2023 6 Hours of Portimão Review

Review of Round Two of the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship at Algarve International Circuit on the outskits of Portimão, Portugal.

The Toyota Gazoo Racing team won the race overall and the Hypercar class too of Sébastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa in their Toyota GR010 Hybrid; Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6. While, second place was the Ferrari – AF Corse, with the team of Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina and Nicklas Nielsen in their Ferrari 499P, Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6; they were a lap behind the leaders at the end of the race. Meanwhile, third place was the Porsche Penske Motorsport, with the team of Kévin Estre, André Lotterer and Laurens Vanthoor in their Porsche 963, Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8; they were a lap behind the leaders at the end of the race.

In LMP2 class (all cars using the Gibson 4.2 L V8 engine), United Autosports team of Giedo van der Garde, Oliver Jarvis and Josh Pierson in their Oreca 07 won LMP2 class. They finish in tenth place overall and they were seven laps behind the leaders at the end of the race.

While in GTE Am class, was won by Corvette Racing team of Nicky Catsburg, Ben Keating and Nicolás Varrone in their Chevrolet Corvette C8.R. They finish in twenty-first place overall and they were sixteen laps behind the leaders at the end of the race.

Highlights of the 8 Hours of Portimão below, enjoy.



Next Stop 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps in two weeks time for Round Three of the FIA World Endurance Championship.