2024 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps
Endurance sportscar racing event
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.
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
William 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[ Q 1]
35
LMGT3
85
Iron Dames
Sarah Bovy
2:19.508
+18,255
38[ Q 2]
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[ Q 3]
43
LMP3
4
DKR Engineering
—
43[ Q 4]
Sources:[ 16] [ 17] [ 18] [ 19] [ 20] [ 21]
^ 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]
^ 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]
^ 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]
^ 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 .
Statistics
Fastest lap
References