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| Event information | |
|---|---|
| Round 7 of 7 in the2023 FIA World Endurance Championship | |
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| Date | 4 November 2023 |
| Location | Sakhir |
| Venue | Bahrain International Circuit |
| Duration | 8 Hours |
| Results | |
| Laps completed | 249 |
| Distance (km) | 1347.588 |
| Distance (miles) | 837.387 |
| Hypercar | |
| Pole position | |
| Time | 1:46.564 |
| Team |  Toyota Gazoo Racing |
| Winners | |
| Team | Toyota Gazoo Racing |
| Drivers |  Sébastien Buemi Brendon HartleyRyo Hirakawa |
| LMP2 | |
| Winners | |
| Team |  Team WRT |
| Drivers |  Rui AndradeLouis Delétraz Robert Kubica |
| LMGTE Am | |
| Winners | |
| Team |  Iron Dames |
| Drivers | Sarah BovyRahel Frey Michelle Gatting |
The2023 Bapco Energies 8 Hours of Bahrain was anendurancesportscar racing event held on 4 November 2023, as the seventh and final round of the2023 FIA World Endurance Championship. It was the twelfth running of theevent, and the fifth running in an extended 8 hours format.
On 26 October 2023, the FIA published the Balance of Performance (BoP) for the Hypercar and LMGTE AM classes. In Hypercar, theCadillac andPorsche 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 theFuji round.[1] In LMGTE Am, theAston Martin received a fuel tank increase of 2 litres and an 0.04 increase in engine power. TheCorvette received a fuel tank decrease of 2 litres, and a decrease of 0.6 mm for the maximum size of the air restrictor. For thePorsche andFerrari, the BoP remained the same as it was during theFuji round.[2]
There were 36 cars entered into the event: 12 Hypercars, 11 LMP2 cars, and 13 LMGTE Am cars. In Hypercar,Ryan Briscoe replacedJoão Paulo de Oliveira in the No. 4Floyd Vanwall Racing Team machine.[3] Furthermore,Nico Müller returned to the No. 94Peugeot TotalEnergies machine, after missing the Fuji round due to an injury.[4]
In LMP2,Mirko Bortolotti returned to the No. 63Prema Racing machine, andTom Blomqvist returned to the No. 23United Autosports machine.[4] In LMGTE Am, Franck Dezoteux joined the No. 21AF Corse machine,[4] with Liam Talbot replacing Satoshi Hoshino in the No. 777D'Station Racing machine.[5] Furthermore,Esteban Masson joined the No. 57Kessel Racing machine, replacingRitomo Miyata, whilstDaniel Serra also returned after missing the previous two rounds.[6]
| 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 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] | |||||
Pole position winners in each class are marked inbold.
| 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 | FerrariAF Corse | 1:47.739 | +1.175 | 5 |
| 6 | Hypercar | 51 | FerrariAF 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] | ||||||
The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 174 laps. Class winners are inbold and ‡.
