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WEC: Toyota runs 1-2 after Hour 1 of 6 Hours of Portimao

Posted by AR1 staff

–by Mark Cipolloni–

The pole sitting #8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid with Sebastien Buemi at the wheel leads the 6 Hours of Portimao World Endurance Championship race  over the sister #7 Toyota by 1-second.

Having a year head start with the Hybrid technology, as it did at Sebring, the Toyota team is schooling the likes of Porsche, Ferrari, Cadillac and Peugeot.

The #21 AF Corse Ferrari leads LM GTE Am over the #33 Corvette and the #85 Iron Dames Porsche.

The #23 United Autosports entry leads in LMP2.

Corvette Racing; FIA World Endurance Championship; Six Hours of Portimão; Autodromo Internacional do Algarve; April 16, 2023; Corvette C8.R No. 33 driven by Nicky Catsburg, Ben Keating, and Nico Varrone (Richard Prince/Chevrolet Photo).

Hour 1 Standings

POS NO. CLASS TEAM CURRENT DRIVER CAR LAPS BEHIND GAP
1 8 Hypercar H Toyota Gazoo Racing Buemi Sébastien Toyota GR010 HYBRID 40 0.000 0.000
2 7 Hypercar H Toyota Gazoo Racing Conway Mike Toyota GR010 HYBRID 40 0.891 0.891
3 6 Hypercar H Porsche Penske Motorsport Vanthoor Laurens Porsche 963 40 30.150 29.317
4 50 Hypercar H Ferrari AF Corse Nielsen Nicklas Ferrari 499P 40 35.818 5.668
5 51 Hypercar H Ferrari AF Corse Calado James Ferrari 499P 40 37.587 1.769
6 2 Hypercar H Cadillac Racing Westbrook Richard Cadillac V-Series.R 40 40.318 2.731
7 94 Hypercar H Peugeot Totalenergies Müller Nico Peugeot 9X8 40 51.739 11.524
8 5 Hypercar H Porsche Penske Motorsport Cameron Dane Porsche 963 40 57.285 5.540
9 23 LM P2 United Autosports Van Der Garde Giedo Oreca 07 – Gibson 39 1 lap 40.094
10 4 Hypercar Floyd Vanwall Racing Team Dillmann Tom Vanwall Vandervell 680 39 1 lap 11.065
11 708 Hypercar Glickenhaus Racing Pla Olivier Glickenhaus 007 39 1 lap 5.101
12 63 LM P2 Prema Racing Pin Doriane Oreca 07 – Gibson 39 1 lap 2.873
13 48 LM P2 Hertz Team JOTA Da Costa Antonio Felix Oreca 07 – Gibson 39 1 lap 1.315
14 22 LM P2 United Autosports Lubin Frederick Oreca 07 – Gibson 38 2 Laps 1 lap
15 31 LM P2 Team WRT Gelael Sean Oreca 07 – Gibson 38 2 Laps 12.160
16 9 LM P2 Prema Racing Correa Juan Manuel Oreca 07 – Gibson 38 2 Laps 1.637
17 34 LM P2 Inter Europol Competition Smiechowski Jakub Oreca 07 – Gibson 38 2 Laps 18.023
18 36 LM P2 Alpine Elf Team Canal Julien Oreca 07 – Gibson 38 2 Laps 4.339
19 41 LM P2 Team Wrt Andrade Rui Oreca 07 – Gibson 38 2 Laps 1.560
20 35 LM P2 Alpine Elf Team Rojas Memo Oreca 07 – Gibson 38 2 Laps 12.132
21 28 LM P2 JOTA Heinemeier-Hansson David Oreca 07 – Gibson 38 2 Laps 2.164
22 93 Hypercar H Peugeot Totalenergies Di Resta Paul Peugeot 9X8 38 2 Laps 29.794
23 21 LM GTE Am AF Corse Alessi Diego Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 36 4 laps 2 laps
24 33 LM GTE Am Corvette Racing Keating Ben Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 36 1:15.885 11.870
25 85 LM GTE Am Iron Dames Bovy Sarah Porsche 911 RSR – 19 36 1:16.840 0.955
26 83 LM GTE Am Richard Mille AF Corse Wadoux Lilou Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 36 1:25.279 8.439
27 25 LM GTE Am Ort By TF Dinan Michael Aston Martin Vantage AMR 36 1:25.969 0.690
28 77 LM GTE Am Dempsey – Proton Racing Ried Christian Porsche 911 RSR – 19 36 1:34.101 9.158
29 56 LM GTE Am Project 1 – Ao Pedro Ramos Miguel Porsche 911 RSR – 19 36 1:34.266 0.165
30 54 LM GTE Am AF Corse Castellacci Francesco Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 36 1:34.849 0.583
31 57 LM GTE Am Kessel Racing Kimura Takeshi Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 36 4 laps 43.378
32 60 LM GTE Am Iron Lynx Cressoni Matteo Porsche 911 RSR – 19 35 38.200 1:25.531
33 (+1) 98 LM GTE Am Northwest Amr Dalla Lana Paul Aston Martin Vantage AMR 35 35.779 40.901
34 (+1) 777 LM GTE Am D’station Racing Fujii Tomonobu Aston Martin Vantage AMR 35 1:03.439 3.529
35 86 LM GTE Am GR Racing Wainwright Michael Porsche 911 RSR – 19 35 1:17.495 17.534
36 88 LM GTE Am Proton Competition Hardwick Ryan Porsche 911 RSR – 19 35 1:18.653 1.158
37 10 LM P2 Vector Sport Cullen Ryan Oreca 07 – Gibson 24 16 laps 11 laps