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