2021 8 Hours of Portimão

The 2021 8 Hours of Portimão was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Algarve International Circuit, Algarve, Portugal, on 13 June 2021. It served as the second round of the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship, and was the first running of the event as part of the championship. The race marked the debut of the Glickenhaus Racing car called the 007 LMH. The race was originally scheduled to be the opening round of the championship, replacing a race at Sebring International Raceway in Florida due to travel issues relating to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] The race was later postponed from the original date of 4 April due to quarantine regulations in Portugal, meaning it would no-longer be the opening round.^[2] The race was won by the Toyota GR010 Hybrid of Sebastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima and Brendon Hartley.^[3]

2021 8 Hours of Portimão

Event information
Round 2 of 6 in the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship
Date	13 June 2021
Location	Portimão
Venue	Algarve International Circuit
Duration	8 Hours
Results
Laps completed	300
Distance (km)	1395.9
Distance (miles)	867.3
Hypercar
Pole position
Time	1:30.364
Team	Alpine Elf Matmut
Winners
Team	Toyota Gazoo Racing
Drivers	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López
LMP2
Winners
Team	JOTA
Drivers	Roberto González António Félix da Costa Anthony Davidson
LMP2 Pro-Am
Winners
Team	Realteam Racing
Drivers	Esteban Garcia Mathias Beche Norman Nato
LMGTE Pro
Winners
Team	AF Corse
Drivers	James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi
LMGTE Am
Winners
Team	Cetilar Racing
Drivers	Roberto Lacorte Giorgio Sernagiotto Antonio Fuoco

Qualifying

Qualifying Results

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.^[4]

Pos	Class	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	Hypercar	No. 36 Alpine Elf Matmut	1:30.364	-	1
2	Hypercar	No. 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing	1:30.458	+0.094	2
3	Hypercar	No. 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing	1:30.540	+0.176	3
4	LMP2	No. 28 JOTA	1:31.210	+0.846	4
5	LMP2	No. 38 JOTA	1:31.255	+0.891	5
6	LMP2 Pro-Am	No. 29 Racing Team Nederland	1:31.545	+1.181	6
7	LMP2	No. 22 United Autosports USA	1:31.598	+1.234	7
8	LMP2	No. 31 Team WRT	1:31.648	+1.284	8
9	LMP2	No. 34 Inter Europol Competition	1:31.737	+1.373	9
10	LMP2 Pro-Am	No. 70 Realteam Racing	1:31.854	+1.490	10
11	Hypercar	No. 709 Glickenhaus Racing	1:32.167	+1.803	11
12	LMP2 Pro-Am	No. 21 DragonSpeed USA	1:32.526	+2.162	12
13	LMP2 Pro-Am	No. 20 High Class Racing	1:32.626	+2.262	13
14	LMP2	No. 1 Richard Mille Racing Team	1:32.748	+2.384	14
15	LMP2 Pro-Am	No. 44 ARC Bratislava	1:34.224	+3.860	15
16	LMGTE Pro	No. 92 Porsche GT Team	1:37.986	+7.622	16
17	LMGTE Pro	No. 51 AF Corse	1:38.359	+7.995	17
18	LMGTE Pro	No. 91 Porsche GT Team	1:38.389	+8.025	18
19	LMGTE Pro	No. 52 AF Corse	1:38.743	+8.379	19
20	LMGTE Am	No. 56 Team Project 1	1:40.191	+9.827	20
21	LMGTE Am	No. 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing	1:40.236	+9.872	21
22	LMGTE Am	No. 47 Cetilar Racing	1:40.885	+10.521	22
23	LMGTE Am	No. 54 AF Corse	1:41.001	+10.637	23
24	LMGTE Am	No. 85 Iron Lynx	1:41.085	+10.721	24
25	LMGTE Am	No. 83 AF Corse	1:41.141	+10.777	25
26	LMGTE Am	No. 57 Kessel Racing	1:41.276	+10.912	26
27	LMGTE Am	No. 98 Aston Martin Racing	1:41.366	+11.002	27
28	LMGTE Am	No. 777 D'station Racing	1:41.499	+11.135	28
29	LMGTE Am	No. 86 GR Racing	1:41.604	+11.240	29
30	LMGTE Am	No. 33 TF Sport	1:41.993	+11.629	30
31	LMGTE Am	No. 60 Iron Lynx	1:42.521	+12.157	31
32	LMGTE Am	No. 88 Dempsey-Proton Racing	1:43.374	+13.010	32

Race

Race Result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of the overall winning car's race distance) was 210 laps. Class winners are denoted in bold and with ‡. ^[5]

Final race classification Pos. Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Time/Retired Engine 1 Hypercar 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Brendon Hartley Toyota GR010 Hybrid M 300 8:00:15.414 ‡ Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6 2 Hypercar 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López Toyota GR010 Hybrid M 300 +1.800 Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6 3 Hypercar 36 Alpine Elf Matmut André Negrão Nicolas Lapierre Matthieu Vaxivière Alpine A480 M 300 +1:08.597 Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 4 LMP2 38 JOTA Roberto González António Félix da Costa Anthony Davidson Oreca 07 G 296 +4 Laps ‡ Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 5 LMP2 28 JOTA Sean Gelael Stoffel Vandoorne Tom Blomqvist Oreca 07 G 296 +4 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 6 LMP2 22 United Autosports USA Philip Hanson Wayne Boyd Paul di Resta Oreca 07 G 295 +5 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 7 LMP2 31 Team WRT Robin Frijns Ferdinand Habsburg Charles Milesi Oreca 07 G 295 +5 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 8 LMP2 34 Inter Europol Competition Jakub Śmiechowski Louis Delétraz Alex Brundle Oreca 07 G 293 +7 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 9 LMP2 1 Richard Mille Racing Team Tatiana Calderón Sophia Flörsch Beitske Visser Oreca 07 G 290 +10 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 10 LMP2 (Pro-Am) 70 Realteam Racing Esteban Garcia Mathias Beche Norman Nato Oreca 07 G 290 +10 Laps ‡ Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 11 LMP2 (Pro-Am) 21 DragonSpeed USA Henrik Hedman Juan Pablo Montoya Ben Hanley Oreca 07 G 288 +12 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 12 LMP2 (Pro-Am) 20 High Class Racing Jan Magnussen Anders Fjordbach Dennis Andersen Oreca 07 G 285 +15 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 13 LMP2 (Pro-Am) 29 Racing Team Nederland Frits van Eerd [nl] Giedo van der Garde Job van Uitert Oreca 07 G 280 +20 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 14 LMGTE Pro 51 AF Corse Alessandro Pier Guidi James Calado Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 279 +21 Laps ‡ Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 15 LMGTE Pro 52 AF Corse Daniel Serra Miguel Molina Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 279 +21 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 16 LMGTE Pro 92 Porsche GT Team Kévin Estre Neel Jani Michael Christensen Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 279 +21 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 17 LMGTE Pro 91 Porsche GT Team Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz Frédéric Makowiecki Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 278 +22 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 18 LMGTE Am 47 Cetilar Racing Roberto Lacorte Giorgio Sernagiotto Antonio Fuoco Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 274 +26 Laps ‡ Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 19 LMGTE Am 56 Team Project 1 Matteo Cairoli Egidio Perfetti Riccardo Pera Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 274 +26 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 20 LMGTE Am 54 AF Corse Thomas Flohr Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 274 +26 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 21 LMGTE Am 98 Aston Martin Racing Paul Dalla Lana Augusto Farfus Marcos Gomes Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 274 +26 Laps Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 22 LMGTE Am 57 Kessel Racing Takeshi Kimura Mikkel Jensen Scott Andrews Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 274 +26 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 23 LMGTE Am 60 Iron Lynx Claudio Schiavoni Andrea Piccini Matteo Cressoni Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 273 +27 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 24 LMGTE Am 85 Iron Lynx Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Manuela Gostner Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 273 +27 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 25 LMGTE Am 33 TF Sport Ben Keating Dylan Pereira Felipe Fraga Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 272 +28 Laps Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 26 LMGTE Am 86 GR Racing Michael Wainwright Ben Barker Tom Gamble Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 271 +29 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 27 LMGTE Am 88 Dempsey-Proton Racing Dominique Bastien Marco Seefried Julien Andlauer Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 269 +31 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 28 LMGTE Am 83 AF Corse François Perrodo Nicklas Nielsen Alessio Rovera Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 267 +33 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 29 LMP2 (Pro-Am) 44 ARC Bratislava Miro Konôpka Oliver Webb Tom Jackson Ligier JS P217 G 261 +39 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 30 Hypercar 709 Glickenhaus Racing Ryan Briscoe Romain Dumas Richard Westbrook Glickenhaus 007 LMH M 246 +54 Laps Glickenhaus 3.5 L Turbo V8 DNF LMGTE Am 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Christian Ried Jaxon Evans Matt Campbell Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 88 Retired Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 DNF LMGTE Am 777 D'station Racing Satoshi Hoshino Tomonobu Fujii Andrew Watson Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 69 Retired Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8

Tyre manufacturers Key Symbol Tyre manufacturer G Goodyear M Michelin

Standings after the race

2021 Hypercar World Endurance Drivers' Championship Pos. +/– Driver Points 1 Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Brendon Hartley 63 2 1 Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López 43 3 1 Nicolas Lapierre André Negrão Matthieu Vaxivière 42 4 1 Ryan Briscoe Romain Dumas Richard Westbrook 18

2021 Hypercar World Endurance Championship Pos. +/– Team Points 1 Toyota Gazoo Racing 64 2 Alpine Elf Matmut 42 3 Glickenhaus Racing 1

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for the Drivers Championship standings.

2021 LMP2 World Endurance Drivers' Championship Pos. +/– Driver Points 1 Anthony Davidson António Félix da Costa Roberto González 56 2 Philip Hanson 49 3 Sean Gelael Stoffel Vandoorne Tom Blomqvist 42 4 Fabio Scherer Filipe Albuquerque 26 5 Alex Brundle Jakub Śmiechowski 25

2021 LMP2 World Endurance Championship Pos. +/– Team Points 1 No. 38 JOTA 56 2 No. 22 United Autosports USA 49 3 No. 28 JOTA 43 4 No. 34 Inter Europol Competition 25 5 No. 31 Team WRT 19

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for the Drivers Championship standings.

2021 World Endurance GTE Drivers' Championship Pos. +/– Driver Points 1 1 James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi 56 2 1 Kévin Estre Neel Jani 50 3 Miguel Molina Daniel Serra 42 4 Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz 30 5 Michael Christensen 24

2021 World Endurance GTE Manufacturers' Championship Pos. +/– Team Points 1 1 Ferrari 98 2 1 Porsche 80

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for the Drivers Championship standings.

References

1. Goodwin, Graham (22 January 2021). "2021 FIA WEC Season Opener At Sebring Switched To Portimao". Daily Sportscar. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
2. Goodwin, Graham (5 March 2021). "WEC Portimao Season Opener Postponed". Daily Sportscar. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
3. "Toyota No. 8 wins Portimao WEC tactical duel". Racer.com. 13 June 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
4. "2021 8 Hours of Portimão Qualifying Results" (PDF).
5. "2021 8 Hours of Portimão Race Classification" (PDF).