2023 4 Hours of Portimão

The layout of the Algarve International Circuit

The 2023 4 Hours of Portimão was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 19 and 22 October 2023, as the sixth and the final round of the 2023 European Le Mans Series season.

Entry list

The entry list was published on 11 October and cosisted of 41 entries in 4 categories – 7 in LMP2, 10 in LMP2 Pro/Am, 12 in LMP3 and 12 in LMGTE.^[1]

The No. 10 Eurointernational withdrew from competing before the racing weekend.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time (local: WEST)	Event
Thursday, 19 October	9:50	Free Practice 1
Thursday, 19 October	16:20	Bronze Drivers Collective Test
Saturday, 21 October	11:40	Free Practice 2
	17:20	Qualifying - LMGTE
	17:45	Qualifying - LMP3
	18:10	Qualifying - LMP2 Pro/Am
	18:35	Qualifying - LMP2
Sunday, 22 October	13:00	Race
Source:^[3]

Free practice

Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Free Practice 1	Class	No.	Entrant	Time
	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	1:33.898
	LMP2 Pro/Am	21	United Autosports USA	1:34.023
	LMP3	13	Inter Europol Competition	1:38.649
	LMGTE	95	TF Sport	1:42.409
Free Practice 2	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	1:32.957
	LMP2 Pro/Am	24	Nielsen Racing	1:33.152
	LMP3	8	Team Virage	1:38.047
	LMGTE	44	GMB Motorsport	1:41.053
Source:^[4]^[5]

Qualifying

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap	Grid
1	LMP2	28	IDEC Sport	Paul-Loup Chatin	1:36.153	—	1
2	LMP2	22	United Autosports USA	Oliver Jarvis	1:36.726	+0.573	2
3	LMP2	65	Panis Racing	Job van Uitert	1:37.009	+0.856	3
4	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	James Allen	1:37.274	+1.121	4
5	LMP2	43	Inter Europol Competition	Olli Caldwell	1:38.338	+2.185	5
6	LMP2	30	Duqueine Team	Neel Jani	1:38.955	+2.802	6
7	LMP2	47	COOL Racing	Vladislav Lomko	1:42.087	+5.934	7
8	LMP2 Pro/Am	99	Proton Competition	Giorgio Roda	1:47.179	+11.026	8
9	LMP2 Pro/Am	34	Racing Team Turkey	Salih Yoluç	1:47.316	+11.163	9
10	LMP2 Pro/Am	3	DKR Engineering	Tom van Rompuy	1:47.504	+11.351	10
11	LMP3	15	RLR M Sport	Gael Julien	1:48.519	+12.366	18
12	LMP3	17	COOL Racing	Marcos Siebert	1:48.985	+12.832	19
13	LMP3	11	Eurointernational	Adam Ali	1:48.992	+12.839	20
14	LMP3	35	Ultimate	Jean-Baptiste Lahaye	1:49.294	+13.141	21
15	LMP3	31	Racing Spirit of Leman	Antoine Doquin	1:49.421	+13.268	22
16	LMP2 Pro/Am	19	Team Virage	Alexander Mattschull	1:50.256	+14.103	11
17	LMP2 Pro/Am	20	Algarve Pro Racing	Fred Poordad	1:50.363	+14.210	12
18	LMP2 Pro/Am	81	DragonSpeed USA	Henrik Hedman	1:50.918	+14.765	13
19	LMP3	13	Inter Europol Competition	Kai Askey	1:51.161	+15.008	23
20	LMP3	12	WTM by Rinaldi Racing	Óscar Tunjo	1:52.268	+16.115	24
21	LMP3	7	Nielsen Racing	Ryan Harper-Ellam	1:52.389	+16.236	25
22	LMP3	8	Team Virage	Manuel Espirito Santo	1:52.430	+16.277	26
23	LMP3	4	DKR Engineering	Pedro Perino	1:52.757	+16.604	27
24	LMP2 Pro/Am	83	AF Corse	François Perrodo	1:53.272	+17.119	14
25	LMP2 Pro/Am	21	United Autosports USA	Daniel Schneider	1:53.298	+17.145	15
26	LMP2 Pro/Am	24	Nielsen Racing	Rodrigo Sales	1:53.409	+17.256	16
27	LMP3	5	RLR M Sport	Valdemar Eriksen	1:54.367	+18.214	28
28	LMP2 Pro/Am	37	COOL Racing	Alexandre Coigny	1:55.269	+19.116	17
29	LMGTE	16	Proton Competition	Ryan Hardwick	1:58.574	+22.421	29
30	LMGTE	57	Kessel Racing	Takeshi Kimura	1:58.837	+22.684	30
31	LMGTE	77	Proton Competition	Christian Ried	1:58.971	+22.818	31
32	LMGTE	55	Spirit of Race	Duncan Cameron	1:59.149	+22.996	32
33	LMGTE	44	GMB Motorsport	Jens Møller	1:59.598	+23.445	33
34	LMGTE	66	JMW Motorsport	Martin Berry	2:00.232	+24.079	34
35	LMGTE	93	Proton Competition	Michael Fassbender	2:00.460	+24.307	35
36	LMGTE	72	TF Sport	Arnold Robin	2:00.644	+24.491	36
37	LMGTE	50	Formula Racing	Johnny Laursen	2:00.682	+24.529	37
38	LMGTE	95	TF Sport	John Hartshorne	2:00.809	+24.656	38
39	LMGTE	51	AF Corse	Kriton Lentoudis	2:02.247	+26.094	39
40	LMGTE	60	Iron Lynx	Claudio Schiavoni	2:04.130	+27.977	40
Sources:^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]

Race

Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 67 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

Final Classification^[12]^[13]
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Tyres	Laps	Time/Gap
1	LMP2	22	United Autosports USA	Marino Sato Philip Hanson Oliver Jarvis	Oreca 07	G	97	4:01:25.355
2	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	Kyffin Simpson James Allen Alexander Lynn	Oreca 07	G	97	+5.785
3	LMP2	65	Panis Racing	Job van Uitert Manuel Maldonado Tijmen van der Helm	Oreca 07	G	97	+5.918
4	LMP2 Pro/Am	83	AF Corse	François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Ben Barnicoat	Oreca 07	G	97	+6.970
5	LMP2 Pro/Am	37	COOL Racing	Alexandre Coigny Malthe Jakobsen Nicolas Lapierre	Oreca 07	G	97	+7.601
6	LMP2 Pro/Am	24	Nielsen Racing	Rodrigo Sales Ben Hanley Mathias Beche	Oreca 07	G	97	+24.308
7	LMP2 Pro/Am	34	Racing Team Turkey	Salih Yoluç Charlie Eastwood Louis Delétraz	Oreca 07	G	97	+25.121
8	LMP2	43	Inter Europol Competition	Rui Andrade Olli Caldwell Jonathan Aberdein	Oreca 07	G	97	+36.269
9	LMP2 Pro/Am	81	DragonSpeed USA	Henrik Hedman Sebastián Montoya Juan Pablo Montoya	Oreca 07	G	97	+37.183
10	LMP2	30	Duqueine Team	Nicolás Pino René Binder Neel Jani	Oreca 07	G	97	+37.881
11	LMP2 Pro/Am	3	DKR Engineering	Tom van Rompuy Sebastián Álvarez Nathanaël Berthon	Oreca 07	G	97	+38.498
12	LMP2 Pro/Am	99	Proton Competition	Giorgio Roda Jonas Ried Bent Viscaal	Oreca 07	G	97	+1:06.800
13	LMP2 Pro/Am	20	Algarve Pro Racing	Fred Poordad Tristan Vautier Jack Hawksworth	Oreca 07	G	96	+1 Lap
14	LMP2	28	IDEC Sport	Paul Lafargue Paul-Loup Chatin Laurents Hörr	Oreca 07	G	95	+2 Laps
15	LMP2	47	COOL Racing	Vladislav Lomko Reshad de Gerus José María López	Oreca 07	G	95	+2 Laps
16	LMP3	11	Eurointernational	Matthew Richard Bell Adam Ali	Ligier JS P320	M	94	+3 Laps
17	LMP3	17	COOL Racing	Adrien Chila Marcos Siebert Alejandro Garcia	Ligier JS P320	M	93	+4 Laps
18	LMP3	4	DKR Engineering	Alexander Bukhantsov James Winslow Pedro Perino	Duqueine M30 – D08	M	93	+4 Laps
19	LMP3	13	Inter Europol Competition	Miguel Cristóvão Kai Askey Wyatt Brichacek	Ligier JS P320	M	93	+4 Laps
20	LMGTE	16	Proton Competition	Ryan Hardwick Zacharie Robichon Alessio Picariello	Porsche 911 RSR-19	G	93	+4 Laps
21	LMP2 Pro/Am	21	United Autosports USA	Daniel Schneider Andrew Meyrick Nelson Piquet Jr.	Oreca 07	G	93	+4 Laps
22	LMGTE	77	Proton Competition	Christian Ried Giammarco Levorato Julien Andlauer	Porsche 911 RSR-19	G	93	+4 Laps
23	LMP3	8	Team Virage	Michael Jensen Nick Adcock Manuel Espirito Santo	Ligier JS P320	M	93	+4 Laps
24	LMGTE	55	Spirit of Race	Duncan Cameron David Perel Matthew Griffin	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	G	93	+4 Laps
25	LMP3	15	RLR M Sport	Horst Felbermayr Jr Gael Julien Mateusz Kaprzyk	Ligier JS P320	M	93	+4 Laps
26	LMP3	31	Racing Spirit of Léman	Jacques Wolff Jean-Ludovic Foubert Antoine Doquin	Ligier JS P320	M	93	+4 Laps^{[R 1]}
27	LMGTE	66	JMW Motorsport	Martin Berry Lorcan Hanafin Jon Lancaster	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	G	93	+4 Laps
28	LMGTE	44	GMB Motorsport	Jens Møller Gustav Birch Nicki Thiim	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	G	93	+4 Laps^{[R 2]}
29	LMGTE	95	TF Sport	John Hartshorne Ben Tuck Jonathan Adam	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	G	92	+5 Laps
30	LMGTE	51	AF Corse	Kriton Lentoudis Rui Águas Ulysse de Pauw	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	G	92	+5 Laps^{[R 3]}
31	LMGTE	60	Iron Lynx	Claudio Schiavoni Matteo Cressoni Matteo Cairoli	Porsche 911 RSR-19	G	92	+5 Laps
32	LMGTE	50	Formula Racing	Johnny Laursen Conrad Laursen Nicklas Nielsen	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	G	92	+5 Laps^{[R 4]}
33	LMGTE	72	TF Sport	Arnold Robin Maxime Robin Valentin Hasse-Clot	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	G	91	+6 Laps
34	LMGTE	93	Proton Competition	Michael Fassbender Martin Rump Richard Lietz	Porsche 911 RSR-19	G	91	+6 Laps
35	LMP3	12	WTM by Rinaldi Racing	Torsten Kratz Leonard Weiss Óscar Tunjo	Duqueine M30 – D08	M	90	+7 Laps^{[R 5]}
36	LMGTE	57	Kessel Racing	Takeshi Kimura Scott Huffaker Daniel Serra	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	G	87	+10 Laps
37	LMP2 Pro/Am	19	Team Virage	Alexander Mattschull Ian Rodríguez Tatiana Calderón	Oreca 07	G	82	+15 Laps
Not classified
	LMP3	5	RLR M Sport	James Dayson Valdemar Eriksen Jack Manchester	Ligier JS P320	M	81
	LMP3	35	Ultimate	Eric Trouillet Matthieu Lahaye Jean-Baptiste Lahaye	Ligier JS P320	M	66
	LMP3	7	Nielsen Racing	Anthony Wells Ryan Harper-Ellam	Ligier JS P320	M	49

↑ The No. 31 Racing Spirit of Léman was penalised for not serving 10 seconds time penalty during a pit stop. The penalty was a drive through converted to 30 seconds added to crew's total race time.^[14]^[13]
↑ The No. 44 GMB Motorsport was penalised for not meeting the minimum driving time of Nicki Thiim. Thiim missed 16.743 seconds to meet stipulated time. The penalty was 17 seconds Stop & Go converted to 52 seconds added to crew's total race time.^[15]^[13]
↑ The No. 51 AF Corse was penalised for not meeting the minimum driving time of Ulysse de Pauw. De Pauw missed 1 minute and 32.251 seconds to meet stipulated time. The penalty was 1 minute 32.251 seconds converted to subtraction of 1 lap and adding 24.148 seconds added to crew's total race time.^[16]
↑ The No. 50 Formula Racing was penalised for not meeting the minimum driving time of Nicklas Nielsen. Nielsen missed 1 minute and 56.028 seconds to meet stipulated time. The penalty was subtracting 1 lap and adding 47.925 seconds added to crew's total race time.^[17]
↑ The No. 12 WTM by Rinaldi Racing was penalised for a pit stop infringement. The penalty was 10 seconds added to crew's total race time.^[13]

Statistics

Fastest lap

Class	Driver	Team	Time	Lap
LMP2	Job van Uitert	#65 Panis Racing	1:35.475	77
LMP2 Pro/Am	Ian Rodríguez	#19 Team Virage	1:35.854	77
LMP3	Marcos Siebert	#17 COOL Racing	1:41.421	90
LMGTE	Daniel Serra	#57 Kessel Racing	1:43,103	87
Source:^[18]

References

↑ Kilbey, Stephen (11 October 2023). "41 Cars Entered For Portimão Grand Finale". DailySportscar. Archived from the original on 11 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
↑ Goodwin, Graham; Graça, João; Kilbey, Stephen (19 October 2023). "ELMS Grand Finale: Thursday Paddock Notes". DailySportscar. Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
↑ "TIMETABLE V6 - GRAND SEASON FINALE - 4 HOURS OF ALGARVE & 4 HOURS OF PORTIMÃO" (PDF). FIA WEC Press. 11 October 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
↑ "European Le Mans Series 2023 4 Hours of Algarve Classification". MotorsportStats. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
↑ "European Le Mans Series 2023 4 Hours of Portimao Classification". MotorsportStats. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
↑ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Portimao Qualifying Final Classification" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 21 October 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
↑ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Portimao Qualifying Practice - LMP2 Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 21 October 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
↑ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Portimao Qualifying Practice - LMP2 Pro/Am Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 21 October 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
↑ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Portimao Qualifying Practice - LMP3 Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 21 October 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
↑ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Portimao Qualifying Practice - LMGTE Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 21 October 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
↑ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Portimao Race (4 Hours) Final Starting Grid" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 22 October 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
↑ "European Le Mans Series 2023 4 Hours of Portimão Classification". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
1 2 3 4 "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Portimao Race Final Classification" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 22 October 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
↑ "Decision No. 69" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 22 October 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
↑ "Decision No. 71" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 22 October 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
↑ "Decision No. 72" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 22 October 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
↑ "Decision No. 73" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 22 October 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
↑ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Portimao Race Final Classification by Category" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 22 October 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.

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[15] The No. 31 Racing Spirit of Léman was penalised for not serving 10 seconds time penalty during a pit stop. The penalty was a drive through converted to 30 seconds added to crew's total race time.^[14]^[13]

[17] The No. 44 GMB Motorsport was penalised for not meeting the minimum driving time of Nicki Thiim. Thiim missed 16.743 seconds to meet stipulated time. The penalty was 17 seconds Stop & Go converted to 52 seconds added to crew's total race time.^[15]^[13]

[19] The No. 51 AF Corse was penalised for not meeting the minimum driving time of Ulysse de Pauw. De Pauw missed 1 minute and 32.251 seconds to meet stipulated time. The penalty was 1 minute 32.251 seconds converted to subtraction of 1 lap and adding 24.148 seconds added to crew's total race time.^[16]

[21] The No. 50 Formula Racing was penalised for not meeting the minimum driving time of Nicklas Nielsen. Nielsen missed 1 minute and 56.028 seconds to meet stipulated time. The penalty was subtracting 1 lap and adding 47.925 seconds added to crew's total race time.^[17]

[22] The No. 12 WTM by Rinaldi Racing was penalised for a pit stop infringement. The penalty was 10 seconds added to crew's total race time.^[13]

[DSC_Entry_list-1] Kilbey, Stephen (11 October 2023). "41 Cars Entered For Portimão Grand Finale". DailySportscar. Archived from the original on 11 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.

[2] Goodwin, Graham; Graça, João; Kilbey, Stephen (19 October 2023). "ELMS Grand Finale: Thursday Paddock Notes". DailySportscar. Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.

[3] "TIMETABLE V6 - GRAND SEASON FINALE - 4 HOURS OF ALGARVE & 4 HOURS OF PORTIMÃO" (PDF). FIA WEC Press. 11 October 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.

[4] "European Le Mans Series 2023 4 Hours of Algarve Classification". MotorsportStats. Retrieved 23 October 2023.

[5] "European Le Mans Series 2023 4 Hours of Portimao Classification". MotorsportStats. Retrieved 23 October 2023.

[Qualifying_Results-6] "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Portimao Qualifying Final Classification" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 21 October 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.

[LMP2_Drivers-7] "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Portimao Qualifying Practice - LMP2 Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 21 October 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.

[LMP2PA_Drivers-8] "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Portimao Qualifying Practice - LMP2 Pro/Am Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 21 October 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.

[LMP3_Drivers-9] "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Portimao Qualifying Practice - LMP3 Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 21 October 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.

[LMGTE_Drivers-10] "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Portimao Qualifying Practice - LMGTE Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 21 October 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.

[Starting_Grid-11] "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Portimao Race (4 Hours) Final Starting Grid" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 22 October 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.

[12] "European Le Mans Series 2023 4 Hours of Portimão Classification". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 23 October 2023.

[Race_Results-13] 1 2 3 4 "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Portimao Race Final Classification" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 22 October 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.

[14] "Decision No. 69" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 22 October 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.

[16] "Decision No. 71" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 22 October 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.

[18] "Decision No. 72" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 22 October 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.

[20] "Decision No. 73" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 22 October 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.

[23] "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Portimao Race Final Classification by Category" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 22 October 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.

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