2020 4 Hours of Le Castellet

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

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.

Results[edit]

Race[edit]

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 ‡.[1]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2020 8 Hours of Bahrain Classification" (PDF).