2018 4 Hours of Monza

The Autodromo Nazionale Monza

The 2018 4 Hours of Monza was an endurance motor race that took place at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza near Monza, Italy between 11 and 13 May 2018, and served as the second round of the 2018 European Le Mans Series.

The overall race victory was taken by the LMP2-class Oreca 07 of G-Drive Racing, with Andrea Pizzitola, Roman Rusinov and Jean-Éric Vergne winning one week after the same driver line-up took LMP2 class victory in the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.[1]

## Qualifying[edit]

### Qualifying result[edit]

Pole position in class is denoted with a yellow background.[2]

Pos. | Class | No° | Team | Chassis | Time | Grid

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1  | LMP2 | 21 |  DragonSpeed | Oreca 07 | 1:35.837 | 1
2  | LMP2 | 29 |  Duqueine Engineering | Oreca 07 | 1:36.074 | 2
3  | LMP2 | 26 |  G-Drive Racing | Oreca 07 | 1:36.183 | 3
4  | LMP2 | 22 |  United Autosports | Ligier JS P217 | 1:36.414 | 4
5  | LMP2 | 30 |  AVF by Adrián Vallés | Dallara P217 | 1:36.614 | 5
6  | LMP2 | 40 |  G-Drive Racing | Oreca 07 | 1:36.641 | 6
7  | LMP2 | 28 |  IDEC Sport | Oreca 07 | 1:36.817 | 7
8  | LMP2 | 32 |  United Autosports | Ligier JS P217 | 1:37.045 | 8
9  | LMP2 | 39 |  Graff | Oreca 07 | 1:37.065 | 9
10  | LMP2 | 24 |  Racing Engineering | Oreca 07 | 1:37.155 | 10
11  | LMP2 | 23 |  Panis Barthez Competition | Ligier JS P217 | 1:37.195 | 11
12  | LMP2 | 35 |  SMP Racing | Dallara P217 | 1:37.242 | 12
13  | LMP2 | 47 |  Cetilar Villorba Corse | Dallara P217 | 1:37.279 | 13
14  | LMP2 | 49 |  High Class Racing | Dallara P217 | 1:37.678 | 14
15  | LMP2 | 27 |  IDEC Sport | Ligier JS P217 | 1:40.137 | 15
16  | LMP2 | 25 |  Algarve Pro Racing | Ligier JS P217 | 1:41.523 | 16
17  | LMP2 | 33 |  TDS Racing | Oreca 07 | No Time | 171
18  | LMP2 | 31 |  APR \- Rebellion Racing | Oreca 07 | No Time | 181
19  | LMP3 | 17 |  Ultimate | Norma M30 | 1:45.386 | 19
20  | LMP3 | 19 |  M.Racing - YMR | Norma M30 | 1:45.610 | 20
21  | LMP3 | 2 |  United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | 1:45.677 | 21
22  | LMP3 | 15 |  RLR Msport | Ligier JS P3 | 1:45.744 | 22
23  | LMP3 | 10 |  Oregon Team | Norma M30 | 1:45.910 | 23
24  | LMP3 | 11 |  Eurointernational | Ligier JS P3 | 1:46.161 | 24
25  | LMP3 | 5 |  NEFIS By Speed Factory | Ligier JS P3 | 1:46.222 | 25
26  | LMP3 | 8 |  DKR Engineering | Norma M30 | 1:46.272 | 26
27  | LMP3 | 20 |  Racing For Poland | Ligier JS P3 | 1:46.444 | 27
28  | LMP3 | 6 |  360 Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 1:46.586 | 28
29  | LMP3 | 4 |  Cool Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 1:46.590 | 29
30  | LMP3 | 3 |  United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | 1:46.805 | 30
31  | LMP3 | 7 |  Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen | Ligier JS P3 | 1:46.846 | 31
32  | LMP3 | 18 |  M.Racing - YMR | Ligier JS P3 | 1:46.860 | 32
33  | LMP3 | 13 |  Inter Europol Competition | Ligier JS P3 | 1:46.890 | 33
34  | LMP3 | 14 |  Inter Europol Competition | Ligier JS P3 | 1:46.981 | 34
35  | LMGTE | 80 |  Ebimotors | Porsche 911 RSR | 1:47.493 | 35
36  | LMGTE | 88 |  Proton Competition | Porsche 911 RSR | 1:47.511 | 36
37  | LMGTE | 55 |  Spirit of Race | Ferrari 488 GTE | 1:47.574 | 37
38  | LMP3 | 16 |  BHK Motorsport | Ligier JS P3 | 1:47.827 | 38
39  | LMGTE | 83 |  Krohn Racing | Ferrari 488 GTE | 1:47.878 | 39
40  | LMGTE | 77 |  Proton Competition | Porsche 911 RSR | 1:48.199 | 40
41  | LMP3 | 9 |  AT Racing | Ligier JS P3 | No Time | 412
42  | LMGTE | 66 |  JMW Motorsport | Ferrari 488 GTE | No Time | 422

Notes

* ^1 – The No° 33 TDS Racing Oreca 07 and the No° 31 APR - Rebellion Racing Oreca 07 originally qualified in first and third places respectively in the overall classification but had all lap times deleted and were demoted to the back of the LMP2 grid due to a breach of the technical regulations.[2][3]
* ^2 – The No° 9 AT Racing Ligier JS P3 and the No° 66 JMW Motorsport Ferrari 488 GTE were both demoted to the back of the grid due to a stewards' decision.[2]

## Race[edit]

### Race result[edit]

Class winners are denoted with a yellow background.[4]

Pos. | Class  | No° | Team  | Drivers  | Chassis  | Tyre  | Laps

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1  | LMP2  | 26  |  G-Drive Racing |  Andrea Pizzitola
Roman Rusinov
Jean-Éric Vergne | Oreca 07 | D | 124
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
2  | LMP2  | 33  |  TDS Racing |  Loïc Duval
François Perrodo
Matthieu Vaxivière | Oreca 07 | D | 124
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
3  | LMP2  | 28  |  IDEC Sport |  Paul-Loup Chatin
Paul Lafargue
Memo Rojas | Oreca 07 | M | 124
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
4  | LMP2  | 21  |  DragonSpeed |  Ben Hanley
Henrik Hedman
Nicolas Lapierre | Oreca 07 | M | 124
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
5  | LMP2  | 24  |  Racing Engineering |  Norman Nato
Paul Petit
Olivier Pla | Oreca 07 | D | 124
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
6  | LMP2  | 29  |  Duqueine Engineering |  Nico Jamin
Nelson Panciatici
Pierre Ragues | Oreca 07 | M | 124
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
7  | LMP2  | 23  |  Panis Barthez Competition |  Timothé Buret
Julien Canal
Will Stevens | Ligier JS P217 | M | 124
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
86 | LMP2  | 31  |  APR \- Rebellion Racing |  Ryan Cullen
Gustavo Menezes
Harrison Newey | Oreca 07 | D | 124
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
9  | LMP2  | 47  |  Cetilar Villorba Corse  |  Roberto Lacorte
Felipe Nasr
Giorgio Sernagiotto  | Dallara P217 | D | 123
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
10  | LMP2  | 22  |  United Autosports |  Filipe Albuquerque
Philip Hanson | Ligier JS P217 | D | 123
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
11  | LMP2  | 32  |  United Autosports |  Wayne Boyd
Will Owen
Hugo de Sadeleer | Ligier JS P217 | D | 123
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
12  | LMP2  | 27  |  IDEC Sport |  William Cavailhes
Patrice Lafargue
Erik Maris  | Ligier JS P217 | M | 120
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
13  | LMP2  | 25  |  Algarve Pro Racing |  Ate De Jong
Tacksung Kim
Mark Patterson | Ligier JS P217 | D | 120
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
14  | LMP3  | 11  |  Eurointernational |  Giorgio Mondini
Kay Van Berlo  | Ligier JS P3 | M | 118
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
15  | LMP3  | 6  |  360 Racing  |  Ross Kaiser
James Swift
Terrence Woodward  | Ligier JS P3 | M | 117
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
16  | LMP3  | 3  |  United Autosports |  Matthew Bell
Garett Grist
Anthony Wells  | Ligier JS P3 | M | 117
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
17  | LMP3  | 13  |  Inter Europol Competition |  Martin Hippe
Jakub Śmiechowski | Ligier JS P3 | M | 117
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
18  | LMP3  | 2  |  United Autosports |  John Falb
Sean Rayhall | Ligier JS P3 | M | 117
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
19  | LMP3  | 5  |  NEFIS By Speed Factory |  Timur Boguslavskiy
Aleksey Chuklin
Daniil Pronenko  | Ligier JS P3 | M | 117
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
20  | LMP3  | 17  |  Ultimate  |  François Hériau
Jean-Baptiste Lahaye
Matthieu Lahaye | Norma M30 | M | 116
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
21  | LMGTE  | 55  |  Spirit of Race |  Duncan Cameron
Matt Griffin
Aaron Scott  | Ferrari 488 GTE | D | 116
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
22  | LMP3  | 10  |  Oregon Team  |  Clément Mateu
Andrés Méndez
Riccardo Ponzio  | Norma M30 | M | 116
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
23  | LMP3  | 4  |  Cool Racing |  Iradj Alexander
Antonin Borga
Alexandre Coigny  | Ligier JS P3 | M | 116
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
24  | LMGTE  | 77  |  Proton Competition |  Marvin Dienst
Marc Lieb
Christian Ried | Porsche 911 RSR | D | 116
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
25  | LMGTE  | 80  |  EbiMotors  |  Fabio Babini
Raymond Narac
Riccardo Pera | Porsche 911 RSR | D | 116
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
263 | LMP3  | 7  |  Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen |  Alex Kapadia
Colin Noble
Christian Stubbe Olsen  | Ligier JS P3 | M | 116
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
27  | LMP3  | 15  |  RLR Msport  |  John Farano
Rob Garofall
Job van Uitert | Ligier JS P3 | M | 115
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
28  | LMP3  | 16  |  BHK Motorsport  |  Jacopo Baratto
Francesco Dracone | Ligier JS P3 | M | 115
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
29  | LMGTE  | 66  |  JMW Motorsport  |  Liam Griffin
Alex MacDowall
Miguel Molina | Ferrari 488 GTE | D | 115
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
30  | LMGTE  | 88  |  Proton Competition |  Gianmaria Bruni
Gianluca Roda
Giorgio Roda  | Porsche 911 RSR | D | 115
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
31  | LMGTE  | 83  |  Krohn Racing |  Andrea Bertolini
Niclas Jönsson
Tracy Krohn | Ferrari 488 GTE | D | 114
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
32  | LMP3  | 19  |  M.Racing - YMR |  David Droux
Nicolas Ferrer
Lucas Légeret  | Norma M30 | M | 113
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
335 | LMP3  | 20  |  Racing For Poland  |  Tomasz Blicharski
Henning Enqvist
Alex Fontana | Ligier JS P3 | M | 109
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
34  | LMP2  | 49  |  High Class Racing |  Dennis Andersen
Anders Fjordbach | Dallara P217 | D | 104
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
354 | LMP3  | 14  |  Inter Europol Competition |  Luca Demarchi
Paul Scheuschner
Hendrik Still  | Ligier JS P3 | M | 99
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
Ret  | LMP2  | 35  |  SMP Racing |  Matevos Isaakyan
Egor Orudzhev
Viktor Shaytar | Dallara P217 | D | 62
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
Ret  | LMP2  | 30  |  AVF by Adrián Vallés |  Henrique Chaves
Konstantin Tereshchenko | Dallara P217 | D | 61
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
Ret  | LMP3  | 18  |  M.Racing - YMR |  Natan Bihel
Laurent Millara  | Ligier JS P3 | M | 57
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
Ret  | LMP3  | 9  |  AT Racing |  Mikkel Jensen
Alexander Talkanitsa, Jr.
Alexander Talkanitsa, Sr.  | Ligier JS P3 | M | 56
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
Ret  | LMP3  | 8  |  DKR Engineering |  Jean Glorieux
Alexander Toril
Miguel Toril  | Norma M30 | M | 46
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
Ret  | LMP2  | 40  |  G-Drive Racing |  James Allen
Enzo Guibbert
José Gutiérrez  | Oreca 07 | D | 19
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
Ret  | LMP2  | 39  |  Graff |  Alexandre Cougnaud
Tristan Gommendy
Jonathan Hirschi | Oreca 07 | D | 7
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
DNS  | LMP3  | 12  |  Eurointernational |  Andrea Dromedari
Max Hanratty
Mark Kvamme | Ligier JS P3 | M |
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8

Notes

* ^3 – The No° 7 Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen Ligier JS P3 was issued with an 80-second time penalty due to a stewards' decision.[4]
* ^4 – The No° 14 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P3 was issued with a 5-lap time penalty due to a stewards' decision.[4]
* ^5 – The No° 20 Racing For Poland Ligier JS P3 was issued with a 2-lap time penalty due to a stewards' decision.[4]
* ^6 – The No° 31 APR - Rebellion Racing Oreca 07 was issued with a 30-second time penalty due to a stewards' decision.[4]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Carter, Jeff (13 May 2018). "G-Drive Racing Take Dominant Victory in Italy". europeanlemansseries.com. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
2. ^ a b c "European Le Mans Series – 4 Hours of Monza – Race (240') – Starting Grid" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. 12 May 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
3. ^ Lloyd, Daniel (12 May 2018). "TDS Loses Monza Pole; DragonSpeed Promoted". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
4. ^ a b c d e "European Le Mans Series – 4 Hours of Monza – Race – Final Classification" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. 13 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.

## External links[edit]

* European Le Mans Series Official Website

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