Inter Europol Competition first win in ELMS.

ELMS

May 6

A safety car one hour from the end turned the 4 Hours of le Castellet endurance race into a sprint shuffling the rankings in each class where the strategy played an determining role.

📷 Luc Warnotte at Le Castellet.

Inter Europol Competition first win in ELMS

The 4 Hours of Le Castellet was a race fun of twists and turns ending with the first ever LMP2 victory in the ELMS of the #43 Inter Europol Competition Oreca-Gibson.

📷 Luc Warnotte at Le Castellet. Tom Dillmann in #43 **Inter Europol Competition** takes over from Clement Novalak in sister #34 stuck in second gear after leading for 8 laps.

Inter Europol Competition almost clinched the double at Circuit Paul Ricard as both LMP2 were leading the race between laps 107 and 114 until the then leading #34 stopped on track with 19 minutes remaining when the car got stuck in second gear, letting Sebastian Alvarez, Vladislav Lomko and Tom Dillmann through to the lead and winning the second round of the ELMS Championship.

📷 Luc Warnotte at Le Castellet. #47 Cool Racing Oreca 07 Gibson.

#47 Cool Racing Oreca 07 Gibson of Paul-Loup Chatin, Frederik Vesti and Alex Garcia were promoted second after the #28 IDEC Sport Oreca received a ten-second penalty from race direction. Barcelona winning sister car #37 did lead the race for the highest number of laps (39 for #37 versus 36 for #43) until it came to a halt on track with 43 minutes to go.

📷 Luc Warnotte at Le Castellet. #14 AO by TF Sport Oreca.

Surprised Louis Deletraz coming down from the podium from the third step after ending fourth also benefiting from #28 IDEC penalty. Louis Deletraz said Car Racing Reporter “Yes, those are good points for the championship!”. His team mate Jonny Edgar was a strong leader during his first stint overtaking the then leading #28 IDEC Racing during lap 4. Robert Kubica dropped down to third even fifth until Deletraz brought the #14 AO by TF in fourth.

📷 Luc Warnotte at Le Castellet. #28 IDEC Sport Oreca.

#28 IDEC Sport Oreca of Paul Lafargue, Reshad de Gerus and Job van Uitert are classified fourth after receiving a ten-second penalty for zigzagging and blocking #43 when Job van Uitert was defending the race lead against Tom Dillmann at the restart for a Full Course Yellow.

📷 Luc Warnotte at Le Castellet. #22 United Autosports ORECA .

The #22 United Autosports ORECA of Ben Hanley, Filip Ugran and Marino Sato take fifth since Hanley lost his one lap lead suffering a late-race tyre issue.

📷 Luc Warnotte at Le Castellet. #30 Duqueine Team.

#30 Duqueine Team of N. Koole, J. Simmenauer and J.Allen end sixth overall.

LMP2 Pro/Am victory for #29 Richard Mille by TDS Racing

The LMP2 Pro/Am victory went to Rodrigo Sales, Gregoire Saucy and Mathias Beche with the #29 Richard Mille by TDS Racing Oreca who end seventh overall.