The 2024 4 Hours of Imola was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 5 and 7 July 2024, as the third round of the 2024 European Le Mans Series season.

The layout of the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari

Entry list

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The pre-event entry list was released on 26 June 2024 and consisted of 43 entries between 4 categories - 14 in LMP2, 8 in LMP2 Pro/Am, 10 in LMP3 and 11 in LMGT3.[1][2]

Paul-Loup Chatin replaced Ritomo Miyata in the No. 37 COOL Racing. Miyata could not compete in this round due to his FIA F2 commitments.[1][2] The other change in the No. 47 was Carl Bennett who had replaced Alex García.[1] Ferdinand Habsburg drove in the No. 47 COOL Racing for the first time this season after missing previous rounds due to an injury.[1] Paul Lafargue had to skip this round for family matters, Marcos Siebert replaced him in the No. 28 IDEC Sport.[3] Paul Lanchere joined Lahaye brothers in the No. 35 Ultimate.[2][3]

Schedule

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Date Time (local: CEST) Event
Friday, 5 July 10:40 Free Practice 1
15:40 Bronze Drivers Collective Test
Saturday, 6 July 10:05 Free Practice 2
14:35 Qualifying - LMGT3
15:00 Qualifying - LMP3
15:25 Qualifying - LMP2 Pro-Am
15:50 Qualifying - LMP2
Sunday, 7 July 11:30 Race
Source:[4]

Free practice

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  • Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Free Practice 1 Class No. Entrant Time
LMP2 34   Inter Europol Competition 1:31.236
LMP2 Pro/Am 20   Algarve Pro Racing 1:31.787
LMP3 88   Inter Europol Competition 1:39.053
LMGT3 57   Kessel Racing 1:42.386
Free Practice 2 Class No. Entrant Time
LMP2 65   Panis Racing 1:30.885
LMP2 Pro/Am 20   Algarve Pro Racing 1:32.243
LMP3 12   WTM by Rinaldi Racing 1:39.541
LMGT3 57   Kessel Racing 1:42.588
Sources:[5][6]

Qualifying

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Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 LMP2 65   Panis Racing   Charles Milesi 1:30.829 1
2 LMP2 25   Algarve Pro Racing   Alexander Lynn 1:30.961 +0.132 2
3 LMP2 10   Vector Sport   Felipe Drugovich 1:30.988 +0.159 3
4 LMP2 47   COOL Racing   Frederik Vesti 1:31.051 +0.222 4
5 LMP2 37   COOL Racing   Malthe Jakobsen 1:31.098 +0.269 5
6 LMP2 34   Inter Europol Competition   Oliver Gray 1:31.184 +0.355 6
7 LMP2 14   AO by TF   Robert Kubica 1:31.279 +0.450 7
8 LMP2 22   United Autosports   Benjamin Hanley 1:31.321 +0.492 8
9 LMP2 23   United Autosports   Paul di Resta 1:31.365 +0.536 9
10 LMP2 28   IDEC Sport   Reshad de Gerus 1:31.465 +0.636 10
11 LMP2 43   Inter Europol Competition   Tom Dillmann 1:31.545 +0.716 11
12 LMP2 27   Nielsen Racing   William Stevens 1:31.657 +0.828 12
13 LMP2 9   Iron LynxProton   Matteo Cairoli 1:31.718 +0.889 13
14 LMP2 Pro/Am 77   Proton Competition   Giorgio Roda 1:33.093 +2.264 14
15 LMP2 Pro/Am 29   Richard Mille by TDS   Rodrigo Sales 1:33.625 +2.796 16[Q 1]
16 LMP2 Pro/Am 83   AF Corse   François Perrodo 1:34.120 +3.291 15
17 LMP2 Pro/Am 19   Team Virage   Anthony Wells 1:34.362 +3.533 17
18 LMP2 Pro/Am 24   Nielsen Racing   John Falb 1:34.455 +3.626 18
19 LMP2 Pro/Am 21   United Autosports   Daniel Schneider 1:34.959 +4.130 19
20 LMP2 Pro/Am 20   Algarve Pro Racing   Kriton Lendoudis 1:35.872 +5.043 20
21 LMP2 Pro/Am 3   DKR Engineering   Andres Latorre Canon 1:37.652 +6.823 21
22 LMP3 4   DKR Engineering   Wyatt Brichacek 1:37.776 +6.947 22
23 LMP3 12   WTM by Rinaldi Racing   Óscar Tunjo 1:38.019 +7.190 23
24 LMP3 15   RLR M Sport   Gaël Julien 1:38.564 +7.735 24
25 LMP3 88   Inter Europol Competition   Kai Askey 1:38.637 +7.808 25
26 LMP3 17   COOL Racing   Manuel Espírito Santo 1:38.684 +7.855 26
27 LMP3 8   Team Virage   Gillian Henrion 1:38.927 +8.098 27
28 LMP3 31   Racing Spirit of Léman   Antoine Doquin 1:39.072 +8.243 28
29 LMP3 11   Eurointernational   Adam Ali 1:39.081 +8.252 29
30 LMP3 5   RLR M Sport   Bailey Voisin 1:39.701 +8.872 30
31 LMP3 35   Ultimate   Jean-Baptiste Lahaye 1:39.775 +8.946 31
32 LMGT3 85   Iron Dames   Sarah Bovy 1:43.349 +12.520 32
33 LMGT3 59   Racing Spirit of Léman   Derek DeBoer 1:43.476 +12.647 33
34 LMGT3 63   Iron Lynx   Hiroshi Hamaguchi 1:43.560 +12.731 34
35 LMGT3 57   Kessel Racing   Takeshi Kimura 1:43.821 +12.992 35
36 LMGT3 97   Grid Motorsport by TF   Martin Berry 1:44.230 +13.401 36
37 LMGT3 50   Formula Racing   Johnny Laursen 1:44.592 +13.763 37
38 LMGT3 51   AF Corse   Charles-Henri Samani 1:44.747 +13.918 38
39 LMGT3 86   GR Racing   Michael Wainwright 1:44.786 +13.957 39
40 LMGT3 55   Spirit of Race   Duncan Cameron 1:45.523 +14.694 40
41 LMGT3 60   Proton Competition   Claudio Schiavoni 1:46.321 +15.492 41
42 LMGT3 66   JMW Motorsport   John Hartshorne 1:49.682 +18.853 42
43 LMP2 30   Duqueine Team   James Allen [Q 2] 43
Sources:[9][10][11][12][13][14]
  1. ^ The No. 29 Richard Mille by TDS was penalised for impeding the car No. 3 and was moved back on the grid by 1 position.[7]
  2. ^ The No. 30 Duqueine Team was penalised for causing the red flag during Qualifying session and lost all its laps. It was also obliged to start the race with its fastest driver.[8]

Race

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Race result

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The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 93 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

Final Classification[15]
Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Tyres Laps Time/Gap
1 LMP2 65   Panis Racing   Manuel Maldonado
  Charles Milesi
  Arthur Leclerc
Oreca 07 G 133 4:01:32.720[R 1]
2 LMP2 14   AO by TF   Jonny Edgar
  Louis Delétraz
  Robert Kubica
Oreca 07 G 133 +11.357
3 LMP2 10   Vector Sport   Ryan Cullen
  Stéphane Richelmi
  Felipe Drugovich
Oreca 07 G 133 +11.621
4 LMP2 43   Inter Europol Competition   Sebastián Álvarez
  Vladislav Lomko
  Tom Dillmann
Oreca 07 G 133 +12.561
5 LMP2 28   IDEC Sport   Marcos Siebert
  Reshad de Gerus
  Job van Uitert
Oreca 07 G 133 +12.735
6 LMP2 23   United Autosports   Bijoy Garg
  Fabio Scherer
  Paul di Resta
Oreca 07 G 133 +42.244
7 LMP2 34   Inter Europol Competition   Oliver Gray
  Clément Novalak
  Luca Ghiotto
Oreca 07 G 133 +1:01.248
8 LMP2 25   Algarve Pro Racing   Matthias Kaiser
  Olli Caldwell
  Alexander Lynn
Oreca 07 G 132 +1 Laps
9 LMP2 Pro/Am 20   Algarve Pro Racing   Kriton Lendoudis
  Richard Bradley
  Alex Quinn
Oreca 07 G 132 +1 Laps
10 LMP2 Pro/Am 83   AF Corse   François Perrodo
  Matthieu Vaxivière
  Alessio Rovera
Oreca 07 G 132 +1 Laps
11 LMP2 Pro/Am 29   Richard Mille by TDS   Rodrigo Sales
  Mathias Beche
  Grégoire Saucy
Oreca 07 G 132 +1 Laps
12 LMP2 30   Duqueine Team   Niels Koolen
  Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer
  James Allen
Oreca 07 G 132 +1 Laps
13 LMP2 Pro/Am 19   Team Virage   Anthony Wells
  Matthew Bell
  Nelson Piquet Jr.
Oreca 07 G 131 +2 Laps
14 LMP2 Pro/Am 3   DKR Engineering   Andres Latorre Canon
  Cem Bölükbaşı
  Laurents Hörr
Oreca 07 G 131 +2 Laps
15 LMP2 Pro/Am 24   Nielsen Racing   John Falb
  Colin Noble
  Albert Costa Balboa
Oreca 07 G 131 +2 Laps
16 LMP2 Pro/Am 21   United Autosports   Daniel Schneider
  Andrew Meyrick
  Oliver Jarvis
Oreca 07 G 130 +3 Laps
17 LMP2 Pro/Am 77   Proton Competition   Giorgio Roda
  René Binder
  Bent Viscaal
Oreca 07 G 130 +3 Laps
18 LMP2 47   COOL Racing   Carl Bennett
  Ferdinand Habsburg
  Frederik Vesti
Oreca 07 G 130 +3 Laps
19 LMP2 22   United Autosports   Filip Ugran
  Marino Sato
  Benjamin Hanley
Oreca 07 G 130 +3 Laps[R 2]
20 LMP2 27   Nielsen Racing   David Heinemeier Hansson
  Nicolás Pino
  William Stevens
Oreca 07 G 128 +5 Laps
21 LMP3 11   Eurointernational   Matthew Richard Bell
  Adam Ali
Ligier JS P320 M 125 +8 Laps
22 LMP3 8   Team Virage   Julien Gerbi
  Bernardo Pinheiro
  Gillian Henrion
Ligier JS P320 M 125 +8 Laps
23 LMP3 35   Ultimate   Paul Lanchere
  Jean-Baptiste Lahaye
  Matthieu Lahaye
Ligier JS P320 M 124 +9 Laps
24 LMP3 15   RLR M Sport   Michael Jensen
  Nick Adcock
  Gaël Julien
Ligier JS P320 M 124 +9 Laps
25 LMP3 12   WTM by Rinaldi Racing   Torsten Kratz
  Leonard Weiss
  Óscar Tunjo
Duqueine M30 - D08 M 124 +9 Laps
26 LMP3 4   DKR Engineering   Alexander Mattschull
  Belén García
  Wyatt Brichacek
Duqueine M30 - D08 M 124 +9 Laps
27 LMP3 5   RLR M Sport   James Dayson
  Daniel Ali
  Bailey Voisin
Ligier JS P320 M 123 +10 Laps
28 LMGT3 85   Iron Dames   Sarah Bovy
  Rahel Frey
  Michelle Gatting
Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 G 123 +10 Laps
29 LMGT3 59   Racing Spirit of Léman   Derek DeBoer
  Casper Stevenson
  Valentin Hasse-Clot
Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3 G 123 +10 Laps
30 LMP3 17   COOL Racing   Miguel Cristóvão
  Cédric Oltramare
  Manuel Espírito Santo
Ligier JS P320 M 123 +10 Laps
31 LMGT3 63   Iron Lynx   Hiroshi Hamaguchi
  Axcil Jefferies
  Andrea Caldarelli
Lamborghini Huracan LMGT3 Evo2 G 123 +10 Laps
32 LMGT3 57   Kessel Racing   Takeshi Kimura
  Esteban Masson
  Daniel Serra
Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 123 +10 Laps[R 3]
33 LMGT3 97   Grid Motorsport by TF   Martin Berry
  Lorcan Hanafin
  Jonathan Adam[R 4]
Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3 G 123 +10 Laps[R 5]
34 LMGT3 51   AF Corse   Charles-Henri Samani
  Emmanuel Collard
  Nicolás Varrone
Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 122 +11 Laps
35 LMGT3 86   GR Racing   Michael Wainwright
  Riccardo Pera
  Davide Rigon
Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 122 +11 Laps
36 LMGT3 55   Spirit of Race   Duncan Cameron
  David Perel
  Matthew Griffin
Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 122 +11 Laps
37 LMGT3 50   Formula Racing   Johnny Laursen
  Conrad Laursen
  Nicklas Nielsen
Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 122 +11 Laps
38 LMGT3 66   JMW Motorsport   John Hartshorne
  Ben Tuck
  Philip Keen
Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 120 +13 Laps
39 LMGT3 60   Proton Competition   Claudio Schiavoni
  Matteo Cressoni
  Julien Andlauer
Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 G 120 +13 Laps[R 6]
40 LMP3 88   Inter Europol Competition   Alexander Bukhantsov
  Kai Askey
  Pedro Perino[R 7]
Ligier JS P320 M 107 +26 Laps
Not classified
LMP2 9   Iron LynxProton   Jonas Ried
  Macéo Capietto
  Matteo Cairoli
Oreca 07 G 120
LMP3 31   Racing Spirit of Léman   Jacques Wolff
  Jean-Ludovic Foubert
  Antoine Doquin
Ligier JS P320 M 104
LMP2 37   COOL Racing   Lorenzo Fluxá
  Malthe Jakobsen
  Paul-Loup Chatin
Oreca 07 G 72
  1. ^ The No. 65 Panis Racing was origianlly penalised for accelerating too early at the end of a Full Course Yellow, and a drive-through converted into 35 seconds time penalty was given.[16] The penalty would later be overturned, with the No. 65 reinstated as winner.[17]
  2. ^ The No. 22 United Autosports was penalised for not fulfilling minimum driving time by Benjamin Hanley. Hanley drove 1 minute and 35.999 seconds under the minimum. The penalty was deduction of 1 lap from the covered distance and adding 43 seconds to crew's total race time.[16][18]
  3. ^ The No. 57 Kessel Racing was penalised for overtaking car No. 63 under double-waved yellow flags. The penalty was a drive-through converted into 35 seconds time penalty.[16][19]
  4. ^ Jonathan Adam did not fulfil minimum driving time to score points.[20]
  5. ^ The No. 97 Grid Motorsport by TF was penalised for exceeding track limits. The penalty was a drive-through converted into 35 seconds time penalty.[16][21]
  6. ^ The No. 60 Proton Competition was penalised not complying with rules of accessing pit lane under a Full Course Yellow. The penalty was 3 minutes Stop & Go converted into deduction of 2 laps from the covered distance and adding 9 seconds to crew's total race time.[22]
  7. ^ Pedro Perino did not fulfil minimum driving time to score points.[23]

Statistics

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Fastest lap

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Class Driver Team Time Lap
LMP2   Arthur Leclerc   #65 Panis Racing 1:31.757 67
LMP2 Pro/Am   Oliver Jarvis   #21 United Autosports 1:32.694 108
LMP3   Wyatt Brichacek   #4 DKR Engineering 1:39.635 106
LMGT3   Julien Andlauer   #60 Proton Competition 1:42.689 90
Source:[24]

References

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