2023 4 Hours of Sepang

The 2023 4 Hours of Sepang was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 1 and 3 December 2023 at Sepang International Circuit in Sepang, Malaysia. It was the first and second round of 2023–24 Asian Le Mans Series season.

The layout of the Sepang International Circuit

Schedule

Date	Time (local: MST)	Event
Friday, 1 December	13:30	Free Practice 1
	16:00	Free Practice 2
Saturday, 2 December	9:50	Qualifying
	14:00	Race 1
Sunday, 3 December	14:00	Race 2
Source:[1][2]

Entry list

Main article: 2023–24 Asian Le Mans Series § Entries

The entry list was published on 22 November and consisted of 39 entries in 3 categories – 11 in LMP2, 5 in LMP3 and 23 in GT.^[3][4][1]

Free practice

• Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Free Practice 1	Class	No.	Entrant	Time
	LMP2	4	CrowdStrike Racing by APR	1:54.101
	LMP3	2	CD Sport	2:00.930
	GT	21	AF Corse	2:04.476
Free Practice 2	Class	No.	Entrant	Time
	LMP2	83	AF Corse	1:54.046
	LMP3	2	CD Sport	2:00.235
	GT	7	Al Manar Racing by GetSpeed	2:04.901
Source:[5][6]

Race 1

Qualifying

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap	Grid
1	LMP2	90	TF Sport	Salih Yoluç	1:53.653	—	1
2	LMP2	30	Duqueine Team	John Falb	1:54.064	+0.411	2
3	LMP2	22	Proton Competition	Giorgio Roda	1:54.064	+0.411	3
4	LMP2	99	99 Racing	Ahmad Al Harthy	1:54.071	+0.418	4
5	LMP2	3	DKR Engineering	Alexander Mattschull	1:54.286	+0.633	5
6	LMP2	55	Proton Competition	P. J. Hyett	1:54.437	+0.784	6
7	LMP2	4	CrowdStrike Racing by APR	George Kurtz	1:54.512	+0.859	7
8	LMP2	83	AF Corse	François Perrodo	1:55.355	+1.702	8
9	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	Chris McMurry	1:55.411	+1.758	9
10	LMP2	24	Nielsen Racing	Ian Loggie	1:56.602	+2.949	10
11	LMP2	44	ARC Bratislava	Miro Konôpka	1:57.105	+3.452	11
12	LMP3	20	High Class Racing	Auðunn Guðmundsson	2:00.430	+6.777	12
13	LMP3	17	Cool Racing	Alexander Bukhantsov	2:01.054	+7.401	13
14	LMP3	26	Bretton Racing	Julien Gerbi	2:01.546	+7.893	14
15	LMP3	2	CD Sport	Nick Adcock	2:01.663	+8.010	15
16	GT	42	Saintéloc Racing	Alban Varutti	2:03.998	+10.345	16
17	LMP3	65	Viper Niza Racing	Douglas Khoo	2:04.170	+10.517	17
18	GT	37	Craft-Bamboo Racing	Anthony Liu	2:04.373	+10.720	18
19	GT	9	GetSpeed	Steve Jans	2:04.488	+10.835	19
20	GT	7	Al Manar Racing by GetSpeed	Martin Konrad	2:04.669	+11.016	20
21	GT	43	Saintéloc Racing	Zhou Bihuang	2:05.230	+11.577	21
22	GT	33	Herberth Motorsport	Antares Au	2:05.257	+11.604	22
23	GT	91	Pure Rxcing	Alex Malykhin	2:05.272	+11.619	23
24	GT	88	Triple Eight	Prince Jefri Ibrahim	2:05.427	+11.774	24
25	GT	66	Attempto Racing	Andrey Mukovoz	2:05.492	+11.839	25
26	GT	27	Optimum Motorsport	Mark Radcliffe	2:05.759	+12.106	26
27	GT	69	Optimum Motorsport	James Cottingham	2:05.849	+12.196	27
28	GT	93	Team Project 1	Darren Leung	2:05.947	+12.294	28
29	GT	11	Attempto Racing	Ilya Gorbatsky	2:06.304	+12.651	29
30	GT	19	Leipert Motorsport	Gabriel Rindone	2:06.359	+12.706	30
31	GT	77	D'Station Racing	Satoshi Hoshino	2:06.412	+12.759	31
32	GT	8	EBM	Setiawan Santoso	2:06.786	+13.133	32
33	GT	86	GR Racing	Michael Wainwright	2:06.822	+13.169	33
34	GT	56	Team Project 1	Huilin Han	2:07.072	+13.419	34
35	GT	21	AF Corse	François Heriau	2:07.127	+13.474	35
36	GT	95	TF Sport	John Hartshorne	2:08.307	+14.654	36
37	GT	84	EBM	Adrian D'Silva	2:09.094	+15.441	37
38	GT	75	Team Motopark	—			38
39	GT	82	AF Corse	—			39
Source:[7][8][9][10]

Race

Race result

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

Final Classification^[11]

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Drivers	Car	Tyres	Laps	Time/Gap
1	LMP2	99	99 Racing	Ahmad Al Harthy Nikita Mazepin Louis Delétraz	Oreca 07	M	100	3:43:26.017
2	LMP2	83	AF Corse	François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Alessio Rovera	Oreca 07	M	100	+10.537
3	LMP2	3	DKR Engineering	Alexander Mattschull Tom Dillmann Laurents Hörr	Oreca 07	M	100	+18.532
4	LMP2	55	Proton Competition	P. J. Hyett Harry Tincknell Paul-Loup Chatin	Oreca 07	M	100	+51.654
5	LMP2	22	Proton Competition	Giorgio Roda Julien Andlauer René Binder	Oreca 07	M	100	+58.693
6	LMP2	4	CrowdStrike Racing by APR	George Kurtz Colin Braun Malthe Jakobsen	Oreca 07	M	100	+2:07.374
7	LMP2	90	TF Sport	Salih Yoluç Michael Dinan Charlie Eastwood	Oreca 07	M	100	+5:47.122
8	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	Chris McMurry Freddie Tomlinson Toby Sowery	Oreca 07	M	100	+6:08.950
9	LMP2	24	Nielsen Racing	Ian Loggie Alejandro García Ferdinand Habsburg	Oreca 07	M	99	+1 Lap
10	LMP2	44	ARC Bratislava	Miro Konôpka Mathias Beche Jonas Ried	Oreca 07	M	99	+1 Lap
11	LMP2	30	Duqueine Team	John Falb Carl Bennett Oliver Rasmussen	Oreca 07	M	98	+2 Laps
12	LMP3	17	Cool Racing	James Winslow Alexander Bukhantsov Danial Frost	Ligier JS P320	M	96	+4 Laps
13	LMP3	2	CD Sport	Michael Jensen Nick Adcock Fabien Lavergne	Ligier JS P320	M	96	+4 Laps
14	LMP3	26	Bretton Racing	Dan Skočdopole Julien Gerbi Mihnea Stefan	Ligier JS P320	M	96	+4 Laps
15	LMP3	20	High Class Racing	Auðunn Guðmundsson Anders Fjordbach Seth Lucas	Ligier JS P320	M	95	+5 Laps
16	GT	42	Saintéloc Racing	Christopher Haase Gilles Magnus Alban Varutti	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	M	94	+6 Laps
17	GT	66	Attempto Racing	Dylan Pereira Alex Aka Andrey Mukovoz	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	M	94	+6 Laps
18	GT	43	Saintéloc Racing	Dennis Marschall Paul Evrard Zhou Bihuang	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	M	94	+6 Laps
19	GT	7	Al Manar Racing by GetSpeed	Al Faisal Al Zubair Martin Konrad Fabian Schiller	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	M	94	+6 Laps
20	GT	19	Leipert Motorsport	Gabriel Rindone Brendon Leitch Marco Mapelli	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	M	94	+6 Laps
21	GT	91	Pure Rxcing	Alex Malykhin Klaus Bachler Joel Sturm	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	M	94	+6 Laps
22	GT	88	Triple Eight	Prince Jefri Ibrahim Broc Feeney Luca Stolz	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	M	94	+6 Laps
23	GT	9	GetSpeed	Anthony Bartone Aaron Walker Steve Jans	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	M	93	+7 Laps
24	GT	86	GR Racing	Michael Wainwright Benjamin Barker Riccardo Pera	Ferrari 296 GT3	M	93	+7 Laps
25	GT	21	AF Corse	Simon Mann François Heriau Davide Rigon	Ferrari 296 GT3	M	93	+7 Laps
26	GT	8	EBM	Setiawan Santoso Tanart Sathienthirakul Bastian Buus	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	M	93	+7 Laps
27	GT	84	EBM	Adrian D'Silva Kerong Li Earl Bamber	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	M	93	+7 Laps
28	GT	69	Optimum Motorsport	Sam De Haan James Cottingham Tom Gamble	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	M	93	+7 Laps
29	GT	11	Attempto Racing	Alexey Nesov Sergey Titarenko Ilya Gorbatsky	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	M	93	+7 Laps
30	GT	95	TF Sport	John Hartshorne Ben Tuck Jonathan Adam	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	93	+7 Laps
31	GT	77	D'Station Racing	Satoshi Hoshino Tomonobu Fujii Casper Stevenson	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	93	+7 Laps
32	GT	27	Optimum Motorsport	Mark Radcliffe Rob Bell Ollie Millroy	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	M	93	+7 Laps
33	GT	93	Team Project 1	Darren Leung Christian Bogle Dan Harper	BMW M4 GT3	M	89	+11 Laps
34	GT	75	Team Motopark	Lukas Dunner Heiko Neumann Morten Strømsted	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	M	89	+11 Laps
35	GT	56	Team Project 1	Sean Gelael Maxime Oosten Huilin Han	BMW M4 GT3	M	87	+13 Laps
36	GT	82	AF Corse	Charles-Henri Samani Emmanuel Collard Kei Cozzolino	Ferrari 296 GT3	M	87	+13 Laps
Not classified
	LMP3	65	Viper Niza Racing	Douglas Khoo Dominic Ang Joshua Burdon	Ligier JS P320	M	80
	GT	33	Herberth Motorsport	Antares Au Tim Heinemann Matteo Cairoli	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	M	72
	GT	37	Craft-Bamboo Racing	Anthony Liu Jules Gounon Jayden Ojeda	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	M	1

Statistics

Fastest lap

Class	Driver	Team	Time	Lap
LMP2	Louis Delétraz	#99 99 Racing	1:52.991	83
LMP3	Fabien Lavergne	#2 CD Sport	2:01.695	29
GT	Joel Sturm	#91 Pure Rxcing	2:05.507	33
Source:[12]

Race 2

Qualifying

One Qualifying session was held. Each crew's second fastest lap was used to determine the grid for the Race 2.^[13] Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap	Grid
1	LMP2	90	TF Sport	Salih Yoluç	1:53.874	—	1
2	LMP2	30	Duqueine Team	John Falb	1:54.233	+0.359	2
3	LMP2	3	DKR Engineering	Alexander Mattschull	1:54.331	+0.457	3
4	LMP2	22	Proton Competition	Giorgio Roda	1:54.750	+0.876	4
5	LMP2	99	99 Racing	Ahmad Al Harthy	1:54.926	+1.052	5
6	LMP2	4	CrowdStrike Racing by APR	George Kurtz	1:54.988	+1.114	6
7	LMP2	55	Proton Competition	P. J. Hyett	1:55.159	+1.285	7
8	LMP2	83	AF Corse	François Perrodo	1:55.381	+1.507	8
9	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	Chris McMurry	1:55.467	+1.593	9
10	LMP2	24	Nielsen Racing	Ian Loggie	1:56.719	+2.845	10
11	LMP2	44	ARC Bratislava	Miro Konôpka	1:57.410	+3.536	11
12	LMP3	20	High Class Racing	Auðunn Guðmundsson	2:00.756	+6.882	12
13	LMP3	17	Cool Racing	Alexander Bukhantsov	2:01.200	+7.326	13
14	LMP3	26	Bretton Racing	Julien Gerbi	2:01.629	+7.755	14
15	LMP3	2	CD Sport	Nick Adcock	2:01.776	+7.902	15
16	GT	37	Craft-Bamboo Racing	Anthony Liu	2:04.538	+10.664	16
17	LMP3	65	Viper Niza Racing	Douglas Khoo	2:04.655	+10.781	17
18	GT	7	Al Manar Racing by GetSpeed	Martin Konrad	2:04.889	+11.015	18
19	GT	42	Saintéloc Racing	Alban Varutti	2:04.970	+11.096	19
20	GT	9	GetSpeed	Steve Jans	2:05.307	+11.433	20
21	GT	33	Herberth Motorsport	Antares Au	2:05.321	+11.447	21
22	GT	91	Pure Rxcing	Alex Malykhin	2:05.447	+11.573	22
23	GT	66	Attempto Racing	Andrey Mukovoz	2:05.507	+11.633	23
24	GT	93	Team Project 1	Darren Leung	2:06.600	+12.726	24
25	GT	69	Optimum Motorsport	James Cottingham	2:06.698	+12.824	25
26	GT	11	Attempto Racing	Ilya Gorbatsky	2:06.749	+12.875	26
27	GT	88	Triple Eight	Prince Jefri Ibrahim	2:06.796	+12.922	27
28	GT	43	Saintéloc Racing	Zhou Bihuang	2:06.816	+12.942	28
29	GT	27	Optimum Motorsport	Mark Radcliffe	2:07.165	+13.291	29
30	GT	8	EBM	Setiawan Santoso	2:07.174	+13.300	30
31	GT	86	GR Racing	Michael Wainwright	2:07.181	+13.307	31
32	GT	19	Leipert Motorsport	Gabriel Rindone	2:07.331	+13.457	32
33	GT	56	Team Project 1	Huilin Han	2:07.952	+14.078	33
34	GT	21	AF Corse	François Heriau	2:08.081	+14.207	34
35	GT	77	D'Station Racing	Satoshi Hoshino	2:15.746	+21.872	35
36	GT	95	TF Sport	John Hartshorne	2:19.125	+25.251	36
37	GT	75	Team Motopark	—			37
38	GT	82	AF Corse	—			38
39	GT	84	EBM	—			39
Source:[14][8][9][15]

Race

Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 75 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

Final Classification^[16]

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Drivers	Car	Tyres	Laps	Time/Gap
1	LMP2	4	CrowdStrike Racing by APR	George Kurtz Colin Braun Malthe Jakobsen	Oreca 07	M	108	4:00:38.800
2	LMP2	99	99 Racing	Ahmad Al Harthy Nikita Mazepin Louis Delétraz	Oreca 07	M	108	+8.927
3	LMP2	22	Proton Competition	Giorgio Roda Julien Andlauer René Binder	Oreca 07	M	108	+9.342
4	LMP2	83	AF Corse	François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Alessio Rovera	Oreca 07	M	108	+15.742
5	LMP2	55	Proton Competition	P. J. Hyett Harry Tincknell Paul-Loup Chatin	Oreca 07	M	108	+26.680
6	LMP2	3	DKR Engineering	Alexander Mattschull Tom Dillmann Laurents Hörr	Oreca 07	M	108	+27.338
7	LMP2	30	Duqueine Team	John Falb Carl Bennett Oliver Rasmussen	Oreca 07	M	108	+27.844
8	LMP2	90	TF Sport	Salih Yoluç Michael Dinan Charlie Eastwood	Oreca 07	M	107	+1 Lap
9	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	Chris McMurry Freddie Tomlinson Toby Sowery	Oreca 07	M	107	+1 Lap
10	LMP2	44	ARC Bratislava	Miro Konôpka Mathias Beche Jonas Ried	Oreca 07	M	107	+1 Lap
11	LMP3	2	CD Sport	Michael Jensen Nick Adcock Fabien Lavergne	Ligier JS P320	M	105	+3 Laps
12	LMP3	26	Bretton Racing	Dan Skočdopole Julien Gerbi Mihnea Stefan	Ligier JS P320	M	104	+4 Laps
13	LMP3	17	Cool Racing	James Winslow Alexander Bukhantsov Danial Frost	Ligier JS P320	M	104	+4 Laps
14	GT	91	Pure Rxcing	Alex Malykhin Klaus Bachler Joel Sturm	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	M	101	+7 Laps
15	GT	42	Saintéloc Racing	Christopher Haase Gilles Magnus Alban Varutti	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	M	101	+7 Laps
16	GT	27	Optimum Motorsport	Mark Radcliffe Rob Bell Ollie Millroy	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	M	101	+7 Laps
17	GT	7	Al Manar Racing by GetSpeed	Al Faisal Al Zubair Martin Konrad Fabian Schiller	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	M	101	+7 Laps
18	GT	69	Optimum Motorsport	Sam De Haan James Cottingham Tom Gamble	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	M	101	+7 Laps
19	GT	88	Triple Eight	Prince Jefri Ibrahim Broc Feeney Luca Stolz	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	M	101	+7 Laps
20	GT	33	Herberth Motorsport	Antares Au Tim Heinemann Matteo Cairoli	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	M	101	+7 Laps
21	GT	37	Craft-Bamboo Racing	Anthony Liu Jules Gounon Jayden Ojeda	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	M	101	+7 Laps
22	GT	95	TF Sport	John Hartshorne Ben Tuck Jonathan Adam	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	101	+7 Laps
23	GT	93	Team Project 1	Darren Leung Christian Bogle Dan Harper	BMW M4 GT3	M	101	+7 Laps
24	GT	86	GR Racing	Michael Wainwright Benjamin Barker Riccardo Pera	Ferrari 296 GT3	M	101	+7 Laps
25	GT	82	AF Corse	Charles-Henri Samani Emmanuel Collard Kei Cozzolino	Ferrari 296 GT3	M	101	+7 Laps
26	GT	43	Saintéloc Racing	Dennis Marschall Paul Evrard Zhou Bihuang	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	M	100	+8 Laps
27	GT	84	EBM	Adrian D'Silva Kerong Li Earl Bamber	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	M	100	+8 Laps
28	GT	11	Attempto Racing	Alexey Nesov Sergey Titarenko Ilya Gorbatsky	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	M	100	+8 Laps
29	GT	75	Team Motopark	Lukas Dunner Heiko Neumann Morten Strømsted	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	M	100	+8 Laps
30	GT	77	D'Station Racing	Satoshi Hoshino Tomonobu Fujii Casper Stevenson	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	100	+8 Laps
31	GT	56	Team Project 1	Sean Gelael Maxime Oosten Huilin Han	BMW M4 GT3	M	100	+8 Laps
Not classified
	LMP2	24	Nielsen Racing	Ian Loggie Alejandro García Ferdinand Habsburg	Oreca 07	M	105
	LMP3	65	Viper Niza Racing	Douglas Khoo Dominic Ang Joshua Burdon	Ligier JS P320	M	79
	GT	19	Leipert Motorsport	Gabriel Rindone Brendon Leitch Marco Mapelli	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	M	73
	LMP3	20	High Class Racing	Auðunn Guðmundsson Anders Fjordbach Seth Lucas	Ligier JS P320	M	70
	GT	9	GetSpeed	Anthony Bartone Aaron Walker Steve Jans	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	M	50
	GT	8	EBM	Setiawan Santoso Tanart Sathienthirakul Bastian Buus	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	M	27
	GT	21	AF Corse	Simon Mann François Heriau Davide Rigon	Ferrari 296 GT3	M	26
	GT	66	Attempto Racing	Dylan Pereira Alex Aka Andrey Mukovoz	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	M	24

Statistics

Fastest lap

Class	Driver	Team	Time	Lap
LMP2	Matthieu Vaxivière	#83 AF Corse	1:53.009	87
LMP3	Joshua Burdon	#65 Viper Niza Racing	2:01.837	77
GT	Ben Tuck	#95 TF Sport	2:04.999	94
Source:[17]