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 race meeting at Algarve International Circuit was turned into double race weekend after the cancellation of planned race at Imola. [1]
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]
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] |
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] |
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] |
The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 84 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.
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] |
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