2026 4 Hours of Imola

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The 2026 4 Hours of Imola was a endurance sportscar racing event, held between 3 and 5 July 2026 at Imola Circuit in Imola, Italy. It was the third of six rounds of the 2026 European Le Mans Series season, and the eighth running of the event as part of the championship.

The layout of the Imola Circuit

Entry list

The provisional entry list was published on 1 July 2026 and consisted of 47 entries across 4 categories – 11 in LMP2, 12 in LMP2 Pro-Am, 10 in LMP3, and 14 in LMGT3.[1]

Schedule

More information Date, Time (local: CEST) ...
Date Time (local: CEST) Event
Friday, 3 July 10:50 Free Practice 1
14:55 Bronze Driver Collective Test
Saturday, 4 July 10:50 Free Practice 2
14:55 Qualifying – LMGT3
15:20 Qualifying – LMP3
15:45 Qualifying – LMP2 Pro-Am
16:10 Qualifying – LMP2
Sunday, 5 July 13:00 Race
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Free practice

Two practice sessions were held before the event: one on Friday and one on Saturday. Both sessions ran for 90 minutes.[2]

Practice 1

The first practice session started at 10:50 CEST on Friday.

Practice 2

The second and final practice session started at 10:50 CEST on Saturday.

Qualifying

Qualifying started at 14:55 CEST on Saturday, with four sessions of fifteen minutes each, one session for each class.[2]

Qualifying results

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Race

The race started at 13:00 CEST on Sunday.[2] The race was won by the No. 29 Forestier Racing by Panis Oreca 07, driven by Oliver Gray, Esteban Masson and Louis Rousset.[3]

Race results

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 89 laps. Class winners are in bold and ‡.

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Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 LMP2 29 France Forestier Racing by Panis United Kingdom Oliver Gray
France Esteban Masson
France Louis Rousset
Oreca 07 G 126 4:00:05.880‡
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
2 LMP2 22 United Kingdom United Autosports United Kingdom Ben Hanley
Australia Griffin Peebles
Switzerland Grégoire Saucy
Oreca 07 G 126 +51.594
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
3 LMP2 25 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing United Kingdom Jake Hughes
Liechtenstein Matthias Kaiser
France Tristan Vautier
Oreca 07 G 126 +59.006
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
4 LMP2 18 France IDEC Sport United Kingdom Jamie Chadwick
Germany Laurents Hörr
Italy Valerio Rinicella
Oreca 07 G 126 +1:04.572
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
5 LMP2 Pro-Am 7 United Kingdom Vector Sport Turkey Cem Bölükbaşı
Spain Lorenzo Fluxá
Denmark Jens Reno Møller
Oreca 07 G 126 +1:10.028‡
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
6 LMP2 Pro-Am 20 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing Denmark Malthe Jakobsen
Denmark Michael Jensen
Italy Enzo Trulli
Oreca 07 G 126 +1:14.131
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
7 LMP2 Pro-Am 21 United Kingdom United Autosports United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
Japan Marino Sato
Brazil Daniel Schneider
Oreca 07 G 126 +1:15.555
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
8 LMP2 24 United Kingdom Nielsen Racing Australia Jack Doohan
Israel Roy Nissany
United Kingdom Edward Pearson
Oreca 07 G 126 +1:16.962
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
9 LMP2 Pro-Am 19 United Arab Emirates Rossa Racing by Virage Portugal Manuel Espírito Santo
United States John Falb
Netherlands Rik Koen
Oreca 07 G 126 +1:22.315
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
10 LMP2 Pro-Am 83 Italy AF Corse Italy Antonio Fuoco
France François Perrodo
France Matthieu Vaxivière
Oreca 07 G 126 +1:23.752
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
11 LMP2 Pro-Am 47 Switzerland CLX Motorsport Austria Ferdinand Habsburg
Greece Georgios Kolovos
France Charles Milesi
Oreca 07 G 126 +1:27.745
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
12 LMP2 Pro-Am 30 France Duqueine Team France Doriane Pin
Italy Giorgio Roda
Netherlands Richard Verschoor
Oreca 07 G 126 +1:28.529
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
13 LMP2 34 Poland Inter Europol Competition France Reshad de Gerus
United States Bijoy Garg
Oreca 07 G 125 +1 Lap
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
14 LMP2 9 Germany Proton Competition United Kingdom Sebastian Priaulx
Germany Jonas Ried
Germany Mike Rockenfeller
Oreca 07 G 125 +1 Lap
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
15 LMP2 Pro-Am 3 Luxembourg DKR Engineering France Macéo Capietto
Belgium Jean Glorieux
France Marlon Hernandez
Oreca 07 G 125 +1 Lap
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
16 LMP2 Pro-Am 99 United States AO by TF United States Dane Cameron
Switzerland Louis Delétraz
United States P. J. Hyett
Oreca 07 G 125 +1 Lap
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
17 LMP2 37 Switzerland CLX Motorsport Mexico Ian Aguilera
France Adrien Closmenil
Denmark Theodor Jensen
Oreca 07 G 125 +1 Lap
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
18 LMP2 43 Poland Inter Europol Competition France Tom Dillmann
Poland Jakub Śmiechowski
United Kingdom Nick Yelloly
Oreca 07 G 125 +1 Lap
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
19 LMP2 Pro-Am 88 Germany Proton Competition Austria René Binder
Austria Horst Felbermayr Jr.
Austria Horst Felix Felbermayr
Oreca 07 G 124 +2 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
20 LMP2 Pro-Am 27 United Kingdom Nielsen Racing Australia James Allen
Greece Kriton Lendoudis
United Kingdom Alex Quinn
Oreca 07 G 121 +5 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
21 LMP2 28 France IDEC Sport France Paul-Loup Chatin
France Paul Lafargue
Netherlands Job van Uitert
Oreca 07 G 121 +5 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
22 LMP3 17 Switzerland CLX Motorsport France Louis Iglesias
France Paul Lanchère
Brazil Alexander Jacoby
Ligier JS P325 M 119 +7 Laps‡
Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6
23 LMGT3 33 United Kingdom TF Sport Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood
United States Blake McDonald
United States Alec Udell
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R G 119 +7 Laps‡
Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8
24 LMGT3 62 Qatar Team Qatar by Iron Lynx Qatar Abdulla Al-Khelaifi
Germany Julian Hanses
Belgium Maxime Martin
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo G 119 +7 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
25 LMP3 5 Germany Rinaldi Racing Portugal José Cautela
Denmark Mikkel Gaarde Pedersen
Italy Alvise Rodella
Ligier JS P325 M 119 +7 Laps
Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6
26 LMP3 8 Poland Team Virage Spain Daniel Nogales
Italy Matteo Quintarelli
France Louis Stern
Ligier JS P325 M 119 +7 Laps
Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6
27 LMGT3 77 Germany Proton Competition Netherlands Huub van Eijndhoven
United Kingdom Harry King
Japan "Bankcy"
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) G 119 +7 Laps
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
28 LMGT3 75 Germany Proton Competition United States Matt Kurzejewski
Austria Richard Lietz
Australia Tom Sargent
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) G 119 +7 Laps
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
29 LMP3 11 Italy EuroInternational United Kingdom Matthew Richard Bell
Belgium Douwe Dedecker
Netherlands Max van der Snel
Ligier JS P325 M 119 +7 Laps
Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6
30 LMP3 4 Luxembourg DKR Engineering United States Wyatt Brichacek
France Romain Favre
Estonia Antti Rammo
Ligier JS P325 M 119 +7 Laps
Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6
31 LMGT3 54 Denmark High Class Racing Austria Klaus Bachler
Denmark Anders Fjordbach
Germany Max Moritz
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) G 119 +7 Laps
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
32 LMP3 31 France Racing Spirit of Léman Switzerland Ralph Meichtry
Germany Lenny Ried
Switzerland Grégory de Sybourg
Ligier JS P325 M 119 +7 Laps
Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6
33 LMGT3 51 Italy AF Corse Denmark Conrad Laursen
Italy Davide Rigon
France Charles-Henri Samani
Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo G 119 +7 Laps
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
34 LMGT3 86 United Kingdom GR Racing United Kingdom Lorcan Hanafin
Netherlands Mex Jansen
United Kingdom Michael Wainwright
Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo G 119 +7 Laps
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
35 LMGT3 50 Italy Richard Mille AF Corse Italy Riccardo Agostini
Brazil Custodio Toledo
France Lilou Wadoux
Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo G 118 +8 Laps
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
36 LMP3 35 France Ultimate Brazil Lucas Fecury
Denmark Sebastian Gravlund
United Kingdom Terrence Woodward
Ligier JS P325 M 118 +8 Laps
Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6
37 LMGT3 55 Switzerland Spirit of Race United Kingdom Duncan Cameron
Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin
South Africa David Perel
Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo G 118 +8 Laps
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
38 LMGT3 74 Switzerland Kessel Racing United Kingdom Andrew Gilbert
France Romain Leroux
Spain Fran Rueda
Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo G 118 +8 Laps
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
39 LMP3 85 France R-ace GP France Fabien Michal
Luxembourg Pierre-Alexandre Provost
Germany Hugo Schwarze
Duqueine D09 M 118 +8 Laps
Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6
40 LMP3 68 France M Racing United Kingdom Nick Adcock
France Thomas Imbourg
France Quentin Antonel
Ligier JS P325 M 118 +8 Laps
Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6
41 LMGT3 57 Switzerland Kessel Racing France Mathys Jaubert
Japan Takeshi Kimura
Brazil Daniel Serra
Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo G 117 +9 Laps
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
42 LMP3 13 Poland Inter Europol Competition United Arab Emirates Alexander Bukhantsov
Chinese Taipei Chun-Ting Chou
Colombia Henry Cubides Olarte
Ligier JS P325 M 109 +17 Laps
Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6
Not classified
LMGT3 23 United Kingdom United Autosports United Kingdom Michael Birch
United Kingdom Wayne Boyd
Australia Garnet Patterson
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo G 70 Did not finish
McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
LMP2 Pro-Am 14 France TDS Racing United States Scott Huffaker
France Sami Meguetounif
United States Steven Thomas
Oreca 07 G 55 Contact
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
LMGT3 63 Italy Iron Lynx Angola Rui Andrade
Zimbabwe Ameerh Naran
Brazil Sérgio Sette Câmara
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo G 51 Contact
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
LMGT3 59 France Racing Spirit of Léman France Marius Fossard
France Valentin Hasse-Clot
France Clément Mateu
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo G 51 Contact
Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
LMP2 10 United Kingdom Vector Sport Republic of Ireland Ryan Cullen
Brazil Pietro Fittipaldi
France Vladislav Lomko
Oreca 07 G 126 Disqualified
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
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Statistics

Fastest lap

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Class No. Entrant Driver Time Lap
LMP2 29 France Forestier Racing by Panis France Esteban Masson 1:32.791 32
LMP2 Pro-Am 3 Luxembourg DKR Engineering France Macéo Capietto 1:32.735 11
LMP3 17 Switzerland CLX Motorsport France Louis Iglesias 1:40.442 20
LMGT3 23 United Kingdom United Autosports United Kingdom Wayne Boyd 1:42.796 4
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