The 2021 8 Hours of Portimão was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Algarve International Circuit, Algarve, Portugal, on 13 June 2021. It served as the second round of the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship, and was the first running of the event as part of the championship. The race marked the debut of the Glickenhaus Racing car called the 007 LMH. The race was originally scheduled to be the opening round of the championship, replacing a race at Sebring International Raceway in Florida due to travel issues relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. The race was later postponed from the original date of 4 April due to quarantine regulations in Portugal, meaning it would no-longer be the opening round. The race was won by the Toyota GR010 Hybrid of Sebastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima and Brendon Hartley.

Qualifying

Qualifying Results Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold. ClassTeamTime1HypercarNo. 36 Alpine Elf Matmut1:30.364 -12 Hypercar No. 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:30.458 +0.094 23 Hypercar No. 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:30.540 +0.176 34LMP2No. 28 JOTA1:31.210+0.84645 LMP2 No. 38 JOTA 1:31.255 +0.891 56 LMP2 Pro-Am No. 29 Racing Team Nederland 1:31.545 +1.181 67 LMP2 No. 22 United Autosports USA 1:31.598 +1.234 78 LMP2 No. 31 Team WRT 1:31.648 +1.284 89 LMP2 No. 34 Inter Europol Competition 1:31.737 +1.373 910 LMP2 Pro-Am No. 70 Realteam Racing 1:31.854 +1.490 1011 Hypercar No. 709 Glickenhaus Racing 1:32.167 +1.803 1112 LMP2 Pro-Am No. 21 DragonSpeed USA 1:32.526 +2.162 1213 LMP2 Pro-Am No. 20 High Class Racing 1:32.626 +2.262 1314 LMP2 No. 1 Richard Mille Racing Team 1:32.748 +2.384 1415 LMP2 Pro-Am No. 44 ARC Bratislava 1:34.224 +3.860 1516LMGTE ProNo. 92 Porsche GT Team1:37.986+7.6221617 LMGTE Pro No. 51 AF Corse 1:38.359 +7.995 1718 LMGTE Pro No. 91 Porsche GT Team 1:38.389 +8.025 1819 LMGTE Pro No. 52 AF Corse 1:38.743 +8.379 1920LMGTE AmNo. 56 Team Project 11:40.191+9.8272021 LMGTE Am No. 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing 1:40.236 +9.872 2122LMGTE Am No. 47 Cetilar Racing 1:40.885 +10.521 2223 LMGTE Am No. 54 AF Corse 1:41.001 +10.637 2324 LMGTE Am No. 85 Iron Lynx 1:41.085 +10.721 2425 LMGTE Am No. 83 AF Corse 1:41.141 +10.777 2526 LMGTE Am No. 57 Kessel Racing 1:41.276 +10.912 2627 LMGTE Am No. 98 Aston Martin Racing 1:41.366 +11.002 2728 LMGTE Am No. 777 D'station Racing 1:41.499 +11.135 2829 LMGTE Am No. 86 GR Racing 1:41.604 +11.240 2930 LMGTE Am No. 33 TF Sport 1:41.993 +11.629 3031 LMGTE Am No. 60 Iron Lynx 1:42.521 +12.157 3132 LMGTE Am No. 88 Dempsey-Proton Racing 1:43.374 +13.010 32

Race

Race result The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of the overall winning car's race distance) was 210 laps. Class winners are denoted in bold and with .

+Final race classification Class Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Time/Retired Engine 1 Hypercar 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Brendon Hartley Toyota GR010 Hybrid 300 8:00:15.414 Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6 2 Hypercar 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López Toyota GR010 Hybrid 300 +1.800 Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6 3 Hypercar 36 Alpine Elf Matmut André Negrão Nicolas Lapierre Matthieu Vaxivière Alpine A480 300 +1:08.597 Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 4 LMP2 38 JOTA Roberto González António Félix da Costa Anthony Davidson Oreca 07 296 +4 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 5 LMP2 28 JOTA Sean Gelael Stoffel Vandoorne Tom Blomqvist Oreca 07 296 +4 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 6 LMP2 22 United Autosports USA Philip Hanson Wayne Boyd Paul di Resta Oreca 07 295 +5 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 7 LMP2 31 Team WRT Robin Frijns Ferdinand Habsburg Charles Milesi Oreca 07 295 +5 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 8 LMP2 34 Inter Europol Competition Jakub Śmiechowski Louis Delétraz Alex Brundle Oreca 07 293 +7 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 9 LMP2 1 Richard Mille Racing Team Tatiana Calderón Sophia Flörsch Beitske Visser Oreca 07 290 +10 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 10 LMP2(Pro-Am) 70 Realteam Racing Esteban Garcia Mathias Beche Norman Nato Oreca 07 290 +10 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 11 LMP2(Pro-Am) 21 DragonSpeed USA Henrik Hedman Juan Pablo Montoya Ben Hanley Oreca 07 288 +12 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 12 LMP2(Pro-Am) 20 High Class Racing Jan Magnussen Anders Fjordbach Dennis Andersen Oreca 07 285 +15 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 13 LMP2(Pro-Am) 29 Racing Team Nederland Frits van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Job van Uitert Oreca 07 280 +20 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 14 LMGTE Pro 51 AF Corse Alessandro Pier Guidi James Calado Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 279 +21 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 15 LMGTE Pro 52 AF Corse Daniel Serra Miguel Molina Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 279 +21 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 16 LMGTE Pro 92 Porsche GT Team Kévin Estre Neel Jani Michael Christensen Porsche 911 RSR-19 279 +21 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 17 LMGTE Pro 91 Porsche GT Team Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz Frédéric Makowiecki Porsche 911 RSR-19 278 +22 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 18 LMGTE Am 47 Cetilar Racing Roberto Lacorte Giorgio Sernagiotto Antonio Fuoco Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 274 +26 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 19 LMGTE Am 56 Team Project 1 Matteo Cairoli Egidio Perfetti Riccardo Pera Porsche 911 RSR-19 274 +26 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 20 LMGTE Am 54 AF Corse Thomas Flohr Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 274 +26 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 21 LMGTE Am 98 Aston Martin Racing Paul Dalla Lana Augusto Farfus Marcos Gomes Aston Martin Vantage AMR 274 +26 Laps Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 22 LMGTE Am 57 Kessel Racing Takeshi Kimura Mikkel Jensen Scott Andrews Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 274 +26 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 23 LMGTE Am 60 Iron Lynx Claudio Schiavoni Andrea Piccini Matteo Cressoni Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 273 +27 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 24 LMGTE Am 85 Iron Lynx Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Manuela Gostner Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 273 +27 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 25 LMGTE Am 33 TF Sport Ben Keating Dylan Pereira Felipe Fraga Aston Martin Vantage AMR 272 +28 Laps Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 26 LMGTE Am 86 GR Racing Michael Wainwright Ben Barker Tom Gamble Porsche 911 RSR-19 271 +29 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 27 LMGTE Am 88 Dempsey-Proton Racing Dominique Bastien Marco Seefried Julien Andlauer Porsche 911 RSR-19 269 +31 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 28 LMGTE Am 83 AF Corse François Perrodo Nicklas Nielsen Alessio Rovera Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 267 +33 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 29 LMP2(Pro-Am) 44 ARC Bratislava Miro Konôpka Oliver Webb Tom Jackson Ligier JS P217 261 +39 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 30 Hypercar 709 Glickenhaus Racing Ryan Briscoe Romain Dumas Richard Westbrook Glickenhaus 007 LMH 246 +54 Laps Glickenhaus 3.5 L Turbo V8 DNF LMGTE Am 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Christian Ried Jaxon Evans Matt Campbell Porsche 911 RSR-19 88 Retired Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 DNF LMGTE Am 777 D'station Racing Satoshi Hoshino Tomonobu Fujii Andrew Watson Aston Martin Vantage AMR 69 Retired Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8+ Tyre manufacturers Key Symbol Tyre manufacturer Goodyear Michelin

Standings after the race

2021 Hypercar World Endurance Drivers' Championship +/– DriverPoints 1 Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Brendon Hartley 63 2 1 Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López 43 3 1 Nicolas Lapierre André Negrão Matthieu Vaxivière 42 4 1 Ryan Briscoe Romain Dumas Richard Westbrook 18

2021 Hypercar World Endurance Championship +/– Team Points 1 Toyota Gazoo Racing 64 2 Alpine Elf Matmut 42 3 Glickenhaus Racing 1

Note: Only the top five positions are included for the Drivers Championship standings.

2021 LMP2 World Endurance Drivers' Championship +/– DriverPoints 1 Anthony Davidson António Félix da Costa Roberto González 56 2 Philip Hanson 49 3 Sean Gelael Stoffel Vandoorne Tom Blomqvist 42 4 Fabio Scherer Filipe Albuquerque 26 5 Alex Brundle Jakub Śmiechowski 25

2021 LMP2 World Endurance Championship +/– Team Points 1 No. 38 JOTA 56 2 No. 22 United Autosports USA 49 3 No. 28 JOTA 43 4 No. 34 Inter Europol Competition 25 5 No. 31 Team WRT 19

Note: Only the top five positions are included for the Drivers Championship standings.

2021 World Endurance GTE Drivers' Championship +/– Driver Points 1 1 James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi 56 2 1 Kévin Estre Neel Jani 50 3 Miguel Molina Daniel Serra 42 4 Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz 30 5 Michael Christensen 24

2021 World Endurance GTE Manufacturers' Championship +/– Team Points 1 1 Ferrari 98 2 1 Porsche 80

Note: Only the top five positions are included for the Drivers Championship standings.

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