The grid includes four Belgian drivers, including former Michelin Le Mans Cup LMP3 champion Jean Glorieux, who is racing for DKR Engineering in LMP2 Pro/Am, Douwe Dedecker, who is racing for Eurointernational in LMP3, 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans LMGTE Pro winner Maxime Martin, who is racing the no62 Team Qatar by Iron Lynx Mercedes-AMG LMGT3 and double ELMS LMGTE Champion Alessio Picariello, who is returning to the grid in the no77 Proton Competition Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 for the 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.
LMP2: 11 Entries
The LMP2 field will, once again, see a strong 11 car field, with all entries fielding unchanged driver line ups from the previous round in Italy last month. The current championship leaders are Ben Hanley, Gregoire Saucy and Griffin Peebles on 58-points in the no22 United Autosports Oreca after finishing second in Imola behind the no29 Forestier Racing by Panis of Esteban Masson, Louis Rousset and Oliver Gray, who head to Belgium on 52-points, just six behind the leaders and two wins from the first three races.
24 Hours of Le Mans LMP2 winners Jakub Smiechowski, Tom Dillmann and Nick Yelloly will once again team up in the no34 Inter Europol Competition Oreca, while Bijoy Garg and Reshad De Gerus will race the no43 Oreca for the Polish team, the only two driver crew on the grid.
Jamie Chadwick, Laurents Hörr and Valerio Rinicella will race the no18 IDEC Sport Oreca, and they will be hoping for a step up to the podium in Belgium after finishing 4th three times in the first half of the season.
Former champions Algarve Pro Racing secured their first podium of the season in Italy, with Matthias Kaiser, Tristan Vautier and Jake Hughes finishing third in the no25 Oreca-Gibson.
The LMP2 field is completed by Vector Sport, the second IDEC Sport Oreca, Nielsen Racing, CLX Motorsport and Proton Competition.
LMP2 Pro/Am: 12 Entries
4 Hours of Barcelona winners Michael Jensen, Enzo Trulli and Malthe Jakobsen head the 12-car field, with the no20 Algarve Pro Racing Oreca tied on 43-points with 4 Hours of Imola class winners Jen Reno Møller, Cem Bölükbaşı and Lorenzo Fluxa in the no7 Vector Sport Oreca.
Former championship leaders Doriane Pin, Richard Vershoor and Giorgio Roda are just 5-points behind in the no30 Duqueine Team, with former class champions AF Corse in fourth spot on 36-points with an unchanged driver line up of François Perrodo, Matthieu Vaxiviere and Antonio Fuoco.
Oliver Jarvis, Daniel Schneider and Marino Sato secured their first podium of the season in Imola in the no21 United Autosports Oreca, moving them up to 7th in the standings on 25-points, with 4 Hours of Le Castellet winners Kriton Lentoudis, James Allen and Alex Quinn also on 25 points in the no27 Nielsen Racing Oreca and three points behind the no19 Rossa Racing by Virage in 5th place.
Julien Andlauer will be joining Jean Glorieux and Marlon Hernandez in the no3 DKR Engineering Oreca and the grid is completed by TDS Racing, reigning LMP2 Pro/Am champions AO by TF, CLX Motorsport and Proton Competition.
LMP3: 10 Entries
The LMP3 field features ten cars, with nine Ligier JS P325-Toyotas and one Duqueine D09-Toyota run by R-ace GP.
There is one driver change on the LMP3 grid, with Alfie Briggs joining Thoams Imbourg and former champion Nick Adcock in the no68 M Racing Ligier for the 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.
Reigning champions CLX Motorsport returned to winning ways at the end of the 4 Hours of Imola with Paul Lanchere, Alexander Jacoby and Louis Iglesias taking maximum points to move up to third in the championship standings on 40 points.
4 Hours of Barcelona race winners Alvise Rodella, Jose Fernandes Cautela and Mikkel Gaarde Pedersen moved back into the lead of the title race on 49 points after finishing second in Italy in the no5 Rinaldi Racing Ligier. The German team have an 8-point advantage over 4 Hours of Le Castellet winners Alex Bukhantsov, Henry Cubides Olarte and Chun Ting Chou in the no13 Inter Europol Competition Ligier on 41-points.
The LMP3 grid is completed by DKR Engineering, Ultimate, Eurointernational and Racing Spirit of Léman.
LMGT3: 14 Entries
The largest class field for the 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, the LMGT3 will feature 14 cars representing six different manufacturers – Aston Martin, Corvette, Ferrari, McLaren, Mercedes-AMG and Porsche.
There are three changes with Anthony McIntosh and Parker Thompson replacing Clement Mateu and Valetin Haase Clot in the no59 Racing Spirit of Léman Aston Martin and double ELMS Champion Alessio Picariello replacing Harry King in the no77 Proton Competition Porsche. It has also been confirmed that Martin Berry will also complete the rest of the season in the no77 Porsche.
The no33 TF Sport Corvette became the third different car to take a race win this season, with Blake McDonald, Alec Udell and Charlie Eastwood scoring maximum points in Italy to take the championship lead on 44-points. Barcelona winners Richard Lietz, Matt Kurzejewski and Thomas Sargent in the no75 Proton Competition Porsche are just one point behind on 43-points and the Le Castellet winning no57 Kessel Racing Ferrari of Takeshi Kimura, Daniel Serra and Mathys Jaubert in third spot on 40-points.
After taking pole positions in Barcelona and Le Castellet, Abdulla Ali Al-Khelaifi became the first Qatari driver to take an ELMS podium, standing on the second step in Imola alongside his teammates Julien Hanses and Maxime Martin to head to Spa-Francorchamps in 4th place on 32-points. The no77 Proton Competition Porsche and the no55 Spirit of Race Ferrari are 5th and 6th place in the standings respectively.
The LMGT3 field is completed by GR Racing, United Autosports, High Class Racing, Iron Lynx, AF Corse and the second Kessel Racing Ferrari.
The 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps is Round 4 of the 2026 European Le Mans Series and will take place from Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd August.
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