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2024 4 Hours of Dubai

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The Grand Prix layout of the Dubai Autodrome

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

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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

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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

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  • Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Free Practice 1 Class No. Entrant Time
LMP2 22 Germany Proton Competition 1:49.386
LMP3 2 Spain CD Sport 1:54.605
GT 21 Italy AF Corse 1:58.931
Free Practice 2 Class No. Entrant Time
LMP2 25 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing 1:48.104
LMP3 26 Czech Republic Bretton Racing 1:54.884
GT 86 United Kingdom GR Racing 1:58.067
Source:[6][7]

Qualifying

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Qualifying Results

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Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 LMP2 55 Germany Proton Competition United States P. J. Hyett 1:48.873 1
2 LMP2 99 Jordan 99 Racing Oman Ahmad Al Harthy 1:48.919 +0.046 2
3 LMP2 90 United Kingdom TF Sport Turkey Salih Yoluç 1:49.131 +0.258 3
4 LMP2 22 Germany Proton Competition Italy Giorgio Roda 1:49.270 +0.397 4
5 LMP2 30 France Duqueine Team United States John Falb 1:49.688 +0.815 5
6 LMP2 83 Italy AF Corse France François Perrodo 1:50.036 +1.163 6
7 LMP2 4 Portugal CrowdStrike Racing by APR United States George Kurtz 1:50.182 +1.309 7
8 LMP2 3 Luxembourg DKR Engineering Germany Alexander Mattschull 1:50.231 +1.358 8
9 LMP2 47 Switzerland Cool Racing Switzerland Alexandre Coigny 1:50.813 +1.940 9
10 LMP2 25 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing United States Chris McMurry 1:51.020 +2.147 10
11 LMP2 34 United Kingdom Nielsen Racing United States 1:51.350 +2.477 11
12 LMP2 24 United Kingdom Nielsen Racing United Kingdom Ian Loggie 1:51.582 +2.709 12
13 LMP2 44 Slovakia ARC Bratislava Slovakia Miro Konôpka 1:52.887 +4.014 13
14 LMP3 17 Switzerland Cool Racing Saint Kitts and Nevis Alexander Bukhantsov 1:55.118 +6.245 14
15 LMP3 26 Czech Republic Bretton Racing Algeria Julien Gerbi 1:55.457 +6.584 15
16 LMP3 20 Denmark High Class Racing Iceland Auðunn Guðmundsson 1:55.806 +6.933 16
17 LMP3 2 Spain CD Sport United Kingdom Nick Adcock 1:56.068 +7.195 17
18 GT 7 Oman Al Manar Racing by GetSpeed China Anthony Liu 1:58.280 +9.407 20
19 GT 42 France Saintéloc Racing France Alban Varutti 1:58.411 +9.538 21
20 GT 91 Lithuania Pure Rxcing Saint Kitts and Nevis Alex Malykhin 1:58.824 +9.951 22
21 GT 69 United Kingdom Optimum Motorsport United Kingdom James Cottingham 1:59.129 +10.256 23
22 GT 88 Australia Triple Eight Malaysia Prince Jefri Ibrahim 1:59.339 +10.466 24
23 GT 19 Germany Leipert Motorsport Italy Gabriel Rindone 1:59.346 +10.473 25
24 GT 9 Germany GetSpeed Austria Martin Konrad 1:59.385 +10.512 26
25 GT 27 United Kingdom Optimum Motorsport United Kingdom Mark Radcliffe 1:59.412 +10.539 27
26 GT 66 Germany Attempto Racing Andrey Mukovoz 1:59.639 +10.766 28
27 GT 43 France Saintéloc Racing China Zhou Bihuang 1:59.820 +10.947 29
28 GT 98 United Arab Emirates Dragon Racing Italy Marco Pulcini 1:59.877 +11.004 30
29 GT 93 Germany Team Project 1 United Kingdom Darren Leung 1:59.949 +11.076 31
30 GT 33 Germany Herberth Motorsport Hong Kong Antares Au 2:00.036 +11.163 32
31 GT 21 Italy AF Corse France François Heriau 2:00.155 +11.282 33
32 GT 77 Japan D'Station Racing Japan Satoshi Hoshino 2:00.370 +11.497 34
33 GT 82 Italy AF Corse France Charles-Henri Samani 2:01.084 +12.211 35
34 LMP3 58 Australia GG Classic Cars Australia George Nakas 2:01.319 +12.446 18
35 GT 11 Germany Attempto Racing Canada Ilya Gorbatsky 2:01.392 +12.519 36
36 GT 8 New Zealand EBM Indonesia Setiawan Santoso 2:01.575 +12.702 37
37 GT 95 United Kingdom TF Sport United Kingdom John Hartshorne 2:01.722 +12.849 38
38 GT 86 United Kingdom GR Racing United Kingdom Michael Wainwright 2:01.746 +12.873 39
39 GT 75 Germany Team Motopark Germany Heiko Neumann 2:01.767 +12.894 40
40 LMP3 65 Malaysia Viper Niza Racing Malaysia Douglas Khoo 2:02.381 +13.508 19
41 GT 84 New Zealand EBM Malaysia Adrian D'Silva 2:03.271 +14.398 41
Source:[8][9][10][11]

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 83 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

Final Classification[12]
Pos Class No. Team Drivers Car Tyres Laps Time/Gap
1 LMP2 99 Jordan 99 Racing Oman Ahmad Al Harthy
Nikita Mazepin
Switzerland Louis Delétraz
Oreca 07 M 119 4:01:25.599
2 LMP2 22 Germany Proton Competition Italy Giorgio Roda
France Julien Andlauer
Austria René Binder
Oreca 07 M 119 +3.499
3 LMP2 4 Portugal CrowdStrike Racing by APR United States George Kurtz
United States Colin Braun
Denmark Malthe Jakobsen
Oreca 07 M 119 +6.520
4 LMP2 3 Luxembourg DKR Engineering Germany Alexander Mattschull
France Tom Dillmann
Germany Laurents Hörr
Oreca 07 M 119 +31.280
5 LMP2 90 United Kingdom TF Sport Turkey Salih Yoluç
United States Michael Dinan
Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood
Oreca 07 M 119 +40.502
6 LMP2 25 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing United States Chris McMurry
United Kingdom Freddie Tomlinson
United Kingdom Toby Sowery
Oreca 07 M 119 +44.561
7 LMP2 55 Germany Proton Competition United States P. J. Hyett
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell
France Paul-Loup Chatin
Oreca 07 M 119 +45.576
8 LMP2 83 Italy AF Corse France François Perrodo
France Matthieu Vaxivière
Italy Alessio Rovera
Oreca 07 M 119 +54.303
9 LMP2 24 United Kingdom Nielsen Racing United Kingdom Ian Loggie
Mexico Alejandro García
United Kingdom Will Stevens
Oreca 07 M 118 +1 Lap
10 LMP2 44 Slovakia ARC Bratislava Slovakia Miro Konôpka
Switzerland Mathias Beche
Germany Jonas Ried
Oreca 07 M 118 +1 Lap
11 LMP2 34 United Kingdom Nielsen Racing United States Blake McDonald
United States Patrick Liddy
United Kingdom Matthew Bell
Oreca 07 M 118 +1 Lap
12 LMP3 17 Switzerland Cool Racing United Kingdom James Winslow
Saint Kitts and Nevis Alexander Bukhantsov
Ligier JS P320 M 114 +5 Laps
13 LMP3 2 Spain CD Sport Denmark Michael Jensen
United Kingdom Nick Adcock
France Fabien Lavergne
Ligier JS P320 M 114 +5 Laps
14 LMP3 20 Denmark High Class Racing Iceland Auðunn Guðmundsson
Denmark Anders Fjordbach
United States Seth Lucas
Ligier JS P320 M 114 +5 Laps
15 LMP3 26 Czech Republic Bretton Racing Australia John Corbett
Algeria Julien Gerbi
Romania Mihnea Ștefan
Ligier JS P320 M 113 +6 Laps
16 GT 91 Lithuania Pure Rxcing Saint Kitts and Nevis Alex Malykhin
Austria Klaus Bachler
Germany Joel Sturm
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) M 112 +7 Laps
17 GT 7 Oman Al Manar Racing by GetSpeed Oman Al Faisal Al Zubair
China Anthony Liu
Germany Fabian Schiller
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo M 112 +7 Laps
18 GT 21 Italy AF Corse United States Simon Mann
France François Heriau
Italy Davide Rigon
Ferrari 296 GT3 M 112 +7 Laps
19 GT 43 France Saintéloc Racing Germany Dennis Marschall
China Zhou Bihuang
Indonesia Sean Gelael
Audi R8 LMS Evo II M 112 +7 Laps
20 GT 88 Australia Triple Eight Malaysia Prince Jefri Ibrahim
Australia Jordan Love
Germany Luca Stolz
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo M 112 +7 Laps
21 GT 27 United Kingdom Optimum Motorsport United Kingdom Mark Radcliffe
United Kingdom Rob Bell
United Kingdom Ollie Millroy
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo M 112 +7 Laps
22 GT 93 Germany Team Project 1 United Kingdom Darren Leung
United States Christian Bogle
United Kingdom Dan Harper
BMW M4 GT3 M 112 +7 Laps
23 GT 86 United Kingdom GR Racing United Kingdom Michael Wainwright
United Kingdom Benjamin Barker
Italy Riccardo Pera
Ferrari 296 GT3 M 112 +7 Laps
24 GT 33 Germany Herberth Motorsport Hong Kong Antares Au
Germany Tim Heinemann
Germany Laurin Heinrich
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) M 112 +7 Laps
25 GT 95 United Kingdom TF Sport United Kingdom John Hartshorne
United Kingdom Ben Tuck
United Kingdom Jonathan Adam
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 M 111 +8 Laps
26 GT 82 Italy AF Corse France Charles-Henri Samani
France Emmanuel Collard
Japan Kei Cozzolino
Ferrari 296 GT3 M 111 +8 Laps
27 GT 8 New Zealand EBM Indonesia Setiawan Santoso
Thailand Tanart Sathienthirakul
Denmark Bastian Buus
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) M 111 +8 Laps
28 GT 75 Germany Team Motopark Austria Lukas Dunner
Germany Heiko Neumann
Denmark Morten Strømsted
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo M 111 +8 Laps
29 GT 98 United Arab Emirates Dragon Racing Angola Rui Andrade
Italy Nicola Marinangeli
Italy Marco Pulcini
Ferrari 296 GT3 M 110 +9 Laps
30 GT 84 New Zealand EBM Malaysia Adrian D'Silva
China Kerong Li
New Zealand Earl Bamber
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) M 108 +11 Laps
31 LMP3 58 Australia GG Classic Cars Australia Fraser Ross
Australia George Nakas
Ligier JS P320 M 103 +16 Laps
Not classified
GT 9 Germany GetSpeed United States Anthony Bartone
United Kingdom Aaron Walker
Austria Martin Konrad
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo M 86 Damage
GT 11 Germany Attempto Racing Alexey Nesov
Sergey Titarenko
Canada Ilya Gorbatsky
Audi R8 LMS Evo II M 81 Retired
LMP2 30 France Duqueine Team United States John Falb
Thailand Carl Bennett
Denmark Oliver Rasmussen
Oreca 07 M 78 Wheel
GT 42 France Saintéloc Racing Germany Christopher Haase
Belgium Gilles Magnus
France Alban Varutti
Audi R8 LMS Evo II M 78 Mechanical
GT 77 Japan D'Station Racing Japan Satoshi Hoshino
Japan Tomonobu Fujii
United Kingdom Casper Stevenson
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 M 73 Collision
GT 66 Germany Attempto Racing Luxembourg Dylan Pereira
Germany Alex Aka
Andrey Mukovoz
Audi R8 LMS Evo II M 73 Collision
GT 19 Germany Leipert Motorsport Italy Gabriel Rindone
New Zealand Brendon Leitch
Italy Marco Mapelli
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 M 49 Damage
LMP2 47 Switzerland COOL Racing Switzerland Alexandre Coigny
Vladislav Lomko
Spain Lorenzo Fluxá
Oreca 07 M 1 Collision
LMP3 65 Malaysia Viper Niza Racing Malaysia Douglas Khoo
Malaysia Dominic Ang
Ligier JS P320 M 0 Collision
GT 69 United Kingdom Optimum Motorsport United Kingdom Sam De Haan
United Kingdom James Cottingham
United Kingdom Tom Gamble
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo M 0 Collision

Statistics

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Fastest lap

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Class Driver Team Time Lap
LMP2 Denmark Malthe Jakobsen Portugal #4 CrowdStrike Racing by APR 1:47.824 92
LMP3 Denmark Anders Fjordbach Denmark #20 High Class Racing 1:56.141 91
GT Italy Riccardo Pera United Kingdom #86 GR Racing 1:58.547 85
Source:[13]

References

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  4. ^ Kilbey, Stephen (31 January 2024). "Gelael Joins Saintéloc For 4H Dubai". DailySportscar. Archived from the original on 31 January 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
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  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ "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.