2024 4 Hours of Dubai
The 2024 4 Hours of Dubai was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 2 and 4 February 2024 at Dubai Autodrome in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was the third round of 2023–24 Asian Le Mans Series season.
Schedule
Date | Time (local: GST) | Event |
---|---|---|
Friday, 2 February | 14:45 | Free Practice 1 |
Saturday, 3 February | 10:10 | Free Practice 2 |
14:30 | Qualifying | |
Sunday, 4 February | 13:00 | Race |
Source:[1] |
Entry list
The entry list was published on 24 January and consisted of 42 entries in 3 categories – 13 in LMP2, 6 in LMP3 and 23 in GT.[2][3]
In comparison to the previous round there were four new entrants and one withdrawal. GG Classic Cars entered a Ligier JS P320 with George Nakas and Fraser Ross as its drivers. Dragon Racing did field a Ferrari 296 GT3 with Rui Andrade, Nicola Marinangeli and Marco Pulcini behind the wheel. Nielsen Racing and COOL Racing each did field one Oreca 07. Matt Bell, Patrick Liddy and Blake McDonald raced for Nielsen Racing while Alexandre Coigny, Vladislav Lomko and Lorenzo Fluxá drove for COOL Racing. Craft-Bamboo Racing withdrew from remaining rounds of the season.[2]
The No. 56 Team Project 1 withdrew after Sean Gelael took an opportunity to substitute Paul Evrard in the No. 43 Saintéloc Racing[4][5]
Free practice
- Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Free Practice 1 | Class | No. | Entrant | Time |
---|---|---|---|---|
LMP2 | 22 | Proton Competition | 1:49.386 | |
LMP3 | 2 | CD Sport | 1:54.605 | |
GT | 21 | AF Corse | 1:58.931 | |
Free Practice 2 | Class | No. | Entrant | Time |
LMP2 | 25 | Algarve Pro Racing | 1:48.104 | |
LMP3 | 26 | Bretton Racing | 1:54.884 | |
GT | 86 | GR Racing | 1:58.067 | |
Source:[6][7] |
Qualifying
Qualifying Results
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.
Pos | Class | No. | Team | Driver | Time | Gap | Grid |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | LMP2 | 55 | Proton Competition | P. J. Hyett | 1:48.873 | — | 1 |
2 | LMP2 | 99 | 99 Racing | Ahmad Al Harthy | 1:48.919 | +0.046 | 2 |
3 | LMP2 | 90 | TF Sport | Salih Yoluç | 1:49.131 | +0.258 | 3 |
4 | LMP2 | 22 | Proton Competition | Giorgio Roda | 1:49.270 | +0.397 | 4 |
5 | LMP2 | 30 | Duqueine Team | John Falb | 1:49.688 | +0.815 | 5 |
6 | LMP2 | 83 | AF Corse | François Perrodo | 1:50.036 | +1.163 | 6 |
7 | LMP2 | 4 | CrowdStrike Racing by APR | George Kurtz | 1:50.182 | +1.309 | 7 |
8 | LMP2 | 3 | DKR Engineering | Alexander Mattschull | 1:50.231 | +1.358 | 8 |
9 | LMP2 | 47 | Cool Racing | Alexandre Coigny | 1:50.813 | +1.940 | 9 |
10 | LMP2 | 25 | Algarve Pro Racing | Chris McMurry | 1:51.020 | +2.147 | 10 |
11 | LMP2 | 34 | Nielsen Racing | 1:51.350 | +2.477 | 11 | |
12 | LMP2 | 24 | Nielsen Racing | Ian Loggie | 1:51.582 | +2.709 | 12 |
13 | LMP2 | 44 | ARC Bratislava | Miro Konôpka | 1:52.887 | +4.014 | 13 |
14 | LMP3 | 17 | Cool Racing | Alexander Bukhantsov | 1:55.118 | +6.245 | 14 |
15 | LMP3 | 26 | Bretton Racing | Julien Gerbi | 1:55.457 | +6.584 | 15 |
16 | LMP3 | 20 | High Class Racing | Auðunn Guðmundsson | 1:55.806 | +6.933 | 16 |
17 | LMP3 | 2 | CD Sport | Nick Adcock | 1:56.068 | +7.195 | 17 |
18 | GT | 7 | Al Manar Racing by GetSpeed | Anthony Liu | 1:58.280 | +9.407 | 20 |
19 | GT | 42 | Saintéloc Racing | Alban Varutti | 1:58.411 | +9.538 | 21 |
20 | GT | 91 | Pure Rxcing | Alex Malykhin | 1:58.824 | +9.951 | 22 |
21 | GT | 69 | Optimum Motorsport | James Cottingham | 1:59.129 | +10.256 | 23 |
22 | GT | 88 | Triple Eight | Prince Jefri Ibrahim | 1:59.339 | +10.466 | 24 |
23 | GT | 19 | Leipert Motorsport | Gabriel Rindone | 1:59.346 | +10.473 | 25 |
24 | GT | 9 | GetSpeed | Martin Konrad | 1:59.385 | +10.512 | 26 |
25 | GT | 27 | Optimum Motorsport | Mark Radcliffe | 1:59.412 | +10.539 | 27 |
26 | GT | 66 | Attempto Racing | Andrey Mukovoz | 1:59.639 | +10.766 | 28 |
27 | GT | 43 | Saintéloc Racing | Zhou Bihuang | 1:59.820 | +10.947 | 29 |
28 | GT | 98 | Dragon Racing | Marco Pulcini | 1:59.877 | +11.004 | 30 |
29 | GT | 93 | Team Project 1 | Darren Leung | 1:59.949 | +11.076 | 31 |
30 | GT | 33 | Herberth Motorsport | Antares Au | 2:00.036 | +11.163 | 32 |
31 | GT | 21 | AF Corse | François Heriau | 2:00.155 | +11.282 | 33 |
32 | GT | 77 | D'Station Racing | Satoshi Hoshino | 2:00.370 | +11.497 | 34 |
33 | GT | 82 | AF Corse | Charles-Henri Samani | 2:01.084 | +12.211 | 35 |
34 | LMP3 | 58 | GG Classic Cars | George Nakas | 2:01.319 | +12.446 | 18 |
35 | GT | 11 | Attempto Racing | Ilya Gorbatsky | 2:01.392 | +12.519 | 36 |
36 | GT | 8 | EBM | Setiawan Santoso | 2:01.575 | +12.702 | 37 |
37 | GT | 95 | TF Sport | John Hartshorne | 2:01.722 | +12.849 | 38 |
38 | GT | 86 | GR Racing | Michael Wainwright | 2:01.746 | +12.873 | 39 |
39 | GT | 75 | Team Motopark | Heiko Neumann | 2:01.767 | +12.894 | 40 |
40 | LMP3 | 65 | Viper Niza Racing | Douglas Khoo | 2:02.381 | +13.508 | 19 |
41 | GT | 84 | EBM | Adrian D'Silva | 2:03.271 | +14.398 | 41 |
Source:[8][9][10][11] |
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.
Statistics
Fastest lap
Class | Driver | Team | Time | Lap |
---|---|---|---|---|
LMP2 | Malthe Jakobsen | #4 CrowdStrike Racing by APR | 1:47.824 | 92 |
LMP3 | Anders Fjordbach | #20 High Class Racing | 1:56.141 | 91 |
GT | Riccardo Pera | #86 GR Racing | 1:58.547 | 85 |
Source:[13] |
References
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- ^ Euwema, Davey (24 January 2024). "Dragon Racing to Make Series Debut With Ferrari 296 GT3". Sportscar365. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ Kilbey, Stephen (31 January 2024). "Gelael Joins Saintéloc For 4H Dubai". DailySportscar. Archived from the original on 31 January 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ Kilbey, Stephen (1 February 2024). "4H Dubai: Thursday Paddock Notes". DailySportscar. Archived from the original on 1 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ Klein, Jamie (2 February 2024). "Roda Tops First Practice for Dubai 4H". Sportscar365. Archived from the original on 2 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ Klein, Jamie (3 February 2024). "Sowery Fastest in Second Practice in Dubai". Sportscar365. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
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- ^ "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Dubai Qualifying LMP2 and LMP3 Provisional Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). ALMS Alkamel. 3 February 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Dubai Qualifying GT Provisional Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). ALMS Alkamel. 3 February 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Dubai Race (4 Hours) Starting Grid" (PDF). ALMS Alkamel. 4 February 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Dubai Race Final Classification" (PDF). ALMS Alkamel. 4 February 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Dubai Race Final Classification by Category" (PDF). ALMS Alkamel. 4 February 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2024.