2023 4 Hours of Aragón

The 2023 4 Hours of Aragón was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 23 and 26 August 2023, as the third round of the 2023 European Le Mans Series season.

The layout of the MotorLand Aragón

Entry list

Main article: 2023 European Le Mans Series § Entries

The pre-event entry list consisted of 42 entries in 4 categories - 7 in LMP2, 11 in LMP2 Pro/Am, 12 in LMP3 and 12 in LMGTE.^[1]

Nelson Piquet Jr. was replaced by Filipe Albuquerque in the No. 21 United Autosports USA. Piquet was unable to take part in this race due to calendar clash with Stock Car Pro Series. Bent Viscaal replaced Jack Hawksworth in the No. 20 Algarve Pro Racing. In the No. 83 AF Corse Ben Barnicoat was replaced by Alessio Rovera. Both Barnicoat and Hawksworth could not take part in this race due to a clash with IMSA SportsCar Championship.^[1] Jacek Zielonka was set to join Glenn van Berlo in the No. 10 Eurointernational but in the end Matthias Lüthen was Berlo's teammate in this race.^[1][2] Tom van Rompuy was replaced by Andreas Laskaratos in the No. 3 DKR Engineering.^[3]

United Autosport USA's No. 23 moved from LMP2 Pro/Am to LMP2 class after Jim McGuire was forced to not take part in this race weekend. Garnet Patterson joined Paul di Resta and Guy Smith in the No. 23 squad.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time (local: CEST)	Event
Thursday, 23 August	14:55	Free Practice 1
Friday, 24 August	14:00	Bronze Drivers Collective Test
	20:30	Free Practice 2
Saturday, 15 July	10:15	Qualifying - LMGTE
	10:45	Qualifying - LMP3
	11:15	Qualifying - LMP2 Pro/Am
	11:45	Qualifying - LMP2
	18:00	Race
Source:[4]

Free practice

• Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Free Practice 1	Class	No.	Entrant	Time
	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	1:49.272
	LMP2 Pro/Am	37	Cool Racing	1:48.738
	LMP3	17	Cool Racing	1:53.601
	LMGTE	60	Iron Lynx	1:58.347
Free Practice 2	Class	No.	Entrant	Time
	LMP2	43	Inter Europol Competition	1:48.316
	LMP2 Pro/Am	21	United Autosports USA	1:48.670
	LMP3	4	DKR Engineering	1:54.058
	LMGTE	60	Iron Lynx	1:57.265
Source:[5][6]

Qualifying

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap	Grid
1	LMP2	22	United Autosports USA	Philip Hanson	1:46.822	—	1
2	LMP2	30	Duqueine Team	Neel Jani	1:46.850	+0.028	2
3	LMP2	43	Inter Europol Competition	Olli Caldwell	1:46.901	+0.079	3
4	LMP2	47	Cool Racing	José María López	1:47.262	+0.440	4
5	LMP2	28	IDEC Sport	Paul-Loup Chatin	1:47.308	+0.486	5
6	LMP2	23	United Autosports USA	Garnet Patterson	1:47.379	+0.557	6
7	LMP2	65	Panis Racing	Tijmen van der Helm	1:47.852	+1.030	7
8	LMP2 Pro/Am	34	Racing Team Turkey	Salih Yoluç	1:49.361	+2.539	8
9	LMP2 Pro/Am	99	Proton Competition	Giorgio Roda	1:49.682	+2.860	9
10	LMP2 Pro/Am	24	Nielsen Racing	Rodrigo Sales	1:49.859	+3.037	10
11	LMP2 Pro/Am	83	AF Corse	François Perrodo	1:49.898	+3.076	11
12	LMP2 Pro/Am	19	Team Virage	Alexander Mattschull	1:50.289	+3.467	12
13	LMP2 Pro/Am	37	Cool Racing	Alexandre Coigny	1:50.691	+3.869	13
14	LMP2 Pro/Am	81	DragonSpeed USA	Henrik Hedman	1:51.020	+4.198	14
15	LMP2 Pro/Am	3	DKR Engineering	Andreas Laskaratos	1:52.016	+5.194	15
16	LMP3	13	Inter Europol Competition	Wyatt Brichacek	1:52.269	+5.447	16
17	LMP3	31	Racing Spirit of Léman	Antoine Doquin	1:52.590	+5.768	17
18	LMP3	8	Team Virage	Manuel Espírito Santo	1:52.616	+5.794	18
19	LMP2 Pro/Am	20	Algarve Pro Racing	Fred Poordad	1:52.632	+5.810	19
20	LMP3	11	Eurointernational	Adam Ali	1:52.649	+5.827	20
21	LMP2 Pro/Am	21	United Autosports USA	Daniel Schneider	1:52.651	+5.829	21
22	LMP3	10	Eurointernational	Glenn van Berlo	1:52.679	+5.857	22
23	LMP3	17	Cool Racing	Marcos Siebert	1:52.773	+5.951	23
24	LMP3	15	RLR MSport	Gaël Julien	1:52.832	+6.010	24
25	LMP3	4	DKR Engineering	Pedro Perino	1:52.833	+6.011	25
26	LMP3	12	WTM by Rinaldi Racing	Óscar Tunjo	1:53.088	+6.266	26
27	LMP3	35	Ultimate	Matthieu Lahaye	1:53.340	+6.518	27
28	LMP3	7	Nielsen Racing	Ryan Harper-Ellam	1:53.503	+6.681	28
29	LMP3	5	RLR MSport	Valdemar Eriksen	1:53.657	+6.835	29
30	LMGTE	66	JMW Motorsport	Martin Berry	1:57.022	+10.200	30
31	LMGTE	50	Formula Racing	Johnny Laursen	1:57.263	+10.441	31
32	LMGTE	16	Proton Competition	Ryan Hardwick	1:57.375	+10.553	32
33	LMGTE	93	Proton Competition	Michael Fassbender	1:57.574	+10.752	33
34	LMGTE	57	Kessel Racing	Takeshi Kimura	1:57.598	+10.776	34
35	LMGTE	77	Proton Competition	Christian Ried	1:57.674	+10.852	35
36	LMGTE	72	TF Sport	Arnold Robin	1:57.723	+10.901	36
37	LMGTE	55	Spirit of Race	Duncan Cameron	1:57.850	+11.028	37
38	LMGTE	44	GMB Motorsport	Jens Reno Møller	1:58.034	+11.212	38
39	LMGTE	60	Iron Lynx	Claudio Schiavoni	1:59.303	+12.481	39
40	LMGTE	51	AF Corse	Kriton Lentoudis	1:59.769	+12.947	40
41	LMGTE	95	TF Sport	John Hartshorne	1:59.969	+13.147	41
42	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	—			42
Source:[7][8][9][10][11][12]

Race

Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 83 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

Final Classification^[13][14]

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Drivers	Car	Tyres	Laps	Time/Gap
1	LMP2	22	United Autosports USA	Marino Sato Philip Hanson Oliver Jarvis	Oreca 07	G	119	4:00:18.186
2	LMP2	28	IDEC Sport	Paul Lafargue Paul-Loup Chatin Laurents Hörr	Oreca 07	G	119	+14.987
3	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	Kyffin Simpson James Allen Alexander Lynn	Oreca 07	G	119	+25.257
4	LMP2	65	Panis Racing	Manuel Maldonado Job van Uitert Tijmen van der Helm	Oreca 07	G	119	+37.383
5	LMP2 Pro/Am	83	AF Corse	François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Alessio Rovera	Oreca 07	G	119	+45.146
6	LMP2	47	Cool Racing	Vladislav Lomko Reshad de Gerus José María López	Oreca 07	G	119	+56.150
7	LMP2 Pro/Am	24	Nielsen Racing	Rodrigo Sales Ben Hanley Mathias Beche	Oreca 07	G	119	+1:00.030
8	LMP2	30	Duqueine Team	Nicolás Pino René Binder Neel Jani	Oreca 07	G	119	+1:07.120[R 1]
9	LMP2	23	United Autosports USA	Garnet Patterson Guy Smith Paul di Resta	Oreca 07	G	119	+1:42.005
10	LMP2 Pro/Am	21	United Autosports USA	Daniel Schneider Andrew Meyrick Filipe Albuquerque	Oreca 07	G	119	+1:48.516
11	LMP2 Pro/Am	20	Algarve Pro Racing	Fred Poordad Tristan Vautier Bent Viscaal	Oreca 07	G	118	+1 Lap
12	LMP2 Pro/Am	99	Proton Competition	Giorgio Roda Jonas Ried Gianmaria Bruni	Oreca 07	G	118	+1 Lap
13	LMP2 Pro/Am	19	Team Virage	Alexander Mattschull Ian Rodríguez Tatiana Calderón	Oreca 07	G	118	+1 Lap
14	LMP2 Pro/Am	81	DragonSpeed USA	Henrik Hedman Sebastián Montoya Juan Pablo Montoya	Oreca 07	G	118	+1 Lap
15	LMP2 Pro/Am	3	DKR Engineering	Andreas Laskaratos Sebastián Álvarez Nathanaël Berthon	Oreca 07	G	118	+1 Lap
16	LMP3	17	Cool Racing	Adrien Chila Marcos Siebert Alejandro García	Ligier JS P320	M	114	+5 Laps[R 2]
17	LMP3	12	WTM by Rinaldi Racing	Torsten Kratz Leonard Weiss Óscar Tunjo	Duqueine M30 – D08	M	113	+6 Laps
18	LMP3	35	Ultimate	Eric Trouillet Matthieu Lahaye Jean-Baptiste Lahaye	Ligier JS P320	M	113	+6 Laps
19	LMGTE	57	Kessel Racing	Takeshi Kimura Gregory Huffaker II Davide Rigon	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	G	113	+6 Laps
20	LMGTE	16	Proton Competition	Ryan Hardwick Zacharie Robichon Alessio Picariello	Porsche 911 RSR-19	G	113	+6 Laps
21	LMGTE	93	Proton Competition	Michael Fassbender Martin Rump Richard Lietz	Porsche 911 RSR-19	G	113	+6 Laps
22	LMGTE	77	Proton Competition	Christian Ried Giammarco Levorato Julien Andlauer	Porsche 911 RSR-19	G	113	+6 Laps
23	LMGTE	66	JMW Motorsport	Martin Berry Lorcan Hanafin Jon Lancaster	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	G	113	+6 Laps
24	LMGTE	55	Spirit of Race	Duncan Cameron David Perel Matthew Griffin	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	G	113	+6 Laps
25	LMP3	15	RLR MSport	Horst Felbermayr Jr Gaël Julien Mateusz Kaprzyk	Ligier JS P320	M	113	+6 Laps
26	LMP2 Pro/Am	34	Racing Team Turkey	Salih Yoluç Charlie Eastwood Louis Delétraz	Oreca 07	G	113	+6 Laps[R 3]
27	LMP3	11	Eurointernational	Matthew Richard Bell Adam Ali	Ligier JS P320	M	112	+7 Laps
28	LMGTE	60	Iron Lynx	Claudio Schiavoni Matteo Cressoni Matteo Cairoli	Porsche 911 RSR-19	G	112	+7 Laps
29	LMGTE	44	GMB Motorsport	Jens Reno Møller Gustav Birch Nicki Thiim	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	G	112	+7 Laps
30	LMP3	7	Nielsen Racing	Anthony Wells Ryan Harper-Ellam	Ligier JS P320	M	112	+7 Laps
31	LMGTE	72	TF Sport	Arnold Robin Maxime Robin Valentin Hasse-Clot	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	G	111	+8 Laps
32	LMGTE	51	AF Corse	Kriton Lentoudis Rui Águas Ulysse de Pauw	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	G	111	+8 Laps
33	LMGTE	95	TF Sport	John Hartshorne Ben Tuck Jonathan Adam	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	G	111	+8 Laps
34	LMP3	5	RLR MSport	James Dayson Valdemar Eriksen Jack Manchester	Ligier JS P320	M	109	+10 Laps
35	LMP3	4	DKR Engineering	Alexander Bukhantsov James Winslow Pedro Perino	Duqueine M30 – D08	M	108	+11 Laps
Not classified
	LMP2 Pro/Am	37	Cool Racing	Alexandre Coigny Malthe Jakobsen Nicolas Lapierre	Oreca 07	G	110
	LMP3	13	Inter Europol Competition	Miguel Cristóvão Kai Askey Wyatt Brichacek	Ligier JS P320	M	88
	LMP3	8	Team Virage	Manuel Espírito Santo Nick Adcock Michael Jensen	Ligier JS P320	M	71
	LMP3	31	Racing Spirit of Léman	Jacques Wolff Jean-Ludovic Foubert Antoine Doquin	Ligier JS P320	M	69
	LMP3	10	Eurointernational	Matthias Lüthen Glenn van Berlo	Ligier JS P320	M	67
	LMP2	43	Inter Europol Competition	Rui Andrade Jonathan Aberdein Olli Caldwell	Oreca 07	G	32
	LMGTE	50	Formula Racing	Johnny Laursen Conrad Laursen Nicklas Nielsen	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	G	28

1. The No. 30 Duqueine Team was penalised for refuelling the car while it was not on its wheels and was handed 20 seconds penalty added to crew's total race time^[15]
2. The No. 17 COOL Racing was penalised for not grounding the car during refuelling and was handed 20 seconds time penalty.^[16] The time was added to crew's total race time.^[14]
3. The No. 34 Racing Team Turkey was penalised for using an external battery to restart the engine during a pitstop and was handed 2 minutes penalty added to crew's total race time.^[17]

Statistics

Fastest lap

Class	Driver	Team	Time	Lap
LMP2	Neel Jani	#30 Duqueine Team	1:48.864	91
LMP2 Pro/Am	Malthe Jakobsen	#37 Cool Racing	1:48.792	81
LMP3	Marcos Siebert	#17 Cool Racing	1:55.233	88
LMGTE	Martin Rump	#93 Proton Competition	1:56.853	85
Source:[18]