| Event information | |
|---|---|
| Round 2 of 8 in the2024 FIA World Endurance Championship | |
 | |
| Date | 21 April 2024 |
| Location | Imola |
| Venue | Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari |
| Duration | 6 hours |
| Results | |
| Laps completed | 205 |
| Distance (km) | 1006.345 |
| Distance (miles) | 625.25 |
| Hypercar | |
| Pole position | |
| Time | 1:29.466 |
| Team |  Ferrari AF Corse |
| Winners | |
| Team |  Toyota Gazoo Racing |
| Drivers |  Mike ConwayKamui Kobayashi Nyck de Vries |
| LMGT3 | |
| Winners | |
| Team |  Team WRT |
| Drivers |  Augusto Farfus Sean Gelael Darren Leung |
The2024 6 Hours of Imola was anendurancesportscar racing event held on 21 April 2024, as the second of eight rounds of the2024 FIA World Endurance Championship. It was the second running of theevent, and the first running of the event as part of the World Endurance Championship.
The event was announced on 9 June 2023, during the2023 24 Hours of Le Mans weekend. The Italian round of the World Endurance Championship was held atMonza in July between 2021 and 2023. To accommodate an additional non-European race, the Italian round was moved from July to April. Since the Monza circuit is currently undergoing upgrade works, the round was moved from Monza to Imola.[1]
Prior to the race,Peugeot unveiled their updatedPeugeot 9X8, including a rear wing and a change in tire size: the front tires having a tread width of 29 centimeters, and the rear tires having a tread width of 34 centimeters, aligning with the rest of the Hypercar field.[2]
The entry list was revealed on 2 April 2024, with 19 entries in the Hypercar category, and 18 entries in the LMGT3 category. In Hypercar, the No. 2Cadillac Racing entry dropped from three to two drivers:Sébastien Bourdais did not drive for the team in Imola. Furthermore,Ferdinand Habsburg was replaced byJules Gounon in the No. 35Alpine Endurance Team entry, since the former was still recovering from an injury.[3] All other entered teams and drivers stayed the same as in Qatar.[4][5]
| Date | Time (local:CEST) | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, 19 April | 12:00 | Free Practice 1 |
| 17:15 | Free Practice 2 | |
| Saturday, 20 April | 11:10 | Free Practice 3 |
| 14:45 | Qualifying - LMGT3 | |
| 15:05 | Hyperpole - LMGT3 | |
| 15:25 | Qualifying - Hypercar | |
| 15:45 | Hyperpole - Hypercar | |
| Sunday, 21 April | 13:00 | Race |
| Source:[6] | ||
There are three practice sessions scheduled to be held preceding the start of the race on Sunday: two on Friday and one on Saturday. The sessions on Friday afternoon and Friday evening lasted 90 minutes, and the final session on Saturday morning lasted for 60 minutes.[6]
The first practice session took place at 12:00CEST on Friday.Yifei Ye was quickest in the No. 83AF Corse Ferrari, with a lap time of 1:31.347.Antonio Fuoco ended up second fastest in the No. 50FerrariAF Corse entry, withMikkel Jensen in the No. 93Peugeot TotalEnergies entry in third.[7] LMGT3 was led byDaniel Juncadella in the No. 82TF Sport Corvette, lapping the circuit in 1 minute and 42.113 seconds, with teammateCharlie Eastwood in the No. 81 Corvette second, 0.606s behind.Davide Rigon was third-quickest in the No. 54Vista AF Corse Ferrari, 0.858s slower than Juncadella.[8] The session saw onered flag, afterJean-Éric Vergne's No. 93 Peugeot suddenly stopped on-track.[9]
| Class | No. | Entrant | Driver | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hypercar | 83 | AF Corse |  Yifei Ye | 1:31.347 | |
| LMGT3 | 82 | TF Sport |  Daniel Juncadella | 1:42.113 | |
| Source:[10][11] | |||||
The second practice session took place at 17:15CEST on Friday. Fuoco was quickest in the No. 50 Ferrari with a lap time of 1:30.957.Kévin Estre was second in the No. 6Porsche Penske Motorsport entry, 0.342s behind.Robert Shwartzman ended up third in the No. 83 Ferrari.[12] Eastwood was quickest in LMGT3 in the No. 81 Corvette, with a lap of 1:41.986, which was 0.187s faster thanAlessio Rovera's lap in the No. 55Vista AF Corse Ferrari. Juncadella was third-quickest in the No. 82 Corvette.[13]
| Class | No. | Entrant | Driver | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hypercar | 50 | FerrariAF Corse | Antonio Fuoco | 1:30.957 | |
| LMGT3 | 81 | TF Sport |  Charlie Eastwood | 1:41.986 | |
| Source:[14][15] | |||||
The third and final practice session took place at 11:10CEST on Saturday. Fuoco was once again quickest in the No. 50 Ferrari, with a lap of 1:31.238. He was 0.034s quicker thanDries Vanthoor in the No. 15BMW M Team WRT entry, with team-mateRené Rast in the No. 20 BMW a further 0.271s behind.[16] In LMGT3,Marco Sørensen was quickest in the No. 777D'station Racing Aston Martin, lapping the track in 1 minute and 42.474 seconds. He was half a second quicker thanDaniel Mancinelli in the No. 27Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin, withAugusto Farfus in the No. 31Team WRT BMW in third.[17] The session saw one stoppage, whenPaul di Resta beached his No. 94Peugeot TotalEnergies entry in the gravel at turn 18.[17]
| Class | No. | Entrant | Driver | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hypercar | 50 | FerrariAF Corse | Antonio Fuoco | 1:31.238 | |
| LMGT3 | 777 | D'station Racing |  Marco Sørensen | 1:42.474 | |
| Source:[18][19] | |||||
Pole position winners in each class are marked inbold.
| Pos | Class | No. | Entrant | Qualifying | Hyperpole | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hypercar | 50 | FerrariAF Corse | 1:30.196 | 1:29.466 | 1 |
| 2 | Hypercar | 83 | AF Corse | 1:30.710 | 1:29.885 | 2 |
| 3 | Hypercar | 51 | FerrariAF Corse | 1:30.736 | 1:29.953 | 3 |
| 4 | Hypercar | 6 |  Porsche Penske Motorsport | 1:31.190 | 1:30.101 | 4 |
| 5 | Hypercar | 5 | Porsche Penske Motorsport | 1:30.221 | 1:30.385 | 5 |
| 6 | Hypercar | 7 | Toyota Gazoo Racing | 1:30.636 | 1:30.410 | 6 |
| 7 | Hypercar | 20 | BMW M Team WRT | 1:30.950 | 1:30.600 | 7 |
| 8 | Hypercar | 8 | Toyota Gazoo Racing | 1:30.497 | 1:30.652 | 8 |
| 9 | Hypercar | 12 | Hertz Team Jota | 1:30.992 | 1:30.656 | 9 |
| 10 | Hypercar | 99 | Proton Competition | 1:30.929 | 1:30.692 | 10 |
| 11 | Hypercar | 38 | Hertz Team Jota | 1:31.322 | 11 | |
| 12 | Hypercar | 2 |  Cadillac Racing | 1:31.397 | 12 | |
| 13 | Hypercar | 15 | BMW M Team WRT | 1:31.549 | 13 | |
| 14 | Hypercar | 94 |  Peugeot TotalEnergies | 1:31.651 | 14 | |
| 15 | Hypercar | 93 | Peugeot TotalEnergies | 1:31.748 | 15 | |
| 16 | Hypercar | 63 | LamborghiniIron Lynx | 1:31.862 | 16 | |
| 17 | Hypercar | 35 | Alpine Endurance Team | 1:31.980 | 17 | |
| 18 | Hypercar | 36 | Alpine Endurance Team | 1:32.054 | 18 | |
| 19 | Hypercar | 11 | Isotta Fraschini | 1:33.575 | 19 | |
| 20 | LMGT3 | 92 |  Manthey PureRxcing | 1:42.734 | 1:42.365 | 20 |
| 21 | LMGT3 | 27 | Heart of Racing Team | 1:43.452 | 1:43.058 | 21 |
| 22 | LMGT3 | 46 | Team WRT | 1:43.241 | 1:43.099 | 22 |
| 23 | LMGT3 | 31 | Team WRT | 1:43.281 | 1:43.105 | 23 |
| 24 | LMGT3 | 85 | Iron Dames | 1:42.924 | 1:43.151 | 24 |
| 25 | LMGT3 | 88 | Proton Competition | 1:43.416 | 1:43.229 | 25 |
| 26 | LMGT3 | 91 | Manthey EMA | 1:43.134 | 1:43.399 | 26 |
| 27 | LMGT3 | 55 | Vista AF Corse | 1:43.198 | 1:43.523 | 27 |
| 28 | LMGT3 | 54 | Vista AF Corse | 1:43.225 | 1:43.650 | 28 |
| 29 | LMGT3 | 59 | United Autosports | 1:43.882 | 1:43.835 | 29 |
| 30 | LMGT3 | 81 | TF Sport | 1:43.897 | 30 | |
| 31 | LMGT3 | 777 | D'station Racing | 1:43.947 | 31 | |
| 32 | LMGT3 | 82 | TF Sport | 1:44.108 | 32 | |
| 33 | LMGT3 | 77 | Proton Competition | 1:44.118 | 33 | |
| 34 | LMGT3 | 95 | United Autosports | 1:44.291 | 34 | |
| 35 | LMGT3 | 78 | Akkodis ASP Team | 1:44.347 | 35 | |
| 36 | LMGT3 | 60 | Iron Lynx | 1:46.254 | 36 | |
| 37 | LMGT3 | 87 | Akkodis ASP Team | No time[N 1] | 37 | |
| Source:[21][22] | ||||||
The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 143 laps. Class winners are inbold and ‡.
