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2023 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps

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The layout of the Circuit de 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

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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 In comparison to the previous round one car was missing – the No. 23 United Autosports USA was withdrawn for the rest of the season due to Jim McGuire's injury.[1][2]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

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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

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  • Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Free Practice 1 Class No. Entrant Time
LMP2 22 United States United Autosports USA 2:05.030
LMP2 Pro/Am 37 Switzerland Cool Racing 2:05.060
LMP3 31 Switzerland Racing Spirit of Leman 2:12.789
LMGTE 60 Italy Iron Lynx 2:16.741
Free Practice 2 LMP2 43 Poland Inter Europol Competition 2:04.530
LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United States United Autosports USA 2:05.630
LMP3 8 Poland Team Virage 2:12.212
LMGTE 60 Italy Iron Lynx 2:17.096
Source:[4][5]

Qualifying

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Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 LMP2 25 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing United Kingdom Alexander Lynn 2:03.564 1
2 LMP2 22 United States United Autosports USA United Kingdom Philip Hanson 2:03.672 +0.108 2
3 LMP2 28 France IDEC Sport Germany Laurents Hörr 2:03.789 +0.225 3
4 LMP2 30 France Duqueine Team Austria René Binder 2:04.197 +0.633 4
5 LMP2 43 Poland Inter Europol Competition South Africa Jonathan Aberdein 2:04.211 +0.647 5
6 LMP2 65 France Panis Racing Netherlands Job van Uitert 2:04.350 +0.786 6
7 LMP2 47 Switzerland Cool Racing Vladislav Lomko 2:05.013 +1.449 7
8 LMP2 Pro/Am 34 Turkey Racing Team Turkey Turkey Salih Yoluç 2:05.221 +1.657 8
9 LMP2 Pro/Am 99 Germany Proton Competition Italy Giorgio Roda 2:05.874 +2.310 9
10 LMP2 Pro/Am 3 Luxembourg DKR Engineering Belgium Tom van Rompuy 2:07.112 +3.548 10
11 LMP2 Pro/Am 37 Switzerland Cool Racing Switzerland Alexandre Coigny 2:07.307 +3.743 11
12 LMP2 Pro/Am 24 United Kingdom Nielsen Racing United States Rodrigo Sales 2:07.852 +4.288 12
13 LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Poland Team Virage Germany Alexander Mattschull 2:07.977 +4.413 16[Q 1]
14 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 Italy AF Corse France François Perrodo 2:08.104 +4.540 13
15 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United States United Autosports USA Brazil Daniel Schneider 2:08.483 +4.919 14
16 LMP2 Pro/Am 81 United States DragonSpeed USA Sweden Henrik Hedman 2:09.700 +6.136 15
17 LMP3 8 Poland Team Virage Portugal Manuel Espírito Santo 2:11.285 +7.721 17
18 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing United States Fred Poordad 2:11.461 +7.897 18
19 LMP3 7 United Kingdom Nielsen Racing United Kingdom Ryan Harper-Ellam 2:11.630 +8.066 19
20 LMP3 10 Italy Eurointernational Netherlands Glenn van Berlo 2:11.943 +8.379 20
21 LMP3 17 Switzerland Cool Racing Argentina Marcos Siebert 2:11.978 +8.414 21
22 LMP3 31 Switzerland Racing Spirit of Leman France Antoine Doquin 2:12.064 +8.500 22
23 LMP3 11 Italy Eurointernational Canada Adam Ali 2:12.124 +8.560 23
24 LMP3 13 Poland Inter Europol Competition United States Wyatt Brichacek 2:12.520 +8.956 24
25 LMP3 15 United Kingdom RLR M Sport France Gaël Julien 2:12.523 +8.959 25
26 LMP3 4 Luxembourg DKR Engineering United Kingdom James Winslow 2:12.574 +9.010 26
27 LMP3 35 France Ultimate France Matthieu Lahaye 2:12.856 +9.292 27
28 LMP3 5 United Kingdom RLR M Sport Denmark Valdemar Eriksen 2:13.328 +9.764 28
29 LMGTE 16 Germany Proton Competition United States Ryan Hardwick 2:17.385 +13.821 29
30 LMGTE 72 United Kingdom TF Sport France Arnold Robin 2:18.039 +14.475 30
31 LMGTE 66 United Kingdom JMW Motorsport Singapore Martin Berry 2:18.362 +14.798 31
32 LMGTE 44 Denmark GMB Motorsport Denmark Jens Møller 2:18.436 +14.872 32
33 LMGTE 93 Germany Proton Competition Republic of Ireland Michael Fassbender 2:18.568 +15.004 33
34 LMGTE 55 Switzerland Spirit of Race United Kingdom Duncan Cameron 2:18.817 +15.253 34
35 LMGTE 50 Denmark Formula Racing Denmark Johnny Laursen 2:18.914 +15.350 35
36 LMGTE 57 Switzerland Kessel Racing Japan Takeshi Kimura 2:18.919 +15.355 36
37 LMGTE 77 Germany Proton Competition Germany Christian Ried 2:19.002 +15.438 37
38 LMGTE 51 Italy AF Corse Greece Kriton Lentoudis 2:20.341 +16.777 38
39 LMGTE 60 Italy Iron Lynx Italy Claudio Schiavoni 2:20.658 +17.094 39
40 LMGTE 95 United Kingdom TF Sport United Kingdom John Hartshorne 2:20.811 +17.247 40
DSQ LMP3 12 Germany WTM by Rinaldi Racing Colombia Óscar Tunjo 2:10.554 +6.990 [Q 2]
Sources:[8][9][10][11][12][13]
  1. ^ The No. 19 Team Virage lost 3 positions on the grid for impeding car No. 24 of Nielsen Racing.[6]
  2. ^ The No. 12 WTM by Rinaldi Racing was disqualified and excluded from the race meeting because Torsten Kratz, bronze-rated driver, did not participate in any practice session.[7]

Race

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Race result

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The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 61 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

Final Classification[14][15]
Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Tyres Laps Time/Gap
1 LMP2 25 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing Barbados Kyffin Simpson
Australia James Allen
United Kingdom Alexander Lynn
Oreca 07 G 88 4:00:13.458
2 LMP2 Pro/Am 37 Switzerland Cool Racing Switzerland Alexandre Coigny
Denmark Malthe Jakobsen
France Nicolas Lapierre
Oreca 07 G 88 +1.811
3 LMP2 Pro/Am 34 Turkey Racing Team Turkey Turkey Salih Yoluç
Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood
Switzerland Louis Delétraz
Oreca 07 G 88 +5.674[R 1]
4 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United States United Autosports USA Brazil Daniel Schneider
United Kingdom Andrew Meyrick
Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr.
Oreca 07 G 88 +6.431
5 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 Italy AF Corse France François Perrodo
France Matthieu Vaxivière
Italy Alessio Rovera
Oreca 07 G 88 +7.033[R 2]
6 LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Poland Team Virage Germany Alexander Mattschull
Guatemala Ian Rodríguez
Colombia Tatiana Calderón
Oreca 07 G 88 +9.238
7 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing United States Fred Poordad
France Tristan Vautier
Netherlands Bent Viscaal
Oreca 07 G 88 +11.178
8 LMP2 65 France Panis Racing Netherlands Job van Uitert
United Kingdom Manuel Maldonado
Netherlands Tijmen van der Helm
Oreca 07 G 88 +31.808
9 LMP2 47 Switzerland Cool Racing Vladislav Lomko
France Reshad de Gerus
Argentina José María López
Oreca 07 G 88 +48.302
10 LMP2 Pro/Am 81 United States DragonSpeed USA Sweden Henrik Hedman
Colombia Sebastián Montoya
Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya
Oreca 07 G 88 +49.343[R 3]
11 LMP2 Pro/Am 3 Luxembourg DKR Engineering Belgium Tom van Rompuy
United Kingdom Sebastián Álvarez
France Nathanaël Berthon
Oreca 07 G 88 +1:07.298
12 LMP2 28 France IDEC Sport France Paul Lafargue
France Paul-Loup Chatin
Germany Laurents Hörr
Oreca 07 G 87 +1 Lap
13 LMP2 22 United States United Autosports USA Japan Marino Sato
United Kingdom Philip Hanson
United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
Oreca 07 G 86 +2 Laps
14 LMP3 17 Switzerland Cool Racing France Adrien Chila
Argentina Marcos Siebert
Mexico Alejandro Garcia
Ligier JS P320 M 86 +2 Laps
15 LMP3 13 Poland Inter Europol Competition Portugal Miguel Cristóvão
United Kingdom Kai Askey
United States Wyatt Brichacek
Ligier JS P320 M 86 +2 Laps
16 LMP3 11 Italy Eurointernational United Kingdom Matthew Richard Bell
Canada Adam Ali
Ligier JS P320 M 86 +2 Laps
17 LMP3 5 United Kingdom RLR M Sport Canada James Dayson
Denmark Valdemar Eriksen
United Kingdom Jack Manchester
Ligier JS P320 M 86 +2 Laps
18 LMGTE 60 Italy Iron Lynx Italy Claudio Schiavoni
Italy Matteo Cressoni
Italy Matteo Cairoli
Porsche 911 RSR-19 G 86 +2 Laps
19 LMP3 8 Poland Team Virage South Africa Michael Jensen
United Kingdom Nick Adcock
Portugal Manuel Espírito Santo
Ligier JS P320 M 86 +2 Laps
20 LMP3 15 United Kingdom RLR M Sport Austria Horst Felbermayr Jr
France Gaël Julien
Poland Mateusz Kaprzyk
Ligier JS P320 M 86 +2 Laps
21 LMGTE 50 Denmark Formula Racing Denmark Johnny Laursen
Denmark Conrad Laursen
Denmark Nicklas Nielsen
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 86 +2 Laps
22 LMGTE 16 Germany Proton Competition United States Ryan Hardwick
Canada Zacharie Robichon
Belgium Alessio Picariello
Porsche 911 RSR-19 G 86 +2 Laps[R 4]
23 LMGTE 51 Italy AF Corse Greece Kriton Lentoudis
Portugal Rui Águas
Belgium Ulysse de Pauw
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 86 +2 Laps
24 LMGTE 57 Switzerland Kessel Racing Japan Takeshi Kimura
United States Scott Huffaker
Brazil Daniel Serra
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 86 +2 Laps
25 LMGTE 72 United Kingdom TF Sport France Arnold Robin
France Maxime Robin
France Valentin Hasse-Clot
Aston Martin Vantage AMR G 86 +2 Laps
26 LMGTE 55 Switzerland Spirit of Race United Kingdom Duncan Cameron
South Africa David Perel
Republic of Ireland Matthew Griffin
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 86 +2 Laps
27 LMGTE 77 Germany Proton Competition Germany Christian Ried
Italy Giammarco Levorato
France Julien Andlauer
Porsche 911 RSR-19 G 86 +2 Laps[R 5]
28 LMP2 30 France Duqueine Team United Kingdom Nicolás Pino
Austria René Binder
Switzerland Neel Jani
Oreca 07 G 85 +3 Laps
29 LMGTE 95 United Kingdom TF Sport United Kingdom John Hartshorne
United Kingdom Ben Tuck
United Kingdom Jonathan Adam
Aston Martin Vantage AMR G 85 +3 Laps
30 LMP3 4 Luxembourg DKR Engineering United Arab Emirates Alexander Bukhantsov
United Kingdom James Winslow
Portugal Pedro Perino
Duqueine M30 – D08 M 79 +9 Laps
31 LMP3 31 Switzerland Racing Spirit of Leman France Jacques Wolff
France Jean-Ludovic Foubert
France Antoine Doquin
Ligier JS P320 M 76 +12 Laps
Not classified
LMP3 35 France Ultimate France Eric Trouillet
France Matthieu Lahaye
France Jean-Baptiste Lahaye
Ligier JS P320 M 83
LMP2 43 Poland Inter Europol Competition Angola Rui Andrade
United Kingdom Olli Caldwell
South Africa Jonathan Aberdein
Oreca 07 G 81
LMP2 Pro/Am 24 United Kingdom Nielsen Racing United States Rodrigo Sales
United Kingdom Ben Hanley
Switzerland Mathias Beche
Oreca 07 G 75
LMGTE 44 Denmark GMB Motorsport Denmark Jens Møller
Denmark Gustav Birch
Denmark Nicki Thiim
Aston Martin Vantage AMR G 64
LMP3 10 Italy Eurointernational France François Heriau
Netherlands Glenn van Berlo
Ligier JS P320 M 55
LMGTE 66 United Kingdom JMW Motorsport Singapore Martin Berry
United Kingdom Lorcan Hanafin
United Kingdom Jon Lancaster
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 35
LMGTE 93 Germany Proton Competition Republic of Ireland Michael Fassbender
Estonia Martin Rump
Austria Richard Lietz
Porsche 911 RSR-19 G 34
LMP3 7 United Kingdom Nielsen Racing United Kingdom Anthony Wells
United Kingdom Ryan Harper-Ellam
Ligier JS P320 M 31
LMP2 Pro/Am 99 Germany Proton Competition Italy Giorgio Roda
Germany Jonas Ried
Italy Gianmaria Bruni
Oreca 07 G 30
  1. ^ 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]
  2. ^ 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]
  3. ^ 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]
  4. ^ 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]
  5. ^ 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

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Fastest lap

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Class Driver Team Time Lap
LMP2 Barbados Kyffin Simpson Portugal #25 Algarve Pro Racing 2:06.150 8
LMP2 Pro/Am Denmark Malthe Jakobsen Switzerland #37 Cool Racing 2:06.042 70
LMP3 United Kingdom Matthew Richard Bell Italy #11 Eurointernational 2:13.990 16
LMGTE France Julien Andlauer Germany #77 Proton Competition 2:17.686 46
Source:[22]

References

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