The 2023 4 Hours of Aragón was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 23 and 26 August 2023, as the third 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.

Nelson Piquet Jr. was replaced by Filipe Albuquerque in the No. 21 United Autosports USA. Piquet was unable to take part in this race due to calendar clash with Stock Car Pro Series. Bent Viscaal replaced Jack Hawksworth in the No. 20 Algarve Pro Racing. In the No. 83 AF Corse Ben Barnicoat was replaced by Alessio Rovera. Both Barnicoat and Hawksworth could not take part in this race due to a clash with IMSA SportsCar Championship. Jacek Zielonka was set to join Glenn van Berlo in the No. 10 Eurointernational but in the end Matthias Lüthen was Berlo's teammate in this race. Tom van Rompuy was replaced by Andreas Laskaratos in the No. 3 DKR Engineering.

United Autosport USA's No. 23 moved from LMP2 Pro/Am to LMP2 class after Jim McGuire was forced to not take part in this race weekend. Garnet Patterson joined Paul di Resta and Guy Smith in the No. 23 squad.

Schedule Date Time (local: CEST) Event Thursday, 23 August 14:55 Free Practice 1 Friday, 24 August 14:00 Bronze Drivers Collective Test 20:30 Free Practice 2 Saturday, 15 July 10:15 Qualifying - LMGTE 10:45 Qualifying - LMP3 11:15 Qualifying - LMP2 Pro/Am 11:45 Qualifying - LMP2 18:00 Race Source:

Free practice Only the fastest car in each class is shown. Free Practice 1 Class Entrant Time LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing 1:49.272 LMP2 Pro/Am 37 Cool Racing 1:48.738 LMP3 17 Cool Racing 1:53.601 LMGTE 60 Iron Lynx 1:58.347 Free Practice 2 Class Entrant Time LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition 1:48.316 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Autosports USA 1:48.670 LMP3 4 DKR Engineering 1:54.058 LMGTE 60 Iron Lynx 1:57.265 Source:

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

Class Team Driver Time Gap 1 LMP2 22 United Autosports USA Philip Hanson 1:46.822 — 1 2 LMP2 30 Duqueine Team Neel Jani 1:46.850 +0.028 2 3 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition Olli Caldwell 1:46.901 +0.079 3 4 LMP2 47 Cool Racing José María López 1:47.262 +0.440 4 5 LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Paul-Loup Chatin 1:47.308 +0.486 5 6 LMP2 23 United Autosports USA Garnet Patterson 1:47.379 +0.557 6 7 LMP2 65 Panis Racing Tijmen van der Helm 1:47.852 +1.030 7 8 LMP2 Pro/Am 34 Racing Team Turkey Salih Yoluç 1:49.361 +2.539 8 9 LMP2 Pro/Am 99 Proton Competition Giorgio Roda 1:49.682 +2.860 9 10 LMP2 Pro/Am 24 Nielsen Racing Rodrigo Sales 1:49.859 +3.037 10 11 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 AF Corse François Perrodo 1:49.898 +3.076 11 12 LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Team Virage Alexander Mattschull 1:50.289 +3.467 12 13 LMP2 Pro/Am 37 Cool Racing Alexandre Coigny 1:50.691 +3.869 13 14 LMP2 Pro/Am 81 DragonSpeed USA Henrik Hedman 1:51.020 +4.198 14 15 LMP2 Pro/Am 3 DKR Engineering Andreas Laskaratos 1:52.016 +5.194 15 16 LMP3 13 Inter Europol Competition Wyatt Brichacek 1:52.269 +5.447 16 17 LMP3 31 Racing Spirit of Léman Antoine Doquin 1:52.590 +5.768 17 18 LMP3 8 Team Virage Manuel Espírito Santo 1:52.616 +5.794 18 19 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Algarve Pro Racing Fred Poordad 1:52.632 +5.810 19 20 LMP3 11 Eurointernational Adam Ali 1:52.649 +5.827 20 21 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Autosports USA Daniel Schneider 1:52.651 +5.829 21 22 LMP3 10 Eurointernational Glenn van Berlo 1:52.679 +5.857 22 23 LMP3 17 Cool Racing Marcos Siebert 1:52.773 +5.951 23 24 LMP3 15 RLR MSport Gaël Julien 1:52.832 +6.010 24 25 LMP3 4 DKR Engineering Pedro Perino 1:52.833 +6.011 25 26 LMP3 12 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Óscar Tunjo 1:53.088 +6.266 26 27 LMP3 35 Ultimate Matthieu Lahaye 1:53.340 +6.518 27 28 LMP3 7 Nielsen Racing Ryan Harper-Ellam 1:53.503 +6.681 28 29 LMP3 5 RLR MSport Valdemar Eriksen 1:53.657 +6.835 29 30 LMGTE 66 JMW Motorsport Martin Berry 1:57.022 +10.200 30 31 LMGTE 50 Formula Racing Johnny Laursen 1:57.263 +10.441 31 32 LMGTE 16 Proton Competition Ryan Hardwick 1:57.375 +10.553 32 33 LMGTE 93 Proton Competition Michael Fassbender 1:57.574 +10.752 33 34 LMGTE 57 Kessel Racing Takeshi Kimura 1:57.598 +10.776 34 35 LMGTE 77 Proton Competition Christian Ried 1:57.674 +10.852 35 36 LMGTE 72 TF Sport Arnold Robin 1:57.723 +10.901 36 37 LMGTE 55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron 1:57.850 +11.028 37 38 LMGTE 44 GMB Motorsport Jens Reno Møller 1:58.034 +11.212 38 39 LMGTE 60 Iron Lynx Claudio Schiavoni 1:59.303 +12.481 39 40 LMGTE 51 AF Corse Kriton Lendoudis 1:59.769 +12.947 40 41 LMGTE 95 TF Sport John Hartshorne 1:59.969 +13.147 41 42 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing — 42 Source:

Race Race result The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 83 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

+ Final Classification Class Team Drivers Car Tyres Laps Time/Gap 1 LMP2 22 United Autosports USA Marino Sato Philip Hanson Oliver Jarvis Oreca 07 119 4:00:18.186 2 LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Paul Lafargue Paul-Loup Chatin Laurents Hörr Oreca 07 119 +14.987 3 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing Kyffin Simpson James Allen Alexander Lynn Oreca 07 119 +25.257 4 LMP2 65 Panis Racing Manuel Maldonado Job van Uitert Tijmen van der Helm Oreca 07 119 +37.383 5 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 AF Corse François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Alessio Rovera Oreca 07 119 +45.146 6 LMP2 47 Cool Racing Vladislav Lomko Reshad de Gerus José María López Oreca 07 119 +56.150 7 LMP2 Pro/Am 24 Nielsen Racing Rodrigo Sales Ben Hanley Mathias Beche Oreca 07 119 +1:00.030 8 LMP2 30 Duqueine Team Nicolás Pino René Binder Neel Jani Oreca 07 119 +1:07.120 9 LMP2 23 United Autosports USA Garnet Patterson Guy Smith Paul di Resta Oreca 07 119 +1:42.005 10 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Autosports USA Daniel Schneider Andrew Meyrick Filipe Albuquerque Oreca 07 119 +1:48.516 11 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Algarve Pro Racing Fred Poordad Tristan Vautier Bent Viscaal Oreca 07 118 +1 Lap 12 LMP2 Pro/Am 99 Proton Competition Giorgio Roda Jonas Ried Gianmaria Bruni Oreca 07 118 +1 Lap 13 LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Team Virage Alexander Mattschull Ian Rodríguez Tatiana Calderón Oreca 07 118 +1 Lap 14 LMP2 Pro/Am 81 DragonSpeed USA Henrik Hedman Sebastián Montoya Juan Pablo Montoya Oreca 07 118 +1 Lap 15 LMP2 Pro/Am 3 DKR Engineering Andreas Laskaratos Sebastián Álvarez Nathanaël Berthon Oreca 07 118 +1 Lap 16 LMP3 17 Cool Racing Adrien Chila Marcos Siebert Alejandro García Ligier JS P320 114 +5 Laps 17 LMP3 12 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Torsten Kratz Leonard Weiss Óscar Tunjo Duqueine M30 – D08 113 +6 Laps 18 LMP3 35 Ultimate Eric Trouillet Matthieu Lahaye Jean-Baptiste Lahaye Ligier JS P320 113 +6 Laps 19 LMGTE 57 Kessel Racing Takeshi Kimura Gregory Huffaker II Davide Rigon Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 113 +6 Laps 20 LMGTE 16 Proton Competition Ryan Hardwick Zacharie Robichon Alessio Picariello Porsche 911 RSR-19 113 +6 Laps 21 LMGTE 93 Proton Competition Michael Fassbender Martin Rump Richard Lietz Porsche 911 RSR-19 113 +6 Laps 22 LMGTE 77 Proton Competition Christian Ried Giammarco Levorato Julien Andlauer Porsche 911 RSR-19 113 +6 Laps 23 LMGTE 66 JMW Motorsport Martin Berry Lorcan Hanafin Jon Lancaster Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 113 +6 Laps 24 LMGTE 55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron David Perel Matt Griffin Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 113 +6 Laps 25 LMP3 15 RLR MSport Horst Felbermayr Jr Gaël Julien Mateusz Kaprzyk Ligier JS P320 113 +6 Laps 26 LMP2 Pro/Am 34 Racing Team Turkey Salih Yoluç Charlie Eastwood Louis Delétraz Oreca 07 113 +6 Laps 27 LMP3 11 Eurointernational Matthew Richard Bell Adam Ali Ligier JS P320 112 +7 Laps 28 LMGTE 60 Iron Lynx Claudio Schiavoni Matteo Cressoni Matteo Cairoli Porsche 911 RSR-19 112 +7 Laps 29 LMGTE 44 GMB Motorsport Jens Reno Møller Gustav Birch Nicki Thiim Aston Martin Vantage AMR 112 +7 Laps 30 LMP3 7 Nielsen Racing Anthony Wells Ryan Harper-Ellam Ligier JS P320 112 +7 Laps 31 LMGTE 72 TF Sport Arnold Robin Maxime Robin Valentin Hasse-Clot Aston Martin Vantage AMR 111 +8 Laps 32 LMGTE 51 AF Corse Kriton Lendoudis Rui Águas Ulysse de Pauw Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 111 +8 Laps 33 LMGTE 95 TF Sport John Hartshorne Ben Tuck Jonathan Adam Aston Martin Vantage AMR 111 +8 Laps 34 LMP3 5 RLR MSport James Dayson Valdemar Eriksen Jack Manchester Ligier JS P320 109 +10 Laps 35 LMP3 4 DKR Engineering Alexander Bukhantsov James Winslow Pedro Perino Duqueine M30 – D08 108 +11 Laps Not classified LMP2 Pro/Am 37 Cool Racing Alexandre Coigny Malthe Jakobsen Nicolas Lapierre Oreca 07 110 LMP3 13 Inter Europol Competition Miguel Cristóvão Kai Askey Wyatt Brichacek Ligier JS P320 88 LMP3 8 Team Virage Manuel Espírito Santo Nick Adcock Michael Jensen Ligier JS P320 71 LMP3 31 Racing Spirit of Léman Jacques Wolff Jean-Ludovic Foubert Antoine Doquin Ligier JS P320 69 LMP3 10 Eurointernational Matthias Lüthen Glenn van Berlo Ligier JS P320 67 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition Rui Andrade Jonathan Aberdein Olli Caldwell Oreca 07 32 LMGTE 50 Formula Racing Johnny Laursen Conrad Laursen Nicklas Nielsen Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 28

Statistics Fastest lap Class Driver Team Time LMP2 Neel Jani #30 Duqueine Team 1:48.864 91 LMP2 Pro/Am Malthe Jakobsen #37 Cool Racing 1:48.792 81 LMP3 Marcos Siebert #17 Cool Racing 1:55.233 88 LMGTE Martin Rump #93 Proton Competition 1:56.853 85 Source:

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