2021 4 Hours of Dubai


The 2021 4 Hours of Dubai was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 11 and 14 February 2021, as the first and second round of 2021 Asian Le Mans Series season. This was the first running of the event as part of the Asian Le Mans Series.
The weekend was dominated by the #26 G-Drive Racing Aurus 01 driven by René Binder, Ferdinand Habsburg and Yifei Ye, who won both rounds of the 4 Hours of Dubai. The LMP3 class was also swept by the #23 United Autosports entry driven by Wayne Boyd, Manuel Maldonado and Rory Penttinen. In GT, the #99 Precote Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R driven by Ralf Bohn, Alfred Renauer and Robert Renauer, converted a race 1 pole to a win and the #40 GPX Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R driven by Julien Andlauer, Alain Ferté andAxcil Jefferies took race 2 class honors.

Entry list

The initial entry list was published on 3 February and consisted of 36 entries across 3 categories – 7 in LMP2, 10 in LMP3, and 19 in GT. On 7 February, a revised entry list was released with the remaining drivers of the #23 United Autosports Ligier JS P320 announced. Joining Manuel Maldonado to fill the lineup was Wayne Boyd and Rory Penttinen. Further changes were made on 9 February when the teams arrived at the track. In GT, Sami-Matti Trogen joined the #35 Walkenhorst BMW M6 GT3 entry and Alessio Rovera replaced Frederick Paulsen in the #60 Formula Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 due to COVID-19 quarantine problems for Paulsen.

Free practice

Race 1

Qualifying

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold.

Race

Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification was 88 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

Statistics

Fastest lap

Race 2

Qualifying

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold.

Race

Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification was 87 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.