Algarve Pro Racing wins the 4 Hours of Le Castellet
Overall ranking
📷 Luc Warnotte at 4 Hours of Le Castellet: LMP2 start, #47 takes the lead.
The 4 hours of Le Castellet were very lively with no less than 13 leader changes, including four in the last 22 laps.
It is finally the #25 Algarve Pro Racing with Alexander Lynn, J. Allen and K. Simpson that crossed checkered flag first after leading #28 IDEC Sport had to pit due to a puncture with 14 laps to go and Louis Deletraz with #34 Racing Team Turkey had to give up the lead four laps before the end, struggling for grip.
📷 Luc Warnotte at 4 Hours of Le Castellet: Algarve Pro Racing #25 winners.
The #25 Algarve Pro Racing trio, however, was always in the top three from the second lap, to lead the race five times during 51 laps out of the 126 covered during the 4 hours race.
📷 Luc Warnotte: Alexander Lynn, J. Allen and K. Simpson win the 4 hours of Le Castellet.
The #30 Duqueine Team with N. Pino, R. Binder and Neel Jani took the lead for the first time in the 89th lap during 15 laps. During the last round of pit stops, they fell down to fourth but then they moved up to second place three laps before the end thanks to the tires problems of #28 and #34.
📷 Luc Warnotte at 4 Hours of Le Castellet: #30 Duqueine Team Oreca ended second
Deletraz and co third overall and winners LMP2 Pro/Am.
📷 Luc Warnotte at 4 Hours of Le Castellet: #34 start second LMP2 Pro/Am behind #99 Proton Competition and the 6 LMP2.
As part of the Pro/Am class, the #34 Racing Team Turkey with Salih Yoluk started behind the six LMP2s. Eastwood got up to third place during his stint.
📷 Luc Warnotte at 4 Hours of Le Castellet: Racing Team Turkey Oreca #34.
Deletraz moved to P2 then P1 after a nice fight with Paul Loup Chatin driving the #28 IDEC Sport who had to pit due to a puncture. Deletraz started to face a lack of grip due to tires deterioration and lost his leadership four laps before the end.
📷 Luc Warnotte at 4 Hour of le Castellet: #34 Racing Team Turkey finishes 0.251 ahead of #43 Inter Europol Competition who is third of LMP2 class.
📷 Luc Warnotte at 4 Hours of le Castellet: Overall podium
Related News
📷 Luc Warnotte: Lopez clinch pole at Le Castellet.
📷 Luc Warnotte: Pechito dominates Friday practices at Le Castellet.
📷 Luc Warnotte at Barcelona: ELMS - Prologue.
