2021 8 Hours of Portimão

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.[1] 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.[2] The race was won by the Toyota GR010 Hybrid of Sebastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima and Brendon Hartley.[3]

Portugal 2021 8 Hours of Portimão
Event information
Round 2 of 6 in the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship
Date13 June 2021
LocationPortimão
VenueAlgarve International Circuit
Duration8 Hours
Results
Laps completed300
Distance (km)1395.9
Distance (miles)867.3
Hypercar
Pole position
Time1:30.364
TeamFrance Alpine Elf Matmut
Winners
TeamJapan Toyota Gazoo Racing
DriversUnited Kingdom Mike Conway
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Argentina José María López
LMP2
Winners
TeamUnited Kingdom JOTA
DriversNetherlands Roberto González
Portugal António Félix da Costa
United Kingdom Anthony Davidson
LMP2 Pro-Am
Winners
TeamSwitzerland Realteam Racing
DriversSwitzerland Esteban Garcia
Switzerland Mathias Beche
France Norman Nato
LMGTE Pro
Winners
TeamItaly AF Corse
DriversUnited Kingdom James Calado
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
LMGTE Am
Winners
TeamItaly Cetilar Racing
DriversItaly Roberto Lacorte
Italy Giorgio Sernagiotto
Italy Antonio Fuoco

Qualifying

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Qualifying Results

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Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.[4]

Pos Class Team Time Gap Grid
1 Hypercar No. 36 Alpine Elf Matmut 1:30.364 - 1
2 Hypercar No. 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:30.458 +0.094 2
3 Hypercar No. 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:30.540 +0.176 3
4 LMP2 No. 28 JOTA 1:31.210 +0.846 4
5 LMP2 No. 38 JOTA 1:31.255 +0.891 5
6 LMP2 Pro-Am No. 29 Racing Team Nederland 1:31.545 +1.181 6
7 LMP2 No. 22 United Autosports USA 1:31.598 +1.234 7
8 LMP2 No. 31 Team WRT 1:31.648 +1.284 8
9 LMP2 No. 34 Inter Europol Competition 1:31.737 +1.373 9
10 LMP2 Pro-Am No. 70 Realteam Racing 1:31.854 +1.490 10
11 Hypercar No. 709 Glickenhaus Racing 1:32.167 +1.803 11
12 LMP2 Pro-Am No. 21 DragonSpeed USA 1:32.526 +2.162 12
13 LMP2 Pro-Am No. 20 High Class Racing 1:32.626 +2.262 13
14 LMP2 No. 1 Richard Mille Racing Team 1:32.748 +2.384 14
15 LMP2 Pro-Am No. 44 ARC Bratislava 1:34.224 +3.860 15
16 LMGTE Pro No. 92 Porsche GT Team 1:37.986 +7.622 16
17 LMGTE Pro No. 51 AF Corse 1:38.359 +7.995 17
18 LMGTE Pro No. 91 Porsche GT Team 1:38.389 +8.025 18
19 LMGTE Pro No. 52 AF Corse 1:38.743 +8.379 19
20 LMGTE Am No. 56 Team Project 1 1:40.191 +9.827 20
21 LMGTE Am No. 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing 1:40.236 +9.872 21
22 LMGTE Am No. 47 Cetilar Racing 1:40.885 +10.521 22
23 LMGTE Am No. 54 AF Corse 1:41.001 +10.637 23
24 LMGTE Am No. 85 Iron Lynx 1:41.085 +10.721 24
25 LMGTE Am No. 83 AF Corse 1:41.141 +10.777 25
26 LMGTE Am No. 57 Kessel Racing 1:41.276 +10.912 26
27 LMGTE Am No. 98 Aston Martin Racing 1:41.366 +11.002 27
28 LMGTE Am No. 777 D'station Racing 1:41.499 +11.135 28
29 LMGTE Am No. 86 GR Racing 1:41.604 +11.240 29
30 LMGTE Am No. 33 TF Sport 1:41.993 +11.629 30
31 LMGTE Am No. 60 Iron Lynx 1:42.521 +12.157 31
32 LMGTE Am No. 88 Dempsey-Proton Racing 1:43.374 +13.010 32

Race

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Race Result

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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 ‡. [5]

Final race classification
Pos. Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 Hypercar 8   Toyota Gazoo Racing   Sébastien Buemi
  Kazuki Nakajima
  Brendon Hartley
Toyota GR010 Hybrid M 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 M 300 +1.800
Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6
3 Hypercar 36   Alpine Elf Matmut   André Negrão
  Nicolas Lapierre
  Matthieu Vaxivière
Alpine A480 M 300 +1:08.597
Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8
4 LMP2 38   JOTA   Roberto González
  António Félix da Costa
  Anthony Davidson
Oreca 07 G 296 +4 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
5 LMP2 28   JOTA   Sean Gelael
  Stoffel Vandoorne
  Tom Blomqvist
Oreca 07 G 296 +4 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
6 LMP2 22   United Autosports USA   Philip Hanson
  Wayne Boyd
  Paul di Resta
Oreca 07 G 295 +5 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
7 LMP2 31   Team WRT   Robin Frijns
  Ferdinand Habsburg
  Charles Milesi
Oreca 07 G 295 +5 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
8 LMP2 34   Inter Europol Competition   Jakub Śmiechowski
  Louis Delétraz
  Alex Brundle
Oreca 07 G 293 +7 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
9 LMP2 1   Richard Mille Racing Team   Tatiana Calderón
  Sophia Flörsch
  Beitske Visser
Oreca 07 G 290 +10 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
10 LMP2
(Pro-Am)
70   Realteam Racing   Esteban Garcia
  Mathias Beche
  Norman Nato
Oreca 07 G 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 G 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 G 285 +15 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
13 LMP2
(Pro-Am)
29   Racing Team Nederland   Frits van Eerd [nl]
  Giedo van der Garde
  Job van Uitert
Oreca 07 G 280 +20 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
14 LMGTE Pro 51   AF Corse   Alessandro Pier Guidi
  James Calado
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 279 +21 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
15 LMGTE Pro 52   AF Corse   Daniel Serra
  Miguel Molina
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 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 M 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 M 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 M 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 M 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 M 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 M 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 M 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 M 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 M 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 M 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 M 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 M 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 M 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 G 261 +39 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
30 Hypercar 709   Glickenhaus Racing   Ryan Briscoe
  Romain Dumas
  Richard Westbrook
Glickenhaus 007 LMH M 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 M 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 M 69 Retired
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
Tyre manufacturers
Key
Symbol Tyre manufacturer
G Goodyear
M Michelin

Standings after the race

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

References

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  1. ^ Goodwin, Graham (22 January 2021). "2021 FIA WEC Season Opener At Sebring Switched To Portimao". Daily Sportscar. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  2. ^ Goodwin, Graham (5 March 2021). "WEC Portimao Season Opener Postponed". Daily Sportscar. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Toyota No. 8 wins Portimao WEC tactical duel". Racer.com. 13 June 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  4. ^ "2021 8 Hours of Portimão Qualifying Results" (PDF).
  5. ^ "2021 8 Hours of Portimão Race Classification" (PDF).