2024 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps

The layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

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.[1][2][3]

After missing previous round, Ritomo Miyata returned to the No. 37 COOL Racing.[1][2] 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.[4][1] Nick Yelloly joined John Falb and Colin Noble in the No. 24 Nielsen Racing.[5] Wayne Boyd and Tristan Vautier joined Anthony Wells in the No. 19 Team Virage.[3] Louis Rossi raced alongside Lahaye brothers in the No. 35 Ultimate.[1][2] Benjamin Pedersen is going to replace Nico Pino in the No. 27 Nielsen Racing.[6] Niels Koolen did not take part in this round and Rasmus Lindh replaced him in the No. 30 Duqueine Team.[7] 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.[8]

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:[9]

Free practice

  • Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Free Practice 1 Class No. Entrant Time
LMP2 65 France Panis Racing 2:01.385
LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Kingdom United Autosports 2:02.294
LMP3 17 Switzerland COOL Racing 2:11.211
LMGT3 57 Switzerland Kessel Racing 2:15.876
Free Practice 2 LMP2 43 Poland Inter Europol Competition 2:01.435
LMP2 Pro/Am 83 Italy AF Corse 2:03.808
LMP3 8 Poland Team Virage 2:12.674
LMGT3 57 Switzerland Kessel Racing 2:16.355
Sources:[10][11]

Qualifying

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 LMP2 14 United States AO by TF Switzerland Louis Delétraz 2:01.253 1
2 LMP2 65 France Panis Racing France Charles Milesi 2:01.660 +0,407 2
3 LMP2 43 Poland Inter Europol Competition France Tom Dillmann 2:01.665 +0,412 3
4 LMP2 37 Switzerland COOL Racing Japan Ritomo Miyata 2:02.064 +0,811 4
5 LMP2 25 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing United Kingdom Alexander Lynn 2:02.071 +0,818 5
6 LMP2 23 United Kingdom United Autosports United Kingdom Paul di Resta 2:02.114 +0,861 6
7 LMP2 10 United Kingdom Vector Sport Brazil Felipe Drugovich 2:02.184 +0,931 7
8 LMP2 9 Germany Iron LynxProton Italy Matteo Cairoli 2:02.216 +0,963 8
9 LMP2 34 Poland Inter Europol Competition Italy Luca Ghiotto 2:02.237 +0,984 9
10 LMP2 28 France IDEC Sport Netherlands Job van Uitert 2:02.479 +1,226 10
11 LMP2 27 United Kingdom Nielsen Racing United Kingdom William Stevens 2:02.630 +1,377 11
12 LMP2 30 France Duqueine Team Australia James Allen 2:02.879 +1,626 12
13 LMP2 Pro/Am 29 France Richard Mille by TDS United States Rodrigo Sales 2:04.537 +3,284 15
14 LMP2 Pro/Am 77 Germany Proton Competition Italy Giorgio Roda 2:04.570 +3,317 16
15 LMP2 Pro/Am 24 United Kingdom Nielsen Racing United States John Falb 2:04.670 +3,417 17
16 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 Italy AF Corse France François Perrodo 2:05.036 +3,783 18
17 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Kingdom United Autosports Brazil Daniel Schneider 2:05.720 +4,467 19
18 LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Poland Team Virage United Kingdom Anthony Wells 2:05.911 +4,658 20
19 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing Greece Kriton Lendoudis 2:09.127 +7,874 21
20 LMP2 Pro/Am 3 Luxembourg DKR Engineering Australia Andres Latorre Canon 2:10.193 +8,940 22
21 LMP3 15 United Kingdom RLR M Sport France Gaël Julien 2:11.847 +10,594 23
22 LMP3 17 Switzerland COOL Racing Portugal Manuel Espírito Santo 2:11.887 +10,634 24
23 LMP3 88 Poland Inter Europol Competition Portugal Pedro Perino 2:12.061 +10,808 25
24 LMP3 8 Poland Team Virage France Gillian Henrion 2:12.080 +10,827 26
25 LMP3 12 Germany WTM by Rinaldi Racing Colombia Óscar Tunjo 2:12.259 +11,006 27
26 LMP3 35 France Ultimate France Jean-Baptiste Lahaye 2:12.605 +11,352 28
27 LMP3 11 Italy Eurointernational Canada Adam Ali 2:12.858 +11,605 29
28 LMP3 5 United Kingdom RLR M Sport United Kingdom Bailey Voisin 2:13.313 +12,060 30
29 LMP3 31 Switzerland Racing Spirit of Léman France Antoine Doquin 2:13.369 +12,116 31
30 LMP2 47 Switzerland COOL Racing Denmark Frederik Vesti 2:14.923 +13,670 13
31 LMGT3 63 Italy Iron Lynx Japan Hiroshi Hamaguchi 2:17.873 +16,620 32
32 LMGT3 50 Denmark Formula Racing Denmark Johnny Laursen 2:18.916 +17,663 33
33 LMGT3 97 United Kingdom Grid Motorsport by TF Singapore Martin Berry 2:19.096 +17,843 34
34 LMGT3 55 Switzerland Spirit of Race United Kingdom Duncan Cameron 2:19.246 +17,993 42[Q 1]
35 LMGT3 85 Italy Iron Dames Belgium Sarah Bovy 2:19.508 +18,255 38[Q 2]
36 LMGT3 57 Switzerland Kessel Racing Japan Takeshi Kimura 2:19.680 +18,427 35
37 LMGT3 59 Switzerland Racing Spirit of Léman United States Derek DeBoer 2:19.729 +18,476 36
38 LMGT3 51 Italy AF Corse France Charles-Henri Samani 2:20.247 +18,994 37
39 LMGT3 86 United Kingdom GR Racing United Kingdom Michael Wainwright 2:20.480 +19,227 39
40 LMGT3 60 Germany Proton Competition Italy Claudio Schiavoni 2:22.157 +20,904 40
41 LMGT3 66 United Kingdom JMW Motorsport United Kingdom John Hartshorne 2:25.878 +24,625 41
42 LMP2 22 United Kingdom United Autosports United Kingdom Benjamin Hanley 14[Q 3]
43 LMP3 4 Luxembourg DKR Engineering 43[Q 4]
Sources:[16][17][18][19][20][21]
  1. ^ Stewards allowed David Perel, driver of the No. 55 Spirit of Race, to take part in the race despite him not fulfilling the 110% rule. Stewards also obliged Matthew Griffin, the crew's fastest driver, to start the race from the back of the category.[12]
  2. ^ The No. 85 Iron Dames was moved 3 places on the grid for causing a collision with car No. 23 United Autosports during the Free Practice 1.[13]
  3. ^ The No. 22 United Autosports was penalised for causing the red flag during Qualifying session. Benjamin Hanley was not allowed to rejoin the session and lost all his lap times. Stewards allowed the No. 22 to start from the back of category and obliged this crew to start the race with their fastest driver.[14]
  4. ^ The No. 4 DKR Engineering was allowed by stewards to take part in the race despite not fulfilling the 110% rule in Qualifying. Stewards also obliged Wyatt Brichacek, the crew's fastest driver, to start the race from the back of the grid.[15]

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[22][23]
Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Tyres Laps Time/Gap
1 LMP2 14 United States AO by TF United Kingdom Jonny Edgar
Switzerland Louis Delétraz
Poland Robert Kubica
Oreca 07 G 95 4:01:28.729
2 LMP2 43 Poland Inter Europol Competition Mexico Sebastián Álvarez
France Vladislav Lomko
France Tom Dillmann
Oreca 07 G 95 +1.100
3 LMP2 28 France IDEC Sport Argentina Marcos Siebert
France Reshad de Gerus
Netherlands Job van Uitert
Oreca 07 G 95 +32.436
4 LMP2 34 Poland Inter Europol Competition United Kingdom Oliver Gray
France Clément Novalak
Italy Luca Ghiotto
Oreca 07 G 95 +33.731
5 LMP2 37 Switzerland COOL Racing Spain Lorenzo Fluxá
Denmark Malthe Jakobsen
Japan Ritomo Miyata
Oreca 07 G 95 +45.658
6 LMP2 65 France Panis Racing United Kingdom Manuel Maldonado
France Charles Milesi
Monaco Arthur Leclerc
Oreca 07 G 95 +47.273
7 LMP2 9 Germany Iron LynxProton Germany Jonas Ried
France Macéo Capietto
Italy Matteo Cairoli
Oreca 07 G 95 +57.022
8 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 Italy AF Corse France François Perrodo
France Matthieu Vaxivière
Italy Alessio Rovera
Oreca 07 G 95 +1:01.303
9 LMP2 Pro/Am 77 Germany Proton Competition Italy Giorgio Roda
Austria René Binder
Netherlands Bent Viscaal
Oreca 07 G 95 +1:18.608
10 LMP2 10 United Kingdom Vector Sport United Kingdom Ryan Cullen
Monaco Stéphane Richelmi
Brazil Felipe Drugovich
Oreca 07 G 95 +1:25.528
11 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing Greece Kriton Lendoudis
United Kingdom Richard Bradley
United Kingdom Alex Quinn
Oreca 07 G 95 +1:26.750
12 LMP2 22 United Kingdom United Autosports Romania Filip Ugran
Japan Marino Sato
United Kingdom Benjamin Hanley
Oreca 07 G 95 +1:29.917
13 LMP2 Pro/Am 24 United Kingdom Nielsen Racing United States John Falb
United Kingdom Colin Noble
United Kingdom Nicholas Yelloly
Oreca 07 G 95 +1:30.457
14 LMP2 23 United Kingdom United Autosports United States Bijoy Garg
Switzerland Fabio Scherer
United Kingdom Paul di Resta
Oreca 07 G 95 +1:32.574
15 LMP2 Pro/Am 3 Luxembourg DKR Engineering Australia Andres Latorre Canon
Turkey Cem Bölükbaşı
Germany Laurents Hörr
Oreca 07 G 95 +1:43.810
16 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Kingdom United Autosports Brazil Daniel Schneider
United Kingdom Andrew Meyrick
Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
Oreca 07 G 95 +1:52.067
17 LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Poland Team Virage United Kingdom Anthony Wells
United Kingdom Wayne Boyd
France Tristan Vautier
Oreca 07 G 95 +1:59.492
18 LMP2 47 Switzerland COOL Racing Thailand Carl Bennett
Austria Ferdinand Habsburg
Denmark Frederik Vesti
Oreca 07 G 95 +2:07.150
19 LMP2 30 France Duqueine Team Sweden Rasmus Lindh
France Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer
Australia James Allen
Oreca 07 G 94 +1 Lap
20 LMP2 27 United Kingdom Nielsen Racing Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson
United States Benjamin Pedersen
United Kingdom William Stevens
Oreca 07 G 94 +1 Lap
21 LMP2 25 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing Liechtenstein Matthias Kaiser
United Kingdom Olli Caldwell
United Kingdom Alexander Lynn
Oreca 07 G 92 +3 Laps
22 LMP3 11 Italy Eurointernational United Kingdom Matthew Richard Bell
Canada Adam Ali
Ligier JS P320 M 91 +4 Laps
23 LMP3 31 Switzerland Racing Spirit of Léman France Jacques Wolff
France Jean-Ludovic Foubert
France Antoine Doquin
Ligier JS P320 M 91 +4 Laps
24 LMP3 17 Switzerland COOL Racing Portugal Miguel Cristóvão
Switzerland Cédric Oltramare
Portugal Manuel Espírito Santo
Ligier JS P320 M 91 +4 Laps
25 LMP3 15 United Kingdom RLR M Sport Denmark Michael Jensen
United Kingdom Nick Adcock
France Gaël Julien
Ligier JS P320 M 91 +4 Laps
26 LMP3 35 France Ultimate France Louis Rossi
France Jean-Baptiste Lahaye
France Matthieu Lahaye[R 1]
Ligier JS P320 M 91 +4 Laps
27 LMP3 8 Poland Team Virage Algeria Julien Gerbi
Portugal Bernardo Pinheiro
France Gillian Henrion
Ligier JS P320 M 91 +4 Laps
28 LMP3 4 Luxembourg DKR Engineering Germany Alexander Mattschull
United States Wyatt Brichacek
Duqueine M30 - D08 M 91 +4 Laps
29 LMP3 12 Germany WTM by Rinaldi Racing Germany Torsten Kratz
Germany Leonard Weiss
Colombia Óscar Tunjo
Duqueine M30 - D08 M 91 +4 Laps
30 LMP3 88 Poland Inter Europol Competition United Arab Emirates Alexander Bukhantsov
United Kingdom Kai Askey
Portugal Pedro Perino
Ligier JS P320 M 91 +4 Laps
31 LMP3 5 United Kingdom RLR M Sport Canada James Dayson
Canada Daniel Ali
United Kingdom Bailey Voisin
Ligier JS P320 M 90 +5 Laps
32 LMGT3 57 Switzerland Kessel Racing Japan Takeshi Kimura
France Esteban Masson
Brazil Daniel Serra
Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 89 +6 Laps
33 LMGT3 86 United Kingdom GR Racing United Kingdom Michael Wainwright
Italy Riccardo Pera
Italy Davide Rigon
Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 88 +7 Laps
34 LMGT3 51 Italy AF Corse France Charles-Henri Samani
France Emmanuel Collard
Argentina Nicolás Varrone
Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 88 +7 Laps
35 LMGT3 59 Switzerland Racing Spirit of Léman United States Derek DeBoer
United Kingdom Casper Stevenson
France Valentin Hasse-Clot
Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3 G 88 +7 Laps
36 LMGT3 97 United Kingdom Grid Motorsport by TF Singapore Martin Berry
United Kingdom Lorcan Hanafin
United Kingdom Jonathan Adam
Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3 G 88 +7 Laps
37 LMGT3 60 Germany Proton Competition Italy Claudio Schiavoni
Italy Matteo Cressoni
France Julien Andlauer
Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 G 87 +8 Laps
Not classified
LMP2 Pro/Am 29 France Richard Mille by TDS United States Rodrigo Sales
Switzerland Mathias Beche
Switzerland Grégoire Saucy
Oreca 07 G 31
LMGT3 50 Denmark Formula Racing Denmark Johnny Laursen
Denmark Conrad Laursen
Denmark Nicklas Nielsen
Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 30
LMGT3 63 Italy Iron Lynx Japan Hiroshi Hamaguchi
Zimbabwe Axcil Jefferies
Italy Andrea Caldarelli
Lamborghini Huracan LMGT3 Evo2 G 25
LMGT3 85 Italy Iron Dames Belgium Sarah Bovy
Switzerland Rahel Frey
Denmark Michelle Gatting
Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 G 25
LMGT3 55 Switzerland Spirit of Race United Kingdom Duncan Cameron
South Africa David Perel
Republic of Ireland Matthew Griffin
Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 19
LMGT3 66 United Kingdom JMW Motorsport United Kingdom John Hartshorne
United Kingdom Ben Tuck
United Kingdom Philip Keen
Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 5
  1. ^ Matthieu Lahaye failed to meet the minimum driving time to score points.[24]

Statistics

Fastest lap

Class Driver Team Time Lap
LMP2 France Charles Milesi France #65 Panis Racing 2:01.257 78
LMP2 Pro/Am Italy Alessio Rovera Italy #83 AF Corse 2:02.466 51
LMP3 France Gaël Julien United Kingdom #15 RLR M Sport 2:11.843 42
LMGTE France Esteban Masson Switzerland #57 Kessel Racing 2:16.623 59
Source:[25]

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