2024 6 Hours of Imola

The 2024 6 Hours of Imola was an endurance sportscar racing event held on 21 April 2024, as the second of eight rounds of the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship. It was the second running of the event, and the first running of the event as part of the World Endurance Championship.

Background The event was announced on 9 June 2023, during the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans weekend. The Italian round of the World Endurance Championship was held at Monza in July between 2021 and 2023. To accommodate an additional non-European race, the Italian round was moved from July to April. Since the Monza circuit is currently undergoing upgrade works, the round was moved from Monza to Imola.

Prior to the race, Peugeot unveiled their updated Peugeot 9X8, including a rear wing and a change in tire size: the front tires having a tread width of 29 centimeters, and the rear tires having a tread width of 34 centimeters, aligning with the rest of the Hypercar field.

Entry list

The entry list was revealed on 2 April 2024, with 19 entries in the Hypercar category, and 18 entries in the LMGT3 category. In Hypercar, the No. 2 Cadillac Racing entry dropped from three to two drivers: Sébastien Bourdais did not drive for the team in Imola. Furthermore, Ferdinand Habsburg was replaced by Jules Gounon in the No. 35 Alpine Endurance Team entry, since the former was still recovering from an injury. All other entered teams and drivers stayed the same as in Qatar.

Schedule Date Time (local: CEST) Event Friday, 19 April 12:00 Free Practice 1 17:15 Free Practice 2 Saturday, 20 April 11:10 Free Practice 3 14:45 Qualifying - LMGT3 15:05 Hyperpole - LMGT3 15:25 Qualifying - Hypercar 15:45 Hyperpole - Hypercar Sunday, 21 April 13:00 Race Source:

Practice There are three practice sessions scheduled to be held preceding the start of the race on Sunday: two on Friday and one on Saturday. The sessions on Friday afternoon and Friday evening lasted 90 minutes, and the final session on Saturday morning lasted for 60 minutes.

Practice 1 The first practice session took place at 12:00 CEST on Friday. Yifei Ye was quickest in the No. 83 AF Corse Ferrari, with a lap time of 1:31.347. Antonio Fuoco ended up second fastest in the No. 50 Ferrari AF Corse entry, with Mikkel Jensen in the No. 93 Peugeot TotalEnergies entry in third. LMGT3 was led by Daniel Juncadella in the No. 82 TF Sport Corvette, lapping the circuit in 1 minute and 42.113 seconds, with teammate Charlie Eastwood in the No. 81 Corvette second, 0.606s behind. Davide Rigon was third-quickest in the No. 54 Vista AF Corse Ferrari, 0.858s slower than Juncadella. The session saw one red flag, after Jean-Éric Vergne's No. 93 Peugeot suddenly stopped on-track.

Class Entrant Driver Time Hypercar 83 AF Corse Yifei Ye 1:31.347 LMGT3 82 TF Sport Daniel Juncadella 1:42.113 Source: Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Practice 2 The second practice session took place at 17:15 CEST on Friday. Fuoco was quickest in the No. 50 Ferrari with a lap time of 1:30.957. Kévin Estre was second in the No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport entry, 0.342s behind. Robert Shwartzman ended up third in the No. 83 Ferrari. Eastwood was quickest in LMGT3 in the No. 81 Corvette, with a lap of 1:41.986, which was 0.187s faster than Alessio Rovera's lap in the No. 55 Vista AF Corse Ferrari. Juncadella was third-quickest in the No. 82 Corvette.

Class Entrant Driver Time Hypercar 50 Ferrari AF Corse Antonio Fuoco 1:30.957 LMGT3 81 TF Sport Charlie Eastwood 1:41.986 Source: Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Final practice The third and final practice session took place at 11:10 CEST on Saturday. Fuoco was once again quickest in the No. 50 Ferrari, with a lap of 1:31.238. He was 0.034s quicker than Dries Vanthoor in the No. 15 BMW M Team WRT entry, with team-mate René Rast in the No. 20 BMW a further 0.271s behind. In LMGT3, Marco Sørensen was quickest in the No. 777 D'station Racing Aston Martin, lapping the track in 1 minute and 42.474 seconds. He was half a second quicker than Daniel Mancinelli in the No. 27 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin, with Augusto Farfus in the No. 31 Team WRT BMW in third. The session saw one stoppage, when Paul di Resta beached his No. 94 Peugeot TotalEnergies entry in the gravel at turn 18.

Class Entrant Driver Time Hypercar 50 Ferrari AF Corse Antonio Fuoco 1:31.238 LMGT3 777 D'station Racing Marco Sørensen 1:42.474 Source: Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Qualifying Qualifying results Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold. Class Entrant Qualifying Hyperpole 1 Hypercar 50 Ferrari AF Corse 1:30.196 1:29.466 1 2 Hypercar 83 AF Corse 1:30.710 1:29.885 2 3 Hypercar 51 Ferrari AF Corse 1:30.736 1:29.953 3 4 Hypercar 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport 1:31.190 1:30.101 4 5 Hypercar 5 Porsche Penske Motorsport 1:30.221 1:30.385 5 6 Hypercar 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:30.636 1:30.410 6 7 Hypercar 20 BMW M Team WRT 1:30.950 1:30.600 7 8 Hypercar 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:30.497 1:30.652 8 9 Hypercar 12 Hertz Team Jota 1:30.992 1:30.656 9 10 Hypercar 99 Proton Competition 1:30.929 1:30.692 10 11 Hypercar 38 Hertz Team Jota 1:31.322 11 12 Hypercar 2 Cadillac Racing 1:31.397 12 13 Hypercar 15 BMW M Team WRT 1:31.549 13 14 Hypercar 94 Peugeot TotalEnergies 1:31.651 14 15 Hypercar 93 Peugeot TotalEnergies 1:31.748 15 16 Hypercar 63 Lamborghini Iron Lynx 1:31.862 16 17 Hypercar 35 Alpine Endurance Team 1:31.980 17 18 Hypercar 36 Alpine Endurance Team 1:32.054 18 19 Hypercar 11 Isotta Fraschini 1:33.575 19 20 LMGT3 92 Manthey PureRxcing 1:42.734 1:42.365 20 21 LMGT3 27 Heart of Racing Team 1:43.452 1:43.058 21 22 LMGT3 46 Team WRT 1:43.241 1:43.099 22 23 LMGT3 31 Team WRT 1:43.281 1:43.105 23 24 LMGT3 85 Iron Dames 1:42.924 1:43.151 24 25 LMGT3 88 Proton Competition 1:43.416 1:43.229 25 26 LMGT3 91 Manthey EMA 1:43.134 1:43.399 26 27 LMGT3 55 Vista AF Corse 1:43.198 1:43.523 27 28 LMGT3 54 Vista AF Corse 1:43.225 1:43.650 28 29 LMGT3 59 United Autosports 1:43.882 1:43.835 29 30 LMGT3 81 TF Sport 1:43.897 30 31 LMGT3 777 D'station Racing 1:43.947 31 32 LMGT3 82 TF Sport 1:44.108 32 33 LMGT3 77 Proton Competition 1:44.118 33 34 LMGT3 95 United Autosports 1:44.291 34 35 LMGT3 78 Akkodis ASP Team 1:44.347 35 36 LMGT3 60 Iron Lynx 1:46.254 36 37 LMGT3 87 Akkodis ASP Team No time 37 Source:

Race Race results The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 143 laps. Class winners are in bold and .

+Final race classification Class Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Time/Retired Engine 1 Hypercar 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Nyck de Vries Toyota GR010 Hybrid 205 6:00:34.717 Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6 2 Hypercar 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Kévin Estre André Lotterer Laurens Vanthoor Porsche 963 205 +7.081 Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 3 Hypercar 5 Porsche Penske Motorsport Matt Campbell Michael Christensen Frédéric Makowiecki Porsche 963 205 +25.626 Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 4 Hypercar 50 Ferrari AF Corse Antonio Fuoco Miguel Molina Nicklas Nielsen Ferrari 499P 205 +31.469 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 5 Hypercar 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryo Hirakawa Toyota GR010 Hybrid 205 +33.777 Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6 6 Hypercar 20 BMW M Team WRT Robin Frijns Sheldon van der Linde René Rast BMW M Hybrid V8 204 +1 Lap BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8 7 Hypercar 51 Ferrari AF Corse James Calado Antonio Giovinazzi Alessandro Pier Guidi Ferrari 499P 204 +1 Lap Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 8 Hypercar 83 AF Corse Robert Kubica Robert Shwartzman Yifei Ye Ferrari 499P 204 +1 Lap Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 9 Hypercar 93 Peugeot TotalEnergies Mikkel Jensen Nico Müller Jean-Éric Vergne Peugeot 9X8 2024 203 +2 Laps Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 10 Hypercar 2 Cadillac Racing Earl Bamber Alex Lynn Cadillac V-Series.R 203 +2 Laps Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 11 Hypercar 38 Hertz Team Jota Jenson Button Philip Hanson Oliver Rasmussen Porsche 963 203 +2 Laps Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 12 Hypercar 63 Lamborghini Iron Lynx Mirko Bortolotti Daniil Kvyat Edoardo Mortara Lamborghini SC63 203 +2 Laps Lamborghini 3.8 L Turbo V8 13 Hypercar 35 Alpine Endurance Team Paul-Loup Chatin Jules Gounon Charles Milesi Alpine A424 201 +4 Laps Alpine V634 3.4 L Turbo V6 14 Hypercar 12 Hertz Team Jota Callum Ilott Norman Nato Will Stevens Porsche 963 200 +5 Laps Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 15 Hypercar 94 Peugeot TotalEnergies Paul di Resta Loïc Duval Stoffel Vandoorne Peugeot 9X8 2024 199 +6 Laps Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 16 Hypercar 36 Alpine Endurance Team Nicolas Lapierre Mick Schumacher Matthieu Vaxivière Alpine A424 199 +6 Laps Alpine V634 3.4 L Turbo V6 17 Hypercar 11 Isotta Fraschini Carl Bennett Antonio Serravalle Jean-Karl Vernay Isotta Fraschini Tipo 6-C 191 +14 Laps Isotta Fraschini 3.0 L Turbo V6 18 LMGT3 31 Team WRT Augusto Farfus Sean Gelael Darren Leung BMW M4 GT3 187 +18 Laps BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6 19 LMGT3 46 Team WRT Ahmad Al Harthy Maxime Martin Valentino Rossi BMW M4 GT3 187 +18 Laps BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6 20 LMGT3 92 Manthey PureRxcing Klaus Bachler Alex Malykhin Joel Sturm Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 186 +19 Laps Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 21 LMGT3 55 Vista AF Corse François Heriau Simon Mann Alessio Rovera Ferrari 296 GT3 186 +19 Laps Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 22 LMGT3 27 Heart of Racing Team Ian James Daniel Mancinelli Alex Riberas Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo 185 +20 Laps Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 23 LMGT3 95 United Autosports Josh Caygill Nico Pino Marino Sato McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 185 +20 Laps McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 24 LMGT3 81 TF Sport Rui Andrade Charlie Eastwood Tom van Rompuy Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 185 +20 Laps Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8 25 LMGT3 82 TF Sport Sébastien Baud Daniel Juncadella Hiroshi Koizumi Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 185 +20 Laps Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8 26 LMGT3 77 Proton Competition Ben Barker Ryan Hardwick Zacharie Robichon Ford Mustang GT3 184 +21 Laps Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 27 LMGT3 777 D'station Racing Erwan Bastard Clément Mateu Marco Sørensen Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo 184 +21 Laps Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 28 LMGT3 59 United Autosports Nicolas Costa James Cottingham Grégoire Saucy McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 184 +21 Laps McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 29 LMGT3 54 Vista AF Corse Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr Davide Rigon Ferrari 296 GT3 184 +21 Laps Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 30 LMGT3 60 Iron Lynx Matteo Cressoni Franck Perera Claudio Schiavoni Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 183 +22 Laps Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 31 LMGT3 78 Akkodis ASP Team Timur Boguslavskiy Kelvin van der Linde Arnold Robin Lexus RC F GT3 183 +22 Laps Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 32 LMGT3 87 Akkodis ASP Team Takeshi Kimura José María López Esteban Masson Lexus RC F GT3 182 +23 Laps Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 33 LMGT3 91 Manthey EMA Richard Lietz Morris Schuring Yasser Shahin Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 171 +34 Laps Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 Hypercar 99 Proton Competition Julien Andlauer Neel Jani Harry Tincknell Porsche 963 167 Not classified Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 LMGT3 85 Iron Dames Sarah Bovy Michelle Gatting Doriane Pin Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 33 Not classified Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 LMGT3 88 Proton Competition Dennis Olsen Mikkel O. Pedersen Giorgio Roda Ford Mustang GT3 82 Retired Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 Hypercar 15 BMW M Team WRT Raffaele Marciello Dries Vanthoor Marco Wittmann BMW M Hybrid V8 163 Parc fermé breach BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8Source:+ Tyre manufacturers Key Symbol Tyre manufacturer Goodyear Michelin

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