2024 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi

The 2024 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 9 and 11 February 2024 at Yas Marina Circuit on Yas Island, United Arab Emirates. It was penultimate and the last round of 2023–24 Asian Le Mans Series season.

The layout of the Yas Marina Circuit

Schedule

Date	Time (local: UTC+4)	Event
Friday, 9 February	15:00	Free Practice 1
	18:35	Free Practice 2
Saturday, 10 February	10:45	Qualifying
	15:00	Race 1
Sunday, 11 February	10:55	Warm-up
	16:00	Race 2
Source:[1]

Entry list

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

The pre-event entry list consisted of 42 entries in 3 categories – 13 in LMP2, 6 in LMP3 and 23 in GT.^[2] In comparison to the previous round there is one new entry – the No. 18 Huber Motorsport with Dorian Boccolacci, Jannes Fittje, and Stanislav Minsky as its drivers.^[3]

Nikita Mazepin fell ill ahead of pre-event testing and was forced to miss out this round. Filipe Albuquerque replaced him in the LMP2 points-leading No. 99 99 Racing crew.^[4] Paul Evrard returned to the No. 43 Saintéloc Racing after missing previous round.^[5] Florian Scholze replaced Bihuang Zhou in the No. 43 Saintéloc Racing.^[6] Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer replaced Oliver Rasmussen in the No. 30 Duqueine Team.^[6]

The No. 43 Saintéloc Racing withdrew from both races after a crash in Qualifying session.^[7] The No. 86 GR Racing withdrew from Race 2 after a crash in Race 1.^[8]

Free practice

• Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Free Practice 1	Class	No.	Entrant	Time
	LMP2	99	99 Racing	1:41.303
	LMP3	17	Cool Racing	1:48.700
	GT	21	AF Corse	1:53.116
Free Practice 2	Class	No.	Entrant	Time
	LMP2	4	CrowdStrike Racing by APR	1:41.337
	LMP3	2	CD Sport	1:49.318
	GT	86	GR Racing	1:52.771
Sources:[9][10]

Race 1

Qualifying

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap	Grid
1	LMP2	99	99 Racing	Ahmad Al Harthy	1:40.720	—	1
2	LMP2	22	Proton Competition	Giorgio Roda	1:41.526	+0.806	2
3	LMP2	90	TF Sport	Salih Yoluç	1:41.565	+0.845	3
4	LMP2	30	Duqueine Team	John Falb	1:42.057	+1.337	4
5	LMP2	4	CrowdStrike Racing by APR	George Kurtz	1:42.733	+2.013	5
6	LMP2	3	DKR Engineering	Alexander Mattschull	1:42.792	+2.072	6
7	LMP2	83	AF Corse	François Perrodo	1:42.919	+2.199	7
8	LMP2	55	Proton Competition	P. J. Hyett	1:43.186	+2.466	8
9	LMP2	47	Cool Racing	Alexandre Coigny	1:43.436	+2.716	9
10	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	Chris McMurry	1:43.852	+3.132	10
11	LMP2	24	Nielsen Racing	Ian Loggie	1:44.052	+3.332	11
12	LMP2	34	Nielsen Racing	Blake McDonald	1:44.119	+3.399	12
13	LMP2	44	ARC Bratislava	Miro Konôpka	1:47.211	+6.491	13
14	LMP3	17	Cool Racing	Alexander Bukhantsov	1:48.499	+7.779	14
15	LMP3	26	Bretton Racing	Julien Gerbi	1:48.905	+8.185	15
16	LMP3	20	High Class Racing	Auðunn Guðmundsson	1:50.258	+9.538	16
17	LMP3	2	CD Sport	Nick Adcock	1:50.422	+9.702	17
18	GT	7	Al Manar Racing by GetSpeed	Anthony Liu	1:52.673	+11.953	20
19	GT	9	GetSpeed	Martin Konrad	1:52.939	+12.219	21
20	GT	98	Dragon Racing	Marco Pulcini	1:53.224	+12.504	22
21	GT	91	Pure Rxcing	Alex Malykhin	1:53.270	+12.550	23
22	GT	69	Optimum Motorsport	James Cottingham	1:53.342	+12.622	24
23	LMP3	58	GG Classic Cars	George Nakas	1:53.429	+12.709	18
24	GT	88	Triple Eight	Prince Jefri Ibrahim	1:53.595	+12.875	25
25	GT	27	Optimum Motorsport	Mark Radcliffe	1:53.808	+13.088	26
26	GT	42	Saintéloc Racing	Alban Varutti	1:53.849	+13.129	27
27	GT	33	Herberth Motorsport	Antares Au	1:53.959	+13.239	28
28	GT	21	AF Corse	François Heriau	1:54.068	+13.348	29
29	LMP3	65	Viper Niza Racing	Douglas Khoo	1:54.292	+13.572	19
30	GT	77	D'Station Racing	Satoshi Hoshino	1:54.361	+13.641	35
31	GT	19	Leipert Motorsport	Gabriel Rindone	1:54.414	+13.694	30
32	GT	66	Attempto Racing	Andrey Mukovoz	1:54.554	+13.834	31
33	GT	93	Team Project 1	Darren Leung	1:54.647	+13.927	32
34	GT	95	TF Sport	John Hartshorne	1:54.938	+14.218	33
35	GT	8	EBM	Setiawan Santoso	1:55.281	+14.561	34
36	GT	11	Attempto Racing	Ilya Gorbatsky	1:55.471	+14.751	36
37	GT	82	AF Corse	Charles-Henri Samani	1:55.586	+14.866	37
38	GT	86	GR Racing	Michael Wainwright	1:55.617	+14.897	38
39	GT	75	Team Motopark	Morten Strømsted	1:56.312	+15.592	39
40	GT	84	EBM	Adrian D'Silva	1:56.987	+16.267	40
41	GT	18	Huber Motorsport	Stanislav Minsky	1:59.570	+18.850	41
42	GT	43	Saintéloc Racing	—			—
Source:[11][12][13][14]

Race

Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 73 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

Final Classification^[15]

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	105	4:00:48.667
2	LMP2	83	AF Corse	François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Alessio Rovera	Oreca 07	M	105	+5.066
3	LMP2	3	DKR Engineering	Alexander Mattschull Tom Dillmann Laurents Hörr	Oreca 07	M	105	+34.274
4	LMP2	90	TF Sport	Salih Yoluç Michael Dinan Charlie Eastwood	Oreca 07	M	105	+34.854
5	LMP2	22	Proton Competition	Giorgio Roda Julien Andlauer René Binder	Oreca 07	M	105	+37.088
6	LMP2	30	Duqueine Team	John Falb Carl Bennett Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer	Oreca 07	M	105	+58.628
7	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	Chris McMurry Freddie Tomlinson Toby Sowery	Oreca 07	M	105	+1:31.001
8	LMP2	34	Nielsen Racing	Blake McDonald Patrick Liddy Matthew Bell	Oreca 07	M	103	+2 Laps
9	LMP2	24	Nielsen Racing	Ian Loggie Alejandro García Ferdinand Habsburg	Oreca 07	M	103	+2 Laps
10	LMP2	55	Proton Competition	P. J. Hyett Harry Tincknell Paul-Loup Chatin	Oreca 07	M	103	+2 Laps
11	LMP2	44	ARC Bratislava	Miro Konôpka Mathias Beche Jonas Ried	Oreca 07	M	102	+3 Laps
12	LMP2	47	Cool Racing	Alexandre Coigny Vladislav Lomko Lorenzo Fluxá	Oreca 07	M	101	+4 Laps
13	LMP3	2	CD Sport	Michael Jensen Nick Adcock Fabien Lavergne	Ligier JS P320	M	101	+4 Laps
14	LMP3	17	Cool Racing	James Winslow Alexander Bukhantsov Manuel Espírito Santo	Ligier JS P320	M	100	+5 Laps
15	LMP3	20	High Class Racing	Auðunn Guðmundsson Anders Fjordbach Seth Lucas	Ligier JS P320	M	100	+5 Laps
16	LMP3	26	Bretton Racing	Dan Skočdopole Julien Gerbi Mihnea Stefan	Ligier JS P320	M	100	+5 Laps
17	GT	88	Triple Eight	Prince Jefri Ibrahim Jordan Love Luca Stolz	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	M	99	+6 Laps
18	GT	19	Leipert Motorsport	Gabriel Rindone Brendon Leitch Marco Mapelli	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	M	99	+6 Laps
19	GT	27	Optimum Motorsport	Mark Radcliffe Rob Bell Ollie Millroy	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	M	99	+6 Laps
20	GT	69	Optimum Motorsport	Sam De Haan James Cottingham Tom Gamble	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	M	99	+6 Laps
21	GT	33	Herberth Motorsport	Antares Au Morris Schuring Laurin Heinrich	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	M	98	+7 Laps
22	LMP3	58	GG Classic Cars	Fraser Ross George Nakas	Ligier JS P320	M	98	+7 Laps
23	GT	95	TF Sport	John Hartshorne Ben Tuck Jonathan Adam	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	98	+7 Laps
24	GT	21	AF Corse	Simon Mann François Heriau Davide Rigon	Ferrari 296 GT3	M	98	+7 Laps
25	GT	93	Team Project 1	Darren Leung Christian Bogle Dan Harper	BMW M4 GT3	M	98	+7 Laps
26	GT	7	Al Manar Racing by GetSpeed	Al Faisal Al Zubair Fabian Schiller Anthony Liu	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	M	98	+7 Laps
27	GT	42	Saintéloc Racing	Christopher Haase Gilles Magnus Alban Varutti	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	M	98	+7 Laps
28	GT	66	Attempto Racing	Dylan Pereira Alex Aka Andrey Mukovoz	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	M	98	+7 Laps
29	GT	98	Dragon Racing	Rui Andrade Nicola Marinangeli Marco Pulcini	Ferrari 296 GT3	M	97	+8 Laps
30	GT	8	EBM	Setiawan Santoso Tanart Sathienthirakul Bastian Buus	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	M	97	+8 Laps
31	GT	75	Team Motopark	Lukas Dunner Heiko Neumann Morten Strømsted	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	M	97	+8 Laps
32	GT	9	GetSpeed	Anthony Bartone Aaron Walker Martin Konrad	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	M	97	+8 Laps
33	GT	82	AF Corse	Charles-Henri Samani Emmanuel Collard Kei Cozzolino	Ferrari 296 GT3	M	96	+9 Laps
34	GT	84	EBM	Adrian D'Silva Kerong Li Earl Bamber	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	M	96	+9 Laps
35	GT	18	Huber Motorsport	Stanislav Minsky Jannes Fittje Dorian Boccolacci	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	M	94	+11 Laps
36	GT	77	D'Station Racing	Satoshi Hoshino Tomonobu Fujii Casper Stevenson	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	91	+14 Laps
Not Classified
	GT	86	GR Racing	Michael Wainwright Benjamin Barker Riccardo Pera	Ferrari 296 GT3	M	78
	LMP3	65	Viper Niza Racing	Douglas Khoo Dominic Ang	Ligier JS P320	M	63
	LMP2	99	99 Racing	Ahmad Al Harthy Filipe Albuquerque Louis Delétraz	Oreca 07	M	47
	GT	91	Pure Rxcing	Alex Malykhin Klaus Bachler Joel Sturm	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	M	43
	GT	11	Attempto Racing	Alexey Nesov Sergey Titarenko Ilya Gorbatsky	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	M	37

Statistics

Fastest lap

Class	Driver	Team	Time	Lap
LMP2	Tom Dillmann	#3 DKR Engineering	1:40.725	54
LMP3	Manuel Espírito Santo	#17 Cool Racing	1:48.652	97
GT	Gilles Magnus	#42 Saintéloc Racing	1:52.798	89
Source:[16]

Race 2

Qualifying

One Qualifying session was held. Each crew's second fastest lap was used to determine the grid for the Race 2.^[17] Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap	Grid
1	LMP2	99	99 Racing	Ahmad Al Harthy	1:41.313	—	1
2	LMP2	90	TF Sport	Salih Yoluç	1:41.677	+0.364	2
3	LMP2	22	Proton Competition	Giorgio Roda	1:41.979	+0.666	3
4	LMP2	30	Duqueine Team	John Falb	1:42.408	+1.095	4
5	LMP2	4	CrowdStrike Racing by APR	George Kurtz	1:42.834	+1.521	5
6	LMP2	3	DKR Engineering	Alexander Mattschull	1:42.955	+1.642	6
7	LMP2	83	AF Corse	François Perrodo	1:43.471	+2.158	7
8	LMP2	47	Cool Racing	Alexandre Coigny	1:43.713	+2.400	8
9	LMP2	55	Proton Competition	P. J. Hyett	1:43.854	+2.541	9
10	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	Chris McMurry	1:44.106	+2.793	10
11	LMP2	24	Nielsen Racing	Ian Loggie	1:44.117	+2.804	11
12	LMP2	34	Nielsen Racing	Blake McDonald	1:44.486	+3.173	12
13	LMP3	17	Cool Racing	Alexander Bukhantsov	1:48.618	+7.305	13
14	LMP3	26	Bretton Racing	Julien Gerbi	1:49.058	+7.745	14
15	LMP2	44	ARC Bratislava	Miro Konôpka	1:49.569	+8.256	15
16	LMP3	2	CD Sport	Nick Adcock	1:50.677	+9.364	16
17	LMP3	20	High Class Racing	Auðunn Guðmundsson	1:50.687	+9.374	17
18	GT	9	GetSpeed	Martin Konrad	1:53.213	+11.900	20
19	GT	7	Al Manar Racing by GetSpeed	Anthony Liu	1:53.261	+11.948	21
20	GT	91	[[Pure Rxcing|]] Pure Rxcing	Alex Malykhin	1:53.415	+12.102	22
21	GT	98	Dragon Racing	Marco Pulcini	1:53.415	+12.102	23
22	GT	88	Triple Eight	Prince Jefri Ibrahim	1:53.770	+12.457	24
23	GT	69	Optimum Motorsport	James Cottingham	1:54.079	+12.766	25
24	GT	27	Optimum Motorsport	Mark Radcliffe	1:54.157	+12.844	26
25	GT	77	D'Station Racing	Satoshi Hoshino	1:54.470	+13.157	27
26	LMP3	58	GG Classic Cars	George Nakas	1:54.475	+13.162	18
27	GT	19	Leipert Motorsport	Gabriel Rindone	1:54.688	+13.375	28
28	GT	21	AF Corse	François Heriau	1:54.704	+13.391	29
29	GT	33	Herberth Motorsport	Antares Au	1:54.943	+13.630	30
30	GT	66	Attempto Racing	Andrey Mukovoz	1:55.111	+13.798	31
31	LMP3	65	Viper Niza Racing	Douglas Khoo	1:55.239	+13.926	19
32	GT	11	Attempto Racing	Ilya Gorbatsky	1:55.515	+14.202	32
33	GT	82	AF Corse	Charles-Henri Samani	1:55.697	+14.384	33
34	GT	8	EBM	Setiawan Santoso	1:55.866	+14.553	34
35	GT	95	TF Sport	John Hartshorne	1:55.941	+14.628	35
36	GT	42	Saintéloc Racing	Alban Varutti	1:56.187	+14.874	36
37	GT	86	GR Racing	Michael Wainwright	1:56.363	+15.050	—
38	GT	75	Team Motopark	Morten Strømsted	1:56.882	+15.569	37
39	GT	84	EBM	Adrian D'Silva	1:57.278	+15.965	38
40	GT	93	Team Project 1	Darren Leung	1:59.566	+18.253	39
41	GT	18	Huber Motorsport	Stanislav Minsky	2:00.335	+19.022	40
42	GT	43	Saintéloc Racing	—			—
Source:[18][12][13][19]

Race

Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 63 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

Final Classification^[20]

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Drivers	Car	Tyres	Laps	Time/Gap
1	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	Chris McMurry Freddie Tomlinson Toby Sowery	Oreca 07	M	90	4:00:40.166
2	LMP2	22	Proton Competition	Giorgio Roda Julien Andlauer René Binder	Oreca 07	M	90	+1:09.676
3	LMP2	30	Duqueine Team	John Falb Carl Bennett Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer	Oreca 07	M	90	+1:37.693
4	LMP2	3	DKR Engineering	Alexander Mattschull Tom Dillmann Laurents Hörr	Oreca 07	M	90	+2:19.752
5	LMP2	4	CrowdStrike Racing by APR	George Kurtz Colin Braun Malthe Jakobsen	Oreca 07	M	89	+1 Lap
6	LMP2	90	TF Sport	Salih Yoluç Michael Dinan Charlie Eastwood	Oreca 07	M	89	+1 Lap
7	LMP2	24	Nielsen Racing	Ian Loggie Alejandro García Ferdinand Habsburg	Oreca 07	M	89	+1 Lap
8	LMP2	44	ARC Bratislava	Miro Konôpka Mathias Beche Jonas Ried	Oreca 07	M	89	+1 Lap
9	LMP2	34	Nielsen Racing	Blake McDonald Patrick Liddy Matthew Bell	Oreca 07	M	89	+1 Lap
10	LMP2	47	Cool Racing	Alexandre Coigny Vladislav Lomko Lorenzo Fluxá	Oreca 07	M	88	+2 Laps
11	LMP2	99	99 Racing	Ahmad Al Harthy Filipe Albuquerque Louis Delétraz	Oreca 07	M	88	+2 Laps
12	LMP2	83	AF Corse	François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Alessio Rovera	Oreca 07	M	86	+4 Laps
13	LMP3	26	Bretton Racing	Dan Skočdopole Julien Gerbi Mihnea Stefan	Ligier JS P320	M	86	+4 Laps
14	LMP3	17	Cool Racing	James Winslow Alexander Bukhantsov Manuel Espírito Santo	Ligier JS P320	M	86	+4 Laps
15	LMP3	2	CD Sport	Michael Jensen Nick Adcock Fabien Lavergne	Ligier JS P320	M	85	+5 Laps
16	LMP3	20	High Class Racing	Auðunn Guðmundsson Anders Fjordbach Seth Lucas	Ligier JS P320	M	85	+5 Laps
17	GT	88	Triple Eight	Prince Jefri Ibrahim Jordan Love Luca Stolz	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	M	84	+6 Laps
18	GT	91	Pure Rxcing	Alex Malykhin Klaus Bachler Joel Sturm	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	M	84	+6 Laps
19	GT	95	TF Sport	John Hartshorne Ben Tuck Jonathan Adam	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	84	+6 Laps
20	GT	42	Saintéloc Racing	Christopher Haase Gilles Magnus Alban Varutti	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	M	84	+6 Laps
21	GT	21	AF Corse	Simon Mann François Heriau Davide Rigon	Ferrari 296 GT3	M	84	+6 Laps
22	GT	82	AF Corse	Charles-Henri Samani Emmanuel Collard Kei Cozzolino	Ferrari 296 GT3	M	84	+6 Laps
23	GT	19	Leipert Motorsport	Gabriel Rindone Brendon Leitch Marco Mapelli	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	M	84	+6 Laps
24	GT	7	Al Manar Racing by GetSpeed	Al Faisal Al Zubair Fabian Schiller Anthony Liu	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	M	83	+7 Laps
25	GT	66	Attempto Racing	Dylan Pereira Alex Aka Andrey Mukovoz	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	M	83	+7 Laps
26	GT	33	Herberth Motorsport	Antares Au Morris Schuring Laurin Heinrich	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	M	83	+7 Laps
27	GT	69	Optimum Motorsport	Sam De Haan James Cottingham Tom Gamble	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	M	83	+7 Laps
28	GT	98	Dragon Racing	Rui Andrade Nicola Marinangeli Marco Pulcini	Ferrari 296 GT3	M	83	+7 Laps
29	GT	77	D'Station Racing	Satoshi Hoshino Tomonobu Fujii Casper Stevenson	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	83	+7 Laps
30	GT	27	Optimum Motorsport	Mark Radcliffe Rob Bell Ollie Millroy	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	M	83	+7 Laps
31	GT	93	Team Project 1	Darren Leung Christian Bogle Dan Harper	BMW M4 GT3	M	83	+7 Laps
32	GT	11	Attempto Racing	Alexey Nesov Sergey Titarenko Ilya Gorbatsky	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	M	82	+8 Laps
33	GT	84	EBM	Adrian D'Silva Kerong Li Earl Bamber	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	M	82	+8 Laps
34	LMP3	65	Viper Niza Racing	Douglas Khoo Dominic Ang	Ligier JS P320	M	82	+8 Laps
35	GT	18	Huber Motorsport	Stanislav Minsky Jannes Fittje Dorian Boccolacci	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	M	82	+8 Laps
Not classified
	GT	75	Team Motopark	Lukas Dunner Heiko Neumann Morten Strømsted	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	M	57
	LMP2	55	Proton Competition	P. J. Hyett Harry Tincknell Paul-Loup Chatin	Oreca 07	M	20
	GT	8	EBM	Setiawan Santoso Tanart Sathienthirakul Bastian Buus	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	M	19
	LMP3	58	GG Classic Cars	Fraser Ross George Nakas	Ligier JS P320	M	1
	GT	9	GetSpeed	Anthony Bartone Aaron Walker Martin Konrad	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	M	0

Statistics

Fastest lap

Class	Driver	Team	Time	Lap
LMP2	Julien Andlauer	#22 Proton Competition	1:41.697	61
LMP3	Manuel Espirito Santo	#17 Cool Racing	1:49.792	78
GT	Jordan Love	#88 Triple Eight	1:53.112	64
Source:[21]