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2023 8 Hours of Bahrain

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Bahrain 2023 8 Hours of Bahrain
Event information
Round 7 of 7 in the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship
Date4 November 2023
LocationSakhir
VenueBahrain International Circuit
Duration8 Hours
Results
Laps completed249
Distance (km)1347.588
Distance (miles)837.387
Hypercar
Pole position
Time1:46.564
TeamJapan Toyota Gazoo Racing
Winners
TeamJapan Toyota Gazoo Racing
DriversSwitzerland Sébastien Buemi
New Zealand Brendon Hartley
Japan Ryo Hirakawa
LMP2
Winners
TeamBelgium Team WRT
DriversAngola Rui Andrade
Switzerland Louis Delétraz
Poland Robert Kubica
LMGTE Am
Winners
TeamItaly Iron Dames
DriversBelgium Sarah Bovy
Switzerland Rahel Frey
Denmark Michelle Gatting

The 2023 Bapco Energies 8 Hours of Bahrain was an endurance sportscar racing event held on 4 November 2023, as the seventh and final round of the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship. It was the twelfth running of the event, and the fifth running in an extended 8 hours format.

Background

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On 26 October 2023, the FIA published the Balance of Performance (BoP) for the Hypercar and LMGTE AM classes. In Hypercar, the Cadillac and Porsche both lost 7 kilograms of weight. They also both lost 1 MJ of maximum stint energy. For all other cars in the class, the BoP remained the same as it was during the Fuji round.[1] In LMGTE Am, the Aston Martin received a fuel tank increase of 2 litres and an 0.04 increase in engine power. The Corvette received a fuel tank decrease of 2 litres, and a decrease of 0.6 mm for the maximum size of the air restrictor. For the Porsche and Ferrari, the BoP remained the same as it was during the Fuji round.[2]

Entry list

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There were 36 cars entered into the event: 12 Hypercars, 11 LMP2 cars, and 13 LMGTE Am cars. In Hypercar, Ryan Briscoe replaced João Paulo de Oliveira in the No. 4 Floyd Vanwall Racing Team machine.[3] Furthermore, Nico Müller returned to the No. 94 Peugeot TotalEnergies machine, after missing the Fuji round due to an injury.[4]

In LMP2, Mirko Bortolotti returned to the No. 63 Prema Racing machine, and Tom Blomqvist returned to the No. 23 United Autosports machine.[4] In LMGTE Am, Franck Dezoteux joined the No. 21 AF Corse machine,[4] with Liam Talbot replacing Satoshi Hoshino in the No. 777 D'Station Racing machine.[5] Furthermore, Esteban Masson joined the No. 57 Kessel Racing machine, replacing Ritomo Miyata, whilst Daniel Serra also returned after missing the previous two rounds.[6]

Schedule

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Date Time (local: AST) Event
Thursday, 2 November 12:15 Free Practice 1
17:30 Free Practice 2
Friday, 3 November 12:00 Free Practice 3
16:15 Qualifying - LMGTE Am
16:40 Qualifying - LMP2
17:05 Qualifying - Hypercar
Saturday, 4 November 14:00 Race
Source:[7]

Free practice

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  • Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Free Practice 1 Class No. Entrant Driver Time
Hypercar 7 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing Japan Kamui Kobayashi 1:49.856
LMP2 22 United Kingdom United Autosports Portugal Filipe Albuquerque 1:54.100
LMGTE Am 777 Japan D'Station Racing Japan Tomonobu Fujii 1:59.516
Free Practice 2 Class No. Entrant Driver Time
Hypercar 7 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing Japan Kamui Kobayashi 1:46.851
LMP2 22 United Kingdom United Autosports Portugal Filipe Albuquerque 1:52.850
LMGTE Am 57 Switzerland Kessel Racing Brazil Daniel Serra 1:58.246
Free Practice 3 Class No. Entrant Driver Time
Hypercar 2 United States Cadillac Racing United Kingdom Alex Lynn 1:49.512
LMP2 23 United Kingdom United Autosports United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist 1:53.661
LMGTE Am 56 Germany Project 1 – AO Italy Matteo Cairoli 1:58.214
Source:[8][9][10]

Qualifying

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Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos Class No. Team Time Gap Grid
1 Hypercar 8 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:46.564 - 1
2 Hypercar 7 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:47.053 +0.489 2
3 Hypercar 2 United States Cadillac Racing 1:47.265 +0.701 3
4 Hypercar 6 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport 1:47.712 +1.148 4
5 Hypercar 50 Italy Ferrari AF Corse 1:47.739 +1.175 5
6 Hypercar 51 Italy Ferrari AF Corse 1:47.828 +1.264 6
7 Hypercar 5 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport 1:47.946 +1.382 7
8 Hypercar 99 Germany Proton Competition 1:47.964 +1.400 8
9 Hypercar 38 United Kingdom Hertz Team Jota 1:48.555 +1.991 9
10 Hypercar 93 France Peugeot TotalEnergies 1:48.987 +2.423 10
11 Hypercar 94 France Peugeot TotalEnergies 1:49.502 +2.938 11
12 Hypercar 4 Austria Floyd Vanwall Racing Team 1:50.682 +4.118 12
13 LMP2 23 United Kingdom United Autosports 1:52.290 +5.726 13
14 LMP2 36 France Alpine Elf Team 1:52.561 +5.997 14
15 LMP2 31 Belgium Team WRT 1:52.898 +6.334 15
16 LMP2 10 United Kingdom Vector Sport 1:52.903 6.339 16
17 LMP2 22 United Kingdom United Autosports 1:52.992 +6.428 17
18 LMP2 9 Italy Prema Racing 1:53.033 +6.469 18
19 LMP2 34 Poland Inter Europol Competition 1:53.086 +6.522 19
20 LMP2 63 Italy Prema Racing 1:53.191 +6.627 20
21 LMP2 28 United Kingdom Jota 1:53.320 +6.756 21
22 LMP2 41 Belgium Team WRT 1:53.580 +7.016 22
23 LMP2 35 France Alpine Elf Team 1:54.023 +7.459 23
24 LMGTE Am 85 Italy Iron Dames 1:58.692 +12.128 24
25 LMGTE Am 777 Japan D'Station Racing 1:58.982 +12.418 25
26 LMGTE Am 25 Oman ORT by TF 1:59.161 +12.597 26
27 LMGTE Am 57 Switzerland Kessel Racing 1:59.162 +12.598 27
28 LMGTE Am 33 United States Corvette Racing 1:59.412 +12.848 28
29 LMGTE Am 98 Canada NorthWest AMR 1:59.683 +13.119 29
30 LMGTE Am 54 Italy AF Corse 1:59.761 +13.197 30
31 LMGTE Am 77 Germany Dempsey-Proton Racing 2:00.063 +13.499 31
32 LMGTE Am 83 Italy Richard Mille AF Corse 2:00.279 +13.715 32
33 LMGTE Am 56 Germany Project 1 – AO 2:00.446 +13.882 33
34 LMGTE Am 86 United Kingdom GR Racing 2:01.275 +14.711 34
35 LMGTE Am 60 Italy Iron Lynx 2:01.547 +14.983 35
36 LMGTE Am 21 Italy AF Corse 2:02.646 +16.082 36
Source:[11]

Race

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The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 174 laps. Class winners are in bold and ‡.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 Hypercar 8 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
New Zealand Brendon Hartley
Japan Ryo Hirakawa
Toyota GR010 Hybrid M 249 8:01:25.308‡
Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6
2 Hypercar 7 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing United Kingdom Mike Conway
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Argentina José María López
Toyota GR010 Hybrid M 249 +47.516
Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6
3 Hypercar 50 Italy Ferrari AF Corse Italy Antonio Fuoco
Spain Miguel Molina
Denmark Nicklas Nielsen
Ferrari 499P M 249 +1:36.286
Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6
4 Hypercar 38 United Kingdom Hertz Team Jota Portugal António Félix da Costa
United Kingdom Will Stevens
China Yifei Ye
Porsche 963 M 249 +1:37.248
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
5 Hypercar 6 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport France Kévin Estre
Germany André Lotterer
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
Porsche 963 M 248 +1 Lap
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
6 Hypercar 51 Italy Ferrari AF Corse United Kingdom James Calado
Italy Antonio Giovinazzi
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
Ferrari 499P M 248 +1 Lap
Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6
7 Hypercar 5 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport United States Dane Cameron
Denmark Michael Christensen
France Frédéric Makowiecki
Porsche 963 M 247 +2 Laps
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
8 Hypercar 94 France Peugeot TotalEnergies France Loïc Duval
United States Gustavo Menezes
Switzerland Nico Müller
Peugeot 9X8 M 247 +2 Laps
Peugeot 2.6 L Turbo V6
9 Hypercar 93 France Peugeot TotalEnergies Denmark Mikkel Jensen
United Kingdom Paul di Resta
France Jean-Éric Vergne
Peugeot 9X8 M 247 +2 Laps
Peugeot 2.6 L Turbo V6
10 Hypercar 99 Germany Proton Competition Italy Gianmaria Bruni
Switzerland Neel Jani
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell
Porsche 963 M 247 +2 Laps
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
11 Hypercar 2 United States Cadillac Racing New Zealand Earl Bamber
United Kingdom Alex Lynn
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Cadillac V-Series.R M 246 +3 Laps
Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
12 LMP2 41 Belgium Team WRT Angola Rui Andrade
Switzerland Louis Delétraz
Poland Robert Kubica
Oreca 07 G 238 +11 Laps‡
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
13 LMP2 31 Belgium Team WRT Netherlands Robin Frijns
Indonesia Sean Gelael
Austria Ferdinand Habsburg
Oreca 07 G 238 +11 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
14 LMP2 28 United Kingdom Jota Brazil Pietro Fittipaldi
Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson
Denmark Oliver Rasmussen
Oreca 07 G 238 +11 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
15 LMP2 9 Italy Prema Racing Italy Mirko Bortolotti
Romania Filip Ugran
Netherlands Bent Viscaal
Oreca 07 G 238 +11 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
16 LMP2 63 Italy Prema Racing Switzerland Mathias Beche
Daniil Kvyat
France Doriane Pin
Oreca 07 G 237 +12 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
17 LMP2 34 Poland Inter Europol Competition Spain Albert Costa
Switzerland Fabio Scherer
Poland Jakub Śmiechowski
Oreca 07 G 237 +12 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
18 LMP2 36 France Alpine Elf Team France Julien Canal
France Charles Milesi
France Matthieu Vaxivière
Oreca 07 G 237 +12 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
19 LMP2 23 United Kingdom United Autosports United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist
United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
United States Josh Pierson
Oreca 07 G 237 +12 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
20 LMP2 22 United Kingdom United Autosports Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
United Kingdom Philip Hanson
United Kingdom Frederick Lubin
Oreca 07 G 237 +12 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
21 LMP2 35 France Alpine Elf Team United Kingdom Olli Caldwell
Brazil André Negrão
Mexico Memo Rojas
Oreca 07 G 236 +13 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
22 LMGTE Am 85 Italy Iron Dames Belgium Sarah Bovy
Switzerland Rahel Frey
Denmark Michelle Gatting
Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 232 +17 Laps‡
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
23 LMGTE Am 777 Japan D'Station Racing Japan Tomonobu Fujii
United Kingdom Casper Stevenson
Australia Liam Talbot
Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 232 +17 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
24 LMGTE Am 98 Canada NorthWest AMR United States Ian James
Italy Daniel Mancinelli
Spain Alex Riberas
Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 232 +17 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
25 LMGTE Am 54 Italy AF Corse Italy Francesco Castellacci
Switzerland Thomas Flohr
Italy Davide Rigon
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 232 +17 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
26 LMGTE Am 57 Switzerland Kessel Racing Japan Takeshi Kimura
France Esteban Masson
Brazil Daniel Serra
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 232 +17 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
27 LMGTE Am 77 Germany Dempsey-Proton Racing France Julien Andlauer
Germany Christian Ried
Denmark Mikkel O. Pedersen
Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 231 +18 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
28 LMGTE Am 33 United States Corvette Racing Netherlands Nicky Catsburg
United States Ben Keating
Argentina Nicolás Varrone
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R M 231 +18 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
29 LMGTE Am 86 United Kingdom GR Racing United Kingdom Ben Barker
Italy Riccardo Pera
United Kingdom Michael Wainwright
Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 231 +18 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
30 LMGTE Am 83 Italy Richard Mille AF Corse Argentina Luis Pérez Companc
Italy Alessio Rovera
France Lilou Wadoux
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 231 +18 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
31 LMGTE Am 56 Germany Project 1 – AO Italy Matteo Cairoli
United States P.J. Hyett
United States Gunnar Jeannette
Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 230 +19 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
32 LMGTE Am 21 Italy AF Corse Japan Kei Cozzolino
France Franck Dezoteux
United States Simon Mann
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 229 +20 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
33 Hypercar 4 Austria Floyd Vanwall Racing Team Australia Ryan Briscoe
Argentina Esteban Guerrieri
France Tristan Vautier
Vanwall Vandervell 680 M 217 +32 Laps
Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8
NC LMGTE Am 25 Oman ORT by TF Oman Ahmad Al Harthy
United States Michael Dinan
Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood
Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 217 Not classified
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
NC LMP2 10 United Kingdom Vector Sport France Gabriel Aubry
Republic of Ireland Ryan Cullen
Liechtenstein Matthias Kaiser
Oreca 07 G 216 Not classified
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
Ret LMGTE Am 60 Italy Iron Lynx Italy Matteo Cressoni
Belgium Alessio Picariello
Italy Claudio Schiavoni
Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 163 Driver illness
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
Source:[12]

References

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  9. ^ "2023 Bahrain FP2 results - FIA World Endurance Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  10. ^ "2023 Bahrain FP3 results - FIA World Endurance Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
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