The 2026 4 Hours of Le Castellet was an endurance sportscar racing event, held between 1 and 3 May 2026 at Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, France. It was the second of six rounds of the 2026 European Le Mans Series season, and the fifteenth consecutive running of the event as part of the championship.

Entry list

The provisional entry list was published on 22 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. In LMP2, Jonny Edgar filled in for Louis Delétraz in the No. 99 TF by AO Oreca while Luca Ghiotto replaced Nick Yelloly in the No. 43 Inter Europol Competition Oreca due to clash with the IMSA Sportscar Championship round at Laguna Seca.

Another driver at Laguna Seca was Harry King, who was replaced by Joel Sturm in the LMGT3 No. 77 Proton Competition Porsche. Elsewhere in LMGT3, Lilou Wadoux returned to the No. 50 AF Corse Ferrari and Maxime Martin to the No. 62 Team Qatar by Iron Lynx Mercedes-AMG following a clash with the opening round of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup at Circuit Paul Ricard.

Schedule Date Time (local: CEST) Event Friday, 1 May 11:50 Free Practice 1 16:20 Bronze Driver Collective Test Saturday, 2 May 10:10 Free Practice 2 15:10 Qualifying – LMGT3 15:32 Qualifying – LMP3 15:54 Qualifying – LMP2 Pro-Am 16:16 Qualifying – LMP2 Sunday, 3 May 12:00 Race Source:

Free practice Two practice sessions were held before the event: one on Friday and one on Saturday. Both sessions ran for 90 minutes.

Practice 1 The first practice session started at 11:50 CEST on Friday. Class Entrant Driver Time LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Job van Uitert 1:50.086 LMP2 Pro-Am 83 AF Corse Matthieu Vaxivière 1:50.280 LMP3 11 EuroInternational Max van der Snel 2:00.128 LMGT3 57 Kessel Racing Daniel Serra 2:03.164 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 29 Forestier Racing by Panis Esteban Masson 1:49.660 LMP2 Pro-Am 30 Duqueine Team Doriane Pin 1:50.605 LMP3 85 R-ace GP Pierre-Alexandre Provost 2:00.441 LMGT3 57 Kessel Racing Mathys Jaubert 2:02.986 Source: Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Qualifying Qualifying started at 15:10 CEST on Saturday, with four sessions of fifteen minutes each, one session for each class.

Qualifying results Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold. Race The race started at 12:00 CEST on Sunday, and ran for 4 hours. The race was won by the No. 22 United Autosports Oreca 07, driven by Ben Hanley, Griffin Peebles and Grégoire Saucy.

Race results The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 79 laps. Class winners are in bold and ‡. Class Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Time/Retired Engine 1 LMP2 22 United Autosports Ben Hanley Griffin Peebles Grégoire Saucy Oreca 07 1124:00:01.773‡ Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 2 LMP2 34 Inter Europol Competition Reshad de Gerus Bijoy Garg Oreca 07 112 +8.569 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 3 LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Paul-Loup Chatin Paul Lafargue Job van Uitert Oreca 07 112 +9.498 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 4 LMP2 18 IDEC Sport Jamie Chadwick Laurents Hörr Valerio Rinicella Oreca 07 112 +12.001 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 5 LMP2 10 Vector Sport Ryan Cullen Pietro Fittipaldi Vladislav Lomko Oreca 07 112 +12.796 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 6 LMP2 37 CLX Motorsport Ian Aguilera Adrien Closmenil Theodor Jensen Oreca 07 112 +14.284 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 7 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition Tom Dillmann Luca Ghiotto Jakub Śmiechowski Oreca 07 112 +14.758 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 8 LMP2 Pro-Am 27 Nielsen Racing James Allen Kriton Lendoudis Alex Quinn Oreca 07 112+23.971‡ Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 9 LMP2 Pro-Am 99 AO by TF Dane Cameron Jonny Edgar P. J. Hyett Oreca 07 112 +29.722 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 10 LMP2 Pro-Am 30 Duqueine Team Doriane Pin Giorgio Roda Richard Verschoor Oreca 07 112 +37.612 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 11 LMP2 9 Proton Competition Sebastian Priaulx Jonas Ried Mike Rockenfeller Oreca 07 112 +43.913 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 12 LMP2 Pro-Am 14 TDS Racing Scott Huffaker Sami Meguetounif Steven Thomas Oreca 07 112 +48.617 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 13 LMP2 Pro-Am 7 Vector Sport Cem Bölükbaşı Lorenzo Fluxá Jens Reno Møller Oreca 07 112 +49.149 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 14 LMP2 Pro-Am 83 AF Corse Antonio Fuoco François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Oreca 07 112 +52.426 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 15 LMP2 Pro-Am 19 Rossa Racing by Virage Manuel Espírito Santo John Falb Rik Koen Oreca 07 112 +53.447 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 16 LMP2 Pro-Am 21 United Autosports Oliver Jarvis Marino Sato Daniel Schneider Oreca 07 112 +54.177 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 17 LMP2 Pro-Am 47 CLX Motorsport Ferdinand Habsburg Georgios Kolovos Charles Milesi Oreca 07 112 +54.346 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 18 LMP2 Pro-Am 3 DKR Engineering Sebastián Álvarez Jean Glorieux Marlon Hernandez Oreca 07 112 +57.353 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 19 LMP2 Pro-Am 20 Algarve Pro Racing Malthe Jakobsen Michael Jensen Enzo Trulli Oreca 07 111 +1 Lap Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 20 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing Jake Hughes Matthias Kaiser Tristan Vautier Oreca 07 111 +1 Lap Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 21 LMP2 Pro-Am 88 Proton Competition René Binder Horst Felbermayr Jr. Horst Felix Felbermayr Oreca 07 111 +1 Lap Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 22 LMP2 24 Nielsen Racing Jack Doohan Roy Nissany Edward Pearson Oreca 07 110 +2 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 23 LMP3 13 Inter Europol Competition Alexander Bukhantsov Chun-Ting Chou Henry Cubides Olarte Ligier JS P325 104 +8 Laps‡ Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6 24 LMP3 68 M Racing Nick Adcock Thomas Imbourg Quentin Antonel Ligier JS P325 104 +8 Laps Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6 25 LMP3 4 DKR Engineering Wyatt Brichacek Romain Favre Antti Rammo Ligier JS P325 104 +8 Laps Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6 26 LMP3 35 Ultimate Lucas Fecury Sebastian Gravlund Terrence Woodward Ligier JS P325 104 +8 Laps Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6 27 LMP3 17 CLX Motorsport Paul Lanchère Alexander Jacoby Bruno Ribeiro Ligier JS P325 104 +8 Laps Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6 28 LMP3 85 R-ace GP Fabien Michal Pierre-Alexandre Provost Hugo Schwarze Duqueine D09 104 +8 Laps Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6 29 LMP3 5 Rinaldi Racing José Cautela Mikkel Gaarde Pedersen Alvise Rodella Ligier JS P325 104 +8 Laps Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6 30 LMP3 8 Team Virage Daniel Nogales Matteo Quintarelli Louis Stern Ligier JS P325 104 +8 Laps Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6 31 LMGT3 57 Kessel Racing Mathys Jaubert Takeshi Kimura Daniel Serra Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 103 +9 Laps‡ Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 32 LMGT3 33 TF Sport Charlie Eastwood Blake McDonald Alec Udell Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 103 +9 Laps Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8 33 LMGT3 86 GR Racing Lorcan Hanafin Mex Jansen Michael Wainwright Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 103 +9 Laps Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 34 LMGT3 55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin David Perel Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 103 +9 Laps Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 35 LMGT3 77 Proton Competition Huub van Eijndhoven "" Joel Sturm Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) 103 +9 Laps Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 36 LMGT3 63 Iron Lynx Rui Andrade Ameerh Naran Sérgio Sette Câmara Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 102 +10 Laps Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 37 LMGT3 75 Proton Competition Matt Kurzejewski Richard Lietz Tom Sargent Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) 102 +10 Laps Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 38 LMP3 31 Racing Spirit of Léman Ralph Meichtry Lenny Ried Grégory de Sybourg Ligier JS P325 102 +10 Laps Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6 39 LMGT3 54 High Class Racing Anders Fjordbach Max Moritz Thomas Preining Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) 102 +10 Laps Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-640LMGT359 Racing Spirit of Léman Marius Fossard Valentin Hasse-Clot Clément MateuAston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo102 +10 LapsAston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 Not classified LMP2 29 Forestier Racing by Panis Oliver Gray Esteban Masson Louis Rousset Oreca 07 91Sensor Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LMGT3 62 Team Qatar by Iron Lynx Abdulla Al-Khelaifi Julian Hanses Maxime Martin Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 85Collision damage Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 LMGT3 74 Kessel Racing Andrew Gilbert Romain Leroux Fran Rueda Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 69Wheel Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 LMGT3 23 United Autosports Michael Birch Wayne Boyd Garnet Patterson McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 27Mechanical McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8LMGT350 Richard Mille AF Corse Riccardo Agostini Custodio Toledo Lilou WadouxFerrari 296 GT3 Evo9CollisionFerrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6LMGT351 AF Corse Conrad Laursen Davide Rigon Charles-Henri SamaniFerrari 296 GT3 Evo103DisqualifiedFerrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6LMP311 EuroInternational Matthew Richard Bell Douwe Dedecker Max van der SnelLigier JS P32567DisqualifiedToyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6 Source:

Statistics Fastest lap Class Entrant Driver Time LMP2 22 United Autosports Griffin Peebles 1:50.468 6 LMP2 Pro-Am 20 Algarve Pro Racing Malthe Jakobsen 1:50.686 12 LMP3 85 R-ace GP Hugo Schwarze 2:00.709 26 LMGT3 59 Racing Spirit of Léman Valentin Hasse-Clot 2:03.741 3 Source: References