2021 4 Hours of Dubai

The 2021 4 Hours of Dubai was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 11 and 14 February 2021, as the first and second round of 2021 Asian Le Mans Series season.

Schedule

Date	Time (local: GST)	Event
Thursday, 11 February	17:45	Free Practice
Friday, 12 February	9:55	Qualifying
Saturday, 13 February	14:15	Race 1
Sunday, 14 February	12:45	Race 2
Source:^[1]^[2]

Free practice

Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Free Practice	Class	No.	Entrant	Time
	LMP2	5	Phoenix Racing	1:45.487
	LMP3	3	United Autosports	1:53.238
	GT	51	AF Corse	1:56.929
Source:^[3]

Race 1

Qualifying

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold.

Pos.	Class	No.	Entry	Driver	Time	Grid
1	LMP2	25	G-Drive Racing	Franco Colapinto	1:43.616	1
2	LMP2	26	G-Drive Racing	Yifei Ye	1:43.885	2
3	LMP2	5	Phoenix Racing	Nicki Thiim	1:44.072	3
4	LMP2	28	Jota	Sean Gelael	1:44.386	4
5	LMP2	64	Racing Team India	Narain Karthikeyan	1:45.025	5
6	LMP2	18	Era Motorsport	Kyle Tilley	1:46.469	6
7	LMP2	11	EuroInternational – Ojets	John Corbett	1:48.863	7
8	LMP3	23	United Autosports	Wayne Boyd	1:51.418	8
9	LMP3	3	United Autosports	Duncan Tappy	1:51.425	9
10	LMP3	33	CD Sport	Adam Eteki	1:52.056	10
11	LMP3	15	RLR MSport	Malthe Jakobsen	1:52.471	11
12	LMP3	63	DKR Engineering	Laurents Hörr	1:52.528	12
13	LMP3	9	Nielsen Racing	Colin Noble	1:52.572	13
14	LMP3	2	United Autosports	Andy Meyrick	1:52.743	14
15	LMP3	8	Nielsen Racing	Matthew Bell	1:53.043	15
16	LMP3	4	Phoenix-IronForce Racing	Leo Weiss	1:53.085	16
17	LMP3	44	ARC Bratislava	Charlie Robertson	1:53.329	17
18	GT	99	Precote Herberth Motorsport	Robert Renauer	1:55.552	18
19	GT	40	GPX Racing	Julien Andlauer	1:55.566	19
20	GT	93	Precote Herberth Motorsport	Klaus Bachler	1:55.866	20
21	GT	95	TF Sport	Charlie Eastwood	1:56.101	21
22	GT	1	HubAuto Racing	Raffaele Marciello	1:56.214	22
23	GT	88	Garage 59	Maxime Martin	1:56.284	23
24	GT	51	AF Corse	Alessandro Pier Guidi	1:56.349	24
25	GT	7	Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport	Ben Barnicoat	1:56.415	25
26	GT	89	Garage 59	Marvin Kirchhöfer	1:56.517	26
27	GT	97	Oman Racing Team with TF Sport	Jonathan Adam	1:56.603	27
28	GT	57	Car Guy Racing	Côme Ledogar	1:56.685	28
29	GT	60	Formula Racing	Nicklas Nielsen	1:56.859	29
30	GT	55	Rinaldi Racing	Davide Rigon	1:57.134	30
31	GT	54	AF Corse	Francesco Castellacci	1:57.237	31
32	GT	35	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Sami-Matti Trogen	1:57.274	32
33	GT	27	Kessel Racing	Giorgio Roda	1:57.502	33
34	GT	77	D'station Racing	Tomonobu Fujii	1:57.662	34
35	GT	34	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Chandler Hull	1:58.157	35
36	GT	66	Rinaldi Racing	—		36
Source:^[4]^[5]^[6]

Race

Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 88 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Drivers	Car	Tyres	Laps	Time/Gap
1	LMP2	26	G-Drive Racing	René Binder Ferdinand Habsburg Yifei Ye	Aurus 01	M	127	4:02:26.692
2	LMP2	28	Jota	Sean Gelael Stoffel Vandoorne	Oreca 07	M	126	+1 Lap
3	LMP2	5	Phoenix Racing	Matthias Kaiser Simon Trummer Nicki Thiim	Oreca 07	M	126	+1 Lap
4	LMP2	25	G-Drive Racing	Rui Andrade Franco Colapinto John Falb	Aurus 01	M	125	+2 Laps
5	LMP2	64	Racing Team India	Narain Karthikeyan Arjun Maini Naveen Rao	Oreca 07	M	124	+3 Laps
6	LMP2	18	Era Motorsport	Andreas Laskaratos Dwight Merriman Kyle Tilley	Oreca 07	M	123	+4 Laps
7	LMP2	11	EuroInternational – Ojets	John Corbett Neale Muston	Ligier JS P217	M	120	+7 Laps
8	LMP3	23	United Autosports	Wayne Boyd Manuel Maldonado Rory Penttinen	Ligier JS P320	M	119	+8 Laps
9	LMP3	9	Nielsen Racing	Colin Noble Anthony Wells	Ligier JS P320	M	118	+9 Laps
10	LMP3	3	United Autosports	Andrew Bentley Jim McGuire Duncan Tappy	Ligier JS P320	M	118	+9 Laps
11	LMP3	2	United Autosports	Robert Wheldon Ian Loggie Andy Meyrick	Ligier JS P320	M	118	+9 Laps
12	LMP3	4	Phoenix-IronForce Racing	Jan-Erik Slooten Leo Weiss	Ligier JS P320	M	117	+10 Laps
13	GT	99	Precote Herberth Motorsport	Ralf Bohn Alfred Renauer Robert Renauer	Porsche 911 GT3 R	M	117	+10 Laps
14	LMP3	15	RLR MSport	Maxwell Hanratty Malthe Jakobsen Bashar Mardini	Ligier JS P320	M	117	+10 Laps
15	GT	7	Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport	Ben Barnicoat Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy	McLaren 720S GT3	M	116	+11 Laps
16	GT	34	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Nicky Catsburg Chandler Hull Jon Miller	BMW M6 GT3	M	116	+11 Laps
17	GT	40	GPX Racing	Julien Andlauer Alain Ferté Axcil Jefferies	Porsche 911 GT3 R	M	116	+11 Laps
18	GT	88	Garage 59	Valentin Hasse-Clot Maxime Martin Alexander West	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	116	+11 Laps
19	GT	60	Formula Racing	Johnny Laursen Nicklas Nielsen Alessio Rovera	Ferrari 488 GT3	M	116	+11 Laps
20	GT	97	Oman Racing Team with TF Sport	Jonathan Adam Ahmad Al Harthy Tom Canning	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	116	+11 Laps
21	GT	55	Rinaldi Racing	Rino Mastronardi David Perel Davide Rigon	Ferrari 488 GT3	M	116	+11 Laps
22	GT	57	Car Guy Racing	Mikkel Jensen Takeshi Kimura Côme Ledogar	Ferrari 488 GT3	M	116	+11 Laps
23	GT	95	TF Sport	Charlie Eastwood Ollie Hancock John Hartshorne	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	115	+12 Laps
24	GT	54	AF Corse	Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella Thomas Flohr	Ferrari 488 GT3	M	115	+12 Laps
25	GT	66	Rinaldi Racing	Christian Hook Patrick Kujala Manuel Lauck	Ferrari 488 GT3	M	115	+12 Laps
26	GT	77	D'station Racing	Tomonobu Fujii Tom Gamble Satoshi Hoshino	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	115	+12 Laps
27	GT	51	AF Corse	Alessandro Pier Guidi Oswaldo Negri Jr. Francesco Piovanetti	Ferrari 488 GT3	M	115	+12 Laps
28	GT	93	Precote Herberth Motorsport	Antares Au Klaus Bachler Steffen Görig	Porsche 911 GT3 R	M	115	+12 Laps
29	GT	35	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Jörg Breuer Sami-Matti Trogen Henry Walkenhorst	BMW M6 GT3	M	114	+13 Laps
30	GT	89	Garage 59	Mike Benham Marvin Kirchhöfer Yuki Nemoto	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	114	+13 Laps
31	GT	27	Kessel Racing	Tim Kohmann Giorgio Roda Francesco Zollo	Ferrari 488 GT3	M	114	+13 Laps
32	LMP3	33	CD Sport	Nick Adcock Adam Eteki Michael Jensen	Ligier JS P320	M	109	+18 Laps
Not Classified
DNF	GT	1	HubAuto Racing	Marcos Gomes Raffaele Marciello Liam Talbot	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	M	102
DNF	LMP3	44	ARC Bratislava	Tom Cloet Miroslav Konôpka Charlie Robertson	Ginetta G61-LT-P3	M	95
DNF	LMP3	8	Nielsen Racing	Matthew Bell Rodrigo Sales	Ligier JS P320	M	43
DNF	LMP3	63	DKR Engineering	Jean Glorieux Laurents Hörr	Duqueine M30 – D08	M	39
Source:^[7]

Statistics

Fastest lap

Class	Driver	Team	Time	Lap
LMP2	Franco Colapinto	#25 G-Drive Racing	1:46.723	85
LMP3	Colin Noble	#9 Nielsen Racing	1:54.938	63
GT	Julien Andlauer	#40 GPX Racing	1:57.479	3
Source:^[8]

Race 2

Qualifying

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold.

Pos.	Class	No.	Entry	Driver	Time	Grid
1	LMP2	25	G-Drive Racing	Franco Colapinto	1:43.885	1
2	LMP2	26	G-Drive Racing	Yifei Ye	1:43.949	2
3	LMP2	28	Jota	Sean Gelael	1:44.442	3
4	LMP2	5	Phoenix Racing	Nicki Thiim	1:44.543	4
5	LMP2	64	Racing Team India	Narain Karthikeyan	1:45.684	5
6	LMP2	18	Era Motorsport	Kyle Tilley	1:46.543	6
7	LMP2	11	EuroInternational – Ojets	John Corbett	1:49.372	7
8	LMP3	23	United Autosports	Wayne Boyd	1:51.503	8
9	LMP3	3	United Autosports	Duncan Tappy	1:51.614	9
10	LMP3	33	CD Sport	Adam Eteki	1:52.145	10
11	LMP3	63	DKR Engineering	Laurents Hörr	1:52.700	11
12	LMP3	15	RLR MSport	Malthe Jakobsen	1:52.824	12
13	LMP3	9	Nielsen Racing	Colin Noble	1:52.838	13
14	LMP3	2	United Autosports	Andy Meyrick	1:52.978	14
15	LMP3	4	Phoenix-IronForce Racing	Leo Weiss	1:53.138	15
16	LMP3	8	Nielsen Racing	Matthew Bell	1:53.232	16
17	LMP3	44	ARC Bratislava	Miroslav Konôpka	1:53.618	17
18	GT	93	Precote Herberth Motorsport	Klaus Bachler	1:55.918	18
19	GT	40	GPX Racing	Julien Andlauer	1:55.965	19
20	GT	99	Precote Herberth Motorsport	Robert Renauer	1:56.015	20
21	GT	88	Garage 59	Maxime Martin	1:56.355	21
22	GT	51	AF Corse	Alessandro Pier Guidi	1:56.357	22
23	GT	1	HubAuto Racing	Raffaele Marciello	1:56.434	23
24	GT	95	TF Sport	Charlie Eastwood	1:56.474	24
25	GT	97	Oman Racing Team with TF Sport	Jonathan Adam	1:56.835	25
26	GT	60	Formula Racing	Nicklas Nielsen	1:56.869	26
27	GT	89	Garage 59	Marvin Kirchhöfer	1:56.960	27
28	GT	57	Car Guy Racing	Côme Ledogar	1:56.965	28
29	GT	54	AF Corse	Francesco Castellacci	1:57.287	29
30	GT	35	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Sami-Matti Trogen	1:57.311	30
31	GT	77	D'station Racing	Tomonobu Fujii	1:57.720	31
32	GT	27	Kessel Racing	Giorgio Roda	1:58.015	32
33	GT	34	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Chandler Hull	1:58.515	33
34	GT	7	Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport	—		34
35	GT	55	Rinaldi Racing	—		35
36	GT	66	Rinaldi Racing	—		36
Source:^[4]^[5]^[9]

Race

Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 87 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Drivers	Car	Tyres	Laps	Time/Gap
1	LMP2	26	G-Drive Racing	René Binder Ferdinand Habsburg Yifei Ye	Aurus 01	M	125	4:03:13.632
2	LMP2	25	G-Drive Racing	Rui Andrade Franco Colapinto John Falb	Aurus 01	M	125	+45.459
3	LMP2	5	Phoenix Racing	Matthias Kaiser Simon Trummer Nicki Thiim	Oreca 07	M	125	+59.745
4	LMP2	64	Racing Team India	Narain Karthikeyan Arjun Maini Naveen Rao	Oreca 07	M	124	+1 Lap
5	LMP2	18	Era Motorsport	Andreas Laskaratos Dwight Merriman Kyle Tilley	Oreca 07	M	120	+5 Laps
6	LMP2	28	Jota	Sean Gelael Stoffel Vandoorne	Oreca 07	M	118	+7 Laps
7	LMP3	23	United Autosports	Wayne Boyd Manuel Maldonado Rory Penttinen	Ligier JS P320	M	117	+8 Laps
8	LMP3	2	United Autosports	Robert Wheldon Ian Loggie Andy Meyrick	Ligier JS P320	M	117	+8 Laps
9	LMP3	8	Nielsen Racing	Matthew Bell Rodrigo Sales	Ligier JS P320	M	117	+8 Laps
10	LMP3	63	DKR Engineering	Jean Glorieux Laurents Hörr	Duqueine M30 – D08	M	117	+8 Laps
11	LMP3	3	United Autosports	Andrew Bentley Jim McGuire Duncan Tappy	Ligier JS P320	M	116	+9 Laps
12	LMP3	33	CD Sport	Nick Adcock Adam Eteki Michael Jensen	Ligier JS P320	M	116	+9 Laps
13	LMP3	15	RLR MSport	Maxwell Hanratty Malthe Jakobsen Bashar Mardini	Ligier JS P320	M	115	+10 Laps
14	GT	40	GPX Racing	Julien Andlauer Alain Ferté Axcil Jefferies	Porsche 911 GT3 R	M	115	+10 Laps
15	GT	55	Rinaldi Racing	Rino Mastronardi David Perel Davide Rigon	Ferrari 488 GT3	M	114	+11 Laps
16	GT	88	Garage 59	Valentin Hasse-Clot Maxime Martin Alexander West	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	114	+11 Laps
17	GT	1	HubAuto Racing	Marcos Gomes Raffaele Marciello Liam Talbot	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	M	114	+11 Laps
18	GT	99	Precote Herberth Motorsport	Ralf Bohn Alfred Renauer Robert Renauer	Porsche 911 GT3 R	M	114	+11 Laps
19	GT	7	Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport	Ben Barnicoat Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy	McLaren 720S GT3	M	114	+11 Laps
20	GT	97	Oman Racing Team with TF Sport	Jonathan Adam Ahmad Al Harthy Tom Canning	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	114	+11 Laps
21	GT	57	Car Guy Racing	Mikkel Jensen Takeshi Kimura Côme Ledogar	Ferrari 488 GT3	M	114	+11 Laps
22	GT	93	Precote Herberth Motorsport	Antares Au Klaus Bachler Steffen Görig	Porsche 911 GT3 R	M	114	+11 Laps
23	GT	89	Garage 59	Mike Benham Marvin Kirchhöfer Yuki Nemoto	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	114	+11 Laps
24	GT	95	TF Sport	Charlie Eastwood Ollie Hancock John Hartshorne	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	113	+12 Laps
25	GT	54	AF Corse	Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella Thomas Flohr	Ferrari 488 GT3	M	113	+12 Laps
26	GT	77	D'station Racing	Tomonobu Fujii Tom Gamble Satoshi Hoshino	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	113	+12 Laps
27	GT	51	AF Corse	Alessandro Pier Guidi Oswaldo Negri Jr. Francesco Piovanetti	Ferrari 488 GT3	M	112	+13 Laps
28	GT	66	Rinaldi Racing	Christian Hook Patrick Kujala Manuel Lauck	Ferrari 488 GT3	M	112	+13 Laps
29	GT	60	Formula Racing	Johnny Laursen Nicklas Nielsen Alessio Rovera	Ferrari 488 GT3	M	112	+13 Laps
30	GT	27	Kessel Racing	Tim Kohmann Giorgio Roda Francesco Zollo	Ferrari 488 GT3	M	112	+13 Laps
31	GT	35	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Jörg Breuer Sami-Matti Trogen Henry Walkenhorst	BMW M6 GT3	M	112	+13 Laps
32	LMP3	44	ARC Bratislava	Tom Cloet Miroslav Konôpka Charlie Robertson	Ginetta G61-LT-P3	M	111	+14 Laps
Not Classified
DNF	LMP3	9	Nielsen Racing	Colin Noble Anthony Wells	Ligier JS P320	M	96
DNF	LMP2	11	EuroInternational – Ojets	John Corbett Neale Muston	Ligier JS P217	M	19
DNF	LMP3	4	Phoenix-IronForce Racing	Jan-Erik Slooten Leo Weiss	Ligier JS P320	M	13
DNF	GT	34	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Nicky Catsburg Chandler Hull Jon Miller	BMW M6 GT3	M	5
Source:^[10]

Statistics

Fastest lap

Class	Driver	Team	Time	Lap
LMP2	Franco Colapinto	#25 G-Drive Racing	1:46.306	107
LMP3	Malthe Jakobsen	#15 RLR MSport	1:54.497	6
GT	Klaus Bachler	#93 Precote Herberth Motorsport	1:58.190	26
Source:^[11]

References

^ "Race 1: 4H of Dubai | Asian Le Mans Series". www.asianlemansseries.com. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
^ "Race 2: 4H of Dubai | Asian Le Mans Series". www.asianlemansseries.com. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
^ "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Dubai Free Practice Classification by Category" (PDF). Retrieved October 29, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Dubai Final Results Qualifying" (PDF). Retrieved October 29, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Dubai Best Laptimes Per Driver - Qualifying" (PDF). Retrieved October 29, 2024.
^ "4 Hours of Dubai Starting Grid - Asian Le Mans Series - Race 1" (PDF). Retrieved October 29, 2024.
^ "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Dubai Final Results Race 1" (PDF). Retrieved October 29, 2024.
^ "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Dubai Best Laptimes Per Driver - Race 1" (PDF). Retrieved October 29, 2024.
^ "4 Hours of Dubai Starting Grid - Asian Le Mans Series - Race 2" (PDF). Retrieved October 30, 2024.
^ "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Dubai Final Results Race 2" (PDF). Retrieved October 30, 2024.
^ "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Dubai Best Laptimes Per Driver - Race 2" (PDF). Retrieved October 30, 2024.

External links

Official website

[1] "Race 1: 4H of Dubai | Asian Le Mans Series". www.asianlemansseries.com. Retrieved 2024-10-29.

[2] "Race 2: 4H of Dubai | Asian Le Mans Series". www.asianlemansseries.com. Retrieved 2024-10-29.

[3] "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Dubai Free Practice Classification by Category" (PDF). Retrieved October 29, 2024.

[:0-4] "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Dubai Final Results Qualifying" (PDF). Retrieved October 29, 2024.

[:1-5] "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Dubai Best Laptimes Per Driver - Qualifying" (PDF). Retrieved October 29, 2024.

[6] "4 Hours of Dubai Starting Grid - Asian Le Mans Series - Race 1" (PDF). Retrieved October 29, 2024.

[7] "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Dubai Final Results Race 1" (PDF). Retrieved October 29, 2024.

[8] "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Dubai Best Laptimes Per Driver - Race 1" (PDF). Retrieved October 29, 2024.

[9] "4 Hours of Dubai Starting Grid - Asian Le Mans Series - Race 2" (PDF). Retrieved October 30, 2024.

[10] "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Dubai Final Results Race 2" (PDF). Retrieved October 30, 2024.

[11] "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Dubai Best Laptimes Per Driver - Race 2" (PDF). Retrieved October 30, 2024.

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