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 The race meeting at Algarve International Circuit was turned into double race weekend after the cancellation of planned race at Imola.
Entry list
The entry list was published on 11 October and consisted of 41 entries in 4 categories – 7 in LMP2, 10 in LMP2 Pro/Am, 12 in LMP3 and 12 in LMGTE.
The No. 10 Eurointernational withdrew from competing before the racing weekend.
Ben Barnicoat came back to racing for the No. 83 AF Corse after missing two previous races. Jack Hawksworth returned to the No. 20 Algarve Pro Racing after also missing previous two races. Bent Viscaal replaced Gianmaria Bruni in the No. 99 Proton Competition.
Schedule 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:
Free practice Only the fastest car in each class is shown. Class 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:
Qualifying Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.
Class Team Driver Time Gap 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 Léman 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 Lendoudis 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 — 40 Sources:
Race Race result 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 Class Team Drivers Car Tyres Laps Time/Gap 1 LMP2 22 United Autosports USA Marino Sato Philip Hanson Oliver Jarvis Oreca 07 120 4:00:43.255 2 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing Kyffin Simpson James Allen Alexander Lynn Oreca 07 120 +0.808 3 LMP2 65 Panis Racing Job van Uitert Manuel Maldonado Tijmen van der Helm Oreca 07 120 +21.247 4 LMP2 47 Cool Racing Vladislav Lomko Reshad de Gerus José María López Oreca 07 120 +43.090 5 LMP2 30 Duqueine Team Nicolás Pino René Binder Neel Jani Oreca 07 120 +43.973 6 LMP2 Pro/Am 37 Cool Racing Alexandre Coigny Malthe Jakobsen Nicolas Lapierre Oreca 07 119 +1 Lap 7 LMP2 Pro/Am 24 Nielsen Racing Rodrigo Sales Ben Hanley Mathias Beche Oreca 07 119 +1 Lap 8 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 AF Corse François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Ben Barnicoat Oreca 07 119 +1 Lap 9 LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Paul Lafargue Paul-Loup Chatin Laurents Hörr Oreca 07 119 +1 Lap 10 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Autosports USA Daniel Schneider Andrew Meyrick Nelson Piquet Jr. Oreca 07 119 +1 Lap 11 LMP2 Pro/Am 81 DragonSpeed USA Henrik Hedman Sebastián Montoya Juan Pablo Montoya Oreca 07 118 +2 Laps 12 LMP2 Pro/Am 34 Racing Team Turkey Salih Yoluç Charlie Eastwood Louis Delétraz Oreca 07 118 +2 Laps 13 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Algarve Pro Racing Fred Poordad Tristan Vautier Jack Hawksworth Oreca 07 118 +2 Laps 14 LMP2 Pro/Am 3 DKR Engineering Tom van Rompuy Sebastián Álvarez Nathanaël Berthon Oreca 07 118 +2 Laps 15 LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Team Virage Alexander Mattschull Ian Rodríguez Tatiana Calderón Oreca 07 117 +3 Laps 16 LMP3 12 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Torsten Kratz Leonard Weiss Óscar Tunjo Duqueine M30 – D08 116 +4 Laps 17 LMP3 35 Ultimate Eric Trouillet Matthieu Lahaye Jean-Baptiste Lahaye Ligier JS P320 116 +4 Laps 18 LMP3 4 DKR Engineering Alexander Bukhantsov James Winslow Pedro Perino Duqueine M30 – D08 116 +4 Laps 19 LMP3 17 Cool Racing Adrien Chila Marcos Siebert Alejandro Garcia Ligier JS P320 116 +4 Laps 20 LMP3 5 RLR M Sport James Dayson Valdemar Eriksen Jack Manchester Ligier JS P320 115 +5 Laps 21 LMP3 15 RLR M Sport Horst Felbermayr Jr Gaël Julien Mateusz Kaprzyk Ligier JS P320 115 +5 Laps 22 LMGTE 77 Proton Competition Christian Ried Giammarco Levorato Julien Andlauer Porsche 911 RSR-19 115 +5 Laps 23 LMGTE 16 Proton Competition Ryan Hardwick Zacharie Robichon Alessio Picariello Porsche 911 RSR-19 115 +5 Laps 24 LMGTE 60 Iron Lynx Claudio Schiavoni Matteo Cressoni Matteo Cairoli Porsche 911 RSR-19 115 +5 Laps 25 LMGTE 57 Kessel Racing Takeshi Kimura Scott Huffaker Daniel Serra Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 115 +5 Laps 26 LMGTE 72 TF Sport Arnold Robin Maxime Robin Valentin Hasse-Clot Aston Martin Vantage AMR 115 +5 Laps 27 LMGTE 51 AF Corse Kriton Lendoudis Rui Águas Ulysse de Pauw Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 115 +5 Laps 28 LMGTE 55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron David Perel Matt Griffin Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 115 +5 Laps 29 LMP3 7 Nielsen Racing Anthony Wells Ryan Harper-Ellam Ligier JS P320 115 +5 Laps 30 LMP3 31 Racing Spirit of Léman Jacques Wolff Jean-Ludovic Foubert Antoine Doquin Ligier JS P320 114 +6 Laps 31 LMGTE 44 GMB Motorsport Jens Møller Gustav Birch Nicki Thiim Aston Martin Vantage AMR 114 +6 Laps 32 LMGTE 93 Proton Competition Michael Fassbender Martin Rump Richard Lietz Porsche 911 RSR-19 114 +6 Laps 33 LMGTE 95 TF Sport John Hartshorne Ben Tuck Jonathan Adam Aston Martin Vantage AMR 114 +6 Laps 34 LMGTE 66 JMW Motorsport Martin Berry Lorcan Hanafin Jon Lancaster Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 114 +6 Laps 35 LMGTE 50 Formula Racing Johnny Laursen Conrad Laursen Nicklas Nielsen Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 113 +7 Laps 36 LMP3 11 Eurointernational Matthew Richard Bell Adam Ali Ligier JS P320 112 +8 Laps 37 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition Rui Andrade Olli Caldwell Jonathan Aberdein Oreca 07 111 +9 Laps Not classified LMP3 13 Inter Europol Competition Miguel Cristóvão Kai Askey Wyatt Brichacek Ligier JS P320 84 LMP3 8 Team Virage Michael Jensen Nick Adcock Manuel Espírito Santo Ligier JS P320 66 LMP2 Pro/Am 99 Proton Competition Giorgio Roda Jonas Ried Bent Viscaal Oreca 07 58
Statistics Fastest lap Class Driver Team Time 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:
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