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

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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   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

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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   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

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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 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

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Fastest lap

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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

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  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.
  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. ^ a b c d e f "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.