The 2024 4 Hours of Dubai was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 2 and 4 February 2024 at Dubai Autodrome in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was the third round of 2023–24 Asian Le Mans Series season.
Schedule Date Time (local: GST) Event Friday, 2 February 14:45 Free Practice 1 Saturday, 3 February 10:10 Free Practice 2 14:30 Qualifying Sunday, 4 February 13:00 Race Source:
Entry list
The entry list was published on 24 January and consisted of 42 entries in 3 categories – 13 in LMP2, 6 in LMP3 and 23 in GT.
In comparison to the previous round there were four new entrants and one withdrawal. GG Classic Cars entered a Ligier JS P320 with George Nakas and Fraser Ross as its drivers. Dragon Racing did field a Ferrari 296 GT3 with Rui Andrade, Nicola Marinangeli and Marco Pulcini behind the wheel. Nielsen Racing and COOL Racing each did field one Oreca 07. Matt Bell, Patrick Liddy and Blake McDonald raced for Nielsen Racing while Alexandre Coigny, Vladislav Lomko and Lorenzo Fluxá drove for COOL Racing. Craft-Bamboo Racing withdrew from remaining rounds of the season.
The No. 56 Team Project 1 withdrew after Sean Gelael took an opportunity to substitute Paul Evrard in the No. 43 Saintéloc Racing
Free practice Only the fastest car in each class is shown. Free Practice 1 Class Entrant Time LMP2 22 Proton Competition 1:49.386 LMP3 2 CD Sport 1:54.605 GT 21 AF Corse 1:58.931 Free Practice 2 Class Entrant Time LMP225 Algarve Pro Racing 1:48.104 LMP326 Bretton Racing 1:54.884 GT86 GR Racing 1:58.067 Source:
Qualifying Qualifying Results Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.
Class Team Driver Time Gap 1 LMP2 55 Proton Competition P. J. Hyett 1:48.873 — 1 2 LMP2 99 99 Racing Ahmad Al Harthy 1:48.919 +0.046 2 3 LMP2 90 TF Sport Salih Yoluç 1:49.131 +0.258 3 4 LMP2 22 Proton Competition Giorgio Roda 1:49.270 +0.397 4 5 LMP2 30 Duqueine Team John Falb 1:49.688 +0.815 5 6 LMP2 83 AF Corse François Perrodo 1:50.036 +1.163 6 7 LMP2 4 CrowdStrike Racing by APR George Kurtz 1:50.182 +1.309 7 8 LMP2 3 DKR Engineering Alexander Mattschull 1:50.231 +1.358 8 9 LMP2 47 Cool Racing Alexandre Coigny 1:50.813 +1.940 9 10 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing Chris McMurry 1:51.020 +2.147 10 11 LMP2 34 Nielsen Racing Blake McDonald 1:51.350 +2.477 11 12 LMP2 24 Nielsen Racing Ian Loggie 1:51.582 +2.709 12 13 LMP2 44 ARC Bratislava Miro Konôpka 1:52.887 +4.014 13 14 LMP3 17 Cool Racing Alexander Bukhantsov 1:55.118 +6.245 14 15 LMP3 26 Bretton Racing Julien Gerbi 1:55.457 +6.584 15 16 LMP3 20 High Class Racing Auðunn Guðmundsson 1:55.806 +6.933 16 17 LMP3 2 CD Sport Nick Adcock 1:56.068 +7.195 17 18 GT 7 Al Manar Racing by GetSpeed Anthony Liu 1:58.280 +9.407 20 19 GT 42 Saintéloc Racing Alban Varutti 1:58.411 +9.538 21 20 GT 91 Pure Rxcing Alex Malykhin 1:58.824 +9.951 22 21 GT 69 Optimum Motorsport James Cottingham 1:59.129 +10.256 23 22 GT 88 Triple Eight Prince Jefri Ibrahim 1:59.339 +10.466 24 23 GT 19 Leipert Motorsport Gabriel Rindone 1:59.346 +10.473 25 24 GT 9 GetSpeed Martin Konrad 1:59.385 +10.512 26 25 GT 27 Optimum Motorsport Mark Radcliffe 1:59.412 +10.539 27 26 GT 66 Attempto Racing Andrey Mukovoz 1:59.639 +10.766 28 27 GT 43 Saintéloc Racing Zhou Bihuang 1:59.820 +10.947 29 28 GT 98 Dragon Racing Marco Pulcini 1:59.877 +11.004 30 29 GT 93 Team Project 1 Darren Leung 1:59.949 +11.076 31 30 GT 33 Herberth Motorsport Antares Au 2:00.036 +11.163 32 31 GT 21 AF Corse François Heriau 2:00.155 +11.282 33 32 GT 77 D'Station Racing Satoshi Hoshino 2:00.370 +11.497 34 33 GT 82 AF Corse Charles-Henri Samani 2:01.084 +12.211 35 34 LMP3 58 GG Classic Cars George Nakas 2:01.319 +12.446 18 35 GT 11 Attempto Racing Ilya Gorbatsky 2:01.392 +12.519 36 36 GT 8 EBM Setiawan Santoso 2:01.575 +12.702 37 37 GT 95 TF Sport John Hartshorne 2:01.722 +12.849 38 38 GT 86 GR Racing Michael Wainwright 2:01.746 +12.873 39 39 GT 75 Team Motopark Heiko Neumann 2:01.767 +12.894 40 40 LMP3 65 Viper Niza Racing Douglas Khoo 2:02.381 +13.508 19 41 GT 84 EBM Adrian D'Silva 2:03.271 +14.398 41 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 99 99 Racing Ahmad Al Harthy Nikita Mazepin Louis Delétraz Oreca 07 119 4:01:25.599 2 LMP2 22 Proton Competition Giorgio Roda Julien Andlauer René Binder Oreca 07 119 +3.499 3 LMP2 4 CrowdStrike Racing by APR George Kurtz Colin Braun Malthe Jakobsen Oreca 07 119 +6.520 4 LMP2 3 DKR Engineering Alexander Mattschull Tom Dillmann Laurents Hörr Oreca 07 119 +31.280 5 LMP2 90 TF Sport Salih Yoluç Michael Dinan Charlie Eastwood Oreca 07 119 +40.502 6 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing Chris McMurry Freddie Tomlinson Toby Sowery Oreca 07 119 +44.561 7 LMP2 55 Proton Competition P. J. Hyett Harry Tincknell Paul-Loup Chatin Oreca 07 119 +45.576 8 LMP2 83 AF Corse François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Alessio Rovera Oreca 07 119 +54.303 9 LMP2 24 Nielsen Racing Ian Loggie Alejandro García Will Stevens Oreca 07 118 +1 Lap 10 LMP2 44 ARC Bratislava Miro Konôpka Mathias Beche Jonas Ried Oreca 07 118 +1 Lap 11 LMP2 34 Nielsen Racing Blake McDonald Patrick Liddy Matthew Bell Oreca 07 118 +1 Lap 12 LMP3 17 Cool Racing James Winslow Alexander Bukhantsov Ligier JS P320 114 +5 Laps 13 LMP3 2 CD Sport Michael Jensen Nick Adcock Fabien Lavergne Ligier JS P320 114 +5 Laps 14 LMP3 20 High Class Racing Auðunn Guðmundsson Anders Fjordbach Seth Lucas Ligier JS P320 114 +5 Laps 15 LMP3 26 Bretton Racing John Corbett Julien Gerbi Mihnea Ștefan Ligier JS P320 113 +6 Laps 16 GT 91 Pure Rxcing Alex Malykhin Klaus Bachler Joel Sturm Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 112 +7 Laps 17 GT 7 Al Manar Racing by GetSpeed Al Faisal Al Zubair Anthony Liu Fabian Schiller Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 112 +7 Laps 18 GT 21 AF Corse Simon Mann François Heriau Davide Rigon Ferrari 296 GT3 112 +7 Laps 19 GT 43 Saintéloc Racing Dennis Marschall Zhou Bihuang Sean Gelael Audi R8 LMS Evo II 112 +7 Laps 20 GT 88 Triple Eight Prince Jefri Ibrahim Jordan Love Luca Stolz Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 112 +7 Laps 21 GT 27 Optimum Motorsport Mark Radcliffe Rob Bell Ollie Millroy McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 112 +7 Laps 22 GT 93 Team Project 1 Darren Leung Christian Bogle Dan Harper BMW M4 GT3 112 +7 Laps 23 GT 86 GR Racing Michael Wainwright Benjamin Barker Riccardo Pera Ferrari 296 GT3 112 +7 Laps 24 GT 33 Herberth Motorsport Antares Au Tim Heinemann Laurin Heinrich Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 112 +7 Laps 25 GT 95 TF Sport John Hartshorne Ben Tuck Jonathan Adam Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 111 +8 Laps 26 GT 82 AF Corse Charles-Henri Samani Emmanuel Collard Kei Cozzolino Ferrari 296 GT3 111 +8 Laps 27 GT 8 EBM Setiawan Santoso Tanart Sathienthirakul Bastian Buus Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 111 +8 Laps 28 GT 75 Team Motopark Lukas Dunner Heiko Neumann Morten Strømsted Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 111 +8 Laps 29 GT 98 Dragon Racing Rui Andrade Nicola Marinangeli Marco Pulcini Ferrari 296 GT3 110 +9 Laps 30 GT 84 EBM Adrian D'Silva Kerong Li Earl Bamber Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 108 +11 Laps 31 LMP3 58 GG Classic Cars Fraser Ross George Nakas Ligier JS P320 103 +16 Laps Not classified GT 9 GetSpeed Anthony Bartone Aaron Walker Martin Konrad Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 86 Damage GT 11 Attempto Racing Alexey Nesov Sergey Titarenko Ilya Gorbatsky Audi R8 LMS Evo II 81 Retired LMP2 30 Duqueine Team John Falb Carl Bennett Oliver Rasmussen Oreca 07 78 Wheel GT 42 Saintéloc Racing Christopher Haase Gilles Magnus Alban Varutti Audi R8 LMS Evo II 78 Mechanical GT 77 D'Station Racing Satoshi Hoshino Tomonobu Fujii Casper Stevenson Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 73 Collision GT 66 Attempto Racing Dylan Pereira Alex Aka Andrey Mukovoz Audi R8 LMS Evo II 73 Collision GT 19 Leipert Motorsport Gabriel Rindone Brendon Leitch Marco Mapelli Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 49 Damage LMP2 47 Cool Racing Alexandre Coigny Vladislav Lomko Lorenzo Fluxá Oreca 07 1 Collision LMP3 65 Viper Niza Racing Douglas Khoo Dominic Ang Ligier JS P320 0 Collision GT 69 Optimum Motorsport Sam De Haan James Cottingham Tom Gamble McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 0 Collision
Statistics Fastest lap Class Driver Team Time LMP2 Malthe Jakobsen #4 CrowdStrike Racing by APR 1:47.824 92 LMP3 Anders Fjordbach #20 High Class Racing 1:56.141 91 GT Riccardo Pera #86 GR Racing 1:58.547 85 Source:
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