The 2024 4 Hours of Mugello was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 27 and 29 September 2024, as the fifth 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.
Patrick Pilet replaced Felipe Drugovich in the No. 10 Vector Sport. After replacing Albert Costa at previous round Nick Yelloly became permanent driver of the No. 24 Nielsen Racing. David Heinemeier Hansson missed this round and the No. 27 Nielsen Racing competed with two drivers – Benjamin Pedersen and Will Stevens. Nico Pino joined Reshad de Gerus and Job van Uitert in the No. 28 IDEC Sport. Niels Koolen came back to the No. 30 Duqueine Team after missing previous round. Anthony Wells and Matt Bell were originally part of the No. 19 Team Virage lineup alongside Tristan Vautier, who joined the team at the previous race, but were later replaced by Georgios Kolovos and Raphaël Narac. Oliver Jarvis came back to the No. 21 United Autosports after missing previous round. Louis Stern joined Lahaye brothers in the No. 35 Ultimate. Jason Hart and Scott Noble replaced John Hartshorne and Phil Keen in the No. 66 JMW Motorsport. John Hartshorne announced his retirement from racing after an accident at previous round. Guilherme Oliveira joined Wyatt Brichacek and Alexander Mattschull in the No. 4 DKR Engineering.
Schedule Date Time (local: CEST) Event Friday, 27 September 11:50 Free Practice 1 16:20 Bronze Drivers Collective Test Saturday, 28 September 9:40 Free Practice 2 14:10 Qualifying - LMGT3 14:35 Qualifying - LMP3 15:00 Qualifying - LMP2 Pro-Am 15:25 Qualifying - LMP2 Sunday, 29 September 11:30 Race Source:
Free practice Only the fastest car in each class is shown. Free Practice 1 Class Entrant Time LMP2 65 Panis Racing 1:34.687 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Algarve Pro Racing 1:35.218 LMP3 17 COOL Racing 1:42.337 LMGT3 57 Kessel Racing 1:46.583 Free Practice 2 Class Entrant Time LMP2 9 Iron Lynx – Proton 1:33.803 LMP2 Pro/Am 24 Nielsen Racing 1:34.699 LMP3 8 Team Virage 1:44.215 LMGT3 55 Spirit of Race 1:46.903 Sources:
Qualifying Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.
Class Team Driver Time Gap 1 LMP2 9 Iron Lynx – Proton Matteo Cairoli 1:32.829 — 1 2 LMP2 65 Panis Racing Charles Milesi 1:32.866 +0,037 2 3 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing Alexander Lynn 1:33.054 +0,225 3 4 LMP2 34 Inter Europol Competition Oliver Gray 1:33.302 +0,473 4 5 LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Reshad de Gerus 1:33.309 +0,480 5 6 LMP2 14 AO by TF Louis Delétraz 1:33.312 +0,483 6 7 LMP2 37 COOL Racing Malthe Jakobsen 1:33.497 +0,668 7 8 LMP2 22 United Autosports Benjamin Hanley 1:33.674 +0,845 8 9 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition Tom Dillmann 1:33.859 +1,030 9 10 LMP2 47 COOL Racing Ferdinand Habsburg 1:33.889 +1,060 10 11 LMP2 27 Nielsen Racing William Stevens 1:34.407 +1,578 11 12 LMP2 30 Duqueine Team James Allen 1:35.466 +2,637 12 13 LMP2 Pro/Am 77 Proton Competition Giorgio Roda 1:35.840 +3,011 15 14 LMP2 Pro/Am 29 Richard Mille by TDS Rodrigo Sales 1:36.171 +3,342 16 15 LMP2 Pro/Am 24 Nielsen Racing John Falb 1:36.861 +4,032 17 16 LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Team Virage Georgios Kolovos 1:37.654 +4,825 20 17 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Autosports Daniel Schneider 1:38.540 +5,711 18 18 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 AF Corse François Perrodo 1:39.008 +6,179 19 19 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Algarve Pro Racing Kriton Lendoudis 1:40.519 +7,690 21 20 LMP3 17 COOL Racing Manuel Espírito Santo 1:41.083 +8,254 23 21 LMP3 4 DKR Engineering Wyatt Brichacek 1:41.545 +8,716 24 22 LMP3 88 Inter Europol Competition Kai Askey 1:41.554 +8,725 25 23 LMP3 31 Racing Spirit of Léman Antoine Doquin 1:41.731 +8,902 26 24 LMP3 35 Ultimate Jean-Baptiste Lahaye 1:41.841 +9,012 27 25 LMP3 12 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Óscar Tunjo 1:41.885 +9,056 28 26 LMP3 15 RLR M Sport Gaël Julien 1:42.117 +9,288 29 27 LMP3 8 Team Virage Gillian Henrion 1:42.220 +9,391 30 28 LMP3 11 Eurointernational Adam Ali 1:42.795 +9,966 31 29 LMP2 Pro/Am 3 DKR Engineering Andres Latorre Canon 1:42.992 +10,163 22 30 LMP3 5 RLR M Sport Daniel Ali 1:43.485 +10,656 32 31 LMP2 23 United Autosports Paul di Resta 1:45.874 +13,045 13 32 LMGT3 59 Racing Spirit of Léman Derek DeBoer 1:47.891 +15,062 33 33 LMGT3 85 Iron Dames Sarah Bovy 1:48.015 +15,186 34 34 LMGT3 97 Grid Motorsport by TF Martin Berry 1:48.091 +15,262 35 35 LMGT3 50 Formula Racing Johnny Laursen 1:48.190 +15,361 36 36 LMGT3 63 Iron Lynx Hiroshi Hamaguchi 1:48.368 +15,539 37 37 LMGT3 66 JMW Motorsport Scott Noble 1:49.058 +16,229 38 38 LMGT3 51 AF Corse Charles-Henri Samani 1:49.231 +16,402 39 39 LMGT3 57 Kessel Racing Takeshi Kimura 1:49.443 +16,614 40 40 LMGT3 86 GR Racing Michael Wainwright 1:49.717 +16,888 41 41 LMGT3 55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron 1:50.382 +17,553 42 42 LMGT3 60 Proton Competition Claudio Schiavoni 1:51.498 +18,669 43 43 LMP2 10 Vector Sport — 14 Sources:
Race Race result The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 79 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.
+ Final Classification Class Team Drivers Car Tyres Laps Time/Gap 1 LMP2 9 Iron Lynx – Proton Jonas Ried Macéo Capietto Matteo Cairoli Oreca 07 114 4:20:02.008 2 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing Matthias Kaiser Olli Caldwell Alexander Lynn Oreca 07 114 +6.580 3 LMP2 34 Inter Europol Competition Oliver Gray Clément Novalak Luca Ghiotto Oreca 07 114 +28.308 4 LMP2 65 Panis Racing Manuel Maldonado Charles Milesi Arthur Leclerc Oreca 07 114 +40.703 5 LMP2 14 AO by TF Jonny Edgar Louis Delétraz Robert Kubica Oreca 07 114 +43.196 6 LMP2 23 United Autosports Bijoy Garg Fabio Scherer Paul di Resta Oreca 07 114 +47.218 7 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition Sebastián Álvarez Vladislav Lomko Tom Dillmann Oreca 07 114 +50.048 8 LMP2 Pro/Am 29 Richard Mille by TDS Rodrigo Sales Mathias Beche Grégoire Saucy Oreca 07 114 +51.579 9 LMP2 30 Duqueine Team Niels Koolen Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer James Allen Oreca 07 114 +1:01.259 10 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Algarve Pro Racing Kriton Lendoudis Richard Bradley Alex Quinn Oreca 07 114 +1:02.888 11 LMP2 Pro/Am 77 Proton Competition Giorgio Roda René Binder Bent Viscaal Oreca 07 114 +1:16.347 12 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Autosports Daniel Schneider Andrew Meyrick Oliver Jarvis Oreca 07 114 +1:18.825 13 LMP2 37 COOL Racing Lorenzo Fluxá Malthe Jakobsen Ritomo Miyata Oreca 07 114 +1:18.943 14 LMP2 Pro/Am 24 Nielsen Racing John Falb Colin Noble Nicholas Yelloly Oreca 07 114 +1:20.450 15 LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Team Virage Georgios Kolovos Raphaël Narac Tristan Vautier Oreca 07 114 +1:24.806 16 LMP2 27 Nielsen Racing Benjamin Pedersen William Stevens Oreca 07 114 +1:25.477 17 LMP2 22 United Autosports Filip Ugran Marino Sato Benjamin Hanley Oreca 07 114 +1:27.070 18 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 AF Corse François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Alessio Rovera Oreca 07 113 +1 Lap 19 LMP2 10 Vector Sport Ryan Cullen Stéphane Richelmi Patrick Pilet Oreca 07 110 +4 Laps 20 LMP3 8 Team Virage Julien Gerbi Bernardo Pinheiro Gillian Henrion Ligier JS P320 110 +4 Laps 21 LMP3 15 RLR M Sport Michael Jensen Nick Adcock Gaël Julien Ligier JS P320 110 +4 Laps 22 LMP3 88 Inter Europol Competition Alexander Bukhantsov Kai Askey Pedro Perino Ligier JS P320 109 +5 Laps 23 LMP3 31 Racing Spirit of Léman Jacques Wolff Jean-Ludovic Foubert Antoine Doquin Ligier JS P320 109 +5 Laps 24 LMP3 35 Ultimate Louis Stern Jean-Baptiste Lahaye Matthieu Lahaye Ligier JS P320 109 +5 Laps 25 LMP3 12 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Torsten Kratz Leonard Weiss Óscar Tunjo Duqueine M30 - D08 109 +5 Laps 26 LMP3 11 Eurointernational Matthew Richard Bell Adam Ali Ligier JS P320 109 +5 Laps 27 LMP3 5 RLR M Sport James Dayson Daniel Ali Bailey Voisin Ligier JS P320 108 +6 Laps 28 LMGT3 57 Kessel Racing Takeshi Kimura Esteban Masson Daniel Serra Ferrari 296 LMGT3 107 +7 Laps 29 LMGT3 97 Grid Motorsport by TF Martin Berry Lorcan Hanafin Jonathan Adam Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3 107 +7 Laps 30 LMGT3 50 Formula Racing Johnny Laursen Conrad Laursen Nicklas Nielsen Ferrari 296 LMGT3 107 +7 Laps 31 LMGT3 51 AF Corse Charles-Henri Samani Emmanuel Collard Nicolás Varrone Ferrari 296 LMGT3 107 +7 Laps 32 LMGT3 59 Racing Spirit of Léman Derek DeBoer Casper Stevenson Valentin Hasse-Clot Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3 107 +7 Laps 33 LMGT3 66 JMW Motorsport Scott Noble Jason Hart Ben Tuck Ferrari 296 LMGT3 107 +7 Laps 34 LMGT3 85 Iron Dames Sarah Bovy Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 107 +7 Laps 35 LMGT3 86 GR Racing Michael Wainwright Riccardo Pera Davide Rigon Ferrari 296 LMGT3 106 +8 Laps 36 LMGT3 63 Iron Lynx Hiroshi Hamaguchi Axcil Jefferies Andrea Caldarelli Lamborghini Huracan LMGT3 Evo2 105 +9 Laps 37 LMP2 47 COOL Racing Carl Bennett Ferdinand Habsburg Frederik Vesti Oreca 07 85 +29 Laps Not classified LMP3 4 DKR Engineering Alexander Mattschull Wyatt Brichacek Guilherme Oliveira Duqueine M30 - D08 69 LMP3 17 COOL Racing Miguel Cristóvão Cédric Oltramare Manuel Espírito Santo Ligier JS P320 68 LMGT3 60 Proton Competition Claudio Schiavoni Matteo Cressoni Julien Andlauer Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 60 LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Nicolás Pino Reshad de Gerus Job van Uitert Oreca 07 50 LMGT3 55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron David Perel Matthew Griffin Ferrari 296 LMGT3 46 LMP2 Pro/Am 3 DKR Engineering Andres Latorre Canon Cem Bölükbaşı Laurents Hörr Oreca 07 6
Statistics Fastest lap Class Driver Team Time LMP2 Matteo Cairoli #9 Iron Lynx – Proton 1:34.882 79 LMP2 Pro/Am Matthieu Vaxivière #83 AF Corse 1:35.814 82 LMP3 Óscar Tunjo #12 WTM by Rinaldi Racing 1:44.670 77 LMGT3 Nicolás Varrone #51 AF Corse 1:47.609 87 Source:
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