2016 4 Hours of Le Castellet

The 2016 4 Hours of Le Castellet was an endurance motor race held at Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, France on 27–28 August 2016. It was the fourth round of the 2016 European Le Mans Series.[1][2]

Layout of Circuit Paul Ricard

Race

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Race result

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Class winners in bold.

Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 LMP2 46   Thiriet by TDS Racing   Mathias Beche
  Pierre Thiriet
  Mike Conway
Oreca 05 D 124
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
2 LMP2 32   SMP Racing   Stefano Coletti
  Andreas Wirth
  Julián Leal
BR Engineering BR01 D 123
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
3 LMP2 21   DragonSpeed   Ben Hanley
  Henrik Hedman
  Nicolas Lapierre
Oreca 05 D 123
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
4 LMP2 33   Eurasia Motorsport   Tristan Gommendy
  Nick de Bruijn
  Pu Jun Jin
Oreca 05 D 123
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
5 LMP2 38   G-Drive Racing   Simon Dolan
  Giedo van der Garde
  Harry Tincknell
Gibson 015S D 123
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
6 LMP2 41   Greaves Motorsport   Julien Canal
  Memo Rojas
  Nathanaël Berthon
Ligier JS P2 D 123
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
7 LMP2 25   Algarve Pro Racing   Andrea Roda
  Jonathan Hirschi
  Andrea Pizzitola
Ligier JS P2 D 121
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
8 LMP2 40   Krohn Racing   Tracy Krohn
  Niclas Jönsson
  Olivier Pla
Ligier JS P2 M 121
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
9 LMP2 48   Murphy Prototypes   Sean Doyle
  Kevin Ceccon
  Jonathan Coleman
Oreca 03R D 121
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
10 LMP2 28   IDEC Sport Racing   Dimitri Enjalbert
  Patrice Lafargue
  Paul Lafargue
Ligier JS P2 M 121
Judd HK 3.6 L V8
11 LMP2 23   Panis Barthez Competition   Fabien Barthez
  Timothé Buret
  Paul-Loup Chatin
Ligier JS P2 M 120
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
12 LMP3 9   Graff   Paul Petit
  Enzo Guibbert
  Eric Trouillet
Ligier JS P3 M 117
Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
13 LMP3 19   Duqueine Engineering   David Hallyday
  Dino Lunardi
  David Droux
Ligier JS P3 M 117
Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
14 LMP3 2   United Autosports   Alex Brundle
  Christian England
  Mike Guasch
Ligier JS P3 M 117
Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
15 LMP3 17   Ultimate   François Hériau
  Jean-Baptiste Lahaye
  Matthieu Lahaye
Ligier JS P3 M 116
Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
16 LMP3 6   360 Racing   Ross Kaiser
  James Swift
  Terrence Woodward
Ligier JS P3 M 116
Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
17 LMP2 29   Pegasus Racing   Léo Roussel
  Inès Taittinger
  Rémy Striebig
Morgan LMP2 M 116
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
18 LMP3 26   Tockwith Motorsports   Phil Hanson
  Nigel Moore
Ligier JS P3 M 116
Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
19 LMP3 13   Inter Europol Competition   Jens Petersen
  Jakub Śmiechowski
Ligier JS P3 M 115
Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
20 LMGTE 66   JMW Motorsport   Andrea Bertolini
  Robert Smith
  Rory Butcher
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 D 115
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
21 LMGTE 60   Formula Racing   Johnny Laursen
  Mikkel Mac
  Mikkel Jensen
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 D 115
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
22 LMGTE 99   Aston Martin Racing   Andrew Howard
  Alex MacDowall
  Darren Turner
Aston Martin Vantage GTE D 115
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
23 LMGTE 56   AT Racing   Alexander Talkanitsa, Jr.
  Alexander Talkanitsa, Sr.
  Alessandro Pier Guidi
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 D 115
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
24 LMP3 16   Panis Barthez Competition   Eric Debard
  Simon Gachet
  Valentin Moineault
Ligier JS P3 M 115
Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
25 LMP3 12   Eurointernational   Andrea Dromedari
  Rik Breukers
Ligier JS P3 M 115
Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
26 LMP3 7   Villorba Corse   Roberto Lacorte
  Giorgio Sernagiotto
Ligier JS P3 M 115
Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
27 LMGTE 55   AF Corse   Duncan Cameron
  Matt Griffin
  Aaron Scott
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 D 115
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
28 LMGTE 77   Proton Competition   Mike Hedlund
  Wolf Henzler
  Marco Seefried
Porsche 911 RSR D 115
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
29 LMP3 3   United Autosports   Matthew Bell
  Wayne Boyd
  Mark Patterson
Ligier JS P3 M 114
Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
30 LMP3 4   OAK Racing   Erik Maris
  Jean-Marc Merlin
Ligier JS P3 M 113
Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
31 LMP3 20   Duqueine Engineering   Eric Clement
  Maxime Pialat
  Antonin Borga
Ligier JS P3 M 112
Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
32 LMP3 5   By Speed Factory   Tom Jackson
  Alain Costa
  John Hartshorne
Ligier JS P3 M 111
Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
33 LMP3 24   OAK Racing   Jacques Nicolet
  Pierre Nicolet
Ligier JS P3 M 105
Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
DNF LMP3 10   Graff   John Falb
  Enzo Potolicchio
  Sean Rayhall
Ligier JS P3 M 115
Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
DNF LMGTE 51   AF Corse   Rui Águas
  Marco Cioci
  Piergiuseppe Perazzini
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 D 74
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
DNF LMP3 11   Eurointernational   Giorgio Mondini
  Marco Jacoboni
  Andrea Roda
Ligier JS P3 M 66
Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
DNF LMP3 8   Race Performance   Bert Longin
  Giorgio Maggi
  Marcello Marateotto
Ligier JS P3 M 50
Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
DNF LMP3 15   RLR MSport   Morten Dons
  Ross Warburton
  Anthony Wells
Ligier JS P3 M 46
Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
DNF LMP3 18   M.Racing - YMR   Alexandre Cougnaud
  Yann Ehrlacher
  Thomas Laurent
Ligier JS P3 M 36
Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
DNF LMGTE 88   Proton Competition   Christian Ried
  David Jahn
  Gianluca Roda
Porsche 911 RSR D 9
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
Source:[3]

References

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  1. ^ Goodwin, Graham (August 19, 2016). "4 Hours of Le Castellet, 40 Cars On The Preliminary Entry List". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved March 24, 2025.
  2. ^ Goodwin, Graham (August 26, 2016). "Paul Ricard, Friday Paddock Notes". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved March 24, 2025.
  3. ^ "4 Hours of Le Castellet Race Final Classification" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. August 28, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
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