2021 4 Hours of Le Castellet
The 2021 4 Hours of Le Castellet was an endurance sportscar racing event held on 6 June, 2021, at Circuit Paul Ricard.[1] It was the third round of the 2021 European Le Mans Series, and the 13th running of the event as part of the European Le Mans Series.[2][3]
Entry list
The entry list was revealed on 2 June 2021, and saw 42 entries: 16 in LMP2, 16 in LMP3, 9 in LMGTE and 1 Innovative car.[4][5]
Race
Race Result
Class winners are marked in bold and ‡.
| Pos. | Class | No. | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine | ||||||||
| 1 | LMP2 | 26 |  G-Drive Racing | Roman Rusinov Franco Colapinto Nyck de Vries | Oreca 07 | G | 126 | 4:00:17.286‡ |
| Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | ||||||||
| 2 | LMP2 | 22 |  United Autosports | Philip Hanson Jonathan Aberdein Tom Gamble | Oreca 07 | G | 126 | +6.385 |
| Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | ||||||||
| 3 | LMP2 | 32 | United Autosports | Job van Uitert Nico Jamin Manuel Maldonado | Oreca 07 | G | 126 | +24.272 |
| Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | ||||||||
| 4 | LMP2 | 30 | Duqueine Team | Tristan Gommendy René Binder Memo Rojas | Oreca 07 | G | 126 | +43.171 |
| Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | ||||||||
| 5 | LMP2 | 41 | .svg.png){kind=small} Team WRT | .svg.png){kind=small} Louis Delétraz Robert Kubica Ye Yifei | Oreca 07 | G | 126 | +51.000 |
| Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | ||||||||
| 6 | LMP2 Pro-Am | 34 |  Racing Team Turkey | Salih Yoluç Charlie Eastwood Harry Tincknell | Oreca 07 | G | 126 | +54.767‡ |
| Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | ||||||||
| 7 | LMP2 | 24 | .svg.png){kind=small} Algarve Pro Racing | Diego Menchaca Ferdinand Habsburg Richard Bradley | Oreca 07 | G | 126 | +1:24.841 |
| Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | ||||||||
| 8 | LMP2 | 65 | Panis Racing | Julien Canal Will Stevens.svg.png){kind=small} James Allen | Oreca 07 | G | 125 | +1 Lap |
| Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | ||||||||
| 9 | LMP2 | 28 | IDEC Sport | Paul Lafargue Paul-Loup Chatin Jean-Éric Vergne | Oreca 07 | G | 125 | +1 Lap |
| Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | ||||||||
| 10 | LMP2 Pro-Am | 25 | G-Drive Racing |  John Falb Rui Andrade Roberto Merhi | Oreca 07 | G | 125 | +1 Lap |
| Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | ||||||||
| 11 | LMP2 | 35 | BHK Motorsport |  Francesco Dracone Sergio Campana Markus Pommer | Oreca 07 | G | 125 | +1 Lap |
| Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | ||||||||
| 12 | LMP2 Pro-Am | 37 | Cool Racing | Alexandre Coigny Nicolas Lapierre Antonin Borga | Oreca 07 | G | 125 | +1 Lap |
| Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | ||||||||
| 13 | LMP2 Pro-Am | 29 | Ultimate | Matthieu Lahaye Jean-Baptiste Lahaye François Heriau | Oreca 07 | G | 124 | +2 Laps |
| Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | ||||||||
| 14 | LMP2 Pro-Am | 39 | Graff Racing | Vincent Capillaire Maxime Robin Arnold Robin | Oreca 07 | G | 124 | +2 Laps |
| Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | ||||||||
| 15 | LMP2 Pro-Am | 17 | IDEC Sport | Dwight Merriman Kyle Tilley Gabriel Aubry | Oreca 07 | G | 122 | +4 Laps |
| Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | ||||||||
| 16 | LMP3 | 4 |  DKR Engineering | Laurents Hörr Leonard Weiss Jean-Phillipe Dayrault | Ligier JS P320 | M | 119 | +7 Laps‡ |
| Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | ||||||||
| 17 | LMP3 | 19 | Cool Racing | Nicolas Maulini Matt Bell Niklas Krütten | Ligier JS P320 | M | 119 | +7 Laps |
| Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | ||||||||
| 18 | LMP3 | 2 | United Autosports | Wayne Boyd Rob Wheldon Edouard Cauhaupe | Ligier JS P320 | M | 119 | +7 Laps |
| Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | ||||||||
| 19 | LMP3 | 15 | RLR MSport | Michael Benham Alex Kapadia Malthe Jakobsen | Ligier JS P320 | M | 118 | +8 Laps |
| Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | ||||||||
| 20 | LMP3 | 7 | Nielsen Racing | Anthony Wells Colin Noble | Ligier JS P320 | M | 118 | +8 Laps |
| Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | ||||||||
| 21 | LMP3 | 14 | Inter Europol Competition | Mateusz Kaprzyk Julius Adomavičius Mattia Pasini | Ligier JS P320 | M | 118 | +8 Laps |
| Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | ||||||||
| 22 | LMP3 | 8 | Graff Racing | Eric Trouillet Sébastien Page David Droux | Ligier JS P320 | M | 118 | +8 Laps |
| Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | ||||||||
| 23 | LMP3 | 12 | Racing Experience | David Hauser Gary Hauser Tom Cloet | Ligier JS P320 | M | 118 | +8 Laps |
| Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | ||||||||
| 24 | LMP3 | 9 | Graff Racing |  Matthias Kaiser Rory Penttinen | Ligier JS P320 | M | 118 | +8 Laps |
| Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | ||||||||
| 25 | Innovat | 84 | Association SRT41 |  Takuma Aoki Nigel Bailly Pierre Sancinéna | Oreca 07 | ? | 117 | +9 Laps |
| Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | ||||||||
| 26 | LMP3 | 11 | Eurointernational | Andrea Domedari Joey Alders Jacopo Baratto | Ligier JS P320 | M | 117 | +9 Laps |
| Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | ||||||||
| 27 | LMGTE | 80 | Iron Lynx | Matteo Cressoni Rino Mastronardi Miguel Molina | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | G | 117 | +9 Laps‡ |
| Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | ||||||||
| 28 | LMP3 | 5 | MV2S Racing | Christophe Cresp Fabien Lavergne Adrien Chila | Ligier JS P320 | M | 117 | +9 Laps |
| Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | ||||||||
| 29 | LMGTE | 55 | Spirit of Race | Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin David Perel | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | G | 117 | +9 Laps |
| Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | ||||||||
| 30 | LMP3 | 6 | Nielsen Racing | Nicholas Adcock Austin McCusker Max Koebolt | Ligier JS P320 | M | 117 | +9 Laps |
| Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | ||||||||
| 31 | LMGTE | 88 | AF Corse | Emmanuel Collard François Perrodo Alessio Rovera | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | G | 117 | +9 Laps |
| Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | ||||||||
| 32 | LMGTE | 77 | Proton Competition | Christian Ried Cooper MacNeil Gianmaria Bruni | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | G | 117 | +9 Laps |
| Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 | ||||||||
| 33 | LMGTE | 60 | Iron Lynx | Claudio Schiavoni Giorgio Sernagiotto Paolo Ruberti | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | G | 117 | +9 Laps |
| Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | ||||||||
| 34 | LMGTE | 66 | JMW Motorsport | Jody Fannin Andrea Fontana Rodrigo Sales | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | G | 115 | +11 Laps |
| Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | ||||||||
| 35 | LMGTE | 95 | TF Sport | John Hartshorne Ross Gunn Ollie Hancock | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | G | 115 | +11 Laps |
| Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 | ||||||||
| 36 | LMP3 | 3 | United Autosports | Jim McGuire Duncan Tappy Andrew Bentley | Ligier JS P320 | M | 113 | +13 Laps |
| Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | ||||||||
| 37 | LMGTE | 93 | Proton Competition | Michael Fassbender Jaxon Evans Richard Lietz | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | G | 96 | +30 Laps |
| Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 | ||||||||
| DNF | LMP3 | 20 | Team Virage | Rob Hodes.svg.png){kind=small} Garett Grist C. R. Crews | Ligier JS P320 | M | 94 | Did not finish |
| Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | ||||||||
| DNF | LMGTE | 83 | Iron Lynx | Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Manuela Gostner | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | G | 41 | Contact |
| Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | ||||||||
| DNF | LMP3 | 13 | Inter Europol Competition | Martin Hippe Ugo de Wilde Ulysse de Pauw | Ligier JS P320 | M | 28 | Did not finish |
| Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | ||||||||
| DNF | LMP3 | 18 | 1 AIM Villorba Corse | Alessandro Bressan Andreas Laskaratos Damiano Fioravanti | Ligier JS P320 | M | 20 | Did not finish |
| Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | ||||||||
| Source:[6] | ||||||||
References
- ^ Goodwin, Graham (5 June 2021). "Friday (& Saturday Morning) At Paul Ricard". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ^ Dagys, John (5 June 2021). "De Vries Storms to Paul Ricard Pole – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ^ Lloyd, Daniel (6 June 2021). "G-Drive No. 26 Crew Takes First Win of Season at Paul Ricard – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ^ Goodwin, Graham (2 June 2021). "42 Cars For Paul Ricard". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ^ Lloyd, Daniel (24 May 2021). "Aubry to Replace Dalziel at IDEC Sport for Paul Ricard – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ^ "4 Hours of Le Castellet Race Le Castellet" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. Alkamel Systems. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2025.