The 2023 6 Hours of Portimão was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Algarve International Circuit, at Algarve, Portugal, on 16 April 2023. It served as the second round of the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship, and was the second running of the event as part of the championship.

Background The 6 Hours of Portimão was the first time since 2021 that Portimão returned to the World Endurance Championship calendar.

Entry list

The provisional entry list was revealed on 6 March 2023. The entry list consisted of 11 Hypercar entries, 12 LMP2 entries and 14 LMGTE Am entries. There were no changes in entries compared to the Sebring entry list. There was one change for the entered drivers: António Félix da Costa replaced Will Stevens in the No. 48 Hertz Team Jota Oreca 07 LMP2 entry.

On a revised entry list revealed on 11 April 2023, Project 1 – AO replaced their drivers P.J. Hyett and Gunnar Jeannette with Miguel Ramos and Guilherme Oliveira, respectively. Both Hyett and Jeannette had duties in the Porsche Carrera Cup North America during the weekend. Other changes included Juan Manuel Correa taking over Andrea Caldarelli's seat in the No. 9 Prema Racing LMP2 machine. At United Autosports, Ben Hanley subbed for Filipe Albuquerque and Giedo van der Garde subbed for Tom Blomqvist in the No. 22 and No. 23 LMP2 machines, respectively, since both Albuquerque and Blomqvist drove in the GTP class during IMSA's 2023 Grand Prix of Long Beach.

Schedule Date Time (local: WEST) Event Friday, 14 April 10:30 Free Practice 1 15:30 Free Practice 2 Saturday, 15 April 11:15 Free Practice 3 15:30 Qualifying - LMGTE Am 15:55 Qualifying - LMP2 16:20 Qualifying - Hypercar Sunday, 16 April 12:00 Race Source:

Free practice Only the fastest car in each class is shown. Free Practice 1 Class Entrant Driver Time Hypercar 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Sébastien Buemi 1:32.792 LMP2 63 Prema Racing Mirko Bortolotti 1:34.542 LMGTE Am 57 Kessel Racing Daniel Serra 1:41.341 Free Practice 2 Class Entrant Driver Time Hypercar 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Kamui Kobayashi 1:32.155 LMP2 10 Vector Sport Gabriel Aubry 1:34.609 LMGTE Am 57 Kessel Racing Daniel Serra 1:41.209 Free Practice 3 Class Entrant Driver Time Hypercar 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Brendon Hartley 1:31.795 LMP2 10 Vector Sport Gabriel Aubry 1:34.265 LMGTE Am 54 AF Corse Davide Rigon 1:40.426 Source:

Qualifying Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold. Class Team Time 1 Hypercar 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:30.171 - 1 2 Hypercar 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:30.444 +0.273 2 3 Hypercar 50 Ferrari AF Corse 1:31.596 +1.425 3 4 Hypercar 51 Ferrari AF Corse 1:31.923 +1.752 4 5 Hypercar 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport 1:32.404 +2.233 5 6 Hypercar 94 Peugeot TotalEnergies 1:32.517 +2.346 6 7 Hypercar 5 Porsche Penske Motorsport 1:32.560 +2.389 7 8 Hypercar 2 Cadillac Racing 1:32.582 +2.411 8 9 Hypercar 93 Peugeot TotalEnergies 1:32.703 +2.532 9 10 Hypercar 708 Glickenhaus Racing 1:33.343 +3.172 10 11 Hypercar 4 Floyd Vanwall Racing Team 1:33.836 +3.665 11 12 LMP2 63 Prema Racing 1:34.303 +4.132 12 13 LMP2 10 Vector Sport 1:34.304 +4.133 13 14 LMP2 22 United Autosports 1:34.451 +4.280 17 15 LMP2 48 Hertz Team Jota 1:34.493 +4.322 14 16 LMP2 34 Inter Europol Competition 1:34.586 +4.415 15 17 LMP2 23 United Autosports 1:34.590 +4.419 16 18 LMP2 31 Team WRT 1:34.618 +4.447 18 19 LMP2 9 Prema Racing 1:34.770 +4.599 19 20 LMP2 41 Team WRT 1:34.776 +4.605 20 21 LMP2 35 Alpine Elf Team 1:34.996 +4.825 21 22 LMP2 36 Alpine Elf Team 1:35.238 +5.067 22 23 LMP2 28 Jota 1:35.361 +5.190 23 24 LMGTE Am 33 Corvette Racing 1:41.362 +11.191 24 25 LMGTE Am 85 Iron Dames 1:41.579 +11.408 25 26 LMGTE Am 21 AF Corse 1:41.628 +11.457 26 27 LMGTE Am 54 AF Corse 1:41.899 +11.728 27 28 LMGTE Am 25 ORT by TF 1:41.904 +11.733 28 29 LMGTE Am 83 Richard Mille AF Corse 1:41.934 +11.763 29 30 LMGTE Am 57 Kessel Racing 1:42.014 +11.843 30 31 LMGTE Am 56 Project 1 – AO 1:42.024 +11.853 31 32 LMGTE Am 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing 1:42.105 +11.934 32 33 LMGTE Am 88 Proton Competition 1:42.198 +12.027 33 34 LMGTE Am 777 D'Station Racing 1:43.035 +12.864 34 35 LMGTE Am 98 Northwest AMR 1:43.207 +13.036 35 36 LMGTE Am 86 GR Racing 1:43.273 +13.102 36 37 LMGTE Am 60 Iron Lynx 1:43.528 +13.357 37Source:

Race Race result The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 155 laps. Class winners are in bold and .

+Final race classification Class Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Time/Retired Engine 1 Hypercar 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryo Hirakawa Toyota GR010 Hybrid 222 6:01:26.343 Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6 2 Hypercar 50 Ferrari AF Corse Antonio Fuoco Miguel Molina Nicklas Nielsen Ferrari 499P 221 +1 Lap Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 3 Hypercar 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Kévin Estre André Lotterer Laurens Vanthoor Porsche 963 221 +1 Lap Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 4 Hypercar 2 Cadillac Racing Earl Bamber Alex Lynn Richard Westbrook Cadillac V-Series.R 220 +2 Laps Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 5 Hypercar 94 Peugeot TotalEnergies Loïc Duval Gustavo Menezes Nico Müller Peugeot 9X8 220 +2 Laps Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 6 Hypercar 51 Ferrari AF Corse James Calado Antonio Giovinazzi Alessandro Pier Guidi Ferrari 499P 219 +3 Laps Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 7 Hypercar 93 Peugeot TotalEnergies Mikkel Jensen Paul di Resta Jean-Éric Vergne Peugeot 9X8 219 +3 Laps Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 8 Hypercar 708 Glickenhaus Racing Ryan Briscoe Romain Dumas Olivier Pla Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH 217 +5 Laps Glickenhaus P21 3.5 L Turbo V8 9 Hypercar 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López Toyota GR010 Hybrid 215 +7 Laps Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6 10 LMP2 23 United Autosports Giedo van der Garde Oliver Jarvis Josh Pierson Oreca 07 215 +7 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 11 LMP2 22 United Autosports Ben Hanley Philip Hanson Frederick Lubin Oreca 07 215 +7 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 12 LMP2 41 Team WRT Rui Andrade Louis Delétraz Robert Kubica Oreca 07 215 +7 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 13 LMP2 63 Prema Racing Mirko Bortolotti Daniil Kvyat Doriane Pin Oreca 07 215 +7 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 14 LMP2 48 Hertz Team Jota David Beckmann António Félix da Costa Yifei Ye Oreca 07 215 +7 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 15 LMP2 9 Prema Racing Juan Manuel Correa Filip Ugran Bent Viscaal Oreca 07 215 +7 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 16 LMP2 31 Team WRT Robin Frijns Sean Gelael Ferdinand Habsburg Oreca 07 215 +7 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 17 LMP2 28 Jota Pietro Fittipaldi David Heinemeier Hansson Oliver Rasmussen Oreca 07 215 +7 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 18 LMP2 36 Alpine Elf Team Julien Canal Charles Milesi Matthieu Vaxivière Oreca 07 215 +7 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 19 LMP2 34 Inter Europol Competition Albert Costa Fabio Scherer Jakub Śmiechowski Oreca 07 214 +8 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 20 LMP2 35 Alpine Elf Team Olli Caldwell André Negrão Memo Rojas Oreca 07 213 +9 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 21 LMGTE Am 33 Corvette Racing Nicky Catsburg Ben Keating Nicolás Varrone Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 206 +16 Laps Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 22 LMGTE Am 83 Richard Mille AF Corse Luis Pérez Companc Alessio Rovera Lilou Wadoux Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 206 +16 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 23 LMGTE Am 85 Iron Dames Sarah Bovy Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Porsche 911 RSR-19 206 +16 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 24 LMGTE Am 54 AF Corse Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr Davide Rigon Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 206 +16 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 25 LMGTE Am 21 AF Corse Diego Alessi Simon Mann Ulysse de Pauw Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 206 +16 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 26 LMGTE Am 56 Project 1 – AO Matteo Cairoli Guilherme Oliveira Miguel Ramos Porsche 911 RSR-19 205 +17 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 27 LMGTE Am 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Julien Andlauer Christian Ried Mikkel O. Pedersen Porsche 911 RSR-19 205 +17 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 28 LMGTE Am 25 ORT by TF Ahmad Al Harthy Michael Dinan Charlie Eastwood Aston Martin Vantage AMR 205 +17 Laps Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 29 LMGTE Am 88 Proton Competition Ryan Hardwick Zacharie Robichon Harry Tincknell Porsche 911 RSR-19 204 +18 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 30 LMGTE Am 57 Kessel Racing Scott Huffaker Takeshi Kimura Daniel Serra Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 204 +18 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 31 LMGTE Am 86 GR Racing Ben Barker Riccardo Pera Michael Wainwright Porsche 911 RSR-19 204 +18 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 32 LMGTE Am 60 Iron Lynx Matteo Cressoni Alessio Picariello Claudio Schiavoni Porsche 911 RSR-19 203 +19 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 33 LMGTE Am 98 Northwest AMR Paul Dalla Lana Axcil Jefferies Nicki Thiim Aston Martin Vantage AMR 202 +20 Laps Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 34 LMP2 10 Vector Sport Gabriel Aubry Ryan Cullen Matthias Kaiser Oreca 07 193 +29 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 35 Hypercar 5 Porsche Penske Motorsport Dane Cameron Michael Christensen Frédéric Makowiecki Porsche 963 189 +33 Laps Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 Hypercar 4 Floyd Vanwall Racing Team Tom Dillmann Esteban Guerrieri Jacques Villeneuve Vanwall Vandervell 680 174 Brakes Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 LMGTE Am 777 D'Station Racing Tomonobu Fujii Satoshi Hoshino Casper Stevenson Aston Martin Vantage AMR 42 Mechanical Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8Source:+ Tyre manufacturers Key Symbol Tyre manufacturer Goodyear Michelin

Standings after the race

2023 Hypercar World Endurance Drivers' Championship +/- Driver Points1 1 Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryō Hirakawa532 1 Antonio Fuoco Miguel Molina Nicklas Nielsen423 2 Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López404 Earl Bamber Alex Lynn Richard Westbrook305 1 Kévin Estre André Lotterer Laurens Vanthoor27

2023 Hypercar World Endurance Manufacturers' Championship +/- Manufacturer Points1 Toyota642 Ferrari423 1 Porsche304 1 Cadillac305 1 Peugeot13

2023 FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Drivers +/- Drivers Points1 Philip Hanson Frederick Lubin562 Mirko Bortolotti Daniil Kvyat Doriane Pin403 2 Filipe Albuquerque384 Rui Andrade Louis Delétraz Robert Kubica335 5 Oliver Jarvis Josh Pierson26

2023 FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Teams +/- Team Points122 United Autosports56263 Prema Racing403 141 Team WRT334 623 United Autosports265 234 Inter Europol Competition25

2023 FIA Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Am Drivers +/- Drivers Points1 Nicky Catsburg Ben Keating Nicolás Varrone642 Julien Andlauer Christian Ried Mikkel O. Pedersen333 1 Simon Mann Ulysse de Pauw284 1 Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr Davide Rigon275 2 Scott Huffaker Takeshi Himura Daniel Serra24

2023 FIA Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Am Teams +/- Team Points133 Corvette Racing64277 Dempsey-Proton Racing333 121 AF Corse284 154 AF Corse275 257 Kessel Racing24

Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for all championship standings.

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