2020 4 Hours of Le Castellet

The 2020 4 Hours of Le Castellet was an endurance sportscar racing event that was held on 19 July 2020, as the opening round of the 2020 European Le Mans Series. It was also the eleventh running of an ELMS race at Paul Ricard, the eleventh running of a 4 hours race at this circuit and the seventh ELMS 4 hour. The race was won by the #32 United Autosports run Oreca 07-Gibson driven by Will Owen, Alex Brundle and Job van Uitert.

1A-V2 layout of Circuit Paul Ricard used for this race

Qualifying

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold and with ‡.

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap	Grid
1	LMP2	22	United Autosports	Filipe Albuquerque	1:38.268	—	1‡
2	LMP2	26	G-Drive Racing	Nyck de Vries	1:38.505	+0.237	2
3	LMP2	32	United Autosports	Alex Brundle	1:38.736	+0.468	3
4	LMP2	28	IDEC Sport	Paul-Loup Chatin	1:38.887	+0.619	4
5	LMP2	21	DragonSpeed USA	Ben Hanley	1:39.005	+0.737	5
6	LMP2	37	Cool Racing	Nicolas Lapierre	1:39.115	+0.847	6
7	LMP2	31	Panis Racing	Will Stevens	1:39.400	+1.132	7
8	LMP2	24	Algarve Pro Racing	Loïc Duval	1:39.430	+1.162	8
9	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	Gabriel Aubry	1:39.476	+1.208	9
10	LMP2	30	Duqueine Team	Tristan Gommendy	1:39.506	+1.238	10
11	LMP2	39	Graff Racing	Thomas Laurent	1:39.573	+1.305	11
12	LMP2	20	High Class Racing	Anders Fjordbach	1:39.957	+1.689	12
13	LMP2	50	Richard Mille Racing Team	Tatiana Calderón	1:40.123	+1.855	13
14	LMP2	34	Inter Europol Competition	Matevos Isaakyan	1:40.129	+1.861	14
15	LMP2	35	BHK Motorsport	Sergio Campana	1:40.777	+2.509	15
16	LMP3	2	United Autosports	Wayne Boyd	1:48.315	+10.047	16‡
17	LMP3	4	DKR Engineering	Laurents Hörr	1:48.399	+10.131	17
18	LMP3	15	RLR MSport	Malthe Jakobsen	1:48.457	+10.189	18
19	LMP3	8	Realteam Racing	David Droux	1:48.485	+10.217	19
20	LMP3	3	United Autosports	Duncan Tappy	1:48.833	+10.565	20
21	LMP3	11	Eurointernational	Niko Kari	1:48.842	+10.574	21
22	LMP3	13	Inter Europol Competition	Nigel Moore	1:48.874	+10.606	22
23	LMP3	10	Nielsen Racing	Garett Grist	1:49.611	+11.343	23
24	LMP3	9	Graff Racing	Vincent Capillaire	1:49.632	+11.364	24
25	LMP3	7	Nielsen Racing	Colin Noble	1:49.806	+11.538	25
26	LMP3	16	BHK Motorsport	Andrea Fontana	1:50.082	+11.814	26
27	LMP3	5	Graff Racing	Eric Trouillet	1:50.673	+12.405	27
28	LMGTE	74	Kessel Racing	Nicola Cadei	1:51.729	+13.461	28‡
29	LMGTE	98	Aston Martin Racing	Ross Gunn	1:51.745	+13.477	29
30	LMGTE	55	Spirit of Race	Matt Griffin	1:51.780	+13.512	30
31	LMGTE	77	Proton Competition	Alessio Picariello	1:51.781	+13.513	31
32	LMGTE	60	Iron Lynx	Andrea Piccini	1:51.843	+13.575	32
33	LMGTE	93	Proton Competition	Richard Lietz	1:51.892	+13.624	33
34	LMGTE	83	Iron Lynx	Michelle Gatting	1:52.437	+14.169	34
35	LMGTE	66	JMW Motorsport	Jody Fannin	1:52.820	+14.552	35
36	LMGTE	51	AF Corse	Christoph Ulrich	1:53.870	+15.602	36
Sources:[1][2][3][4][5]

Results

Race

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of the overall winning car's race distance) was 93 laps. Class winners are denoted in bold and with ‡.

Pos. Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Time/Retired Engine 1 LMP2 32 United Autosports Alex Brundle Will Owen Job van Uitert Oreca 07 M 132 4:00:50.054‡ Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 2 LMP2 26 G-Drive Racing Nyck de Vries Mikkel Jensen Roman Rusinov Aurus 01 M 132 +21.146 s Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 3 LMP2 22 United Autosports Filipe Albuquerque Philip Hanson Oreca 07 M 132 +34.073 s Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 4 LMP2 37 Cool Racing Antonin Borga Alexandre Coigny Nicolas Lapierre Oreca 07 M 132 +50.418 s Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 5 LMP2 50 Richard Mille Racing Team Tatiana Calderón André Negrão Oreca 07 M 132 +1:26.960 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 6 LMP2 24 Algarve Pro Racing Loïc Duval Henning Enqvist Jon Lancaster Oreca 07 G 131 +1 Lap Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 7 LMP2 34 Inter Europol Competition René Binder Matevos Isaakyan Jakub Śmiechowski Ligier JS P217 M 131 +1 Lap Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 8 LMP2 21 DragonSpeed USA Ryan Cullen Ben Hanley Memo Rojas Oreca 07 M 131 +1 Lap Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 9 LMP2 39 Graff Racing James Allen Alexandre Cougnaud Thomas Laurent Oreca 07 M 129 +3 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 10 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing Gabriel Aubry John Falb Simon Trummer Oreca 07 G 129 +3 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 11 LMP3 2 United Autosports Wayne Boyd Tom Gamble Robert Wheldon Ligier JS P320 M 122 +10 Laps‡ Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 12 LMP3 13 Inter Europol Competition Martin Hippe Nigel Moore Ligier JS P320 M 122 +10 Laps Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 13 LMP3 15 RLR MSport James Dayson Ryan Harper-Ellam Malthe Jakobsen Ligier JS P320 M 121 +11 Laps Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 14 LMP3 8 Realteam Racing David Droux Esteban Garcia Ligier JS P320 M 121 +11 Laps Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 15 LMP3 9 Graff Racing Vincent Capillaire Arnold Robin Maxime Robin Ligier JS P320 M 121 +11 Laps Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 16 LMP3 11 Eurointernational Thomas Erdos Niko Kari Ligier JS P320 M 121 +11 Laps Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 17 LMGTE 77 Proton Competition Michele Beretta Alessio Picariello Christian Ried Porsche 911 RSR G 121 +11 Laps‡ Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 18 LMP3 3 United Autosports Andrew Bentley Jim McGuire Duncan Tappy Ligier JS P320 M 120 +12 Laps Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 19 LMGTE 74 Kessel Racing Michael Broniszewski Nicola Cadei David Perel Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 120 +12 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 20 LMGTE 83 Iron Lynx Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Manuela Gostner Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 120 +12 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 21 LMP3 10 Nielsen Racing Charles Crews Garett Grist Rob Hodes Duqueine M30 – D08 M 120 +12 Laps Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 22 LMP3 16 BHK Motorsport Jacopo Baratto Andrea Fontana Lorenzo Veglia Ligier JS P320 M 120 +12 Laps Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 23 LMGTE 66 JMW Motorsport Hunter Abbott Jody Fannin Finlay Hutchison Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 120 +12 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 24 LMP3 4 DKR Engineering Laurents Hörr François Kirmann Wolfgang Triller Duqueine M30 – D08 M 119 +13 Laps Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 25 LMGTE 51 AF Corse Steffen Görig Christoph Ulrich Alexander West Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 119 +13 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 26 LMGTE 60 Iron Lynx Sergio Pianezzola Andrea Piccini Claudio Schiavoni Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 119 +13 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 27 LMGTE 93 Proton Competition Michael Fassbender Felipe Fernández Laser Richard Lietz Porsche 911 RSR G 115 +17 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 28 LMP3 5 Graff Racing Sébastien Page Luis Sanjuan Eric Trouillet Duqueine M30 – D08 M 113 +19 Laps Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 DNF LMP2 20 High Class Racing Dennis Andersen Anders Fjordbach Oreca 07 M 131 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DNF LMGTE 98 Aston Martin Racing Paul Dalla Lana Ross Gunn Mathias Lauda Aston Martin Vantage AMR G 119 puncture Mercedes-Benz M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 DNF LMP2 30 Duqueine Team Tristan Gommendy Jonathan Hirschi Konstantin Tereshchenko Oreca 07 M 64 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DNF LMP2 31 Panis Racing Julien Canal Nico Jamin Will Stevens Oreca 07 G 50 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DNF LMP2 35 BHK Motorsport Sergio Campana Francesco Dracone Oreca 07 G 49 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DNF LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Richard Bradley Paul-Loup Chatin Paul Lafargue Oreca 07 M 33 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DNF LMGTE 55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin Aaron Scott Ferrari 488 GTE Evo G 31 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 DNF LMP3 7 Nielsen Racing Colin Noble Anthony Wells Duqueine M30 – D08 M 9 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 Sources:[6][7]

Tyre manufacturers Key Symbol Tyre manufacturer G Goodyear M Michelin

References

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