The 2023 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 22 and 24 September 2023, as the fourth round of the 2023 European Le Mans Series season.
Main article: 2023 European Le Mans Series § Entries |
The pre-event entry list consisted of 41 entries in 4 categories – 7 in LMP2, 10 in LMP2 Pro/Am, 12 in LMP3 and 12 in LMGTE. In comparison to the previous round one car was missing – the No. 23 United Autosports USA was withdrawn for the rest of the season due to Jim McGuire's injury.[1][2]
Alessio Rovera stayed in the No. 83 AF Corse entry after replacing Ben Barnicoat at Aragón.[1] Bent Viscaal was kept in crew of the No. 20 Algarve Pro Racing after replacing Jack Hawksworth in previous round.[1] Nelson Piquet Jr. came back to the No. 21 United Autosports USA after missing previous race.[1] Tom van Rompuy also missed previous round and came back to the car No. 3 of DKR Engineering.[1][2] François Heriau joined Glenn van Berlo in the No. 10 Eurointernational.[1][2] Daniel Serra joined the No. 57 Kessel Racing.[1][2]
Date | Time (local: CEST) | Event |
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Friday, 22 September | 11:00 | Free Practice 1 |
14:45 | Bronze Drivers Collective Test | |
Saturday, 23 September | 10:15 | Free Practice 2 |
14:05 | Qualifying - LMGTE | |
14:30 | Qualifying - LMP3 | |
14:55 | Qualifying - LMP2 Pro/Am | |
15:20 | Qualifying - LMP2 | |
Sunday, 24 September | 11:30 | Race |
Source:[3] |
Free Practice 1 | Class | No. | Entrant | Time |
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LMP2 | 22 | United Autosports USA | 2:05.030 | |
LMP2 Pro/Am | 37 | Cool Racing | 2:05.060 | |
LMP3 | 31 | Racing Spirit of Leman | 2:12.789 | |
LMGTE | 60 | Iron Lynx | 2:16.741 | |
Free Practice 2 | LMP2 | 43 | Inter Europol Competition | 2:04.530 |
LMP2 Pro/Am | 21 | United Autosports USA | 2:05.630 | |
LMP3 | 8 | Team Virage | 2:12.212 | |
LMGTE | 60 | Iron Lynx | 2:17.096 | |
Source:[4][5] |
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.
Pos | Class | No. | Team | Driver | Time | Gap | Grid |
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1 | LMP2 | 25 | Algarve Pro Racing | Alexander Lynn | 2:03.564 | — | 1 |
2 | LMP2 | 22 | United Autosports USA | Philip Hanson | 2:03.672 | +0.108 | 2 |
3 | LMP2 | 28 | IDEC Sport | Laurents Hörr | 2:03.789 | +0.225 | 3 |
4 | LMP2 | 30 | Duqueine Team | René Binder | 2:04.197 | +0.633 | 4 |
5 | LMP2 | 43 | Inter Europol Competition | Jonathan Aberdein | 2:04.211 | +0.647 | 5 |
6 | LMP2 | 65 | Panis Racing | Job van Uitert | 2:04.350 | +0.786 | 6 |
7 | LMP2 | 47 | Cool Racing | Vladislav Lomko | 2:05.013 | +1.449 | 7 |
8 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 34 | Racing Team Turkey | Salih Yoluç | 2:05.221 | +1.657 | 8 |
9 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 99 | Proton Competition | Giorgio Roda | 2:05.874 | +2.310 | 9 |
10 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 3 | DKR Engineering | Tom van Rompuy | 2:07.112 | +3.548 | 10 |
11 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 37 | Cool Racing | Alexandre Coigny | 2:07.307 | +3.743 | 11 |
12 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 24 | Nielsen Racing | Rodrigo Sales | 2:07.852 | +4.288 | 12 |
13 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 19 | Team Virage | Alexander Mattschull | 2:07.977 | +4.413 | 16[Q 1] |
14 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 83 | AF Corse | François Perrodo | 2:08.104 | +4.540 | 13 |
15 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 21 | United Autosports USA | Daniel Schneider | 2:08.483 | +4.919 | 14 |
16 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 81 | DragonSpeed USA | Henrik Hedman | 2:09.700 | +6.136 | 15 |
17 | LMP3 | 8 | Team Virage | Manuel Espírito Santo | 2:11.285 | +7.721 | 17 |
18 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 20 | Algarve Pro Racing | Fred Poordad | 2:11.461 | +7.897 | 18 |
19 | LMP3 | 7 | Nielsen Racing | Ryan Harper-Ellam | 2:11.630 | +8.066 | 19 |
20 | LMP3 | 10 | Eurointernational | Glenn van Berlo | 2:11.943 | +8.379 | 20 |
21 | LMP3 | 17 | Cool Racing | Marcos Siebert | 2:11.978 | +8.414 | 21 |
22 | LMP3 | 31 | Racing Spirit of Leman | Antoine Doquin | 2:12.064 | +8.500 | 22 |
23 | LMP3 | 11 | Eurointernational | Adam Ali | 2:12.124 | +8.560 | 23 |
24 | LMP3 | 13 | Inter Europol Competition | Wyatt Brichacek | 2:12.520 | +8.956 | 24 |
25 | LMP3 | 15 | RLR M Sport | Gaël Julien | 2:12.523 | +8.959 | 25 |
26 | LMP3 | 4 | DKR Engineering | James Winslow | 2:12.574 | +9.010 | 26 |
27 | LMP3 | 35 | Ultimate | Matthieu Lahaye | 2:12.856 | +9.292 | 27 |
28 | LMP3 | 5 | RLR M Sport | Valdemar Eriksen | 2:13.328 | +9.764 | 28 |
29 | LMGTE | 16 | Proton Competition | Ryan Hardwick | 2:17.385 | +13.821 | 29 |
30 | LMGTE | 72 | TF Sport | Arnold Robin | 2:18.039 | +14.475 | 30 |
31 | LMGTE | 66 | JMW Motorsport | Martin Berry | 2:18.362 | +14.798 | 31 |
32 | LMGTE | 44 | GMB Motorsport | Jens Møller | 2:18.436 | +14.872 | 32 |
33 | LMGTE | 93 | Proton Competition | Michael Fassbender | 2:18.568 | +15.004 | 33 |
34 | LMGTE | 55 | Spirit of Race | Duncan Cameron | 2:18.817 | +15.253 | 34 |
35 | LMGTE | 50 | Formula Racing | Johnny Laursen | 2:18.914 | +15.350 | 35 |
36 | LMGTE | 57 | Kessel Racing | Takeshi Kimura | 2:18.919 | +15.355 | 36 |
37 | LMGTE | 77 | Proton Competition | Christian Ried | 2:19.002 | +15.438 | 37 |
38 | LMGTE | 51 | AF Corse | Kriton Lentoudis | 2:20.341 | +16.777 | 38 |
39 | LMGTE | 60 | Iron Lynx | Claudio Schiavoni | 2:20.658 | +17.094 | 39 |
40 | LMGTE | 95 | TF Sport | John Hartshorne | 2:20.811 | +17.247 | 40 |
DSQ | LMP3 | 12 | WTM by Rinaldi Racing | Óscar Tunjo | 2:10.554 | +6.990 | –[Q 2] |
Sources:[8][9][10][11][12][13] |
The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 61 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.
Class | Driver | Team | Time | Lap |
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LMP2 | Kyffin Simpson | #25 Algarve Pro Racing | 2:06.150 | 8 |
LMP2 Pro/Am | Malthe Jakobsen | #37 Cool Racing | 2:06.042 | 70 |
LMP3 | Matthew Richard Bell | #11 Eurointernational | 2:13.990 | 16 |
LMGTE | Julien Andlauer | #77 Proton Competition | 2:17.686 | 46 |
Source:[22] |