4 Hours of Imola: Facts and Figures

Here are some facts and figures from the previous five races.

1. The 2022 4 Hours of Imola was won by Prema Racing, with Louis Deletraz, Ferdinand Habsburg and Lorenzo Colombo finishing 4.6 seconds ahead of United Autosports and COOL Racing.
2. The outright LMP2 lap record was set by Alessio Rovera during qualifying on 14 May 2022, lapping the circuit in 1m32.269 (191.5kph).
3. The current official race lap record for LMP2 is 1m33.702 (188.6 kph) set by Lorenzo Colombo during the 2022 4 Hours of Imola (15 May).
4. The LMP3 lap record is 1m39.256 (178 kph) set by Malthe Jakobsen, also during the 2022 4 Hours of Imola.
5. The LMGTE lap record was set in 2022 by Henrique Chaves – 1m41.785 (173.6kph).
6. There will be a new record set for LMGT3 in 2024. The GTC Lap Record for the ELMS was set in 2014 by Francesco Castellacci in an AF Corse Ferrari F458 Italia GT3 - 1m43.035 (171.5 kph)
7. Ferrari have taken 11 of the 15 LMGTE podium places in the previous five races including podium lockouts in 2013 and 2014.
8. Aston Martin took a 1-2 in 2022, with Oman Racing by TF Sport claiming the top two podium positions ahead of the no55 Spirit of Race Ferrari in third.
9. Ferrari has won three of the five races at Imola (2013-2015), with Porsche winning with Proton Competition in 2016 and Aston Martin in 2022.
10. The last time GT3 cars raced in the ELMS in Imola was in 2015 in the GTC Category. AF Corse run Ferrari F458 Italia GT3s took the top three places.
11. TDS Racing have won the ELMS race in Imola three times (2013, 2015 and 2016) with Mathias Beche, who is currently racing the no29 Richard Mille by TDS Oreca, winning in 2013 and 2016.
12. The first time the LMP3 class raced at Imola in 2015, the University of Bolton Ginetta-Nissan scored the first category win in Italy, with Rob Garofall and Morten Dons standing on the top step of the podium.
13. The longest race distance recorded was in the 2014 4 Hours of Imola when the winning no38 Jota Sport Zytek completed 139 laps or 682.35km.
14. In 2022 the race distance was 127 laps (623.44 km), the 2015 the race distance was 138 laps (677.44km) and in 2016 it was 121 laps (593.99km). The 2013 race was three hours in duration and the winners covered 108 laps (530.17km).

Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari

1. The circuit is in an area with long associations with speed – as far back as 80BC the Romans created an amphitheatre for gladiatorial chariot racing.
2. In the late 1940s plans for a new circuit found approval and a series of connecting roads were created to form an anti-clockwise loop. The first foundation stone was laid in March 1950, with Enzo Ferrari himself present.
3. Initially named after the Santerno River which borders it on the paddock side, the circuit was renamed Autodromo Dino Ferrari in 1970 after Enzo Ferrari's son, who had died of leukaemia in 1956. Enzo Ferrari's own name was added following his death in 1988.
4. The first racing events were held in April 1953, with the GP Coni motorcycle race which was approved for the 125cc and 500cc Italian championship. The following year the first car races arrived in the form of the Coppa d'Oro Shell ('Golden Shell' race), which was open only to sports cars and would see Ferrari and Maserati compete for victory.
5. In 1980, the Italian Grand Prix was awarded to Imola following a dispute with organisers at the Monza circuit. From 1981, Imola was granted a race alongside Monza under the guise of the nearby Republic of San Marino, an event it would host for the next quarter century.
6. In 2011 top class sportscars returned to Imola with the Six Hours of Imola, which was part of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, the predecessor of the FIA World Endurance Championship. The FIA WEC staged it first event at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari in April 2024.
7. In 2013 the European Le Mans Series staged its first race at Imola, with the 3 Hours of Imola. In 2014 the race duration was increased to four hours, with races held at Imola until 2016. The Italian round was held at Monza from 2017 until 2021, with Imola becoming the host venue again in 2022.