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2023 6 Hours of Portimão
The 2023 6 Hours of Portimão was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Algarve International Circuit, at Algarve, Portugal, on 16 April 2023. It served as the second round of the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship, and was the second running of the event as part of the championship.
| Event information |
|---|
| Round 2 of 7 in the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship |
| 16 April 2023 |
| Portimão |
| Algarve International Circuit |
| 6 Hours |
| 222 |
| 1032.966 |
| 641.802 |
| Hypercar |
| 1:30.171 |
| Toyota Gazoo Racing |
| Toyota Gazoo Racing |
| Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryo Hirakawa |
| LMP2 |
| United Autosports |
| Giedo van der Garde Oliver Jarvis Josh Pierson |
| LMGTE Am |
| Corvette Racing |
| Nicky Catsburg Ben Keating Nicolás Varrone |
The 2023 6 Hours of Portimão was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Algarve International Circuit, at Algarve, Portugal, on 16 April 2023. It served as the second round of the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship, and was the second running of the event as part of the championship.
The 6 Hours of Portimão was the first time since 2021 that Portimão returned to the World Endurance Championship calendar.
The provisional entry list was revealed on 6 March 2023. The entry list consisted of 11 Hypercar entries, 12 LMP2 entries and 14 LMGTE Am entries. There were no changes in entries compared to the Sebring entry list. There was one change for the entered drivers: António Félix da Costa replaced Will Stevens in the No. 48 Hertz Team Jota Oreca 07 LMP2 entry.
On a revised entry list revealed on 11 April 2023, Project 1 – AO replaced their drivers P.J. Hyett and Gunnar Jeannette with Miguel Ramos and Guilherme Oliveira, respectively. Both Hyett and Jeannette had duties in the Porsche Carrera Cup North America during the weekend. Other changes included Juan Manuel Correa taking over Andrea Caldarelli's seat in the No. 9 Prema Racing LMP2 machine. At United Autosports, Ben Hanley subbed for Filipe Albuquerque and Giedo van der Garde subbed for Tom Blomqvist in the No. 22 and No. 23 LMP2 machines, respectively, since both Albuquerque and Blomqvist drove in the GTP class during IMSA's 2023 Grand Prix of Long Beach.
| Date | Time (local: WEST) | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, 14 April | 10:30 | Free Practice 1 |
| 15:30 | Free Practice 2 | |
| Saturday, 15 April | 11:15 | Free Practice 3 |
| 15:30 | Qualifying - LMGTE Am | |
| 15:55 | Qualifying - LMP2 | |
| 16:20 | Qualifying - Hypercar | |
| Sunday, 16 April | 12:00 | Race |
- Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
| Free Practice 1 | Class | .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}No. | Entrant | Driver | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Sébastien Buemi | 1:32.792 | ||
| 63 | Prema Racing | Mirko Bortolotti | 1:34.542 | ||
| 57 | Kessel Racing | Daniel Serra | 1:41.341 | ||
| 7 | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Kamui Kobayashi | 1:32.155 | ||
| 10 | Vector Sport | Gabriel Aubry | 1:34.609 | ||
| 57 | Kessel Racing | Daniel Serra | 1:41.209 | ||
| 8 | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Brendon Hartley | 1:31.795 | ||
| 10 | Vector Sport | Gabriel Aubry | 1:34.265 | ||
| 54 | AF Corse | Davide Rigon | 1:40.426 |
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.
| Pos | Class | No. | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hypercar | 8 | Toyota Gazoo Racing | 1:30.171 | - | 1 | |
| Hypercar | 7 | Toyota Gazoo Racing | 1:30.444 | +0.273 | 2 | |
| Hypercar | 50 | Ferrari AF Corse | 1:31.596 | +1.425 | 3 | |
| Hypercar | 51 | Ferrari AF Corse | 1:31.923 | +1.752 | 4 | |
| Hypercar | 6 | Porsche Penske Motorsport | 1:32.404 | +2.233 | 5 | |
| Hypercar | 94 | Peugeot TotalEnergies | 1:32.517 | +2.346 | 6 | |
| Hypercar | 5 | Porsche Penske Motorsport | 1:32.560 | +2.389 | 7 | |
| Hypercar | 2 | Cadillac Racing | 1:32.582 | +2.411 | 8 | |
| Hypercar | 93 | Peugeot TotalEnergies | 1:32.703 | +2.532 | 9 | |
| Hypercar | 708 | Glickenhaus Racing | 1:33.343 | +3.172 | 10 | |
| Hypercar | 4 | Floyd Vanwall Racing Team | 1:33.836 | +3.665 | 11 | |
| LMP2 | 63 | Prema Racing | 1:34.303 | +4.132 | 12 | |
| LMP2 | 10 | Vector Sport | 1:34.304 | +4.133 | 13 | |
| LMP2 | 22 | United Autosports | 1:34.451 | +4.280 | 17 | |
| LMP2 | 48 | Hertz Team Jota | 1:34.493 | +4.322 | 14 | |
| LMP2 | 34 | Inter Europol Competition | 1:34.586 | +4.415 | 15 | |
| LMP2 | 23 | United Autosports | 1:34.590 | +4.419 | 16 | |
| LMP2 | 31 | Team WRT | 1:34.618 | +4.447 | 18 | |
| LMP2 | 9 | Prema Racing | 1:34.770 | +4.599 | 19 | |
| LMP2 | 41 | Team WRT | 1:34.776 | +4.605 | 20 | |
| LMP2 | 35 | Alpine Elf Team | 1:34.996 | +4.825 | 21 | |
| LMP2 | 36 | Alpine Elf Team | 1:35.238 | +5.067 | 22 | |
| LMP2 | 28 | Jota | 1:35.361 | +5.190 | 23 | |
| LMGTE Am | 33 | Corvette Racing | 1:41.362 | +11.191 | 24 | |
| LMGTE Am | 85 | Iron Dames | 1:41.579 | +11.408 | 25 | |
| LMGTE Am | 21 | AF Corse | 1:41.628 | +11.457 | 26 | |
| LMGTE Am | 54 | AF Corse | 1:41.899 | +11.728 | 27 | |
| LMGTE Am | 25 | ORT by TF | 1:41.904 | +11.733 | 28 | |
| LMGTE Am | 83 | Richard Mille AF Corse | 1:41.934 | +11.763 | 29 | |
| LMGTE Am | 57 | Kessel Racing | 1:42.014 | +11.843 | 30 | |
| LMGTE Am | 56 | Project 1 – AO | 1:42.024 | +11.853 | 31 | |
| LMGTE Am | 77 | Dempsey-Proton Racing | 1:42.105 | +11.934 | 32 | |
| LMGTE Am | 88 | Proton Competition | 1:42.198 | +12.027 | 33 | |
| LMGTE Am | 777 | D'Station Racing | 1:43.035 | +12.864 | 34 | |
| LMGTE Am | 98 | Northwest AMR | 1:43.207 | +13.036 | 35 | |
| LMGTE Am | 86 | GR Racing | 1:43.273 | +13.102 | 36 | |
| LMGTE Am | 60 | Iron Lynx | 1:43.528 | +13.357 | 37 |
The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 155 laps. Class winners are in bold and ‡.
Source:
- Note: Only the top five positions are included for all championship standings.
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