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The 2018 4 Hours of Red Bull Ring was an endurance sportscar racing event held on 22 July 2018 at the Red Bull Ring. It was the third round of the 2018 European Le Mans Series, and the sixth running of the event as part of the European Le Mans Series.

Background[edit]

The event was announced on 23 September 2017, with the Red Bull Ring round being a part of the calendar for the sixth conescutive time. This was the first race after a two-month hiatus for the ELMS season, with the last round having taken place at Monza, ten weeks prior.[1]

Entry list[edit]

The entry list was revealed on 19 July 2018, and saw 42 entries: 18 in LMP2, 18 in LMP3, and 6 in LMGTE.[2]

Schedule[edit]

Date Time (local: CEST) Event
Friday, 20 July 13:00 Free Practice 1
17:35 Bronze Driver Test
Saturday, 21 July 09:15 Free Practice 2
13:40 Qualifying - LMGTE
14:00 Qualifying - LMP3
14:20 Qualifying - LMP2
Sunday, 22 July 12:00 Race
Source:[3]

Practice[edit]

There were two practice sessions held: one on Friday afternoon and one on Saturday morning. Both session ran for 90 minutes.[3]

Practice 1[edit]

The first practice session was held at 13:00 CEST on Friday. Paul-Loup Chatin ended up quickest in the No. 28 IDEC Sport Oreca, with a lap time of 1:20.067. Norman Nato was second-quickest in the No. 24 Racing Engineering Oreca, only 0.003s off Chatin. Matthieu Vaxivière finished third in the No. 33 TDS Racing Oreca.[4] LMP3 was topped by Matthieu Lahaye in the No. 17 Ultimate Norma, lapping the circuit in 1 minute, 26.927 seconds. He was 0.018s quicker than second-placed Matt Bell in the No. 3 United Autosports Ligier.[4] GTE was topped by Miguel Molina in the No. 66 JMW Motorsport Ferrari, with a lap of 1:28.829, 0.570s quicker than the second-placed No. 88 Proton Competition Porsche.[4]

Class No. Entrant Driver Time
LMP2 28 France IDEC Sport France Paul-Loup Chatin 1:20.067
LMP3 17 France Ultimate France Matthieu Lahaye 1:26.927
LMGTE 66 United Kingdom JMW Motorsport Spain Miguel Molina 1:28.829
Source:[5][6]
  • Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Final practice[edit]

The second and final practice session took place at 09:15 CEST on Saturday, and ended with Chatin and the No. 28 Oreca topping the time sheets in a largely wet practice session. He lapped the circuit in 1 minute, 19.616 seconds. He was 0.134s quicker than Andrea Pizzitola in the No. 26 G-Drive Racing Oreca, with Nato third-quickest.[7] Job van Uitert was quickest in LMP3 in the No. 15 RLR MSport Ligier: 1:27.176. David Droux was second-quickest in LMP3, 0.604s slower than Van Uitert.[7] GTE was topped by Matt Griffin in the No. 55 Spirit of Race Ferrari, with a lap of 1:29.845. Dennis Olsen was second-quickest in the No. 77 Proton Competition Porsche, lapping 0.177s slower than Griffin, with Fabio Babini completing the top three in the No. 80 Ebimotors Porsche.[7]

Class No. Entrant Driver Time
LMP2 28 France IDEC Sport France Paul-Loup Chatin 1:19.616
LMP3 15 United Kingdom RLR MSport Netherlands Job van Uitert 1:27.176
LMGTE 55 Switzerland Spirit of Race Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin 1:29.845
Source:[8][9]
  • Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Qualifying[edit]

Qualifying started at 13:40 CEST on Saturday, and was split in to three sessions: one for LMGTE, one for LMP3, and one for LMP2. Each session lasted fifteen minutes. Paul-Loup Chatin continued his strong practice pace and claimed overall pole position in his No. 28 Oreca. He shared the front row with Nico Jamin in the No. 29 Duqueine Engineering Oreca, who was 0.019s slower than Chatin.[10] The No. 9 AT Racing Ligier originally claimed pole position in the LMP3 class, but saw its fastest lap deleted after a track limits violation. This handed LMP3 pole position to the No. 17 Norma of Matthieu Lahaye, with a lap time of 1:26.519. The No. 19 MRacing - YMR Norma of Lucas Legeret qualified second, 0.064s slower.[11][10] Molina took pole in LMGTE in the No. 66 Ferrari, ahead of Matteo Cairoli in the No. 88 Porsche, with Andrea Bertolini in the No. 83 Krohn Racing Ferrari in third.[11]

Qualifying results[edit]

Pole position winners in each class are in bold.

Pos Class No. Team Time Gap Grid
1 LMP2 28 France IDEC Sport 1:19.246 – 1
2 LMP2 29 France Duqueine Engineering 1:19.265 +0.019 2
3 LMP2 24 Spain Racing Engineering 1:19.387 +0.141 3
4 LMP2 21 United States DragonSpeed 1:19.423 +0.177 4
5 LMP2 26 Russia G-Drive Racing 1:19.562 +0.316 5
6 LMP2 33 France TDS Racing 1:19.743 +0.497 6
7 LMP2 22 United States United Autosports 1:19.950 +0.704 7
8 LMP2 40 Russia G-Drive Racing 1:19.959 +0.713 8
9 LMP2 39 France Graff 1:20.179 +0.933 9
10 LMP2 47 Italy Cetilar Villorba Corse 1:20.234 +0.988 10
11 LMP2 35 Russia SMP Racing 1:20.351 +1.105 11
12 LMP2 32 United States United Autosports 1:20.383 +1.137 12
13 LMP2 49 Denmark High Class Racing 1:20.609 +1.363 13
14 LMP2 31 Portugal APR – Rebellion Racing 1:20.622 +1.376 14
15 LMP2 23 France Panis Barthez Competition 1:21.091 +1.845 15
16 LMP2 30 Spain AVF by Adrián Vallés 1:21.362 +2.116 16
17 LMP2 25 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing 1:23.522 +4.276 17
18 LMP2 27 France IDEC Sport 1:23.695 +4.449 18
19 LMP3 17 France Ultimate 1:26.519 +7.273 19
20 LMP3 19 France MRacing – YMR 1:26.583 +7.337 20
21 LMP3 15 United Kingdom RLR MSport 1:26.703 +7.457 21
22 LMP3 4 Switzerland Cool Racing 1:26.751 +7.505 22
23 LMP3 8 Luxembourg DKR Engineering 1:26.917 +7.671 23
24 LMP3 9 Austria AT Racing 1:26.960 +7.714 24
25 LMP3 10 Italy Oregon Team 1:27.008 +7.762 25
26 LMP3 2 United States United Autosports 1:27.032 +7.786 26
27 LMP3 7 United Kingdom Écurie Écosse/Nielsen 1:27.192 +7.946 27
28 LMP3 3 United States United Autosports 1:27.354 +8.108 28
29 LMP3 11 United States EuroInternational 1:27.365 +8.119 29
30 LMP3 13 Poland Inter Europol Competition 1:27.486 +8.240 30
31 LMP3 5 Spain NEFIS by Speed Factory 1:27.654 +8.408 31
32 LMP3 18 France MRacing – YMR 1:27.890 +8.644 32
33 LMP3 6 United Kingdom 360 Racing 1:28.133 +8.887 33
34 LMP3 16 United Kingdom BHK Motorsport 1:28.368 +9.122 34
35 LMGTE 66 United Kingdom JMW Motorsport 1:28.827 +9.581 35
36 LMP3 12 United States EuroInternational 1:28.893 +9.647 36
37 LMGTE 88 Germany Proton Competition 1:28.925 +9.679 37
38 LMGTE 83 United States Krohn Racing 1:28.967 +9.721 38
39 LMGTE 55 Switzerland Spirit of Race 1:29.190 +9.944 39
40 LMGTE 77 Germany Proton Competition 1:29.259 +10.013 40
41 LMGTE 80 Italy Ebimotors 1:29.366 +10.120 41
42 LMP3 14 Poland Inter Europol Competition No time – 42
Source:[12][13]

Race[edit]

Class winners are in bold and ‡.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 LMP2 26 Russia G-Drive Racing France Andrea Pizzitola
Russia Roman Rusinov
France Jean-Éric Vergne 		Oreca 07 D 160 4:00:14.242‡
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
2 LMP2 24 Spain Racing Engineering France Norman Nato
France Paul Petit
France Olivier Pla 		Oreca 07 D 160 +20.126
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
3 LMP2 22 United States United Autosports Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
United Kingdom Phil Hanson
 Ligier JS P217 D 160 +54.166
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
4 LMP2 28 France IDEC Sport France Paul-Loup Chatin
France Paul Lafargue
Mexico Memo Rojas 		Oreca 07 M 160 +56.087
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
5 LMP2 21 United States DragonSpeed United Kingdom Ben Hanley
Sweden Henrik Hedman
France Nicolas Lapierre 		Oreca 07 M 159 +1 Lap
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
6 LMP2 31 Portugal APR – Rebellion Racing United Kingdom Ryan Cullen
United States Gustavo Menezes
United Kingdom Harrison Newey 		Oreca 07 D 159 +1 Lap
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
7 LMP2 35 Russia SMP Racing Russia Matevos Isaakyan
Russia Egor Orudzhev
Russia Viktor Shaytar 		Ligier JS P217 D 159 +1 Lap
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
8 LMP2 39 France Graff France Alexandre Cougnaud
France Tristan Gommendy
Switzerland Jonathan Hirschi 		Oreca 07 D 159 +1 Lap
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
9 LMP2 33 France TDS Racing France Loïc Duval
France François Perrodo
France Matthieu Vaxivière 		Oreca 07 D 159 +1 Lap
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
10 LMP2 23 France Panis Barthez Competition France Timothé Buret
France Julien Canal
United Kingdom Will Stevens 		Ligier JS P217 M 158 +2 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
11 LMP2 47 Italy Cetilar Villorba Corse Italy Roberto Lacorte
Brazil Felipe Nasr
Italy Giorgio Sernagiotto 		Ligier JS P217 D 158 +2 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
12 LMP2 49 Denmark High Class Racing Denmark Dennis Andersen
Denmark Anders Fjordbach
 Ligier JS P217 D 158 +2 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
13 LMP2 40 Russia G-Drive Racing Australia James Allen
Mexico José Gutiérrez
 Oreca 07 D 158 +2 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
14 LMP2 30 Spain AVF by Adrián Vallés Portugal Henrique Chaves
Russia Konstatin Tereschenko
 Ligier JS P217 D 158 +2 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
15 LMP2 32 United States United Autosports United Kingdom Wayne Boyd
United States Will Owen
Switzerland Hugo de Sadeleer 		Ligier JS P217 D 157 +3 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
16 LMP2 27 France IDEC Sport France Patrice Lafargue
France Erik Maris
 Ligier JS P217 M 154 +6 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
17 LMP2 25 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing Philippines Ate De Jong
South Korea Tacksung Kim
United States Mark Patterson 		Ligier JS P217 D 152 +8 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
18 LMP3 15 United Kingdom RLR MSport Canada John Farano
United Kingdom Robert Garofall
Netherlands Job van Uitert 		Ligier JS P3 M 148 +12 Laps‡
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
19 LMP3 7 United Kingdom Écurie Écosse/Nielsen United Kingdom Alex Kapadia
United Kingdom Colin Noble
Norway Christian Stubbe Olsen 		Ligier JS P3 M 148 +12 Laps
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
20 LMP3 13 Poland Inter Europol Competition Germany Martin Hippe
Poland Jakub Śmiechowski
 Ligier JS P3 M 148 +12 Laps
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
21 LMP3 17 France Ultimate France François Heriau
France Matthieu Lahaye
France Jean-Baptiste Lahaye 		Norma M30 M 148 +12 Laps
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
22 LMP3 9 Austria AT Racing Denmark Mikkel Jensen
Belarus Alexander Talkanitsa
Belarus Alexander Talkanitsa Jr. 		Ligier JS P3 M 147 +13 Laps
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
23 LMP3 5 Spain NEFIS by Speed Factory Russia Timur Boguslavskiy
Ukraine Aleksey Chuklin
Russia Daniil Pronenko 		Ligier JS P3 M 147 +13 Laps
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
24 LMGTE 88 Germany Proton Competition Italy Matteo Cairoli
Italy Gianluca Roda
Italy Giorgio Roda 		Porsche 911 RSR D 147 +13 Laps‡
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
25 LMP3 11 United States EuroInternational Netherlands Kay van Berlo
Italy Giorgio Mondini
 Ligier JS P3 M 147 +13 Laps[N 1]
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
26 LMP3 6 United Kingdom 360 Racing United Kingdom Ross Kaiser
United Kingdom Terrence Woodward
 Ligier JS P3 M 146 +14 Laps
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
27 LMGTE 55 Switzerland Spirit of Race United Kingdom Duncan Cameron
Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin
United Kingdom Aaron Scott 		Ferrari 488 GTE D 146 +14 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
28 LMP3 18 France MRacing – YMR France Natan Bihel
France Laurent Millara
 Ligier JS P3 M 146 +14 Laps
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
29 LMP3 4 Switzerland Cool Racing Switzerland Iradj Alexander
Switzerland Antonin Borga
Switzerland Alexandre Coigny 		Ligier JS P3 M 146 +14 Laps
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
30 LMGTE 80 Italy Ebimotors Italy Fabio Babini
United States Bret Curtis
Italy Riccardo Pera 		Porsche 911 RSR D 146 +14 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
31 LMGTE 77 Germany Proton Competition Germany Marvin Dienst
Norway Dennis Olsen
Germany Christian Ried 		Porsche 911 RSR D 145 +15 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
32 LMP3 14 Poland Inter Europol Competition Italy Guglielmo Belotti
Italy Luca Demarchi
Germany Paul Scheuschner 		Ligier JS P3 M 145 +15 Laps
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
33 LMP3 3 United States United Autosports United Kingdom Matt Bell
Canada Garett Grist
United Kingdom Anthony Wells 		Ligier JS P3 M 145 +15 Laps
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
34 LMP3 12 United States EuroInternational Canada James Dayson
Italy Andrea Dromedari
United States Maxwell Hanratty 		Ligier JS P3 M 144 +16 Laps
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
35 LMGTE 83 United States Krohn Racing Italy Andrea Bertolini
Sweden Niclas Jönsson
United States Tracy Krohn 		Ferrari 488 GTE D 143 +17 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
36 LMP3 8 Luxembourg DKR Engineering Sweden Henning Enqvist
France Fabien Lavergne
Mexico Ricardo Sanchez 		Norma M30 M 142 +18 Laps
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
37 LMP3 16 United Kingdom BHK Motorsport Italy Jacopo Baratto
Italy Francesco Dracone
 Ligier JS P3 M 139 +21 Laps[N 2]
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
38 LMP3 10 Italy Oregon Team France Clément Mateu
Colombia Andrés Méndez
Italy Riccardo Ponzio 		Norma M30 M 132 +28 Laps
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
39 LMP3 19 France MRacing – YMR Switzerland David Droux
France Alain Ferté
Switzerland Lucas Légéret 		Norma M30 M 112 Not classified
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
40 LMP3 2 United States United Autosports United States John Falb
United States Sean Rayhall
 Ligier JS P3 M 70 Not classified
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
41 LMGTE 66 United Kingdom JMW Motorsport United Kingdom Liam Griffin
United Kingdom Alex MacDowall
Spain Miguel Molina 		Ferrari 488 GTE D 43 Not classified
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
42 LMP2 29 France Duqueine Engineering France Nico Jamin
France Nelson Panciatici
France Pierre Ragues 		Oreca 07 M 160 Disqualified[N 3]
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
Source:[17]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The No. 11 EuroInternational Ligier initally received a drive-through during the race. Since they did not complete the drive-through, it was converted into a 25-second penalty. The car dropped from 24th to 25th overall.[14]
  2. ^ The No. 16 BHK Motorsport Ligier received a 2-lap penalty for not completing the minimum drive time with their bronze-rated driver Jacopo Baratto.[15]
  3. ^ The No. 29 Duqueine Engineering Oreca was disqualified from the race using a different fuel than the fuel that was indicated by the organiser. The car originally finished second overall.[16]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kilshaw, Jake (23 September 2017). "Paul Ricard to Open 2018 ELMS Season". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  2. ^ Kilbey, Stephen (19 July 2018). "4H Red Bull Ring: Thursday Paddock Notes". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Timetable.pdf" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Alkamel Systems. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  4. ^ a b c Kilbey, Stephen (20 July 2018). "IDEC Sport Tops 4H Red Bull Ring FP1". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  5. ^ "03_Classification_Free Practice 1.PDF" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Alkamel Systems. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  6. ^ "07_FastestLapByDriver_Free Practice 1.PDF" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Alkamel Systems. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  7. ^ a b c Fernandez, Mat (21 July 2018). "Chatin Puts IDEC On Top In Rain-Soaked FP2". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  8. ^ "03_Classification_Free Practice 2.PDF" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Alkamel Systems. 21 July 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  9. ^ "07_FastestLapByDriver_Free Practice 2.PDF" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Alkamel Systems. 21 July 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  10. ^ a b Fernandez, Mat; Kilbey, Stephen (21 July 2018). "Chatin Storms To 4H Red Bull Ring Pole (Updated)". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  11. ^ a b Kilshaw, Jake (21 July 2018). "Chatin, IDEC Sport on Pole for 4H Red Bull Ring". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  12. ^ "90_Classification_Qualifying.PDF" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Alkamel Systems. 21 July 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  13. ^ "01_Grid_Race.PDF" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Alkamel Systems. 21 July 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  14. ^ "Decision Nr. 29 - Car Nr. 11.pdf" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Alkamel Systems. 22 July 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  15. ^ "Decision Nr. 34 - Car Nr. 16.pdf" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Alkamel Systems. 22 July 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  16. ^ "Decision Nr. 35 - Car Nr. 29.pdf" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Alkamel Systems. 22 July 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  17. ^ "05_Classification_Race.PDF" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Alkamel Systems. 22 July 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2024.

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