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.

Qualifying Qualifying result Pole position winners in each class are in bold.

ClassTeamChassisTimeGrid1LMP228 IDEC SportOreca 071:41.19412LMP233 TDS RacingOreca 071:41.63823LMP221 DragonSpeedOreca 071:41.90434LMP224 Racing EngineeringOreca 071:42.13045LMP229 Duqueine EngineeringOreca 071:42.13856LMP231 APR - Rebellion RacingOreca 071:42.19467LMP223 Panis Barthez CompetitionLigier JS P2171:42.19978LMP236 Signatech Alpine MatmutAlpine A4701:42.23089LMP235 SMP RacingDallara P2171:42.507910LMP240 G-Drive RacingOreca 071:42.5821011LMP230 AVF by Adrián VallésDallara P2171:42.6601112LMP226 G-Drive RacingOreca 071:42.8501213LMP239 GraffOreca 071:43.1391314LMP232 United AutosportsLigier JS P2171:43.4101415LMP249 High Class RacingDallara P2171:43.7171516LMP247 Cetilar Villorba CorseDallara P2171:43.8951617LMP222 United AutosportsLigier JS P2171:44.0431718LMP227 IDEC SportLigier JS P2171:46.0161819LMP225 Algarve Pro RacingLigier JS P2171:47.1941920LMP319 M.Racing - YMRNorma M301:51.9302021LMP317 UltimateNorma M301:51.9912122LMP38 DKR EngineeringNorma M301:52.1042223LMP315 RLR MsportLigier JS P31:52.1082324LMP32 United AutosportsLigier JS P31:52.6412425LMP33 United AutosportsLigier JS P31:52.7112526LMP36 360 RacingLigier JS P31:52.7832627LMP311 EurointernationalLigier JS P31:53.0092728LMP318 M.Racing - YMRLigier JS P31:53.0702829LMP35 NEFIS By Speed FactoryLigier JS P31:53.1982930LMGTE88 Proton CompetitionPorsche 911 RSR1:53.3773031LMP39 AT RacingLigier JS P31:53.3833132LMP313 Inter Europol CompetitionLigier JS P31:53.4003233LMP37 Ecurie Ecosse/NielsenLigier JS P31:53.6383334LMP34 Cool RacingLigier JS P31:53.8723435LMP312 EurointernationalLigier JS P31:54.0273536LMP310 Oregon TeamNorma M301:54.1723637LMGTE66 JMW MotorsportFerrari 488 GTE1:54.5623738LMP314 Inter Europol CompetitionLigier JS P31:54.5823839LMGTE77 Proton CompetitionPorsche 911 RSR1:54.8303940LMGTE83 Krohn RacingFerrari 488 GTE1:54.9054041LMGTE55 Spirit of RaceFerrari 488 GTE1:54.9494142LMP316 BHK MotorsportLigier JS P31:55.1594243LMGTE80 EbimotorsPorsche 911 RSR1:55.1834344LMGTE54 Spirit of RaceFerrari 488 GTE1:55.7904445LMGTE86 Gulf RacingPorsche 911 RSRNo Time45Source: Notes  – The No° 86 Gulf Racing Porsche 911 RSR originally qualified second in class but had all lap times deleted due to a stewards' decision.

Race Race result Class winners are in bold and ‡.

Class Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Engine 1 LMP2 24 Racing Engineering Norman Nato Paul Petit Olivier Pla Oreca 07 129‡ Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 2 LMP2 33 TDS Racing Loïc Duval François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Oreca 07 129 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 3 LMP2 29 Duqueine Engineering Nico Jamin Nelson Panciatici Pierre Ragues Oreca 07 129 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 4 LMP2 26 G-Drive Racing Alexandre Imperatori Andrea Pizzitola Roman Rusinov Oreca 07 129 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 5 LMP2 36 Signatech Alpine Matmut André Negrão Pierre Thiriet Alpine A470 129 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 6 LMP2 40 G-Drive Racing James Allen Enzo Guibbert José Gutiérrez Oreca 07 129 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 7 LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Paul-Loup Chatin Paul Lafargue Memo Rojas Oreca 07 128 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 8 LMP2 23 Panis Barthez Competition Timothé Buret Julien Canal Will Stevens Ligier JS P217 128 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 9 LMP2 32 United Autosports Wayne Boyd Will Owen Hugo de Sadeleer Ligier JS P217 128 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 10 LMP2 39 Graff Alexandre Cougnaud Tristan Gommendy Jonathan Hirschi Oreca 07 128 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 11 LMP2 30 AVF by Adrián Vallés Henrique Chaves Konstantin Tereshchenko Dallara P217 128 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 12 LMP2 22 United Autosports Philip Hanson Bruno Senna Ligier JS P217 128 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 13 LMP2 49 High Class Racing Dennis Andersen Anders Fjordbach Dallara P217 127 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 14 LMP2 47 Cetilar Villorba Corse Andrea Belicchi Roberto Lacorte Giorgio Sernagiotto Dallara P217 127 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 15 LMP2 31 APR - Rebellion Racing Ryan Cullen Gustavo Menezes Harrison Newey Oreca 07 127 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 16 LMP3 15 RLR Msport John Farano Rob Garofall Job van Uitert Ligier JS P3 119‡ Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 17 LMP3 19 M.Racing - YMR David Droux Nicolas Ferrer Lucas Légeret Norma M30 119 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 18 LMP3 11 Eurointernational Giorgio Mondini Kay van Berlo Ligier JS P3 119 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 19 LMP3 6 360 Racing Ross Kaiser James Swift Terrence Woodward Ligier JS P3 119 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 20 LMP3 2 United Autosports John Falb Sean Rayhall Ligier JS P3 119 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 21 LMP3 13 Inter Europol Competition Martin Hippe Jakub Śmiechowski Ligier JS P3 118 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 22 LMP3 3 United Autosports Matthew Bell Garett Grist Anthony Wells Ligier JS P3 118 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 23 LMP3 9 AT Racing Yann Clairay Alexander Talkanitsa, Jr. Alexander Talkanitsa, Sr. Ligier JS P3 118 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 24 LMP3 7 Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen Alex Kapadia Colin Noble Christian Stubbe Olsen Ligier JS P3 118 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 25 LMP3 4 Cool Racing Iradj Alexander Antonin Borga Alexandre Coigny Ligier JS P3 118 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 26 LMGTE 66 JMW Motorsport Liam Griffin Alex MacDowall Miguel Molina Ferrari 488 GTE 118‡ Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 27 LMGTE 88 Proton Competition Matteo Cairoli Gianluca Roda Giorgio Roda Porsche 911 RSR 118 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 28 LMP3 10 Oregon Team Clément Mateu Andrés Méndez Riccardo Ponzio Norma M30 117 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 29 LMGTE 80 EbiMotors Fabio Babini Raymond Narac Riccardo Pera Porsche 911 RSR 117 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 30 LMP3 14 Inter Europol Competition Luca Demarchi Henning Enqvist Paul Scheuschner Ligier JS P3 117 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 31 LMP3 18 M.Racing - YMR Natan Bihel Laurent Millara Ligier JS P3 117 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 32 LMGTE 83 Krohn Racing Andrea Bertolini Niclas Jönsson Tracy Krohn Ferrari 488 GTE 117 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 33 LMP3 12 Eurointernational James Dayson Andrea Dromedari Max Hanratty Ligier JS P3 116 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 34 LMP3 16 BHK Motorsport Jacopo Baratto Francesco Dracone Ligier JS P3 116 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 35 LMGTE 77 Proton Competition Marvin Dienst Dennis Olsen Christian Ried Porsche 911 RSR 116 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 36 LMP3 5 NEFIS By Speed Factory Timur Boguslavskiy Aleksey Chuklin Daniil Pronenko Ligier JS P3 115 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 37 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing Mark Patterson Ate De Jong Tacksung Kim Ligier JS P217 111 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 38 LMGTE 54 Spirit of Race Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr Ferrari 488 GTE 107 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 NC LMP2 35 SMP Racing Matevos Isaakyan Egor Orudzhev Viktor Shaytar Dallara P217 121 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 Ret LMP3 17 Ultimate François Hériau Jean-Baptiste Lahaye Matthieu Lahaye Norma M30 83 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 Ret LMP2 27 IDEC Sport William Cavailhes Patrice Lafargue Erik Maris Ligier JS P217 77 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 Ret LMP2 21 DragonSpeed Ben Hanley Henrik Hedman Nicolas Lapierre Oreca 07 62 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 Ret LMGTE 55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin Aaron Scott Ferrari 488 GTE 54 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 Ret LMGTE 86 Gulf Racing Ben Barker Alex Davison Michael WainwrightPorsche 911 RSR 45 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 Ret LMP3 8 DKR Engineering Jean Glorieux Alexander Toril Miguel TorilNorma M30 11 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8Source: Notes  – The No° 11 Eurointernational Ligier JS P3 was issued with a 30-second time penalty due to a stewards' decision.

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