2023 4 Hours of Portimão
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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
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
Summarize
Perspective
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 |
Gaël 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 Espírito 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
Summarize
Perspective
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.
- 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]
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
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