2018 4 Hours of Le Castellet

The 2018 4 Hours of Le Castellet was an endurance motor race that took place at the Circuit Paul Ricard near Le Castellet, France between 13 and 15 April 2018, and served as the opening round of the 2018 European Le Mans Series.

The overall race victory was taken by the LMP2-class Oreca 07 of Racing Engineering, with Norman Nato, Paul Petit and Olivier Pla winning on the teams' debut in the series.^[1]

Qualifying

Qualifying result

Pole position winners in each class are in bold.

Pos.	Class	No°	Team	Chassis	Time	Grid
1	LMP2	28	IDEC Sport	Oreca 07	1:41.194	1
2	LMP2	33	TDS Racing	Oreca 07	1:41.638	2
3	LMP2	21	DragonSpeed	Oreca 07	1:41.904	3
4	LMP2	24	Racing Engineering	Oreca 07	1:42.130	4
5	LMP2	29	Duqueine Engineering	Oreca 07	1:42.138	5
6	LMP2	31	APR - Rebellion Racing	Oreca 07	1:42.194	6
7	LMP2	23	Panis Barthez Competition	Ligier JS P217	1:42.199	7
8	LMP2	36	Signatech Alpine Matmut	Alpine A470	1:42.230	8
9	LMP2	35	SMP Racing	Dallara P217	1:42.507	9
10	LMP2	40	G-Drive Racing	Oreca 07	1:42.582	10
11	LMP2	30	AVF by Adrián Vallés	Dallara P217	1:42.660	11
12	LMP2	26	G-Drive Racing	Oreca 07	1:42.850	12
13	LMP2	39	Graff	Oreca 07	1:43.139	13
14	LMP2	32	United Autosports	Ligier JS P217	1:43.410	14
15	LMP2	49	High Class Racing	Dallara P217	1:43.717	15
16	LMP2	47	Italy Cetilar Villorba Corse	Dallara P217	1:43.895	16
17	LMP2	22	United Autosports	Ligier JS P217	1:44.043	17
18	LMP2	27	IDEC Sport	Ligier JS P217	1:46.016	18
19	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	Ligier JS P217	1:47.194	19
20	LMP3	19	M.Racing - YMR	Norma M30	1:51.930	20
21	LMP3	17	Ultimate	Norma M30	1:51.991	21
22	LMP3	8	Luxembourg DKR Engineering	Norma M30	1:52.104	22
23	LMP3	15	United Kingdom RLR Msport	Ligier JS P3	1:52.108	23
24	LMP3	2	United Autosports	Ligier JS P3	1:52.641	24
25	LMP3	3	United Autosports	Ligier JS P3	1:52.711	25
26	LMP3	6	United Kingdom 360 Racing	Ligier JS P3	1:52.783	26
27	LMP3	11	Eurointernational	Ligier JS P3	1:53.009	27
28	LMP3	18	M.Racing - YMR	Ligier JS P3	1:53.070	28
29	LMP3	5	NEFIS By Speed Factory	Ligier JS P3	1:53.198	29
30	LMGTE	88	Germany Proton Competition	Porsche 911 RSR	1:53.377	30
31	LMP3	9	Austria AT Racing	Ligier JS P3	1:53.383	31
32	LMP3	13	Poland Inter Europol Competition	Ligier JS P3	1:53.400	32
33	LMP3	7	United Kingdom Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen	Ligier JS P3	1:53.638	33
34	LMP3	4	Switzerland Cool Racing	Ligier JS P3	1:53.872	34
35	LMP3	12	Eurointernational	Ligier JS P3	1:54.027	35
36	LMP3	10	Italy Oregon Team	Norma M30	1:54.172	36
37	LMGTE	66	United Kingdom JMW Motorsport	Ferrari 488 GTE	1:54.562	37
38	LMP3	14	Poland Inter Europol Competition	Ligier JS P3	1:54.582	38
39	LMGTE	77	Germany Proton Competition	Porsche 911 RSR	1:54.830	39
40	LMGTE	83	Krohn Racing	Ferrari 488 GTE	1:54.905	40
41	LMGTE	55	Switzerland Spirit of Race	Ferrari 488 GTE	1:54.949	41
42	LMP3	16	United Kingdom BHK Motorsport	Ligier JS P3	1:55.159	42
43	LMGTE	80	Italy Ebimotors	Porsche 911 RSR	1:55.183	43
44	LMGTE	54	Switzerland Spirit of Race	Ferrari 488 GTE	1:55.790	44
45	LMGTE	86	United Kingdom Gulf Racing	Porsche 911 RSR	No Time	45¹
Source:^[2]

Notes

^1 – The No° 86 Gulf Racing Porsche 911 RSR originally qualified second in class but had all lap times deleted due to a stewards' decision.^[2]

Race

Race result

Class winners are in bold and ‡.

Pos.	Class	No°	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
Pos.	Class	No°	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tyre	Laps
1	LMP2	24	Racing Engineering	Norman Nato Paul Petit Olivier Pla	Oreca 07	D	129‡
1	LMP2	24	Racing Engineering	Norman Nato Paul Petit Olivier Pla	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	D	129‡
2	LMP2	33	TDS Racing	Loïc Duval François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière	Oreca 07	D	129
2	LMP2	33	TDS Racing	Loïc Duval François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	D	129
3	LMP2	29	Duqueine Engineering	Nico Jamin Nelson Panciatici Pierre Ragues	Oreca 07	M	129
3	LMP2	29	Duqueine Engineering	Nico Jamin Nelson Panciatici Pierre Ragues	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	M	129
4	LMP2	26	G-Drive Racing	Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori Andrea Pizzitola Roman Rusinov	Oreca 07	D	129
4	LMP2	26	G-Drive Racing		Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	D	129
5	LMP2	36	Signatech Alpine Matmut	Brazil André Negrão Pierre Thiriet	Alpine A470	D	129
5	LMP2	36	Signatech Alpine Matmut	Brazil André Negrão Pierre Thiriet	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	D	129
6	LMP2	40	G-Drive Racing	Australia James Allen Enzo Guibbert Mexico José Gutiérrez	Oreca 07	D	129
6	LMP2	40	G-Drive Racing	Australia James Allen Enzo Guibbert Mexico José Gutiérrez	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	D	129
7	LMP2	28	IDEC Sport	Paul-Loup Chatin Paul Lafargue Mexico Memo Rojas	Oreca 07	M	128
7	LMP2	28	IDEC Sport	Paul-Loup Chatin Paul Lafargue Mexico Memo Rojas	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	M	128
8	LMP2	23	Panis Barthez Competition	Timothé Buret Julien Canal United Kingdom Will Stevens	Ligier JS P217	M	128
8	LMP2	23	Panis Barthez Competition	Timothé Buret Julien Canal United Kingdom Will Stevens	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	M	128
9	LMP2	32	United Autosports	United Kingdom Wayne Boyd Will Owen Switzerland Hugo de Sadeleer	Ligier JS P217	D	128
9	LMP2	32	United Autosports		Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	D	128
10	LMP2	39	Graff	Alexandre Cougnaud Tristan Gommendy Switzerland Jonathan Hirschi	Oreca 07	D	128
10	LMP2	39	Graff		Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	D	128
11	LMP2	30	AVF by Adrián Vallés	Henrique Chaves Konstantin Tereshchenko	Dallara P217	D	128
11	LMP2	30	AVF by Adrián Vallés	Henrique Chaves Konstantin Tereshchenko	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	D	128
12	LMP2	22	United Autosports	United Kingdom Philip Hanson Brazil Bruno Senna	Ligier JS P217	D	128
12	LMP2	22	United Autosports	United Kingdom Philip Hanson Brazil Bruno Senna	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	D	128
13	LMP2	49	High Class Racing	Dennis Andersen Anders Fjordbach	Dallara P217	D	127
13	LMP2	49	High Class Racing	Dennis Andersen Anders Fjordbach	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	D	127
14	LMP2	47	Italy Cetilar Villorba Corse	Italy Andrea Belicchi Italy Roberto Lacorte Italy Giorgio Sernagiotto	Dallara P217	D	127
14	LMP2	47	Italy Cetilar Villorba Corse		Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	D	127
15	LMP2	31	APR - Rebellion Racing	United Kingdom Ryan Cullen Gustavo Menezes United Kingdom Harrison Newey	Oreca 07	D	127
15	LMP2	31	APR - Rebellion Racing		Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	D	127
16	LMP3	15	United Kingdom RLR Msport	Canada John Farano United Kingdom Rob Garofall Netherlands Job van Uitert	Ligier JS P3	M	119‡
16	LMP3	15	United Kingdom RLR Msport		Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	119‡
17	LMP3	19	M.Racing - YMR	Switzerland David Droux Nicolas Ferrer Switzerland Lucas Légeret	Norma M30	M	119
17	LMP3	19	M.Racing - YMR		Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	119
18²	LMP3	11	Eurointernational	Italy Giorgio Mondini Netherlands Kay van Berlo	Ligier JS P3	M	119
18²	LMP3	11	Eurointernational	Italy Giorgio Mondini Netherlands Kay van Berlo	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	119
19	LMP3	6	United Kingdom 360 Racing	United Kingdom Ross Kaiser United Kingdom James Swift United Kingdom Terrence Woodward	Ligier JS P3	M	119
19	LMP3	6	United Kingdom 360 Racing		Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	119
20	LMP3	2	United Autosports	John Falb Sean Rayhall	Ligier JS P3	M	119
20	LMP3	2	United Autosports	John Falb Sean Rayhall	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	119
21	LMP3	13	Poland Inter Europol Competition	Germany Martin Hippe Poland Jakub Śmiechowski	Ligier JS P3	M	118
21	LMP3	13	Poland Inter Europol Competition	Germany Martin Hippe Poland Jakub Śmiechowski	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	118
22	LMP3	3	United Autosports	United Kingdom Matthew Bell Canada Garett Grist United Kingdom Anthony Wells	Ligier JS P3	M	118
22	LMP3	3	United Autosports		Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	118
23	LMP3	9	Austria AT Racing	Yann Clairay Belarus Alexander Talkanitsa, Jr. Belarus Alexander Talkanitsa, Sr.	Ligier JS P3	M	118
23	LMP3	9	Austria AT Racing		Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	118
24	LMP3	7	United Kingdom Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen	United Kingdom Alex Kapadia United Kingdom Colin Noble Christian Stubbe Olsen	Ligier JS P3	M	118
24	LMP3	7	United Kingdom Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen		Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	118
25	LMP3	4	Switzerland Cool Racing	Switzerland Iradj Alexander Switzerland Antonin Borga Switzerland Alexandre Coigny	Ligier JS P3	M	118
25	LMP3	4	Switzerland Cool Racing		Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	118
26	LMGTE	66	United Kingdom JMW Motorsport	United Kingdom Liam Griffin United Kingdom Alex MacDowall Miguel Molina	Ferrari 488 GTE	D	118‡
26	LMGTE	66	United Kingdom JMW Motorsport		Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	D	118‡
27	LMGTE	88	Germany Proton Competition	Italy Matteo Cairoli Italy Gianluca Roda Italy Giorgio Roda	Porsche 911 RSR	D	118
27	LMGTE	88	Germany Proton Competition	Italy Matteo Cairoli Italy Gianluca Roda Italy Giorgio Roda	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	D	118
28	LMP3	10	Italy Oregon Team	Clément Mateu Colombia Andrés Méndez Italy Riccardo Ponzio	Norma M30	M	117
28	LMP3	10	Italy Oregon Team	Clément Mateu Colombia Andrés Méndez Italy Riccardo Ponzio	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	117
29	LMGTE	80	Italy EbiMotors	Italy Fabio Babini Raymond Narac Italy Riccardo Pera	Porsche 911 RSR	D	117
29	LMGTE	80	Italy EbiMotors	Italy Fabio Babini Raymond Narac Italy Riccardo Pera	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	D	117
30	LMP3	14	Poland Inter Europol Competition	Italy Luca Demarchi Sweden Henning Enqvist Germany Paul Scheuschner	Ligier JS P3	M	117
30	LMP3	14	Poland Inter Europol Competition		Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	117
31	LMP3	18	M.Racing - YMR	Natan Bihel Laurent Millara	Ligier JS P3	M	117
31	LMP3	18	M.Racing - YMR	Natan Bihel Laurent Millara	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	117
32	LMGTE	83	Krohn Racing	Italy Andrea Bertolini Sweden Niclas Jönsson Tracy Krohn	Ferrari 488 GTE	D	117
32	LMGTE	83	Krohn Racing	Italy Andrea Bertolini Sweden Niclas Jönsson Tracy Krohn	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	D	117
33	LMP3	12	Eurointernational	Canada James Dayson Italy Andrea Dromedari Max Hanratty	Ligier JS P3	M	116
33	LMP3	12	Eurointernational	Canada James Dayson Italy Andrea Dromedari Max Hanratty	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	116
34	LMP3	16	United Kingdom BHK Motorsport	Italy Jacopo Baratto Italy Francesco Dracone	Ligier JS P3	M	116
34	LMP3	16	United Kingdom BHK Motorsport	Italy Jacopo Baratto Italy Francesco Dracone	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	116
35	LMGTE	77	Germany Proton Competition	Germany Marvin Dienst Norway Dennis Olsen Germany Christian Ried	Porsche 911 RSR	D	116
35	LMGTE	77	Germany Proton Competition		Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	D	116
36	LMP3	5	NEFIS By Speed Factory	Timur Boguslavskiy Ukraine Aleksey Chuklin Daniil Pronenko	Ligier JS P3	M	115
36	LMP3	5	NEFIS By Speed Factory	Timur Boguslavskiy Ukraine Aleksey Chuklin Daniil Pronenko	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	115
37	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	Mark Patterson Philippines Ate De Jong South Korea Tacksung Kim	Ligier JS P217	D	111
37	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing		Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	D	111
38	LMGTE	54	Switzerland Spirit of Race	Italy Francesco Castellacci Switzerland Thomas Flohr	Ferrari 488 GTE	D	107
38	LMGTE	54	Switzerland Spirit of Race	Italy Francesco Castellacci Switzerland Thomas Flohr	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	D	107
NC	LMP2	35	SMP Racing	Matevos Isaakyan Egor Orudzhev Viktor Shaytar	Dallara P217	D	121
NC	LMP2	35	SMP Racing	Matevos Isaakyan Egor Orudzhev Viktor Shaytar	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	D	121
Ret	LMP3	17	Ultimate	François Hériau Jean-Baptiste Lahaye Matthieu Lahaye	Norma M30	M	83
Ret	LMP3	17	Ultimate	François Hériau Jean-Baptiste Lahaye Matthieu Lahaye	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	83
Ret	LMP2	27	IDEC Sport	William Cavailhes Patrice Lafargue Erik Maris	Ligier JS P217	M	77
Ret	LMP2	27	IDEC Sport	William Cavailhes Patrice Lafargue Erik Maris	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	M	77
Ret	LMP2	21	DragonSpeed	United Kingdom Ben Hanley Sweden Henrik Hedman Nicolas Lapierre	Oreca 07	M	62
Ret	LMP2	21	DragonSpeed		Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	M	62
Ret	LMGTE	55	Switzerland Spirit of Race	United Kingdom Duncan Cameron Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin United Kingdom Aaron Scott	Ferrari 488 GTE	D	54
Ret	LMGTE	55	Switzerland Spirit of Race		Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	D	54
Ret	LMGTE	86	United Kingdom Gulf Racing	United Kingdom Ben Barker Australia Alex Davison United Kingdom Michael Wainwright	Porsche 911 RSR	D	45
Ret	LMGTE	86	United Kingdom Gulf Racing		Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	D	45
Ret	LMP3	8	Luxembourg DKR Engineering	Belgium Jean Glorieux Alexander Toril Miguel Toril	Norma M30	M	11
Ret	LMP3	8	Luxembourg DKR Engineering	Belgium Jean Glorieux Alexander Toril Miguel Toril	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	11
Source:^[3]

Notes

^2 – The No° 11 Eurointernational Ligier JS P3 was issued with a 30-second time penalty due to a stewards' decision.^[3]

References

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External links

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