# 4 Hours of Castellet

The 4 Hours of Castellet is a Blancpain Endurance Series sports car race held at Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, France. The race began in 1970 as a round of the European 2-Litre Sportscar Championship, and World Sportscar Championship rounds were held in 1974 and 1977. The race was a French national championship race in the 1980s. It was revived in 1998 by the International Sports Racing Series and again in 2010 by the Le Mans Series as an 8-hour race. In 2015, the event returned to its 1000 km format making it only the second time to use that distance since 1974.
Depending on the class-type and the year run, the race has been run as a 2 hour, 2.5 hour, 3 hour, 4 hour, 6 hour or 8 hour event, or as a 200 mile, 225 km, 500 km or 1,000 km event – as shown in the race results in the tables below.

## Results

* 1974 winners Jean-Pierre Jarier and Jean-Pierre Beltoise's Matra (pictured at the Nürburgring).
* 2010 winners Rinaldo Capello and Allan McNish's Audi R15 TDI Plus.

### Sports car races

| Year | Overall Winner(s) | Entrant | Car | Distance/Duration | Race Title | Championship | Report |
| 1970 | Brian Redman | Chevron Cars Ltd | Chevron B16 | 200 mi (320 km) | Trophée International Paul Ricard | European 2-Litre Championship | report |
| 1971 | Helmut Marko Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Karl von Wendt Racing | Lola T212 | 3 hours | Trophée Paul Ricard | European 2-Litre Championship | report |
| 1972 | Gérard Larrousse | Radio Monte Carlo | Lola T210 | 2 hours | Trophée Paul Ricard | European 2-Litre Championship | report |
| 1973 | John Lepp | Red Rose Racing | Chevron B23 | 2 hours | Trophée Paul Ricard | European 2-Litre Championship | report |
| 1974 | Alain Cudini | Equipe Switzerland Archambeaud | Alpine A441 | 225 km (140 mi) | Trophée d'Europe | European 2-Litre Championship | report |
| 1974 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise Jean-Pierre Jarier | Equipe Gitanes | Matra-Simca MS670C | 1,000 km (620 mi) | 1000 Km Le Castellet | World Championship for Makes | report |
| 1975–1976: Not held ||||||||
| 1977 | Jean-Pierre Jarier Arturo Merzario | Autodelta SpA | Alfa Romeo T33/SC/12 | 500 km (310 mi) | 500 Km Paul Ricard | World Sportscar Championship (Group 6) | report |
| 1978–1997: Not held ||||||||
| 1998 | Didier Theys Fredy Lienhard | Horag-Lista Racing | Ferrari 333 SP | 2 hours, 30 minutes | 2 hours, 30 minutes of Paul Ricard | International Sports Racing Series | report |
| 1999–2009: Not held ||||||||
| 2010 | Rinaldo Capello Allan McNish | Audi Sport Team Joest | Audi R15 TDI | 8 hours | 8 Heures du Castellet | Le Mans Series | report |
| 2011 | Emmanuel Collard Christophe Tinseau Julien Jousse | Pescarolo Team | Pescarolo 01 Evo | 6 hours | 6 Heures du Castellet | Le Mans Series | report |
| 2012 | Pierre Thiriet Mathias Beche | Thiriet by TDS Racing | Oreca 03 | 6 hours | 6 Heures du Castellet | European Le Mans Series | report |
| 2013 | Brendon Hartley Jonathan Hirschi | Murphy Prototypes | Oreca 03 | 3 hours | 3 Hours of Le Castellet | European Le Mans Series | report |
| 2014 | Christian Klien Gary Hirsch Pierre Ragues | Newblood by Morand Racing | Morgan LMP2 | 4 hours | 4 Hours of Le Castellet | European Le Mans Series | report |
| 2015 | Gary Hirsch Jon Lancaster Björn Wirdheim | Greaves Motorsport | Gibson 015S | 4 hours | 4 Hours of Le Castellet | European Le Mans Series | report |
| 2016 | Mathias Beche Mike Conway Pierre Thiriet | Thiriet by TDS Racing | Oreca 05 | 4 hours | 4 Hours of Le Castellet | European Le Mans Series | report |
| 2017 | Matevos Isaakyan Egor Orudzhev | SMP Racing | Dallara P217 | 4 hours | 4 Hours of Le Castellet | European Le Mans Series | report |
| 2018 | Norman Nato Paul Petit Olivier Pla | Racing Engineering | Oreca 07 | 4 hours | 4 Hours of Le Castellet | European Le Mans Series | report |
| 2019 | James Allen Ben Hanley Henrik Hedman | DragonSpeed | Oreca 07 | 4 hours | 4 Hours of Le Castellet | European Le Mans Series | report |
| 2020 (4 Hours) | Alex Brundle Will Owen Job van Uitert | United Autosports | Oreca 07 | 4 hours | 4 Hours of Le Castellet | European Le Mans Series | report |
| 2020 (Le Castellet 240) | Philip Hanson Filipe Albuquerque | United Autosports | Oreca 07 | 4 hours | Le Castellet 240 | European Le Mans Series | report |
| 2021 | Franco Colapinto Roman Rusinov Nyck de Vries | G-Drive Racing | Aurus 01 | 4 hours | 4 Hours of Le Castellet | European Le Mans Series | report |
| 2022 | Lorenzo Colombo Louis Delétraz Ferdinand Habsburg | Prema Racing | Oreca 07 | 4 hours | 4 Hours of Le Castellet | European Le Mans Series | report |
| 2023 | James Allen Alex Lynn Kyffin Simpson | Algarve Pro Racing | Oreca 07 | 4 hours | 4 Hours of Le Castellet | European Le Mans Series | report |
| 2024 | Sebastián Álvarez Tom Dillmann Vladislav Lomko | Inter Europol Competition | Oreca 07 | 4 hours | 4 Hours of Le Castellet | European Le Mans Series | report |

### GT races

| Year | Overall Winner(s) | Entrant | Car | Distance/Duration | Race Title | Championship | Report |
| 1994 | Bob Wollek Jean-Pierre Jarier Jesús Pareja | Larbre Compétition | Porsche 911 Turbo S LM-GT | 4 hours | 4 hours of Paul Ricard | BPR Global GT Series | Report |
| 1995 | Ray Bellm Maurizio Sandro Sala | Gulf Racing GTC | McLaren F1 GTR | 4 hours | 4 hours of Le Castellet | BPR Global GT Series | Report |
| 1996 | Ray Bellm James Weaver | Gulf Racing GTC | McLaren F1 GTR | 4 hours | 4 hours of Le Castellet | BPR Global GT Series | Results |
| 1997: Not held ||||||||
| 1998 | Geoff Lister Maxwell Beaverbrook Barrie Williams | #9 BVB Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT2 Evo | 4 hours | 4 hours of Paul Ricard | GTR Euroseries | Results |
| 1999–2005: Not held ||||||||
| 2006 | Mike Hezemans Bert Longin Anthony Kumpen | GLPK-Carsport | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | 500 km | 500 km of Paul Ricard | FIA GT Championship | report |
| 2007–2008: Not held ||||||||
| 2009 | Enrique Bernoldi Roberto Streit | Sangari Team Brazil | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | 2 hours | 2 hours of Paul Ricard | FIA GT Championship | report |
| 2010–2011: Not held ||||||||
| 2012 | Stéphane Ortelli Christopher Mies Christopher Haase | Belgian Audi Club WRT | Audi R8 LMS ultra | 3 hours | 3 hours of Paul Ricard | Blancpain Endurance Series | report |
| 2013 | Bas Leinders Maxime Martin Yelmer Buurman | Marc VDS Racing Team | BMW Z4 GT3 | 3 Hours | 3 hours of Paul Ricard | Blancpain Endurance Series | report |
| 2014 | Steven Kane Guy Smith Andy Meyrick | M-Sport Bentley | Bentley Continental GT3 | 3 hours | 3 hours of Paul Ricard | Blancpain Endurance Series | report |
| 2015 | Wolfgang Reip Katsumasa Chiyo Alex Buncombe | Nissan GT Academy Team RJN | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 | 1000 Km | 1000 km Paul Ricard | Blancpain Endurance Series | report |
| 2016 | Côme Ledogar Shane van Gisbergen Rob Bell | Garage 59 | McLaren 650S GT3 | 1000 Km | 1000 km Paul Ricard | Blancpain Endurance Series | report |
| 2017 | Maxime Soulet Andy Soucek Vincent Abril | Bentley Team M-Sport | Bentley Continental GT3 | 1000 Km | 1000 km Paul Ricard | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup | report |
| 2018 | Albert Costa Christian Klien Marco Seefried | Emil Frey Lexus Racing | Lexus RC F GT3 | 1000 Km | 1000 km Paul Ricard | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup | report |
| 2019 | Jules Gounon Steven Kane Jordan Pepper | Bentley Team M-Sport | Bentley Continental GT3 | 1000 Km | 1000 km Paul Ricard | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup | report |
| 2020 | Tom Blomqvist Côme Ledogar Alessandro Pier Guidi | AF Corse | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 1000 Km | 1000 km Paul Ricard | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | report |
| 2021 | Matthew Campbell Earl Bamber Mathieu Jaminet | GPX Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1000 Km | 1000 km Paul Ricard | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | report |
| 2022 | Antonio Fuoco Davide Rigon Daniel Serra | Iron Lynx | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 1000 Km | 1000 km Paul Ricard | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | report |
| 2023 | Timur Boguslavskiy Jules Gounon Raffaele Marciello | AKKodis ASP Team | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 1000 Km | 1000 km Paul Ricard | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | report |
| 2024 | Augusto Farfus Dan Harper Max Hesse | Rowe Racing | BMW M4 GT3 | 3 Hours | 3 hours of Paul Ricard | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | report |