2023 4 Hours of Dubai

The 2023 4 Hours of Dubai was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 10 and 12 February 2023, as the first and second round of 2023 Asian Le Mans Series season.

Schedule[edit]

Date	Time (local: GST)	Event
Friday, 10 February	14:40	Free Practice 1
Friday, 10 February	17:40	Free Practice 2
Saturday, 11 February	11:45	Qualifying - GT
	12:15	Qualifying - LMP2 and LMP3
	16:45	Race 1
Sunday, 12 February	10:45	Warm-up
Sunday, 12 February	15:00	Race 2
Source:^[1]^[2]

Free practice[edit]

Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Free Practice 1	Class	No.	Entrant	Time
	LMP2	37	Cool Racing	1:48.013
	LMP3	17	Cool Racing	1:54.380
	GT	10	GetSpeed	1:57.277
Free Practice 2	Class	No.	Entrant	Time
	LMP2	37	Cool Racing	1:48.232
	LMP3	5	DKR Engineering	1:54.677
	GT	10	GetSpeed	1:58.105
Source:^[3]^[4]

Race 1[edit]

Qualifying[edit]

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap	Grid
1	LMP2	43	Inter Europol Competition	Charles Crews	1:48.580	—	1
2	LMP2	3	DKR Engineering	Salih Yoluç	1:49.244	+0.664	2
3	LMP2	24	Nielsen Racing	Rodrigo Sales	1:49.870	+1.290	3
4	LMP2	23	United Autosports	Yasser Shahin	1:50.029	+1.449	4
5	LMP2	37	Cool Racing	Alexandre Coigny	1:50.202	+1.622	5
6	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	John Falb	1:50.322	+1.742	6
7	LMP2	44	ARC Bratislava	Miro Konôpka	1:51.907	+3.327	7
8	LMP2	98	99 Racing	Gonçalo Gomes	1:52.273	+3.693	8
9	LMP3	11	WTM by Rinaldi Racing	Torsten Kratz	1:53.183	+4.603	9
10	LMP3	1	CD Sport	Nick Adcock	1:54.078	+5.498	10
11	LMP3	55	Rinaldi Racing	Matthias Lüthen	1:54.444	+5.864	11
12	LMP3	73	Inter Europol Competition	Alexander Bukhantsov	1:54.450	+5.870	12
13	LMP3	29	MV2S Racing	Jérôme de Sadeleer	1:54.495	+5.915	13
14	LMP3	17	Cool Racing	Adrien Chila	1:54.592	+6.012	14
15	LMP3	4	Nielsen Racing	Tony Wells	1:55.376	+6.796	18^{[Q 1]}
16	LMP3	5	DKR Engineering	Tom van Rompuy	1:55.383	+6.803	15
17	LMP3	53	Inter Europol Competition	Miguel Cristóvão	1:55.484	+6.904	16
18	LMP3	8	Graff Racing	François Heriau	1:55.580	+7.000	17
19	LMP3	9	Graff Racing	Eric Trouillet	1:55.746	+7.166	19
20	LMP3	2	CD Sport	James Sweetnam	1:56.062	+7.482	20
21	LMP3	15	RLR MSport	Amir Feyzulin	1:57.054	+8.474	21
22	LMP2	22	United Autosports	James McGuire	1:57.057	+8.477	22
23	GT	34	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Thomas Merrill	1:57.701	+9.121	23
24	GT	7	Haupt Racing Team	Martin Konrad	1:58.016	+9.436	24
25	GT	21	AF Corse	Stefano Costantini	1:58.528	+9.948	25
26	GT	10	GetSpeed	Florian Scholze	1:58.562	+9.982	26
27	LMP3	63	Inter Europol Competition	James Dayson	1:58.700	+10.120	27
28	GT	72	HubAuto Racing	Liam Talbot	1:58.705	+10.125	28
29	GT	16	GetSpeed	Bihuang Zhou	1:58.779	+10.199	29
30	GT	33	Herberth Motorsport	Antares Au	1:58.992	+10.412	30
31	GT	77	D'station Racing	Satoshi Hoshino	1:59.140	+10.560	31
32	GT	99	Herberth Motorsport	Ralf Bohn	1:59.185	+10.605	32
33	GT	66	Bullitt Racing	Martin Berry	1:59.212	+10.632	33
34	GT	88	Garage 59	Alexander West	1:59.411	+10.831	34
35	GT	91	Herberth Motorsport	Alex Malykhin	1:59.420	+10.840	35
36	GT	6	Haupt Racing Team	Michael Blanchemain	1:59.476	+10.896	36
37	GT	60	Formula Racing	Johnny Laursen	1:59.665	+11.085	37
38	GT	19	Leipert Motorsport	Gabriel Rindone	1:59.675	+11.095	38
39	GT	59	Garage 59	Nick Halstead	1:59.991	+11.411	39
40	GT	74	Kessel Racing	Michael Broniszewski	2:00.289	+11.709	40
41	GT	20	Herberth Motorsport	Nicolas Leutwiler	2:00.535	+11.955	41
42	GT	57	CarGuy	Takeshi Kimura	2:00.680	+12.100	42
43	GT	95	TF Sport	John Hartshorne	2:00.958	+12.378	43
44	GT	67	Orange Racing Powered by JMH	Simon Orange	2:01.501	+12.921	44
45	LMP3	18	360 Racing	Frédéric Jousset	2:03.034	+14.454	45
46	GT	65	Viper Niza Racing	Douglas Khoo	2:05.274	+16.694	46
47	GT	54	Dinamic GT	—			—
48	GT	61	TF Sport	—			—
Source:^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

^ The No. 4 Nielsen Racing was penalised for causing a collision with car No. 18 during qualifying session. The penalty was a drop of 3 places on the grid.^[5]

Race[edit]

Race result[edit]

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 82 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

Final Classification^[10]
Pos	Class	No.	Team	Drivers	Car	Tyres	Laps	Time/Gap
1	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	James Allen John Falb Kyffin Simpson	Oreca 07	M	118	4:03:08.373
2	LMP2	3	DKR Engineering	Charlie Eastwood Ayhancan Güven Salih Yoluc	Oreca 07	M	118	+9.054
3	LMP2	98	99 Racing	Gonçalo Gomes Neel Jani Nikita Mazepin	Oreca 07	M	118	+9.391
4	LMP2	24	Nielsen Racing	Mathias Beche Ben Hanley Rodrigo Sales	Oreca 07	M	118	+33.999
5	LMP2	22	United Autosports	Paul di Resta Philip Hanson James McGuire	Oreca 07	M	117	+1 Lap
6	LMP2	23	United Autosports	Oliver Jarvis Garnet Patterson Yasser Shahin	Oreca 07	M	117	+1 Lap
7	LMP2	44	ARC Bratislava	Miro Konôpka Nicolas Pino László Tóth	Oreca 07	M	117	+1 Lap
8	LMP2	37	Cool Racing	Alexandre Coigny Malthe Jakobsen Nicolas Lapierre	Oreca 07	M	115	+3 Laps
9	LMP3	29	MV2S Racing	Jérôme de Sadeleer Viacheslav Gutak Fabien Lavergne	Ligier JS P320	M	114	+4 Laps
10	LMP3	8	Graff Racing	Fabrice Rossello Xavier Lloveras François Heriau	Ligier JS P320	M	114	+4 Laps
11	LMP3	1	CD Sport	Michael Jensen Nick Adcock Valdemar Eriksen	Ligier JS P320	M	113	+5 Laps
12	LMP3	55	Rinaldi Racing	Lorcan Hanafin Matthias Lüthen Jonas Ried	Duqueine M30 - D08	M	113	+5 Laps
13	LMP3	73	Inter Europol Competition	John Corbett Alexander Bukhantsov James Winslow	Ligier JS P320	M	113	+5 Laps
14	LMP3	5	DKR Engineering	Tom van Rompuy Valentino Catalano	Duqueine M30 - D08	M	113	+5 Laps
15	GT	34	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Chandler Hull Nicky Catsburg Thomas Merrill	BMW M4 GT3	M	112	+6 Laps
16	LMP3	2	CD Sport	Vladislav Lomko James Sweetnam Fabien Michal	Ligier JS P320	M	112	+6 Laps
17	GT	10	GetSpeed	Raffaele Marciello Fabian Schiller Florian Scholze	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	M	112	+6 Laps
18	GT	7	Haupt Racing Team	Al Faisal Al Zubair Luca Stolz Martin Konrad	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	M	112	+6 Laps
19	LMP3	9	Graff Racing	Eric Trouillet Sébastien Page Belén García	Ligier JS P320	M	112	+6 Laps
20	GT	91	Herberth Motorsport	Alex Malykhin Joel Sturm Harry King	Porsche 911 GT3 R	M	112	+6 Laps
21	LMP3	53	Inter Europol Competition	Kai Askey Wyatt Brichacek Miguel Cristóvão	Ligier JS P320	M	112	+6 Laps
22	LMP3	15	RLR MSport	Amir Feyzulin Bijoy Garg Andres Latorre Canon	Ligier JS P320	M	112	+6 Laps
23	GT	20	Herberth Motorsport	Nicolas Leutwiler Mikkel Pedersen Matteo Cairoli	Porsche 911 GT3 R	M	111	+7 Laps
24	GT	99	Herberth Motorsport	Ralf Bohn Axcil Jefferies Robert Renauer	Porsche 911 GT3 R	M	111	+7 Laps
25	GT	6	Haupt Racing Team	Arjun Maini Frank Bird Michael Blanchemain	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	M	111	+7 Laps
26	GT	60	Formula Racing	Johnny Laursen Conrad Laursen Nicklas Nielsen	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	M	111	+7 Laps
27	GT	21	AF Corse	Stefano Costantini Simon Mann Miguel Molina	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	M	111	+7 Laps
28	GT	19	Leipert Motorsport	Gabriel Rindone Brendon Leitch Marco Mapelli	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	M	111	+7 Laps
29	GT	95	TF Sport	John Hartshorne Henrique Chaves Jonathan Adam	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	110	+8 Laps
30	GT	59	Garage 59	Nick Halstead Louis Prette Rob Bell	McLaren 720S GT3	M	110	+8 Laps
31	GT	77	D'station Racing	Satoshi Hoshino Tomonobu Fujii Charlie Fagg	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	110	+8 Laps
32	GT	57	CarGuy	Takeshi Kimura Frederik Schandorff Mikkel Jensen	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	M	110	+8 Laps^{[R1 1]}
33	GT	88	Garage 59	Alexander West Benjamin Goethe Tom Gamble	McLaren 720S GT3	M	110	+8 Laps^{[R1 2]}
34	LMP3	63	Inter Europol Competition	Adam Ali John Schauerman James Dayson	Ligier JS P320	M	109	+9 Laps
35	LMP3	18	360 Racing	Frédéric Jousset Sebastián Álvarez Ross Kaiser	Ligier JS P320	M	107	+11 Laps
36	LMP3	4	Nielsen Racing	Tony Wells Matthew Bell	Ligier JS P320	M	106	+12 Laps
37	GT	67	Orange Racing Powered by JMH	Simon Orange Michael O'Brien Marcus Clutton	McLaren 720S GT3	M	105	+13 Laps
38	LMP3	17	Cool Racing	Cedric Oltramare Adrien Chila Marcos Siebert	Ligier JS P320	M	105	+13 Laps
39	GT	16	GetSpeed	Bihuang Zhou Zhongwei Wang Alexandre Imperatori	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	M	104	+14 Laps
NC	LMP2	43	Inter Europol Competition	Nolan Siegel Christian Bogle Charles Crews	Oreca 07	M	102	Wheel bearing
NC	GT	33	Herberth Motorsport	Antares Au Alfred Renauer Klaus Bachler	Porsche 911 GT3 R	M	90	Not classified
NC	GT	74	Kessel Racing	Michael Broniszewski David Fumanelli Felipe Fraga	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	M	75	Penalty^{[R1 3]}
NC	GT	72	HubAuto Racing	Liam Talbot Jules Gounon Ollie Millroy	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	M	72	Engine
NC	GT	65	Viper Niza Racing	Douglas Khoo Dominic Ang	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	72	Penalty^{[R1 4]}
NC	LMP3	11	WTM by Rinaldi Racing	Torsten Kratz Leonard Weiss Nicolás Varrone	Duqueine M30 - D08	M	44	Gearbox
NC	GT	66	Bullitt Racing	Valentin Hasse-Clot Jacob Riegel Martin Berry	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	4	Collision damage

^ The No. 57 Car Guy Racing was penalised for exceeding driving time by Mikkel Jensen. The penalty was adding 36 seconds to crew's total race time.^[11]
^ The No. 88 Garage 59 was penalised for exceeding driving time by Tom Gamble. The penalty was adding 87 seconds to crew's total race time.^[12]
^ The No. 74 Kessel Racing was penalised for exceeding driving time by David Fumanelli. The penalty was deduction of 35 laps.^[13]
^ The No. 65 Viper Niza Racing was penalised for exceeding driving time by Douglas Khoo. The penalty was deduction of 34 laps and adding 90 seconds to crew's total race time.^[14]

Statistics[edit]

Fastest lap[edit]

Class	Driver	Team	Time	Lap
LMP2	Charles Crews	#43 Inter Europol Competition	1:49.143	5
LMP3	Torsten Kratz	#11 WTM by Rinaldi Racing	1:55.426	5
GT	Fabian Schiller	#10 Getspeed Performance	1:58.327	83
Source:^[15]

Race 2[edit]