Imola: ELMS Facts and Figures

Here are some facts and figures from the previous seven races.

• The 2025 4 Hours of Imola was won by VDS Panis Racing, with Charles Milesi taking his second overall win in a row at Imola, alongside teammates Esteban Masson and Oliver Gray.  They finished 8.8 seconds ahead of the no43 Inter Europol Competition and no25 Algarve Pro Racing Orecas.
• The outright LMP2 lap record was set by Charles Milesi during qualifying on 06 July 2024, lapping the circuit in 1m30.829 (194.6kph), 1.44 seconds inside the previous best lap.
• The current race lap record for LMP2 is 1m31.757 (188.6 kph) set by Arthur Leclerc during the 2024 4 Hours of Imola (7 July).
• The race lap record for LMP2 Pro/Am was set in 2025 by Sergio Sette Camara with a 1m32.105, while Alex Quinn holds the class outright record of 1m31.787 the day before.
• The current LMP3 race lap record is 1m39.256 (178 kph) set by Malthe Jakobsen during the 2022 4 Hours of Imola.  Jakobsen also holds the outright LMP3 record of 1m37.182 (181.8kph) set on the 14 May 2022.
• The LMGT3 race lap record was set by Julien Andlauer – 1m42.689 (172.1kph) during the 2024 4 Hours of Imola, while the outright LMGT3 lap record is held by Valentin Hasse Clot with a 1m42.141 (173.0kph) set on the 5 July 2025. 
• Ferrari have taken 13 of the 21 LMGTE / LMGT3 podium places in the previous seven races, including podium lockouts in 2013 and 2014, but the Prancing Horse hasn’t won the 4 Hours of Imola since 2015. 
• Ferrari has won LMGTE / LMGT3 in three of the seven races at Imola (RAM Racing 2013, SMP Racing 2014 and AT Racing 2015), with Porsche winning twice with Proton Competition in 2016 and Iron Dames in 2024, Aston Martin taking the top spot in 2022 with Oman Racing by TF and Corvette in 2025 with TF Sport.
• Ferrari did take eight of the nine GTC category podium places when the class for GT3 cars was included in the ELMS in 2013 to 2015. This included podium lockouts in 2014 and 2015, with the only podium for another manufacturer going to the Ecurie Ecosse run BMW Z4 that finished third in 2013.

• TDS Racing have won the ELMS race in Imola three times (2013, 2015 and 2016) with Pierre Thiriet winning three times with the French team. 
• The first time the LMP3 class raced at Imola, the University of Bolton Ginetta-Nissan scored the first category win in Italy, with Rob Garofall and Morten Dons standing on the top step of the podium.  
• United Autosports have won the LMP3 category at Imola twice in 2016 and in 2022.
• Ginetta took all three LMP3 podium places in 2015, while Ligier took a clean sweep in 2016, 2022, 2024 and 2025.
• Racing Team Turkey recorded the first LMP2 Pro/Am win at Imola in 2022 with Salih Yoluc, Charlie Eastwood and Jack Aitken, with Algarve Pro Racing winning the category in 2024 with Kriton Lentoudis, Richard Bradley and Alex Quinn and AO by TF in 2025 with PJ Hyett, Dane Cameron and Louis Delétraz.
• The longest race distance recorded was in the 2014 4 Hours of Imola when the winning no38 Jota Sport Zytek completed 139 laps or 682.35km. 

Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari

The circuit is in an area with long associations with speed – as far back as 80BC the Romans created an amphitheatre for gladiatorial chariot racing.

In the late 1940s plans for a new circuit found approval and a series of connecting roads were created to form an anti-clockwise loop. The first foundation stone was laid in March 1950, with Enzo Ferrari himself present. 

Initially named after the Santerno River which borders it on the paddock side, the circuit was renamed Autodromo Dino Ferrari in 1970 after Enzo Ferrari's son, who had died of leukaemia in 1956. Enzo Ferrari's own name was added following his death in 1988.

The first racing events were held in April 1953, with the GP Coni motorcycle race which was approved for the 125cc and 500cc Italian championship. The following year the first car races arrived in the form of the Coppa d'Oro Shell ('Golden Shell' race), which was open only to sports cars and would see Ferrari and Maserati compete for victory.

In 1980, the Italian Grand Prix was awarded to Imola following a dispute with organisers at the Monza circuit. From 1981, Imola was granted a race alongside Monza under the guise of the nearby Republic of San Marino, an event it would host for the next quarter century.

In 2011 top class sportscars returned to Imola with the Six Hours of Imola, which was part of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, the predecessor of the FIA World Endurance Championship.  The FIA WEC staged it first event at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari in April 2024. 

In 2013 the European Le Mans Series staged its first race at Imola, with the 3 Hours of Imola.  In 2014 the race duration was increased to four hours, with races held at Imola until 2016.  The Italian round was held at Monza from 2017 until 2021, with Imola becoming the host venue again in 2022.

The 4 Hours of Imola is Round 3 of the 2026 European Le Mans Series and takes place at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari on Sunday 5 July.

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