The 24 Hours of Portimão is both a sports car and touring car automobile endurance race held annually at the Algarve International Circuit. It was inaugurated in 2017. The race is currently part of 24H GT Series and Touring Car Endurance Series.
Entrants and participants As with all races in the 24H Series, promoted by Dutch promoter Creventic, they are open to both professional and semi-professional teams. The races are contested with GT3-spec cars, GT4-spec cars, sports cars, touring cars and 24H-Specials, like silhouette cars.
History The first race took part in 2017 as part of 2017 24H Series, the 3rd season with FIA status. Since 2018 the race became also part of Touring Car Endurance Series, and in that same year was part of 2018 24H Proto Series. The 2021 race was cancelled due to COVID-19. The race was not included into the 2023 24H GT Series calendar, however in September 2023, it was announced that the race returned in 2024.
Race winners Year Drivers Team Car Laps Race time Fastest lap Reference 2024 Max Moritz Vincent Kolb Robert Renauer Felix Neuhofer Ralf Bohn Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 743 24:00:24.258 1:43.654 2023 Not held2022 Charles Putman Charles Espenlaub Joe Foster Shane Lewis CP RacingMercedes-AMG GT371824:01.57.2321:43.087 2021 Race cancelled due to Covid-19 2020 Jürgen Häring Michael Joos Taki Konstantinou Tim Müller Marco Seefried Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (2019) 731 24:01:23.179 1:45.206 2019 Josef Král Matteo Malucelli Jiří Písařík No. 11 Bohemia Energy Racing with Scuderia Praha Ferrari 488 GT3 721 24:00:41.552 1:45.656 2018 Josef Král Matteo Malucelli Jiří Písařík No. 11 Bohemia Energy Racing with Scuderia Praha Ferrari 488 GT3 586 24:00:46.170 1:45.651 2017 Josef Král Matteo Malucelli Jiří Písařík No. 11 Scuderia Praha Ferrari 488 GT3 722 24:00:46.488 1:45.732 Manufacturer title wins WinsManufacturerYear(s)TeamYear(s) 3 Ferrari 2017, 2018, 2019 Scuderia Praha 2017, 2018, 2019 2 Porsche 2020, 2024 Herberth Motorsport 2020, 2024 1 Mercedes-AMG 2022 CP Racing 2022
See also 24H Series Touring Car Endurance Series
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