2020 4 Hours of Le Castellet

The 2020 4 Hours of Le Castellet was an endurance sportscar racing event that was held on 19 July 2020, as the opening round of the 2020 European Le Mans Series. It was also the eleventh running of an ELMS race at Paul Ricard, the eleventh running of a 4 hours race at this circuit and the seventh ELMS 4 hour. The race was won by the #32 United Autosports run Oreca 07-Gibson driven by Will Owen, Alex Brundle and Job van Uitert.

Qualifying Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold and with . +ClassTeamDriverTimeGap1LMP222 United Autosports Filipe Albuquerque1:38.268—12LMP226 G-Drive Racing Nyck de Vries1:38.505 +0.23723LMP232 United Autosports Alex Brundle1:38.736 +0.46834LMP228 IDEC Sport Paul-Loup Chatin1:38.887 +0.61945LMP221 DragonSpeed USA Ben Hanley1:39.005 +0.73756LMP237 Cool Racing Nicolas Lapierre1:39.115 +0.84767LMP231 Panis Racing Will Stevens1:39.400 +1.13278LMP224 Algarve Pro Racing Loïc Duval1:39.430 +1.16289LMP225 Algarve Pro Racing Gabriel Aubry1:39.476 +1.208910LMP230 Duqueine Team Tristan Gommendy1:39.506 +1.2381011LMP239 Graff Racing Thomas Laurent1:39.573 +1.3051112LMP220 High Class Racing Anders Fjordbach1:39.957 +1.6891213LMP250 Richard Mille Racing Team Tatiana Calderón1:40.123 +1.8551314LMP234 Inter Europol Competition Matevos Isaakyan1:40.129 +1.8611415LMP235 BHK Motorsport Sergio Campana1:40.777 +2.5091516LMP32 United Autosports Wayne Boyd1:48.315 +10.0471617LMP34 DKR Engineering Laurents Hörr1:48.399 +10.1311718LMP315 RLR MSport Malthe Jakobsen1:48.457 +10.1891819LMP38 Realteam Racing David Droux1:48.485 +10.2171920LMP33 United Autosports Duncan Tappy1:48.833 +10.5652021LMP311 Eurointernational Niko Kari1:48.842 +10.5742122LMP313 Inter Europol Competition Nigel Moore1:48.874 +10.6062223LMP310 Nielsen Racing Garett Grist1:49.611 +11.3432324LMP39 Graff Racing Vincent Capillaire1:49.632 +11.3642425LMP37 Nielsen Racing Colin Noble1:49.806 +11.5382526LMP316 BHK Motorsport Andrea Fontana1:50.082 +11.8142627LMP35 Graff Racing Eric Trouillet1:50.673 +12.4052728LMGTE74 Kessel Racing Nicola Cadei1:51.729 +13.4612829LMGTE98 Aston Martin Racing Ross Gunn1:51.745 +13.4772930LMGTE55 Spirit of Race Matt Griffin1:51.780 +13.5123031LMGTE77 Proton Competition Alessio Picariello1:51.781 +13.5133132LMGTE60 Iron Lynx Andrea Piccini1:51.843 +13.5753233LMGTE93 Proton Competition Richard Lietz1:51.892 +13.6243334LMGTE83 Iron Lynx Michelle Gatting1:52.437 +14.1693435LMGTE66 JMW Motorsport Jody Fannin1:52.820 +14.5523536LMGTE51 AF Corse Christoph Ulrich1:53.870 +15.60236Sources:

Results Race The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of the overall winning car's race distance) was 93 laps. Class winners are denoted in bold and with . Class Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Time/Retired Engine 1 LMP2 32 United Autosports Alex Brundle Will Owen Job van Uitert Oreca 07 132 4:00:50.054 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 2 LMP2 26 G-Drive Racing Nyck de Vries Mikkel Jensen Roman Rusinov Aurus 01 132 +21.146 s Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 3 LMP2 22 United Autosports Filipe Albuquerque Philip Hanson Oreca 07 132 +34.073 s Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 4 LMP2 37 Cool Racing Antonin Borga Alexandre Coigny Nicolas Lapierre Oreca 07 132 +50.418 s Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 5 LMP2 50 Richard Mille Racing Team Tatiana Calderón André Negrão Oreca 07 132 +1:26.960 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 6 LMP2 24 Algarve Pro Racing Loïc Duval Henning Enqvist Jon Lancaster Oreca 07 131 +1 Lap Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 7 LMP2 34 Inter Europol Competition René Binder Matevos Isaakyan Jakub Śmiechowski Ligier JS P217 131 +1 Lap Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 8 LMP2 21 DragonSpeed USA Ryan Cullen Ben Hanley Memo Rojas Oreca 07 131 +1 Lap Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 9 LMP2 39 Graff Racing James Allen Alexandre Cougnaud Thomas Laurent Oreca 07 129 +3 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 10 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing Gabriel Aubry John Falb Simon Trummer Oreca 07 129 +3 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 11 LMP3 2 United Autosports Wayne Boyd Tom Gamble Robert Wheldon Ligier JS P320 122 +10 Laps Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 12 LMP3 13 Inter Europol Competition Martin Hippe Nigel Moore Ligier JS P320 122 +10 Laps Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 13 LMP3 15 RLR MSport James Dayson Ryan Harper-Ellam Malthe Jakobsen Ligier JS P320 121 +11 Laps Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 14 LMP3 8 Realteam Racing David Droux Esteban Garcia Ligier JS P320 121 +11 Laps Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 15 LMP3 9 Graff Racing Vincent Capillaire Arnold Robin Maxime Robin Ligier JS P320 121 +11 Laps Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 16 LMP3 11 Eurointernational Thomas Erdos Niko Kari Ligier JS P320 121 +11 Laps Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 17 LMGTE 77 Proton Competition Michele Beretta Alessio Picariello Christian Ried Porsche 911 RSR 121 +11 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 18 LMP3 3 United Autosports Andrew Bentley Jim McGuire Duncan Tappy Ligier JS P320 120 +12 Laps Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 19 LMGTE 74 Kessel Racing Michael Broniszewski Nicola Cadei David Perel Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 120 +12 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 20 LMGTE 83 Iron Lynx Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Manuela Gostner Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 120 +12 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 21 LMP3 10 Nielsen Racing Charles Crews Garett Grist Rob Hodes Duqueine M30 – D08 120 +12 Laps Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 22 LMP3 16 BHK Motorsport Jacopo Baratto Andrea Fontana Lorenzo Veglia Ligier JS P320 120 +12 Laps Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 23 LMGTE 66 JMW Motorsport Hunter Abbott Jody Fannin Finlay Hutchison Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 120 +12 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 24 LMP3 4 DKR Engineering Laurents Hörr François Kirmann Wolfgang Triller Duqueine M30 – D08 119 +13 Laps Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 25 LMGTE 51 AF Corse Steffen Görig Christoph Ulrich Alexander West Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 119 +13 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 26 LMGTE 60 Iron Lynx Sergio Pianezzola Andrea Piccini Claudio Schiavoni Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 119 +13 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 27 LMGTE 93 Proton Competition Michael Fassbender Felipe Fernández Laser Richard Lietz Porsche 911 RSR 115 +17 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 28 LMP3 5 Graff Racing Sébastien Page Luis Sanjuan Eric Trouillet Duqueine M30 – D08 113 +19 Laps Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 DNF LMP2 20 High Class Racing Dennis Andersen Anders Fjordbach Oreca 07 131 Out of fuel Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DNF LMGTE 98 Aston Martin Racing Paul Dalla Lana Ross Gunn Mathias Lauda Aston Martin Vantage AMR 119 Puncture Mercedes-Benz M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 DNF LMP2 30 Duqueine Team Tristan Gommendy Jonathan Hirschi Konstantin Tereshchenko Oreca 07 64 Accident damage Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DNF LMP2 31 Panis Racing Julien Canal Nico Jamin Will Stevens Oreca 07 50 Suspension failure/ Accident Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DNF LMP2 35 BHK Motorsport Sergio Campana Francesco Dracone Oreca 07 49 Electrical Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DNF LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Richard Bradley Paul-Loup Chatin Paul Lafargue Oreca 07 33 Electronics Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DNF LMGTE 55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin Aaron Scott Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 31Accident damage Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 DNF LMP3 7 Nielsen Racing Colin Noble Anthony Wells Duqueine M30 – D08 9Accident Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 Sources:+ Tyre manufacturers Key Symbol Tyre manufacturer Goodyear Michelin

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