The 2023 4 Hours of Le Castellet was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 14 and 16 July 2023, as the second round of the 2023 European Le Mans Series season.

Entry list

The pre-event entry list consisted of 42 entries in 4 categories - 7 in LMP2, 11 in LMP2 Pro/Am, 12 in LMP3 and 12 in LMGTE.

Mathias Lüthen replaced Nick Moss in the No. 10 Eurointernational. In the No. 31 Racing Spirit of Léman Fabien Michal was replaced by Jean-Ludovic Foubert. Nicklas Nielsen replaced Mikkel Mac in the No. 50 Formula Racing.

Schedule Date Time (local: CEST) Event Friday, 14 July 11:40 Free Practice 1 15:50 Bronze Drivers Collective Test Saturday, 15 July 10:10 Free Practice 2 14:30 Qualifying - LMGTE 14:55 Qualifying - LMP3 15:20 Qualifying - LMP2 Pro/Am 15:45 Qualifying - LMP2 Sunday, 16 July 11:30 Race Source:

Free practice Only the fastest car in each class is shown. Free Practice 1 Class Entrant Time LMP2 47 Cool Racing 1:43.030 LMP2 Pro/Am 37 Cool Racing 1:43.936 LMP3 13 Inter Europol Competition 1:50.542 LMGTE 44 GMB Motorsport 1:54.804 Free Practice 2 Class Entrant Time LMP2 28 IDEC Sport 1:44.279 LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Team Virage 1:45.004 LMP3 10 Eurointernational 1:51.310 LMGTE 16 Proton Competition 1:54.650 Source:

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

Class Team Driver Time Gap 1 LMP2 47 Cool Racing José María López 1:44.253 — 1 2 LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Paul-Loup Chatin 1:44.519 +0,266 2 3 LMP2 65 Panis Racing Job van Uitert 1:44.600 +0,347 3 4 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition Olli Caldwell 1:44.742 +0,489 4 5 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing Alexander Lynn 1:44.800 +0,547 5 6 LMP2 30 Duqueine Team René Binder 1:45.412 +1,159 6 7 LMP2 Pro/Am 34 Racing Team Turkey Salih Yoluç 1:46.178 +1,925 7 8 LMP2 Pro/Am 99 Proton Competition Giorgio Roda 1:47.008 +2,755 8 9 LMP2 Pro/Am 24 Nielsen Racing Rodrigo Sales 1:47.208 +2,955 9 10 LMP2 Pro/Am 3 DKR Engineering Tom Van Rompuy 1:47.334 +3,081 10 11 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 AF Corse François Perrodo 1:47.443 +3,190 11 12 LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Team Virage Alexander Mattschull 1:47.934 +3,681 12 13 LMP2 Pro/Am 37 Cool Racing Alexandre Coigny 1:48.054 +3,801 13 14 LMP2 Pro/Am 81 DragonSpeed USA Henrik Hedman 1:48.236 +3,983 14 15 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Autosports USA Daniel Schneider 1:48.430 +4,177 15 16 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Algarve Pro Racing Fred Poordad 1:50.040 +5,787 16 17 LMP3 12 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Óscar Tunjo 1:51.267 +7,014 17 18 LMP3 7 Nielsen Racing Ryan Harper-Ellam 1:51.349 +7,096 18 19 LMP2 Pro/Am 23 United Autosports USA James McGuire 1:51.442 +7,189 19 20 LMP3 13 Inter Europol Competition Kai Askey 1:51.530 +7,277 20 21 LMP3 8 Team Virage Manuel Espírito Santo 1:51.595 +7,342 21 22 LMP3 17 Cool Racing Marcos Siebert 1:51.676 +7,423 22 23 LMP3 15 RLR MSport Gaël Julien 1:51.755 +7,502 23 24 LMP3 4 DKR Engineering James Winslow 1:52.039 +7,786 24 25 LMP3 35 Ultimate Matthieu Lahaye 1:52.075 +7,822 25 26 LMP3 11 Eurointernational Adam Ali 1:52.136 +7,883 26 27 LMP3 31 Racing Spirit of Léman Antoine Doquin 1:52.152 +7,899 27 28 LMP3 5 RLR MSport Valdemar Eriksen 1:52.743 +8,490 28 29 LMGTE 77 Proton Competition Christian Ried 1:56.260 +12.007 29 30 LMGTE 55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron 1:56.407 +12.154 30 31 LMGTE 93 Proton Competition Michael Fassbender 1:56.482 +12.229 31 32 LMGTE 50 Formula Racing Johnny Laursen 1:56.574 +12.321 32 33 LMGTE 72 TF Sport Arnold Robin 1:56.582 +12.329 33 34 LMGTE 16 Proton Competition Ryan Hardwick 1:56.656 +12.403 34 35 LMGTE 44 GMB Motorsport Jens Reno Møller 1:56.659 +12.406 35 36 LMGTE 57 Kessel Racing Takeshi Kimura 1:56.974 +12.721 36 37 LMGTE 66 JMW Motorsport Martin Berry 1:57.315 +13.062 37 38 LMGTE 95 TF Sport John Hartshorne 1:57.517 +13.264 38 39 LMGTE 51 AF Corse Kriton Lentoudis 1:57.706 +13.453 39 40 LMGTE 60 Iron Lynx Claudio Schiavoni 1:57.790 +13.537 40 41 LMP2 22 United Autosports USA — 41 LMP3 10 Eurointernational Glenn van Berlo 1:51.326 +7,073 42 Source:

Race Race result The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 88 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

+ Final Classification Class Team Drivers Car Tyres Laps Time/Gap 1 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing Kyffin Simpson James Allen Alexander Lynn Oreca 07 126 4:00:12.680 2 LMP2 30 Duqueine Team Nicolás Pino René Binder Neel Jani Oreca 07 126 +1.078 3 LMP2 Pro/Am 34 Racing Team Turkey Salih Yoluç Charlie Eastwood Louis Delétraz Oreca 07 126 +5.691 4 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition Rui Andrade Jonathan Aberdein Olli Caldwell Oreca 07 126 +5.942 5 LMP2 47 Cool Racing Vladislav Lomko Reshad de Gerus José María López Oreca 07 126 +11.012 6 LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Paul Lafargue Paul-Loup Chatin Laurents Hörr Oreca 07 126 +34.332 7 LMP2 Pro/Am 37 Cool Racing Alexandre Coigny Malthe Jakobsen Nicolas Lapierre Oreca 07 126 +38.343 8 LMP2 65 Panis Racing Manuel Maldonado Job van Uitert Tijmen van der Helm Oreca 07 126 +38.873 9 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 AF Corse François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Ben Barnicoat Oreca 07 126 +1:09.632 10 LMP2 Pro/Am 24 Nielsen Racing Rodrigo Sales Ben Hanley Mathias Beche Oreca 07 126 +1:28.022 11 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Autosports USA Daniel Schneider Andrew Meyrick Nelson Piquet Jr. Oreca 07 126 +1:28.123 12 LMP2 22 United Autosports USA Marino Sato Philip Hanson Oliver Jarvis Oreca 07 126 +1:30.023 13 LMP2 Pro/Am 99 Proton Competition Giorgio Roda Jonas Ried Gianmaria Bruni Oreca 07 125 +1 Lap 14 LMP2 Pro/Am 81 DragonSpeed USA Henrik Hedman Sebastián Montoya Juan Pablo Montoya Oreca 07 125 +1 Lap 15 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Algarve Pro Racing Fred Poordad Tristan Vautier Jack Hawksworth Oreca 07 124 +2 Laps 16 LMP2 Pro/Am 3 DKR Engineering Tom Van Rompuy Sebastián Álvarez Nathanaël Berthon Oreca 07 124 +2 Laps 17 LMP2 Pro/Am 23 United Autosports USA James McGuire Guy Smith Paul di Resta Oreca 07 123 +3 Laps 18 LMP3 31 Racing Spirit of Léman Jacques Wolff Jean-Ludovic Foubert Antoine Doquin Ligier JS P320 120 +6 Laps 19 LMP3 12 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Torsten Kratz Leonard Weiss Óscar Tunjo Duqueine M30 – D08 120 +6 Laps 20 LMP3 17 Cool Racing Adrien Chila Marcos Siebert Alejandro García Ligier JS P320 120 +6 Laps 21 LMP3 15 RLR MSport Horst Felbermayr Gaël Julien Mateusz Kaprzyk Ligier JS P320 120 +6 Laps 22 LMP3 4 DKR Engineering Alexander Bukhantsov James Winslow Pedro Perino Duqueine M30 – D08 120 +6 Laps 23 LMP3 13 Inter Europol Competition Miguel Cristóvão Kai Askey Wyatt Brichacek Ligier JS P320 119 +7 Laps 24 LMP3 11 Eurointernational Matthew Richard Bell Adam Ali Ligier JS P320 119 +7 Laps 25 LMP3 8 Team Virage Nick Adcock Michael Jensen Manuel Espírito Santo Ligier JS P320 119 +7 Laps 26 LMP3 5 RLR MSport James Dayson Valdemar Eriksen Jack Manchester Ligier JS P320 119 +7 Laps 27 LMP3 10 Eurointernational Matthias Lüthen Glenn van Berlo Ligier JS P320 118 +8 Laps 28 LMP3 7 Nielsen Racing Anthony Wells Ryan Harper-Ellam Ligier JS P320 118 +8 Laps 29 LMGTE 77 Proton Competition Christian Ried Giammarco Levorato Julien Andlauer Porsche 911 RSR-19 118 +8 Laps 30 LMGTE 60 Iron Lynx Claudio Schiavoni Matteo Cressoni Matteo Cairoli Porsche 911 RSR-19 118 +8 Laps 31 LMGTE 95 TF Sport John Hartshorne Ben Tuck Jonathan Adam Aston Martin Vantage AMR 117 +9 Laps 32 LMGTE 57 Kessel Racing Takeshi Kimura Gregory Huffaker II Frederik Schandorff Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 117 +9 Laps 33 LMGTE 55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron David Perel Matt Griffin Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 117 +9 Laps 34 LMGTE 66 JMW Motorsport Martin Berry Lorcan Hanafin Jon Lancaster Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 117 +9 Laps 35 LMGTE 72 TF Sport Arnold Robin Maxime Robin Valentin Hasse-Clot Aston Martin Vantage AMR 117 +9 Laps 36 LMGTE 50 Formula Racing Johnny Laursen Conrad Laursen Nicklas Nielsen Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 117 +9 Laps 37 LMGTE 16 Proton Competition Ryan Hardwick Zacharie Robichon Alessio Picariello Porsche 911 RSR-19 117 +9 Laps 38 LMGTE 93 Proton Competition Michael Fassbender Martin Rump Richard Lietz Porsche 911 RSR-19 117 +9 Laps 39 LMGTE 51 AF Corse Kriton Lendoudis Rui Águas Ulysse de Pauw Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 116 +10 Laps 40 LMGTE 44 GMB Motorsport Jens Reno Møller Gustav Birch Nicki Thiim Aston Martin Vantage AMR 115 +11 Laps 41 LMP3 35 Ultimate Eric Trouillet Matthieu Lahaye Jean-Baptiste Lahaye Ligier JS P320 109 +17 Laps Not classified LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Team Virage Alexander Mattschull Ian Rodríguez Tatiana Calderón Oreca 07 125

Statistics Fastest lap Class Driver Team Time LMP2 Kyffin Simpson #25 Algarve Pro Racing 1:45.002 6 LMP2 Pro/Am Louis Delétraz #34 Racing Team Turkey 1:45.430 99 LMP3 Marcos Siebert #17 Cool Racing 1:52.682 91 LMGTE Julien Andlauer #77 Proton Competition 1:55.230 88 Source:

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