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Endurance auto race
Layout of the
Algarve International Circuit
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]
Qualifying
Qualifying Results
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold .
[4]
Race
Race Result
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]
Standings after the race
2021 Hypercar World Endurance Drivers' Championship
2021 Hypercar World Endurance Championship
Note : Only the top five positions are included for the Drivers Championship standings.
2021 LMP2 World Endurance Drivers' Championship
2021 LMP2 World Endurance Championship
Note : Only the top five positions are included for the Drivers Championship standings.
2021 World Endurance GTE Drivers' Championship
2021 World Endurance GTE Manufacturers' Championship
Note : Only the top five positions are included for the Drivers Championship standings.
References
6-hour format 8-hour format