The 4 Hours of Le Castellet is an endurance race for sports cars held at Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, France. The race began in 1970 as a round of the European 2-Litre Sportscar Championship, and World Sportscar Championship rounds were held in 1974 and 1977. The race was a French national championship race in the 1980s. It was revived in 1998 by the International Sports Racing Series and again in 2010 by the Le Mans Series as an 8-hour race. In 2015, the event returned to its 1000 km format making it only the second time to use that distance since 1974.

Depending on the class-type and the year run, the race has been run as a 2 hour, 2.5 hour, 3 hour, 4 hour, 6 hour or 8 hour event, or as a 200 mile, 225 km, 500 km or 1,000 km eventas shown in the race results in the tables below.

Results

Sports car races Year Overall winner(s) Entrant Car Distance/Duration Race title Championship Report 1970 Brian Redman Chevron Cars Ltd Chevron B16 Trophée International Paul Ricard European 2-Litre Championship report 1971 Helmut Marko Jean-Pierre Jabouille Karl von Wendt Racing Lola T212 3 hours Trophée Paul Ricard European 2-Litre Championship report 1972 Gérard Larrousse Radio Monte Carlo Lola T210 2 hours Trophée Paul Ricard European 2-Litre Championship report 1973 John Lepp Red Rose Racing Chevron B23 2 hours Trophée Paul Ricard European 2-Litre Championship report 1974 Alain Cudini Equipe Switzerland Archambeaud Alpine A441 Trophée d'Europe European 2-Litre Championship report Jean-Pierre Beltoise Jean-Pierre Jarier Equipe Gitanes Matra-Simca MS670C 1000 Km Le Castellet World Championship for Makes report 1975–1976: Not held 1977 Jean-Pierre Jarier Arturo Merzario Autodelta SpA Alfa Romeo T33/SC/12 500 Km Paul Ricard World Sportscar Championship (Group 6) report 1978–1997: Not held 1998 Didier Theys Fredy Lienhard Horag-Lista Racing Ferrari 333 SP 2 hours, 30 minutes 2 hours, 30 minutes of Paul Ricard International Sports Racing Series report 1999–2009: Not held 2010 Rinaldo Capello Allan McNish Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R15 TDI 8 hours 8 Heures du Castellet Le Mans Series report 2011 Emmanuel Collard Christophe Tinseau Julien Jousse Pescarolo Team Pescarolo 01 Evo 6 hours 6 Heures du Castellet Le Mans Series report 2012 Pierre Thiriet Mathias Beche Thiriet by TDS Racing Oreca 03 6 hours 6 Heures du Castellet European Le Mans Series report 2013 Brendon Hartley Jonathan Hirschi Murphy Prototypes Oreca 03 3 hours 3 Hours of Le Castellet European Le Mans Series report 2014 Christian Klien Gary Hirsch Pierre Ragues Newblood by Morand Racing Morgan LMP2 4 hours 4 Hours of Le Castellet European Le Mans Series report 2015 Gary Hirsch Jon Lancaster Björn Wirdheim Greaves Motorsport Gibson 015S 4 hours 4 Hours of Le Castellet European Le Mans Series report 2016 Mathias Beche Mike Conway Pierre Thiriet Thiriet by TDS Racing Oreca 05 4 hours 4 Hours of Le Castellet European Le Mans Series report 2017 Matevos Isaakyan Egor Orudzhev SMP Racing Dallara P217 4 hours 4 Hours of Le Castellet European Le Mans Series report 2018 Norman Nato Paul Petit Olivier Pla Racing Engineering Oreca 07 4 hours 4 Hours of Le Castellet European Le Mans Series report 2019 James Allen Ben Hanley Henrik Hedman DragonSpeed Oreca 07 4 hours 4 Hours of Le Castellet European Le Mans Series report 2020(4 Hours) Alex Brundle Will Owen Job van Uitert United Autosports Oreca 07 4 hours 4 Hours of Le Castellet European Le Mans Series report 2020(Le Castellet 240) Philip Hanson Filipe Albuquerque United Autosports Oreca 07 4 hours Le Castellet 240 European Le Mans Series report 2021 Franco Colapinto Roman Rusinov Nyck de Vries G-Drive Racing Aurus 01 4 hours 4 Hours of Le Castellet European Le Mans Series report 2022 Lorenzo Colombo Louis Delétraz Ferdinand Habsburg Prema Racing Oreca 07 4 hours 4 Hours of Le Castellet European Le Mans Series report 2023 James Allen Alex Lynn Kyffin Simpson Algarve Pro Racing Oreca 07 4 hours 4 Hours of Le Castellet European Le Mans Series report 2024 Sebastián Álvarez Tom Dillmann Vladislav Lomko Inter Europol Competition Oreca 07 4 hours 4 Hours of Le Castellet European Le Mans Series report 2025 Jamie Chadwick Mathys Jaubert Daniel Juncadella IDEC Sport Oreca 07 4 hours 4 Hours of Le Castellet European Le Mans Series report 2026(ELMS) Ben Hanley Griffin Peebles Grégoire Saucy United Autosports Oreca 07 4 hours 4 Hours of Le Castellet European Le Mans Series report 2026(AsLMS, Race 1) Upcoming race 4 hours 4 Hours of Le Castellet Asian Le Mans Series report 2026(AsLMS, Race 2) Upcoming race 4 hours 4 Hours of Le Castellet Asian Le Mans Series report

GT races Year Overall winner(s) Entrant Car Distance/Duration Race title Championship Report 1994 Bob Wollek Jean-Pierre Jarier Jesús Pareja Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 Turbo S LM-GT 4 Hours 4 Hours of Paul Ricard BPR Global GT Series Report 1995 Ray Bellm Maurizio Sandro Sala Gulf Racing GTC McLaren F1 GTR 4 Hours 4 Hours of Le Castellet BPR Global GT Series Report 1996 Ray Bellm James Weaver Gulf Racing GTC McLaren F1 GTR 4 Hours 4 Hours of Le Castellet BPR Global GT Series Results 1997: Not held 1998 Geoff Lister Maxwell Beaverbrook Barrie Williams #9 BVB Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Evo 4 Hours 4 Hours of Paul Ricard GTR Euroseries Results 1999–2005: Not held 2006 Mike Hezemans Bert Longin Anthony Kumpen GLPK-Carsport Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 500 km 500 km of Paul Ricard FIA GT Championship report 2007–2008: Not held 2009 Enrique Bernoldi Roberto Streit Sangari Team Brazil Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 2 Hours 2 Hours of Paul Ricard FIA GT Championship report 2010–2011: Not held 2012 Stéphane Ortelli Christopher Mies Christopher Haase Belgian Audi Club WRT Audi R8 LMS ultra 3 Hours 3 Hours of Paul Ricard Blancpain Endurance Series report 2013 Bas Leinders Maxime Martin Yelmer Buurman Marc VDS Racing Team BMW Z4 GT3 3 Hours 3 Hours of Paul Ricard Blancpain Endurance Series report 2014 Steven Kane Guy Smith Andy Meyrick M-Sport Bentley Bentley Continental GT3 3 Hours 3 Hours of Paul Ricard Blancpain Endurance Series report 2015 Wolfgang Reip Katsumasa Chiyo Alex Buncombe Nissan GT Academy Team RJN Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 1000 Km 1000 km Paul Ricard Blancpain Endurance Series report 2016 Côme Ledogar Shane van Gisbergen Rob Bell Garage 59 McLaren 650S GT3 1000 Km 1000 km Paul Ricard Blancpain Endurance Series reportMcLaren takes win at Paul Ricard 2017 Maxime Soulet Andy Soucek Vincent Abril Bentley Team M-Sport Bentley Continental GT3 1000 Km 1000 km Paul Ricard Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup report 2018 Albert Costa Christian Klien Marco Seefried Emil Frey Lexus Racing Lexus RC F GT3 1000 Km 1000 km Paul Ricard Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup report 2019 Jules Gounon Steven Kane Jordan Pepper Bentley Team M-Sport Bentley Continental GT3 1000 Km 1000 km Paul Ricard Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup report 2020 Tom Blomqvist Côme Ledogar Alessandro Pier Guidi AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 1000 Km 1000 km Paul Ricard GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup report 2021 Matthew Campbell Earl Bamber Mathieu Jaminet GPX Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 1000 Km 1000 km Paul Ricard GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup report 2022 Antonio Fuoco Davide Rigon Daniel Serra Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GT3 1000 Km 1000 km Paul Ricard GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup report 2023 Timur Boguslavskiy Jules Gounon Raffaele Marciello AKKodis ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 1000 Km 1000 km Paul Ricard GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup report 2024 Augusto Farfus Dan Harper Max Hesse Rowe Racing BMW M4 GT3 3 Hours 3 hours of Paul Ricard GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup report 2025 Ugo de Wilde Kelvin van der Linde Charles Weerts Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 Evo 6 Hours 6 Hours of Paul Ricard GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup report

References

External links Racing Sports Cars: Paul Ricard archive