2023 4 Hours of Barcelona

The 2023 4 Hours of Barcelona was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 21 and 23 April 2023, as the first round of the 2023 European Le Mans Series season.

Entry list[edit]

The pre-event entry list consisted of 42 entries in 4 categories - 7 in LMP2, 11 in LMP2 Pro-Am, 12 in LMP3 and 12 in LMGTE.^[1]

Rob Hodes was replaced by Dennis Andersen in No. 19 Team Virage after a crash in the Bronze Drivers Collective Test that made Hodes visit a hospital.^[2]

Schedule[edit]

Date	Time (local: CEST)	Event
Friday, 21 April	11:50	Free Practice 1
Friday, 21 April	16:20	Bronze Drivers Collective Test
Saturday, 22 April	10:10	Free Practice 2
	14:40	Qualifying - LMGTE
	15:05	Qualifying - LMP3
	15:30	Qualifying - LMP2 Pro-Am
	15:55	Qualifying - LMP2
Sunday, 23 April	11:30	Race
Source:^[3]

Free practice[edit]

Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Free Practice 1	Class	No.	Entrant	Time
	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	1:30.055
	LMP2 Pro/Am	37	Cool Racing	1:29.811
	LMP3	8	Team Virage	1:35.509
	LMGTE	60	Iron Lynx	1:40.306
Free Practice 2	Class	No.	Entrant	Time
	LMP2	43	Inter Europol Competition	1:29.950
	LMP2 Pro-Am	81	DragonSpeed USA	1:31.419
	LMP3	12	WTM by Rinaldi Racing	1:36.971
	LMGTE	93	Proton Competition	1:40.248
Source:^[4]^[5]

Qualifying[edit]

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap	Grid
1	LMP2	47	Cool Racing	Reshad de Gerus	1:29.396	—	1
2	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	James Allen	1:29.435	+0.039	2
3	LMP2	30	Duqueine Team	Neel Jani	1:29.593	+0.197	3
4	LMP2	22	United Autosports USA	Philip Hanson	1:29.693	+0.297	4
5	LMP2	65	Panis Racing	Job van Uitert	1:29.789	+0.393	5
6	LMP2	43	Inter Europol Competition	Jonathan Aberdein	1:29.839	+0.443	6
7	LMP2	28	IDEC Sport	Paul-Loup Chatin	1:30.159	+0.763	7
8	LMP2 Pro/Am	34	Racing Team Turkey	Salih Yoluç	1:30.947	+1.551	8
9	LMP2 Pro/Am	99	Proton Competition	Giorgio Roda	1:31.267	+1.871	9
10	LMP2 Pro/Am	37	Cool Racing	Alexandre Coigny	1:32.838	+3.442	10
11	LMP2 Pro/Am	3	DKR Engineering	Tom van Rompuy	1:33.010	+3.614	11
12	LMP2 Pro/Am	24	Nielsen Racing	Rodrigo Sales	1:33.088	+3.692	12
13	LMP2 Pro/Am	83	AF Corse	François Perrodo	1:33.805	+4.409	13
14	LMP2 Pro/Am	21	United Autosports USA	Daniel Schneider	1:34.596	+5.200	14
15	LMP2 Pro/Am	20	Algarve Pro Racing	Fred Poordad	1:34.922	+5.526	15
16	LMP3	17	Cool Racing	Marcos Siebert	1:35.250	+5.854	16
17	LMP3	13	Inter Europol Competition	Wyatt Brichacek	1:35.562	+6.166	17
18	LMP2 Pro/Am	19	Team Virage	Dennis Andersen	1:35.605	+6.209	21^{[Q 1]}
19	LMP3	31	Racing Spirit of Léman	Antoine Doquin	1:35.616	+6.220	18
20	LMP3	12	WTM by Rinaldi Racing	Óscar Tunjo	1:35.758	+6.362	19
21	LMP3	15	RLR M Sport	Gael Julien	1:35.765	+6.369	20
22	LMP3	7	Nielsen Racing	Ryan Harper-Ellam	1:36.046	+6.650	22
23	LMP3	8	Team Virage	Manuel Espirito Santo	1:36.449	+7.053	41^{[Q 2]}
24	LMP3	10	Eurointernational	Glenn van Berlo	1:36.461	+7.065	23
25	LMP3	4	DKR Engineering	Pedro Perino	1:36.593	+7.197	24
26	LMP3	5	RLR M Sport	Valdemar Eriksen	1:36.764	+7.368	25
27	LMP3	35	Ultimate	Matthieu Lahaye	1:36.848	+7.452	26
28	LMP2 Pro/Am	23	United Autosports USA	James McGuire	1:36.966	+7.570	27
29	LMP2 Pro/Am	81	DragonSpeed USA	Henrik Hedman	1:37.185	+7.789	42^{[Q 3]}
30	LMP3	11	Eurointernational	Matthew Richard Bell	1:37.641	+8.245	28
31	LMGTE	66	JMW Motorsport	Martin Berry	1:41.060	+11.664	29
32	LMGTE	57	Kessel Racing	Takeshi Kimura	1:41.173	+11.777	30
33	LMGTE	16	Proton Competition	Ryan Hardwick	1:41.188	+11.792	31
34	LMGTE	72	TF Sport	Arnold Robin	1:41.315	+11.919	32
35	LMGTE	44	GMB Motorsport	Jens Reno Møller	1:41.360	+11.964	33
36	LMGTE	93	Proton Competition	Michael Fassbender	1:41.499	+12.103	34
37	LMGTE	50	Formula Racing	Johnny Laursen	1:41.561	+12.165	35
38	LMGTE	77	Proton Competition	Christian Ried	1:42.157	+12.761	36
39	LMGTE	55	Spirit of Race	Duncan Cameron	1:42.468	+13.072	37
40	LMGTE	51	AF Corse	Kriton Lentoudis	1:42.862	+13.466	38
41	LMGTE	60	Iron Lynx	Claudio Schiavoni	1:43.030	+13.634	39
42	LMGTE	95	TF Sport	John Hartshorne	1:43.968	+14.572	40
Source:^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]

^ The No. 19 Team Virage was penalised for impeding cars No. 23 and No. 3 in qualifying session. Stewards handed 3 place grid drop penalty for this offense.^[6]
^ The No. 8 Team Virage was penalised for causing a red flag in qualifying session and lost all its laptimes.^[7]
^ The No. 81 DragonSpeed USA was penalised for causing a red flag in qualifying session and lost all its laptimes.^[8]

Race[edit]

Race result[edit]

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 98 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

Final Classification^[15]^[16]
Pos	Class	No.	Team	Drivers	Car	Tyres	Laps	Time/Gap
1	LMP2 Pro/Am	34	Racing Team Turkey	Salih Yoluç Charlie Eastwood Louis Delétraz	Oreca 07	G	140	4:01:14.646
2	LMP2	30	Duqueine Team	Nicolas Pino René Binder Neel Jani	Oreca 07	G	140	+2.363
3	LMP2 Pro/Am	83	AF Corse	François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Ben Barnicoat	Oreca 07	G	140	+12.995
4	LMP2 Pro/Am	37	Cool Racing	Alexandre Coigny Malthe Jakobsen Nicolas Lapierre	Oreca 07	G	140	+43.757
5	LMP2	65	Panis Racing	Job van Uitert Manuel Maldonado Tijmen van der Helm	Oreca 07	G	140	+46.377
6	LMP2	28	IDEC Sport	Paul Lafargue Paul-Loup Chatin Laurents Hörr	Oreca 07	G	140	+1:05.613
7	LMP2	47	Cool Racing	Vladislav Lomko Reshad de Gerus José María López	Oreca 07	G	140	+1:17.282
8	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	Kyffin Simpson James Allen Alexander Lynn	Oreca 07	G	139	+1 lap
9	LMP2 Pro/Am	24	Nielsen Racing	Rodrigo Sales Ben Hanley Mathias Beche	Oreca 07	G	139	+1 lap^{[R 1]}
10	LMP2	22	United Autosports USA	Marino Sato Philip Hanson Oliver Jarvis	Oreca 07	G	139	+1 lap
11	LMP2 Pro/Am	3	DKR Engineering	Tom van Rompuy Sebastián Álvarez Nathanaël Berthon	Oreca 07	G	139	+1 lap
12	LMP2 Pro/Am	99	Proton Competition	Giorgio Roda Jonas Ried Gianmaria Bruni	Oreca 07	G	139	+1 lap
13	LMP2 Pro/Am	81	DragonSpeed USA	Henrik Hedman Sebastián Montoya Juan Pablo Montoya	Oreca 07	G	138	+2 laps
14	LMP2 Pro/Am	20	Algarve Pro Racing	Fred Poordad Tristan Vautier Jack Hawksworth	Oreca 07	G	138	+2 laps
15	LMP2 Pro/Am	19	Team Virage	Dennis Andersen Ian Rodríguez Tatiana Calderón	Oreca 07	G	138	+2 laps
16	LMP2 Pro/Am	21	United Autosports USA	Daniel Schneider Andrew Meyrick Nelson Piquet Jr.	Oreca 07	G	137	+3 laps
17	LMP2 Pro/Am	23	United Autosports USA	James McGuire Guy Smith Paul di Resta	Oreca 07	G	137	+3 laps
18	LMP3	17	Cool Racing	Adrien Chila Marcos Siebert Alex García	Ligier JS P320	M	134	+6 laps
19	LMP3	13	Inter Europol Competition	Miguel Cristóvão Kai Askey Wyatt Brichacek	Ligier JS P320	M	134	+6 laps
20	LMP3	31	Racing Spirit of Léman	Jacques Wolff Antoine Doquin Fabien Michal	Ligier JS P320	M	134	+6 laps^{[R 2]}
21	LMP3	11	Eurointernational	Matthew Richard Bell Adam Ali	Ligier JS P320	M	133	+7 laps
22	LMP3	7	Nielsen Racing	Anthony Wells Ryan Harper-Ellam	Ligier JS P320	M	133	+7 laps
23	LMP3	5	RLR M Sport	James Dayson Valdemar Eriksen Jack Manchester	Ligier JS P320	M	133	+7 laps
24	LMP3	35	Ultimate	Eric Trouillet Matthieu Lahaye Jean-Baptiste Lahaye	Ligier JS P320	M	132	+8 laps
25	LMP3	8	Team Virage	Manuel Espirito Santo Nick Adcock Michael Jensen	Ligier JS P320	M	131	+9 laps
26	LMGTE	16	Proton Competition	Ryan Hardwick Zacharie Robichon Alessio Picariello	Porsche 911 RSR-19	G	131	+9 laps
27	LMGTE	50	Formula Racing	Johnny Laursen Conrad Laursen Mikkel Mac	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	G	131	+9 laps
28	LMGTE	66	JMW Motorsport	Martin Berry Lorcan Hanafin Jon Lancaster	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	G	130	+10 laps
29	LMGTE	60	Iron Lynx	Claudio Schiavoni Matteo Cressoni Matteo Cairoli	Porsche 911 RSR-19	G	130	+10 laps
30	LMGTE	55	Spirit of Race	Duncan Cameron David Perel Matt Griffin	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	G	130	+10 laps
31	LMGTE	51	AF Corse	Kriton Lentoudis Rui Águas Ulysse de Pauw	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	G	130	+10 laps
32	LMGTE	57	Kessel Racing	Takeshi Kimura Gregory Huffaker II Frederik Schandorff	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	G	130	+10 laps
33	LMGTE	93	Proton Competition	Michael Fassbender Martin Rump Richard Lietz	Porsche 911 RSR-19	G	128	+12 laps
34	LMGTE	95	TF Sport	John Hartshorne Ben Tuck Jonathan Adam	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	G	128	+12 laps
35	LMP3	15	RLR M Sport	Horst Felbermayr Jr Gael Julien Mateusz Kaprzyk	Ligier JS P320	M	125	+15 laps
36	LMP3	4	DKR Engineering	Alexander Bukhantsov James Winslow Pedro Perino	Duqueine M30 - D08	M	113	+27 laps
Not classified
	LMP3	10	Eurointernational	Nick Moss Glenn van Berlo	Ligier JS P320	M	67
	LMP2	43	Inter Europol Competition	Rui Andrade Olli Caldwell Jonathan Aberdein	Oreca 07	G	34
	LMGTE	44	GMB Motorsport	Jens Reno Møller Gustav Birch Nicki Thiim	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	G	1
	LMP3	12	WTM by Rinaldi Racing	Torsten Kratz Leonard Weiss Óscar Tunjo	Duqueine M30 - D08	M	0
	LMGTE	72	TF Sport	Arnold Robin Maxime Robin Valentin Hasse-Clot	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	G	0
	LMGTE	77	Proton Competition	Christian Ried Giammarco Levorato Julien Andlauer	Porsche 911 RSR-19	G	0

^ The No. 24 Nielsen Racing was penalised for not slowing down in time during Full Course Yellow neutralisation and was handed 20 seconds time penalty.^[17]
^ The No. 31 Racing Spirit of Léman was penalised for serving mandatory pitstop during Full Course Yellow neutralisation. The crew was penalised with 105 seconds time penalty.^[18]^[19]

Statistics[edit]

Fastest lap[edit]

Class	Driver	Team	Time	Lap
LMP2	Vladislav Lomko	#47 Cool Racing	1:31.451	10
LMP2 Pro/Am	Salih Yoluç	#34 Racing Team Turkey	1:32.517	12
LMP3	Marcos Siebert	#17 Cool Racing	1:38.481	105
LMGTE	Alessio Picariello	#16 Proton Competition	1:41.371	99
Source:^[20]

References[edit]

^ "2023 EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES - PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST" (PDF). press.fiawec.com. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
^ Stephen Kilbey. "Aberdein Sets The FP2 Pace Ahead Of Qualifying". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
^ "4 HOURS OF BARCELONA - PROVISIONAL TIMETABLE V8" (PDF). press.fiawec.com. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
^ "2023 Barcelona 4h". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
^ "2023 Barcelona 4h". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
^ "Decision No. 18" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
^ "Decision No. 19" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
^ "Decision No. 17" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Qualifying Final Classification" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Qualifying Practice - LMP2 Provisional Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Qualifying Practice - LMP2 Pro/Am Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Qualifying Practice - LMP3 Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Qualifying Practice - LMGTE Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Race (4 Hours) Final Starting Grid" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
^ "2023 Barcelona 4h". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Race Final Classification" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
^ "Decision No. 41" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
^ Davey Euwema. "Racing Team Turkey Wins Barcelona Thriller". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
^ "Decision No. 43" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Race Final Classification by Category" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.

[7] The No. 19 Team Virage was penalised for impeding cars No. 23 and No. 3 in qualifying session. Stewards handed 3 place grid drop penalty for this offense.^[6]

[9] The No. 8 Team Virage was penalised for causing a red flag in qualifying session and lost all its laptimes.^[7]

[11] The No. 81 DragonSpeed USA was penalised for causing a red flag in qualifying session and lost all its laptimes.^[8]

[21] The No. 24 Nielsen Racing was penalised for not slowing down in time during Full Course Yellow neutralisation and was handed 20 seconds time penalty.^[17]

[24] The No. 31 Racing Spirit of Léman was penalised for serving mandatory pitstop during Full Course Yellow neutralisation. The crew was penalised with 105 seconds time penalty.^[18]^[19]

[1] "2023 EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES - PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST" (PDF). press.fiawec.com. Retrieved 19 April 2023.

[2] Stephen Kilbey. "Aberdein Sets The FP2 Pace Ahead Of Qualifying". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.

[3] "4 HOURS OF BARCELONA - PROVISIONAL TIMETABLE V8" (PDF). press.fiawec.com. Retrieved 19 April 2023.

[4] "2023 Barcelona 4h". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.

[5] "2023 Barcelona 4h". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.

[6] "Decision No. 18" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.

[8] "Decision No. 19" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.

[10] "Decision No. 17" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.

[Results-12] "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Qualifying Final Classification" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.

[LMP2_Drivers-13] "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Qualifying Practice - LMP2 Provisional Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.

[LMP2PA_Drivers-14] "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Qualifying Practice - LMP2 Pro/Am Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.

[LMP3_Drivers-15] "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Qualifying Practice - LMP3 Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.

[LMGTE_Drivers-16] "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Qualifying Practice - LMGTE Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.

[Starting_Grid-17] "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Race (4 Hours) Final Starting Grid" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.

[18] "2023 Barcelona 4h". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.

[19] "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Race Final Classification" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.

[20] "Decision No. 41" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.

[22] Davey Euwema. "Racing Team Turkey Wins Barcelona Thriller". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.

[23] "Decision No. 43" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.

[25] "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Barcelona Race Final Classification by Category" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.

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