2021 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi

The 2021 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 18 and 20 February 2021, as the final rounds of 2021 Asian Le Mans Series season.^[1]^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time (local: GST)	Event
Thursday, 18 February	14:30	Free Practice 1
Thursday, 18 February	18:30	Free Practice 2
Friday, 19 February	9:40	Qualifying - Race 1
	10:00	Qualifying - Race 2
	16:00	Race 1
Saturday, 20 February	16:10	Race 2
Source:^[3]^[4]

Free practice

Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Free Practice 1	Class	No.	Entrant	Time
	LMP2	26	G-Drive Racing	1:58.167
	LMP3	23	United Autosports	2:05.004
	GT	99	Precote Herberth Motorsport	2:09.759
Free Practice 2	Class	No.	Entrant	Time
	LMP2	26	G-Drive Racing	1:56.848
	LMP3	15	RLR MSport	2:04.438
	GT	7	Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport	2:08.746
Source:^[5]^[6]

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	1:55.287	1
2	LMP2	5	Phoenix Racing	Kelvin van der Linde	1:55.493	2
3	LMP2	26	G-Drive Racing	Ferdinand Habsburg	1:55.774	3
4	LMP2	64	Racing Team India	Arjun Maini	1:56.615	4
5	LMP2	28	Jota	Sean Gelael	1:56.765	5
6	LMP2	18	Era Motorsport	Kyle Tilley	1:58.120	6
7	LMP3	23	United Autosports	Wayne Boyd	2:03.694	7
8	LMP3	15	RLR MSport	Malthe Jakobsen	2:03.776	8
9	LMP3	63	DKR Engineering	Laurents Hörr	2:03.953	9
10	LMP3	33	CD Sport	Adam Eteki	2:04.065	10
11	LMP3	3	United Autosports	Duncan Tappy	2:04.225	11
12	LMP3	8	Nielsen Racing	Matthew Bell	2:04.380	12
13	LMP3	9	Nielsen Racing	Colin Noble	2:04.424	13
14	LMP3	2	United Autosports	Andy Meyrick	2:04.583	14
15	LMP3	44	ARC Bratislava	Charlie Robertson	2:06.480	15
16	LMP3	4	Phoenix-IronForce Racing	Leo Weiss	2:07.333	16
17	GT	1	HubAuto Racing	Raffaele Marciello	2:07.586	17
18	GT	51	AF Corse	Alessandro Pier Guidi	2:07.689	18
19	GT	93	Precote Herberth Motorsport	Klaus Bachler	2:07.738	19
20	GT	88	Garage 59	Maxime Martin	2:07.795	20
21	GT	55	Rinaldi Racing	Davide Rigon	2:07.832	21
22	GT	40	GPX Racing	Julien Andlauer	2:07.894	22
23	GT	89	Garage 59	Marvin Kirchhöfer	2:07.911	23
24	GT	99	Precote Herberth Motorsport	Robert Renauer	2:07.981	24
25	GT	97	Oman Racing Team with TF Sport	Jonathan Adam	2:08.006	25
26	GT	34	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Nicky Catsburg	2:08.017	26
27	GT	57	Car Guy Racing	Côme Ledogar	2:08.097	27
28	GT	7	Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport	Ben Barnicoat	2:08.123	28
29	GT	77	D'station Racing	Tom Gamble	2:08.224	29
30	GT	60	Formula Racing	Nicklas Nielsen	2:08.355	30
31	GT	95	TF Sport	Ollie Hancock	2:08.417	31
32	GT	66	Rinaldi Racing	Patrick Kujala	2:08.447	32
33	GT	54	AF Corse	Giancarlo Fisichella	2:08.740	33
34	GT	35	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Sami-Matti Trogen	2:09.184	34
35	GT	27	Kessel Racing	Giorgio Roda	2:10.480	35
Source:^[7]^[8]^[9]

Race

Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 79 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Drivers	Car	Tyres	Laps	Time/Gap
1	LMP2	28	Jota	Sean Gelael Tom Blomqvist	Oreca 07	M	114	4:02:12.808
2	LMP2	26	G-Drive Racing	René Binder Ferdinand Habsburg Yifei Ye	Aurus 01	M	113	+1 Lap
3	LMP2	25	G-Drive Racing	Rui Andrade Franco Colapinto John Falb	Aurus 01	M	113	+1 Lap
4	LMP2	5	Phoenix Racing	Matthias Kaiser Simon Trummer Kelvin van der Linde	Oreca 07	M	112	+2 Laps
5	LMP2	64	Racing Team India	Narain Karthikeyan Arjun Maini Naveen Rao	Oreca 07	M	111	+3 Laps
6	LMP2	18	Era Motorsport	Andreas Laskaratos Dwight Merriman Kyle Tilley	Oreca 07	M	109	+5 Laps
7	LMP3	9	Nielsen Racing	Colin Noble Anthony Wells	Ligier JS P320	M	106	+8 Laps
8	LMP3	8	Nielsen Racing	Matthew Bell Rodrigo Sales	Ligier JS P320	M	106	+8 Laps
9	LMP3	3	United Autosports	Andrew Bentley Jim McGuire Duncan Tappy	Ligier JS P320	M	106	+8 Laps
10	LMP3	15	RLR MSport	Maxwell Hanratty Malthe Jakobsen Bashar Mardini	Ligier JS P320	M	105	+9 Laps
11	GT	40	GPX Racing	Julien Andlauer Alain Ferté Axcil Jefferies	Porsche 911 GT3 R	M	105	+9 Laps
12	GT	99	Precote Herberth Motorsport	Ralf Bohn Alfred Renauer Robert Renauer	Porsche 911 GT3 R	M	105	+9 Laps
13	LMP3	63	DKR Engineering	Jean Glorieux Laurents Hörr	Duqueine M30 – D08	M	105	+9 Laps
14	GT	60	Formula Racing	Johnny Laursen Nicklas Nielsen Alessio Rovera	Ferrari 488 GT3	M	105	+9 Laps
15	GT	55	Rinaldi Racing	Rino Mastronardi David Perel Davide Rigon	Ferrari 488 GT3	M	105	+9 Laps
16	GT	1	HubAuto Racing	Marcos Gomes Raffaele Marciello Liam Talbot	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	M	104	+10 Laps
17	GT	88	Garage 59	Valentin Hasse-Clot Maxime Martin Alexander West	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	104	+10 Laps
18	GT	77	D'station Racing	Tomonobu Fujii Tom Gamble Satoshi Hoshino	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	104	+10 Laps
19	GT	51	AF Corse	Alessandro Pier Guidi Oswaldo Negri Jr. Francesco Piovanetti	Ferrari 488 GT3	M	104	+10 Laps
20	GT	89	Garage 59	Mike Benham Marvin Kirchhöfer Yuki Nemoto	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	104	+10 Laps
21	GT	7	Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport	Ben Barnicoat Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy	McLaren 720S GT3	M	104	+10 Laps
22	GT	54	AF Corse	Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella Thomas Flohr	Ferrari 488 GT3	M	104	+10 Laps
23	GT	93	Precote Herberth Motorsport	Antares Au Klaus Bachler Steffen Görig	Porsche 911 GT3 R	M	104	+10 Laps
24	GT	57	Car Guy Racing	Mikkel Jensen Takeshi Kimura Côme Ledogar	Ferrari 488 GT3	M	104	+10 Laps
25	GT	34	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Nicky Catsburg Chandler Hull Jon Miller	BMW M6 GT3	M	103	+11 Laps
26	GT	66	Rinaldi Racing	Christian Hook Patrick Kujala Manuel Lauck	Ferrari 488 GT3	M	103	+11 Laps
27	LMP3	44	ARC Bratislava	Tom Cloet Miroslav Konôpka Charlie Robertson	Ginetta G61-LT-P3	M	103	+11 Laps
28	GT	95	TF Sport	Charlie Eastwood Ollie Hancock John Hartshorne	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	103	+11 Laps
29	GT	27	Kessel Racing	Tim Kohmann Giorgio Roda Francesco Zollo	Ferrari 488 GT3	M	101	+13 Laps
30	GT	35	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Jörg Breuer Sami-Matti Trogen Henry Walkenhorst	BMW M6 GT3	M	89	+25 Laps
Not Classified
DNF	LMP3	4	Phoenix-IronForce Racing	Jan-Erik Slooten Leo Weiss	Ligier JS P320	M	95
DNF	GT	97	Oman Racing Team with TF Sport	Jonathan Adam Ahmad Al Harthy Tom Canning	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	80
DNF	LMP3	33	CD Sport	Nick Adcock Adam Eteki Michael Jensen	Ligier JS P320	M	65
DNF	LMP3	23	United Autosports	Wayne Boyd Manuel Maldonado Rory Penttinen	Ligier JS P320	M	4
DNF	LMP3	2	United Autosports	Robert Wheldon Ian Loggie Andy Meyrick	Ligier JS P320	M	0
Source:^[10]

Statistics

Fastest lap

Class	Driver	Team	Time	Lap
LMP2	Ferdinand Habsburg	#26 G-Drive Racing	1:56.889	61
LMP3	Malthe Jakobsen	#15 RLR MSport	2:05.165	12
GT	Marcos Gomes	#1 HubAuto Racing	2:09.249	45
Source:^[10]

Race 2

Qualifying

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold.

Pos.	Class	No.	Entry	Driver	Time	Grid
1	LMP2	26	G-Drive Racing	Ferdinand Habsburg	1:56.073	1
2	LMP2	25	G-Drive Racing	Franco Colapinto	1:56.136	2
3	LMP2	28	Jota	Sean Gelael	1:56.302	6
4	LMP2	5	Phoenix Racing	Kelvin van der Linde	1:56.466	3
5	LMP2	64	Racing Team India	Arjun Maini	1:56.650	4
6	LMP2	18	Era Motorsport	Kyle Tilley	1:58.480	5
7	LMP3	15	RLR MSport	Malthe Jakobsen	2:03.781	7
8	LMP3	23	United Autosports	Wayne Boyd	2:03.792	8
9	LMP3	33	CD Sport	Adam Eteki	2:04.483	9
10	LMP3	2	United Autosports	Andy Meyrick	2:04.491	10
11	LMP3	8	Nielsen Racing	Matthew Bell	2:04.547	11
12	LMP3	3	United Autosports	Duncan Tappy	2:04.548	12
13	LMP3	9	Nielsen Racing	Colin Noble	2:04.904	13
14	LMP3	44	ARC Bratislava	Charlie Robertson	2:06.490	14
15	LMP3	4	Phoenix-IronForce Racing	Leo Weiss	2:07.010	15
16	GT	1	HubAuto Racing	Raffaele Marciello	2:07.688	16
17	GT	40	GPX Racing	Julien Andlauer	2:07.824	17
18	GT	89	Garage 59	Marvin Kirchhöfer	2:07.844	18
19	GT	55	Rinaldi Racing	Davide Rigon	2:07.895	19
20	GT	93	Precote Herberth Motorsport	Klaus Bachler	2:07.902	20
21	GT	51	AF Corse	Alessandro Pier Guidi	2:07.905	21
22	GT	7	Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport	Ben Barnicoat	2:08.090	22
23	GT	97	Oman Racing Team with TF Sport	Jonathan Adam	2:08.097	23
24	GT	66	Rinaldi Racing	Patrick Kujala	2:08.118	24
25	GT	88	Garage 59	Maxime Martin	2:08.206	25
26	GT	99	Precote Herberth Motorsport	Robert Renauer	2:08.255	26
27	GT	77	D'station Racing	Tom Gamble	2:08.307	27
28	GT	34	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Nicky Catsburg	2:08.572	28
29	LMP3	63	DKR Engineering	Laurents Hörr	2:08.587	29
30	GT	60	Formula Racing	Nicklas Nielsen	2:08.603	30
31	GT	95	TF Sport	Ollie Hancock	2:08.672	31
32	GT	54	AF Corse	Giancarlo Fisichella	2:08.989	32
33	GT	35	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Sami-Matti Trogen	2:09.309	33
34	GT	27	Kessel Racing	Giorgio Roda	2:10.094	34
35	GT	57	Car Guy Racing	—		35
Source:^[11]^[12]^[13]

Race

Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 78 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Drivers	Car	Tyres	Laps	Time/Gap
1	LMP2	28	Jota	Sean Gelael Tom Blomqvist	Oreca 07	M	112	4:03:34.502
2	LMP2	25	G-Drive Racing	Rui Andrade Franco Colapinto John Falb	Aurus 01	M	112	+0.422
3	LMP2	5	Phoenix Racing	Matthias Kaiser Simon Trummer Kelvin van der Linde	Oreca 07	M	112	+23.656
4	LMP2	26	G-Drive Racing	René Binder Ferdinand Habsburg Yifei Ye	Aurus 01	M	112	+37.897
5	LMP2	64	Racing Team India	Narain Karthikeyan Arjun Maini Naveen Rao	Oreca 07	M	111	+1 Lap
6	LMP3	23	United Autosports	Wayne Boyd Manuel Maldonado Rory Penttinen	Ligier JS P320	M	106	+6 Laps
7	LMP3	3	United Autosports	Andrew Bentley Jim McGuire Duncan Tappy	Ligier JS P320	M	106	+6 Laps
8	LMP3	2	United Autosports	Robert Wheldon Ian Loggie Andy Meyrick	Ligier JS P320	M	106	+6 Laps
9	LMP3	33	CD Sport	Nick Adcock Adam Eteki Michael Jensen	Ligier JS P320	M	106	+6 Laps
10	LMP3	63	DKR Engineering	Jean Glorieux Laurents Hörr	Duqueine M30 – D08	M	106	+6 Laps
11	LMP3	9	Nielsen Racing	Colin Noble Anthony Wells	Ligier JS P320	M	106	+6 Laps
12	LMP3	8	Nielsen Racing	Matthew Bell Rodrigo Sales	Ligier JS P320	M	106	+6 Laps
13	GT	57	Car Guy Racing	Mikkel Jensen Takeshi Kimura Côme Ledogar	Ferrari 488 GT3	M	105	+7 Laps
14	GT	7	Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport	Ben Barnicoat Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy	McLaren 720S GT3	M	104	+8 Laps
15	GT	55	Rinaldi Racing	Rino Mastronardi David Perel Davide Rigon	Ferrari 488 GT3	M	104	+8 Laps
16	GT	97	Oman Racing Team with TF Sport	Jonathan Adam Ahmad Al Harthy Tom Canning	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	104	+8 Laps
17	GT	99	Precote Herberth Motorsport	Ralf Bohn Alfred Renauer Robert Renauer	Porsche 911 GT3 R	M	104	+8 Laps
18	GT	95	TF Sport	Charlie Eastwood Ollie Hancock John Hartshorne	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	104	+8 Laps
19	LMP3	4	Phoenix-IronForce Racing	Jan-Erik Slooten Leo Weiss	Ligier JS P320	M	104	+8 Laps
20	GT	77	D'station Racing	Tomonobu Fujii Tom Gamble Satoshi Hoshino	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	104	+8 Laps
21	GT	1	HubAuto Racing	Marcos Gomes Raffaele Marciello Liam Talbot	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	M	104	+8 Laps
22	GT	88	Garage 59	Valentin Hasse-Clot Maxime Martin Alexander West	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	104	+8 Laps
23	GT	89	Garage 59	Mike Benham Marvin Kirchhöfer Yuki Nemoto	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	M	104	+8 Laps
24	GT	34	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Nicky Catsburg Chandler Hull Jon Miller	BMW M6 GT3	M	104	+8 Laps
25	GT	35	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Jörg Breuer Sami-Matti Trogen Henry Walkenhorst	BMW M6 GT3	M	103	+9 Laps
26	GT	93	Precote Herberth Motorsport	Antares Au Klaus Bachler Steffen Görig	Porsche 911 GT3 R	M	103	+9 Laps
27	LMP2	18	Era Motorsport	Andreas Laskaratos Dwight Merriman Kyle Tilley	Oreca 07	M	103	+9 Laps
28	GT	40	GPX Racing	Julien Andlauer Alain Ferté Axcil Jefferies	Porsche 911 GT3 R	M	102	+10 Laps
29	LMP3	44	ARC Bratislava	Tom Cloet Miroslav Konôpka Charlie Robertson	Ginetta G61-LT-P3	M	99	+13 Laps
30	GT	27	Kessel Racing	Tim Kohmann Giorgio Roda Francesco Zollo	Ferrari 488 GT3	M	97	+15 Laps
Not Classified
DNF	LMP3	15	RLR MSport	Maxwell Hanratty Malthe Jakobsen Bashar Mardini	Ligier JS P320	M	59
DNF	GT	51	AF Corse	Alessandro Pier Guidi Oswaldo Negri Jr. Francesco Piovanetti	Ferrari 488 GT3	M	12
DNF	GT	54	AF Corse	Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella Thomas Flohr	Ferrari 488 GT3	M	12
DNF	GT	66	Rinaldi Racing	Christian Hook Patrick Kujala Manuel Lauck	Ferrari 488 GT3	M	5
DNF	GT	60	Formula Racing	Johnny Laursen Nicklas Nielsen Alessio Rovera	Ferrari 488 GT3	M	3
Source:^[14]

Statistics

Fastest lap

Class	Driver	Team	Time	Lap
LMP2	Franco Colapinto	#25 G-Drive Racing	1:56.560	88
LMP3	Adam Eteki	#33 CD Sport	2:05.275	60
GT	Ben Barnicoat	#7 Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport	2:08.791	88
Source:^[14]

References

^ Goodwin, Graham (2021-02-18). "Asian Le Mans Series: Yas Marina Thursday Paddock Notes". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
^ Goodwin, Graham (2021-02-19). "Yas Marina Qualifying: G-Drive Pair Share The Spoils". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
^ "Race 3: 4H of Abu Dhabi | Asian Le Mans Series". www.asianlemansseries.com. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
^ "Race 4: 4H of Abu Dhabi | Asian Le Mans Series". www.asianlemansseries.com. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
^ "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi Free Practice 1 Classification by Category" (PDF). Retrieved October 31, 2024.
^ "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi Free Practice 2 Classification by Category" (PDF). Retrieved October 31, 2024.
^ "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi Race 1 Qualifying Final Classification" (PDF). Retrieved October 31, 2024.
^ "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi Race 1 Qualifying Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). Retrieved October 31, 2024.
^ "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi Race 1 Starting Grid" (PDF). Retrieved October 31, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi Race 1 Final Classification" (PDF). Retrieved October 31, 2024.
^ "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi Race 2 Qualifying Final Classification" (PDF). Retrieved October 31, 2024.
^ "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi Race 2 Qualifying Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). Retrieved October 31, 2024.
^ "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi Race 2 Starting Grid" (PDF). Retrieved October 31, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi Race 2 Final Classification" (PDF). Retrieved October 31, 2024.

External links

Official website

[1] Goodwin, Graham (2021-02-18). "Asian Le Mans Series: Yas Marina Thursday Paddock Notes". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2025-05-03.

[2] Goodwin, Graham (2021-02-19). "Yas Marina Qualifying: G-Drive Pair Share The Spoils". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2025-05-03.

[3] "Race 3: 4H of Abu Dhabi | Asian Le Mans Series". www.asianlemansseries.com. Retrieved October 31, 2024.

[4] "Race 4: 4H of Abu Dhabi | Asian Le Mans Series". www.asianlemansseries.com. Retrieved October 31, 2024.

[5] "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi Free Practice 1 Classification by Category" (PDF). Retrieved October 31, 2024.

[6] "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi Free Practice 2 Classification by Category" (PDF). Retrieved October 31, 2024.

[7] "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi Race 1 Qualifying Final Classification" (PDF). Retrieved October 31, 2024.

[8] "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi Race 1 Qualifying Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). Retrieved October 31, 2024.

[9] "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi Race 1 Starting Grid" (PDF). Retrieved October 31, 2024.

[:0-10] "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi Race 1 Final Classification" (PDF). Retrieved October 31, 2024.

[11] "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi Race 2 Qualifying Final Classification" (PDF). Retrieved October 31, 2024.

[12] "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi Race 2 Qualifying Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). Retrieved October 31, 2024.

[13] "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi Race 2 Starting Grid" (PDF). Retrieved October 31, 2024.

[:1-14] "Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi Race 2 Final Classification" (PDF). Retrieved October 31, 2024.

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