Forestier Racing by Panis wins 4 Hours of Imola

ELMS

Jul 6

United Autosport’s #22 dominated the 2026 4 Hours of Imola during 62 laps of the 83 run the three first hours but it were Louis Rousset, Oliver Gray, and Esteban Masson in Forestier Racing by Panis’s #29 ORECA who took the lead at the end of the third hour to win with a 51 seconds gap.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Imola. 2026 4 Hours of Imola start.

Victory for #29 Forestier Racing by Panis

Louis Rousset, Oliver Gray, and Esteban Masson in Forestier Racing by Panis’s #29 ORECA 07 won by 51 seconds the ELMS 4 Hours of Imola.

Rousset took the start from pole, but lost the lead to Adrien Closmenil in CLX Motorsports’ #37 ORECA after 7 laps. After 12 laps, Griffin Peebles took the lead in United Autosport’s #22 for 14 laps. Gray and Masson took the lead back for one lap as #22 was pitting. At the end of the third hour TDS team enabled Masson to take the lead for the last 43 laps thanks to a pit stop three seconds quicker than United’s #22 ORECA.

Thanks to this second victory of the season the team is now second in the points standings halfway through the campaign.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Imola. #29 Forestier Racing by Panis Oreca-Gibson ahead of #22 during first caution.

#22 United Autosport’s Oreca second

Hanley, Saucy and Peebles finish second in United Autosports’ #22 ORECA for the team’s 500th race. The trio still lead championships with a six-point buffer.

#25 Algarve Pro Racing third.

Matthias Kaiser, Tristan Vautier and Jake Hughes with the #25 Algarve Pro Racing ORECA completed the top three, after starting from eighth on the grid.

#18 IDEC Sport fourth and #10 Vector Sport fifth

The #18 IDEC Sport and #10 Vector Sport 07s round the top 5 positions in that order.

Vector Sport wins LMP2 Pro Am

Jens Reno Moller, Cem Bolukbasi and Lorenzo Fluxa in #7 Vector Sport Oreca won LMP2 Pro/Am after leading the highest number of laps of the four different class leaders.

Algarve Pro Racing’s #20 ORECA second

Michael Jensen, Enzo Trulli and Malthe Jakobsen end second of LMP2 Pro Am class with Algarve Pro Racing’s #20 ORECA despite rear-end damage during the race.