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2024 4 Hours of Imola

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The 2024 4 Hours of Imola was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 5 and 7 July 2024, as the third round of the 2024 European Le Mans Series season.

Entry list

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The pre-event entry list was released on 26 June 2024 and consisted of 43 entries between 4 categories - 14 in LMP2, 8 in LMP2 Pro/Am, 10 in LMP3 and 11 in LMGT3.[1][2]

Paul-Loup Chatin replaced Ritomo Miyata in the No. 37 COOL Racing. Miyata could not compete in this round due to his FIA F2 commitments.[1][2] The other change in the No. 47 was Carl Bennett who had replaced Alex García.[1] Ferdinand Habsburg drove in the No. 47 COOL Racing for the first time this season after missing previous rounds due to an injury.[1] Paul Lafargue had to skip this round for family matters, Marcos Siebert replaced him in the No. 28 IDEC Sport.[3] Paul Lanchere joined Lahaye brothers in the No. 35 Ultimate.[2][3]

Schedule

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Date Time (local: CEST) Event
Friday, 5 July 10:40 Free Practice 1
15:40 Bronze Drivers Collective Test
Saturday, 6 July 10:05 Free Practice 2
14:35 Qualifying - LMGT3
15:00 Qualifying - LMP3
15:25 Qualifying - LMP2 Pro-Am
15:50 Qualifying - LMP2
Sunday, 7 July 11:30 Race
Source:[4]

Free practice

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  • Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Free Practice 1 Class No. Entrant Time
LMP2 34 Poland Inter Europol Competition 1:31.236
LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing 1:31.787
LMP3 88 Poland Inter Europol Competition 1:39.053
LMGT3 57 Switzerland Kessel Racing 1:42.386
Free Practice 2 Class No. Entrant Time
LMP2 65 France Panis Racing 1:30.885
LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing 1:32.243
LMP3 12 Germany WTM by Rinaldi Racing 1:39.541
LMGT3 57 Switzerland Kessel Racing 1:42.588
Sources:[5][6]

Qualifying

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Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 LMP2 65 France Panis Racing France Charles Milesi 1:30.829 1
2 LMP2 25 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing United Kingdom Alexander Lynn 1:30.961 +0.132 2
3 LMP2 10 United Kingdom Vector Sport Brazil Felipe Drugovich 1:30.988 +0.159 3
4 LMP2 47 Switzerland COOL Racing Denmark Frederik Vesti 1:31.051 +0.222 4
5 LMP2 37 Switzerland COOL Racing Denmark Malthe Jakobsen 1:31.098 +0.269 5
6 LMP2 34 Poland Inter Europol Competition United Kingdom Oliver Gray 1:31.184 +0.355 6
7 LMP2 14 United States AO by TF Poland Robert Kubica 1:31.279 +0.450 7
8 LMP2 22 United Kingdom United Autosports United Kingdom Benjamin Hanley 1:31.321 +0.492 8
9 LMP2 23 United Kingdom United Autosports United Kingdom Paul di Resta 1:31.365 +0.536 9
10 LMP2 28 France IDEC Sport France Reshad de Gerus 1:31.465 +0.636 10
11 LMP2 43 Poland Inter Europol Competition France Tom Dillmann 1:31.545 +0.716 11
12 LMP2 27 United Kingdom Nielsen Racing United Kingdom William Stevens 1:31.657 +0.828 12
13 LMP2 9 Germany Iron LynxProton Italy Matteo Cairoli 1:31.718 +0.889 13
14 LMP2 Pro/Am 77 Germany Proton Competition Italy Giorgio Roda 1:33.093 +2.264 14
15 LMP2 Pro/Am 29 France Richard Mille by TDS United States Rodrigo Sales 1:33.625 +2.796 16[Q 1]
16 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 Italy AF Corse France François Perrodo 1:34.120 +3.291 15
17 LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Poland Team Virage United Kingdom Anthony Wells 1:34.362 +3.533 17
18 LMP2 Pro/Am 24 United Kingdom Nielsen Racing United States John Falb 1:34.455 +3.626 18
19 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Kingdom United Autosports Brazil Daniel Schneider 1:34.959 +4.130 19
20 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing Greece Kriton Lendoudis 1:35.872 +5.043 20
21 LMP2 Pro/Am 3 Luxembourg DKR Engineering Australia Andres Latorre Canon 1:37.652 +6.823 21
22 LMP3 4 Luxembourg DKR Engineering United States Wyatt Brichacek 1:37.776 +6.947 22
23 LMP3 12 Germany WTM by Rinaldi Racing Colombia Óscar Tunjo 1:38.019 +7.190 23
24 LMP3 15 United Kingdom RLR M Sport France Gaël Julien 1:38.564 +7.735 24
25 LMP3 88 Poland Inter Europol Competition United Kingdom Kai Askey 1:38.637 +7.808 25
26 LMP3 17 Switzerland COOL Racing Portugal Manuel Espírito Santo 1:38.684 +7.855 26
27 LMP3 8 Poland Team Virage France Gillian Henrion 1:38.927 +8.098 27
28 LMP3 31 Switzerland Racing Spirit of Léman France Antoine Doquin 1:39.072 +8.243 28
29 LMP3 11 Italy Eurointernational Canada Adam Ali 1:39.081 +8.252 29
30 LMP3 5 United Kingdom RLR M Sport United Kingdom Bailey Voisin 1:39.701 +8.872 30
31 LMP3 35 France Ultimate France Jean-Baptiste Lahaye 1:39.775 +8.946 31
32 LMGT3 85 Germany Iron Dames Belgium Sarah Bovy 1:43.349 +12.520 32
33 LMGT3 59 Switzerland Racing Spirit of Léman United States Derek DeBoer 1:43.476 +12.647 33
34 LMGT3 63 Italy Iron Lynx Japan Hiroshi Hamaguchi 1:43.560 +12.731 34
35 LMGT3 57 Switzerland Kessel Racing Japan Takeshi Kimura 1:43.821 +12.992 35
36 LMGT3 97 United Kingdom Grid Motorsport by TF Singapore Martin Berry 1:44.230 +13.401 36
37 LMGT3 50 Denmark Formula Racing Denmark Johnny Laursen 1:44.592 +13.763 37
38 LMGT3 51 Italy AF Corse France Charles-Henri Samani 1:44.747 +13.918 38
39 LMGT3 86 United Kingdom GR Racing United Kingdom Michael Wainwright 1:44.786 +13.957 39
40 LMGT3 55 Switzerland Spirit of Race United Kingdom Duncan Cameron 1:45.523 +14.694 40
41 LMGT3 60 Germany Proton Competition Italy Claudio Schiavoni 1:46.321 +15.492 41
42 LMGT3 66 United Kingdom JMW Motorsport United Kingdom John Hartshorne 1:49.682 +18.853 42
43 LMP2 30 France Duqueine Team Australia James Allen [Q 2] 43
Sources:[9][10][11][12][13][14]
  1. ^ The No. 29 Richard Mille by TDS was penalised for impeding the car No. 3 and was moved back on the grid by 1 position.[7]
  2. ^ The No. 30 Duqueine Team was penalised for causing the red flag during Qualifying session and lost all its laps. It was also obliged to start the race with its fastest driver.[8]

Race

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Race result

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The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 93 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

Final Classification[15]
Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Tyres Laps Time/Gap
1 LMP2 65 France Panis Racing United Kingdom Manuel Maldonado
France Charles Milesi
Monaco Arthur Leclerc
Oreca 07 G 133 4:01:32.720[R 1]
2 LMP2 14 United States AO by TF United Kingdom Jonny Edgar
Switzerland Louis Delétraz
Poland Robert Kubica
Oreca 07 G 133 +11.357
3 LMP2 10 United Kingdom Vector Sport United Kingdom Ryan Cullen
Monaco Stéphane Richelmi
Brazil Felipe Drugovich
Oreca 07 G 133 +11.621
4 LMP2 43 Poland Inter Europol Competition Mexico Sebastián Álvarez
France Vladislav Lomko
France Tom Dillmann
Oreca 07 G 133 +12.561
5 LMP2 28 France IDEC Sport Argentina Marcos Siebert
France Reshad de Gerus
Netherlands Job van Uitert
Oreca 07 G 133 +12.735
6 LMP2 23 United Kingdom United Autosports United States Bijoy Garg
Switzerland Fabio Scherer
United Kingdom Paul di Resta
Oreca 07 G 133 +42.244
7 LMP2 34 Poland Inter Europol Competition United Kingdom Oliver Gray
France Clément Novalak
Italy Luca Ghiotto
Oreca 07 G 133 +1:01.248
8 LMP2 25 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing Liechtenstein Matthias Kaiser
United Kingdom Olli Caldwell
United Kingdom Alexander Lynn
Oreca 07 G 132 +1 Laps
9 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing Greece Kriton Lendoudis
United Kingdom Richard Bradley
United Kingdom Alex Quinn
Oreca 07 G 132 +1 Laps
10 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 Italy AF Corse France François Perrodo
France Matthieu Vaxivière
Italy Alessio Rovera
Oreca 07 G 132 +1 Laps
11 LMP2 Pro/Am 29 France Richard Mille by TDS United States Rodrigo Sales
Switzerland Mathias Beche
Switzerland Grégoire Saucy
Oreca 07 G 132 +1 Laps
12 LMP2 30 France Duqueine Team Netherlands Niels Koolen
France Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer
Australia James Allen
Oreca 07 G 132 +1 Laps
13 LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Poland Team Virage United Kingdom Anthony Wells
United Kingdom Matthew Bell
Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr.
Oreca 07 G 131 +2 Laps
14 LMP2 Pro/Am 3 Luxembourg DKR Engineering Australia Andres Latorre Canon
Turkey Cem Bölükbaşı
Germany Laurents Hörr
Oreca 07 G 131 +2 Laps
15 LMP2 Pro/Am 24 United Kingdom Nielsen Racing United States John Falb
United Kingdom Colin Noble
Spain Albert Costa Balboa
Oreca 07 G 131 +2 Laps
16 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Kingdom United Autosports Brazil Daniel Schneider
United Kingdom Andrew Meyrick
United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
Oreca 07 G 130 +3 Laps
17 LMP2 Pro/Am 77 Germany Proton Competition Italy Giorgio Roda
Austria René Binder
Netherlands Bent Viscaal
Oreca 07 G 130 +3 Laps
18 LMP2 47 Switzerland COOL Racing Thailand Carl Bennett
Austria Ferdinand Habsburg
Denmark Frederik Vesti
Oreca 07 G 130 +3 Laps
19 LMP2 22 United Kingdom United Autosports Romania Filip Ugran
Japan Marino Sato
United Kingdom Benjamin Hanley
Oreca 07 G 130 +3 Laps[R 2]
20 LMP2 27 United Kingdom Nielsen Racing Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson
Chile Nicolás Pino
United Kingdom William Stevens
Oreca 07 G 128 +5 Laps
21 LMP3 11 Italy Eurointernational United Kingdom Matthew Richard Bell
Canada Adam Ali
Ligier JS P320 M 125 +8 Laps
22 LMP3 8 Poland Team Virage Algeria Julien Gerbi
Portugal Bernardo Pinheiro
France Gillian Henrion
Ligier JS P320 M 125 +8 Laps
23 LMP3 35 France Ultimate France Paul Lanchere
France Jean-Baptiste Lahaye
France Matthieu Lahaye
Ligier JS P320 M 124 +9 Laps
24 LMP3 15 United Kingdom RLR M Sport Denmark Michael Jensen
United Kingdom Nick Adcock
France Gaël Julien
Ligier JS P320 M 124 +9 Laps
25 LMP3 12 Germany WTM by Rinaldi Racing Germany Torsten Kratz
Germany Leonard Weiss
Colombia Óscar Tunjo
Duqueine M30 - D08 M 124 +9 Laps
26 LMP3 4 Luxembourg DKR Engineering Germany Alexander Mattschull
Spain Belén García
United States Wyatt Brichacek
Duqueine M30 - D08 M 124 +9 Laps
27 LMP3 5 United Kingdom RLR M Sport Canada James Dayson
Canada Daniel Ali
United Kingdom Bailey Voisin
Ligier JS P320 M 123 +10 Laps
28 LMGT3 85 Germany Iron Dames Belgium Sarah Bovy
Switzerland Rahel Frey
Denmark Michelle Gatting
Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 G 123 +10 Laps
29 LMGT3 59 Switzerland Racing Spirit of Léman United States Derek DeBoer
United Kingdom Casper Stevenson
France Valentin Hasse-Clot
Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3 G 123 +10 Laps
30 LMP3 17 Switzerland COOL Racing Portugal Miguel Cristóvão
Switzerland Cédric Oltramare
Portugal Manuel Espírito Santo
Ligier JS P320 M 123 +10 Laps
31 LMGT3 63 Italy Iron Lynx Japan Hiroshi Hamaguchi
Zimbabwe Axcil Jefferies
Italy Andrea Caldarelli
Lamborghini Huracan LMGT3 Evo2 G 123 +10 Laps
32 LMGT3 57 Switzerland Kessel Racing Japan Takeshi Kimura
France Esteban Masson
Brazil Daniel Serra
Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 123 +10 Laps[R 3]
33 LMGT3 97 United Kingdom Grid Motorsport by TF Singapore Martin Berry
United Kingdom Lorcan Hanafin
United Kingdom Jonathan Adam[R 4]
Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3 G 123 +10 Laps[R 5]
34 LMGT3 51 Italy AF Corse France Charles-Henri Samani
France Emmanuel Collard
Argentina Nicolás Varrone
Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 122 +11 Laps
35 LMGT3 86 United Kingdom GR Racing United Kingdom Michael Wainwright
Italy Riccardo Pera
Italy Davide Rigon
Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 122 +11 Laps
36 LMGT3 55 Switzerland Spirit of Race United Kingdom Duncan Cameron
South Africa David Perel
Republic of Ireland Matthew Griffin
Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 122 +11 Laps
37 LMGT3 50 Denmark Formula Racing Denmark Johnny Laursen
Denmark Conrad Laursen
Denmark Nicklas Nielsen
Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 122 +11 Laps
38 LMGT3 66 United Kingdom JMW Motorsport United Kingdom John Hartshorne
United Kingdom Ben Tuck
United Kingdom Philip Keen
Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 120 +13 Laps
39 LMGT3 60 Germany Proton Competition Italy Claudio Schiavoni
Italy Matteo Cressoni
France Julien Andlauer
Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 G 120 +13 Laps[R 6]
40 LMP3 88 Poland Inter Europol Competition United Arab Emirates Alexander Bukhantsov
United Kingdom Kai Askey
Portugal Pedro Perino[R 7]
Ligier JS P320 M 107 +26 Laps
Not classified
LMP2 9 Germany Iron LynxProton Germany Jonas Ried
France Macéo Capietto
Italy Matteo Cairoli
Oreca 07 G 120
LMP3 31 Switzerland Racing Spirit of Léman France Jacques Wolff
France Jean-Ludovic Foubert
France Antoine Doquin
Ligier JS P320 M 104
LMP2 37 Switzerland COOL Racing Spain Lorenzo Fluxá
Denmark Malthe Jakobsen
France Paul-Loup Chatin
Oreca 07 G 72
  1. ^ The No. 65 Panis Racing was origianlly penalised for accelerating too early at the end of a Full Course Yellow, and a drive-through converted into 35 seconds time penalty was given.[16] The penalty would later be overturned, with the No. 65 reinstated as winner.[17]
  2. ^ The No. 22 United Autosports was penalised for not fulfilling minimum driving time by Benjamin Hanley. Hanley drove 1 minute and 35.999 seconds under the minimum. The penalty was deduction of 1 lap from the covered distance and adding 43 seconds to crew's total race time.[16][18]
  3. ^ The No. 57 Kessel Racing was penalised for overtaking car No. 63 under double-waved yellow flags. The penalty was a drive-through converted into 35 seconds time penalty.[16][19]
  4. ^ Jonathan Adam did not fulfil minimum driving time to score points.[20]
  5. ^ The No. 97 Grid Motorsport by TF was penalised for exceeding track limits. The penalty was a drive-through converted into 35 seconds time penalty.[16][21]
  6. ^ The No. 60 Proton Competition was penalised not complying with rules of accessing pit lane under a Full Course Yellow. The penalty was 3 minutes Stop & Go converted into deduction of 2 laps from the covered distance and adding 9 seconds to crew's total race time.[22]
  7. ^ Pedro Perino did not fulfil minimum driving time to score points.[23]

Statistics

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Fastest lap

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Class Driver Team Time Lap
LMP2 Monaco Arthur Leclerc France #65 Panis Racing 1:31.757 67
LMP2 Pro/Am United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis United Kingdom #21 United Autosports 1:32.694 108
LMP3 United States Wyatt Brichacek Luxembourg #4 DKR Engineering 1:39.635 106
LMGT3 France Julien Andlauer Germany #60 Proton Competition 1:42.689 90
Source:[24]

References

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