2018 4 Hours of Le Castellet

The 2018 4 Hours of Le Castellet was an endurance motor race that took place at the Circuit Paul Ricard near Le Castellet, France between 13 and 15 April 2018, and served as the opening round of the 2018 European Le Mans Series.

1A-V2 layout of Circuit Paul Ricard used for this race (pit road was different before 2019)

The overall race victory was taken by the LMP2-class Oreca 07 of Racing Engineering, with Norman Nato, Paul Petit and Olivier Pla winning on the teams' debut in the series.^[1]

Qualifying

Qualifying result

Pole position winners in each class are in bold.

Pos.	Class	No°	Team	Chassis	Time	Grid
1	LMP2	28	IDEC Sport	Oreca 07	1:41.194	1
2	LMP2	33	TDS Racing	Oreca 07	1:41.638	2
3	LMP2	21	DragonSpeed	Oreca 07	1:41.904	3
4	LMP2	24	Racing Engineering	Oreca 07	1:42.130	4
5	LMP2	29	Duqueine Engineering	Oreca 07	1:42.138	5
6	LMP2	31	APR - Rebellion Racing	Oreca 07	1:42.194	6
7	LMP2	23	Panis Barthez Competition	Ligier JS P217	1:42.199	7
8	LMP2	36	Signatech Alpine Matmut	Alpine A470	1:42.230	8
9	LMP2	35	SMP Racing	Dallara P217	1:42.507	9
10	LMP2	40	G-Drive Racing	Oreca 07	1:42.582	10
11	LMP2	30	AVF by Adrián Vallés	Dallara P217	1:42.660	11
12	LMP2	26	G-Drive Racing	Oreca 07	1:42.850	12
13	LMP2	39	Graff	Oreca 07	1:43.139	13
14	LMP2	32	United Autosports	Ligier JS P217	1:43.410	14
15	LMP2	49	High Class Racing	Dallara P217	1:43.717	15
16	LMP2	47	Cetilar Villorba Corse	Dallara P217	1:43.895	16
17	LMP2	22	United Autosports	Ligier JS P217	1:44.043	17
18	LMP2	27	IDEC Sport	Ligier JS P217	1:46.016	18
19	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	Ligier JS P217	1:47.194	19
20	LMP3	19	M.Racing - YMR	Norma M30	1:51.930	20
21	LMP3	17	Ultimate	Norma M30	1:51.991	21
22	LMP3	8	DKR Engineering	Norma M30	1:52.104	22
23	LMP3	15	RLR Msport	Ligier JS P3	1:52.108	23
24	LMP3	2	United Autosports	Ligier JS P3	1:52.641	24
25	LMP3	3	United Autosports	Ligier JS P3	1:52.711	25
26	LMP3	6	360 Racing	Ligier JS P3	1:52.783	26
27	LMP3	11	Eurointernational	Ligier JS P3	1:53.009	27
28	LMP3	18	M.Racing - YMR	Ligier JS P3	1:53.070	28
29	LMP3	5	NEFIS By Speed Factory	Ligier JS P3	1:53.198	29
30	LMGTE	88	Proton Competition	Porsche 911 RSR	1:53.377	30
31	LMP3	9	AT Racing	Ligier JS P3	1:53.383	31
32	LMP3	13	Inter Europol Competition	Ligier JS P3	1:53.400	32
33	LMP3	7	Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen	Ligier JS P3	1:53.638	33
34	LMP3	4	Cool Racing	Ligier JS P3	1:53.872	34
35	LMP3	12	Eurointernational	Ligier JS P3	1:54.027	35
36	LMP3	10	Oregon Team	Norma M30	1:54.172	36
37	LMGTE	66	JMW Motorsport	Ferrari 488 GTE	1:54.562	37
38	LMP3	14	Inter Europol Competition	Ligier JS P3	1:54.582	38
39	LMGTE	77	Proton Competition	Porsche 911 RSR	1:54.830	39
40	LMGTE	83	Krohn Racing	Ferrari 488 GTE	1:54.905	40
41	LMGTE	55	Spirit of Race	Ferrari 488 GTE	1:54.949	41
42	LMP3	16	BHK Motorsport	Ligier JS P3	1:55.159	42
43	LMGTE	80	Ebimotors	Porsche 911 RSR	1:55.183	43
44	LMGTE	54	Spirit of Race	Ferrari 488 GTE	1:55.790	44
45	LMGTE	86	Gulf Racing	Porsche 911 RSR	No Time	451
Source:[2]

Notes

• ^1  – The No° 86 Gulf Racing Porsche 911 RSR originally qualified second in class but had all lap times deleted due to a stewards' decision.^[2]

Race

Race result

Class winners are in bold and ‡.

Pos.	Class	No°	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	LMP2	24	Racing Engineering	Norman Nato Paul Petit Olivier Pla	Oreca 07	D	129‡
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
2	LMP2	33	TDS Racing	Loïc Duval François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière	Oreca 07	D	129
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
3	LMP2	29	Duqueine Engineering	Nico Jamin Nelson Panciatici Pierre Ragues	Oreca 07	M	129
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
4	LMP2	26	G-Drive Racing	Alexandre Imperatori Andrea Pizzitola Roman Rusinov	Oreca 07	D	129
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
5	LMP2	36	Signatech Alpine Matmut	André Negrão Pierre Thiriet	Alpine A470	D	129
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
6	LMP2	40	G-Drive Racing	James Allen Enzo Guibbert José Gutiérrez	Oreca 07	D	129
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
7	LMP2	28	IDEC Sport	Paul-Loup Chatin Paul Lafargue Memo Rojas	Oreca 07	M	128
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
8	LMP2	23	Panis Barthez Competition	Timothé Buret Julien Canal Will Stevens	Ligier JS P217	M	128
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
9	LMP2	32	United Autosports	Wayne Boyd Will Owen Hugo de Sadeleer	Ligier JS P217	D	128
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
10	LMP2	39	Graff	Alexandre Cougnaud Tristan Gommendy Jonathan Hirschi	Oreca 07	D	128
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
11	LMP2	30	AVF by Adrián Vallés	Henrique Chaves Konstantin Tereshchenko	Dallara P217	D	128
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
12	LMP2	22	United Autosports	Philip Hanson Bruno Senna	Ligier JS P217	D	128
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
13	LMP2	49	High Class Racing	Dennis Andersen Anders Fjordbach	Dallara P217	D	127
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
14	LMP2	47	Cetilar Villorba Corse	Andrea Belicchi Roberto Lacorte Giorgio Sernagiotto	Dallara P217	D	127
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
15	LMP2	31	APR - Rebellion Racing	Ryan Cullen Gustavo Menezes Harrison Newey	Oreca 07	D	127
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
16	LMP3	15	RLR Msport	John Farano Rob Garofall Job van Uitert	Ligier JS P3	M	119‡
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
17	LMP3	19	M.Racing - YMR	David Droux Nicolas Ferrer Lucas Légeret	Norma M30	M	119
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
182	LMP3	11	Eurointernational	Giorgio Mondini Kay van Berlo	Ligier JS P3	M	119
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
19	LMP3	6	360 Racing	Ross Kaiser James Swift Terrence Woodward	Ligier JS P3	M	119
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
20	LMP3	2	United Autosports	John Falb Sean Rayhall	Ligier JS P3	M	119
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
21	LMP3	13	Inter Europol Competition	Martin Hippe Jakub Śmiechowski	Ligier JS P3	M	118
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
22	LMP3	3	United Autosports	Matthew Bell Garett Grist Anthony Wells	Ligier JS P3	M	118
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
23	LMP3	9	AT Racing	Yann Clairay Alexander Talkanitsa, Jr. Alexander Talkanitsa, Sr.	Ligier JS P3	M	118
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
24	LMP3	7	Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen	Alex Kapadia Colin Noble Christian Stubbe Olsen	Ligier JS P3	M	118
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
25	LMP3	4	Cool Racing	Iradj Alexander Antonin Borga Alexandre Coigny	Ligier JS P3	M	118
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
26	LMGTE	66	JMW Motorsport	Liam Griffin Alex MacDowall Miguel Molina	Ferrari 488 GTE	D	118‡
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
27	LMGTE	88	Proton Competition	Matteo Cairoli Gianluca Roda Giorgio Roda	Porsche 911 RSR	D	118
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
28	LMP3	10	Oregon Team	Clément Mateu Andrés Méndez Riccardo Ponzio	Norma M30	M	117
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
29	LMGTE	80	EbiMotors	Fabio Babini Raymond Narac Riccardo Pera	Porsche 911 RSR	D	117
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
30	LMP3	14	Inter Europol Competition	Luca Demarchi Henning Enqvist Paul Scheuschner	Ligier JS P3	M	117
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
31	LMP3	18	M.Racing - YMR	Natan Bihel Laurent Millara	Ligier JS P3	M	117
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
32	LMGTE	83	Krohn Racing	Andrea Bertolini Niclas Jönsson Tracy Krohn	Ferrari 488 GTE	D	117
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
33	LMP3	12	Eurointernational	James Dayson Andrea Dromedari Max Hanratty	Ligier JS P3	M	116
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
34	LMP3	16	BHK Motorsport	Jacopo Baratto Francesco Dracone	Ligier JS P3	M	116
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
35	LMGTE	77	Proton Competition	Marvin Dienst Dennis Olsen Christian Ried	Porsche 911 RSR	D	116
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
36	LMP3	5	NEFIS By Speed Factory	Timur Boguslavskiy Aleksey Chuklin Daniil Pronenko	Ligier JS P3	M	115
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
37	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	Mark Patterson Ate De Jong Tacksung Kim	Ligier JS P217	D	111
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
38	LMGTE	54	Spirit of Race	Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr	Ferrari 488 GTE	D	107
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
NC	LMP2	35	SMP Racing	Matevos Isaakyan Egor Orudzhev Viktor Shaytar	Dallara P217	D	121
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
Ret	LMP3	17	Ultimate	François Hériau Jean-Baptiste Lahaye Matthieu Lahaye	Norma M30	M	83
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
Ret	LMP2	27	IDEC Sport	William Cavailhes Patrice Lafargue Erik Maris	Ligier JS P217	M	77
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
Ret	LMP2	21	DragonSpeed	Ben Hanley Henrik Hedman Nicolas Lapierre	Oreca 07	M	62
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
Ret	LMGTE	55	Spirit of Race	Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin Aaron Scott	Ferrari 488 GTE	D	54
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
Ret	LMGTE	86	Gulf Racing	Ben Barker Alex Davison Michael Wainwright	Porsche 911 RSR	D	45
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
Ret	LMP3	8	DKR Engineering	Jean Glorieux Alexander Toril Miguel Toril	Norma M30	M	11
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
Source:[3]

Notes

• ^2  – The No° 11 Eurointernational Ligier JS P3 was issued with a 30-second time penalty due to a stewards' decision.^[3]