The 2020 Le Castellet 240 was an endurance sportscar racing event held on August 29, 2020, at Circuit Paul Ricard. It was the third round of the 2020 European Le Mans Series and the eighth running of the event as part of the ELMS. This was the second race held this season at Paul Ricard after the round at Barcelona was cancelled due to rising cases of COVID-19 in Spain. The race was won by the #22 United Autosports run Oreca 07-Gibson driven by Filipe Albuquerque and Phil Hanson.
Race
Race results Class winners are in bold and . Class Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Time/Retired Engine 1 LMP222 United Autosports Phil Hanson Filipe Albuquerque Oreca 07 1184:00:25.979 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 2 LMP226 G-Drive Racing Mikkel Jensen Roman Rusinov Jean-Éric Vergne Aurus 01 118 +2.618 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 3 LMP239 Graff James Allen Alexandre Cougnaud Thomas Laurent Oreca 07 118 +12.047Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 4 LMP231 Panis Racing Julien Canal Nico Jamin Will Stevens Oreca 07 118 +17.673 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 5 LMP225 Algarve Pro Racing Gabriel Aubry John Falb Simon Trummer Oreca 07 118 +18.818 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 6LMP234 Inter Europol Competition René Binder Matevos Isaakyan Jakub ŚmiechowskiLigier JS P217118 +35.222Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 7 LMP228 IDEC Sport Richard Bradley Paul Lafargue Paul-Loup Chatin Oreca 07 118 +40.722 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 8LMP232 United Autosports Alex Brundle William Owen Job van UitertOreca 07118 +1:17.552Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 9 LMP230 Duqueine Engineering Tristan Gommendy Jonathan Hirschi Konstantin Tereshchenko Oreca 07 118 +1:30.449 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 10 LMP221 DragonSpeed Ben Hanley Memo Rojas Timothé Buret Oreca 07 117 +1 Lap Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 11 LMP2 50 Richard Mille Racing Team Beitske Visser Sophia Flörsch Oreca 07 117 +1 Lap Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 12 LMP237 Cool Racing Antonin Borga Alexandre Coigny Nicolas Lapierre Oreca 07 117 +1 Lap Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 13LMP220 High Class Racing Dennis Andersen Anders FjordbachOreca 07116 +2 LapsGibson GK428 4.2 L V8 14 LMP235 BHK Motorsport Sergio Campana Francesco Dracone Oreca 07 114 +4 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 15LMP38 Realteam Racing Esteban García David DrouxLigier JS P320111 +7 LapsNissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 16 LMP33 United Autosports Andrew Bentley Duncan Tappy Ligier JS P320 111 +7 Laps Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 17LMP313 Inter Europol Competition Martin Hippe Nigel MooreLigier JS P320111 +7 LapsNissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 18LMP315 RLR MSport James Dayson Malthe Jakobsen Robert MegennisLigier JS P320111 +7 LapsNissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 19 LMP310 Nielsen Racing Charles Crews Garett Grist Rob Hodes Duqueine M30 – D08 110 +8 Laps Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 20 LMGTE55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin Aaron Scott Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 110 +8 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 21 LMP34 DKR Engineering Laurents Hörr François Kirmann Wolfgang Triller Duqueine M30 – D08 110 +8 Laps Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 22LMGTE77 Proton Competition Michele Beretta Alessio Picariello Christian RiedPorsche 911 RSR110 +8 LapsPorsche 4.0 L Flat-6 23 LMGTE83 Iron Lynx Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Manuela Gostner Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 109 +9 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 24LMGTE74 Kessel Racing Michael Broniszewski David Perel Marcos GomesFerrari 488 GTE Evo109 +9 LapsFerrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 25 LMP311 Eurointernational Niko Kari Jacopo Baratto Nicolas Maulini Ligier JS P320 109 +9 Laps Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 26 LMGTE60 Iron Lynx Nicklas Nielsen Claudio Schiavoni Rino Mastronardi Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 108 +10 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 27 LMGTE51 AF Corse Steffen Görig Christoph Ulrich Daniel SerraFerrari 488 GTE Evo 108 +10 LapsFerrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 28 LMGTE66 JMW Motorsport Finlay Hutchison Gunnar Jeannette Rodrigo Sales Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 108 +10 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 29LMP39 Graff Vincent Capillaire Arnold Robin Maxime RobinLigier JS P320105 +13 LapsNissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 30 LMP35 Graff Sébastien Page Luis Sanjuan Eric TrouilletDuqueine M30 – D08 99 +19 LapsNissan VK56DE 5.6 L V831LMP316 BHK Motorsport Lorenzo Veglia Gustas Grinbergas Nick AdockLigier JS P32096 +22 LapsNissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 32LMP224 Algarve Pro Racing Henning Enqvist Jon Lancaster Loïc DuvalOreca 0784 +34 LapsGibson GK428 4.2 L V8 33 LMP37 Nielsen Racing Colin Noble Anthony WellsDuqueine M30 – D08 81ElectricalNissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 34 LMP32 United Autosports Wayne Boyd Tom Gamble Robert WheldonLigier JS P320 60RadiatorNissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 35 LMGTE93 Proton Competition Michael Fassbender Felipe Fernández Laser Richard LietzPorsche 911 RSR 0Did not startPorsche 4.0 L Flat-6 Source: References