# 2021 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi

The 2021 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 18 and 20 February 2021, as the final rounds of 2021 Asian Le Mans Series season.

## Schedule

| Date | Time (local: GST) | Event |
| Thursday, 18 February | 14:30 | Free Practice 1 |
| Thursday, 18 February | 18:30 | Free Practice 2 |
| Friday, 19 February | 9:40 | Qualifying - Race 1 |
| Friday, 19 February | 10:00 | Qualifying - Race 2 |
| Friday, 19 February | 16:00 | Race 1 |
| Saturday, 20 February | 16:10 | Race 2 |
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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 | 26 | G-Drive Racing | 1:58.167 |
| Free Practice 1 | LMP3 | 23 | United Autosports | 2:05.004 |
| Free Practice 1 | GT | 99 | Precote Herberth Motorsport | 2:09.759 |
| Free Practice 2 | Class | No. | Entrant | Time |
| Free Practice 2 | LMP2 | 26 | G-Drive Racing | 1:56.848 |
| Free Practice 2 | LMP3 | 15 | RLR MSport | 2:04.438 |
| Free Practice 2 | GT | 7 | Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport | 2:08.746 |
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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 | 1:55.287 | 1 |
| 2 | LMP2 | 5 | Phoenix Racing | Kelvin van der Linde | 1:55.493 | 2 |
| 3 | LMP2 | 26 | G-Drive Racing | Ferdinand Habsburg | 1:55.774 | 3 |
| 4 | LMP2 | 64 | Racing Team India | Arjun Maini | 1:56.615 | 4 |
| 5 | LMP2 | 28 | Jota | Sean Gelael | 1:56.765 | 5 |
| 6 | LMP2 | 18 | Era Motorsport | Kyle Tilley | 1:58.120 | 6 |
| 7 | LMP3 | 23 | United Autosports | Wayne Boyd | 2:03.694 | 7 |
| 8 | LMP3 | 15 | RLR MSport | Malthe Jakobsen | 2:03.776 | 8 |
| 9 | LMP3 | 63 | DKR Engineering | Laurents Hörr | 2:03.953 | 9 |
| 10 | LMP3 | 33 | CD Sport | Adam Eteki | 2:04.065 | 10 |
| 11 | LMP3 | 3 | United Autosports | Duncan Tappy | 2:04.225 | 11 |
| 12 | LMP3 | 8 | Nielsen Racing | Matthew Bell | 2:04.380 | 12 |
| 13 | LMP3 | 9 | Nielsen Racing | Colin Noble | 2:04.424 | 13 |
| 14 | LMP3 | 2 | United Autosports | Andy Meyrick | 2:04.583 | 14 |
| 15 | LMP3 | 44 | ARC Bratislava | Charlie Robertson | 2:06.480 | 15 |
| 16 | LMP3 | 4 | Phoenix-IronForce Racing | Leo Weiss | 2:07.333 | 16 |
| 17 | GT | 1 | HubAuto Racing | Raffaele Marciello | 2:07.586 | 17 |
| 18 | GT | 51 | AF Corse | Alessandro Pier Guidi | 2:07.689 | 18 |
| 19 | GT | 93 | Precote Herberth Motorsport | Klaus Bachler | 2:07.738 | 19 |
| 20 | GT | 88 | Garage 59 | Maxime Martin | 2:07.795 | 20 |
| 21 | GT | 55 | Rinaldi Racing | Davide Rigon | 2:07.832 | 21 |
| 22 | GT | 40 | GPX Racing | Julien Andlauer | 2:07.894 | 22 |
| 23 | GT | 89 | Garage 59 | Marvin Kirchhöfer | 2:07.911 | 23 |
| 24 | GT | 99 | Precote Herberth Motorsport | Robert Renauer | 2:07.981 | 24 |
| 25 | GT | 97 | Oman Racing Team with TF Sport | Jonathan Adam | 2:08.006 | 25 |
| 26 | GT | 34 | Walkenhorst Motorsport | Nicky Catsburg | 2:08.017 | 26 |
| 27 | GT | 57 | Car Guy Racing | Côme Ledogar | 2:08.097 | 27 |
| 28 | GT | 7 | Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport | Ben Barnicoat | 2:08.123 | 28 |
| 29 | GT | 77 | D'station Racing | Tom Gamble | 2:08.224 | 29 |
| 30 | GT | 60 | Formula Racing | Nicklas Nielsen | 2:08.355 | 30 |
| 31 | GT | 95 | TF Sport | Ollie Hancock | 2:08.417 | 31 |
| 32 | GT | 66 | Rinaldi Racing | Patrick Kujala | 2:08.447 | 32 |
| 33 | GT | 54 | AF Corse | Giancarlo Fisichella | 2:08.740 | 33 |
| 34 | GT | 35 | Walkenhorst Motorsport | Sami-Matti Trogen | 2:09.184 | 34 |
| 35 | GT | 27 | Kessel Racing | Giorgio Roda | 2:10.480 | 35 |
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### Race
#### Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 79 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.
| Pos | Class | No. | Team | Drivers | Car | Tyres | Laps | Time/Gap |
| 1 | LMP2 | 28 | Jota | Sean Gelael Tom Blomqvist | Oreca 07 | M | 114 | 4:02:12.808 |
| 2 | LMP2 | 26 | G-Drive Racing | René Binder Ferdinand Habsburg Yifei Ye | Aurus 01 | M | 113 | +1 Lap |
| 3 | LMP2 | 25 | G-Drive Racing | Rui Andrade Franco Colapinto John Falb | Aurus 01 | M | 113 | +1 Lap |
| 4 | LMP2 | 5 | Phoenix Racing | Matthias Kaiser Simon Trummer Kelvin van der Linde | Oreca 07 | M | 112 | +2 Laps |
| 5 | LMP2 | 64 | Racing Team India | Narain Karthikeyan Arjun Maini Naveen Rao | Oreca 07 | M | 111 | +3 Laps |
| 6 | LMP2 | 18 | Era Motorsport | Andreas Laskaratos Dwight Merriman Kyle Tilley | Oreca 07 | M | 109 | +5 Laps |
| 7 | LMP3 | 9 | Nielsen Racing | Colin Noble Anthony Wells | Ligier JS P320 | M | 106 | +8 Laps |
| 8 | LMP3 | 8 | Nielsen Racing | Matthew Bell Rodrigo Sales | Ligier JS P320 | M | 106 | +8 Laps |
| 9 | LMP3 | 3 | United Autosports | Andrew Bentley Jim McGuire Duncan Tappy | Ligier JS P320 | M | 106 | +8 Laps |
| 10 | LMP3 | 15 | RLR MSport | Maxwell Hanratty Malthe Jakobsen Bashar Mardini | Ligier JS P320 | M | 105 | +9 Laps |
| 11 | GT | 40 | GPX Racing | Julien Andlauer Alain Ferté Axcil Jefferies | Porsche 911 GT3 R | M | 105 | +9 Laps |
| 12 | GT | 99 | Precote Herberth Motorsport | Ralf Bohn Alfred Renauer Robert Renauer | Porsche 911 GT3 R | M | 105 | +9 Laps |
| 13 | LMP3 | 63 | DKR Engineering | Jean Glorieux Laurents Hörr | Duqueine M30 – D08 | M | 105 | +9 Laps |
| 14 | GT | 60 | Formula Racing | Johnny Laursen Nicklas Nielsen Alessio Rovera | Ferrari 488 GT3 | M | 105 | +9 Laps |
| 15 | GT | 55 | Rinaldi Racing | Rino Mastronardi David Perel Davide Rigon | Ferrari 488 GT3 | M | 105 | +9 Laps |
| 16 | GT | 1 | HubAuto Racing | Marcos Gomes Raffaele Marciello Liam Talbot | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | M | 104 | +10 Laps |
| 17 | GT | 88 | Garage 59 | Valentin Hasse-Clot Maxime Martin Alexander West | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | M | 104 | +10 Laps |
| 18 | GT | 77 | D'station Racing | Tomonobu Fujii Tom Gamble Satoshi Hoshino | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | M | 104 | +10 Laps |
| 19 | GT | 51 | AF Corse | Alessandro Pier Guidi Oswaldo Negri Jr. Francesco Piovanetti | Ferrari 488 GT3 | M | 104 | +10 Laps |
| 20 | GT | 89 | Garage 59 | Mike Benham Marvin Kirchhöfer Yuki Nemoto | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | M | 104 | +10 Laps |
| 21 | GT | 7 | Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport | Ben Barnicoat Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy | McLaren 720S GT3 | M | 104 | +10 Laps |
| 22 | GT | 54 | AF Corse | Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella Thomas Flohr | Ferrari 488 GT3 | M | 104 | +10 Laps |
| 23 | GT | 93 | Precote Herberth Motorsport | Antares Au Klaus Bachler Steffen Görig | Porsche 911 GT3 R | M | 104 | +10 Laps |
| 24 | GT | 57 | Car Guy Racing | Mikkel Jensen Takeshi Kimura Côme Ledogar | Ferrari 488 GT3 | M | 104 | +10 Laps |
| 25 | GT | 34 | Walkenhorst Motorsport | Nicky Catsburg Chandler Hull Jon Miller | BMW M6 GT3 | M | 103 | +11 Laps |
| 26 | GT | 66 | Rinaldi Racing | Christian Hook Patrick Kujala Manuel Lauck | Ferrari 488 GT3 | M | 103 | +11 Laps |
| 27 | LMP3 | 44 | ARC Bratislava | Tom Cloet Miroslav Konôpka Charlie Robertson | Ginetta G61-LT-P3 | M | 103 | +11 Laps |
| 28 | GT | 95 | TF Sport | Charlie Eastwood Ollie Hancock John Hartshorne | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | M | 103 | +11 Laps |
| 29 | GT | 27 | Kessel Racing | Tim Kohmann Giorgio Roda Francesco Zollo | Ferrari 488 GT3 | M | 101 | +13 Laps |
| 30 | GT | 35 | Walkenhorst Motorsport | Jörg Breuer Sami-Matti Trogen Henry Walkenhorst | BMW M6 GT3 | M | 89 | +25 Laps |
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| DNF | LMP3 | 4 | Phoenix-IronForce Racing | Jan-Erik Slooten Leo Weiss | Ligier JS P320 | M | 95 | |
| DNF | GT | 97 | Oman Racing Team with TF Sport | Jonathan Adam Ahmad Al Harthy Tom Canning | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | M | 80 | |
| DNF | LMP3 | 33 | CD Sport | Nick Adcock Adam Eteki Michael Jensen | Ligier JS P320 | M | 65 | |
| DNF | LMP3 | 23 | United Autosports | Wayne Boyd Manuel Maldonado Rory Penttinen | Ligier JS P320 | M | 4 | |
| DNF | LMP3 | 2 | United Autosports | Robert Wheldon Ian Loggie Andy Meyrick | Ligier JS P320 | M | 0 | |
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#### Statistics
##### Fastest lap

| Class | Driver | Team | Time | Lap |
| LMP2 | Ferdinand Habsburg | #26 G-Drive Racing | 1:56.889 | 61 |
| LMP3 | Malthe Jakobsen | #15 RLR MSport | 2:05.165 | 12 |
| GT | Marcos Gomes | #1 HubAuto Racing | 2:09.249 | 45 |
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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 | 26 | G-Drive Racing | Ferdinand Habsburg | 1:56.073 | 1 |
| 2 | LMP2 | 25 | G-Drive Racing | Franco Colapinto | 1:56.136 | 2 |
| 3 | LMP2 | 28 | Jota | Sean Gelael | 1:56.302 | 6 |
| 4 | LMP2 | 5 | Phoenix Racing | Kelvin van der Linde | 1:56.466 | 3 |
| 5 | LMP2 | 64 | Racing Team India | Arjun Maini | 1:56.650 | 4 |
| 6 | LMP2 | 18 | Era Motorsport | Kyle Tilley | 1:58.480 | 5 |
| 7 | LMP3 | 15 | RLR MSport | Malthe Jakobsen | 2:03.781 | 7 |
| 8 | LMP3 | 23 | United Autosports | Wayne Boyd | 2:03.792 | 8 |
| 9 | LMP3 | 33 | CD Sport | Adam Eteki | 2:04.483 | 9 |
| 10 | LMP3 | 2 | United Autosports | Andy Meyrick | 2:04.491 | 10 |
| 11 | LMP3 | 8 | Nielsen Racing | Matthew Bell | 2:04.547 | 11 |
| 12 | LMP3 | 3 | United Autosports | Duncan Tappy | 2:04.548 | 12 |
| 13 | LMP3 | 9 | Nielsen Racing | Colin Noble | 2:04.904 | 13 |
| 14 | LMP3 | 44 | ARC Bratislava | Charlie Robertson | 2:06.490 | 14 |
| 15 | LMP3 | 4 | Phoenix-IronForce Racing | Leo Weiss | 2:07.010 | 15 |
| 16 | GT | 1 | HubAuto Racing | Raffaele Marciello | 2:07.688 | 16 |
| 17 | GT | 40 | GPX Racing | Julien Andlauer | 2:07.824 | 17 |
| 18 | GT | 89 | Garage 59 | Marvin Kirchhöfer | 2:07.844 | 18 |
| 19 | GT | 55 | Rinaldi Racing | Davide Rigon | 2:07.895 | 19 |
| 20 | GT | 93 | Precote Herberth Motorsport | Klaus Bachler | 2:07.902 | 20 |
| 21 | GT | 51 | AF Corse | Alessandro Pier Guidi | 2:07.905 | 21 |
| 22 | GT | 7 | Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport | Ben Barnicoat | 2:08.090 | 22 |
| 23 | GT | 97 | Oman Racing Team with TF Sport | Jonathan Adam | 2:08.097 | 23 |
| 24 | GT | 66 | Rinaldi Racing | Patrick Kujala | 2:08.118 | 24 |
| 25 | GT | 88 | Garage 59 | Maxime Martin | 2:08.206 | 25 |
| 26 | GT | 99 | Precote Herberth Motorsport | Robert Renauer | 2:08.255 | 26 |
| 27 | GT | 77 | D'station Racing | Tom Gamble | 2:08.307 | 27 |
| 28 | GT | 34 | Walkenhorst Motorsport | Nicky Catsburg | 2:08.572 | 28 |
| 29 | LMP3 | 63 | DKR Engineering | Laurents Hörr | 2:08.587 | 29 |
| 30 | GT | 60 | Formula Racing | Nicklas Nielsen | 2:08.603 | 30 |
| 31 | GT | 95 | TF Sport | Ollie Hancock | 2:08.672 | 31 |
| 32 | GT | 54 | AF Corse | Giancarlo Fisichella | 2:08.989 | 32 |
| 33 | GT | 35 | Walkenhorst Motorsport | Sami-Matti Trogen | 2:09.309 | 33 |
| 34 | GT | 27 | Kessel Racing | Giorgio Roda | 2:10.094 | 34 |
| 35 | GT | 57 | Car Guy Racing | — | — | 35 |
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### Race
#### Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 78 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.
| Pos | Class | No. | Team | Drivers | Car | Tyres | Laps | Time/Gap |
| 1 | LMP2 | 28 | Jota | Sean Gelael Tom Blomqvist | Oreca 07 | M | 112 | 4:03:34.502 |
| 2 | LMP2 | 25 | G-Drive Racing | Rui Andrade Franco Colapinto John Falb | Aurus 01 | M | 112 | +0.422 |
| 3 | LMP2 | 5 | Phoenix Racing | Matthias Kaiser Simon Trummer Kelvin van der Linde | Oreca 07 | M | 112 | +23.656 |
| 4 | LMP2 | 26 | G-Drive Racing | René Binder Ferdinand Habsburg Yifei Ye | Aurus 01 | M | 112 | +37.897 |
| 5 | LMP2 | 64 | Racing Team India | Narain Karthikeyan Arjun Maini Naveen Rao | Oreca 07 | M | 111 | +1 Lap |
| 6 | LMP3 | 23 | United Autosports | Wayne Boyd Manuel Maldonado Rory Penttinen | Ligier JS P320 | M | 106 | +6 Laps |
| 7 | LMP3 | 3 | United Autosports | Andrew Bentley Jim McGuire Duncan Tappy | Ligier JS P320 | M | 106 | +6 Laps |
| 8 | LMP3 | 2 | United Autosports | Robert Wheldon Ian Loggie Andy Meyrick | Ligier JS P320 | M | 106 | +6 Laps |
| 9 | LMP3 | 33 | CD Sport | Nick Adcock Adam Eteki Michael Jensen | Ligier JS P320 | M | 106 | +6 Laps |
| 10 | LMP3 | 63 | DKR Engineering | Jean Glorieux Laurents Hörr | Duqueine M30 – D08 | M | 106 | +6 Laps |
| 11 | LMP3 | 9 | Nielsen Racing | Colin Noble Anthony Wells | Ligier JS P320 | M | 106 | +6 Laps |
| 12 | LMP3 | 8 | Nielsen Racing | Matthew Bell Rodrigo Sales | Ligier JS P320 | M | 106 | +6 Laps |
| 13 | GT | 57 | Car Guy Racing | Mikkel Jensen Takeshi Kimura Côme Ledogar | Ferrari 488 GT3 | M | 105 | +7 Laps |
| 14 | GT | 7 | Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport | Ben Barnicoat Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy | McLaren 720S GT3 | M | 104 | +8 Laps |
| 15 | GT | 55 | Rinaldi Racing | Rino Mastronardi David Perel Davide Rigon | Ferrari 488 GT3 | M | 104 | +8 Laps |
| 16 | GT | 97 | Oman Racing Team with TF Sport | Jonathan Adam Ahmad Al Harthy Tom Canning | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | M | 104 | +8 Laps |
| 17 | GT | 99 | Precote Herberth Motorsport | Ralf Bohn Alfred Renauer Robert Renauer | Porsche 911 GT3 R | M | 104 | +8 Laps |
| 18 | GT | 95 | TF Sport | Charlie Eastwood Ollie Hancock John Hartshorne | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | M | 104 | +8 Laps |
| 19 | LMP3 | 4 | Phoenix-IronForce Racing | Jan-Erik Slooten Leo Weiss | Ligier JS P320 | M | 104 | +8 Laps |
| 20 | GT | 77 | D'station Racing | Tomonobu Fujii Tom Gamble Satoshi Hoshino | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | M | 104 | +8 Laps |
| 21 | GT | 1 | HubAuto Racing | Marcos Gomes Raffaele Marciello Liam Talbot | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | M | 104 | +8 Laps |
| 22 | GT | 88 | Garage 59 | Valentin Hasse-Clot Maxime Martin Alexander West | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | M | 104 | +8 Laps |
| 23 | GT | 89 | Garage 59 | Mike Benham Marvin Kirchhöfer Yuki Nemoto | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | M | 104 | +8 Laps |
| 24 | GT | 34 | Walkenhorst Motorsport | Nicky Catsburg Chandler Hull Jon Miller | BMW M6 GT3 | M | 104 | +8 Laps |
| 25 | GT | 35 | Walkenhorst Motorsport | Jörg Breuer Sami-Matti Trogen Henry Walkenhorst | BMW M6 GT3 | M | 103 | +9 Laps |
| 26 | GT | 93 | Precote Herberth Motorsport | Antares Au Klaus Bachler Steffen Görig | Porsche 911 GT3 R | M | 103 | +9 Laps |
| 27 | LMP2 | 18 | Era Motorsport | Andreas Laskaratos Dwight Merriman Kyle Tilley | Oreca 07 | M | 103 | +9 Laps |
| 28 | GT | 40 | GPX Racing | Julien Andlauer Alain Ferté Axcil Jefferies | Porsche 911 GT3 R | M | 102 | +10 Laps |
| 29 | LMP3 | 44 | ARC Bratislava | Tom Cloet Miroslav Konôpka Charlie Robertson | Ginetta G61-LT-P3 | M | 99 | +13 Laps |
| 30 | GT | 27 | Kessel Racing | Tim Kohmann Giorgio Roda Francesco Zollo | Ferrari 488 GT3 | M | 97 | +15 Laps |
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| DNF | LMP3 | 15 | RLR MSport | Maxwell Hanratty Malthe Jakobsen Bashar Mardini | Ligier JS P320 | M | 59 | |
| DNF | GT | 51 | AF Corse | Alessandro Pier Guidi Oswaldo Negri Jr. Francesco Piovanetti | Ferrari 488 GT3 | M | 12 | |
| DNF | GT | 54 | AF Corse | Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella Thomas Flohr | Ferrari 488 GT3 | M | 12 | |
| DNF | GT | 66 | Rinaldi Racing | Christian Hook Patrick Kujala Manuel Lauck | Ferrari 488 GT3 | M | 5 | |
| DNF | GT | 60 | Formula Racing | Johnny Laursen Nicklas Nielsen Alessio Rovera | Ferrari 488 GT3 | M | 3 | |
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#### Statistics
##### Fastest lap

| Class | Driver | Team | Time | Lap |
| LMP2 | Franco Colapinto | #25 G-Drive Racing | 1:56.560 | 88 |
| LMP3 | Adam Eteki | #33 CD Sport | 2:05.275 | 60 |
| GT | Ben Barnicoat | #7 Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport | 2:08.791 | 88 |
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