2023 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps

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.

The layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

Entry list

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 In comparison to the previous round one car was missing – the No. 23 United Autosports USA was withdrawn for the rest of the season due to Jim McGuire's injury.^[1][2]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]

Schedule

Date	Time (local: CEST)	Event
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

• Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Free Practice 1	Class	No.	Entrant	Time
	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]

Qualifying

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap	Grid
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]

1. The No. 19 Team Virage lost 3 positions on the grid for impeding car No. 24 of Nielsen Racing.^[6]
2. The No. 12 WTM by Rinaldi Racing was disqualified and excluded from the race meeting because Torsten Kratz, bronze-rated driver, did not participate in any practice session.^[7]

Race

Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 61 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

Final Classification^[14][15]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Tyres	Laps	Time/Gap
1	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	Kyffin Simpson James Allen Alexander Lynn	Oreca 07	G	88	4:00:13.458
2	LMP2 Pro/Am	37	Cool Racing	Alexandre Coigny Malthe Jakobsen Nicolas Lapierre	Oreca 07	G	88	+1.811
3	LMP2 Pro/Am	34	Racing Team Turkey	Salih Yoluç Charlie Eastwood Louis Delétraz	Oreca 07	G	88	+5.674[R 1]
4	LMP2 Pro/Am	21	United Autosports USA	Daniel Schneider Andrew Meyrick Nelson Piquet Jr.	Oreca 07	G	88	+6.431
5	LMP2 Pro/Am	83	AF Corse	François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Alessio Rovera	Oreca 07	G	88	+7.033[R 2]
6	LMP2 Pro/Am	19	Team Virage	Alexander Mattschull Ian Rodríguez Tatiana Calderón	Oreca 07	G	88	+9.238
7	LMP2 Pro/Am	20	Algarve Pro Racing	Fred Poordad Tristan Vautier Bent Viscaal	Oreca 07	G	88	+11.178
8	LMP2	65	Panis Racing	Job van Uitert Manuel Maldonado Tijmen van der Helm	Oreca 07	G	88	+31.808
9	LMP2	47	Cool Racing	Vladislav Lomko Reshad de Gerus José María López	Oreca 07	G	88	+48.302
10	LMP2 Pro/Am	81	DragonSpeed USA	Henrik Hedman Sebastián Montoya Juan Pablo Montoya	Oreca 07	G	88	+49.343[R 3]
11	LMP2 Pro/Am	3	DKR Engineering	Tom van Rompuy Sebastián Álvarez Nathanaël Berthon	Oreca 07	G	88	+1:07.298
12	LMP2	28	IDEC Sport	Paul Lafargue Paul-Loup Chatin Laurents Hörr	Oreca 07	G	87	+1 Lap
13	LMP2	22	United Autosports USA	Marino Sato Philip Hanson Oliver Jarvis	Oreca 07	G	86	+2 Laps
14	LMP3	17	Cool Racing	Adrien Chila Marcos Siebert Alejandro Garcia	Ligier JS P320	M	86	+2 Laps
15	LMP3	13	Inter Europol Competition	Miguel Cristóvão Kai Askey Wyatt Brichacek	Ligier JS P320	M	86	+2 Laps
16	LMP3	11	Eurointernational	Matthew Richard Bell Adam Ali	Ligier JS P320	M	86	+2 Laps
17	LMP3	5	RLR M Sport	James Dayson Valdemar Eriksen Jack Manchester	Ligier JS P320	M	86	+2 Laps
18	LMGTE	60	Iron Lynx	Claudio Schiavoni Matteo Cressoni Matteo Cairoli	Porsche 911 RSR-19	G	86	+2 Laps
19	LMP3	8	Team Virage	Michael Jensen Nick Adcock Manuel Espírito Santo	Ligier JS P320	M	86	+2 Laps
20	LMP3	15	RLR M Sport	Horst Felbermayr Jr Gaël Julien Mateusz Kaprzyk	Ligier JS P320	M	86	+2 Laps
21	LMGTE	50	Formula Racing	Johnny Laursen Conrad Laursen Nicklas Nielsen	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	G	86	+2 Laps
22	LMGTE	16	Proton Competition	Ryan Hardwick Zacharie Robichon Alessio Picariello	Porsche 911 RSR-19	G	86	+2 Laps[R 4]
23	LMGTE	51	AF Corse	Kriton Lentoudis Rui Águas Ulysse de Pauw	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	G	86	+2 Laps
24	LMGTE	57	Kessel Racing	Takeshi Kimura Scott Huffaker Daniel Serra	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	G	86	+2 Laps
25	LMGTE	72	TF Sport	Arnold Robin Maxime Robin Valentin Hasse-Clot	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	G	86	+2 Laps
26	LMGTE	55	Spirit of Race	Duncan Cameron David Perel Matthew Griffin	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	G	86	+2 Laps
27	LMGTE	77	Proton Competition	Christian Ried Giammarco Levorato Julien Andlauer	Porsche 911 RSR-19	G	86	+2 Laps[R 5]
28	LMP2	30	Duqueine Team	Nicolás Pino René Binder Neel Jani	Oreca 07	G	85	+3 Laps
29	LMGTE	95	TF Sport	John Hartshorne Ben Tuck Jonathan Adam	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	G	85	+3 Laps
30	LMP3	4	DKR Engineering	Alexander Bukhantsov James Winslow Pedro Perino	Duqueine M30 – D08	M	79	+9 Laps
31	LMP3	31	Racing Spirit of Leman	Jacques Wolff Jean-Ludovic Foubert Antoine Doquin	Ligier JS P320	M	76	+12 Laps
Not classified
	LMP3	35	Ultimate	Eric Trouillet Matthieu Lahaye Jean-Baptiste Lahaye	Ligier JS P320	M	83
	LMP2	43	Inter Europol Competition	Rui Andrade Olli Caldwell Jonathan Aberdein	Oreca 07	G	81
	LMP2 Pro/Am	24	Nielsen Racing	Rodrigo Sales Ben Hanley Mathias Beche	Oreca 07	G	75
	LMGTE	44	GMB Motorsport	Jens Møller Gustav Birch Nicki Thiim	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	G	64
	LMP3	10	Eurointernational	François Heriau Glenn van Berlo	Ligier JS P320	M	55
	LMGTE	66	JMW Motorsport	Martin Berry Lorcan Hanafin Jon Lancaster	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	G	35
	LMGTE	93	Proton Competition	Michael Fassbender Martin Rump Richard Lietz	Porsche 911 RSR-19	G	34
	LMP3	7	Nielsen Racing	Anthony Wells Ryan Harper-Ellam	Ligier JS P320	M	31
	LMP2 Pro/Am	99	Proton Competition	Giorgio Roda Jonas Ried Gianmaria Bruni	Oreca 07	G	30

1. The No. 34 Racing Team Turkey was penalised for prematurely accelerating during Full Course Yellow. The penalty was 2 seconds added to crew's total race time.^[16]
2. The No. 83 AF Corse was penalised for prematurely accelerating during Full Course Yellow. The penalty was 4 seconds added to crew's total race time.^[17]
3. The No. 81 DragonSpeed USA was penalised for unsafe release in the pit lane and causing a collision with the No. 16 Proton Competition. The penalty was 10 seconds added to the next pit stop but it was converted into 10 seconds added to crew's total race time.^[18][15]
4. The No. 16 Proton Competition was penalised for prematurely accelerating during Full Course Yellow. The penalty was 10 seconds added to crew's total race time.^[19]
5. The No. 77 Proton Competition was penalised twice. The first penalty was 30 seconds for constant abuse of track limits.^[20] The second penalty was also 30 seconds for causing a collision with the No. 35 Ultimate.^[21]

Statistics

Fastest lap

Class	Driver	Team	Time	Lap
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]