ELMS Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya fatal accident in the paddock.

2024 . 04 . 09 MLMC PADDOCK INCIDENT STATEMENT

The European Le Mans Series deeply regrets to have to report that on Tuesday 9 April 2024 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya during the 4 Hours of Barcelona event an incident occurred in the Michelin Le Mans Cup paddock.

In the morning during set up, Gerhard Freundorfer, Team Manager of Proton Huber Competition, was involved in a fatal accident with his team truck. He was quickly attended by the circuit medical staff but, unfortunately, he succumbed to his injuries.

Read the full statement on the ELMS website https://www.europeanlemansseries.com/article/mlmc-paddock-incident-statement-6615365dc5dd8536d53dc61f