The 2024 4 Hours of Portimão was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 17 and 19 October 2024, as the final round of the 2024 European Le Mans Series season.
Entry list
The entry list was published on 9 October and consisted of 43 entries in 4 categories – 14 in LMP2, 8 in LMP2 Pro/Am, 10 in LMP3 and 11 in LMGT3.
Felipe Drugovich returned to the No. 10 Vector Sport after missing previous round. Gabriel Aubry joined the No. 27 Nielsen Racing. Miguel Cristóvão and Manuel Espírito Santo drove as the duo in the No. 17 COOL Racing as Cédric Oltramare was not listed as a driver of that car anymore. Nicklas Nielsen was not a part of the No. 50 Formula Racing crew due to a clash with Ferrari's Finali Mondiali. François Heriau joined Lahaye brothers in the No. 35 Ultimate
Schedule Date Time (local: WEST) Event Thursday, 17 October 11:50 Free Practice 1 16:20 Bronze Drivers Collective Test Friday, 18 October 10:10 Free Practice 2 14:45 Qualifying – LMGT3 15:10 Qualifying – LMP3 15:35 Qualifying – LMP2 Pro/Am 16:00 Qualifying – LMP2 Saturday, 19 October 14:30 Race Source:
Free practice Only the fastest car in each class is shown. Free Practice 1 Class Entrant Time LMP2 Pro/Am 29 Richard Mille by TDS 1:32.246 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition 1:32.253 LMP3 17 COOL Racing 1:38.227 LMGT3 57 Kessel Racing 1:42.759 Free Practice 2 LMP2 65 Panis Racing 1:31.743 LMP2 Pro/Am 24 Nielsen Racing 1:32.673 LMP3 15 RLR M Sport 1:39.334 LMGT3 59 Racing Spirit of Léman 1:42.564 Source:
Qualifying Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.
Class Team Driver Time Gap 1 LMP2 65 Panis Racing Charles Milesi 1:30.727 — 1 2 LMP2 37 COOL Racing Malthe Jakobsen 1:31.109 +0,382 2 3 LMP2 27 Nielsen Racing Will Stevens 1:31.174 +0,447 3 4 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing Alexander Lynn 1:31.206 +0,479 4 5 LMP2 22 United Autosports Benjamin Hanley 1:31.341 +0,614 5 6 LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Job van Uitert 1:31.433 +0,706 6 7 LMP2 14 AO by TF Louis Delétraz 1:31.474 +0,747 7 8 LMP2 9 Iron Lynx – Proton Matteo Cairoli 1:31.481 +0,754 8 9 LMP2 34 Inter Europol Competition Clément Novalak 1:31.482 +0,755 9 10 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition Tom Dillmann 1:31.528 +0,801 10 11 LMP2 47 COOL Racing Frederik Vesti 1:31.568 +0,841 11 12 LMP2 10 Vector Sport Felipe Drugovich 1:31.635 +0,908 12 13 LMP2 23 United Autosports Paul di Resta 1:31.703 +0,976 13 14 LMP2 30 Duqueine Team James Allen 1:31.715 +0,988 14 15 LMP2 Pro/Am 77 Proton Competition Giorgio Roda 1:32.919 +2,192 15 16 LMP2 Pro/Am 29 Richard Mille by TDS Rodrigo Sales 1:33.537 +2,810 16 17 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 AF Corse François Perrodo 1:33.717 +2,990 17 18 LMP2 Pro/Am 24 Nielsen Racing John Falb 1:33.919 +3,192 18 19 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Autosports Daniel Schneider 1:34.500 +3,773 19 20 LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Team Virage Georgios Kolovos 1:34.996 +4,269 20 21 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Algarve Pro Racing Kriton Lendoudis 1:35.894 +5,167 21 22 LMP2 Pro/Am 3 DKR Engineering Andres Latorre Canon 1:36.977 +6,250 22 23 LMP3 17 COOL Racing Manuel Espírito Santo 1:37.498 +6,771 23 24 LMP3 4 DKR Engineering Wyatt Brichacek 1:38.104 +7,377 24 25 LMP3 12 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Óscar Tunjo 1:38.195 +7,468 25 26 LMP3 88 Inter Europol Competition Pedro Perino 1:38.325 +7,598 26 27 LMP3 35 Ultimate Jean-Baptiste Lahaye 1:38.440 +7,713 27 28 LMP3 15 RLR M Sport Gaël Julien 1:38.472 +7,745 28 29 LMP3 5 RLR M Sport Bailey Voisin 1:38.657 +7,930 29 30 LMP3 31 Racing Spirit of Léman Antoine Doquin 1:38.736 +8,009 30 31 LMP3 8 Team Virage Gillian Henrion 1:38.989 +8,262 31 32 LMP3 11 Eurointernational Adam Ali 1:39.349 +8,622 32 33 LMGT3 85 Iron Dames Sarah Bovy 1:42.408 +11,681 33 34 LMGT3 50 Formula Racing Johnny Laursen 1:43.377 +12,650 37 35 LMGT3 97 Grid Motorsport by TF Martin Berry 1:43.411 +12,684 34 36 LMGT3 59 Racing Spirit of Léman Derek DeBoer 1:43.586 +12,859 35 37 LMGT3 63 Iron Lynx Hiroshi Hamaguchi 1:43.810 +13,083 36 38 LMGT3 55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron 1:43.850 +13,123 41 39 LMGT3 51 AF Corse Charles-Henri Samani 1:44.160 +13,433 38 40 LMGT3 66 JMW Motorsport Scott Noble 1:44.447 +13,720 39 41 LMGT3 57 Kessel Racing Takeshi Kimura 1:44.679 +13,952 40 42 LMGT3 60 Proton Competition Claudio Schiavoni 1:44.961 +14,234 42 43 LMGT3 86 GR Racing Michael Wainwright 1:45.435 +14,708 43 Sources:
Race Race result The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 88 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.
+ Final Classification Class Team Drivers Car Tyres Laps Time/Gap 1 LMP2 37 COOL Racing Lorenzo Fluxá Malthe Jakobsen Ritomo Miyata Oreca 07 127 4:00:20.026 2 LMP2 14 AO by TF Jonny Edgar Louis Delétraz Robert Kubica Oreca 07 127 +2.499 3 LMP2 47 COOL Racing Carl Bennett Ferdinand Habsburg Frederik Vesti Oreca 07 127 +3.159 4 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition Sebastián Álvarez Vladislav Lomko Tom Dillmann Oreca 07 127 +4.075 5 LMP2 34 Inter Europol Competition Oliver Gray Clément Novalak Luca Ghiotto Oreca 07 127 +9.491 6 LMP2 23 United Autosports Bijoy Garg Fabio Scherer Paul di Resta Oreca 07 127 +12.007 7 LMP2 30 Duqueine Team Niels Koolen Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer James Allen Oreca 07 127 +14.864 8 LMP2 Pro/Am 77 Proton Competition Giorgio Roda René Binder Bent Viscaal Oreca 07 127 +16.120 9 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Algarve Pro Racing Kriton Lendoudis Richard Bradley Alex Quinn Oreca 07 127 +17.115 10 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing Matthias Kaiser Olli Caldwell Alexander Lynn Oreca 07 127 +17.585 11 LMP2 Pro/Am 24 Nielsen Racing John Falb Colin Noble Nicholas Yelloly Oreca 07 127 +18.392 12 LMP2 9 Iron Lynx – Proton Jonas Ried Macéo Capietto Matteo Cairoli Oreca 07 127 +19.368 13 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 AF Corse François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Alessio Rovera Oreca 07 127 +34.909 14 LMP2 22 United Autosports Filip Ugran Marino Sato Benjamin Hanley Oreca 07 127 +45.966 15 LMP2 27 Nielsen Racing Benjamin Pedersen Will Stevens Gabriel Aubry Oreca 07 127 +49.854 16 LMP2 65 Panis Racing Manuel Maldonado Charles Milesi Arthur Leclerc Oreca 07 127 +58.579 17 LMP2 Pro/Am 29 Richard Mille by TDS Rodrigo Sales Mathias Beche Grégoire Saucy Oreca 07 127 +1:09.361 18 LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Team Virage Georgios Kolovos Raphaël Narac Tristan Vautier Oreca 07 126 +1 Lap 19 LMP2 Pro/Am 3 DKR Engineering Andres Latorre Canon Cem Bölükbaşı Laurents Hörr Oreca 07 125 +2 Laps 20 LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Nicolás Pino Reshad de Gerus Job van Uitert Oreca 07 125 +2 Laps 21 LMP3 17 COOL Racing Miguel Cristóvão Manuel Espírito Santo Ligier JS P320 122 +5 Laps 22 LMP3 15 RLR M Sport Michael Jensen Nick Adcock Gaël Julien Ligier JS P320 122 +5 Laps 23 LMP3 11 Eurointernational Matthew Richard Bell Adam Ali Ligier JS P320 122 +5 Laps 24 LMP3 12 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Torsten Kratz Leonard Weiss Óscar Tunjo Duqueine M30 - D08 122 +5 Laps 25 LMP3 4 DKR Engineering Alexander Mattschull Wyatt Brichacek Guilherme Oliveira Duqueine M30 - D08 122 +5 Laps 26 LMP3 8 Team Virage Julien Gerbi Bernardo Pinheiro Gillian Henrion Ligier JS P320 122 +5 Laps 27 LMP3 5 RLR M Sport James Dayson Daniel Ali Bailey Voisin Ligier JS P320 121 +6 Laps 28 LMGT3 63 Iron Lynx Hiroshi Hamaguchi Axcil Jefferies Andrea Caldarelli Lamborghini Huracan LMGT3 Evo2 119 +8 Laps 29 LMGT3 85 Iron Dames Sarah Bovy Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 119 +8 Laps 30 LMGT3 60 Proton Competition Claudio Schiavoni Matteo Cressoni Julien Andlauer Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 119 +8 Laps 31 LMGT3 50 Formula Racing Johnny Laursen Conrad Laursen Ferrari 296 LMGT3 119 +8 Laps 32 LMGT3 57 Kessel Racing Takeshi Kimura Esteban Masson Daniel Serra Ferrari 296 LMGT3 119 +8 Laps 33 LMGT3 86 GR Racing Michael Wainwright Riccardo Pera Davide Rigon Ferrari 296 LMGT3 119 +8 Laps 34 LMGT3 55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron David Perel Matt Griffin Ferrari 296 LMGT3 119 +8 Laps 35 LMGT3 97 Grid Motorsport by TF Martin Berry Lorcan Hanafin Jonathan Adam Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3 119 +8 Laps 36 LMGT3 59 Racing Spirit of Léman Derek DeBoer Casper Stevenson Valentin Hasse-Clot Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3 118 +9 Laps 37 LMGT3 66 JMW Motorsport Scott Noble Jason Hart Ben Tuck Ferrari 296 LMGT3 118 +9 Laps Not classified LMP3 88 Inter Europol Competition Alexander Bukhantsov Kai Askey Pedro Perino Ligier JS P320 111 LMP2 10 Vector Sport Ryan Cullen Stéphane Richelmi Felipe Drugovich Oreca 07 108 LMP3 31 Racing Spirit of Léman Jacques Wolff Jean-Ludovic Foubert Antoine Doquin Ligier JS P320 88 LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Autosports Daniel Schneider Andrew Meyrick Oliver Jarvis Oreca 07 83 LMP3 35 Ultimate François Heriau Jean-Baptiste Lahaye Matthieu Lahaye Ligier JS P320 61 LMGT3 51 AF Corse Charles-Henri Samani Emmanuel Collard Nicolás Varrone Ferrari 296 LMGT3 0
Statistics Fastest lap Class Driver Team Time LMP2 Alexander Lynn #25 Algarve Pro Racing 1:32.451 120 LMP2 Pro/Am Grégoire Saucy #29 Richard Mille by TDS 1:33.400 47 LMP3 Manuel Espírito Santo #17 COOL Racing 1:39.892 106 LMGTE Jonathan Adam #97 Grid Motorsport by TF 1:42.916 114 Source:
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