ELMS at Spa-Francorchamps – Facts and Figures

Here are some facts and figures from the previous races held at Spa-Francorchamps since 2016

1. The first race in 2016 was round 5 of the newly established six-race season.The first edition of the 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps was won by the no21 DragonSpeed Oreca 05-Nissan driven by Henrik Hedman, Nicolas Lapierre and Ben Hanley.
2. In 2016 the LMGTE category was won by the no66 JMW Motorsport Ferrari 458 Italia of Rob Smith, Rory Butcher and Andrea Bertolini, while the LMP3 class was won by the no9 Graff Ligier JS P3-Nissan of Enzo Guibbert, Paul Petit and Eric Trouillet.
3. United Autosports is the most successful team at Spa-Francorchamps, with four wins in LMP2 (2018/2019/2020/2022) and two in LMP3 (2018/2020).Three of those wins have seen the crews go on to become ELMS champions.
4. Phil Hanson has won the 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps four times in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2022. The first three wins were with his Portuguese teammate Filipe Albuquerque, who is racing this weekend with Nielsen Racing.
5. Mikkel Jensen became the first driver in ELMS history to win a race in LMP2, LMP3 and LMGTE after the Dane won the 2022 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps in LMGTE for Kessel Racing alongside Conrad Grunewald and Frederik Schandorff. Jensen won three LMP3 races on his way to the 2019 LMP3 title with Eurointernational. In 2020 he won the 4 Hours of Portimao with G-Drive Racing, finishing third overall for the 2020 LMP2 title.

1. There will be 18 previous winners of the 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps taking part in the 2025 edition of the race –

Louis Deletraz (#99 AO by TF) - 2024/2021 - LMP2

Francois Perrodo (#83 AF Corse) - 2024/2021 - LMP2 P/A / LMGTE

Alessio Rovera (#83 AF Corse) - 2021/2024 - LMP2 P/A / LMGTE

Matthieu Vaxiviere (#83 AF Corse) - 2024 - LMP2 P/A

Takeshi Kimura (#57 Kessel Racing) - 2024 - LMGT3

Esteban Masson (#48 VDS Panis Racing) - 2024 - LMGT3

James Allen (#27 Nielsen Racing) - 2023 / 2017 - LMP2

Matteo Cairoli (#9 Iron Lynx-Proton) - 2023 - LMGTE

Matteo Cressoni (#60 Proton Competition) - 2023 - LMGTE

Charlie Eastwood (#82 TF Sport) - 2022 - LMP2 P/A

Charles Milesi (#48 VDS Panis Racing) - 2021 - LMP2 P/A

Laurents Hörr (#3 DKR Engineering) - 2021 - LMP3

Filipe Albuquerque (#24 Nielsen Racing) - 2020/2019/2018 - LMP2

Wayne Boyd (#23 United Autosports) - 2020 - LMP3

David Perel (#55 Spirit of Race) - 2020 - LMGTE

Riccardo Pera (#86 GR Racing) - 2018 - LMGTE

Giorgio Roda (#9 Iron Lynx - Proton) - 2017 - LMGTE

Ben Hanley (#22 United Autosports) - 2016 - LMP2

1. All of the current lap records (Race) were set on 25 August 2024

LMP2 - Charles Milesi - 2m01.257 - 207.9kph

LMP2 Pro/Am - Alessio Rovera - 2m02.466 - 205.9kph

LMP3 - Gael Julien - 2m11.843 - 191.2kph

LMGT3 - Esteban Masson - 2m16.623 - 184.6kph

1. The fastest ELMS lap recorded at Spa-Francorchamps was set on 22 September 2018

Jean-Eric VERGNE - 2m00.735 - 208.8kph - LMP2 Qualifying

1. The longest race was held in 2019, with the winners completing 707.39km or 101 laps of the 7.0039km circuit.
2. The shortest race was held in 2018 when heavy rain caused several safety cars and red flags. Only 280.16km, or 40 laps, were completed when the race was stopped, with half points were awarded.
3. Ferrari has won seven times in the nine previous 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, six in the LMGTE category and last year in LMGT3.Porsche has won twice (2018 and 2023).

The 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps is Round 4 of the 2025 European Le Mans Series and it will be held on Sunday 24 August.