ELMS at Barcelona – Facts and Figures

This season will mark the fourth edition of the 4 Hours of Barcelona and the second time the race has started the ELMS season.

Here are some facts and figures from the previous three races held at Barcelona

1. The 2023 event will be held on the new Grand Prix circuit layout, which reduces the number of corners from 16 to 14 and the track length by 18m to 4.657km.
2. The first race in 2019 was round 3 of the six-race season.The first edition of the 4 Hours of Barcelona was won by the no26 G-Drive Racing of Job Van Uitert, Jean-Eric Vergne and Roman Rusinov.
3. The LMP3 winners in 2019 were Martin Hippe and Nigel Moore in the no13 Inter Europol Competition Ligier-Nissan
4. The LMGTE Winners in 2019 were Alessandro Pier Guidi, Nicklas Nielsen and Fabien Lavergne in the no51 Luzich Racing Ferrari 488 GTE EVO.
5. In 2019 the pole positions were secured by –

o LMP2: Paul Loup Chatin – no28 IDEC Sport – 1m32.765

o LMP3: Mikkel Jensen – no11 Eurointernational – 1m40.371

o LMGTE: Andrea Piccini – no60 Kessel Racing – 1m43.084

1. The second edition of the 4 Hours of Barcelona was held on 18 April 2021 and was won by the no41 Orlen Team WRT Oreca-Gibson of Louis Deletraz, Robert Kubica and Yifei Ye on the teams ELMS debut.
2. The LMP3 class was won by the no19 Cool Racing Ligier of Nicolas Maulini, Matt Bell and Niklas Kruetten.
3. The LMGTE class was won by the no80 Iron Lynx Ferrari of Matteo Cressoni, Rino Mastronardi and Spain’s Miguel Molina.
4. In 2021 the pole positions were secured by –

o LMP2: Nyck de Vries – no26 G-Drive Racing – 1m31.788

o LMP3: Duncan Tappy – no3 United Autosports – 1m39.162

o LMGTE: Gianmaria Bruni – no77 Proton Competition – 1m41.892

1. The 2022 event was held on the 28 August and was won by the no9 Prema Racing Oreca driven by Lorenzo Colombo, Ferdinand Habsburg and Louis Deletraz. Deletraz became the first driver to win the 4 Hours of Barcelona twice.
2. The LMP3 category was won by Charles Crews, Nico Pino and Guilherme Oliveira in the no13 Inter Europol Competition Ligier-Nissan, the second time the Polish team had won in LMP3 at the Spanish circuit.
3. The LMGTE win went to the no77 Proton Competition Porsche of Christian Ried, Lorenzo Ferrari and Gianmaria Bruni.
4. In 2022 the pole positions were secured by –

o LMP2: Nicolas Jamin – no65 Panis Racing – 1m34.802

o LMP3: Malthe Jakobsen – no17 Cool Racing – 1m40.112

o LMGTE: Mikkel Jensen – no57 Kessel Racing – 1m45.438

1. There are currently 9 previous winners of the 4 Hours of Barcelona taking part in the 2023 edition of the race –

o Louis Deletraz (no34 Racing Team Turkey) - 2022 / 2021 LMP2

o Nico Pino (no30 Duqueine Team) - 2022 LMP3

o Christian Ried (no77 Proton Competition) - 2022 LMGTE

o Gianmaria Bruni (no99 Proton Competition) - 2022 LMGTE

o Francois Perrodo (no83 AF Corse) - 2022 LMP2 Pro/Am

o Matteo Cressoni (no60 Iron Lynx) - 2021 LMGTE

o Matthieu Lahaye (no35 Ultimate) - 2021 LMP2 Pro/Am

o Jean-Baptiste Lahaye (no 35 Ultimate) - 2021 LMP2 Pro/Am

o Job Van Uitert (no65 Panis Racing) - 2019 LMP2

1. With the change in the circuit layout for the 2023 event, new lap records will be established this year.

The 4 Hours of Barcelona is Round 1 of the 2023 European Le Mans Series and it will be held on Sunday 23 April.