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

European Le Mans Series

Previous race:
4 Hours of Red Bull Ring

2021 season

Next race:
4 Hours of Monza

[1] Goodwin, Graham (5 June 2021). "Friday (& Saturday Morning) At Paul Ricard". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 20 July 2025.

[2] Dagys, John (5 June 2021). "De Vries Storms to Paul Ricard Pole – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 20 July 2025.

[3] 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.

[4] Goodwin, Graham (2 June 2021). "42 Cars For Paul Ricard". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 20 July 2025.

[5] Lloyd, Daniel (24 May 2021). "Aubry to Replace Dalziel at IDEC Sport for Paul Ricard – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 20 July 2025.

[6] "4 Hours of Le Castellet Race Le Castellet" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. Alkamel Systems. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2025.