2023 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps
The 2023 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 22 and 24 September 2023, as the fourth round of the 2023 European Le Mans Series season.
Entry list[edit]
The pre-event entry list consisted of 41 entries in 4 categories – 7 in LMP2, 10 in LMP2 Pro/Am, 12 in LMP3 and 12 in LMGTE. In comparison to the previous round one car was missing – the No. 23 United Autosports USA was withdrawn for the rest of the season due to Jim McGuire's injury.[1][2]
Alessio Rovera stayed in the No. 83 AF Corse entry after replacing Ben Barnicoat at Aragón.[1] Bent Viscaal was kept in crew of the No. 20 Algarve Pro Racing after replacing Jack Hawksworth in previous round.[1] Nelson Piquet Jr. came back to the No. 21 United Autosports USA after missing previous race.[1] Tom van Rompuy also missed previous round and came back to the car No. 3 of DKR Engineering.[1][2] François Heriau joined Glenn van Berlo in the No. 10 Eurointernational.[1][2] Daniel Serra joined the No. 57 Kessel Racing.[1][2]
Schedule[edit]
| Date | Time (local: CEST) | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, 22 September | 11:00 | Free Practice 1 |
| 14:45 | Bronze Drivers Collective Test | |
| Saturday, 23 September | 10:15 | Free Practice 2 |
| 14:05 | Qualifying - LMGTE | |
| 14:30 | Qualifying - LMP3 | |
| 14:55 | Qualifying - LMP2 Pro/Am | |
| 15:20 | Qualifying - LMP2 | |
| Sunday, 24 September | 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 | 22 |  United Autosports USA
|
2:05.030 | |
| LMP2 Pro/Am | 37 |  Cool Racing
|
2:05.060 | |
| LMP3 | 31 | Racing Spirit of Leman
|
2:12.789 | |
| LMGTE | 60 |  Iron Lynx
|
2:16.741 | |
| Free Practice 2 | LMP2 | 43 |  Inter Europol Competition
|
2:04.530 |
| LMP2 Pro/Am | 21 | United Autosports USA
|
2:05.630 | |
| LMP3 | 8 | Team Virage
|
2:12.212 | |
| LMGTE | 60 | Iron Lynx
|
2:17.096 | |
| 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 | 25 |  Algarve Pro Racing
|
 Alexander Lynn
|
2:03.564 | — | 1 |
| 2 | LMP2 | 22 | United Autosports USA
|
Philip Hanson
|
2:03.672 | +0.108 | 2 |
| 3 | LMP2 | 28 |  IDEC Sport
|
 Laurents Hörr
|
2:03.789 | +0.225 | 3 |
| 4 | LMP2 | 30 | Duqueine Team
|
 René Binder
|
2:04.197 | +0.633 | 4 |
| 5 | LMP2 | 43 | Inter Europol Competition
|
 Jonathan Aberdein
|
2:04.211 | +0.647 | 5 |
| 6 | LMP2 | 65 | Panis Racing
|
 Job van Uitert
|
2:04.350 | +0.786 | 6 |
| 7 | LMP2 | 47 | Cool Racing
|
 Vladislav Lomko
|
2:05.013 | +1.449 | 7 |
| 8 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 34 |  Racing Team Turkey
|
Salih Yoluç
|
2:05.221 | +1.657 | 8 |
| 9 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 99 | Proton Competition
|
Giorgio Roda
|
2:05.874 | +2.310 | 9 |
| 10 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 3 |  DKR Engineering
|
 Tom van Rompuy
|
2:07.112 | +3.548 | 10 |
| 11 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 37 | Cool Racing
|
Alexandre Coigny
|
2:07.307 | +3.743 | 11 |
| 12 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 24 | Nielsen Racing
|
Rodrigo Sales
|
2:07.852 | +4.288 | 12 |
| 13 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 19 | Team Virage
|
Alexander Mattschull
|
2:07.977 | +4.413 | 16[Q 1] |
| 14 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 83 | AF Corse
|
François Perrodo
|
2:08.104 | +4.540 | 13 |
| 15 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 21 | United Autosports USA
|
 Daniel Schneider
|
2:08.483 | +4.919 | 14 |
| 16 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 81 | DragonSpeed USA
|
 Henrik Hedman
|
2:09.700 | +6.136 | 15 |
| 17 | LMP3 | 8 | Team Virage
|
Manuel Espírito Santo
|
2:11.285 | +7.721 | 17 |
| 18 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 20 | Algarve Pro Racing
|
Fred Poordad
|
2:11.461 | +7.897 | 18 |
| 19 | LMP3 | 7 | Nielsen Racing
|
Ryan Harper-Ellam
|
2:11.630 | +8.066 | 19 |
| 20 | LMP3 | 10 | Eurointernational
|
Glenn van Berlo
|
2:11.943 | +8.379 | 20 |
| 21 | LMP3 | 17 | Cool Racing
|
 Marcos Siebert
|
2:11.978 | +8.414 | 21 |
| 22 | LMP3 | 31 | Racing Spirit of Leman
|
Antoine Doquin
|
2:12.064 | +8.500 | 22 |
| 23 | LMP3 | 11 | Eurointernational
|
 Adam Ali
|
2:12.124 | +8.560 | 23 |
| 24 | LMP3 | 13 | Inter Europol Competition
|
Wyatt Brichacek
|
2:12.520 | +8.956 | 24 |
| 25 | LMP3 | 15 | RLR M Sport
|
Gaël Julien
|
2:12.523 | +8.959 | 25 |
| 26 | LMP3 | 4 | DKR Engineering
|
James Winslow
|
2:12.574 | +9.010 | 26 |
| 27 | LMP3 | 35 | Ultimate
|
Matthieu Lahaye
|
2:12.856 | +9.292 | 27 |
| 28 | LMP3 | 5 | RLR M Sport
|
 Valdemar Eriksen
|
2:13.328 | +9.764 | 28 |
| 29 | LMGTE | 16 | Proton Competition
|
Ryan Hardwick
|
2:17.385 | +13.821 | 29 |
| 30 | LMGTE | 72 | TF Sport
|
Arnold Robin
|
2:18.039 | +14.475 | 30 |
| 31 | LMGTE | 66 | JMW Motorsport
|
 Martin Berry
|
2:18.362 | +14.798 | 31 |
| 32 | LMGTE | 44 | GMB Motorsport
|
Jens Møller
|
2:18.436 | +14.872 | 32 |
| 33 | LMGTE | 93 | Proton Competition
|
 Michael Fassbender
|
2:18.568 | +15.004 | 33 |
| 34 | LMGTE | 55 | Spirit of Race
|
Duncan Cameron
|
2:18.817 | +15.253 | 34 |
| 35 | LMGTE | 50 | Formula Racing
|
Johnny Laursen
|
2:18.914 | +15.350 | 35 |
| 36 | LMGTE | 57 | Kessel Racing
|
 Takeshi Kimura
|
2:18.919 | +15.355 | 36 |
| 37 | LMGTE | 77 | Proton Competition
|
Christian Ried
|
2:19.002 | +15.438 | 37 |
| 38 | LMGTE | 51 | AF Corse
|
 Kriton Lentoudis
|
2:20.341 | +16.777 | 38 |
| 39 | LMGTE | 60 | Iron Lynx
|
Claudio Schiavoni
|
2:20.658 | +17.094 | 39 |
| 40 | LMGTE | 95 | TF Sport
|
John Hartshorne
|
2:20.811 | +17.247 | 40 |
| DSQ | LMP3 | 12 | WTM by Rinaldi Racing
|
 Óscar Tunjo
|
2:10.554 | +6.990 | –[Q 2] |
| Sources:[8][9][10][11][12][13] | |||||||
Race[edit]
Race result[edit]
The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 61 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.
- ^ The No. 34 Racing Team Turkey was penalised for prematurely accelerating during Full Course Yellow. The penalty was 2 seconds added to crew's total race time.[16]
- ^ The No. 83 AF Corse was penalised for prematurely accelerating during Full Course Yellow. The penalty was 4 seconds added to crew's total race time.[17]
- ^ The No. 81 DragonSpeed USA was penalised for unsafe release in the pit lane and causing a collision with the No. 16 Proton Competition. The penalty was 10 seconds added to the next pit stop but it was converted into 10 seconds added to crew's total race time.[18][15]
- ^ The No. 16 Proton Competition was penalised for prematurely accelerating during Full Course Yellow. The penalty was 10 seconds added to crew's total race time.[19]
- ^ The No. 77 Proton Competition was penalised twice. The first penalty was 30 seconds for constant abuse of track limits.[20] The second penalty was also 30 seconds for causing a collision with the No. 35 Ultimate.[21]
Statistics[edit]
Fastest lap[edit]
| Class | Driver | Team | Time | Lap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMP2 |  Kyffin Simpson
|
#25 Algarve Pro Racing
|
2:06.150 | 8 |
| LMP2 Pro/Am | Malthe Jakobsen
|
#37 Cool Racing
|
2:06.042 | 70 |
| LMP3 | Matthew Richard Bell
|
#11 Eurointernational
|
2:13.990 | 16 |
| LMGTE | Julien Andlauer
|
#77 Proton Competition
|
2:17.686 | 46 |
| Source:[22] | ||||
References[edit]
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- ^ "4 HOURS OF SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS - V2" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Classification". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Classification". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ "Decision No. 22" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 23 September 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ "WTM By Rinaldi Duqueine Disqualified From Spa Meeting". DailySportscar. 23 September 2023. Archived from the original on 23 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Qualifying Final Classification" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 23 September 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Qualifying Practice - LMP2 Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 23 September 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Qualifying Practice - LMP2 Pro/Am Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 23 September 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Qualifying Practice - LMP3 Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 23 September 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Qualifying Practice - LMGTE Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 23 September 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Race (4 Hours) Final Starting Grid" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 24 September 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ "European Le Mans Series 2023 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Classification". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ a b "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Race Final Classification" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 24 September 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
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- ^ "Decision No. 46" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 24 September 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ "Decision No. 40" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 24 September 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ "Decision No. 47" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 24 September 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ "Decision No. 41" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 24 September 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ "Decision No. 42" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 24 September 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Race Final Classification by Category" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 24 September 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.