The 2021 4 Hours of Dubai was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 11 and 14 February 2021, as the first and second round of 2021 Asian Le Mans Series season.

The Grand Prix layout of the Dubai Autodrome

Schedule

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Date Time (local: GST) Event
Thursday, 11 February 17:45 Free Practice
Friday, 12 February 9:55 Qualifying
Saturday, 13 February 14:15 Race 1
Sunday, 14 February 12:45 Race 2
Source:[1][2]

Free practice

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  • Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Free Practice Class No. Entrant Time
LMP2 5   Phoenix Racing 1:45.487
LMP3 3   United Autosports 1:53.238
GT 51   AF Corse 1:56.929
Source:[3]

Race 1

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Qualifying

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Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold.

Pos. Class No. Entry Driver Time Grid
1 LMP2 25   G-Drive Racing   Franco Colapinto 1:43.616 1
2 LMP2 26   G-Drive Racing   Yifei Ye 1:43.885 2
3 LMP2 5   Phoenix Racing   Nicki Thiim 1:44.072 3
4 LMP2 28   Jota   Sean Gelael 1:44.386 4
5 LMP2 64   Racing Team India   Narain Karthikeyan 1:45.025 5
6 LMP2 18   Era Motorsport   Kyle Tilley 1:46.469 6
7 LMP2 11   EuroInternational – Ojets   John Corbett 1:48.863 7
8 LMP3 23   United Autosports   Wayne Boyd 1:51.418 8
9 LMP3 3   United Autosports   Duncan Tappy 1:51.425 9
10 LMP3 33   CD Sport   Adam Eteki 1:52.056 10
11 LMP3 15   RLR MSport   Malthe Jakobsen 1:52.471 11
12 LMP3 63   DKR Engineering   Laurents Hörr 1:52.528 12
13 LMP3 9   Nielsen Racing   Colin Noble 1:52.572 13
14 LMP3 2   United Autosports   Andy Meyrick 1:52.743 14
15 LMP3 8   Nielsen Racing   Matthew Bell 1:53.043 15
16 LMP3 4   Phoenix-IronForce Racing   Leo Weiss 1:53.085 16
17 LMP3 44   ARC Bratislava   Charlie Robertson 1:53.329 17
18 GT 99   Precote Herberth Motorsport   Robert Renauer 1:55.552 18
19 GT 40   GPX Racing   Julien Andlauer 1:55.566 19
20 GT 93   Precote Herberth Motorsport   Klaus Bachler 1:55.866 20
21 GT 95   TF Sport   Charlie Eastwood 1:56.101 21
22 GT 1   HubAuto Racing   Raffaele Marciello 1:56.214 22
23 GT 88   Garage 59   Maxime Martin 1:56.284 23
24 GT 51   AF Corse   Alessandro Pier Guidi 1:56.349 24
25 GT 7   Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport   Ben Barnicoat 1:56.415 25
26 GT 89   Garage 59   Marvin Kirchhöfer 1:56.517 26
27 GT 97   Oman Racing Team with TF Sport   Jonathan Adam 1:56.603 27
28 GT 57   Car Guy Racing   Côme Ledogar 1:56.685 28
29 GT 60   Formula Racing   Nicklas Nielsen 1:56.859 29
30 GT 55   Rinaldi Racing   Davide Rigon 1:57.134 30
31 GT 54   AF Corse   Francesco Castellacci 1:57.237 31
32 GT 35   Walkenhorst Motorsport   Sami-Matti Trogen 1:57.274 32
33 GT 27   Kessel Racing   Giorgio Roda 1:57.502 33
34 GT 77   D'station Racing   Tomonobu Fujii 1:57.662 34
35 GT 34   Walkenhorst Motorsport   Chandler Hull 1:58.157 35
36 GT 66   Rinaldi Racing 36
Source:[4][5][6]

Race

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Race result

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The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 88 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

Pos Class No. Team Drivers Car Tyres Laps Time/Gap
1 LMP2 26   G-Drive Racing   René Binder
  Ferdinand Habsburg
  Yifei Ye
Aurus 01 M 127 4:02:26.692
2 LMP2 28   Jota   Sean Gelael
  Stoffel Vandoorne
Oreca 07 M 126 +1 Lap
3 LMP2 5   Phoenix Racing   Matthias Kaiser
  Simon Trummer
  Nicki Thiim
Oreca 07 M 126 +1 Lap
4 LMP2 25   G-Drive Racing   Rui Andrade
  Franco Colapinto
  John Falb
Aurus 01 M 125 +2 Laps
5 LMP2 64   Racing Team India   Narain Karthikeyan
  Arjun Maini
  Naveen Rao
Oreca 07 M 124 +3 Laps
6 LMP2 18   Era Motorsport   Andreas Laskaratos
  Dwight Merriman
  Kyle Tilley
Oreca 07 M 123 +4 Laps
7 LMP2 11   EuroInternational – Ojets   John Corbett
  Neale Muston
Ligier JS P217 M 120 +7 Laps
8 LMP3 23   United Autosports   Wayne Boyd
  Manuel Maldonado
  Rory Penttinen
Ligier JS P320 M 119 +8 Laps
9 LMP3 9   Nielsen Racing   Colin Noble
  Anthony Wells
Ligier JS P320 M 118 +9 Laps
10 LMP3 3   United Autosports   Andrew Bentley
  Jim McGuire
  Duncan Tappy
Ligier JS P320 M 118 +9 Laps
11 LMP3 2   United Autosports   Robert Wheldon
  Ian Loggie
  Andy Meyrick
Ligier JS P320 M 118 +9 Laps
12 LMP3 4   Phoenix-IronForce Racing   Jan-Erik Slooten
  Leo Weiss
Ligier JS P320 M 117 +10 Laps
13 GT 99   Precote Herberth Motorsport   Ralf Bohn
  Alfred Renauer
  Robert Renauer
Porsche 911 GT3 R M 117 +10 Laps
14 LMP3 15   RLR MSport   Maxwell Hanratty
  Malthe Jakobsen
  Bashar Mardini
Ligier JS P320 M 117 +10 Laps
15 GT 7   Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport   Ben Barnicoat
  Brendan Iribe
  Ollie Millroy
McLaren 720S GT3 M 116 +11 Laps
16 GT 34   Walkenhorst Motorsport   Nicky Catsburg
  Chandler Hull
  Jon Miller
BMW M6 GT3 M 116 +11 Laps
17 GT 40   GPX Racing   Julien Andlauer
  Alain Ferté
  Axcil Jefferies
Porsche 911 GT3 R M 116 +11 Laps
18 GT 88   Garage 59   Valentin Hasse-Clot
  Maxime Martin
  Alexander West
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 M 116 +11 Laps
19 GT 60   Formula Racing   Johnny Laursen
  Nicklas Nielsen
  Alessio Rovera
Ferrari 488 GT3 M 116 +11 Laps
20 GT 97   Oman Racing Team with TF Sport   Jonathan Adam
  Ahmad Al Harthy
  Tom Canning
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 M 116 +11 Laps
21 GT 55   Rinaldi Racing   Rino Mastronardi
  David Perel
  Davide Rigon
Ferrari 488 GT3 M 116 +11 Laps
22 GT 57   Car Guy Racing   Mikkel Jensen
  Takeshi Kimura
  Côme Ledogar
Ferrari 488 GT3 M 116 +11 Laps
23 GT 95   TF Sport   Charlie Eastwood
  Ollie Hancock
  John Hartshorne
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 M 115 +12 Laps
24 GT 54   AF Corse   Francesco Castellacci
  Giancarlo Fisichella
  Thomas Flohr
Ferrari 488 GT3 M 115 +12 Laps
25 GT 66   Rinaldi Racing   Christian Hook
  Patrick Kujala
  Manuel Lauck
Ferrari 488 GT3 M 115 +12 Laps
26 GT 77   D'station Racing   Tomonobu Fujii
  Tom Gamble
  Satoshi Hoshino
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 M 115 +12 Laps
27 GT 51   AF Corse   Alessandro Pier Guidi
  Oswaldo Negri Jr.
  Francesco Piovanetti
Ferrari 488 GT3 M 115 +12 Laps
28 GT 93   Precote Herberth Motorsport   Antares Au
  Klaus Bachler
  Steffen Görig
Porsche 911 GT3 R M 115 +12 Laps
29 GT 35   Walkenhorst Motorsport   Jörg Breuer
  Sami-Matti Trogen
  Henry Walkenhorst
BMW M6 GT3 M 114 +13 Laps
30 GT 89   Garage 59   Mike Benham
  Marvin Kirchhöfer
  Yuki Nemoto
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 M 114 +13 Laps
31 GT 27   Kessel Racing   Tim Kohmann
  Giorgio Roda
  Francesco Zollo
Ferrari 488 GT3 M 114 +13 Laps
32 LMP3 33   CD Sport   Nick Adcock
  Adam Eteki
  Michael Jensen
Ligier JS P320 M 109 +18 Laps
Not Classified
DNF GT 1   HubAuto Racing   Marcos Gomes
  Raffaele Marciello
  Liam Talbot
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo M 102
DNF LMP3 44   ARC Bratislava   Tom Cloet
  Miroslav Konôpka
  Charlie Robertson
Ginetta G61-LT-P3 M 95
DNF LMP3 8   Nielsen Racing   Matthew Bell
  Rodrigo Sales
Ligier JS P320 M 43
DNF LMP3 63   DKR Engineering   Jean Glorieux
  Laurents Hörr
Duqueine M30 – D08 M 39
Source:[7]

Statistics

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Fastest lap
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Class Driver Team Time Lap
LMP2   Franco Colapinto   #25 G-Drive Racing 1:46.723 85
LMP3   Colin Noble   #9 Nielsen Racing 1:54.938 63
GT   Julien Andlauer   #40 GPX Racing 1:57.479 3
Source:[8]

Race 2

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Qualifying

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Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold.

Pos. Class No. Entry Driver Time Grid
1 LMP2 25   G-Drive Racing   Franco Colapinto 1:43.885 1
2 LMP2 26   G-Drive Racing   Yifei Ye 1:43.949 2
3 LMP2 28   Jota   Sean Gelael 1:44.442 3
4 LMP2 5   Phoenix Racing   Nicki Thiim 1:44.543 4
5 LMP2 64   Racing Team India   Narain Karthikeyan 1:45.684 5
6 LMP2 18   Era Motorsport   Kyle Tilley 1:46.543 6
7 LMP2 11   EuroInternational – Ojets   John Corbett 1:49.372 7
8 LMP3 23   United Autosports   Wayne Boyd 1:51.503 8
9 LMP3 3   United Autosports   Duncan Tappy 1:51.614 9
10 LMP3 33   CD Sport   Adam Eteki 1:52.145 10
11 LMP3 63   DKR Engineering   Laurents Hörr 1:52.700 11
12 LMP3 15   RLR MSport   Malthe Jakobsen 1:52.824 12
13 LMP3 9   Nielsen Racing   Colin Noble 1:52.838 13
14 LMP3 2   United Autosports   Andy Meyrick 1:52.978 14
15 LMP3 4   Phoenix-IronForce Racing   Leo Weiss 1:53.138 15
16 LMP3 8   Nielsen Racing   Matthew Bell 1:53.232 16
17 LMP3 44   ARC Bratislava   Miroslav Konôpka 1:53.618 17
18 GT 93   Precote Herberth Motorsport   Klaus Bachler 1:55.918 18
19 GT 40   GPX Racing   Julien Andlauer 1:55.965 19
20 GT 99   Precote Herberth Motorsport   Robert Renauer 1:56.015 20
21 GT 88   Garage 59   Maxime Martin 1:56.355 21
22 GT 51   AF Corse   Alessandro Pier Guidi 1:56.357 22
23 GT 1   HubAuto Racing   Raffaele Marciello 1:56.434 23
24 GT 95   TF Sport   Charlie Eastwood 1:56.474 24
25 GT 97   Oman Racing Team with TF Sport   Jonathan Adam 1:56.835 25
26 GT 60   Formula Racing   Nicklas Nielsen 1:56.869 26
27 GT 89   Garage 59   Marvin Kirchhöfer 1:56.960 27
28 GT 57   Car Guy Racing   Côme Ledogar 1:56.965 28
29 GT 54   AF Corse   Francesco Castellacci 1:57.287 29
30 GT 35   Walkenhorst Motorsport   Sami-Matti Trogen 1:57.311 30
31 GT 77   D'station Racing   Tomonobu Fujii 1:57.720 31
32 GT 27   Kessel Racing   Giorgio Roda 1:58.015 32
33 GT 34   Walkenhorst Motorsport   Chandler Hull 1:58.515 33
34 GT 7   Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport 34
35 GT 55   Rinaldi Racing 35
36 GT 66   Rinaldi Racing 36
Source:[4][5][9]

Race

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Race result

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The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 87 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

Pos Class No. Team Drivers Car Tyres Laps Time/Gap
1 LMP2 26   G-Drive Racing   René Binder
  Ferdinand Habsburg
  Yifei Ye
Aurus 01 M 125 4:03:13.632
2 LMP2 25   G-Drive Racing   Rui Andrade
  Franco Colapinto
  John Falb
Aurus 01 M 125 +45.459
3 LMP2 5   Phoenix Racing   Matthias Kaiser
  Simon Trummer
  Nicki Thiim
Oreca 07 M 125 +59.745
4 LMP2 64   Racing Team India   Narain Karthikeyan
  Arjun Maini
  Naveen Rao
Oreca 07 M 124 +1 Lap
5 LMP2 18   Era Motorsport   Andreas Laskaratos
  Dwight Merriman
  Kyle Tilley
Oreca 07 M 120 +5 Laps
6 LMP2 28   Jota   Sean Gelael
  Stoffel Vandoorne
Oreca 07 M 118 +7 Laps
7 LMP3 23   United Autosports   Wayne Boyd
  Manuel Maldonado
  Rory Penttinen
Ligier JS P320 M 117 +8 Laps
8 LMP3 2   United Autosports   Robert Wheldon
  Ian Loggie
  Andy Meyrick
Ligier JS P320 M 117 +8 Laps
9 LMP3 8   Nielsen Racing   Matthew Bell
  Rodrigo Sales
Ligier JS P320 M 117 +8 Laps
10 LMP3 63   DKR Engineering   Jean Glorieux
  Laurents Hörr
Duqueine M30 – D08 M 117 +8 Laps
11 LMP3 3   United Autosports   Andrew Bentley
  Jim McGuire
  Duncan Tappy
Ligier JS P320 M 116 +9 Laps
12 LMP3 33   CD Sport   Nick Adcock
  Adam Eteki
  Michael Jensen
Ligier JS P320 M 116 +9 Laps
13 LMP3 15   RLR MSport   Maxwell Hanratty
  Malthe Jakobsen
  Bashar Mardini
Ligier JS P320 M 115 +10 Laps
14 GT 40   GPX Racing   Julien Andlauer
  Alain Ferté
  Axcil Jefferies
Porsche 911 GT3 R M 115 +10 Laps
15 GT 55   Rinaldi Racing   Rino Mastronardi
  David Perel
  Davide Rigon
Ferrari 488 GT3 M 114 +11 Laps
16 GT 88   Garage 59   Valentin Hasse-Clot
  Maxime Martin
  Alexander West
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 M 114 +11 Laps
17 GT 1   HubAuto Racing   Marcos Gomes
  Raffaele Marciello
  Liam Talbot
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo M 114 +11 Laps
18 GT 99   Precote Herberth Motorsport   Ralf Bohn
  Alfred Renauer
  Robert Renauer
Porsche 911 GT3 R M 114 +11 Laps
19 GT 7   Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport   Ben Barnicoat
  Brendan Iribe
  Ollie Millroy
McLaren 720S GT3 M 114 +11 Laps
20 GT 97   Oman Racing Team with TF Sport   Jonathan Adam
  Ahmad Al Harthy
  Tom Canning
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 M 114 +11 Laps
21 GT 57   Car Guy Racing   Mikkel Jensen
  Takeshi Kimura
  Côme Ledogar
Ferrari 488 GT3 M 114 +11 Laps
22 GT 93   Precote Herberth Motorsport   Antares Au
  Klaus Bachler
  Steffen Görig
Porsche 911 GT3 R M 114 +11 Laps
23 GT 89   Garage 59   Mike Benham
  Marvin Kirchhöfer
  Yuki Nemoto
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 M 114 +11 Laps
24 GT 95   TF Sport   Charlie Eastwood
  Ollie Hancock
  John Hartshorne
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 M 113 +12 Laps
25 GT 54   AF Corse   Francesco Castellacci
  Giancarlo Fisichella
  Thomas Flohr
Ferrari 488 GT3 M 113 +12 Laps
26 GT 77   D'station Racing   Tomonobu Fujii
  Tom Gamble
  Satoshi Hoshino
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 M 113 +12 Laps
27 GT 51   AF Corse   Alessandro Pier Guidi
  Oswaldo Negri Jr.
  Francesco Piovanetti
Ferrari 488 GT3 M 112 +13 Laps
28 GT 66   Rinaldi Racing   Christian Hook
  Patrick Kujala
  Manuel Lauck
Ferrari 488 GT3 M 112 +13 Laps
29 GT 60   Formula Racing   Johnny Laursen
  Nicklas Nielsen
  Alessio Rovera
Ferrari 488 GT3 M 112 +13 Laps
30 GT 27   Kessel Racing   Tim Kohmann
  Giorgio Roda
  Francesco Zollo
Ferrari 488 GT3 M 112 +13 Laps
31 GT 35   Walkenhorst Motorsport   Jörg Breuer
  Sami-Matti Trogen
  Henry Walkenhorst
BMW M6 GT3 M 112 +13 Laps
32 LMP3 44   ARC Bratislava   Tom Cloet
  Miroslav Konôpka
  Charlie Robertson
Ginetta G61-LT-P3 M 111 +14 Laps
Not Classified
DNF LMP3 9   Nielsen Racing   Colin Noble
  Anthony Wells
Ligier JS P320 M 96
DNF LMP2 11   EuroInternational – Ojets   John Corbett
  Neale Muston
Ligier JS P217 M 19
DNF LMP3 4   Phoenix-IronForce Racing   Jan-Erik Slooten
  Leo Weiss
Ligier JS P320 M 13
DNF GT 34   Walkenhorst Motorsport   Nicky Catsburg
  Chandler Hull
  Jon Miller
BMW M6 GT3 M 5
Source:[10]

Statistics

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Fastest lap
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Class Driver Team Time Lap
LMP2   Franco Colapinto   #25 G-Drive Racing 1:46.306 107
LMP3   Malthe Jakobsen   #15 RLR MSport 1:54.497 6
GT   Klaus Bachler   #93 Precote Herberth Motorsport 1:58.190 26
Source:[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Race 1: 4H of Dubai | Asian Le Mans Series". www.asianlemansseries.com. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
  2. ^ "Race 2: 4H of Dubai | Asian Le Mans Series". www.asianlemansseries.com. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
  3. ^ "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Dubai Free Practice Classification by Category" (PDF). Retrieved October 29, 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Dubai Final Results Qualifying" (PDF). Retrieved October 29, 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Dubai Best Laptimes Per Driver - Qualifying" (PDF). Retrieved October 29, 2024.
  6. ^ "4 Hours of Dubai Starting Grid - Asian Le Mans Series - Race 1" (PDF). Retrieved October 29, 2024.
  7. ^ "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Dubai Final Results Race 1" (PDF). Retrieved October 29, 2024.
  8. ^ "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Dubai Best Laptimes Per Driver - Race 1" (PDF). Retrieved October 29, 2024.
  9. ^ "4 Hours of Dubai Starting Grid - Asian Le Mans Series - Race 2" (PDF). Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  10. ^ "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Dubai Final Results Race 2" (PDF). Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  11. ^ "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Dubai Best Laptimes Per Driver - Race 2" (PDF). Retrieved October 30, 2024.
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