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.^[1]

2023 6 Hours of Portimão

Event information
Round 2 of 7 in the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship
Date	16 April 2023
Location	Portimão
Venue	Algarve International Circuit
Duration	6 Hours
Results
Laps completed	222
Distance (km)	1032.966
Distance (miles)	641.802
Hypercar
Pole position
Time	1:30.171
Team	Toyota Gazoo Racing
Winners
Team	Toyota Gazoo Racing
Drivers	Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryo Hirakawa
LMP2
Winners
Team	United Autosports
Drivers	Giedo van der Garde Oliver Jarvis Josh Pierson
LMGTE Am
Winners
Team	Corvette Racing
Drivers	Nicky Catsburg Ben Keating Nicolás Varrone

Background

The 6 Hours of Portimão was the first time since 2021 that Portimão returned to the World Endurance Championship calendar.

Entry list

Main article: 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship § Entries

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.^[2]

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.^[3]

Schedule

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
Source:[4]

Free practice

• Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Free Practice 1	Class	No.	Entrant	Driver	Time
	Hypercar	8	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Sébastien Buemi	1:32.792
	LMP2	63	Prema Racing	Mirko Bortolotti	1:34.542
	LMGTE Am	57	Kessel Racing	Daniel Serra	1:41.341
Free Practice 2	Class	No.	Entrant	Driver	Time
	Hypercar	7	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Kamui Kobayashi	1:32.155
	LMP2	10	Vector Sport	Gabriel Aubry	1:34.609
	LMGTE Am	57	Kessel Racing	Daniel Serra	1:41.209
Free Practice 3	Class	No.	Entrant	Driver	Time
	Hypercar	8	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Brendon Hartley	1:31.795
	LMP2	10	Vector Sport	Gabriel Aubry	1:34.265
	LMGTE Am	54	AF Corse	Davide Rigon	1:40.426
Source:[5][6][7]

Qualifying

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	Hypercar	8	Toyota Gazoo Racing	1:30.171	-	1
2	Hypercar	7	Toyota Gazoo Racing	1:30.444	+0.273	2
3	Hypercar	50	Ferrari AF Corse	1:31.596	+1.425	3
4	Hypercar	51	Ferrari AF Corse	1:31.923	+1.752	4
5	Hypercar	6	Porsche Penske Motorsport	1:32.404	+2.233	5
6	Hypercar	94	Peugeot TotalEnergies	1:32.517	+2.346	6
7	Hypercar	5	Porsche Penske Motorsport	1:32.560	+2.389	7
8	Hypercar	2	Cadillac Racing	1:32.582	+2.411	8
9	Hypercar	93	Peugeot TotalEnergies	1:32.703	+2.532	9
10	Hypercar	708	Glickenhaus Racing	1:33.343	+3.172	10
11	Hypercar	4	Floyd Vanwall Racing Team	1:33.836	+3.665	11
12	LMP2	63	Prema Racing	1:34.303	+4.132	12
13	LMP2	10	Vector Sport	1:34.304	+4.133	13
14	LMP2	22	United Autosports	1:34.451	+4.280	17[N 1]
15	LMP2	48	Hertz Team Jota	1:34.493	+4.322	14
16	LMP2	34	Inter Europol Competition	1:34.586	+4.415	15
17	LMP2	23	United Autosports	1:34.590	+4.419	16
18	LMP2	31	Team WRT	1:34.618	+4.447	18
19	LMP2	9	Prema Racing	1:34.770	+4.599	19
20	LMP2	41	Team WRT	1:34.776	+4.605	20
21	LMP2	35	Alpine Elf Team	1:34.996	+4.825	21
22	LMP2	36	Alpine Elf Team	1:35.238	+5.067	22
23	LMP2	28	Jota	1:35.361	+5.190	23
24	LMGTE Am	33	Corvette Racing	1:41.362	+11.191	24
25	LMGTE Am	85	Iron Dames	1:41.579	+11.408	25
26	LMGTE Am	21	AF Corse	1:41.628	+11.457	26
27	LMGTE Am	54	AF Corse	1:41.899	+11.728	27
28	LMGTE Am	25	ORT by TF	1:41.904	+11.733	28
29	LMGTE Am	83	Richard Mille AF Corse	1:41.934	+11.763	29
30	LMGTE Am	57	Kessel Racing	1:42.014	+11.843	30
31	LMGTE Am	56	Project 1 – AO	1:42.024	+11.853	31
32	LMGTE Am	77	Dempsey-Proton Racing	1:42.105	+11.934	32
33	LMGTE Am	88	Proton Competition	1:42.198	+12.027	33
34	LMGTE Am	777	D'Station Racing	1:43.035	+12.864	34
35	LMGTE Am	98	Northwest AMR	1:43.207	+13.036	35
36	LMGTE Am	86	GR Racing	1:43.273	+13.102	36
37	LMGTE Am	60	Iron Lynx	1:43.528	+13.357	37
Source:[9]

Race

Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 155 laps. Class winners are in bold and ‡.

Final race classification Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Time/Retired Engine 1 Hypercar 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryo Hirakawa Toyota GR010 Hybrid M 222 6:01:26.343‡ Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6 2 Hypercar 50 Ferrari AF Corse Antonio Fuoco Miguel Molina Nicklas Nielsen Ferrari 499P M 221 +1 Lap Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 3 Hypercar 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Kévin Estre André Lotterer Laurens Vanthoor Porsche 963 M 221 +1 Lap Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 4 Hypercar 2 Cadillac Racing Earl Bamber Alex Lynn Richard Westbrook Cadillac V-Series.R M 220 +2 Laps Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 5 Hypercar 94 Peugeot TotalEnergies Loïc Duval Gustavo Menezes Nico Müller Peugeot 9X8 M 220 +2 Laps Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 6 Hypercar 51 Ferrari AF Corse James Calado Antonio Giovinazzi Alessandro Pier Guidi Ferrari 499P M 219 +3 Laps Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 7 Hypercar 93 Peugeot TotalEnergies Mikkel Jensen Paul di Resta Jean-Éric Vergne Peugeot 9X8 M 219 +3 Laps Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 8 Hypercar 708 Glickenhaus Racing Ryan Briscoe Romain Dumas Olivier Pla Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH M 217 +5 Laps Glickenhaus P21 3.5 L Turbo V8 9 Hypercar 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López Toyota GR010 Hybrid M 215 +7 Laps Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6 10 LMP2 23 United Autosports Giedo van der Garde Oliver Jarvis Josh Pierson Oreca 07 G 215 +7 Laps‡ Gibson GK428 V8 engine 11 LMP2 22 United Autosports Ben Hanley Philip Hanson Frederick Lubin Oreca 07 G 215 +7 Laps Gibson GK428 V8 engine 12 LMP2 41 Team WRT Rui Andrade Louis Delétraz Robert Kubica Oreca 07 G 215 +7 Laps Gibson GK428 V8 engine 13 LMP2 63 Prema Racing Mirko Bortolotti Daniil Kvyat Doriane Pin Oreca 07 G 215 +7 Laps Gibson GK428 V8 engine 14 LMP2 48 Hertz Team Jota David Beckmann António Félix da Costa Yifei Ye Oreca 07 G 215 +7 Laps Gibson GK428 V8 engine 15 LMP2 9 Prema Racing Juan Manuel Correa Filip Ugran Bent Viscaal Oreca 07 G 215 +7 Laps Gibson GK428 V8 engine 16 LMP2 31 Team WRT Robin Frijns Sean Gelael Ferdinand Habsburg Oreca 07 G 215 +7 Laps Gibson GK428 V8 engine 17 LMP2 28 Jota Pietro Fittipaldi David Heinemeier Hansson Oliver Rasmussen Oreca 07 G 215 +7 Laps Gibson GK428 V8 engine 18 LMP2 36 Alpine Elf Team Julien Canal Charles Milesi Matthieu Vaxivière Oreca 07 G 215 +7 Laps Gibson GK428 V8 engine 19 LMP2 34 Inter Europol Competition Albert Costa Fabio Scherer Jakub Śmiechowski Oreca 07 G 214 +8 Laps Gibson GK428 V8 engine 20 LMP2 35 Alpine Elf Team Olli Caldwell André Negrão Memo Rojas Oreca 07 G 213 +9 Laps Gibson GK428 V8 engine 21 LMGTE Am 33 Corvette Racing Nicky Catsburg Ben Keating Nicolás Varrone Chevrolet Corvette C8.R M 206 +16 Laps‡ Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 22 LMGTE Am 83 Richard Mille AF Corse Luis Pérez Companc Alessio Rovera Lilou Wadoux Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 206 +16 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 23 LMGTE Am 85 Iron Dames Sarah Bovy Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 206 +16 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 24 LMGTE Am 54 AF Corse Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr Davide Rigon Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 206 +16 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 25 LMGTE Am 21 AF Corse Diego Alessi Simon Mann Ulysse de Pauw Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 206 +16 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 26 LMGTE Am 56 Project 1 – AO Matteo Cairoli Guilherme Oliveira Miguel Ramos Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 205 +17 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 27 LMGTE Am 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Julien Andlauer Christian Ried Mikkel O. Pedersen Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 205 +17 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 28 LMGTE Am 25 ORT by TF Ahmad Al Harthy Michael Dinan Charlie Eastwood Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 205 +17 Laps Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 29 LMGTE Am 88 Proton Competition Ryan Hardwick Zacharie Robichon Harry Tincknell Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 204 +18 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 30 LMGTE Am 57 Kessel Racing Scott Huffaker Takeshi Kimura Daniel Serra Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 204 +18 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 31 LMGTE Am 86 GR Racing Ben Barker Riccardo Pera Michael Wainwright Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 204 +18 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 32 LMGTE Am 60 Iron Lynx Matteo Cressoni Alessio Picariello Claudio Schiavoni Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 203 +19 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 33 LMGTE Am 98 Northwest AMR Paul Dalla Lana Axcil Jefferies Nicki Thiim Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 202 +20 Laps Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 34 LMP2 10 Vector Sport Gabriel Aubry Ryan Cullen Matthias Kaiser Oreca 07 G 193 +29 Laps Gibson GK428 V8 engine 35 Hypercar 5 Porsche Penske Motorsport Dane Cameron Michael Christensen Frédéric Makowiecki Porsche 963 M 189 +33 Laps Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 Ret Hypercar 4 Floyd Vanwall Racing Team Tom Dillmann Esteban Guerrieri Jacques Villeneuve Vanwall Vandervell 680 M 174 Brakes Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 Ret LMGTE Am 777 D'Station Racing Tomonobu Fujii Satoshi Hoshino Casper Stevenson Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 42 Mechanical Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 Source:[10]

Tyre manufacturers Key Symbol Tyre manufacturer G Goodyear M Michelin

Standings after the race

2023 Hypercar World Endurance Drivers' Championship Pos +/- Driver Points 1 1 Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryō Hirakawa 53 2 1 Antonio Fuoco Miguel Molina Nicklas Nielsen 42 3 2 Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López 40 4 Earl Bamber Alex Lynn Richard Westbrook 30 5 1 Kévin Estre André Lotterer Laurens Vanthoor 27

2023 Hypercar World Endurance Manufacturers' Championship Pos +/- Manufacturer Points 1 Toyota 64 2 Ferrari 42 3 1 Porsche 30 4 1 Cadillac 30 5 1 Peugeot 13

2023 FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Drivers Pos +/- Drivers Points 1 Philip Hanson Frederick Lubin 56 2 Mirko Bortolotti Daniil Kvyat Doriane Pin 40 3 2 Filipe Albuquerque 38 4 Rui Andrade Louis Delétraz Robert Kubica 33 5 5 Oliver Jarvis Josh Pierson 26

2023 FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Teams Pos +/- No. Team Points 1 22 United Autosports 56 2 63 Prema Racing 40 3 1 41 Team WRT 33 4 6 23 United Autosports 26 5 2 34 Inter Europol Competition 25

2023 FIA Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Am Drivers Pos +/- Drivers Points 1 Nicky Catsburg Ben Keating Nicolás Varrone 64 2 Julien Andlauer Christian Ried Mikkel O. Pedersen 33 3 1 Simon Mann Ulysse de Pauw 28 4 1 Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr Davide Rigon 27 5 2 Scott Huffaker Takeshi Himura Daniel Serra 24

2023 FIA Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Am Teams Pos +/- No. Team Points 1 33 Corvette Racing 64 2 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing 33 3 1 21 AF Corse 28 4 1 54 AF Corse 27 5 2 57 Kessel Racing 24

Source:^[11]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for all championship standings.