2024 6 Hours of Imola

The 2024 6 Hours of Imola was an endurance sportscar racing event held on 21 April 2024, as the second of eight rounds of the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship. It was the second running of the event, and the first running of the event as part of the World Endurance Championship.

2024 6 Hours of Imola

Event information
Round 2 of 8 in the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship
Date	21 April 2024
Location	Imola
Venue	Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari
Duration	6 hours
Results
Laps completed	205
Distance (km)	1006.345
Distance (miles)	625.25
Hypercar
Pole position
Time	1:29.466
Team	Ferrari AF Corse
Winners
Team	Toyota Gazoo Racing
Drivers	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Nyck de Vries
LMGT3
Winners
Team	Team WRT
Drivers	Augusto Farfus Sean Gelael Darren Leung

Background

The event was announced on 9 June 2023, during the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans weekend. The Italian round of the World Endurance Championship was held at Monza in July between 2021 and 2023. To accommodate an additional non-European race, the Italian round was moved from July to April. Since the Monza circuit is currently undergoing upgrade works, the round was moved from Monza to Imola.^[1]

Prior to the race, Peugeot unveiled their updated Peugeot 9X8, including a rear wing and a change in tire size: the front tires having a tread width of 29 centimeters, and the rear tires having a tread width of 34 centimeters, aligning with the rest of the Hypercar field.^[2]

Entry list

Main article: 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship § Entries

The entry list was revealed on 2 April 2024, with 19 entries in the Hypercar category, and 18 entries in the LMGT3 category. In Hypercar, the No. 2 Cadillac Racing entry dropped from three to two drivers: Sébastien Bourdais did not drive for the team in Imola. Furthermore, Ferdinand Habsburg was replaced by Jules Gounon in the No. 35 Alpine Endurance Team entry, since the former was still recovering from an injury.^[3] All other entered teams and drivers stayed the same as in Qatar.^[4][5]

Schedule

Date	Time (local: CEST)	Event
Friday, 19 April	12:00	Free Practice 1
	17:15	Free Practice 2
Saturday, 20 April	11:10	Free Practice 3
	14:45	Qualifying - LMGT3
	15:05	Hyperpole - LMGT3
	15:25	Qualifying - Hypercar
	15:45	Hyperpole - Hypercar
Sunday, 21 April	13:00	Race
Source:[6]

Practice

There are three practice sessions scheduled to be held preceding the start of the race on Sunday: two on Friday and one on Saturday. The sessions on Friday afternoon and Friday evening lasted 90 minutes, and the final session on Saturday morning lasted for 60 minutes.^[6]

Practice 1

The first practice session took place at 12:00 CEST on Friday. Yifei Ye was quickest in the No. 83 AF Corse Ferrari, with a lap time of 1:31.347. Antonio Fuoco ended up second fastest in the No. 50 Ferrari AF Corse entry, with Mikkel Jensen in the No. 93 Peugeot TotalEnergies entry in third.^[7] LMGT3 was led by Daniel Juncadella in the No. 82 TF Sport Corvette, lapping the circuit in 1 minute and 42.113 seconds, with teammate Charlie Eastwood in the No. 81 Corvette second, 0.606s behind. Davide Rigon was third-quickest in the No. 54 Vista AF Corse Ferrari, 0.858s slower than Juncadella.^[8] The session saw one red flag, after Jean-Éric Vergne's No. 93 Peugeot suddenly stopped on-track.^[9]

Class	No.	Entrant	Driver	Time
Hypercar	83	AF Corse	Yifei Ye	1:31.347
LMGT3	82	TF Sport	Daniel Juncadella	1:42.113
Source:[10][11]

• Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Practice 2

The second practice session took place at 17:15 CEST on Friday. Fuoco was quickest in the No. 50 Ferrari with a lap time of 1:30.957. Kévin Estre was second in the No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport entry, 0.342s behind. Robert Shwartzman ended up third in the No. 83 Ferrari.^[12] Eastwood was quickest in LMGT3 in the No. 81 Corvette, with a lap of 1:41.986, which was 0.187s faster than Alessio Rovera's lap in the No. 55 Vista AF Corse Ferrari. Juncadella was third-quickest in the No. 82 Corvette.^[13]

Class	No.	Entrant	Driver	Time
Hypercar	50	Ferrari AF Corse	Antonio Fuoco	1:30.957
LMGT3	81	TF Sport	Charlie Eastwood	1:41.986
Source:[14][15]

• Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Final practice

The third and final practice session took place at 11:10 CEST on Saturday. Fuoco was once again quickest in the No. 50 Ferrari, with a lap of 1:31.238. He was 0.034s quicker than Dries Vanthoor in the No. 15 BMW M Team WRT entry, with team-mate René Rast in the No. 20 BMW a further 0.271s behind.^[16] In LMGT3, Marco Sørensen was quickest in the No. 777 D'station Racing Aston Martin, lapping the track in 1 minute and 42.474 seconds. He was half a second quicker than Daniel Mancinelli in the No. 27 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin, with Augusto Farfus in the No. 31 Team WRT BMW in third.^[17] The session saw one stoppage, when Paul di Resta beached his No. 94 Peugeot TotalEnergies entry in the gravel at turn 18.^[17]

Class	No.	Entrant	Driver	Time
Hypercar	50	Ferrari AF Corse	Antonio Fuoco	1:31.238
LMGT3	777	D'station Racing	Marco Sørensen	1:42.474
Source:[18][19]

• Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Qualifying

Qualifying results

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos	Class	No.	Entrant	Qualifying	Hyperpole	Grid
1	Hypercar	50	Ferrari AF Corse	1:30.196	1:29.466	1
2	Hypercar	83	AF Corse	1:30.710	1:29.885	2
3	Hypercar	51	Ferrari AF Corse	1:30.736	1:29.953	3
4	Hypercar	6	Porsche Penske Motorsport	1:31.190	1:30.101	4
5	Hypercar	5	Porsche Penske Motorsport	1:30.221	1:30.385	5
6	Hypercar	7	Toyota Gazoo Racing	1:30.636	1:30.410	6
7	Hypercar	20	BMW M Team WRT	1:30.950	1:30.600	7
8	Hypercar	8	Toyota Gazoo Racing	1:30.497	1:30.652	8
9	Hypercar	12	Hertz Team Jota	1:30.992	1:30.656	9
10	Hypercar	99	Proton Competition	1:30.929	1:30.692	10
11	Hypercar	38	Hertz Team Jota	1:31.322		11
12	Hypercar	2	Cadillac Racing	1:31.397		12
13	Hypercar	15	BMW M Team WRT	1:31.549		13
14	Hypercar	94	Peugeot TotalEnergies	1:31.651		14
15	Hypercar	93	Peugeot TotalEnergies	1:31.748		15
16	Hypercar	63	Lamborghini Iron Lynx	1:31.862		16
17	Hypercar	35	Alpine Endurance Team	1:31.980		17
18	Hypercar	36	Alpine Endurance Team	1:32.054		18
19	Hypercar	11	Isotta Fraschini	1:33.575		19
20	LMGT3	92	Manthey PureRxcing	1:42.734	1:42.365	20
21	LMGT3	27	Heart of Racing Team	1:43.452	1:43.058	21
22	LMGT3	46	Team WRT	1:43.241	1:43.099	22
23	LMGT3	31	Team WRT	1:43.281	1:43.105	23
24	LMGT3	85	Iron Dames	1:42.924	1:43.151	24
25	LMGT3	88	Proton Competition	1:43.416	1:43.229	25
26	LMGT3	91	Manthey EMA	1:43.134	1:43.399	26
27	LMGT3	55	Vista AF Corse	1:43.198	1:43.523	27
28	LMGT3	54	Vista AF Corse	1:43.225	1:43.650	28
29	LMGT3	59	United Autosports	1:43.882	1:43.835	29
30	LMGT3	81	TF Sport	1:43.897		30
31	LMGT3	777	D'station Racing	1:43.947		31
32	LMGT3	82	TF Sport	1:44.108		32
33	LMGT3	77	Proton Competition	1:44.118		33
34	LMGT3	95	United Autosports	1:44.291		34
35	LMGT3	78	Akkodis ASP Team	1:44.347		35
36	LMGT3	60	Iron Lynx	1:46.254		36
37	LMGT3	87	Akkodis ASP Team	No time[N 1]		37
Source:[21][22]

Race

Race results

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 143 laps. Class winners are in bold and ‡.

Final race classification Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Time/Retired Engine 1 Hypercar 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Nyck de Vries Toyota GR010 Hybrid M 205 6:00:34.717‡ Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6 2 Hypercar 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Kévin Estre André Lotterer Laurens Vanthoor Porsche 963 M 205 +7.081[N 2] Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 3 Hypercar 5 Porsche Penske Motorsport Matt Campbell Michael Christensen Frédéric Makowiecki Porsche 963 M 205 +25.626 Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 4 Hypercar 50 Ferrari AF Corse Antonio Fuoco Miguel Molina Nicklas Nielsen Ferrari 499P M 205 +31.469 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 5 Hypercar 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryo Hirakawa Toyota GR010 Hybrid M 205 +33.777 Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6 6 Hypercar 20 BMW M Team WRT Robin Frijns Sheldon van der Linde René Rast BMW M Hybrid V8 M 204 +1 Lap BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8 7 Hypercar 51 Ferrari AF Corse James Calado Antonio Giovinazzi Alessandro Pier Guidi Ferrari 499P M 204 +1 Lap Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 8 Hypercar 83 AF Corse Robert Kubica Robert Shwartzman Yifei Ye Ferrari 499P M 204 +1 Lap Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 9 Hypercar 93 Peugeot TotalEnergies Mikkel Jensen Nico Müller Jean-Éric Vergne Peugeot 9X8 2024 M 203 +2 Laps Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 10 Hypercar 2 Cadillac Racing Earl Bamber Alex Lynn Cadillac V-Series.R M 203 +2 Laps Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 11 Hypercar 38 Hertz Team Jota Jenson Button Philip Hanson Oliver Rasmussen Porsche 963 M 203 +2 Laps Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 12 Hypercar 63 Lamborghini Iron Lynx Mirko Bortolotti Daniil Kvyat Edoardo Mortara Lamborghini SC63 M 203 +2 Laps Lamborghini 3.8 L Turbo V8 13 Hypercar 35 Alpine Endurance Team Paul-Loup Chatin Jules Gounon Charles Milesi Alpine A424 M 201 +4 Laps[N 3] Alpine V634 3.4 L Turbo V6 14 Hypercar 12 Hertz Team Jota Callum Ilott Norman Nato Will Stevens Porsche 963 M 200 +5 Laps Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 15 Hypercar 94 Peugeot TotalEnergies Paul di Resta Loïc Duval Stoffel Vandoorne Peugeot 9X8 2024 M 199 +6 Laps Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 16 Hypercar 36 Alpine Endurance Team Nicolas Lapierre Mick Schumacher Matthieu Vaxivière Alpine A424 M 199 +6 Laps[N 3] Alpine V634 3.4 L Turbo V6 17 Hypercar 11 Isotta Fraschini Carl Bennett Antonio Serravalle Jean-Karl Vernay Isotta Fraschini Tipo 6-C M 191 +14 Laps Isotta Fraschini 3.0 L Turbo V6 18 LMGT3 31 Team WRT Augusto Farfus Sean Gelael Darren Leung BMW M4 GT3 G 187 +18 Laps‡ BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6 19 LMGT3 46 Team WRT Ahmad Al Harthy Maxime Martin Valentino Rossi BMW M4 GT3 G 187 +18 Laps BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6 20 LMGT3 92 Manthey PureRxcing Klaus Bachler Alex Malykhin Joel Sturm Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) G 186 +19 Laps Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 21 LMGT3 55 Vista AF Corse François Heriau Simon Mann Alessio Rovera Ferrari 296 GT3 G 186 +19 Laps Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 22 LMGT3 27 Heart of Racing Team Ian James Daniel Mancinelli Alex Riberas Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo G 185 +20 Laps[N 4] Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 23 LMGT3 95 United Autosports Josh Caygill Nico Pino Marino Sato McLaren 720S GT3 Evo G 185 +20 Laps McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 24 LMGT3 81 TF Sport Rui Andrade Charlie Eastwood Tom van Rompuy Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R G 185 +20 Laps Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8 25 LMGT3 82 TF Sport Sébastien Baud Daniel Juncadella Hiroshi Koizumi Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R G 185 +20 Laps Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8 26 LMGT3 77 Proton Competition Ben Barker Ryan Hardwick Zacharie Robichon Ford Mustang GT3 G 184 +21 Laps Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 27 LMGT3 777 D'station Racing Erwan Bastard Clément Mateu Marco Sørensen Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo G 184 +21 Laps Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 28 LMGT3 59 United Autosports Nicolas Costa James Cottingham Grégoire Saucy McLaren 720S GT3 Evo G 184 +21 Laps McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 29 LMGT3 54 Vista AF Corse Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr Davide Rigon Ferrari 296 GT3 G 184 +21 Laps Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 30 LMGT3 60 Iron Lynx Matteo Cressoni Franck Perera Claudio Schiavoni Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 G 183 +22 Laps Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 31 LMGT3 78 Akkodis ASP Team Timur Boguslavskiy Kelvin van der Linde Arnold Robin Lexus RC F GT3 G 183 +22 Laps Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8 32 LMGT3 87 Akkodis ASP Team Takeshi Kimura José María López Esteban Masson Lexus RC F GT3 G 182 +23 Laps Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8 33 LMGT3 91 Manthey EMA Richard Lietz Morris Schuring Yasser Shahin Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) G 171 +34 Laps Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 NC Hypercar 99 Proton Competition Julien Andlauer Neel Jani Harry Tincknell Porsche 963 M 167 Not classified Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 NC LMGT3 85 Iron Dames Sarah Bovy Michelle Gatting Doriane Pin Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 G 33 Not classified Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 Ret LMGT3 88 Proton Competition Dennis Olsen Mikkel O. Pedersen Giorgio Roda Ford Mustang GT3 G 82 Retired Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 DSQ Hypercar 15 BMW M Team WRT Raffaele Marciello Dries Vanthoor Marco Wittmann BMW M Hybrid V8 M 163 Parc fermé breach[N 5] BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8 Source:[30]

Tyre manufacturers Key Symbol Tyre manufacturer G Goodyear M Michelin

Official recordings

• Free Practice 3 | 2024 6 Hours of Imola on YouTube
• Full Qualifying and Hyperpole | 2024 6 Hours of Imola on YouTube
• Full Race | 2024 6 Hours of Imola on YouTube

Notes

1. The No. 87 Akkodis ASP Team entry had all its lap times deleted due to a faulty sensor.^[20]
2. The No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport entry received a 5-second time penalty for overtaking under the safety car. The car kept its second-place position.^[23]
3. The Nos. 35 and 36 Alpine Endurance Team entries initially received penalties for not reaching the minimum drive time with Jules Gounon and Nicolas Lapierre, respectively.^[24][25] However, this decision was later reverted by the stewards.^[26][27]
4. The No. 27 Heart of Racing Team entry received a 10-second time penalty for leaving its engine running whilst refuelling. The car kept its position of fifth in class.^[28]
5. The No. 15 BMW M Team WRT entry was disqualified as it did not rejoin parc fermé under its own power.^[29]