2020 4 Hours of The Bend

The race was announced in 16 February 2019,^[2] and included into the Asian Le Mans Series season calendar by replacing the 4 Hours of Fuji five days later.^[3] The competing classes were LMP2, LMP3 and GT, with both LMP2 and GT split to include the AM class.

The race was the first major international motor race held on The Bend's 35 turn, 7.770 km (4.828 mi) long GT Circuit, officially the second longest permanent motor racing circuit in the world behind only the 20.832 km (12.944 mi) Nürburgring Nordschleife. The race was attended by the President of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO), Pierre Fillon.^[4][5]

• Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Free Practice 1	Class	No.	Entrant	Time
	LMP2	1	Eurasia Motorsport	2:36.496
	LMP2 Am	59	RLR MSport	2:46.312
	LMP3	12	ACE1 Villorba Corse	2:52.431
	GT	88	Team JLOC	2:59.913
	GT Am	—
Free Practice 2	Class	No.	Entrant	Time
	LMP2	26	G-Drive Racing with Algarve	2:35.418
	LMP2 Am	59	RLR MSport	2:43.416
	LMP3	12	ACE1 Villorba Corse	2:50.933
	GT	88	Team JLOC	2:58.787
	GT Am	16	Astro Veloce Motorsport	3:04.525
Source:[7][8]

British driver Ben Barnicoat took pole position for the 4 Hours of The Bend with a time of 2:35.698 driving a Dallara P217 LMP2 for Thunderhead Carlin Racing. It was the first time that the Dallara P217 had scored a pole position in any LMP2 competition. Young Scottish driver Colin Noble took pole in LMP3 with a time of 2:50.802 in his Norma M30 for Nielsen Racing's first ever LMP3 pole, while Italian Davide Rigon scored the GT pole in the HubAuto Corsa's Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 with a 2:56.109 lap.^[9][10]

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold.

Pos.	Class	No.	Entry	Car	Time
1	LMP2	45	Thunderhead Carlin Racing	Dallara P217	2:35.698
2	LMP2	1	Eurasia Motorsport	Ligier JS P217	2:35.870
3	LMP2	26	G-Drive Racing with Algarve	Aurus 01	2:36.711
4	LMP2	34	Inter Europol Endurance	Ligier JS P217	2:36.772
5	LMP2	36	Eurasia Motorsport	Ligier JS P217	2:37.262
6	LMP2 Am	59	RLR MSport	Oreca 05	2:43.235
7	LMP2 Am	4	ARC Bratislava	Ligier JS P2	2:43.957
8	LMP2 Am	52	Rick Ware Racing	Ligier JS P2	2:44.884
9	LMP2	33	Inter Europol Endurance	Ligier JS P217	2:46.044
10	LMP2 Am	25	Rick Ware Racing	Ligier JS P2	2:48.471
11	LMP3	2	Nielsen Racing	Norma M30	2:50.802
12	LMP3	12	ACE1 Villorba Corse	Ligier JS P3	2:51.925
13	LMP3	9	Graff Racing	Norma M30	2:51.952
14	LMP3	13	Inter Europol Competition	Ligier JS P3	2:52.298
15	LMP3	14	Inter Europol Competition	Ligier JS P3	2:54.512
16	GT	27	HubAuto Corsa	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	2:56.109
17	GT	7	Car Guy Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	2:56.924
18	GT	17	Astro Veloce Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3	2:58.442
19	GT	75	T2 Motorsports	Ferrari 488 GT3	2:58.462
20	GT	51	Spirit of Race	Ferrari 488 GT3	2:58.509
21	GT	88	Team JLOC	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	2:58.605
22	GT	77	D'station Racing AMR	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	2:59.284
23	LMP3	65	Viper Niza Racing	Ligier JS P3	3:08.667
24	GT Am	16	Astro Veloce Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3	3:20.329
25	LMP3	3	Nielsen Racing	Norma M30	—
Source:[11]