4 Hours of Imola

The 4 Hours of Imola (Italian: 4 Ore di Imola) is an endurance race for sports cars held at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, Italy.

4 Hours of Imola

European Le Mans Series
Venue	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
First race	1954
First LMS race	2013
Duration	4 hours
Most wins (driver)	Jacky Ickx (5)
Most wins (team)	JW Automotive (4) Porsche factory (4)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Ferrari (10)

Not to be confused with 6 Hours of Imola, which is a FIA World Endurance Championship race in 2024, and was an Intercontinental Le Mans Cup race in 2011.

Results

Year	Overall Winner(s)	Entrant	Car	Distance/Duration	Race Title	Championship	Report
1954	Umberto Maglioli	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500 Mondial	250 km (160 mi)	Gran Premio dell'Autodromo di Imola	Non-championship	report
1955	Cesare Perdisa	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati A6GCS	250 km (160 mi)	Golden Shell Race	Non-championship	report
1956	Eugenio Castellotti	Osca	Osca MT4 1500	250 km (160 mi)	Gran Premio Shell d'Imola	Non-championship	report
1957–1963: Not held
1964	Franco Patria		Abarth-Simca 2000	60 km (37 mi)	Coppa Gran Turismo – Trofeo Shell	Non-championship	report
1965	Herbert Demetz	Abarth	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	3 hours	Gran Premio Shell	World Sportscar Championship[1]	report
1966–1967: Not held
1968	Nino Vaccarella Teodoro Zeccoli	Autodelta	Alfa Romeo T33/2	500 km (310 mi)	500 km di Imola	Non-championship	report
1969	Jacky Ickx	J.W. Automotive Engineering	Mirage M3/300-Ford	500 km (310 mi)	500 km di Imola	Campionato Italiano Sport	report
1970	Brian Redman	J.W. Automotive Engineering	Porsche 917K	500 km (310 mi)	500 km di Imola	Campionato Italiano Sport	report
1971	Helmut Marko	K. V. Wendt	Lola T212-Ford	1 hour, 30 minutes	Coppa di AC Bologna	European 2-Litre Championship Campionato Italiano Sport	report
1972	Arturo Merzario	Ferarri SEFAC	Ferrari 312PB	500 km (310 mi)	500 km di Imola	Campionato Italiano Sport	report
1973	Chris Craft	Crowne Racing	Lola T292-Ford	500 km (310 mi)	Trofeo Benellé	European 2-Litre Championship	report
1974	Gérard Larrousse Henri Pescarolo	Equipe Gitanes	Matra-Simca MS670C	1,000 km (620 mi)	1000 km Imola	World Sportscar Championship Campionato Italiano Sport	report
1975: Not held
1976	Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx	Martini Racing	Porsche 936	500 km (310 mi)	Trofeo Ignazio Giunti	World Sportscar Championship (Group 6) Italian Group 6 Championship	report
1977	Vittorio Brambilla	Autodelta SpA	Alfa Romeo T33/SC/12	250 km (160 mi)	250 km Imola	World Sportscar Championship (Group 6) Italian Group 6 Championship	report
1978–1982: Not held
1983	Teo Fabi Hans Heyer	Martini Racing	Lancia LC2	6 hours	1000 kilometres di Imola	European Endurance Championship	report
1984	Hans-Joachim Stuck Stefan Bellof	Brun Motorsport	Porsche 956B	1,000 km (620 mi)	1000 kilometres di Imola	World Sportscar Championship Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft	report
1985–2010: Not held
2011: The race was held as the 6 Hours of Imola
2012: Not held
2013	Pierre Thiriet Mathias Beche	Thiriet by TDS Racing	Oreca 03	3 hours	3 Hours of Imola	European Le Mans Series	report
2014	Simon Dolan Harry Tincknell Filipe Albuquerque	Jota Sport	Zytek Z11SN	4 hours	4 Hours of Imola	European Le Mans Series	report
2015	Pierre Thiriet Ludovic Badey Tristan Gommendy	Thiriet by TDS Racing	Oreca 05	4 hours	4 Hours of Imola	European Le Mans Series	report
2016	Mathias Beche Ryō Hirakawa Pierre Thiriet	Thiriet by TDS Racing	Oreca 05	4 hours	4 Hours of Imola	European Le Mans Series	report
2017–2021: Not held
2022	Lorenzo Colombo Louis Delétraz Ferdinand Habsburg	Prema Racing	Oreca 07	4 Hours	4 Hours of Imola	European Le Mans Series	report
2023: Cancelled
2024	Louis Delétraz Jonny Edgar Robert Kubica	AO by TF	Oreca 07	4 Hours	4 Hours of Imola	European Le Mans Series	report

References

1. "1965 Imola Bologna Cup".

External links

• Racing Sports Cars: Imola archive