4 Hours of Castellet

The 4 Hours of Castellet is a Blancpain Endurance Series sports car race held at Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, France. The race began in 1970 as a round of the European 2-Litre Sportscar Championship, and World Sportscar Championship rounds were held in 1974 and 1977. The race was a French national championship race in the 1980s. It was revived in 1998 by the International Sports Racing Series and again in 2010 by the Le Mans Series as an 8-hour race. In 2015, the event returned to its 1000 km format making it only the second time to use that distance since 1974.

4 Hours of Castellet

Blancpain Endurance Series
Venue	Circuit Paul Ricard
First race	1970
First BES race	2015
Distance	1000km
Laps	171
Duration	6 hours
Previous names	Trophée Paul Ricard
Most wins (driver)	Jean-Pierre Jarier (3)
Most wins (team)	Bentley Team M-Sport (3)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Oreca (11)

Depending on the class-type and the year run, the race has been run as a 2 hour, 2.5 hour, 3 hour, 4 hour, 6 hour or 8 hour event, or as a 200 mile, 225 km, 500 km or 1,000 km event – as shown in the race results in the tables below.

Results

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  1974 winners Jean-Pierre Jarier and Jean-Pierre Beltoise's Matra (pictured at the Nürburgring).
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  2010 winners Rinaldo Capello and Allan McNish's Audi R15 TDI Plus.

Sports car races

Year	Overall Winner(s)	Entrant	Car	Distance/Duration	Race Title	Championship	Report
1970	Brian Redman	Chevron Cars Ltd	Chevron B16	200 mi (320 km)	Trophée International Paul Ricard	European 2-Litre Championship	report
1971	Helmut Marko Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Karl von Wendt Racing	Lola T212	3 hours	Trophée Paul Ricard	European 2-Litre Championship	report
1972	Gérard Larrousse	Radio Monte Carlo	Lola T210	2 hours	Trophée Paul Ricard	European 2-Litre Championship	report
1973	John Lepp	Red Rose Racing	Chevron B23	2 hours	Trophée Paul Ricard	European 2-Litre Championship	report
1974	Alain Cudini	Equipe Switzerland Archambeaud	Alpine A441	225 km (140 mi)	Trophée d'Europe	European 2-Litre Championship	report
	Jean-Pierre Beltoise Jean-Pierre Jarier	Equipe Gitanes	Matra-Simca MS670C	1,000 km (620 mi)	1000 Km Le Castellet	World Championship for Makes	report
1975–1976: Not held
1977	Jean-Pierre Jarier Arturo Merzario	Autodelta SpA	Alfa Romeo T33/SC/12	500 km (310 mi)	500 Km Paul Ricard	World Sportscar Championship (Group 6)	report
1978–1997: Not held
1998	Didier Theys Fredy Lienhard	Horag-Lista Racing	Ferrari 333 SP	2 hours, 30 minutes	2 hours, 30 minutes of Paul Ricard	International Sports Racing Series	report
1999–2009: Not held
2010	Rinaldo Capello Allan McNish	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R15 TDI	8 hours	8 Heures du Castellet	Le Mans Series	report
2011	Emmanuel Collard Christophe Tinseau Julien Jousse	Pescarolo Team	Pescarolo 01 Evo	6 hours	6 Heures du Castellet	Le Mans Series	report
2012	Pierre Thiriet Mathias Beche	Thiriet by TDS Racing	Oreca 03	6 hours	6 Heures du Castellet	European Le Mans Series	report
2013	Brendon Hartley Jonathan Hirschi	Murphy Prototypes	Oreca 03	3 hours	3 Hours of Le Castellet	European Le Mans Series	report
2014	Christian Klien Gary Hirsch Pierre Ragues	Newblood by Morand Racing	Morgan LMP2	4 hours	4 Hours of Le Castellet	European Le Mans Series	report
2015	Gary Hirsch Jon Lancaster Björn Wirdheim	Greaves Motorsport	Gibson 015S	4 hours	4 Hours of Le Castellet	European Le Mans Series	report
2016	Mathias Beche Mike Conway Pierre Thiriet	Thiriet by TDS Racing	Oreca 05	4 hours	4 Hours of Le Castellet	European Le Mans Series	report
2017	Matevos Isaakyan Egor Orudzhev	SMP Racing	Dallara P217	4 hours	4 Hours of Le Castellet	European Le Mans Series	report
2018	Norman Nato Paul Petit Olivier Pla	Racing Engineering	Oreca 07	4 hours	4 Hours of Le Castellet	European Le Mans Series	report
2019	James Allen Ben Hanley Henrik Hedman	DragonSpeed	Oreca 07	4 hours	4 Hours of Le Castellet	European Le Mans Series	report
2020 (4 Hours)	Alex Brundle Will Owen Job van Uitert	United Autosports	Oreca 07	4 hours	4 Hours of Le Castellet	European Le Mans Series	report
2020 (Le Castellet 240)	Philip Hanson Filipe Albuquerque	United Autosports	Oreca 07	4 hours	Le Castellet 240	European Le Mans Series	report
2021	Franco Colapinto Roman Rusinov Nyck de Vries	G-Drive Racing	Aurus 01	4 hours	4 Hours of Le Castellet	European Le Mans Series	report
2022	Lorenzo Colombo Louis Delétraz Ferdinand Habsburg	Prema Racing	Oreca 07	4 hours	4 Hours of Le Castellet	European Le Mans Series	report
2023	James Allen Alex Lynn Kyffin Simpson	Algarve Pro Racing	Oreca 07	4 hours	4 Hours of Le Castellet	European Le Mans Series	report
2024	Sebastián Álvarez Tom Dillmann Vladislav Lomko	Inter Europol Competition	Oreca 07	4 hours	4 Hours of Le Castellet	European Le Mans Series	report
2025	Jamie Chadwick Mathys Jaubert Daniel Juncadella	IDEC Sport	Oreca 07	4 hours	4 Hours of Le Castellet	European Le Mans Series	report

GT races

Year	Overall Winner(s)	Entrant	Car	Distance/Duration	Race Title	Championship	Report
1994	Bob Wollek Jean-Pierre Jarier Jesús Pareja	Larbre Compétition	Porsche 911 Turbo S LM-GT	4 Hours	4 Hours of Paul Ricard	BPR Global GT Series	Report
1995	Ray Bellm Maurizio Sandro Sala	Gulf Racing GTC	McLaren F1 GTR	4 Hours	4 Hours of Le Castellet	BPR Global GT Series	Report
1996	Ray Bellm James Weaver	Gulf Racing GTC	McLaren F1 GTR	4 Hours	4 Hours of Le Castellet	BPR Global GT Series	Results
1997: Not held
1998	Geoff Lister Maxwell Beaverbrook Barrie Williams	#9 BVB Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	4 Hours	4 Hours of Paul Ricard	GTR Euroseries	Results
1999–2005: Not held
2006	Mike Hezemans Bert Longin Anthony Kumpen	GLPK-Carsport	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	500 km	500 km of Paul Ricard	FIA GT Championship	report
2007–2008: Not held
2009	Enrique Bernoldi Roberto Streit	Sangari Team Brazil	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	2 Hours	2 Hours of Paul Ricard	FIA GT Championship	report
2010–2011: Not held
2012	Stéphane Ortelli Christopher Mies Christopher Haase	Belgian Audi Club WRT	Audi R8 LMS ultra	3 Hours	3 Hours of Paul Ricard	Blancpain Endurance Series	report
2013	Bas Leinders Maxime Martin Yelmer Buurman	Marc VDS Racing Team	BMW Z4 GT3	3 Hours	3 Hours of Paul Ricard	Blancpain Endurance Series	report
2014	Steven Kane Guy Smith Andy Meyrick	M-Sport Bentley	Bentley Continental GT3	3 Hours	3 Hours of Paul Ricard	Blancpain Endurance Series	report
2015	Wolfgang Reip Katsumasa Chiyo Alex Buncombe	Nissan GT Academy Team RJN	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	1000 Km	1000 km Paul Ricard	Blancpain Endurance Series	report
2016	Côme Ledogar Shane van Gisbergen Rob Bell	Garage 59	McLaren 650S GT3	1000 Km	1000 km Paul Ricard	Blancpain Endurance Series	report[1]
2017	Maxime Soulet Andy Soucek Vincent Abril	Bentley Team M-Sport	Bentley Continental GT3	1000 Km	1000 km Paul Ricard	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	report
2018	Albert Costa Christian Klien Marco Seefried	Emil Frey Lexus Racing	Lexus RC F GT3	1000 Km	1000 km Paul Ricard	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	report
2019	Jules Gounon Steven Kane Jordan Pepper	Bentley Team M-Sport	Bentley Continental GT3	1000 Km	1000 km Paul Ricard	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	report
2020	Tom Blomqvist Côme Ledogar Alessandro Pier Guidi	AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GT3	1000 Km	1000 km Paul Ricard	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	report
2021	Matthew Campbell Earl Bamber Mathieu Jaminet	GPX Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R	1000 Km	1000 km Paul Ricard	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	report
2022	Antonio Fuoco Davide Rigon Daniel Serra	Iron Lynx	Ferrari 488 GT3	1000 Km	1000 km Paul Ricard	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	report
2023	Timur Boguslavskiy Jules Gounon Raffaele Marciello	AKKodis ASP Team	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	1000 Km	1000 km Paul Ricard	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	report
2024	Augusto Farfus Dan Harper Max Hesse	Rowe Racing	BMW M4 GT3	3 Hours	3 hours of Paul Ricard	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	report
2025	Ugo de Wilde Kelvin van der Linde Charles Weerts	Team WRT	BMW M4 GT3 Evo	6 Hours	6 Hours of Paul Ricard	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	report