The 2024 4 Hours of Le Castellet was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 3 and 5 May 2024, as the second round of the 2024 European Le Mans Series season.

Entry list

The pre-event entry list consisted of 43 entries between 4 categories - 14 in LMP2, 8 in LMP2 Pro/Am, 10 in LMP3 and 11 in LMGT3.

It was another ELMS round missed by Ferdinand Habsburg as the result of a crash at MotorLand Aragón. As in Barcelona Paul-Loup Chatin replaced Habsburg in the No. 47 COOL Racing. Eric Trouillet replaced Alexandre Yvon in the No. 35 Ultimate. Nicolás Varrone replaced Ulysse de Pauw in the No. 51 AF Corse.

Schedule Date Time (local: CEST) Event Friday, 3 May 11:50 Free Practice 1 16:35 Bronze Drivers Collective Test Saturday, 4 May 10:10 Free Practice 2 14:40 Qualifying - LMGT3 15:05 Qualifying - LMP3 15:30 Qualifying - LMP2 Pro-Am 15:55 Qualifying - LMP2 Sunday, 5 May 11:30 Race Source:

Free practice Only the fastest car in each class is shown. Free Practice 1 Class Entrant Time LMP2 37 COOL Racing 1:41.186 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 AF Corse 1:41.969 LMP3 4 DKR Engineering 1:49.545 LMGT3 60 Proton Competition 1:55.257 Free Practice 2 Class Entrant Time LMP2 9 Iron Lynx – Proton 1:41.362 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 AF Corse 1:42.154 LMP3 15 RLR M Sport 1:50.189 LMGT3 55 Spirit of Race 1:54.892 Sources:

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

Class Team Driver Time Gap 1 LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Job van Uitert 1:40.104 — 1 2 LMP2 14 AO by TF Louis Delétraz 1:40.350 +0.246 2 3 LMP2 9 Iron Lynx – Proton Matteo Cairoli 1:40.365 +0.261 3 4 LMP2 47 COOL Racing Frederik Vesti 1:40.382 +0.278 4 5 LMP2 22 United Autosports Benjamin Hanley 1:40.559 +0.455 5 6 LMP2 37 COOL Racing Malthe Jakobsen 1:40.703 +0.599 6 7 LMP2 27 Nielsen Racing Will Stevens 1:40.775 +0.671 7 8 LMP2 30 Duqueine Team James Allen 1:40.862 +0.758 8 9 LMP2 65 Panis Racing Charles Milesi 1:40.900 +0.796 9 10 LMP2 10 Vector Sport Felipe Drugovich 1:40.931 +0.827 10 11 LMP2 34 Inter Europol Competition Clément Novalak 1:41.013 +0.909 11 12 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition Tom Dillmann 1:41.126 +1.022 12 13 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing Olli Caldwell 1:41.135 +1.031 13 14 LMP2 23 United Autosports Paul di Resta 1:41.651 +1.547 14 15 LMP2 Pro/Am 77 Proton Competition Giorgio Roda 1:43.067 +2.963 15 16 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 AF Corse François Perrodo 1:43.445 +3.341 16 17 LMP2 Pro/Am 29 Richard Mille by TDS Rodrigo Sales 1:43.672 +3.568 17 18 LMP2 Pro/Am 24 Nielsen Racing John Falb 1:43.759 +3.655 18 19 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Autosports Daniel Schneider 1:44.803 +4.699 19 20 LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Team Virage Anthony Wells 1:44.987 +4.883 20 21 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Algarve Pro Racing Kriton Lendoudis 1:45.925 +5.821 21 22 LMP2 Pro/Am 3 DKR Engineering Andres Latorre Canon 1:46.581 +6.477 22 23 LMP3 15 RLR M Sport Gaël Julien 1:48.867 +8.763 23 24 LMP3 17 COOL Racing Manuel Espírito Santo 1:48.991 +8.887 24 25 LMP3 8 Team Virage Gillian Henrion 1:49.168 +9.064 25 26 LMP3 12 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Óscar Tunjo 1:49.214 +9.110 26 27 LMP3 31 Racing Spirit of Léman Antoine Doquin 1:49.292 +9.188 27 28 LMP3 88 Inter Europol Competition Pedro Perino 1:49.451 +9.347 28 29 LMP3 4 DKR Engineering Wyatt Brichacek 1:49.665 +9.561 29 30 LMP3 11 Eurointernational Adam Ali 1:50.001 +9.897 30 31 LMP3 35 Ultimate Matthieu Lahaye 1:50.046 +9.942 31 32 LMP3 5 RLR M Sport Daniel Ali 1:51.084 +10.980 32 33 LMGT3 85 Iron Dames Sarah Bovy 1:56.003 +15.899 33 34 LMGT3 55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron 1:56.283 +16.179 34 35 LMGT3 63 Iron Lynx Hiroshi Hamaguchi 1:56.619 +16.515 35 36 LMGT3 59 Racing Spirit of Léman Derek DeBoer 1:56.898 +16.794 36 37 LMGT3 57 Kessel Racing Takeshi Kimura 1:56.942 +16.838 37 38 LMGT3 50 Formula Racing Johnny Laursen 1:57.431 +17.327 38 39 LMGT3 97 Grid Motorsport by TF Martin Berry 1:57.456 +17.352 39 40 LMGT3 86 GR Racing Michael Wainwright 1:57.588 +17.484 40 41 LMGT3 51 AF Corse Charles-Henri Samani 1:58.218 +18.114 41 42 LMGT3 60 Proton Competition Claudio Schiavoni 1:58.943 +18.839 42 43 LMGT3 66 JMW Motorsport John Hartshorne 2:00.742 +20.638 43 Sources:

Race Race result The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 87 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

+ Final Classification Class Team Drivers Car Tyres Laps Time/Gap 1 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition Sebastián Álvarez Vladislav Lomko Tom Dillmann Oreca 07 125 4:00:47.885 2 LMP2 47 COOL Racing Alejandro García Paul-Loup Chatin Frederik Vesti Oreca 07 125 +14.004 3 LMP2 14 AO by TF Jonny Edgar Louis Delétraz Robert Kubica Oreca 07 125 +15.078 4 LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Paul Lafargue Reshad de Gerus Job van Uitert Oreca 07 125 +20.325 5 LMP2 22 United Autosports Filip Ugran Marino Sato Benjamin Hanley Oreca 07 125 +20.353 6 LMP2 30 Duqueine Team Niels Koolen Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer James Allen Oreca 07 125 +24.186 7 LMP2 Pro/Am 29 Richard Mille by TDS Rodrigo Sales Mathias Beche Grégoire Saucy Oreca 07 125 +34.149 8 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing Matthias Kaiser Olli Caldwell Alexander Lynn Oreca 07 125 +34.846 9 LMP2 Pro/Am 77 Proton Competition Giorgio Roda René Binder Bent Viscaal Oreca 07 125 +45.906 10 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Autosports Daniel Schneider Andrew Meyrick Oliver Jarvis Oreca 07 125 +59.338 11 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 AF Corse François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Alessio Rovera Oreca 07 125 +1:03.816 12 LMP2 65 Panis Racing Manuel Maldonado Charles Milesi Arthur Leclerc Oreca 07 125 +1:21.952 13 LMP2 Pro/Am 24 Nielsen Racing John Falb Colin Noble Albert Costa Balboa Oreca 07 125 +1:30.041 14 LMP2 9 Iron Lynx – Proton Jonas Ried Macéo Capietto Matteo Cairoli Oreca 07 125 +1:34.810 15 LMP2 10 Vector Sport Ryan Cullen Stéphane Richelmi Felipe Drugovich Oreca 07 124 +1 Lap 16 LMP2 27 Nielsen Racing David Heinemeier Hansson Nicolás Pino Will Stevens Oreca 07 124 +1 Lap 17 LMP2 23 United Autosports Bijoy Garg Fabio Scherer Paul di Resta Oreca 07 124 +1 Lap 18 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Algarve Pro Racing Kriton Lendoudis Richard Bradley Alex Quinn Oreca 07 124 +1 Lap 19 LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Team Virage Anthony Wells Matthew Bell Nelson Piquet Jr. Oreca 07 124 +1 Lap 20 LMP2 Pro/Am 3 DKR Engineering Andres Latorre Canon Cem Bölükbaşı Laurents Hörr Oreca 07 122 +3 Laps 21 LMP3 15 RLR M Sport Michael Jensen Nick Adcock Gaël Julien Ligier JS P320 118 +7 Laps 22 LMP3 4 DKR Engineering Alexander Mattschull Belén García Wyatt Brichacek Duqueine M30 - D08 118 +7 Laps 23 LMP3 35 Ultimate Eric Trouillet Jean-Baptiste Lahaye Matthieu Lahaye Ligier JS P320 117 +8 Laps 24 LMP3 11 Eurointernational Matthew Richard Bell Adam Ali Ligier JS P320 117 +8 Laps 25 LMP3 17 COOL Racing Miguel Cristóvão Cédric Oltramare Manuel Espírito Santo Ligier JS P320 117 +8 Laps 26 LMP3 31 Racing Spirit of Léman Jacques Wolff Jean-Ludovic Foubert Antoine Doquin Ligier JS P320 117 +8 Laps 27 LMP3 8 Team Virage Julien Gerbi Bernardo Pinheiro Gillian Henrion Ligier JS P320 116 +9 Laps 28 LMP3 5 RLR M Sport James Dayson Daniel Ali Bailey Voisin Ligier JS P320 115 +10 Laps 29 LMGT3 55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron David Perel Matt Griffin Ferrari 296 LMGT3 113 +12 Laps 30 LMGT3 63 Iron Lynx Hiroshi Hamaguchi Axcil Jefferies Andrea Caldarelli Lamborghini Huracan LMGT3 Evo2 113 +12 Laps 31 LMGT3 59 Racing Spirit of Léman Derek DeBoer Casper Stevenson Valentin Hasse-Clot Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3 113 +12 Laps 32 LMGT3 85 Iron Dames Sarah Bovy Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 113 +12 Laps 33 LMGT3 86 GR Racing Michael Wainwright Riccardo Pera Davide Rigon Ferrari 296 LMGT3 113 +12 Laps 34 LMGT3 51 AF Corse Charles-Henri Samani Emmanuel Collard Nicolás Varrone Ferrari 296 LMGT3 113 +12 Laps 35 LMGT3 97 Grid Motorsport by TF Martin Berry Lorcan Hanafin Jonathan Adam Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3 112 +13 Laps 36 LMGT3 60 Proton Competition Claudio Schiavoni Matteo Cressoni Julien Andlauer Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 112 +13 Laps 37 LMGT3 50 Formula Racing Johnny Laursen Conrad Laursen Nicklas Nielsen Ferrari 296 LMGT3 112 +13 Laps 38 LMGT3 66 JMW Motorsport John Hartshorne Ben Tuck Philip Keen Ferrari 296 LMGT3 111 +14 Laps Not classified LMP2 34 Inter Europol Competition Oliver Gray Clément Novalak Luca Ghiotto Oreca 07 113 Gearbox LMP2 37 COOL Racing Lorenzo Fluxá Malthe Jakobsen Ritomo Miyata Oreca 07 101 Gearbox LMP3 12 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Torsten Kratz Leonard Weiss Óscar Tunjo Duqueine M30 - D08 77 Master relay LMP3 88 Inter Europol Competition Alexander Bukhantsov Kai Askey Pedro Perino Ligier JS P320 69Did not finish LMGT3 57 Kessel Racing Takeshi Kimura Esteban Masson Daniel Serra Ferrari 296 LMGT3 47Did not finish

Statistics Fastest lap Class Driver Team Time LMP2 Olli Caldwell #25 Algarve Pro Racing 1:43.076 55 LMP2 Pro/Am Matthieu Vaxivière #83 AF Corse 1:42.781 88 LMP3 Wyatt Brichacek #4 DKR Engineering 1:51.853 105 LMGT3 Julien Andlauer #60 Proton Competition 1:55.885 105 Source:

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