2023 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi

The 2023 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 17 and 19 February 2023, as final rounds of 2023 Asian Le Mans Series season.

Schedule

Date	Time (local: GST)	Event
Friday, 17 February	13:30	Free Practice 1
Friday, 17 February	17:15	Free Practice 2
Saturday, 18 February	10:40	Qualifying - GT
	11:10	Qualifying - LMP2 and LMP3
	15:00	Race 1
Sunday, 19 February	13:15	Warm-up
Sunday, 19 February	16:00	Race 2
Source:^[1]

Entry list

The No. 65 Viper Niza Racing withdrew from this racing weekend after an accident during 4 Hours of Dubai Race 2.^[2] The No. 54 Dinamic GT and No. 61 TF Sport also withdrew from Abu Dhabi races.^[3]

Ollie Millroy and Benjamin Barker continued to drive for No. 72 HubAuto Racing and No. 74 Kessel Racing respectively after being substitutes in Dubai. Marvin Kirchhöfer raced for No. 88 Garage 59 after missing both Dubai races because of being ill. Ahmad Al Harthy joined 99 Racing as Bronze-rated driver.^[3] Nicolas Lapierre, the driver of No. 37 Cool Racing, decided to step down from driving duties this weekend to allow Malthe Jakobsen gain more track time.^[4]

Free practice

Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Free Practice 1	Class	No.	Entrant	Time
	LMP2	22	United Autosports	1:42.821
	LMP3	17	Cool Racing	1:47.986
	GT	7	Haupt Racing Team	1:53.429
Free Practice 2	Class	No.	Entrant	Time
	LMP2	37	Cool Racing	1:41.957
	LMP3	11	WTM by Rinaldi Racing	1:48.232
	GT	95	TF Sport	1:52.992
Source:^[5]^[6]

Race 1

Qualifying

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap	Grid
1	LMP2	98	99 Racing	Ahmad Al Harthy	1:42.644	—	1
2	LMP2	3	DKR Engineering	Salih Yoluç	1:43.731	+1.087	2
3	LMP2	24	Nielsen Racing	Rodrigo Sales	1:43.734	+1.090	3
4	LMP2	43	Inter Europol Competition	Charles Crews	1:44.044	+1.400	4
5	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	John Falb	1:44.138	+1.494	5
6	LMP2	37	Cool Racing	Alexandre Coigny	1:44.471	+1.827	6
7	LMP2	44	ARC Bratislava	Miro Konôpka	1:47.949	+5.305	7
8	LMP3	11	WTM by Rinaldi Racing	Torsten Kratz	1:48.576	+5.932	8
9	LMP2	22	United Autosports	James McGuire	1:48.907	+6.263	9
10	LMP3	73	Inter Europol Competition	Alexander Bukhantsov	1:49.118	+6.474	11
11	LMP3	4	Nielsen Racing	Tony Wells	1:49.447	+6.803	12
12	LMP3	55	Rinaldi Racing	Matthias Lüthen	1:49.450	+6.806	13
13	LMP3	29	MV2S Racing	Jérôme de Sadeleer	1:49.548	+6.904	14
14	LMP3	9	Graff Racing	Eric Trouillet	1:49.791	+7.147	15
15	LMP3	17	Cool Racing	Adrien Chila	1:49.925	+7.281	16
16	LMP3	5	DKR Engineering	Tom van Rompuy	1:50.040	+7.396	17
17	LMP3	8	Graff Racing	François Heriau	1:50.399	+7.755	18
18	LMP3	2	CD Sport	James Sweetnam	1:50.473	+7.829	19
19	LMP3	53	Inter Europol Competition	Miguel Cristóvão	1:50.621	+7.977	20
20	LMP3	1	CD Sport	Nick Adcock	1:50.677	+8.033	21
21	LMP3	15	RLR MSport	Amir Feyzulin	1:51.420	+8.776	22
22	GT	72	HubAuto Racing	Liam Talbot	1:52.776	+10.132	23
23	LMP3	63	Inter Europol Competition	John Schauerman	1:52.825	+10.181	24
24	GT	34	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Thomas Merrill	1:52.833	+10.189	25
25	GT	7	Haupt Racing Team	Martin Konrad	1:53.001	+10.357	26
26	GT	21	AF Corse	Stefano Costantini	1:53.411	+10.767	27
27	GT	99	Herberth Motorsport	Ralf Bohn	1:53.515	+10.871	28
28	GT	10	GetSpeed	Florian Scholze	1:53.543	+10.899	29
29	LMP3	18	360 Racing	Frédéric Jousset	1:53.680	+11.036	30
30	GT	91	Herberth Motorsport	Alex Malykhin	1:53.702	+11.058	31
31	GT	16	GetSpeed	Bihuang Zhou	1:53.967	+11.323	32
32	GT	88	Garage 59	Alexander West	1:53.989	+11.345	33
33	GT	66	Bullitt Racing	Martin Berry	1:54.020	+11.376	34
34	GT	60	Formula Racing	Johnny Laursen	1:54.130	+11.486	35
35	GT	19	Leipert Motorsport	Gabriel Rindone	1:54.244	+11.600	36
36	GT	33	Herberth Motorsport	Antares Au	1:54.283	+11.639	37
37	GT	20	Herberth Motorsport	Nicolas Leutwiler	1:54.423	+11.779	38
38	GT	59	Garage 59	Nick Halstead	1:54.572	+11.928	39
39	GT	74	Kessel Racing	Michael Broniszewski	1:54.612	+11.968	40
40	GT	57	CarGuy	Takeshi Kimura	1:54.870	+12.226	41
41	GT	77	D'station Racing	Charlie Fagg	1:55.034	+12.390	42
42	GT	6	Haupt Racing Team	Michael Blanchemain	1:55.365	+12.721	43
43	GT	95	TF Sport	John Hartshorne	1:56.626	+13.982	44
44	LMP2	23	United Autosports	—			10^{[Q1 1]}
45	GT	67	Orange Racing Powered by JMH	—			—^{[Q1 2]}
Source:^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]

^ The No. 23 United Autosports was penalised for causing a red flag during qualifying session and lost all its laptimes. Stewards allowed car #23 to start the race from the back of its class.^[7]
^ The No. 67 Orange Racing Powered by JMH was penalised for causing a red flag during qualifying session and lost all its laptimes. Stewards allowed car #67 to start the race from the back of the grid but it did not make it to the start.^[8]^[9]

Race

Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 70 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

Final Classification^[14]
Pos	Class	No.	Team	Drivers	Car	Tyres	Laps	Time/Gap
1	LMP2	37	Cool Racing	Alexandre Coigny Malthe Jakobsen	Oreca 07	M	100	4:03:13.317
2	LMP2	23	United Autosports	Yasser Shahin Garnet Patterson Oliver Jarvis	Oreca 07	M	100	+34.394
3	LMP2	3	DKR Engineering	Salih Yoluç Charlie Eastwood Ayhancan Güven	Oreca 07	M	100	+40.730
4	LMP2	43	Inter Europol Competition	Nolan Siegel Christian Bogle Charles Crews	Oreca 07	M	100	+1:02.636
5	LMP2	22	United Autosports	Philip Hanson Paul di Resta James McGuire	Oreca 07	M	100	+1:08.128^{[R1 1]}
6	LMP2	24	Nielsen Racing	Rodrigo Sales Ben Hanley Mathias Beche	Oreca 07	M	100	+1:27.377
7	LMP2	98	99 Racing	Neel Jani Nikita Mazepin Ahmad Al Harthy	Oreca 07	M	100	+1:29.559
8	LMP2	44	ARC Bratislava	Miro Konôpka Nicolas Pino László Tóth	Oreca 07	M	98	+2 Laps
9	LMP3	4	Nielsen Racing	Tony Wells Matthew Bell	Ligier JS P320	M	97	+3 Laps
10	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	John Falb James Allen Kyffin Simpson	Oreca 07	M	97	+3 Laps^{[R1 2]}
11	LMP3	29	MV2S Racing	Jérôme de Sadeleer Viacheslav Gutak Fabien Lavergne	Ligier JS P320	M	97	+3 Laps
12	LMP3	11	WTM by Rinaldi Racing	Torsten Kratz Leonard Weiss Nicolás Varrone	Duqueine M30 - D08	M	97	+3 Laps
13	LMP3	8	Graff Racing	Fabrice Rossello Xavier Lloveras François Heriau	Ligier JS P320	M	96	+4 Laps
14	LMP3	5	DKR Engineering	Tom van Rompuy Valentino Catalano	Duqueine M30 - D08	M	96	+4 Laps
15	LMP3	17	Cool Racing	Cédric Oltramare Adrien Chila Marcos Siebert	Ligier JS P320	M	96	+4 Laps
16	LMP3	9	Graff Racing	Eric Trouillet Sébastien Page Belén García	Ligier JS P320	M	96	+4 Laps
17	LMP3	1	CD Sport	Michael Jensen Nick Adcock Valdemar Eriksen	Ligier JS P320	M	96	+4 Laps
18	LMP3	53	Inter Europol Competition	Kai Askey Wyatt Brichacek Miguel Cristóvão	Ligier JS P320	M	95	+5 Laps
19	LMP3	73	Inter Europol Competition	John Corbett Alexander Bukhantsov James Winslow	Ligier JS P320	M	94	+6 Laps
20	GT	7	Haupt Racing Team	Al Faisal Al Zubair Luca Stolz Martin Konrad	Mercedes AMG GT3	M	94	+6 Laps
21	LMP3	15	RLR MSport	Amir Feyzulin Bijoy Garg Andres Latorre Canon	Ligier JS P320	M	94	+6 Laps
22	GT	91	Herberth Motorsport	Alex Malykhin Joel Sturm Harry King	Porsche 911 GT3 R	M	94	+6 Laps
23	GT	19	Leipert Motorsport	Gabriel Rindone Brendon Leitch Marco Mapelli	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	M	94	+6 Laps
24	LMP3	63	Inter Europol Competition	Adam Ali John Schauerman James Dayson	Ligier JS P320	M	93	+7 Laps
25	GT	34	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Chandler Hull Nicky Catsburg Thomas Merrill	BMW M4 GT3	M	93	+7 Laps
26	GT	95	TF Sport	John Hartshorne Henrique Chaves Jonathan Adam	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	93	+7 Laps
27	GT	77	D'station Racing	Satoshi Hoshino Tomonobu Fujii Charlie Fagg	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	92	+8 Laps
28	GT	10	GetSpeed	Raffaele Marciello Fabian Schiller Florian Scholze	Mercedes AMG GT3	M	92	+8 Laps
29	GT	33	Herberth Motorsport	Antares Au Alfred Renauer Klaus Bachler	Porsche 911 GT3 R	M	92	+8 Laps
30	GT	20	Herberth Motorsport	Nicolas Leutwiler Mikkel Pedersen Matteo Cairoli	Porsche 911 GT3 R	M	92	+8 Laps
31	GT	57	CarGuy	Takeshi Kimura Frederik Schandorff Mikkel Jensen	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	M	92	+8 Laps
32	GT	59	Garage 59	Nick Halstead Louis Prette Rob Bell	McLaren 720S GT3	M	92	+8 Laps
33	GT	16	GetSpeed	Bihuang Zhou Zhongwei Wang Alexandre Imperatori	Mercedes AMG GT3	M	91	+9 Laps
34	GT	6	Haupt Racing Team	Arjun Maini Frank Bird Michael Blanchemain	Mercedes AMG GT3	M	88	+12 Laps
35	GT	72	HubAuto Racing	Liam Talbot Jules Gounon Ollie Millroy	Mercedes AMG GT3	M	94	+13 Laps^{[R1 3]}
NC	LMP3	2	CD Sport	Vladislav Lomko James Sweetnam Jacques Wolff	Ligier JS P320	M	65	Not classified
NC	GT	99	Herberth Motorsport	Ralf Bohn Axcil Jefferies Robert Renauer	Porsche 911 GT3 R	M	44	Not classified
NC	LMP3	55	Rinaldi Racing	Lorcan Hanafin Matthias Lüthen Jonas Ried	Duqueine M30 - D08	M	37	Wheel
NC	LMP3	18	360 Racing	Frédéric Jousset Sebastián Álvarez Ross Kaiser	Ligier JS P320	M	35	Collision damage
NC	GT	88	Garage 59	Alexander West Benjamin Goethe Marvin Kirchhöfer	McLaren 720S GT3	M	14	Puncture
NC	GT	60	Formula Racing	Johnny Laursen Conrad Laursen Nicklas Nielsen	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	M	12	Crash
NC	GT	66	Bullitt Racing	Valentin Hasse-Clot Jacob Riegel Martin Berry	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	1	Collision damage
NC	GT	21	AF Corse	Stefano Costantini Simon Mann Miguel Molina	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	M	0	Crash
DNS	GT	74	Kessel Racing	Michael Broniszewski David Fumanelli Benjamin Barker	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	M	0	Did not start^{[R1 4]}
DNS	GT	67	Orange Racing Powered by JMH	Simon Orange Michael O'Brien Marcus Clutton	McLaren 720S GT3	M	0	Brakes

^ The No. 22 United Autosports was penalied for failing to complete mandatory pitstops in stipulated time. The penalty was stop & go converted to adding 35 seconds to crew's race time^[15]
^ The No. 25 Algarve Pro Racing was penalied for failing to complete mandatory pitstops in stipulated time. The penalty was stop & go converted to adding 35 seconds to crew's race time^[16]
^ The No. 72 HubAuto Racing was penalied for failing to fulfill minimum driving time by Liam Talbot. The penalty was deduction of 7 laps and adding 77.652 seconds to crew's race time^[17]
^ The No. 74 Kessel Racing did not start the Race 1 due to a technical issue that occurred after the qualifying session.^[9]

Statistics

Fastest lap

Class	Driver	Team	Time	Lap
LMP2	Malthe Jakobsen	#37 Cool Racing	1:42.085	82
LMP3	Nicolás Varrone	#11 WTM by Rinaldi Racing	1:48.871	97
GT	Luca Stolz	#7 Haupt Racing Team	1:53.074	45
Source:^[18]