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Portimão in the WEC
WEC Engine holds official results for 2 FIA WEC races at Portimão, from 2021 to 2023.
The most recent overall winner, in 2023, was Toyota Gazoo Racing with the Toyota GR010 HYBRID, driven by Sébastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa. Toyota has the most overall wins here, with 2. Brendon Hartley and Sébastien Buemi have each won here twice, the most of any driver.
Counting every class, Ferrari, Oreca and Toyota share the most class wins at Portimão, with 2 each.
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WEC overall winners at Portimão
| Year | Team | Car | Drivers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Toyota GR010 HYBRID | Sébastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley, Ryo Hirakawa |
| 2021 | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Toyota GR010 HYBRID | Sébastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley, Kazuki Nakajima |
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Who has won the most WEC races at Portimão?
Toyota has the most overall wins at Portimão in the FIA WEC, with 2 from 2 races since 2021. Among drivers, Brendon Hartley and Sébastien Buemi have won twice.
Who won the last WEC race at Portimão?
The most recent overall winner, in 2023, was Toyota Gazoo Racing with the Toyota GR010 HYBRID, driven by Sébastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa.
How many WEC races have been held at Portimão?
WEC Engine holds results for 2 FIA WEC races at Portimão, from 2021 to 2023.
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Circuits · 4 min read
Which circuit has hosted the most WEC events?
[Spa-Francorchamps](/circuits/spa-francorchamps) has hosted the most WEC races in WEC Engine's archive, with 15. [Le Mans](/circuits/le-mans) has 14 races in the archive, which leaves out the 2016 24 Hours, a WEC round that has not been ingested. Counting that race, Le Mans has hosted one more WEC race than the archive shows. [Bahrain](/circuits/bahrain-international-circuit) has 14, including two races in 2021, and [Fuji](/circuits/fuji-speedway) 13. Spa and Le Mans are the only circuits that hosted a WEC race in every season from 2012 to 2026.
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What is the longest WEC race that isn't Le Mans?
The longest WEC race outside the [24 Hours of Le Mans](/answers/who-has-won-le-mans-hypercar-era) was the championship's first race, the [12 Hours of Sebring in March 2012](/events/2012-r01-sebring), where the winning No. 2 Audi covered 325 laps. Since then the longest format has been the [Qatar 1812km](/circuits/losail), which opened the 2024 and 2025 seasons and took the winners about ten hours each time. Next come the eight-hour races: the 8 Hours of Bahrain, the 2021 8 Hours of Portimão and the 1000 Miles of Sebring. Almost every other WEC race has lasted six hours or less.