United Autosports wins 4 Hours of Le Castellet

United Autosports wins the 4 Hours of Le Castellet, Nielsen Racing, Inter Europol and Kessel Racing win their respective class.

United Autosports lead from lap 2 till the finish

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Le Castellet 2026. United Autosports #22 ORECA 07 – Gibson LMP2 of Griffin Peebles, Gregoire Saucy and Ben Hanley

United Autosports #22 ORECA 07 – Gibson LMP2 of Griffin Peebles, Gregoire Saucy and Ben Hanley won the second round of the 2026 European Le Mans Series after leading the 4 Hours of Le Castellet at Circuit Paul Ricard during 111 laps of the 112 covered.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Le Castellet 2026. Pole sitting Louis Rousset in #29 Forestier Racing by Panis led during one lap but was overtaken by Griffin Peebles driving United Autosports’ #22 ORECA 07. Peebles and Gregoire Saucy took distance during their stint but two safety cars reduced their efforts to nothing. Ben Hanley held the lead resisting to Masson’s #29 Oreca who had to retire and Reshad De Gherus in #34 Inter Europol.

United Autosports score thereby their first ELMS victory since 2023 and the #22 crew takes the lead of the championship by three points over Inter Europol’s #34.

Inter Europol Competition #34 second

Reshad De Gherus in #34 Inter Europol Competition Oreca was 3.569 seconds short to claim victory ending second with Bijoy Garg.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Le Castellet 2026. #34 Inter Europol Competition Oreca

IDEC Sport’s Orecas third and fourth

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Le Castellet 2026. Both IDEC Sport’s Orecas hunting #34 Inter Europol Competition’s Oreca

The two IDEC Sport Orecas finished close together in 3rd and 4th position. The #28 IDEC Sport ORECA of Paul Lafargue, Job van Uitert and Paul-Loup Chatin scored the last podium seat, ahead of the sister #18 driven by Paul-Loup Chatin, Jamie Chadwick and Valerio Rinicella.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Le Castellet 2026. IDEC Sport #18

LMP2 Pro Am

Second LMP2 Pro/Am win in a row at Le Castellet for the #27 Nielsen Racing ORECA of Kriton Lentoudis, James Allen and Alex Quinn. The trio ends eighth overall after benefitting from a last minute penalty for the leading #83 AF Corse and Charles Milesi’s #47 CLX who had to pit for a splash.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Le Castellet 2026. #27 Nielsen Racing ORECA

LMP3

#13 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P325 – Toyota of Alexander Bukhantsov, Chun Ting Chou and Henry Cubides Olarte emerged as LMP3 class winners after leading #4 DKR Engineering Ligier and #85 R-ace GP Duqueine D09 had a penalty.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Le Castellet 2026. #13 Inter Europol Competition leading LMP3 pack

Kessel Racing’s #57 Ferrari 296 in LMGT3

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Le Castellet 2026. Mathys Jaubert takes over from Daniel Serra in P3 for a last stint to charge to the lead following the final Safety Car in Kessel Racing’s #57 Ferrari 296 LMGT3 Evo also driven by Takeshi Kimura.

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