The 2026 4 Hours of Imola was a endurance sportscar racing event, held between 3 and 5 July 2026 at Imola Circuit in Imola, Italy. It was the third of six rounds of the 2026 European Le Mans Series season, and the eighth running of the event as part of the championship.

Entry list

The provisional entry list was published on 1 July 2026 and consisted of 47 entries across 4 categories – 11 in LMP2, 12 in LMP2 Pro-Am, 10 in LMP3, and 14 in LMGT3.

Schedule Date Time (local: CEST) Event Friday, 3 July 10:50 Free Practice 1 14:55 Bronze Driver Collective Test Saturday, 4 July 10:50 Free Practice 2 14:55 Qualifying – LMGT3 15:20 Qualifying – LMP3 15:45 Qualifying – LMP2 Pro-Am 16:10 Qualifying – LMP2 Sunday, 5 July 13:00 Race Source:

Free practice Two practice sessions were held before the event: one on Friday and one on Saturday. Both sessions ran for 90 minutes.

Practice 1 The first practice session started at 10:50 CEST on Friday.

Practice 2 The second and final practice session started at 10:50 CEST on Saturday.

Qualifying Qualifying started at 14:55 CEST on Saturday, with four sessions of fifteen minutes each, one session for each class.

Qualifying results Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold. Race The race started at 13:00 CEST on Sunday. The race was won by the No. 29 Forestier Racing by Panis Oreca 07, driven by Oliver Gray, Esteban Masson and Louis Rousset.

Race results The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 89 laps. Class winners are in bold and ‡. Class Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Time/Retired Engine 1 LMP2 29 Forestier Racing by Panis Oliver Gray Esteban Masson Louis Rousset Oreca 07 1264:00:05.880‡ Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 2 LMP2 22 United Autosports Ben Hanley Griffin Peebles Grégoire Saucy Oreca 07 126 +51.594 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 3 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing Jake Hughes Matthias Kaiser Tristan Vautier Oreca 07 126 +59.006 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 4 LMP2 18 IDEC Sport Jamie Chadwick Laurents Hörr Valerio Rinicella Oreca 07 126 +1:04.572 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 5 LMP2 Pro-Am 7 Vector Sport Cem Bölükbaşı Lorenzo Fluxá Jens Reno Møller Oreca 07 126 +1:10.028‡ Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 6 LMP2 Pro-Am 20 Algarve Pro Racing Malthe Jakobsen Michael Jensen Enzo Trulli Oreca 07 126 +1:14.131 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 7 LMP2 Pro-Am 21 United Autosports Oliver Jarvis Marino Sato Daniel Schneider Oreca 07 126 +1:15.555 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 8 LMP2 24 Nielsen Racing Jack Doohan Roy Nissany Edward Pearson Oreca 07 126 +1:16.962 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 9 LMP2 Pro-Am 19 Rossa Racing by Virage Manuel Espírito Santo John Falb Rik Koen Oreca 07 126 +1:22.315 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 10 LMP2 Pro-Am 83 AF Corse Antonio Fuoco François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Oreca 07 126 +1:23.752 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 11 LMP2 Pro-Am 47 CLX Motorsport Ferdinand Habsburg Georgios Kolovos Charles Milesi Oreca 07 126 +1:27.745 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 12 LMP2 Pro-Am 30 Duqueine Team Doriane Pin Giorgio Roda Richard Verschoor Oreca 07 126 +1:28.529 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 13 LMP2 34 Inter Europol Competition Reshad de Gerus Bijoy Garg Oreca 07 125 +1 Lap Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 14 LMP2 9 Proton Competition Sebastian Priaulx Jonas Ried Mike Rockenfeller Oreca 07 125 +1 Lap Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 15 LMP2 Pro-Am 3 DKR Engineering Macéo Capietto Jean Glorieux Marlon Hernandez Oreca 07 125 +1 Lap Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 16 LMP2 Pro-Am 99 AO by TF Dane Cameron Louis Delétraz P. J. Hyett Oreca 07 125 +1 Lap Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 17 LMP2 37 CLX Motorsport Ian Aguilera Adrien Closmenil Theodor Jensen Oreca 07 125 +1 Lap Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 18 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition Tom Dillmann Jakub Śmiechowski Nick Yelloly Oreca 07 125 +1 Lap Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 19 LMP2 Pro-Am 88 Proton Competition René Binder Horst Felbermayr Jr. Horst Felix Felbermayr Oreca 07 124 +2 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 20 LMP2 Pro-Am 27 Nielsen Racing James Allen Kriton Lendoudis Alex Quinn Oreca 07 121 +5 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 21 LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Paul-Loup Chatin Paul Lafargue Job van Uitert Oreca 07 121 +5 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 22 LMP3 17 CLX Motorsport Louis Iglesias Paul Lanchère Alexander Jacoby Ligier JS P325 119 +7 Laps‡ Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6 23 LMGT3 33 TF Sport Charlie Eastwood Blake McDonald Alec Udell Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 119 +7 Laps‡ Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8 24 LMGT3 62 Team Qatar by Iron Lynx Abdulla Al-Khelaifi Julian Hanses Maxime Martin Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 119 +7 Laps Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 25 LMP3 5 Rinaldi Racing José Cautela Mikkel Gaarde Pedersen Alvise Rodella Ligier JS P325 119 +7 Laps Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6 26 LMP3 8 Team Virage Daniel Nogales Matteo Quintarelli Louis Stern Ligier JS P325 119 +7 Laps Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6 27 LMGT3 77 Proton Competition Huub van Eijndhoven Harry King "" Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) 119 +7 Laps Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 28 LMGT3 75 Proton Competition Matt Kurzejewski Richard Lietz Tom Sargent Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) 119 +7 Laps Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 29 LMP3 11 EuroInternational Matthew Richard Bell Douwe Dedecker Max van der Snel Ligier JS P325 119 +7 Laps Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6 30 LMP3 4 DKR Engineering Wyatt Brichacek Romain Favre Antti Rammo Ligier JS P325 119 +7 Laps Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6 31 LMGT3 54 High Class Racing Klaus Bachler Anders Fjordbach Max Moritz Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) 119 +7 Laps Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 32 LMP3 31 Racing Spirit of Léman Ralph Meichtry Lenny Ried Grégory de Sybourg Ligier JS P325 119 +7 Laps Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6 33 LMGT3 51 AF Corse Conrad Laursen Davide Rigon Charles-Henri Samani Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 119 +7 Laps Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 34 LMGT3 86 GR Racing Lorcan Hanafin Mex Jansen Michael Wainwright Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 119 +7 Laps Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 35 LMGT3 50 Richard Mille AF Corse Riccardo Agostini Custodio Toledo Lilou Wadoux Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 118 +8 Laps Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 36 LMP3 35 Ultimate Lucas Fecury Sebastian Gravlund Terrence Woodward Ligier JS P325 118 +8 Laps Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6 37 LMGT3 55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin David Perel Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 118 +8 Laps Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 38 LMGT3 74 Kessel Racing Andrew Gilbert Romain Leroux Fran Rueda Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 118 +8 Laps Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 39 LMP3 85 R-ace GP Fabien Michal Pierre-Alexandre Provost Hugo Schwarze Duqueine D09 118 +8 Laps Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V640LMP368 M Racing Nick Adcock Thomas Imbourg Quentin AntonelLigier JS P325118 +8 LapsToyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V641 LMGT3 57 Kessel Racing Mathys Jaubert Takeshi Kimura Daniel Serra Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 117 +9 Laps Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V642 LMP3 13 Inter Europol Competition Alexander Bukhantsov Chun-Ting Chou Henry Cubides Olarte Ligier JS P325 109 +17 Laps Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6Not classified LMGT3 23 United Autosports Michael Birch Wayne Boyd Garnet Patterson McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 70Did not finish McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8LMP2 Pro-Am14 TDS Racing Scott Huffaker Sami Meguetounif Steven ThomasOreca 0755ContactGibson GK428 4.2 L V8LMGT363 Iron Lynx Rui Andrade Ameerh Naran Sérgio Sette CâmaraMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo51ContactMercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8LMGT359 Racing Spirit of Léman Marius Fossard Valentin Hasse-Clot Clément MateuAston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo51ContactAston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8LMP210 Vector Sport Ryan Cullen Pietro Fittipaldi Vladislav LomkoOreca 07126DisqualifiedGibson GK428 4.2 L V8 Source: Statistics Fastest lap Class Entrant Driver Time LMP2 29 Forestier Racing by Panis Esteban Masson 1:32.791 32 LMP2 Pro-Am 3 DKR Engineering Macéo Capietto 1:32.735 11 LMP3 17 CLX Motorsport Louis Iglesias 1:40.442 20 LMGT3 23 United Autosports Wayne Boyd 1:42.796 4 Source:

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