2026 4 Hours of Barcelona

The 2026 4 Hours of Barcelona was an endurance sportscar racing event, held between 10 and 12 April 2026 at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain. It was the first of six rounds of the 2026 European Le Mans Series season, and the sixth consecutive running of the event as part of the championship.

Entry list

The provisional entry list was published on 1 April 2026 and consisted of 47 entries across 4 categories – 11 in LMP2, 12 in LMP2 Pro-Am, 10 in LMP3, and 14 in LMGT3.

Schedule Date Time (local: CEST) Event Friday, 10 April 11:50 Free Practice 1 16:10 Bronze Driver Collective Test Saturday, 11 April 10:10 Free Practice 2 15:05 Qualifying – LMGT3 15:30 Qualifying – LMP3 15:55 Qualifying – LMP2 Pro-Am 16:20 Qualifying – LMP2 Sunday, 12 April 12:00 Race Source:

Free practice Two practice sessions were held before the event: one on Friday, and one on Saturday. The session on Friday afternoon lasted 90 minutes, and the session on Saturday morning also lasted 90 minutes.

Practice 1 The first practice session started at 11:50 CEST on Friday. Class Entrant Driver Time LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing Jake Hughes 1:29.720 LMP2 Pro-Am 14 TDS Racing Sami Meguetounif 1:30.517 LMP3 13 Inter Europol Competition Henry Cubides Olarte 1:38.236 LMGT3 57 Kessel Racing Daniel Serra 1:41.577 Source: Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Practice 2 The second practice session started at 10:10 CEST on Saturday. Class Entrant Driver Time LMP2 34 Inter Europol Competition Reshad de Gerus 1:29.622 LMP2 Pro-Am 83 AF Corse Matthieu Vaxivière 1:30.534 LMP3 11 EuroInternational Max van der Snel 1:40.465 LMGT3 59 Racing Spirit of Léman Valentin Hasse-Clot 1:41.610 Source: Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Qualifying Qualifying started at 15:05 CEST, with four sessions of fifteen minutes each, one session for each class. Qualifying results Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold. Class Team Driver Time Gap 1 LMP2 34 Inter Europol Competition Reshad de Gerus 1:28.368 — 1 2 LMP2 29 Forestier Racing by Panis Esteban Masson 1:28.557 +0.189 2 3 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition Tom Dillmann 1:28.634 +0.266 3 4 LMP2 18 IDEC Sport Laurents Hörr 1:28.708 +0.340 4 5 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing Jake Hughes 1:28.830 +0.462 5 6 LMP2 22 United Autosports Ben Hanley 1:29.045 +0.677 6 7 LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Paul-Loup Chatin 1:29.107 +0.739 7 8 LMP2 24 Nielsen Racing Jack Doohan 1:29.220 +0.852 8 9 LMP2 37 CLX Motorsport Theodor Jensen 1:29.321 +0.953 9 10 LMP2 10 Vector Sport Pietro Fittipaldi 1:29.363 +0.995 10 11 LMP2 9 Proton Competition Mike Rockenfeller 1:29.824 +1.456 11 12 LMP2 Pro-Am 30 Duqueine Team Giorgio Roda 1:30.332 +1.964 12 13 LMP2 Pro-Am 99 AO by TF P. J. Hyett 1:31.272 +2.904 13 14 LMP2 Pro-Am 19 Rossa Racing by Virage John Falb 1:31.423 +3.055 14 15 LMP2 Pro-Am 7 Vector Sport Jens Reno Møller 1:31.598 +3.230 15 16 LMP2 Pro-Am 47 CLX Motorsport Georgios Kolovos 1:32.032 +3.664 16 17 LMP2 Pro-Am 3 DKR Engineering Jean Glorieux 1:32.043 +3.675 17 18 LMP2 Pro-Am 14 TDS Racing Steven Thomas 1:32.305 +3.937 18 19 LMP2 Pro-Am 20 Algarve Pro Racing Michael Jensen 1:32.534 +4.166 19 20 LMP2 Pro-Am 83 AF Corse François Perrodo 1:32.914 +4.546 20 21 LMP2 Pro-Am 88 Proton Competition Horst Felbermayr Jr. 1:33.068 +4.700 21 22 LMP2 Pro-Am 27 Nielsen Racing Kriton Lendoudis 1:34.836 +6.468 22 23 LMP2 Pro-Am 21 United Autosports Daniel Schneider 1:35.143 +6.775 23 24 LMP3 85 R-ace GP Hugo Schwarze 1:36.524 +8.156 24 25 LMP3 8 Team Virage Daniel Nogales 1:37.451 +9.083 25 26 LMP3 31 Racing Spirit of Léman Lenny Ried 1:37.636 +9.268 26 27 LMP3 5 Rinaldi Racing Mikkel Gaarde Pedersen 1:37.664 +9.296 27 28 LMP3 68 M Racing Quentin Antonel 1:38.096 +9.728 28 29 LMP3 11 EuroInternational Douwe Dedecker 1:38.127 +9.759 29 30 LMP3 17 CLX Motorsport Bruno Ribeiro 1:38.426 +10.058 30 31 LMP3 4 DKR Engineering Wyatt Brichacek 1:38.613 +10.245 31 32 LMP3 35 Ultimate Sebastian Gravlund 1:38.930 +10.562 32 33 LMGT3 62 Team Qatar by Iron Lynx Abdulla Al-Khelaifi 1:42.289 +13.921 34 34 LMGT3 33 TF Sport Blake McDonald 1:42.352 +13.984 35 35 LMGT3 75 Proton Competition Matt Kurzejewski 1:42.774 +14.406 36 36 LMGT3 59 Racing Spirit of Léman Clément Mateu 1:42.951 +14.583 37 37 LMGT3 74 Kessel Racing Andrew Gilbert 1:43.152 +14.784 38 38 LMGT3 57 Kessel Racing Takeshi Kimura 1:43.530 +15.162 39 39 LMGT3 55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron 1:43.776 +15.408 40 40 LMGT3 50 Richard Mille AF Corse Custodio Toledo 1:43.847 +15.479 41 41 LMGT3 63 Iron Lynx Ameerh Naran 1:44.016 +15.648 42 42 LMGT3 77 Proton Competition "" 1:44.107 +15.739 43 43 LMGT3 86 GR Racing Michael Wainwright 1:44.515 +16.147 44 44 LMGT3 23 United Autosports Michael Birch 1:45.544 +17.176 4545LMGT354 High Class Racing Dennis Andersen1:45.596 +17.2284646LMP313 Inter Europol Competition Henry Cubides OlarteNo time set3347LMGT351 AF CorseNo time established47 Source:

Race The race started at 12:00 CEST, and ran for 4 hours. The race was won by the No. 29 Forestier Racing by Panis Oreca 07, driven by Oliver Gray, Esteban Masson and Louis Rousset.

Race results The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 95 laps. Class winners are in bold and ‡. Class Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Time/Retired Engine 1 LMP2 29 Forestier Racing by Panis Oliver Gray Esteban Masson Louis Rousset Oreca 07 1354:26:59.110‡ Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 2 LMP2 34 Inter Europol Competition Reshad de Gerus Bijoy Garg Oreca 07 135 +13.398 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 3 LMP2 22 United Autosports Ben Hanley Griffin Peebles Grégoire Saucy Oreca 07 135 +17.784 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 4 LMP2 18 IDEC Sport Jamie Chadwick Laurents Hörr Valerio Rinicella Oreca 07 135 +33.629 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 5 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition Tom Dillmann Jakub Śmiechowski Nick Yelloly Oreca 07 135 +56.902 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 6 LMP2 10 Vector Sport Ryan Cullen Pietro Fittipaldi Vladislav Lomko Oreca 07 135 +1:00.627 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 7 LMP2 24 Nielsen Racing Jack Doohan Roy Nissany Edward Pearson Oreca 07 135 +1:03.292 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 8 LMP2 Pro-Am 20 Algarve Pro Racing Malthe Jakobsen Michael Jensen Enzo Trulli Oreca 07 135+1:14.361‡ Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 9 LMP2 37 CLX Motorsport Ian Aguilera Adrien Closmenil Theodor Jensen Oreca 07 135 +1:26.654 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 10 LMP2 Pro-Am 83 AF Corse Antonio Fuoco François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Oreca 07 135 +1:33.390 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 11 LMP2 Pro-Am 30 Duqueine Team Doriane Pin Giorgio Roda Richard Verschoor Oreca 07 135 +1:39.724 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 12 LMP2 Pro-Am 14 TDS Racing Scott Huffaker Sami Meguetounif Steven Thomas Oreca 07 134 +1 Lap Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 13 LMP2 Pro-Am 19 Rossa Racing by Virage Manuel Espírito Santo John Falb Rik Koen Oreca 07 134 +1 Lap Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 14 LMP2 Pro-Am 7 Vector Sport Cem Bölükbaşı Lorenzo Fluxá Jens Reno Møller Oreca 07 134 +1 Lap Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 15 LMP2 Pro-Am 21 United Autosports Oliver Jarvis Marino Sato Daniel Schneider Oreca 07 134 +1 Lap Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 16 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing Jake Hughes Matthias Kaiser Tristan Vautier Oreca 07 134 +1 Lap Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 17 LMP2 Pro-Am 3 DKR Engineering Sebastián Álvarez Jean Glorieux Marlon Hernandez Oreca 07 134 +1 Lap Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 18 LMP2 Pro-Am 88 Proton Competition René Binder Horst Felbermayr Jr. Horst Felix Felbermayr Oreca 07 134 +1 Lap Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 19 LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Paul-Loup Chatin Paul Lafargue Job van Uitert Oreca 07 133 +2 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 20 LMP2 Pro-Am 99 AO by TF Dane Cameron Louis Delétraz P. J. Hyett Oreca 07 131 +4 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 21 LMP3 5 Rinaldi Racing José Cautela Mikkel Gaarde Pedersen Alvise Rodella Ligier JS P325 127+8 Laps‡ Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6 22 LMP3 85 R-ace GP Fabien Michal Pierre-Alexandre Provost Hugo Schwarze Duqueine D09 127 +8 Laps Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6 23 LMP3 13 Inter Europol Competition Alexander Bukhantsov Chun-Ting Chou Henry Cubides Olarte Ligier JS P325 127 +8 Laps Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6 24 LMP3 11 EuroInternational Matthew Richard Bell Douwe Dedecker Max van der Snel Ligier JS P325 127 +8 Laps Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6 25 LMP3 8 Team Virage Daniel Nogales Matteo Quintarelli Louis Stern Ligier JS P325 127 +8 Laps Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6 26 LMP3 35 Ultimate Lucas Fecury Sebastian Gravlund Terrence Woodward Ligier JS P325 126 +9 Laps Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6 27 LMP3 31 Racing Spirit of Léman Ralph Meichtry Lenny Ried Grégory de Sybourg Ligier JS P325 126 +9 Laps Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6 28 LMGT3 75 Proton Competition Matt Kurzejewski Richard Lietz Tom Sargent Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) 124+11 Laps‡ Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 29 LMGT3 23 United Autosports Michael Birch Wayne Boyd Garnet Patterson McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 124 +11 Laps McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 30 LMGT3 57 Kessel Racing Mathys Jaubert Takeshi Kimura Daniel Serra Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 124 +11 Laps Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 31 LMGT3 62 Team Qatar by Iron Lynx Abdulla Al-Khelaifi Adam Christodoulou Julian Hanses Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 124 +11 Laps Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 32 LMGT3 50 Richard Mille AF Corse Riccardo Agostini Francesco Castellacci Custodio Toledo Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 124 +11 Laps Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 33 LMGT3 55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin David Perel Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 124 +11 Laps Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 34 LMGT3 63 Iron Lynx Rui Andrade Ameerh Naran Sérgio Sette Câmara Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 124 +11 Laps Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 35 LMGT3 77 Proton Competition "" Huub van Eijndhoven Harry King Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) 124 +11 Laps Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 36 LMGT3 51 AF Corse Conrad Laursen Davide Rigon Charles-Henri Samani Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 123 +12 Laps Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 37 LMGT3 59 Racing Spirit of Léman Marius Fossard Valentin Hasse-Clot Clément Mateu Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo 121 +14 Laps Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 38 LMGT3 54 High Class Racing Dennis Andersen Anders Fjordbach Laurin Heinrich Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) 120 +15 Laps Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 39 LMP3 17 CLX Motorsport Paul Lanchère Alexander Jacoby Bruno Ribeiro Ligier JS P325 119 +16 Laps Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V640LMGT374 Kessel Racing Andrew Gilbert Romain Leroux Fran RuedaFerrari 296 GT3 Evo118 +17 LapsFerrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V641LMP34 DKR Engineering Wyatt Brichacek Romain Favre Antti RammoLigier JS P325117 +18 LapsToyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6 Not classified LMGT3 33 TF Sport Charlie Eastwood Blake McDonald Alec Udell Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 77Contact Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8 LMGT3 86 GR Racing Lorcan Hanafin Mex Jansen Michael Wainwright Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 77Contact Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 LMP2 9 Proton Competition Sebastian Priaulx Jonas Ried Mike Rockenfeller Oreca 07 0Accident Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LMP2 Pro-Am 47 CLX Motorsport Felipe Fraga Georgios Kolovos Charles Milesi Oreca 07 0Accident Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LMP2 Pro-Am 27 Nielsen Racing James Allen Kriton Lendoudis Alex Quinn Oreca 07 0Accident Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8LMP368 M Racing Nick Adcock Quentin Antonel Thomas ImbourgLigier JS P3250AccidentToyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6 Source:

Statistics Fastest lap Class Entrant Driver Time LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition Tom Dillmann 1:30.634 3 LMP2 Pro-Am 14 TDS Racing Scott Huffaker 1:31.303 6 LMP3 85 R-ace GP Pierre-Alexandre Provost 1:39.730 11 LMGT3 77 Proton Competition Harry King 1:42.297 8 Source: References