2022 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi

The 2022 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 18 and 20 February 2022, as the final rounds of 2022 Asian Le Mans Series season.^[1][2][3]

The layout of the Yas Marina Circuit

Schedule

Date	Time (local: GST)	Event
Friday, 18 February	10:10	Free Practice 1
	15:45	Free Practice 2
Saturday, 19 February	9:35	Qualifying - GT
	10:15	Qualifying - LMP3
	10:55	Qualifying - LMP2
	14:30	Race 1
Sunday, 20 February	16:30	Race 2
Source:[4]

Free practice

• Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Free Practice 1	Class	No.	Entrant	Time
	LMP2	23	United Autosports	1:42.052
	LMP3	2	DKR Engineering	1:47.748
	GT	6	Bilstein Haupt Racing Team	1:51.739
Free Practice 2	Class	No.	Entrant	Time
	LMP2	23	United Autosports	1:40.754
	LMP3	13	Inter Europol Competition	1:48.162
	GT	6	Bilstein Haupt Racing Team	1:51.904
Source:[5][6]

Race 1

Qualifying

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold.

Pos.	Class	No.	Entry	Driver	Time	Grid
1	LMP2	23	United Autosports	Paul di Resta	1:39.804	1
2	LMP2	4	Nielsen Racing	Ben Hanley	1:40.430	2
3	LMP2	39	Graff	David Droux	1:42.393	3
4	LMP2	44	ARC Bratislava	Neale Muston	1:44.728	4
5	LMP2	49	High Class Racing	Dennis Andersen	1:45.296	5
6	LMP3	2	DKR Engineering	Laurents Hörr	1:46.452	6
7	LMP3	26	G-Drive Racing	Xavier Lloveras	1:47.609	7
8	LMP3	13	Inter Europol Competition	Nico Pino	1:47.881	8
9	LMP3	72	Koiranen Kemppi Motorsport	Jesse Salmenautio	1:47.998	9
10	LMP3	8	Nielsen Racing	Colin Noble	1:48.065	10
11	LMP3	22	Rinaldi Racing	Hendrik Still	1:48.281	11
12	LMP3	3	CD Sport	Edouard Cauhaupé	1:48.294	12
13	LMP3	27	CD Sport	Steven Palette	1:48.407	13
14	LMP3	21	Konrad Motorsport	Jordan Grogor	1:48.630	14
15	GT	95	TF Sport	Jonathan Adam	1:50.576	15
16	GT	33	Herberth Motorsport	Klaus Bachler	1:50.755	16
17	GT	20	SPS automotive performance	Mikaël Grenier	1:50.935	17
18	GT	69	Oman Racing Team with TF Sport	Charlie Eastwood	1:50.970	18
19	GT	77	D'station Racing	Tom Gamble	1:51.021	19
20	GT	7	Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport	Ben Barnicoat	1:51.145	20
21	GT	6	Bilstein Haupt Racing Team	Arjun Maini	1:51.235	21
22	GT	17	AF Corse	Vincent Abril	1:51.286	22
23	GT	55	Rinaldi Racing	Davide Rigon	1:51.538	23
24	GT	57	Kessel Racing	Axcil Jefferies	1:51.661	24
25	GT	74	Kessel Racing	Mikkel Jensen	1:51.687	25
26	GT	12	Dinamic Motorsport	Ben Barker	1:51.719	26
27	GT	99	Herberth Motorsport	Marco Seefried	1:51.787	27
28	GT	91	Herberth Motorsport	Robert Renauer	1:51.812	28
29	GT	34	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Nicky Catsburg	1:51.826	29
30	GT	51	AF Corse	Alessandro Pier Guidi	1:51.831	30
31	GT	88	Garage 59	Marvin Kirchhöfer	1:51.924	31
32	GT	42	Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport	Joe Osborne	1:51.978	32
33	GT	96	Attempto Racing	Alex Aka	1:52.055	33
34	GT	59	Garage 59	Nicolai Kjærgaard	1:52.721	34
35	GT	48	S’Aalocin by Kox Racing	Peter Kox	1:54.611	35
36	GT	66	YC Panda Racing	Jean-Francois Brunot	1:54.710	36
37	GT	35	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Jörg Breuer	1:55.890	37
Source:[7][8][9][10][11]

Race

Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 77 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Drivers	Car	Tyres	Laps	Time/Gap
1	LMP2	23	United Autosports	Josh Pierson Paul di Resta	Oreca 07	M	111	4:03:07.579
2	LMP2	4	Nielsen Racing	Matthew Bell Ben Hanley Rodrigo Sales	Oreca 07	M	110	+1 Lap
3	LMP2	39	Graff	David Droux Sébastien Page Eric Trouillet	Oreca 07	M	109	+2 Laps
4	LMP2	49	High Class Racing	Dennis Andersen Anders Fjordbach Kevin Weeda	Oreca 07	M	108	+3 Laps
5	LMP2	44	ARC Bratislava	John Corbett Miroslav Konôpka Neale Muston	Ligier JS P217	M	106	+5 Laps
6	LMP3	2	DKR Engineering	Sebastián Álvarez Mathieu de Barbuat Laurents Hörr	Duqueine M30 – D08	M	105	+6 Laps
7	LMP3	22	Rinaldi Racing	Torsten Kratz Hendrik Still Leonard Weiss	Duqueine M30 - D08	M	105	+6 Laps
8	LMP3	27	CD Sport	Christophe Cresp Antoine Doquin Steven Palette	Ligier JS P320	M	105	+6 Laps
9	LMP3	8	Nielsen Racing	Colin Noble Anthony Wells	Ligier JS P320	M	104	+7 Laps
10	LMP3	3	CD Sport	Nick Adcock Edouard Cauhaupé Michael Jensen	Ligier JS P320	M	104	+7 Laps
11	GT	91	Precote Herberth Motorsport	Ralf Bohn Alfred Renauer Robert Renauer	Porsche 911 GT3 R	M	103	+8 Laps
12	LMP3	13	Inter Europol Competition	Guilherme Oliveira Nico Pino James Dayson	Ligier JS P320	M	103	+8 Laps
13	GT	7	Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport	Ben Barnicoat Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy	McLaren 720S GT3	M	103	+8 Laps
14	GT	17	AF Corse	Vincent Abril Conrad Grunewald Louis Prette	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	M	103	+8 Laps
15	GT	42	Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport	Nick Moss Joe Osborne Andrew Watson	McLaren 720S GT3	M	103	+8 Laps
16	LMP3	21	Konrad Motorsport	Jordan Grogor Shaun Thong Gabriele Rindone	Ginetta G61-LT-P3	M	103	+8 Laps
17	GT	69	Oman Racing Team with TF Sport	Charlie Eastwood Ahmad Al Harthy Sam De Haan	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	103	+8 Laps
18	GT	95	TF Sport	Jonathan Adam Henrique Chaves John Hartshorne	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	103	+8 Laps
19	GT	55	Rinaldi Racing	Rino Mastronardi David Perel Davide Rigon	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	M	103	+8 Laps
20	GT	77	D'station Racing	Tomonobu Fujii Tom Gamble Satoshi Hoshino	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	102	+9 Laps
21	GT	6	Bilstein Haupt Racing Team	Hubert Haupt Arjun Maini Rory Penttinen	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	M	102	+9 Laps
22	GT	74	Kessel Racing	Michael Broniszewski David Fumanelli Mikkel Jensen	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	M	102	+9 Laps
23	GT	34	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Nicky Catsburg Chandler Hull Jon Miller	BMW M6 GT3	M	102	+9 Laps
24	GT	12	Dinamic Motorsport	Ben Barker Giorgio Roda Philipp Sager	Porsche 911 GT3 R	M	102	+9 Laps
25	GT	59	Garage 59	Nicolai Kjærgaard Manuel Maldonado James Vowles	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	102	+9 Laps
26	GT	88	Garage 59	Frank Bird Marvin Kirchhöfer Alexander West	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	102	+9 Laps
27	GT	57	Kessel Racing	Axcil Jefferies Roman Ziemian Francesco Zollo	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	M	101	+10 Laps
28	GT	20	SPS automotive performance	Mikaël Grenier Ian Loggie Valentin Pierburg	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	M	101	+10 Laps
29	GT	33	Precote Herberth Motorsport	Antares Au Klaus Bachler Yifei Ye	Porsche 911 GT3 R	M	101	+10 Laps
30	GT	51	AF Corse	Alessandro Pier Guidi Oswaldo Negri Jr. Francesco Piovanetti	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	M	101	+10 Laps
31	GT	96	Attempto Racing	Alex Aka Finlay Hutchison Florian Scholze	Audi R8 LMS Evo	M	101	+10 Laps
32	LMP3	72	Koiranen Kemppi Motorsport	Nikita Alexandrov Jesse Salmenautio Tomi Veijalainen	Duqueine M30 - D08	M	100	+11 Laps
33	GT	99	Herberth Motorsport	Finn Gehrsitz Jürgen Häring Marco Seefried	Porsche 911 GT3 R	M	100	+11 Laps
34	GT	48	S’Aalocin by Kox Racing	Peter Kox Stéphane Kox Nico Pronk	Porsche 911 GT3 R	M	100	+11 Laps
35	GT	35	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Jörg Breuer Friedrich Von Bohlen Henry Walkenhorst	BMW M6 GT3	M	96	+15 Laps
Not Classified
DNF	GT	66	YC Panda Racing	Douglas Khoo Jean-Francois Brunot	Audi R8 LMS Evo	M	68
DNF	LMP3	26	G-Drive Racing	Vyaceslav Gutak Xavier Lloveras Fabrice Rossello	Ligier JS P320	M	42
Source:[12]

Statistics

Fastest lap

Class	Driver	Team	Time	Lap
LMP2	Paul di Resta	#23 United Autosports	1:40.913	102
LMP3	Mathieu de Barbuat	#2 DKR Engineering	1:49.001	58
GT	Ben Barnicoat	#7 Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport	1:51.985	57
Source:[13]

Race 2

Qualifying

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold.

Pos.	Class	No.	Entry	Driver	Time	Grid
1	LMP2	23	United Autosports	Paul di Resta	1:39.962	1
2	LMP2	4	Nielsen Racing	Ben Hanley	1:40.485	2
3	LMP2	39	Graff	David Droux	1:42.271	3
4	LMP2	44	ARC Bratislava	John Corbett	1:44.632	4
5	LMP2	49	High Class Racing	Dennis Andersen	1:44.868	5
6	LMP3	2	DKR Engineering	Laurents Hörr	1:46.301	6
7	LMP3	3	CD Sport	Edouard Cauhaupé	1:47.465	7
8	LMP3	26	G-Drive Racing	Xavier Lloveras	1:47.532	8
9	LMP3	72	Koiranen Kemppi Motorsport	Jesse Salmenautio	1:47.925	9
10	LMP3	8	Nielsen Racing	Colin Noble	1:47.926	10
11	LMP3	13	Inter Europol Competition	Nico Pino	1:48.064	11
12	LMP3	27	CD Sport	Steven Palette	1:48.199	12
13	LMP3	22	Rinaldi Racing	Hendrik Still	1:48.255	13
14	LMP3	21	Konrad Motorsport	Jordan Grogor	1:48.692	14
15	GT	33	Herberth Motorsport	Klaus Bachler	1:50.670	15
16	GT	95	TF Sport	Jonathan Adam	1:50.870	16
17	GT	6	Bilstein Haupt Racing Team	Arjun Maini	1:50.986	17
18	GT	55	Rinaldi Racing	Davide Rigon	1:51.051	18
19	GT	7	Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport	Ben Barnicoat	1:51.069	19
20	GT	69	Oman Racing Team with TF Sport	Charlie Eastwood	1:51.091	20
21	GT	77	D'station Racing	Tom Gamble	1:51.097	21
22	GT	20	SPS automotive performance	Mikaël Grenier	1:51.237	22
23	GT	17	AF Corse	Vincent Abril	1:51.246	23
24	GT	74	Kessel Racing	Mikkel Jensen	1:51.268	24
25	GT	12	Dinamic Motorsport	Ben Barker	1:51.393	25
26	GT	88	Garage 59	Marvin Kirchhöfer	1:51.515	26
27	GT	34	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Nicky Catsburg	1:51.544	27
28	GT	51	AF Corse	Alessandro Pier Guidi	1:51.559	28
29	GT	99	Herberth Motorsport	Marco Seefried	1:51.636	29
30	GT	57	Kessel Racing	Axcil Jefferies	1:51.708	30
31	GT	91	Herberth Motorsport	Robert Renauer	1:51.716	31
32	GT	42	Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport	Joe Osborne	1:51.923	32
33	GT	59	Garage 59	Nicolai Kjærgaard	1:52.820	33
34	GT	48	S’Aalocin by Kox Racing	Peter Kox	1:53.016	34
35	GT	66	YC Panda Racing	Douglas Khoo	2:02.141	35
36	GT	35	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Friedrich Von Bohlen	2:02.997	36
37	GT	96	Attempto Racing	—		37
Source:[14][15][16][17][18]

Race

Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 86 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Drivers	Car	Tyres	Laps	Time/Gap
1	LMP2	23	United Autosports	Josh Pierson Paul di Resta	Oreca 07	M	123	4:03:14.231
2	LMP2	4	Nielsen Racing	Matthew Bell Ben Hanley Rodrigo Sales	Oreca 07	M	122	+1 Lap
3	LMP2	39	Graff	David Droux Sébastien Page Eric Trouillet	Oreca 07	M	120	+3 Laps
4	LMP2	44	ARC Bratislava	John Corbett Miroslav Konôpka Neale Muston	Ligier JS P217	M	118	+5 Laps
5	LMP3	26	G-Drive Racing	Vyaceslav Gutak Xavier Lloveras Fabrice Rossello	Ligier JS P320	M	117	+6 Laps
6	LMP3	27	CD Sport	Christophe Cresp Antoine Doquin Steven Palette	Ligier JS P320	M	117	+6 Laps
7	LMP3	3	CD Sport	Nick Adcock Edouard Cauhaupé Michael Jensen	Ligier JS P320	M	117	+6 Laps
8	LMP3	22	Rinaldi Racing	Torsten Kratz Hendrik Still Leonard Weiss	Duqueine M30 - D08	M	117	+6 Laps
9	LMP3	13	Inter Europol Competition	Guilherme Oliveira Nico Pino James Dayson	Ligier JS P320	M	115	+8 Laps
10	GT	91	Precote Herberth Motorsport	Ralf Bohn Alfred Renauer Robert Renauer	Porsche 911 GT3 R	M	115	+8 Laps
11	GT	33	Precote Herberth Motorsport	Antares Au Klaus Bachler Yifei Ye	Porsche 911 GT3 R	M	115	+8 Laps
12	GT	88	Garage 59	Frank Bird Marvin Kirchhöfer Alexander West	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	115	+8 Laps
13	GT	69	Oman Racing Team with TF Sport	Charlie Eastwood Ahmad Al Harthy Sam De Haan	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	115	+8 Laps
14	GT	7	Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport	Ben Barnicoat Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy	McLaren 720S GT3	M	115	+8 Laps
15	GT	55	Rinaldi Racing	Rino Mastronardi David Perel Davide Rigon	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	M	115	+8 Laps
16	GT	6	Bilstein Haupt Racing Team	Hubert Haupt Arjun Maini Rory Penttinen	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	M	115	+8 Laps
17	GT	12	Dinamic Motorsport	Ben Barker Giorgio Roda Philipp Sager	Porsche 911 GT3 R	M	115	+8 Laps
18	GT	42	Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport	Nick Moss Joe Osborne Andrew Watson	McLaren 720S GT3	M	114	+9 Laps
19	GT	74	Kessel Racing	Michael Broniszewski David Fumanelli Mikkel Jensen	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	M	114	+9 Laps
20	GT	95	TF Sport	Jonathan Adam Henrique Chaves John Hartshorne	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	114	+9 Laps
21	GT	34	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Nicky Catsburg Chandler Hull Jon Miller	BMW M6 GT3	M	114	+9 Laps
22	GT	51	AF Corse	Alessandro Pier Guidi Oswaldo Negri Jr. Francesco Piovanetti	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	M	114	+9 Laps
23	GT	96	Attempto Racing	Alex Aka Finlay Hutchison Florian Scholze	Audi R8 LMS Evo	M	114	+9 Laps
24	GT	57	Kessel Racing	Axcil Jefferies Roman Ziemian Francesco Zollo	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	M	113	+10 Laps
25	GT	20	SPS automotive performance	Mikaël Grenier Ian Loggie Valentin Pierburg	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	M	113	+10 Laps
26	GT	99	Herberth Motorsport	Finn Gehrsitz Jürgen Häring Marco Seefried	Porsche 911 GT3 R	M	112	+11 Laps
27	GT	48	S’Aalocin by Kox Racing	Peter Kox Stéphane Kox Nico Pronk	Porsche 911 GT3 R	M	111	+12 Laps
28	LMP2	49	High Class Racing	Dennis Andersen Anders Fjordbach Kevin Weeda	Oreca 07	M	108	+15 Laps
29	GT	59	Garage 59	Nicolai Kjærgaard Manuel Maldonado James Vowles	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	107	+16 Laps
30	GT	35	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Jörg Breuer Friedrich Von Bohlen Henry Walkenhorst	BMW M6 GT3	M	107	+16 Laps
31	LMP3	8	Nielsen Racing	Colin Noble Anthony Wells	Ligier JS P320	M	103	+20 Laps
32	GT	66	YC Panda Racing	Douglas Khoo Jean-Francois Brunot	Audi R8 LMS Evo	M	103	+20 Laps
33	LMP3	2	DKR Engineering	Sebastián Álvarez Mathieu de Barbuat Laurents Hörr	Duqueine M30 – D08	M	99	+24 Laps
Not Classified
DNF	GT	17	AF Corse	Vincent Abril Conrad Grunewald Louis Prette	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	M	74
DNF	LMP3	72	Koiranen Kemppi Motorsport	Nikita Alexandrov Jesse Salmenautio Tomi Veijalainen	Duqueine M30 - D08	M	63
DNF	GT	77	D'station Racing	Tomonobu Fujii Tom Gamble Satoshi Hoshino	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	63
DNF	LMP3	21	Konrad Motorsport	Jordan Grogor Shaun Thong Gabriele Rindone	Ginetta G61-LT-P3	M	36
Source:[19]

Statistics

Fastest lap

Class	Driver	Team	Time	Lap
LMP2	Paul di Resta	#23 United Autosports	1:41.723	67
LMP3	Laurents Hörr	#2 DKR Engineering	1:48.198	59
GT	Klaus Bachler	#33 Precote Herberth Motorsport	1:52.139	86
Source:[20]