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4 Hours of Castellet
Motor race

The 4 Hours of Castellet is a Blancpain Endurance Series sports car race held at Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, France. The race began in 1970 as a round of the European 2-Litre Sportscar Championship, and World Sportscar Championship rounds were held in 1974 and 1977. The race was a French national championship race in the 1980s. It was revived in 1998 by the International Sports Racing Series and again in 2010 by the Le Mans Series as an 8-hour race. In 2015, the event returned to its 1000 km format making it only the second time to use that distance since 1974.

Depending on the class-type and the year run, the race has been run as a 2 hour, 2.5 hour, 3 hour, 4 hour, 6 hour or 8 hour event, or as a 200 mile, 225 km, 500 km or 1,000 km event – as shown in the race results in the tables below.

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Results

Sports car races

YearOverall Winner(s)EntrantCarDistance/DurationRace TitleChampionshipReport
1970 Brian Redman Chevron Cars LtdChevron B16200 mi (320 km)Trophée International Paul RicardEuropean 2-Litre Championshipreport
1971 Helmut Marko Jean-Pierre Jabouille Karl von Wendt RacingLola T2123 hoursTrophée Paul RicardEuropean 2-Litre Championshipreport
1972 Gérard Larrousse Radio Monte CarloLola T2102 hoursTrophée Paul RicardEuropean 2-Litre Championshipreport
1973 John Lepp Red Rose RacingChevron B232 hoursTrophée Paul RicardEuropean 2-Litre Championshipreport
1974 Alain Cudini Equipe Switzerland ArchambeaudAlpine A441225 km (140 mi)Trophée d'EuropeEuropean 2-Litre Championshipreport
Jean-Pierre Beltoise Jean-Pierre Jarier Equipe GitanesMatra-Simca MS670C1,000 km (620 mi)1000 Km Le CastelletWorld Championship for Makesreport
1975–1976: Not held
1977 Jean-Pierre Jarier Arturo Merzario Autodelta SpAAlfa Romeo T33/SC/12500 km (310 mi)500 Km Paul RicardWorld Sportscar Championship (Group 6)report
1978–1997: Not held
1998 Didier Theys Fredy Lienhard Horag-Lista RacingFerrari 333 SP2 hours, 30 minutes2 hours, 30 minutes of Paul RicardInternational Sports Racing Seriesreport
1999–2009: Not held
2010 Rinaldo Capello Allan McNish Audi Sport Team JoestAudi R15 TDI8 hours8 Heures du CastelletLe Mans Seriesreport
2011 Emmanuel Collard Christophe Tinseau Julien Jousse Pescarolo TeamPescarolo 01 Evo6 hours6 Heures du CastelletLe Mans Seriesreport
2012 Pierre Thiriet Mathias Beche Thiriet by TDS RacingOreca 036 hours6 Heures du CastelletEuropean Le Mans Seriesreport
2013 Brendon Hartley Jonathan Hirschi Murphy PrototypesOreca 033 hours3 Hours of Le CastelletEuropean Le Mans Seriesreport
2014 Christian Klien Gary Hirsch Pierre Ragues Newblood by Morand RacingMorgan LMP24 hours4 Hours of Le CastelletEuropean Le Mans Seriesreport
2015 Gary Hirsch Jon Lancaster Björn Wirdheim Greaves MotorsportGibson 015S4 hours4 Hours of Le CastelletEuropean Le Mans Seriesreport
2016 Mathias Beche Mike Conway Pierre Thiriet Thiriet by TDS RacingOreca 054 hours4 Hours of Le CastelletEuropean Le Mans Seriesreport
2017 Matevos Isaakyan Egor Orudzhev SMP RacingDallara P2174 hours4 Hours of Le CastelletEuropean Le Mans Seriesreport
2018 Norman Nato Paul Petit Olivier Pla Racing EngineeringOreca 074 hours4 Hours of Le CastelletEuropean Le Mans Seriesreport
2019 James Allen Ben Hanley Henrik Hedman DragonSpeedOreca 074 hours4 Hours of Le CastelletEuropean Le Mans Seriesreport
2020(4 Hours) Alex Brundle Will Owen Job van Uitert United AutosportsOreca 074 hours4 Hours of Le CastelletEuropean Le Mans Seriesreport
2020(Le Castellet 240) Philip Hanson Filipe Albuquerque United AutosportsOreca 074 hoursLe Castellet 240European Le Mans Seriesreport
2021 Franco Colapinto Roman Rusinov Nyck de Vries G-Drive RacingAurus 014 hours4 Hours of Le CastelletEuropean Le Mans Seriesreport
2022 Lorenzo Colombo Louis Delétraz Ferdinand Habsburg Prema RacingOreca 074 hours4 Hours of Le CastelletEuropean Le Mans Seriesreport
2023 James Allen Alex Lynn Kyffin Simpson Algarve Pro RacingOreca 074 hours4 Hours of Le CastelletEuropean Le Mans Seriesreport
2024 Sebastián Álvarez Tom Dillmann Vladislav Lomko Inter Europol CompetitionOreca 074 hours4 Hours of Le CastelletEuropean Le Mans Seriesreport
2025 Jamie Chadwick Mathys Jaubert Daniel Juncadella IDEC SportOreca 074 hours4 Hours of Le CastelletEuropean Le Mans Seriesreport

GT races

YearOverall Winner(s)EntrantCarDistance/DurationRace TitleChampionshipReport
1994 Bob Wollek Jean-Pierre Jarier Jesús Pareja Larbre CompétitionPorsche 911 Turbo S LM-GT4 Hours4 Hours of Paul RicardBPR Global GT SeriesReport
1995 Ray Bellm Maurizio Sandro Sala Gulf Racing GTCMcLaren F1 GTR4 Hours4 Hours of Le CastelletBPR Global GT SeriesReport
1996 Ray Bellm James Weaver Gulf Racing GTCMcLaren F1 GTR4 Hours4 Hours of Le CastelletBPR Global GT SeriesResults
1997: Not held
1998 Geoff Lister Maxwell Beaverbrook Barrie Williams #9 BVB MotorsportPorsche 911 GT2 Evo4 Hours4 Hours of Paul RicardGTR EuroseriesResults
1999–2005: Not held
2006 Mike Hezemans Bert Longin Anthony Kumpen GLPK-CarsportChevrolet Corvette C6.R500 km500 km of Paul RicardFIA GT Championshipreport
2007–2008: Not held
2009 Enrique Bernoldi Roberto Streit Sangari Team BrazilChevrolet Corvette C6.R2 Hours2 Hours of Paul RicardFIA GT Championshipreport
2010–2011: Not held
2012 Stéphane Ortelli Christopher Mies Christopher Haase Belgian Audi Club WRTAudi R8 LMS ultra3 Hours3 Hours of Paul RicardBlancpain Endurance Seriesreport
2013 Bas Leinders Maxime Martin Yelmer Buurman Marc VDS Racing TeamBMW Z4 GT33 Hours3 Hours of Paul RicardBlancpain Endurance Seriesreport
2014 Steven Kane Guy Smith Andy Meyrick M-Sport BentleyBentley Continental GT33 Hours3 Hours of Paul RicardBlancpain Endurance Seriesreport
2015 Wolfgang Reip Katsumasa Chiyo Alex Buncombe Nissan GT Academy Team RJNNissan GT-R Nismo GT31000 Km1000 km Paul RicardBlancpain Endurance Seriesreport
2016 Côme Ledogar Shane van Gisbergen Rob Bell Garage 59McLaren 650S GT31000 Km1000 km Paul RicardBlancpain Endurance Seriesreport1
2017 Maxime Soulet Andy Soucek Vincent Abril Bentley Team M-SportBentley Continental GT31000 Km1000 km Paul RicardBlancpain GT Series Endurance Cupreport
2018 Albert Costa Christian Klien Marco Seefried Emil Frey Lexus RacingLexus RC F GT31000 Km1000 km Paul RicardBlancpain GT Series Endurance Cupreport
2019 Jules Gounon Steven Kane Jordan Pepper Bentley Team M-SportBentley Continental GT31000 Km1000 km Paul RicardBlancpain GT Series Endurance Cupreport
2020 Tom Blomqvist Côme Ledogar Alessandro Pier Guidi AF CorseFerrari 488 GT31000 Km1000 km Paul RicardGT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cupreport
2021 Matthew Campbell Earl Bamber Mathieu Jaminet GPX RacingPorsche 911 GT3 R1000 Km1000 km Paul RicardGT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cupreport
2022 Antonio Fuoco Davide Rigon Daniel Serra Iron LynxFerrari 488 GT31000 Km1000 km Paul RicardGT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cupreport
2023 Timur Boguslavskiy Jules Gounon Raffaele Marciello AKKodis ASP TeamMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo1000 Km1000 km Paul RicardGT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cupreport
2024 Augusto Farfus Dan Harper Max Hesse Rowe RacingBMW M4 GT33 Hours3 hours of Paul RicardGT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cupreport
2025 Ugo de Wilde Kelvin van der Linde Charles Weerts Team WRTBMW M4 GT3 Evo6 Hours6 Hours of Paul RicardGT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cupreport

References

  1. McLaren takes win at Paul Ricard http://www.blancpain-gt-series.com/news/736/mclaren-of-bell-ledogar-and-van-gisbergen-takes-win-at-paul-ricard