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2025 4 Hours of Barcelona
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The 2025 4 Hours of Barcelona was an endurance sportscar racing event, held between 4 and 6 April 2025 at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain. It was the first of six rounds of the 2025 European Le Mans Series season, and the fifth consecutive running of the event as part of the championship. François Perrodo, Alessio Rovera, and Matthieu Vaxivière won the event in the No. 83 AF Corse Oreca.
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Entry list
The provisional entry list was published on 21 March 2025 and consists of 44 entries across 4 categories – 13 in LMP2, 8 in LMP2 Pro-Am, 10 in LMP3, and 13 in LMGT3.[1][2]
Schedule
Free practice
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Two practice sessions were held before the event: one on Friday, and one on Saturday. The session on Friday afternoon lasted 90 minutes, and the session on Saturday morning lasted 90 minutes.[3]
Practice 1
The first practice session started at 11:50 CEST on Friday and was topped by Tom Dillmann in the No. 43 Inter Europol Competition Oreca, lapping the circuit in 1:29.333. He was 0.406 seconds faster than second-placed Matteo Cairoli in the No. 9 Iron Lynx – Proton Oreca, while Tom Blomqvist placed third in the No. 37 CLX – Pure Rxcing Oreca, 0.679 seconds off the pace.[4] In the LMP2 Pro/Am class, Bent Viscaal set the fastest time with a 1:30.429 in the No. 77 Proton Oreca, ahead of Alex Quinn in the No. 20 Algarve Pro Racing Oreca by 0.266 seconds.[5] Adrien Closmenil led the LMP3 field with a 1:37.536 in the No. 17 CLX Ligier, 0.219 seconds clear of Marius Fossard in the No. 31 Racing Spirit of Léman Ligier.[6] Riccardo Agostini was quickest in the LMGT3 class, posting a 1:40.985 in the No. 50 Richard Mille AF Corse Ferrari. He was followed by Daniel Serra in the No. 57 Kessel Racing Ferrari and Alessio Picariello in the No. 60 Proton Porsche, 0.198 and 0.864 seconds behind Agostini, respectively.[4][6] The session was interrupted by a single, three-minute red flag period.[5]
- Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Practice 2
The second practice session started at 10:10 CEST on Saturday. The session was topped by Dillmann in the No. 43 Oreca, with a lap time of 1:28.741. His lap was 0.293 seconds faster than that of teammate Luca Ghiotto in the No. 34 Oreca. Blomqvist rounded out the top three in the No. 37 Oreca, 0.654 seconds behind the leader.[9] Quinn topped the LMP2 Pro-Am class in the No. 20 Oreca, with a lap time of 1:29.684.[9] Quentin Antonel led the LMP3 class in the No. 68 M Racing Ligier, lapping the circuit in 1 minute, 38.446 seconds. He was 0.415 seconds quicker than second-placed Matthieu Lahaye in the No. 35 Ultimate Ligier.[10] The No. 74 Kessel Racing Ferrari led the LMGT3 class in the hands of Miguel Molina, with a lap time of 1:41.350. Molina's lap was 0.065 seconds quicker than that of second-placed Lilou Wadoux in the No. 50 Ferrari. Davide Rigon rounded out the top three in a third Ferrari (No. 51 AF Corse), 0.603 seconds behind Molina.[9] The session saw one red flag stoppage after the No. 99 AO by TF Oreca had an accident.[10]
- Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
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Qualifying
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Qualifying started at 15:05 CEST, with four sessions of fifteen minutes each, one session for each class.[3] Reshad de Gerus claimed pole position in the No. 30 Duqueine Team Oreca.[13]
Qualifying results
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.
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Race
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The race started at 12:00 CEST, and ran for 4 hours.[3] François Perrodo, Alessio Rovera, and Matthieu Vaxivière won the race in the No. 83 AF Corse Oreca after a last lap pass on the No. 18 IDEC Sport Oreca of Jamie Chadwick, Mathys Jaubert, and Daniel Juncadella.[22]
Race results
The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 91 laps. Class winners are in bold and ‡.
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Notes
Qualifying
- The No. 3 DKR Engineering Oreca had all its lap times deleted due to causing a red flag.[14] Per ELMS regulations, the car started from the back of the LMP2 Pro-Am class.[15]
Race
- The No. 88 Inter Europol Competition Ligier received a 5-second penalty for failing to reduce speed under virtual safety car procedure.[23]
- The No. 50 Richard Mille AF Corse Ferrari received a 5-second penalty for failing to reduce speed under virtual safety car procedure.[24] As a result, the car dropped from 6th to 9th in its class.
- The No. 30 Duqueine Team Oreca received a 1-lap deduction and an additional 12.317-second time penalty after speeding in the pit lane.[25]
- The No. 11 EuroInternational Ligier received a 5-second penalty for failing to reduce speed under virtual safety car procedure.[26]
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