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2023 8 Hours of Bahrain

The 2023 Bapco Energies 8 Hours of Bahrain was an endurance sportscar racing event held on November 4, 2023, as the seventh and final round of the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship. It was the twelfth running of the event, and the fifth running in an extended 8 hours format.

The Grand Prix layout of the Bahrain International Circuit

Background edit

On October 26, 2023, the FIA published the Balance of Performance (BoP) for the Hypercar and LMGTE AM classes. In Hypercar, the Cadillac and Porsche both lost 7 kilograms of weight. They also both lost 1 MJ of maximum stint energy. For all other cars in the class, the BoP remained the same as it was during the Fuji round.[1] In LMGTE Am, the Aston Martin received a fuel tank increase of 2 litres and an 0.04 increase in engine power. The Corvette received a fuel tank decrease of 2 litres, and a decrease of 0.6 mm for the maximum size of the air restrictor. For the Porsche and Ferrari, the BoP remained the same as it was during the Fuji round.[2]

Entry list edit

There were 36 cars entered into the event: 12 Hypercars, 11 LMP2 cars, and 13 LMGTE Am cars. In Hypercar, Ryan Briscoe replaced João Paulo de Oliveira in the No. 4 Floyd Vanwall Racing Team machine.[3] Furthermore, Nico Müller returned to the No. 94 Peugeot TotalEnergies machine, after missing the Fuji round due to an injury.[4]

In LMP2, Mirko Bortolotti returned to the No. 63 Prema Racing machine, and Tom Blomqvist returned to the No. 23 United Autosports machine.[4] In LMGTE Am, Franck Dezoteux joined the No. 21 AF Corse machine,[4] with Liam Talbot replacing Satoshi Hoshino in the No. 777 D'Station Racing machine.[5] Furthermore, Esteban Masson joined the No. 57 Kessel Racing machine, replacing Ritomo Miyata, whilst Daniel Serra also returned after missing the previous two rounds.[6]

Schedule edit

Date Time (local: AST) Event
Thursday, 2 November 12:15 Free Practice 1
17:30 Free Practice 2
Friday, 3 November 12:00 Free Practice 3
16:15 Qualifying - LMGTE Am
16:40 Qualifying - LMP2
17:05 Qualifying - Hypercar
Saturday, 4 November 14:00 Race
Source:[7]

Free practice edit

  • Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Free Practice 1 Class No. Entrant Driver Time
Hypercar 7   Toyota Gazoo Racing   Kamui Kobayashi 1:49.856
LMP2 22   United Autosports   Filipe Albuquerque 1:54.100
LMGTE Am 777   D'Station Racing   Tomonobu Fujii 1:59.516
Free Practice 2 Class No. Entrant Driver Time
Hypercar 7   Toyota Gazoo Racing   Kamui Kobayashi 1:46.851
LMP2 22   United Autosports   Filipe Albuquerque 1:52.850
LMGTE Am 57   Kessel Racing   Daniel Serra 1:58.246
Free Practice 3 Class No. Entrant Driver Time
Hypercar 2   Cadillac Racing   Alex Lynn 1:49.512
LMP2 23   United Autosports   Tom Blomqvist 1:53.661
LMGTE Am 56   Project 1 – AO   Matteo Cairoli 1:58.214
Source:[8][9][10]

Qualifying edit

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos Class No. Team Time Gap Grid
1 Hypercar 8   Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:46.564 - 1
2 Hypercar 7   Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:47.053 +0.489 2
3 Hypercar 2   Cadillac Racing 1:47.265 +0.701 3
4 Hypercar 6   Porsche Penske Motorsport 1:47.712 +1.148 4
5 Hypercar 50   Ferrari AF Corse 1:47.739 +1.175 5
6 Hypercar 51   Ferrari AF Corse 1:47.828 +1.264 6
7 Hypercar 5   Porsche Penske Motorsport 1:47.946 +1.382 7
8 Hypercar 99   Proton Competition 1:47.964 +1.400 8
9 Hypercar 38   Hertz Team Jota 1:48.555 +1.991 9
10 Hypercar 93   Peugeot TotalEnergies 1:48.987 +2.423 10
11 Hypercar 94   Peugeot TotalEnergies 1:49.502 +2.938 11
12 Hypercar 4   Floyd Vanwall Racing Team 1:50.682 +4.118 12
13 LMP2 23   United Autosports 1:52.290 +5.726 13
14 LMP2 36   Alpine Elf Team 1:52.561 +5.997 14
15 LMP2 31   Team WRT 1:52.898 +6.334 15
16 LMP2 10   Vector Sport 1:52.903 6.339 16
17 LMP2 22   United Autosports 1:52.992 +6.428 17
18 LMP2 9   Prema Racing 1:53.033 +6.469 18
19 LMP2 34   Inter Europol Competition 1:53.086 +6.522 19
20 LMP2 63   Prema Racing 1:53.191 +6.627 20
21 LMP2 28   Jota 1:53.320 +6.756 21
22 LMP2 41   Team WRT 1:53.580 +7.016 22
23 LMP2 35   Alpine Elf Team 1:54.023 +7.459 23
24 LMGTE Am 85   Iron Dames 1:58.692 +12.128 24
25 LMGTE Am 777   D'Station Racing 1:58.982 +12.418 25
26 LMGTE Am 25   ORT by TF 1:59.161 +12.597 26
27 LMGTE Am 57   Kessel Racing 1:59.162 +12.598 27
28 LMGTE Am 33   Corvette Racing 1:59.412 +12.848 28
29 LMGTE Am 98   NorthWest AMR 1:59.683 +13.119 29
30 LMGTE Am 54   AF Corse 1:59.761 +13.197 30
31 LMGTE Am 77   Dempsey-Proton Racing 2:00.063 +13.499 31
32 LMGTE Am 83   Richard Mille AF Corse 2:00.279 +13.715 32
33 LMGTE Am 56   Project 1 – AO 2:00.446 +13.882 33
34 LMGTE Am 86   GR Racing 2:01.275 +14.711 34
35 LMGTE Am 60   Iron Lynx 2:01.547 +14.983 35
36 LMGTE Am 21   AF Corse 2:02.646 +16.082 36
Source:[11]

Race edit

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 174 laps. Class winners are in bold and ‡.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 Hypercar 8   Toyota Gazoo Racing   Sébastien Buemi
  Brendon Hartley
  Ryo Hirakawa 		Toyota GR010 Hybrid M 249 8:01:25.308‡
Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6
2 Hypercar 7   Toyota Gazoo Racing   Mike Conway
  Kamui Kobayashi
  José María López 		Toyota GR010 Hybrid M 249 +47.516
Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6
3 Hypercar 50   Ferrari AF Corse   Antonio Fuoco
  Miguel Molina
  Nicklas Nielsen 		Ferrari 499P M 249 +1:36.286
Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6
4 Hypercar 38   Hertz Team Jota   António Félix da Costa
  Will Stevens
  Yifei Ye 		Porsche 963 M 249 +1:37.248
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
5 Hypercar 6   Porsche Penske Motorsport   Kévin Estre
  André Lotterer
  Laurens Vanthoor 		Porsche 963 M 248 +1 Lap
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
6 Hypercar 51   Ferrari AF Corse   James Calado
  Antonio Giovinazzi
  Alessandro Pier Guidi 		Ferrari 499P M 248 +1 Lap
Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6
7 Hypercar 5   Porsche Penske Motorsport   Dane Cameron
  Michael Christensen
  Frédéric Makowiecki 		Porsche 963 M 247 +2 Laps
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
8 Hypercar 94   Peugeot TotalEnergies   Loïc Duval
  Gustavo Menezes
  Nico Müller 		Peugeot 9X8 M 247 +2 Laps
Peugeot 2.6 L Turbo V6
9 Hypercar 93   Peugeot TotalEnergies   Mikkel Jensen
  Paul di Resta
  Jean-Éric Vergne 		Peugeot 9X8 M 247 +2 Laps
Peugeot 2.6 L Turbo V6
10 Hypercar 99   Proton Competition   Gianmaria Bruni
  Neel Jani
  Harry Tincknell 		Porsche 963 M 247 +2 Laps
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
11 Hypercar 2   Cadillac Racing   Earl Bamber
  Alex Lynn
  Richard Westbrook 		Cadillac V-Series.R M 246 +3 Laps
Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
12 LMP2 41   Team WRT   Rui Andrade
  Louis Delétraz
  Robert Kubica 		Oreca 07 G 238 +11 Laps‡
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
13 LMP2 31   Team WRT   Robin Frijns
  Sean Gelael
  Ferdinand Habsburg 		Oreca 07 G 238 +11 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
14 LMP2 28   Jota   Pietro Fittipaldi
  David Heinemeier Hansson
  Oliver Rasmussen 		Oreca 07 G 238 +11 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
15 LMP2 9   Prema Racing   Mirko Bortolotti
  Filip Ugran
  Bent Viscaal 		Oreca 07 G 238 +11 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
16 LMP2 63   Prema Racing   Mathias Beche
  Daniil Kvyat
  Doriane Pin 		Oreca 07 G 237 +12 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
17 LMP2 34   Inter Europol Competition   Albert Costa
  Fabio Scherer
  Jakub Śmiechowski 		Oreca 07 G 237 +12 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
18 LMP2 36   Alpine Elf Team   Julien Canal
  Charles Milesi
  Matthieu Vaxivière 		Oreca 07 G 237 +12 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
19 LMP2 23   United Autosports   Tom Blomqvist
  Oliver Jarvis
  Josh Pierson 		Oreca 07 G 237 +12 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
20 LMP2 22   United Autosports   Filipe Albuquerque
  Philip Hanson
  Frederick Lubin 		Oreca 07 G 237 +12 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
21 LMP2 35   Alpine Elf Team   Olli Caldwell
  André Negrão
  Memo Rojas 		Oreca 07 G 236 +13 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
22 LMGTE Am 85   Iron Dames   Sarah Bovy
  Rahel Frey
  Michelle Gatting 		Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 232 +17 Laps‡
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
23 LMGTE Am 777   D'Station Racing   Tomonobu Fujii
  Casper Stevenson
  Liam Talbot 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 232 +17 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
24 LMGTE Am 98   NorthWest AMR   Ian James
  Daniel Mancinelli
  Alex Riberas 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 232 +17 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
25 LMGTE Am 54   AF Corse   Francesco Castellacci
  Thomas Flohr
  Davide Rigon 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 232 +17 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
26 LMGTE Am 57   Kessel Racing   Takeshi Kimura
  Esteban Masson
  Daniel Serra 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 232 +17 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
27 LMGTE Am 77   Dempsey-Proton Racing   Julien Andlauer
  Christian Ried
  Mikkel O. Pedersen 		Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 231 +18 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
28 LMGTE Am 33   Corvette Racing   Nicky Catsburg
  Ben Keating
  Nicolás Varrone 		Chevrolet Corvette C8.R M 231 +18 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
29 LMGTE Am 86   GR Racing   Ben Barker
  Riccardo Pera
  Michael Wainwright 		Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 231 +18 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
30 LMGTE Am 83   Richard Mille AF Corse   Luis Pérez Companc
  Alessio Rovera
  Lilou Wadoux 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 231 +18 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
31 LMGTE Am 56   Project 1 – AO   Matteo Cairoli
  P.J. Hyett
  Gunnar Jeannette 		Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 230 +19 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
32 LMGTE Am 21   AF Corse   Kei Cozzolino
  Franck Dezoteux
  Simon Mann 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 229 +20 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
33 Hypercar 4   Floyd Vanwall Racing Team   Ryan Briscoe
  Esteban Guerrieri
  Tristan Vautier 		Vanwall Vandervell 680 M 217 +32 Laps
Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8
NC LMGTE Am 25   ORT by TF   Ahmad Al Harthy
  Michael Dinan
  Charlie Eastwood 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 217 Not classified
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
NC LMP2 10   Vector Sport   Gabriel Aubry
  Ryan Cullen
  Matthias Kaiser 		Oreca 07 G 216 Not classified
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
Ret LMGTE Am 60   Iron Lynx   Matteo Cressoni
  Alessio Picariello
  Claudio Schiavoni 		Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 163 Driver illness
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
Source:[12]

References edit

  1. ^ "WEC 2023 Decision 60 - Hypercar BOP" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  2. ^ "WEC 2023 Decision 59 - LMGTE BOP" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Briscoe joins Vanwall for Bahrain WEC finale". Motorsport.com. 17 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
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  5. ^ "DSC's Daily Notebook (17/10/2023)". dailysportscar.com. 17 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  6. ^ Grangier, Dorian (30 October 2023). "Première en WEC pour Esteban Masson, avec Kessel Racing à Bahreïn". AutoHebdo (in French). Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  7. ^ "2023 Bahrain - FIA World Endurance Championship". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  8. ^ "2023 Bahrain FP1 results - FIA World Endurance Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  9. ^ "2023 Bahrain FP2 results - FIA World Endurance Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  10. ^ "2023 Bahrain FP3 results - FIA World Endurance Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  11. ^ "2023 8 Hours of Bahrain- Qualifying- Final Classification - FIA World Endurance Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  12. ^ "2023 Bahrain Race results - FIA World Endurance Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
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