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2023 4 Hours of Algarve

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The layout of the Algarve International Circuit

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.

Background

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

Entry list

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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

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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

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  • Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Class No. Entrant Time
LMP2 25 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing 1:33.898
LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United States United Autosports USA 1:34.023
LMP3 13 Poland Inter Europol Competition 1:38.649
LMGTE 95 United Kingdom TF Sport 1:42.409
Source:[6]

Qualifying

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Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

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

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Race result

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

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Fastest lap

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

References

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  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.
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  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.
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  14. ^ "European Le Mans Series 2023 4 Hours of Algarve Classification". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
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  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.