2024 4 Hours of Imola

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.

The layout of the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari

Entry list

Main article: 2024 European Le Mans Series § Entries

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

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

• Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Free Practice 1	Class	No.	Entrant	Time
	LMP2	34	Inter Europol Competition	1:31.236
	LMP2 Pro/Am	20	Algarve Pro Racing	1:31.787
	LMP3	88	Inter Europol Competition	1:39.053
	LMGT3	57	Kessel Racing	1:42.386
Free Practice 2	Class	No.	Entrant	Time
	LMP2	65	Panis Racing	1:30.885
	LMP2 Pro/Am	20	Algarve Pro Racing	1:32.243
	LMP3	12	WTM by Rinaldi Racing	1:39.541
	LMGT3	57	Kessel Racing	1:42.588
Sources:[5][6]

Qualifying

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

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

Race result

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	Panis Racing	Manuel Maldonado Charles Milesi Arthur Leclerc	Oreca 07	G	133	4:01:32.720[R 1]
2	LMP2	14	AO by TF	Jonny Edgar Louis Delétraz Robert Kubica	Oreca 07	G	133	+11.357
3	LMP2	10	Vector Sport	Ryan Cullen Stéphane Richelmi Felipe Drugovich	Oreca 07	G	133	+11.621
4	LMP2	43	Inter Europol Competition	Sebastián Álvarez Vladislav Lomko Tom Dillmann	Oreca 07	G	133	+12.561
5	LMP2	28	IDEC Sport	Marcos Siebert Reshad de Gerus Job van Uitert	Oreca 07	G	133	+12.735
6	LMP2	23	United Autosports	Bijoy Garg Fabio Scherer Paul di Resta	Oreca 07	G	133	+42.244
7	LMP2	34	Inter Europol Competition	Oliver Gray Clément Novalak Luca Ghiotto	Oreca 07	G	133	+1:01.248
8	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	Matthias Kaiser Olli Caldwell Alexander Lynn	Oreca 07	G	132	+1 Laps
9	LMP2 Pro/Am	20	Algarve Pro Racing	Kriton Lendoudis Richard Bradley Alex Quinn	Oreca 07	G	132	+1 Laps
10	LMP2 Pro/Am	83	AF Corse	François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Alessio Rovera	Oreca 07	G	132	+1 Laps
11	LMP2 Pro/Am	29	Richard Mille by TDS	Rodrigo Sales Mathias Beche Grégoire Saucy	Oreca 07	G	132	+1 Laps
12	LMP2	30	Duqueine Team	Niels Koolen Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer James Allen	Oreca 07	G	132	+1 Laps
13	LMP2 Pro/Am	19	Team Virage	Anthony Wells Matthew Bell Nelson Piquet Jr.	Oreca 07	G	131	+2 Laps
14	LMP2 Pro/Am	3	DKR Engineering	Andres Latorre Canon Cem Bölükbaşı Laurents Hörr	Oreca 07	G	131	+2 Laps
15	LMP2 Pro/Am	24	Nielsen Racing	John Falb Colin Noble Albert Costa Balboa	Oreca 07	G	131	+2 Laps
16	LMP2 Pro/Am	21	United Autosports	Daniel Schneider Andrew Meyrick Oliver Jarvis	Oreca 07	G	130	+3 Laps
17	LMP2 Pro/Am	77	Proton Competition	Giorgio Roda René Binder Bent Viscaal	Oreca 07	G	130	+3 Laps
18	LMP2	47	COOL Racing	Carl Bennett Ferdinand Habsburg Frederik Vesti	Oreca 07	G	130	+3 Laps
19	LMP2	22	United Autosports	Filip Ugran Marino Sato Benjamin Hanley	Oreca 07	G	130	+3 Laps[R 2]
20	LMP2	27	Nielsen Racing	David Heinemeier Hansson Nicolás Pino William Stevens	Oreca 07	G	128	+5 Laps
21	LMP3	11	Eurointernational	Matthew Richard Bell Adam Ali	Ligier JS P320	M	125	+8 Laps
22	LMP3	8	Team Virage	Julien Gerbi Bernardo Pinheiro Gillian Henrion	Ligier JS P320	M	125	+8 Laps
23	LMP3	35	Ultimate	Paul Lanchere Jean-Baptiste Lahaye Matthieu Lahaye	Ligier JS P320	M	124	+9 Laps
24	LMP3	15	RLR M Sport	Michael Jensen Nick Adcock Gaël Julien	Ligier JS P320	M	124	+9 Laps
25	LMP3	12	WTM by Rinaldi Racing	Torsten Kratz Leonard Weiss Óscar Tunjo	Duqueine M30 - D08	M	124	+9 Laps
26	LMP3	4	DKR Engineering	Alexander Mattschull Belén García Wyatt Brichacek	Duqueine M30 - D08	M	124	+9 Laps
27	LMP3	5	RLR M Sport	James Dayson Daniel Ali Bailey Voisin	Ligier JS P320	M	123	+10 Laps
28	LMGT3	85	Iron Dames	Sarah Bovy Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting	Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3	G	123	+10 Laps
29	LMGT3	59	Racing Spirit of Léman	Derek DeBoer Casper Stevenson Valentin Hasse-Clot	Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3	G	123	+10 Laps
30	LMP3	17	COOL Racing	Miguel Cristóvão Cédric Oltramare Manuel Espírito Santo	Ligier JS P320	M	123	+10 Laps
31	LMGT3	63	Iron Lynx	Hiroshi Hamaguchi Axcil Jefferies Andrea Caldarelli	Lamborghini Huracan LMGT3 Evo2	G	123	+10 Laps
32	LMGT3	57	Kessel Racing	Takeshi Kimura Esteban Masson Daniel Serra	Ferrari 296 LMGT3	G	123	+10 Laps[R 3]
33	LMGT3	97	Grid Motorsport by TF	Martin Berry Lorcan Hanafin Jonathan Adam[R 4]	Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3	G	123	+10 Laps[R 5]
34	LMGT3	51	AF Corse	Charles-Henri Samani Emmanuel Collard Nicolás Varrone	Ferrari 296 LMGT3	G	122	+11 Laps
35	LMGT3	86	GR Racing	Michael Wainwright Riccardo Pera Davide Rigon	Ferrari 296 LMGT3	G	122	+11 Laps
36	LMGT3	55	Spirit of Race	Duncan Cameron David Perel Matthew Griffin	Ferrari 296 LMGT3	G	122	+11 Laps
37	LMGT3	50	Formula Racing	Johnny Laursen Conrad Laursen Nicklas Nielsen	Ferrari 296 LMGT3	G	122	+11 Laps
38	LMGT3	66	JMW Motorsport	John Hartshorne Ben Tuck Philip Keen	Ferrari 296 LMGT3	G	120	+13 Laps
39	LMGT3	60	Proton Competition	Claudio Schiavoni Matteo Cressoni Julien Andlauer	Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3	G	120	+13 Laps[R 6]
40	LMP3	88	Inter Europol Competition	Alexander Bukhantsov Kai Askey Pedro Perino[R 7]	Ligier JS P320	M	107	+26 Laps
Not classified
	LMP2	9	Iron Lynx – Proton	Jonas Ried Macéo Capietto Matteo Cairoli	Oreca 07	G	120
	LMP3	31	Racing Spirit of Léman	Jacques Wolff Jean-Ludovic Foubert Antoine Doquin	Ligier JS P320	M	104
	LMP2	37	COOL Racing	Lorenzo Fluxá Malthe Jakobsen 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

Fastest lap

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

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