2023 4 Hours of Algarve

The 2023 4 Hours of Algarve was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 19 and 20 October 2023, as the fifth round of the 2023 European Le Mans Series season.

The layout of the Algarve International Circuit

Background

The race meeting at Algarve International Circuit was turned into double race weekend after the cancellation of planned race at Imola.^[1]

Entry list

Main article: 2023 European Le Mans Series § Entries

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.^[2]

The No. 10 Eurointernational withdrew from competing before the racing weekend.^[3]

Ben Barnicoat came back to racing for the No. 83 AF Corse after missing two previous races.^[2] Jack Hawksworth returned to the No. 20 Algarve Pro Racing after also missing previous two races.^[2] Bent Viscaal replaced Gianmaria Bruni in the No. 99 Proton Competition.^[4]

Schedule

Date	Time (local: WEST)	Event
Thursday, 19 October	9:50	Free Practice 1
	16:20	Bronze Drivers Collective Test
Friday, 20 October	9:50	Qualifying - LMGTE
	10:15	Qualifying - LMP3
	10:40	Qualifying - LMP2 Pro/Am
	11:05	Qualifying - LMP2
	14:45	Race
Source:[5]

Free practice

• Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

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
Source:[6]

Qualifying

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap	Grid
1	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	James Allen	1:48.674	—	1
2	LMP2	43	Inter Europol Competition	Olli Caldwell	1:49.555	+0.881	2
3	LMP2	28	IDEC Sport	Laurents Hörr	1:49.896	+1.222	3
4	LMP2	65	Panis Racing	Job van Uitert	1:50.159	+1.485	4
5	LMP2	30	Duqueine Team	Neel Jani	1:50.311	+1.637	5
6	LMP2	22	United Autosports USA	Philip Hanson	1:50.634	+1.960	6
7	LMP2	47	Cool Racing	Reshad de Gerus	1:51.793	+3.119	7
8	LMP2 Pro/Am	19	Team Virage	Alexander Mattschull	1:55.426	+6.752	8
9	LMP3	8	Team Virage	Manuel Espírito Santo	1:56.029	+7.355	18
10	LMP3	12	WTM by Rinaldi Racing	Óscar Tunjo	1:56.255	+7.581	19
11	LMP2 Pro/Am	34	Racing Team Turkey	Salih Yoluç	1:56.472	+7.798	9
12	LMP2 Pro/Am	24	Nielsen Racing	Rodrigo Sales	1:56.792	+8.118	10
13	LMP2 Pro/Am	99	Proton Competition	Giorgio Roda	1:57.371	+8.697	11
14	LMP2 Pro/Am	3	DKR Engineering	Tom van Rompuy	1:57.585	+8.911	12
15	LMP3	17	Cool Racing	Marcos Siebert	1:57.727	+9.053	20
16	LMP3	11	Eurointernational	Adam Ali	1:57.932	+9.258	21
17	LMP3	4	DKR Engineering	Pedro Perino	1:57.950	+9.276	22
18	LMP3	7	Nielsen Racing	Ryan Harper-Ellam	1:58.067	+9.393	23
19	LMP3	13	Inter Europol Competition	Wyatt Brichacek	1:58.182	+9.508	24
20	LMP3	31	Racing Spirit of Leman	Antoine Doquin	1:58.312	+9.638	25
21	LMP3	15	RLR M Sport	Gaël Julien	1:58.489	+9.815	26
22	LMP3	35	Ultimate	Matthieu Lahaye	1:58.578	+9.904	27
23	LMP3	5	RLR M Sport	Valdemar Eriksen	1:58.702	+10.028	28
24	LMP2 Pro/Am	83	AF Corse	François Perrodo	1:59.912	+11.238	13
25	LMP2 Pro/Am	20	Algarve Pro Racing	Fred Poordad	2:01.126	+12.452	14
26	LMP2 Pro/Am	81	DragonSpeed USA	Henrik Hedman	2:01.698	+13.024	15
27	LMGTE	72	TF Sport	Arnold Robin	2:01.872	+13.198	29
28	LMP2 Pro/Am	37	Cool Racing	Alexandre Coigny	2:02.705	+14.031	16
29	LMGTE	50	Formula Racing	Johnny Laursen	2:02.830	+14.156	30
30	LMGTE	44	GMB Motorsport	Jens Møller	2:03.142	+14.468	31
31	LMGTE	77	Proton Competition	Christian Ried	2:04.008	+15.334	32
32	LMGTE	55	Spirit of Race	Duncan Cameron	2:04.618	+15.944	33
33	LMGTE	16	Proton Competition	Ryan Hardwick	2:05.864	+17.190	34
34	LMP2 Pro/Am	21	United Autosports USA	Daniel Schneider	2:07.825	+19.151	17
35	LMGTE	51	AF Corse	Kriton Lentoudis	2:08.059	+19.385	35
36	LMGTE	57	Kessel Racing	Takeshi Kimura	2:08.779	+20.105	36
37	LMGTE	66	JMW Motorsport	Martin Berry	2:09.468	+20.794	37
38	LMGTE	95	TF Sport	John Hartshorne	2:10.582	+21.908	38
39	LMGTE	60	Iron Lynx	Claudio Schiavoni	2:11.288	+22.614	39
40	LMGTE	93	Proton Competition[Q 1]	—			40
Sources:[8][9][10][11][12][13]

1. The No. 99 Proton Competition was penalised for causing a red flag and lost all its lap times. The fastest driver of the crew, Martin Rump, had to start the race.^[7]

Race

Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 84 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

Final Classification^[14][15]

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	120	4:00:43.255
2	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	Kyffin Simpson James Allen Alexander Lynn	Oreca 07	G	120	+0.808
3	LMP2	65	Panis Racing	Job van Uitert Manuel Maldonado Tijmen van der Helm	Oreca 07	G	120	+21.247
4	LMP2	47	Cool Racing	Vladislav Lomko Reshad de Gerus José María López	Oreca 07	G	120	+43.090
5	LMP2	30	Duqueine Team	Nicolás Pino René Binder Neel Jani	Oreca 07	G	120	+43.973
6	LMP2 Pro/Am	37	Cool Racing	Alexandre Coigny Malthe Jakobsen Nicolas Lapierre	Oreca 07	G	119	+1 Lap
7	LMP2 Pro/Am	24	Nielsen Racing	Rodrigo Sales Ben Hanley Mathias Beche	Oreca 07	G	119	+1 Lap[R 1]
8	LMP2 Pro/Am	83	AF Corse	François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Ben Barnicoat	Oreca 07	G	119	+1 Lap
9	LMP2	28	IDEC Sport	Paul Lafargue Paul-Loup Chatin Laurents Hörr	Oreca 07	G	119	+1 Lap
10	LMP2 Pro/Am	21	United Autosports USA	Daniel Schneider Andrew Meyrick Nelson Piquet Jr.	Oreca 07	G	119	+1 Lap[R 2]
11	LMP2 Pro/Am	81	DragonSpeed USA	Henrik Hedman Sebastián Montoya Juan Pablo Montoya	Oreca 07	G	118	+2 Laps
12	LMP2 Pro/Am	34	Racing Team Turkey	Salih Yoluç Charlie Eastwood Louis Delétraz	Oreca 07	G	118	+2 Laps
13	LMP2 Pro/Am	20	Algarve Pro Racing	Fred Poordad Tristan Vautier Jack Hawksworth	Oreca 07	G	118	+2 Laps
14	LMP2 Pro/Am	3	DKR Engineering	Tom van Rompuy Sebastián Álvarez Nathanaël Berthon	Oreca 07	G	118	+2 Laps
15	LMP2 Pro/Am	19	Team Virage	Alexander Mattschull Ian Rodríguez Tatiana Calderón	Oreca 07	G	117	+3 Laps
16	LMP3	12	WTM by Rinaldi Racing	Torsten Kratz Leonard Weiss Óscar Tunjo	Duqueine M30 – D08	M	116	+4 Laps
17	LMP3	35	Ultimate	Eric Trouillet Matthieu Lahaye Jean-Baptiste Lahaye	Ligier JS P320	M	116	+4 Laps
18	LMP3	4	DKR Engineering	Alexander Bukhantsov James Winslow Pedro Perino	Duqueine M30 – D08	M	116	+4 Laps
19	LMP3	17	Cool Racing	Adrien Chila Marcos Siebert Alejandro Garcia	Ligier JS P320	M	116	+4 Laps
20	LMP3	5	RLR M Sport	James Dayson Valdemar Eriksen Jack Manchester	Ligier JS P320	M	115	+5 Laps
21	LMP3	15	RLR M Sport	Horst Felbermayr Jr Gaël Julien Mateusz Kaprzyk	Ligier JS P320	M	115	+5 Laps[R 3]
22	LMGTE	77	Proton Competition	Christian Ried Giammarco Levorato Julien Andlauer	Porsche 911 RSR-19	G	115	+5 Laps
23	LMGTE	16	Proton Competition	Ryan Hardwick Zacharie Robichon Alessio Picariello	Porsche 911 RSR-19	G	115	+5 Laps
24	LMGTE	60	Iron Lynx	Claudio Schiavoni Matteo Cressoni Matteo Cairoli	Porsche 911 RSR-19	G	115	+5 Laps
25	LMGTE	57	Kessel Racing	Takeshi Kimura Scott Huffaker Daniel Serra	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	G	115	+5 Laps
26	LMGTE	72	TF Sport	Arnold Robin Maxime Robin Valentin Hasse-Clot	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	G	115	+5 Laps
27	LMGTE	51	AF Corse	Kriton Lentoudis Rui Águas Ulysse de Pauw	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	G	115	+5 Laps
28	LMGTE	55	Spirit of Race	Duncan Cameron David Perel Matthew Griffin	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	G	115	+5 Laps
29	LMP3	7	Nielsen Racing	Anthony Wells Ryan Harper-Ellam	Ligier JS P320	M	115	+5 Laps[R 4]
30	LMP3	31	Racing Spirit of Leman	Jacques Wolff Jean-Ludovic Foubert Antoine Doquin	Ligier JS P320	M	114	+6 Laps
31	LMGTE	44	GMB Motorsport	Jens Møller Gustav Birch Nicki Thiim	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	G	114	+6 Laps
32	LMGTE	93	Proton Competition	Michael Fassbender Martin Rump Richard Lietz	Porsche 911 RSR-19	G	114	+6 Laps
33	LMGTE	95	TF Sport	John Hartshorne Ben Tuck Jonathan Adam	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	G	114	+6 Laps
34	LMGTE	66	JMW Motorsport	Martin Berry Lorcan Hanafin Jon Lancaster	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	G	114	+6 Laps[R 5]
35	LMGTE	50	Formula Racing	Johnny Laursen Conrad Laursen Nicklas Nielsen	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	G	113	+7 Laps
36	LMP3	11	Eurointernational	Matthew Richard Bell Adam Ali	Ligier JS P320	M	112	+8 Laps
37	LMP2	43	Inter Europol Competition	Rui Andrade Olli Caldwell Jonathan Aberdein	Oreca 07	G	111	+9 Laps[R 6]
Not classified
	LMP3	13	Inter Europol Competition	Miguel Cristóvão Kai Askey Wyatt Brichacek	Ligier JS P320	M	84
	LMP3	8	Team Virage	Michael Jensen Nick Adcock Manuel Espírito Santo	Ligier JS P320	M	66
	LMP2 Pro/Am	99	Proton Competition	Giorgio Roda Jonas Ried Bent Viscaal	Oreca 07	G	58

1. The No. 24 Nielsen Racing was penalised for causing a contact with car No. 83. The penalty was 10 seconds added to crew's total race time.^[15]
2. The No. 21 United Autosports USA was penalised for overtaking during Safety Car period. The penalty was 10 seconds added to crew's total race time.^[15]
3. The No. 15 RLR M Sport was penalised for a pit stop infringement. The penalty was 5 seconds added to crew's total race time.^[15]
4. The No. 7 Nielsen Racing was penalised for exiting the pit lane with the red light on. The penalty was 10 seconds added to crew's total race time.^[15]
5. The No. 66 JMW Motorsport was penalised for abusing track limits. The penalty was a drive through converted to 30 seconds added to crew's total race time.^[15]
6. The No. 43 Inter Europol Competition was penalised for not meeting the minimum driving time of Jonathan Aberdein. Aberdein missed 13 minutes and 13.034 seconds to meet stipulated time. The penalty was subtracting 8 laps and adding 36.514 seconds to crew's total race time.^[16]

Statistics

Fastest lap

Class	Driver	Team	Time	Lap
LMP2	Kyffin Simpson	#25 Algarve Pro Racing	1:34.565	5
LMP2 Pro/Am	Sebastián Montoya	#81 DragonSpeed USA	1:35.158	117
LMP3	Marcos Siebert	#17 Cool Racing	1:39.929	114
LMGTE	Daniel Serra	#57 Kessel Racing	1:42.442	114
Source:[17]

References

1. "Portimão to Host ELMS Grand Season Finale in October". European Le Mans Series. 14 April 2023. Archived from the original on 14 April 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Euwema, Davey (19 October 2023). "Viscaal to Sub for Bruni at Portimao". Sportscar365. Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
5. "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.
6. "European Le Mans Series 2023 4 Hours of Algarve Classification". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
7. "Decision No. 14" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 20 October 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
8. "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Algarve Qualifying Final Classification" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 20 October 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
9. "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Algarve Qualifying Practice - LMP2 Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 20 October 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
10. "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Algarve Qualifying Practice - LMP2 Pro/Am Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 20 October 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
11. "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Algarve Qualifying Practice - LMP3 Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 20 October 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
12. "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Algarve Qualifying Practice - LMGTE Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 20 October 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
13. "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Algarve Race (4 Hours) Final Starting Grid" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 20 October 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
14. "European Le Mans Series 2023 4 Hours of Algarve Classification". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
15. "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Algarve Race Final Classification" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 20 October 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
16. "Decision No. 39" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 20 October 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
17. "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Algarve Race Final Classification by Category" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 20 October 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.