The 2021 4 Hours of Dubai was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 11 and 14 February 2021, as the first and second round of 2021 Asian Le Mans Series season. This was the first running of the event as part of the Asian Le Mans Series.

The weekend was dominated by the #26 G-Drive Racing Aurus 01 driven by René Binder, Ferdinand Habsburg and Yifei Ye, who won both rounds of the 4 Hours of Dubai. The LMP3 class was also swept by the #23 United Autosports entry driven by Wayne Boyd, Manuel Maldonado and Rory Penttinen. In GT, the #99 Precote Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R driven by Ralf Bohn, Alfred Renauer and Robert Renauer, converted a race 1 pole to a win and the #40 GPX Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R driven by Julien Andlauer, Alain Ferté and Axcil Jefferies took race 2 class honors.

Entry list

The initial entry list was published on 3 February and consisted of 36 entries across 3 categories – 7 in LMP2, 10 in LMP3, and 19 in GT. On 7 February, a revised entry list was released with the remaining drivers of the #23 United Autosports Ligier JS P320 announced. Joining Manuel Maldonado to fill the lineup was Wayne Boyd and Rory Penttinen. Further changes were made on 9 February when the teams arrived at the track. In GT, Sami-Matti Trogen joined the #35 Walkenhorst BMW M6 GT3 entry and Alessio Rovera replaced Frederick Paulsen in the #60 Formula Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 due to COVID-19 quarantine problems for Paulsen.

Schedule Date Time (local: GST) Event Thursday, 11 February 17:45 Free Practice Friday, 12 February 9:55 QualifyingSaturday, 13 February 14:15 Race 1Sunday, 14 February 12:45 Race 2 Source:

Free practice

Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Free PracticeClassEntrantTimeLMP25 Phoenix Racing1:45.487LMP33 United Autosports1:53.238GT51 AF Corse1:56.929Source:

Race 1

Qualifying Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold. Class Entry Driver Time1LMP225 G-Drive Racing Franco Colapinto1:43.61612LMP226 G-Drive Racing Yifei Ye1:43.88523LMP25 Phoenix Racing Nicki Thiim1:44.07234LMP228 Jota Sean Gelael1:44.38645LMP264 Racing Team India Narain Karthikeyan1:45.02556LMP218 Era Motorsport Kyle Tilley1:46.46967LMP211 EuroInternational – Ojets John Corbett1:48.86378LMP323 United Autosports Wayne Boyd1:51.41889LMP33 United Autosports Duncan Tappy1:51.425910LMP333 CD Sport Adam Eteki1:52.0561011LMP315 RLR MSport Malthe Jakobsen1:52.4711112LMP363 DKR Engineering Laurents Hörr1:52.5281213LMP39 Nielsen Racing Colin Noble1:52.5721314LMP32 United Autosports Andy Meyrick1:52.7431415LMP38 Nielsen Racing Matthew Bell1:53.0431516LMP34 Phoenix-IronForce Racing Leo Weiss1:53.0851617LMP344 ARC Bratislava Charlie Robertson1:53.3291718GT99 Precote Herberth Motorsport Robert Renauer1:55.5521819GT40 GPX Racing Julien Andlauer1:55.5661920GT93 Precote Herberth Motorsport Klaus Bachler1:55.8662021GT95 TF Sport Charlie Eastwood1:56.1012122GT1 HubAuto Racing Raffaele Marciello1:56.2142223GT88 Garage 59 Maxime Martin1:56.2842324GT51 AF Corse Alessandro Pier Guidi1:56.3492425GT7 Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport Ben Barnicoat1:56.4152526GT89 Garage 59 Marvin Kirchhöfer1:56.5172627GT97 Oman Racing Team with TF Sport Jonathan Adam1:56.6032728GT57 Car Guy Racing Côme Ledogar1:56.6852829GT60 Formula Racing Nicklas Nielsen1:56.8592930GT55 Rinaldi Racing Davide Rigon1:57.1343031GT54 AF Corse Francesco Castellacci1:57.2373132GT35 Walkenhorst Motorsport Sami-Matti Trogen1:57.2743233GT27 Kessel Racing Giorgio Roda1:57.5023334GT77 D'station Racing Tomonobu Fujii1:57.6623435GT34 Walkenhorst Motorsport Chandler Hull1:58.1573536GT66 Rinaldi Racing—36Source:

Race

Race result The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 88 laps. Class winners are marked in bold. ClassTeamDriversCarTyresLapsTime/Gap1LMP226 G-Drive Racing René Binder Ferdinand Habsburg Yifei YeAurus 011274:02:26.6922LMP228 Jota Sean Gelael Stoffel VandoorneOreca 07126 +1 Lap3LMP25 Phoenix Racing Matthias Kaiser Simon Trummer Nicki ThiimOreca 07126 +1 Lap4LMP225 G-Drive Racing Rui Andrade Franco Colapinto John FalbAurus 01 125 +2 Laps5LMP264 Racing Team India Narain Karthikeyan Arjun Maini Naveen RaoOreca 07124 +3 Laps6LMP218 Era Motorsport Andreas Laskaratos Dwight Merriman Kyle TilleyOreca 07 123 +4 Laps7LMP211 EuroInternational – Ojets John Corbett Neale MustonLigier JS P217120 +7 Laps8LMP323 United Autosports Wayne Boyd Manuel Maldonado Rory PenttinenLigier JS P320 119 +8 Laps9LMP39 Nielsen Racing Colin Noble Anthony WellsLigier JS P320118 +9 Laps10LMP33 United Autosports Andrew Bentley Jim McGuire Duncan TappyLigier JS P320 118 +9 Laps11LMP32 United Autosports Robert Wheldon Ian Loggie Andy MeyrickLigier JS P320118 +9 Laps12LMP34 Phoenix-IronForce Racing Jan-Erik Slooten Leo WeissLigier JS P320 117 +10 Laps13GT99 Precote Herberth Motorsport Ralf Bohn Alfred Renauer Robert RenauerPorsche 911 GT3 R117 +10 Laps14LMP315 RLR MSport Maxwell Hanratty Malthe Jakobsen Bashar MardiniLigier JS P320117 +10 Laps15GT7 Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport Ben Barnicoat Brendan Iribe Ollie MillroyMcLaren 720S GT3116 +11 Laps16GT34 Walkenhorst Motorsport Nicky Catsburg Chandler Hull Jon MillerBMW M6 GT3116 +11 Laps17GT40 GPX Racing Julien Andlauer Alain Ferté Axcil JefferiesPorsche 911 GT3 R116 +11 Laps18GT88 Garage 59 Valentin Hasse-Clot Maxime Martin Alexander WestAston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 116 +11 Laps19GT60 Formula Racing Johnny Laursen Nicklas Nielsen Alessio RoveraFerrari 488 GT3116 +11 Laps20GT97 Oman Racing Team with TF Sport Jonathan Adam Ahmad Al Harthy Tom CanningAston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 116 +11 Laps21GT55 Rinaldi Racing Rino Mastronardi David Perel Davide RigonFerrari 488 GT3116 +11 Laps22GT57 Car Guy Racing Mikkel Jensen Takeshi Kimura Côme LedogarFerrari 488 GT3116 +11 Laps23GT95 TF Sport Charlie Eastwood Ollie Hancock John HartshorneAston Martin Vantage AMR GT3115 +12 Laps24GT54 AF Corse Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella Thomas FlohrFerrari 488 GT3 115 +12 Laps25GT66 Rinaldi Racing Christian Hook Patrick Kujala Manuel LauckFerrari 488 GT3115 +12 Laps26GT77 D'station Racing Tomonobu Fujii Tom Gamble Satoshi HoshinoAston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 115 +12 Laps27GT51 AF Corse Alessandro Pier Guidi Oswaldo Negri Jr. Francesco PiovanettiFerrari 488 GT3115 +12 Laps28GT93 Precote Herberth Motorsport Antares Au Klaus Bachler Steffen GörigPorsche 911 GT3 R 115 +12 Laps29GT35 Walkenhorst Motorsport Jörg Breuer Sami-Matti Trogen Henry WalkenhorstBMW M6 GT3114 +13 Laps30GT89 Garage 59 Mike Benham Marvin Kirchhöfer Yuki NemotoAston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 114 +13 Laps31GT27 Kessel Racing Tim Kohmann Giorgio Roda Francesco ZolloFerrari 488 GT3114 +13 Laps32LMP333 CD Sport Nick Adcock Adam Eteki Michael JensenLigier JS P320 109 +18 LapsNot ClassifiedDNFGT1 HubAuto Racing Marcos Gomes Raffaele Marciello Liam TalbotMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo102DNFLMP344 ARC Bratislava Tom Cloet Miroslav Konôpka Charlie RobertsonGinetta G61-LT-P395DNFLMP38 Nielsen Racing Matthew Bell Rodrigo SalesLigier JS P32043DNFLMP363 DKR Engineering Jean Glorieux Laurents HörrDuqueine M30 – D0839Source:

Statistics

Fastest lap ClassDriverTeamTimeLMP2 Franco Colapinto #25 G-Drive Racing1:46.72385LMP3 Colin Noble #9 Nielsen Racing1:54.93863GT Julien Andlauer #40 GPX Racing1:57.4793Source:

Race 2

Qualifying Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold. Class Entry Driver Time1LMP225 G-Drive Racing Franco Colapinto1:43.88512LMP226 G-Drive Racing Yifei Ye1:43.94923LMP228 Jota Sean Gelael1:44.44234LMP25 Phoenix Racing Nicki Thiim1:44.54345LMP264 Racing Team India Narain Karthikeyan1:45.68456LMP218 Era Motorsport Kyle Tilley1:46.54367LMP211 EuroInternational – Ojets John Corbett1:49.37278LMP323 United Autosports Wayne Boyd1:51.50389LMP33 United Autosports Duncan Tappy1:51.614910LMP333 CD Sport Adam Eteki1:52.1451011LMP363 DKR Engineering Laurents Hörr1:52.7001112LMP315 RLR MSport Malthe Jakobsen1:52.8241213LMP39 Nielsen Racing Colin Noble1:52.8381314LMP32 United Autosports Andy Meyrick1:52.9781415LMP34 Phoenix-IronForce Racing Leo Weiss1:53.1381516LMP38 Nielsen Racing Matthew Bell1:53.2321617LMP344 ARC Bratislava Miroslav Konôpka1:53.6181718GT93 Precote Herberth Motorsport Klaus Bachler1:55.9181819GT40 GPX Racing Julien Andlauer1:55.9651920GT99 Precote Herberth Motorsport Robert Renauer1:56.0152021GT88 Garage 59 Maxime Martin1:56.3552122GT51 AF Corse Alessandro Pier Guidi1:56.3572223GT1 HubAuto Racing Raffaele Marciello1:56.4342324GT95 TF Sport Charlie Eastwood1:56.4742425GT97 Oman Racing Team with TF Sport Jonathan Adam1:56.8352526GT60 Formula Racing Nicklas Nielsen1:56.8692627GT89 Garage 59 Marvin Kirchhöfer1:56.9602728GT57 Car Guy Racing Côme Ledogar1:56.9652829GT54 AF Corse Francesco Castellacci1:57.2872930GT35 Walkenhorst Motorsport Sami-Matti Trogen1:57.3113031GT77 D'station Racing Tomonobu Fujii1:57.7203132GT27 Kessel Racing Giorgio Roda1:58.0153233GT34 Walkenhorst Motorsport Chandler Hull1:58.5153334GT7 Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport—3435GT55 Rinaldi Racing—3536GT66 Rinaldi Racing—36Source:

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.