# 2023 4 Hours of Aragón

The 2023 4 Hours of Aragón was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 23 and 26 August 2023, as the third round of the 2023 European Le Mans Series season.

## Entry list

The pre-event entry list consisted of 42 entries in 4 categories - 7 in LMP2, 11 in LMP2 Pro/Am, 12 in LMP3 and 12 in LMGTE.
Nelson Piquet Jr. was replaced by Filipe Albuquerque in the No. 21 United Autosports USA. Piquet was unable to take part in this race due to calendar clash with Stock Car Pro Series. Bent Viscaal replaced Jack Hawksworth in the No. 20 Algarve Pro Racing. In the No. 83 AF Corse Ben Barnicoat was replaced by Alessio Rovera. Both Barnicoat and Hawksworth could not take part in this race due to a clash with IMSA SportsCar Championship. Jacek Zielonka was set to join Glenn van Berlo in the No. 10 Eurointernational but in the end Matthias Lüthen was Berlo's teammate in this race. Tom van Rompuy was replaced by Andreas Laskaratos in the No. 3 DKR Engineering.
United Autosport USA's No. 23 moved from LMP2 Pro/Am to LMP2 class after Jim McGuire was forced to not take part in this race weekend. Garnet Patterson joined Paul di Resta and Guy Smith in the No. 23 squad.

## Schedule

| Date | Time (local: CEST) | Event |
| Thursday, 23 August | 14:55 | Free Practice 1 |
| Friday, 24 August | 14:00 | Bronze Drivers Collective Test |
| Friday, 24 August | 20:30 | Free Practice 2 |
| Saturday, 15 July | 10:15 | Qualifying - LMGTE |
| Saturday, 15 July | 10:45 | Qualifying - LMP3 |
| Saturday, 15 July | 11:15 | Qualifying - LMP2 Pro/Am |
| Saturday, 15 July | 11:45 | Qualifying - LMP2 |
| Saturday, 15 July | 18:00 | Race |
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## Free practice

* Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
| Free Practice 1 | Class | No. | Entrant | Time |
| Free Practice 1 | LMP2 | 25 | Algarve Pro Racing | 1:49.272 |
| Free Practice 1 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 37 | Cool Racing | 1:48.738 |
| Free Practice 1 | LMP3 | 17 | Cool Racing | 1:53.601 |
| Free Practice 1 | LMGTE | 60 | Iron Lynx | 1:58.347 |
| Free Practice 2 | Class | No. | Entrant | Time |
| Free Practice 2 | LMP2 | 43 | Inter Europol Competition | 1:48.316 |
| Free Practice 2 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 21 | United Autosports USA | 1:48.670 |
| Free Practice 2 | LMP3 | 4 | DKR Engineering | 1:54.058 |
| Free Practice 2 | LMGTE | 60 | Iron Lynx | 1:57.265 |
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## Qualifying

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.
| Pos | Class | No. | Team | Driver | Time | Gap | Grid |
| 1 | LMP2 | 22 | United Autosports USA | Philip Hanson | 1:46.822 | — | 1 |
| 2 | LMP2 | 30 | Duqueine Team | Neel Jani | 1:46.850 | +0.028 | 2 |
| 3 | LMP2 | 43 | Inter Europol Competition | Olli Caldwell | 1:46.901 | +0.079 | 3 |
| 4 | LMP2 | 47 | Cool Racing | José María López | 1:47.262 | +0.440 | 4 |
| 5 | LMP2 | 28 | IDEC Sport | Paul-Loup Chatin | 1:47.308 | +0.486 | 5 |
| 6 | LMP2 | 23 | United Autosports USA | Garnet Patterson | 1:47.379 | +0.557 | 6 |
| 7 | LMP2 | 65 | Panis Racing | Tijmen van der Helm | 1:47.852 | +1.030 | 7 |
| 8 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 34 | Racing Team Turkey | Salih Yoluç | 1:49.361 | +2.539 | 8 |
| 9 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 99 | Proton Competition | Giorgio Roda | 1:49.682 | +2.860 | 9 |
| 10 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 24 | Nielsen Racing | Rodrigo Sales | 1:49.859 | +3.037 | 10 |
| 11 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 83 | AF Corse | François Perrodo | 1:49.898 | +3.076 | 11 |
| 12 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 19 | Team Virage | Alexander Mattschull | 1:50.289 | +3.467 | 12 |
| 13 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 37 | Cool Racing | Alexandre Coigny | 1:50.691 | +3.869 | 13 |
| 14 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 81 | DragonSpeed USA | Henrik Hedman | 1:51.020 | +4.198 | 14 |
| 15 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 3 | DKR Engineering | Andreas Laskaratos | 1:52.016 | +5.194 | 15 |
| 16 | LMP3 | 13 | Inter Europol Competition | Wyatt Brichacek | 1:52.269 | +5.447 | 16 |
| 17 | LMP3 | 31 | Racing Spirit of Léman | Antoine Doquin | 1:52.590 | +5.768 | 17 |
| 18 | LMP3 | 8 | Team Virage | Manuel Espírito Santo | 1:52.616 | +5.794 | 18 |
| 19 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 20 | Algarve Pro Racing | Fred Poordad | 1:52.632 | +5.810 | 19 |
| 20 | LMP3 | 11 | Eurointernational | Adam Ali | 1:52.649 | +5.827 | 20 |
| 21 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 21 | United Autosports USA | Daniel Schneider | 1:52.651 | +5.829 | 21 |
| 22 | LMP3 | 10 | Eurointernational | Glenn van Berlo | 1:52.679 | +5.857 | 22 |
| 23 | LMP3 | 17 | Cool Racing | Marcos Siebert | 1:52.773 | +5.951 | 23 |
| 24 | LMP3 | 15 | RLR MSport | Gaël Julien | 1:52.832 | +6.010 | 24 |
| 25 | LMP3 | 4 | DKR Engineering | Pedro Perino | 1:52.833 | +6.011 | 25 |
| 26 | LMP3 | 12 | WTM by Rinaldi Racing | Óscar Tunjo | 1:53.088 | +6.266 | 26 |
| 27 | LMP3 | 35 | Ultimate | Matthieu Lahaye | 1:53.340 | +6.518 | 27 |
| 28 | LMP3 | 7 | Nielsen Racing | Ryan Harper-Ellam | 1:53.503 | +6.681 | 28 |
| 29 | LMP3 | 5 | RLR MSport | Valdemar Eriksen | 1:53.657 | +6.835 | 29 |
| 30 | LMGTE | 66 | JMW Motorsport | Martin Berry | 1:57.022 | +10.200 | 30 |
| 31 | LMGTE | 50 | Formula Racing | Johnny Laursen | 1:57.263 | +10.441 | 31 |
| 32 | LMGTE | 16 | Proton Competition | Ryan Hardwick | 1:57.375 | +10.553 | 32 |
| 33 | LMGTE | 93 | Proton Competition | Michael Fassbender | 1:57.574 | +10.752 | 33 |
| 34 | LMGTE | 57 | Kessel Racing | Takeshi Kimura | 1:57.598 | +10.776 | 34 |
| 35 | LMGTE | 77 | Proton Competition | Christian Ried | 1:57.674 | +10.852 | 35 |
| 36 | LMGTE | 72 | TF Sport | Arnold Robin | 1:57.723 | +10.901 | 36 |
| 37 | LMGTE | 55 | Spirit of Race | Duncan Cameron | 1:57.850 | +11.028 | 37 |
| 38 | LMGTE | 44 | GMB Motorsport | Jens Reno Møller | 1:58.034 | +11.212 | 38 |
| 39 | LMGTE | 60 | Iron Lynx | Claudio Schiavoni | 1:59.303 | +12.481 | 39 |
| 40 | LMGTE | 51 | AF Corse | Kriton Lentoudis | 1:59.769 | +12.947 | 40 |
| 41 | LMGTE | 95 | TF Sport | John Hartshorne | 1:59.969 | +13.147 | 41 |
| 42 | LMP2 | 25 | Algarve Pro Racing | — | — | — | 42 |
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## Race
### Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 83 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.
Final Classification :
| Pos | Class | No. | Team | Drivers | Car | Tyres | Laps | Time/Gap |
| 1 | LMP2 | 22 | United Autosports USA | Marino Sato Philip Hanson Oliver Jarvis | Oreca 07 | G | 119 | 4:00:18.186 |
| 2 | LMP2 | 28 | IDEC Sport | Paul Lafargue Paul-Loup Chatin Laurents Hörr | Oreca 07 | G | 119 | +14.987 |
| 3 | LMP2 | 25 | Algarve Pro Racing | Kyffin Simpson James Allen Alexander Lynn | Oreca 07 | G | 119 | +25.257 |
| 4 | LMP2 | 65 | Panis Racing | Manuel Maldonado Job van Uitert Tijmen van der Helm | Oreca 07 | G | 119 | +37.383 |
| 5 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 83 | AF Corse | François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Alessio Rovera | Oreca 07 | G | 119 | +45.146 |
| 6 | LMP2 | 47 | Cool Racing | Vladislav Lomko Reshad de Gerus José María López | Oreca 07 | G | 119 | +56.150 |
| 7 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 24 | Nielsen Racing | Rodrigo Sales Ben Hanley Mathias Beche | Oreca 07 | G | 119 | +1:00.030 |
| 8 | LMP2 | 30 | Duqueine Team | Nicolás Pino René Binder Neel Jani | Oreca 07 | G | 119 | +1:07.120 |
| 9 | LMP2 | 23 | United Autosports USA | Garnet Patterson Guy Smith Paul di Resta | Oreca 07 | G | 119 | +1:42.005 |
| 10 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 21 | United Autosports USA | Daniel Schneider Andrew Meyrick Filipe Albuquerque | Oreca 07 | G | 119 | +1:48.516 |
| 11 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 20 | Algarve Pro Racing | Fred Poordad Tristan Vautier Bent Viscaal | Oreca 07 | G | 118 | +1 Lap |
| 12 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 99 | Proton Competition | Giorgio Roda Jonas Ried Gianmaria Bruni | Oreca 07 | G | 118 | +1 Lap |
| 13 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 19 | Team Virage | Alexander Mattschull Ian Rodríguez Tatiana Calderón | Oreca 07 | G | 118 | +1 Lap |
| 14 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 81 | DragonSpeed USA | Henrik Hedman Sebastián Montoya Juan Pablo Montoya | Oreca 07 | G | 118 | +1 Lap |
| 15 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 3 | DKR Engineering | Andreas Laskaratos Sebastián Álvarez Nathanaël Berthon | Oreca 07 | G | 118 | +1 Lap |
| 16 | LMP3 | 17 | Cool Racing | Adrien Chila Marcos Siebert Alejandro García | Ligier JS P320 | M | 114 | +5 Laps |
| 17 | LMP3 | 12 | WTM by Rinaldi Racing | Torsten Kratz Leonard Weiss Óscar Tunjo | Duqueine M30 – D08 | M | 113 | +6 Laps |
| 18 | LMP3 | 35 | Ultimate | Eric Trouillet Matthieu Lahaye Jean-Baptiste Lahaye | Ligier JS P320 | M | 113 | +6 Laps |
| 19 | LMGTE | 57 | Kessel Racing | Takeshi Kimura Gregory Huffaker II Davide Rigon | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | G | 113 | +6 Laps |
| 20 | LMGTE | 16 | Proton Competition | Ryan Hardwick Zacharie Robichon Alessio Picariello | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | G | 113 | +6 Laps |
| 21 | LMGTE | 93 | Proton Competition | Michael Fassbender Martin Rump Richard Lietz | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | G | 113 | +6 Laps |
| 22 | LMGTE | 77 | Proton Competition | Christian Ried Giammarco Levorato Julien Andlauer | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | G | 113 | +6 Laps |
| 23 | LMGTE | 66 | JMW Motorsport | Martin Berry Lorcan Hanafin Jon Lancaster | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | G | 113 | +6 Laps |
| 24 | LMGTE | 55 | Spirit of Race | Duncan Cameron David Perel Matthew Griffin | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | G | 113 | +6 Laps |
| 25 | LMP3 | 15 | RLR MSport | Horst Felbermayr Jr Gaël Julien Mateusz Kaprzyk | Ligier JS P320 | M | 113 | +6 Laps |
| 26 | LMP2 Pro/Am | 34 | Racing Team Turkey | Salih Yoluç Charlie Eastwood Louis Delétraz | Oreca 07 | G | 113 | +6 Laps |
| 27 | LMP3 | 11 | Eurointernational | Matthew Richard Bell Adam Ali | Ligier JS P320 | M | 112 | +7 Laps |
| 28 | LMGTE | 60 | Iron Lynx | Claudio Schiavoni Matteo Cressoni Matteo Cairoli | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | G | 112 | +7 Laps |
| 29 | LMGTE | 44 | GMB Motorsport | Jens Reno Møller Gustav Birch Nicki Thiim | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | G | 112 | +7 Laps |
| 30 | LMP3 | 7 | Nielsen Racing | Anthony Wells Ryan Harper-Ellam | Ligier JS P320 | M | 112 | +7 Laps |
| 31 | LMGTE | 72 | TF Sport | Arnold Robin Maxime Robin Valentin Hasse-Clot | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | G | 111 | +8 Laps |
| 32 | LMGTE | 51 | AF Corse | Kriton Lentoudis Rui Águas Ulysse de Pauw | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | G | 111 | +8 Laps |
| 33 | LMGTE | 95 | TF Sport | John Hartshorne Ben Tuck Jonathan Adam | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | G | 111 | +8 Laps |
| 34 | LMP3 | 5 | RLR MSport | James Dayson Valdemar Eriksen Jack Manchester | Ligier JS P320 | M | 109 | +10 Laps |
| 35 | LMP3 | 4 | DKR Engineering | Alexander Bukhantsov James Winslow Pedro Perino | Duqueine M30 – D08 | M | 108 | +11 Laps |
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| | LMP2 Pro/Am | 37 | Cool Racing | Alexandre Coigny Malthe Jakobsen Nicolas Lapierre | Oreca 07 | G | 110 | |
| | LMP3 | 13 | Inter Europol Competition | Miguel Cristóvão Kai Askey Wyatt Brichacek | Ligier JS P320 | M | 88 | |
| | LMP3 | 8 | Team Virage | Manuel Espírito Santo Nick Adcock Michael Jensen | Ligier JS P320 | M | 71 | |
| | LMP3 | 31 | Racing Spirit of Léman | Jacques Wolff Jean-Ludovic Foubert Antoine Doquin | Ligier JS P320 | M | 69 | |
| | LMP3 | 10 | Eurointernational | Matthias Lüthen Glenn van Berlo | Ligier JS P320 | M | 67 | |
| | LMP2 | 43 | Inter Europol Competition | Rui Andrade Jonathan Aberdein Olli Caldwell | Oreca 07 | G | 32 | |
| | LMGTE | 50 | Formula Racing | Johnny Laursen Conrad Laursen Nicklas Nielsen | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | G | 28 | |
* ↑ The No. 30 Duqueine Team was penalised for refuelling the car while it was not on its wheels and was handed 20 seconds penalty added to crew's total race time
* ↑ The No. 17 COOL Racing was penalised for not grounding the car during refuelling and was handed 20 seconds time penalty. The time was added to crew's total race time.
* ↑ The No. 34 Racing Team Turkey was penalised for using an external battery to restart the engine during a pitstop and was handed 2 minutes penalty added to crew's total race time.

### Statistics
#### Fastest lap

| Class | Driver | Team | Time | Lap |
| LMP2 | Neel Jani | #30 Duqueine Team | 1:48.864 | 91 |
| LMP2 Pro/Am | Malthe Jakobsen | #37 Cool Racing | 1:48.792 | 81 |
| LMP3 | Marcos Siebert | #17 Cool Racing | 1:55.233 | 88 |
| LMGTE | Martin Rump | #93 Proton Competition | 1:56.853 | 85 |
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