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2018 4 Hours of Red Bull Ring

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.

The layout of the Red Bull Ring, where the race was held.

Background

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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

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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

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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

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

Practice 1

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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   IDEC Sport   Paul-Loup Chatin 1:20.067
LMP3 17   Ultimate   Matthieu Lahaye 1:26.927
LMGTE 66   JMW Motorsport   Miguel Molina 1:28.829
Source:[5][6]
  • Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Final practice

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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   IDEC Sport   Paul-Loup Chatin 1:19.616
LMP3 15   RLR MSport   Job van Uitert 1:27.176
LMGTE 55   Spirit of Race   Matt Griffin 1:29.845
Source:[8][9]
  • Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Qualifying

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Qualifying started at 13:40 CEST on Saturday, and was split into 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

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Pole position winners in each class are in bold.

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

Race

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Class winners are in bold and ‡.

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

Notes

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  1. ^ The No. 11 EuroInternational Ligier 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

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  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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