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