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2018 4 Hours of Le Castellet

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1A-V2 layout of Circuit Paul Ricard used for this race (pit road was different before 2019)

The 2018 4 Hours of Le Castellet was an endurance motor race that took place at the Circuit Paul Ricard near Le Castellet, France between 13 and 15 April 2018, and served as the opening round of the 2018 European Le Mans Series.

The overall race victory was taken by the LMP2-class Oreca 07 of Racing Engineering, with Norman Nato, Paul Petit and Olivier Pla winning on the teams' debut in the series.[1]

Qualifying

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Qualifying result

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Pole position in class is denoted with a yellow background.[2]

Pos. Class No° Team Chassis Time Grid
1 LMP2 28 France IDEC Sport Oreca 07 1:41.194 1
2 LMP2 33 France TDS Racing Oreca 07 1:41.638 2
3 LMP2 21 United States DragonSpeed Oreca 07 1:41.904 3
4 LMP2 24 Spain Racing Engineering Oreca 07 1:42.130 4
5 LMP2 29 France Duqueine Engineering Oreca 07 1:42.138 5
6 LMP2 31 Portugal APR - Rebellion Racing Oreca 07 1:42.194 6
7 LMP2 23 France Panis Barthez Competition Ligier JS P217 1:42.199 7
8 LMP2 36 France Signatech Alpine Matmut Alpine A470 1:42.230 8
9 LMP2 35 Russia SMP Racing Dallara P217 1:42.507 9
10 LMP2 40 Russia G-Drive Racing Oreca 07 1:42.582 10
11 LMP2 30 Spain AVF by Adrián Vallés Dallara P217 1:42.660 11
12 LMP2 26 Russia G-Drive Racing Oreca 07 1:42.850 12
13 LMP2 39 France Graff Oreca 07 1:43.139 13
14 LMP2 32 United States United Autosports Ligier JS P217 1:43.410 14
15 LMP2 49 Denmark High Class Racing Dallara P217 1:43.717 15
16 LMP2 47 Italy Cetilar Villorba Corse Dallara P217 1:43.895 16
17 LMP2 22 United States United Autosports Ligier JS P217 1:44.043 17
18 LMP2 27 France IDEC Sport Ligier JS P217 1:46.016 18
19 LMP2 25 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing Ligier JS P217 1:47.194 19
20 LMP3 19 France M.Racing - YMR Norma M30 1:51.930 20
21 LMP3 17 France Ultimate Norma M30 1:51.991 21
22 LMP3 8 Luxembourg DKR Engineering Norma M30 1:52.104 22
23 LMP3 15 United Kingdom RLR Msport Ligier JS P3 1:52.108 23
24 LMP3 2 United States United Autosports Ligier JS P3 1:52.641 24
25 LMP3 3 United States United Autosports Ligier JS P3 1:52.711 25
26 LMP3 6 United Kingdom 360 Racing Ligier JS P3 1:52.783 26
27 LMP3 11 United States Eurointernational Ligier JS P3 1:53.009 27
28 LMP3 18 France M.Racing - YMR Ligier JS P3 1:53.070 28
29 LMP3 5 Spain NEFIS By Speed Factory Ligier JS P3 1:53.198 29
30 LMGTE 88 Germany Proton Competition Porsche 911 RSR 1:53.377 30
31 LMP3 9 Austria AT Racing Ligier JS P3 1:53.383 31
32 LMP3 13 Poland Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P3 1:53.400 32
33 LMP3 7 United Kingdom Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen Ligier JS P3 1:53.638 33
34 LMP3 4 Switzerland Cool Racing Ligier JS P3 1:53.872 34
35 LMP3 12 United States Eurointernational Ligier JS P3 1:54.027 35
36 LMP3 10 Italy Oregon Team Norma M30 1:54.172 36
37 LMGTE 66 United Kingdom JMW Motorsport Ferrari 488 GTE 1:54.562 37
38 LMP3 14 Poland Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P3 1:54.582 38
39 LMGTE 77 Germany Proton Competition Porsche 911 RSR 1:54.830 39
40 LMGTE 83 United States Krohn Racing Ferrari 488 GTE 1:54.905 40
41 LMGTE 55 Switzerland Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GTE 1:54.949 41
42 LMP3 16 United Kingdom BHK Motorsport Ligier JS P3 1:55.159 42
43 LMGTE 80 Italy Ebimotors Porsche 911 RSR 1:55.183 43
44 LMGTE 54 Switzerland Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GTE 1:55.790 44
45 LMGTE 86 United Kingdom Gulf Racing Porsche 911 RSR No Time 451
Notes
  • ^1  – The No° 86 Gulf Racing Porsche 911 RSR originally qualified second in class but had all lap times deleted due to a stewards' decision.[2]

Race

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Race result

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Class winners are denoted with a yellow background.[3]

Pos. Class No° Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 LMP2 24 Spain Racing Engineering France Norman Nato
France Paul Petit
France Olivier Pla
Oreca 07 D 129
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
2 LMP2 33 France TDS Racing France Loïc Duval
France François Perrodo
France Matthieu Vaxivière
Oreca 07 D 129
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
3 LMP2 29 France Duqueine Engineering France Nico Jamin
France Nelson Panciatici
France Pierre Ragues
Oreca 07 M 129
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
4 LMP2 26 Russia G-Drive Racing Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori
France Andrea Pizzitola
Russia Roman Rusinov
Oreca 07 D 129
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
5 LMP2 36 France Signatech Alpine Matmut Brazil André Negrão
France Pierre Thiriet
Alpine A470 D 129
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
6 LMP2 40 Russia G-Drive Racing Australia James Allen
France Enzo Guibbert
Mexico José Gutiérrez
Oreca 07 D 129
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
7 LMP2 28 France IDEC Sport France Paul-Loup Chatin
France Paul Lafargue
Mexico Memo Rojas
Oreca 07 M 128
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
8 LMP2 23 France Panis Barthez Competition France Timothé Buret
France Julien Canal
United Kingdom Will Stevens
Ligier JS P217 M 128
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
9 LMP2 32 United States United Autosports United Kingdom Wayne Boyd
United States Will Owen
Switzerland Hugo de Sadeleer
Ligier JS P217 D 128
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
10 LMP2 39 France Graff France Alexandre Cougnaud
France Tristan Gommendy
Switzerland Jonathan Hirschi
Oreca 07 D 128
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
11 LMP2 30 Spain AVF by Adrián Vallés Portugal Henrique Chaves
Russia Konstantin Tereshchenko
Dallara P217 D 128
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
12 LMP2 22 United States United Autosports United Kingdom Philip Hanson
Brazil Bruno Senna
Ligier JS P217 D 128
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
13 LMP2 49 Denmark High Class Racing Denmark Dennis Andersen
Denmark Anders Fjordbach
Dallara P217 D 127
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
14 LMP2 47 Italy Cetilar Villorba Corse Italy Andrea Belicchi
Italy Roberto Lacorte
Italy Giorgio Sernagiotto
Dallara P217 D 127
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
15 LMP2 31 Portugal APR - Rebellion Racing United Kingdom Ryan Cullen
United States Gustavo Menezes
United Kingdom Harrison Newey
Oreca 07 D 127
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
16 LMP3 15 United Kingdom RLR Msport Canada John Farano
United Kingdom Rob Garofall
Netherlands Job van Uitert
Ligier JS P3 M 119
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
17 LMP3 19 France M.Racing - YMR Switzerland David Droux
France Nicolas Ferrer
Switzerland Lucas Légeret
Norma M30 M 119
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
182 LMP3 11 United States Eurointernational Italy Giorgio Mondini
Netherlands Kay Van Berlo
Ligier JS P3 M 119
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
19 LMP3 6 United Kingdom 360 Racing United Kingdom Ross Kaiser
United Kingdom James Swift
United Kingdom Terrence Woodward
Ligier JS P3 M 119
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
20 LMP3 2 United States United Autosports United States John Falb
United States Sean Rayhall
Ligier JS P3 M 119
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
21 LMP3 13 Poland Inter Europol Competition Germany Martin Hippe
Poland Jakub Śmiechowski
Ligier JS P3 M 118
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
22 LMP3 3 United States United Autosports United Kingdom Matthew Bell
Canada Garett Grist
United Kingdom Anthony Wells
Ligier JS P3 M 118
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
23 LMP3 9 Austria AT Racing France Yann Clairay
Belarus Alexander Talkanitsa, Jr.
Belarus Alexander Talkanitsa, Sr.
Ligier JS P3 M 118
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
24 LMP3 7 United Kingdom Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen United Kingdom Alex Kapadia
United Kingdom Colin Noble
Denmark Christian Stubbe Olsen
Ligier JS P3 M 118
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
25 LMP3 4 Switzerland Cool Racing Switzerland Iradj Alexander
Switzerland Antonin Borga
Switzerland Alexandre Coigny
Ligier JS P3 M 118
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
26 LMGTE 66 United Kingdom JMW Motorsport United Kingdom Liam Griffin
United Kingdom Alex MacDowall
Spain Miguel Molina
Ferrari 488 GTE D 118
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
27 LMGTE 88 Germany Proton Competition Italy Matteo Cairoli
Italy Gianluca Roda
Italy Giorgio Roda
Porsche 911 RSR D 118
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
28 LMP3 10 Italy Oregon Team France Clément Mateu
Colombia Andrés Méndez
Italy Riccardo Ponzio
Norma M30 M 117
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
29 LMGTE 80 Italy EbiMotors Italy Fabio Babini
France Raymond Narac
Italy Riccardo Pera
Porsche 911 RSR D 117
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
30 LMP3 14 Poland Inter Europol Competition Italy Luca Demarchi
Sweden Henning Enqvist
Germany Paul Scheuschner
Ligier JS P3 M 117
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
31 LMP3 18 France M.Racing - YMR France Natan Bihel
France Laurent Millara
Ligier JS P3 M 117
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
32 LMGTE 83 United States Krohn Racing Italy Andrea Bertolini
Sweden Niclas Jönsson
United States Tracy Krohn
Ferrari 488 GTE D 117
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
33 LMP3 12 United States Eurointernational Canada James Dayson
Italy Andrea Dromedari
United States Max Hanratty
Ligier JS P3 M 116
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
34 LMP3 16 United Kingdom BHK Motorsport Italy Jacopo Baratto
Italy Francesco Dracone
Ligier JS P3 M 116
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
35 LMGTE 77 Germany Proton Competition Germany Marvin Dienst
Norway Dennis Olsen
Germany Christian Ried
Porsche 911 RSR D 116
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
36 LMP3 5 Spain NEFIS By Speed Factory Russia Timur Boguslavskiy
Ukraine Aleksey Chuklin
Russia Daniil Pronenko
Ligier JS P3 M 115
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
37 LMP2 25 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing United States Mark Patterson
Philippines Ate De Jong
South Korea Tacksung Kim
Ligier JS P217 D 111
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
38 LMGTE 54 Switzerland Spirit of Race Italy Francesco Castellacci
Switzerland Thomas Flohr
Ferrari 488 GTE D 107
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
NC LMP2 35 Russia SMP Racing Russia Matevos Isaakyan
Russia Egor Orudzhev
Russia Viktor Shaytar
Dallara P217 D 121
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
Ret LMP3 17 France Ultimate France François Hériau
France Jean-Baptiste Lahaye
France Matthieu Lahaye
Norma M30 M 83
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
Ret LMP2 27 France IDEC Sport France William Cavailhes
France Patrice Lafargue
France Erik Maris
Ligier JS P217 M 77
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
Ret LMP2 21 United States DragonSpeed United Kingdom Ben Hanley
Sweden Henrik Hedman
France Nicolas Lapierre
Oreca 07 M 62
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
Ret LMGTE 55 Switzerland Spirit of Race United Kingdom Duncan Cameron
Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin
United Kingdom Aaron Scott
Ferrari 488 GTE D 54
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
Ret LMGTE 86 United Kingdom Gulf Racing United Kingdom Ben Barker
Australia Alex Davison
United Kingdom Michael Wainwright
Porsche 911 RSR D 45
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
Ret LMP3 8 Luxembourg DKR Engineering Belgium Jean Glorieux
Spain Alexander Toril
Spain Miguel Toril
Norma M30 M 11
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
Notes

References

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  1. ^ "First ELMS Win for Racing Engineering in 4 Hours of Le Castellet Thriller". europeanlemansseries.com. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 15 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b "European Le Mans Series – 4 Hours of Le Castellet – Qualifying – Final Classification" (PDF). europeanlemansseries.com. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 14 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.[dead link]
  3. ^ a b "European Le Mans Series – 4 Hours of Le Castellet – Race – Final Classification" (PDF). europeanlemansseries.com. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 15 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.[dead link]
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