# 2021 4 Hours of Dubai

The 2021 4 Hours of Dubai was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 11 and 14 February 2021, as the first and second round of 2021 Asian Le Mans Series season.

## Schedule

| Date | Time (local: GST) | Event |
| Thursday, 11 February | 17:45 | Free Practice |
| Friday, 12 February | 9:55 | Qualifying |
| Saturday, 13 February | 14:15 | Race 1 |
| Sunday, 14 February | 12:45 | Race 2 |
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## Free practice

* Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
| Free Practice | Class | No. | Entrant | Time |
| Free Practice | LMP2 | 5 | Phoenix Racing | 1:45.487 |
| Free Practice | LMP3 | 3 | United Autosports | 1:53.238 |
| Free Practice | GT | 51 | AF Corse | 1:56.929 |
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## Race 1
### Qualifying

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold.
| Pos. | Class | No. | Entry | Driver | Time | Grid |
| 1 | LMP2 | 25 | G-Drive Racing | Franco Colapinto | 1:43.616 | 1 |
| 2 | LMP2 | 26 | G-Drive Racing | Yifei Ye | 1:43.885 | 2 |
| 3 | LMP2 | 5 | Phoenix Racing | Nicki Thiim | 1:44.072 | 3 |
| 4 | LMP2 | 28 | Jota | Sean Gelael | 1:44.386 | 4 |
| 5 | LMP2 | 64 | Racing Team India | Narain Karthikeyan | 1:45.025 | 5 |
| 6 | LMP2 | 18 | Era Motorsport | Kyle Tilley | 1:46.469 | 6 |
| 7 | LMP2 | 11 | EuroInternational – Ojets | John Corbett | 1:48.863 | 7 |
| 8 | LMP3 | 23 | United Autosports | Wayne Boyd | 1:51.418 | 8 |
| 9 | LMP3 | 3 | United Autosports | Duncan Tappy | 1:51.425 | 9 |
| 10 | LMP3 | 33 | CD Sport | Adam Eteki | 1:52.056 | 10 |
| 11 | LMP3 | 15 | RLR MSport | Malthe Jakobsen | 1:52.471 | 11 |
| 12 | LMP3 | 63 | DKR Engineering | Laurents Hörr | 1:52.528 | 12 |
| 13 | LMP3 | 9 | Nielsen Racing | Colin Noble | 1:52.572 | 13 |
| 14 | LMP3 | 2 | United Autosports | Andy Meyrick | 1:52.743 | 14 |
| 15 | LMP3 | 8 | Nielsen Racing | Matthew Bell | 1:53.043 | 15 |
| 16 | LMP3 | 4 | Phoenix-IronForce Racing | Leo Weiss | 1:53.085 | 16 |
| 17 | LMP3 | 44 | ARC Bratislava | Charlie Robertson | 1:53.329 | 17 |
| 18 | GT | 99 | Precote Herberth Motorsport | Robert Renauer | 1:55.552 | 18 |
| 19 | GT | 40 | GPX Racing | Julien Andlauer | 1:55.566 | 19 |
| 20 | GT | 93 | Precote Herberth Motorsport | Klaus Bachler | 1:55.866 | 20 |
| 21 | GT | 95 | TF Sport | Charlie Eastwood | 1:56.101 | 21 |
| 22 | GT | 1 | HubAuto Racing | Raffaele Marciello | 1:56.214 | 22 |
| 23 | GT | 88 | Garage 59 | Maxime Martin | 1:56.284 | 23 |
| 24 | GT | 51 | AF Corse | Alessandro Pier Guidi | 1:56.349 | 24 |
| 25 | GT | 7 | Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport | Ben Barnicoat | 1:56.415 | 25 |
| 26 | GT | 89 | Garage 59 | Marvin Kirchhöfer | 1:56.517 | 26 |
| 27 | GT | 97 | Oman Racing Team with TF Sport | Jonathan Adam | 1:56.603 | 27 |
| 28 | GT | 57 | Car Guy Racing | Côme Ledogar | 1:56.685 | 28 |
| 29 | GT | 60 | Formula Racing | Nicklas Nielsen | 1:56.859 | 29 |
| 30 | GT | 55 | Rinaldi Racing | Davide Rigon | 1:57.134 | 30 |
| 31 | GT | 54 | AF Corse | Francesco Castellacci | 1:57.237 | 31 |
| 32 | GT | 35 | Walkenhorst Motorsport | Sami-Matti Trogen | 1:57.274 | 32 |
| 33 | GT | 27 | Kessel Racing | Giorgio Roda | 1:57.502 | 33 |
| 34 | GT | 77 | D'station Racing | Tomonobu Fujii | 1:57.662 | 34 |
| 35 | GT | 34 | Walkenhorst Motorsport | Chandler Hull | 1:58.157 | 35 |
| 36 | GT | 66 | Rinaldi Racing | — | — | 36 |
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### Race
#### Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 88 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.
| Pos | Class | No. | Team | Drivers | Car | Tyres | Laps | Time/Gap |
| 1 | LMP2 | 26 | G-Drive Racing | René Binder Ferdinand Habsburg Yifei Ye | Aurus 01 | M | 127 | 4:02:26.692 |
| 2 | LMP2 | 28 | Jota | Sean Gelael Stoffel Vandoorne | Oreca 07 | M | 126 | +1 Lap |
| 3 | LMP2 | 5 | Phoenix Racing | Matthias Kaiser Simon Trummer Nicki Thiim | Oreca 07 | M | 126 | +1 Lap |
| 4 | LMP2 | 25 | G-Drive Racing | Rui Andrade Franco Colapinto John Falb | Aurus 01 | M | 125 | +2 Laps |
| 5 | LMP2 | 64 | Racing Team India | Narain Karthikeyan Arjun Maini Naveen Rao | Oreca 07 | M | 124 | +3 Laps |
| 6 | LMP2 | 18 | Era Motorsport | Andreas Laskaratos Dwight Merriman Kyle Tilley | Oreca 07 | M | 123 | +4 Laps |
| 7 | LMP2 | 11 | EuroInternational – Ojets | John Corbett Neale Muston | Ligier JS P217 | M | 120 | +7 Laps |
| 8 | LMP3 | 23 | United Autosports | Wayne Boyd Manuel Maldonado Rory Penttinen | Ligier JS P320 | M | 119 | +8 Laps |
| 9 | LMP3 | 9 | Nielsen Racing | Colin Noble Anthony Wells | Ligier JS P320 | M | 118 | +9 Laps |
| 10 | LMP3 | 3 | United Autosports | Andrew Bentley Jim McGuire Duncan Tappy | Ligier JS P320 | M | 118 | +9 Laps |
| 11 | LMP3 | 2 | United Autosports | Robert Wheldon Ian Loggie Andy Meyrick | Ligier JS P320 | M | 118 | +9 Laps |
| 12 | LMP3 | 4 | Phoenix-IronForce Racing | Jan-Erik Slooten Leo Weiss | Ligier JS P320 | M | 117 | +10 Laps |
| 13 | GT | 99 | Precote Herberth Motorsport | Ralf Bohn Alfred Renauer Robert Renauer | Porsche 911 GT3 R | M | 117 | +10 Laps |
| 14 | LMP3 | 15 | RLR MSport | Maxwell Hanratty Malthe Jakobsen Bashar Mardini | Ligier JS P320 | M | 117 | +10 Laps |
| 15 | GT | 7 | Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport | Ben Barnicoat Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy | McLaren 720S GT3 | M | 116 | +11 Laps |
| 16 | GT | 34 | Walkenhorst Motorsport | Nicky Catsburg Chandler Hull Jon Miller | BMW M6 GT3 | M | 116 | +11 Laps |
| 17 | GT | 40 | GPX Racing | Julien Andlauer Alain Ferté Axcil Jefferies | Porsche 911 GT3 R | M | 116 | +11 Laps |
| 18 | GT | 88 | Garage 59 | Valentin Hasse-Clot Maxime Martin Alexander West | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | M | 116 | +11 Laps |
| 19 | GT | 60 | Formula Racing | Johnny Laursen Nicklas Nielsen Alessio Rovera | Ferrari 488 GT3 | M | 116 | +11 Laps |
| 20 | GT | 97 | Oman Racing Team with TF Sport | Jonathan Adam Ahmad Al Harthy Tom Canning | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | M | 116 | +11 Laps |
| 21 | GT | 55 | Rinaldi Racing | Rino Mastronardi David Perel Davide Rigon | Ferrari 488 GT3 | M | 116 | +11 Laps |
| 22 | GT | 57 | Car Guy Racing | Mikkel Jensen Takeshi Kimura Côme Ledogar | Ferrari 488 GT3 | M | 116 | +11 Laps |
| 23 | GT | 95 | TF Sport | Charlie Eastwood Ollie Hancock John Hartshorne | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | M | 115 | +12 Laps |
| 24 | GT | 54 | AF Corse | Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella Thomas Flohr | Ferrari 488 GT3 | M | 115 | +12 Laps |
| 25 | GT | 66 | Rinaldi Racing | Christian Hook Patrick Kujala Manuel Lauck | Ferrari 488 GT3 | M | 115 | +12 Laps |
| 26 | GT | 77 | D'station Racing | Tomonobu Fujii Tom Gamble Satoshi Hoshino | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | M | 115 | +12 Laps |
| 27 | GT | 51 | AF Corse | Alessandro Pier Guidi Oswaldo Negri Jr. Francesco Piovanetti | Ferrari 488 GT3 | M | 115 | +12 Laps |
| 28 | GT | 93 | Precote Herberth Motorsport | Antares Au Klaus Bachler Steffen Görig | Porsche 911 GT3 R | M | 115 | +12 Laps |
| 29 | GT | 35 | Walkenhorst Motorsport | Jörg Breuer Sami-Matti Trogen Henry Walkenhorst | BMW M6 GT3 | M | 114 | +13 Laps |
| 30 | GT | 89 | Garage 59 | Mike Benham Marvin Kirchhöfer Yuki Nemoto | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | M | 114 | +13 Laps |
| 31 | GT | 27 | Kessel Racing | Tim Kohmann Giorgio Roda Francesco Zollo | Ferrari 488 GT3 | M | 114 | +13 Laps |
| 32 | LMP3 | 33 | CD Sport | Nick Adcock Adam Eteki Michael Jensen | Ligier JS P320 | M | 109 | +18 Laps |
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| DNF | GT | 1 | HubAuto Racing | Marcos Gomes Raffaele Marciello Liam Talbot | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | M | 102 | |
| DNF | LMP3 | 44 | ARC Bratislava | Tom Cloet Miroslav Konôpka Charlie Robertson | Ginetta G61-LT-P3 | M | 95 | |
| DNF | LMP3 | 8 | Nielsen Racing | Matthew Bell Rodrigo Sales | Ligier JS P320 | M | 43 | |
| DNF | LMP3 | 63 | DKR Engineering | Jean Glorieux Laurents Hörr | Duqueine M30 – D08 | M | 39 | |
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#### Statistics
##### Fastest lap

| Class | Driver | Team | Time | Lap |
| LMP2 | Franco Colapinto | #25 G-Drive Racing | 1:46.723 | 85 |
| LMP3 | Colin Noble | #9 Nielsen Racing | 1:54.938 | 63 |
| GT | Julien Andlauer | #40 GPX Racing | 1:57.479 | 3 |
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## Race 2
### Qualifying

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold.
| Pos. | Class | No. | Entry | Driver | Time | Grid |
| 1 | LMP2 | 25 | G-Drive Racing | Franco Colapinto | 1:43.885 | 1 |
| 2 | LMP2 | 26 | G-Drive Racing | Yifei Ye | 1:43.949 | 2 |
| 3 | LMP2 | 28 | Jota | Sean Gelael | 1:44.442 | 3 |
| 4 | LMP2 | 5 | Phoenix Racing | Nicki Thiim | 1:44.543 | 4 |
| 5 | LMP2 | 64 | Racing Team India | Narain Karthikeyan | 1:45.684 | 5 |
| 6 | LMP2 | 18 | Era Motorsport | Kyle Tilley | 1:46.543 | 6 |
| 7 | LMP2 | 11 | EuroInternational – Ojets | John Corbett | 1:49.372 | 7 |
| 8 | LMP3 | 23 | United Autosports | Wayne Boyd | 1:51.503 | 8 |
| 9 | LMP3 | 3 | United Autosports | Duncan Tappy | 1:51.614 | 9 |
| 10 | LMP3 | 33 | CD Sport | Adam Eteki | 1:52.145 | 10 |
| 11 | LMP3 | 63 | DKR Engineering | Laurents Hörr | 1:52.700 | 11 |
| 12 | LMP3 | 15 | RLR MSport | Malthe Jakobsen | 1:52.824 | 12 |
| 13 | LMP3 | 9 | Nielsen Racing | Colin Noble | 1:52.838 | 13 |
| 14 | LMP3 | 2 | United Autosports | Andy Meyrick | 1:52.978 | 14 |
| 15 | LMP3 | 4 | Phoenix-IronForce Racing | Leo Weiss | 1:53.138 | 15 |
| 16 | LMP3 | 8 | Nielsen Racing | Matthew Bell | 1:53.232 | 16 |
| 17 | LMP3 | 44 | ARC Bratislava | Miroslav Konôpka | 1:53.618 | 17 |
| 18 | GT | 93 | Precote Herberth Motorsport | Klaus Bachler | 1:55.918 | 18 |
| 19 | GT | 40 | GPX Racing | Julien Andlauer | 1:55.965 | 19 |
| 20 | GT | 99 | Precote Herberth Motorsport | Robert Renauer | 1:56.015 | 20 |
| 21 | GT | 88 | Garage 59 | Maxime Martin | 1:56.355 | 21 |
| 22 | GT | 51 | AF Corse | Alessandro Pier Guidi | 1:56.357 | 22 |
| 23 | GT | 1 | HubAuto Racing | Raffaele Marciello | 1:56.434 | 23 |
| 24 | GT | 95 | TF Sport | Charlie Eastwood | 1:56.474 | 24 |
| 25 | GT | 97 | Oman Racing Team with TF Sport | Jonathan Adam | 1:56.835 | 25 |
| 26 | GT | 60 | Formula Racing | Nicklas Nielsen | 1:56.869 | 26 |
| 27 | GT | 89 | Garage 59 | Marvin Kirchhöfer | 1:56.960 | 27 |
| 28 | GT | 57 | Car Guy Racing | Côme Ledogar | 1:56.965 | 28 |
| 29 | GT | 54 | AF Corse | Francesco Castellacci | 1:57.287 | 29 |
| 30 | GT | 35 | Walkenhorst Motorsport | Sami-Matti Trogen | 1:57.311 | 30 |
| 31 | GT | 77 | D'station Racing | Tomonobu Fujii | 1:57.720 | 31 |
| 32 | GT | 27 | Kessel Racing | Giorgio Roda | 1:58.015 | 32 |
| 33 | GT | 34 | Walkenhorst Motorsport | Chandler Hull | 1:58.515 | 33 |
| 34 | GT | 7 | Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport | — | — | 34 |
| 35 | GT | 55 | Rinaldi Racing | — | — | 35 |
| 36 | GT | 66 | Rinaldi Racing | — | — | 36 |
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### Race
#### Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 87 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.
| Pos | Class | No. | Team | Drivers | Car | Tyres | Laps | Time/Gap |
| 1 | LMP2 | 26 | G-Drive Racing | René Binder Ferdinand Habsburg Yifei Ye | Aurus 01 | M | 125 | 4:03:13.632 |
| 2 | LMP2 | 25 | G-Drive Racing | Rui Andrade Franco Colapinto John Falb | Aurus 01 | M | 125 | +45.459 |
| 3 | LMP2 | 5 | Phoenix Racing | Matthias Kaiser Simon Trummer Nicki Thiim | Oreca 07 | M | 125 | +59.745 |
| 4 | LMP2 | 64 | Racing Team India | Narain Karthikeyan Arjun Maini Naveen Rao | Oreca 07 | M | 124 | +1 Lap |
| 5 | LMP2 | 18 | Era Motorsport | Andreas Laskaratos Dwight Merriman Kyle Tilley | Oreca 07 | M | 120 | +5 Laps |
| 6 | LMP2 | 28 | Jota | Sean Gelael Stoffel Vandoorne | Oreca 07 | M | 118 | +7 Laps |
| 7 | LMP3 | 23 | United Autosports | Wayne Boyd Manuel Maldonado Rory Penttinen | Ligier JS P320 | M | 117 | +8 Laps |
| 8 | LMP3 | 2 | United Autosports | Robert Wheldon Ian Loggie Andy Meyrick | Ligier JS P320 | M | 117 | +8 Laps |
| 9 | LMP3 | 8 | Nielsen Racing | Matthew Bell Rodrigo Sales | Ligier JS P320 | M | 117 | +8 Laps |
| 10 | LMP3 | 63 | DKR Engineering | Jean Glorieux Laurents Hörr | Duqueine M30 – D08 | M | 117 | +8 Laps |
| 11 | LMP3 | 3 | United Autosports | Andrew Bentley Jim McGuire Duncan Tappy | Ligier JS P320 | M | 116 | +9 Laps |
| 12 | LMP3 | 33 | CD Sport | Nick Adcock Adam Eteki Michael Jensen | Ligier JS P320 | M | 116 | +9 Laps |
| 13 | LMP3 | 15 | RLR MSport | Maxwell Hanratty Malthe Jakobsen Bashar Mardini | Ligier JS P320 | M | 115 | +10 Laps |
| 14 | GT | 40 | GPX Racing | Julien Andlauer Alain Ferté Axcil Jefferies | Porsche 911 GT3 R | M | 115 | +10 Laps |
| 15 | GT | 55 | Rinaldi Racing | Rino Mastronardi David Perel Davide Rigon | Ferrari 488 GT3 | M | 114 | +11 Laps |
| 16 | GT | 88 | Garage 59 | Valentin Hasse-Clot Maxime Martin Alexander West | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | M | 114 | +11 Laps |
| 17 | GT | 1 | HubAuto Racing | Marcos Gomes Raffaele Marciello Liam Talbot | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | M | 114 | +11 Laps |
| 18 | GT | 99 | Precote Herberth Motorsport | Ralf Bohn Alfred Renauer Robert Renauer | Porsche 911 GT3 R | M | 114 | +11 Laps |
| 19 | GT | 7 | Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport | Ben Barnicoat Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy | McLaren 720S GT3 | M | 114 | +11 Laps |
| 20 | GT | 97 | Oman Racing Team with TF Sport | Jonathan Adam Ahmad Al Harthy Tom Canning | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | M | 114 | +11 Laps |
| 21 | GT | 57 | Car Guy Racing | Mikkel Jensen Takeshi Kimura Côme Ledogar | Ferrari 488 GT3 | M | 114 | +11 Laps |
| 22 | GT | 93 | Precote Herberth Motorsport | Antares Au Klaus Bachler Steffen Görig | Porsche 911 GT3 R | M | 114 | +11 Laps |
| 23 | GT | 89 | Garage 59 | Mike Benham Marvin Kirchhöfer Yuki Nemoto | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | M | 114 | +11 Laps |
| 24 | GT | 95 | TF Sport | Charlie Eastwood Ollie Hancock John Hartshorne | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | M | 113 | +12 Laps |
| 25 | GT | 54 | AF Corse | Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella Thomas Flohr | Ferrari 488 GT3 | M | 113 | +12 Laps |
| 26 | GT | 77 | D'station Racing | Tomonobu Fujii Tom Gamble Satoshi Hoshino | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | M | 113 | +12 Laps |
| 27 | GT | 51 | AF Corse | Alessandro Pier Guidi Oswaldo Negri Jr. Francesco Piovanetti | Ferrari 488 GT3 | M | 112 | +13 Laps |
| 28 | GT | 66 | Rinaldi Racing | Christian Hook Patrick Kujala Manuel Lauck | Ferrari 488 GT3 | M | 112 | +13 Laps |
| 29 | GT | 60 | Formula Racing | Johnny Laursen Nicklas Nielsen Alessio Rovera | Ferrari 488 GT3 | M | 112 | +13 Laps |
| 30 | GT | 27 | Kessel Racing | Tim Kohmann Giorgio Roda Francesco Zollo | Ferrari 488 GT3 | M | 112 | +13 Laps |
| 31 | GT | 35 | Walkenhorst Motorsport | Jörg Breuer Sami-Matti Trogen Henry Walkenhorst | BMW M6 GT3 | M | 112 | +13 Laps |
| 32 | LMP3 | 44 | ARC Bratislava | Tom Cloet Miroslav Konôpka Charlie Robertson | Ginetta G61-LT-P3 | M | 111 | +14 Laps |
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| DNF | LMP3 | 9 | Nielsen Racing | Colin Noble Anthony Wells | Ligier JS P320 | M | 96 | |
| DNF | LMP2 | 11 | EuroInternational – Ojets | John Corbett Neale Muston | Ligier JS P217 | M | 19 | |
| DNF | LMP3 | 4 | Phoenix-IronForce Racing | Jan-Erik Slooten Leo Weiss | Ligier JS P320 | M | 13 | |
| DNF | GT | 34 | Walkenhorst Motorsport | Nicky Catsburg Chandler Hull Jon Miller | BMW M6 GT3 | M | 5 | |
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#### Statistics
##### Fastest lap

| Class | Driver | Team | Time | Lap |
| LMP2 | Franco Colapinto | #25 G-Drive Racing | 1:46.306 | 107 |
| LMP3 | Malthe Jakobsen | #15 RLR MSport | 1:54.497 | 6 |
| GT | Klaus Bachler | #93 Precote Herberth Motorsport | 1:58.190 | 26 |
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