Spa 4 Hours 2018 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps		Date: 23.9.2018
Track: Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium), 7.004 kms	Organiser: unknown
Spa 4 Hours
European Le Mans Series (round 5)

Weather:	heavy rain
Start time:	11:30
Grid:	2-2-2, rolling start
Distance:	4 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	40
Practiced:	40
Qualified:	40
Started:	40
Finished:	30
Classified:	35

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Le Mans Prototype 2	16	16	15
Le Mans Prototype 3	18	18	15
Le Mans GTE Am	6	6	5

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Race notes:
The race was stopped after 2 hour, due to heavy rain and never restarted.

Pre-race sessions:
official test held in 2 sessions for a total of 280 minutes on 19/9
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 180 minutes on 21-22/9
1 qualifying session held for a total of 15 minutes on 22/9

Winners:
Overall:	22	Ligier JS P217 Gibson	Hanson / Albuquerque
Le Mans Prototype 3:	2	Ligier JS P3 Nissan	Andrews / Falb
Le Mans GTE Am:	80	Porsche 991 RSR	Pera / Babini
Leaders:
laps 1-8:	26	Oreca 07 Gibson
laps 9-21:	29	Oreca 07 Gibson
laps 22-30:	22	Ligier JSP217 Gibson
lap 31:	23	Ligier JSP217 Gibson
laps 32-40:	22	Ligier JSP217 Gibson
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	29	Oreca 07 Gibson	Nicolas Jamin (F)	2:29.009	169.200 km/h	lap 17
Le Mans Prototype 3:	4	Ligier JS P3 Nissan	Antonin Borga (CH)	2:38.152	159.400 km/h	lap 21
Le Mans GTE Am:	80	Porsche 991 RSR	Riccardo Pera (I)	2:41.896	155.700 km/h	lap 25
Pole Positions:
Overall:	26	Oreca 07 Gibson	Jean-Eric Vergne (F)	2:00.735	208.800 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 3:	17	Norma M30 Nissan	Lahaye / Lahaye / Heriau	2:13.634	188.700 km/h
Le Mans GTE Am:	88	Porsche 991 RSR	Roda / Roda	2:15.654	185.900 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Ligier (19), Oreca (8), Norma (4), Dallara (3), Porsche (3), Ferrari (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Nissan (18), Gibson (16), Porsche (3), Ferrari (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Ligier JS P3 (14), Oreca 07 (8), Ligier JS P217 (5)
Driver nationalities:	F (26), GB (12), I (12), CH (7), USA (5), D (3), DK (3), NL (2), AUS (2), BG (2), RUS (2), CDN (2)
Team nationalities:	F (8), USA (8), GB (5), I (3), E (3), CH (2), D (2), P (2), PL (2), RUS (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (100%)
Average engine size:	4541 cc (with regard to 7% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4668 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Tracy Krohn (64), Gianluca Roda (59), Niclas Jönsson (51)
Youngest known drivers:	Phil Hanson (19), Harrison Newey (20), Mattia Drudi (20)

Official Race Programme:

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