2024 24 Hours of Portimão

The 2024 24 Hours of Portimão (formally known as the Hankook 24 Hours of Portimão) was an endurance sportscar racing held on 11 and 12 May 2024, as the third of five rounds of the 2024 24H Series. This was the sixth running of the event.

Background

The event was announced on 16 October 2023 along with the rest of the 2024 24H Series calendar.[1]

Schedule

Date Time (local: WEST) Event Duration
Friday, 10 May 13:30 - 15:00 Free Practice 90 Minutes
17:00 - 17:55 Qualifying 3x15 Minutes
20:30 - 22:00 Night Practice 90 Minutes
Saturday-Sunday, 11-12 May 12:00 - 12:00 Race 24 Hours
Source:[2]

Entry list

The entry list was revealed on 6 May 2024, and featured 22 cars: 6 GT3 cars, 10 Porsche 992 GT3 Cup cars, 1 GTX car, 4 GT4 cars, and 1 TCX car.[3]

No. Entrant Car Class Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3 Driver 4 Driver 5
GT3 (6 entries)
10 Grove Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo PA Brenton Grove Stephen Grove Matthew Payne Garth Tander
11 Hofor Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Am Kenneth Heyer Michael Kroll Max Partl Alexander Prinz Chantal Prinz
18 Saintéloc Junior Team Audi R8 LMS Evo II PA Michael Doppelmayr Elia Erhart Philippe Chatelet Pierre Kaffer Ernst Inderbitzin
90 E2P Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2) PA Pablo Burguera Álvaro Parente Antonio Sainero
91 Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Am Ralf Bohn Jason Hart Scott Noble Ian Loggie
92 Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) PA Ralf Bohn Vincent Kolb Max Moritz Felix Neuhofer Robert Renauer
GTX (1 entry)
701 Vortex V8 Vortex 2.0 Lionel Amrouche Philippe Bonnel Gilles Courtois Lucas Sugliano
992 (10 entries)
902 Holmgaard Motorsport Porsche 992 GT3 Cup P Jonas Holmgaard Magnus Holmgaard Stéphane Perrin Martin Vedel Mortensen
903 Red Ant Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup P Kobe de Breucker Ayrton Redant Yannick Redant Lucas Van Eijndhoven
904 Red Ant Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup P Peter Guelinckx Michiel Haverans Brent Verheyen Kris Cools
907 RPM Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am Philip Hamprecht Niclas Jönsson Tracy Krohn Patrick Huisman
908 SebLajoux Racing by DUWO Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am Solenn Amrouche Miguel Moiola Eric Mouez Lauris Nauroy Gary Terclavers
909 Red Camel-Jordans.nl Porsche 992 GT3 Cup P Ivo Breukers Luc Breukers Rik Breukers Fabian Danz
917 Orchid Racing Team Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am Antonio Garzon Daniel Gillioz Alexandre Mottet Jeremy Brodard
963 Orchid Racing Team Porsche 992 GT3 Cup P Laurent Misbach Loïc Villiger Antoine Leclerc Frank Villiger
967 HRT Performance Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am Linus Diener Amadeo Pampanini Nicolas Stürzinger Stefano Monaco Kim André Hauschild
988 MRS GT Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am Ricardo Costa Will Langhorne Marco Müller Shaun Thong Terence Tse
GT4 (4 entries)
405 GSR Motorsport Ginetta G56 GT4 Egidijus Gelūnas Aras Kvedaras Rokas Kvedaras Ernesta Globytė
416 Buggyra ZM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT4 Aliyyah Koloc Adam Lacko David Vrsecky Jaroslav Janiš
424 Lionspeed GP Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Dennis Bohn José Garcia Patrick Kolb Patric Neiderhauser
491 W Autosport Toyota GR Supra GT4 Thierry Chkondali Caryl Fritsché Marc Girard Thomas Leal Michel Sallenbach
TCE/TCX (1 entry)
125 PR-V Peugeot 308 Racing Cup Christian Gloz Hervé Houdré Alain Remi Flavien Remi
Source:[4]
GT3 entries
Icon Class
P GT3-Pro
PA GT3-Pro Am
Am GT3-Am
992 entries
Icon Class
P 992-Pro
Am 992-Am

Practice

Class No. Entrant Driver Time
GT3 18 Saintéloc Junior Team Pierre Kaffer 1:43.849
GTX 701 Vortex V8 Lionel Amrouche 1:47.997
992 909 Red Camel-Jordans.nl Luc Breukers 1:47.341
GT4 424 Lionspeed GP Patric Neiderhauser 1:54.327
TCE 125 PR-V Flavien Remi 1:59.524
Source:[5][6]
  • Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Night Practice

Class No. Entrant Driver Time
GT3 92 Herberth Motorsport Robert Renauer 1:45.091
GTX 701 Vortex V8 Lucas Sugliano 1:50.857
992 967 HRT Performance Stefano Monaco 1:48.294
GT4 491 W Autosport Thomas Leal 1:54.808
TCE 125 PR-V Flavien Remi 2:00.470
Source:[7][8]
  • Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Qualifying

Qualifying was split into three parts. The average of the best times per qualifying session determined the starting order. Saintéloc Junior Team secured pole position with a combined average time of 1:44.921.

Qualifying results

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos. Class No. Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Avg
1 GT3 Pro/Am 18 Saintéloc Junior Team 1:45.324 1:44.849 1:44.590 1:44.921
2 GT3 Am 91 Herberth Motorsport 1:45.663 1:44.934 1:44.664 1:45.087
3 GT3 Pro/Am 10 Grove Racing 1:46.380 1:44.161 1:44.771 1:45.104
4 GT3 Pro/Am 92 Herberth Motorsport 1:46.705 1:44.862 1:44.240 1:45.269
5 GT3 Am 11 Hofor Racing 1:45.015 1:45.178 1:46.782 1:45.658
6 GT3 Pro/Am 90 E2P Racing 1:48.973 1:45.236 1:45.727 1:46.645
7 992 Pro 909 Red Camel-Jordans.nl 1:48.658 1:47.420 1:47.802 1:47.960
8 GTX 701 Vortex V8 1:47.858 1:48.864 1:47.371 1:48.031
9 992 Pro 903 Red Ant Racing 1:47.951 1:49.027 1:48.323 1:48.433
10 992 Pro 967 HRT Performance 1:48.862 1:48.472 1:48.041 1:48.458
11 992 Pro 963 Orchid Racing Team 1:50.870 1:48.002 1:48.502 1:49.124
12 992 Am 907 RPM Racing 1:51.031 1:49.010 1:47.352 1:49.131
13 992 Pro 904 Red Ant Racing 1:49.482 1:49.513 1:48.980 1:49.325
14 992 Pro 902 Holmgaard Motorsport 1:50.229 1:49.020 1:48.958 1:49.402
15 992 Am 908 SebLajoux Racing by DUWO Racing 1:50.377 1:54.099 1:50.706 1:51.727
16 GT4 405 GSR Motorsport 1:54.740 1:54.189 1:55.388 1:54.772
17 GT4 416 Buggyra ZM Racing 1:54.493 1:55.169 1:55.154 1:54.938
18 GT4 491 W Autosport 1:56.868 1:54.841 1:54.226 1:55.311
19 TCX 125 PR-V 2:02.440 2:03.315 2:00.482 2:02.079
20 GT4 424 Lionspeed GP 1:54.244 1:54.316 1:54.280
21 992 Am 917 Orchid Racing Team 1:51.736 1:51.736
22 992 Am 988 MRS GT Racing 2:07.415 2:07.415
Source:[9]

Race

Class winners are in bold.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Time/Reason Laps
Engine
1 GT3 Pro/Am 92 Herberth Motorsport Ralf Bohn
Vincent Kolb
Max Moritz
Felix Neuhofer
Robert Renauer
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 24:00:24.258 743
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
2 GT3 Am 91 Herberth Motorsport Ralf Bohn
Jason Hart
Scott Noble

Ian Loggie
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) +2 Laps 741
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
3 GT3 Pro/Am 18 Saintéloc Junior Team Michael Doppelmayr
Elia Erhart
Philippe Chatelet
Pierre Kaffer
Swen Herberger
Audi R8 LMS Evo II +14 Laps 729
Audi 5.2 L V10
4 992 Pro 903 Red Ant Racing Kobe de Breucker
Ayrton Redant
Yannick Redant

Lucas Van Eijndhoven
Porsche 992 GT3 Cup +19 Laps 724
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
5 992 Pro 904 Red Ant Racing Peter Guelinckx
Michiel Haverans
Brent Verheyen
Kris Cools
Porsche 992 GT3 Cup +30 Laps 713
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
6 992 Pro 909 Red Camel-Jordans.nl Ivo Breukers
Luc Breukers
Rik Breukers
Fabian Danz
Porsche 992 GT3 Cup +35 Laps 708
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
7 992 Pro 902 Holmgaard Motorsport Jonas Holmgaard
Magnus Holmgaard
Stéphane Perrin
Martin Vedel Mortensen
Porsche 992 GT3 Cup +53 Laps 690
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
8 992 Pro 963 Orchid Racing Team Loïc Villiger
Laurent Misbach
Antoine Leclerc
Frank Villiger
Porsche 992 GT3 Cup +55 Laps 688
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
9 992 Am 907 RPM Racing Philip Hamprecht
Niclas Jönsson
Tracy Krohn

Patrick Huisman
Porsche 992 GT3 Cup +80 Laps 663
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
10 GT4 416 Buggyra ZM Racing Aliyyah Koloc
Adam Lacko
David Vrsecky

Jaroslav Janiš
Mercedes-AMG GT4 +92 Laps 651
Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8
11 GT4 491 W Autosport Thierry Chkondali
Caryl Fritsché
Marc Girard
Thomas Leal
Michel Sallenbach
Toyota GR Supra GT4 +106 Laps 637
BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6
12 992 Am 908 SebLajoux Racing by DUWO Racing Solenn Amrouche
Miguel Moiola
Eric Mouez
Lauris Nauroy
Gary Terclavers
Porsche 992 GT3 Cup +111 Laps 632
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
13 TCX 125 PR-V Christian Gloz
Hervé Houdré
Alain Remi
Flavien Remi
Peugeot 308 Racing Cup +142 Laps 601
Peugeot PSA Prince 1.6 L I4
14 GT4 405 GSR Motorsport Egidijus Gelūnas
Aras Kvedaras
Rokas Kvedaras
Ernesta Globytė
Mindaugas Liatukas
Ginetta G56 GT4 +171 Laps 572
GM LS3 6.2 L V8
15 GTX 701 Vortex V8 Lionel Amrouche
Philippe Bonnel
Gilles Courtois
Lucas Sugliano
Vortex 2.0 +172 Laps 571
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
16 992 Am 988 MRS GT Racing Ricardo Costa
Will Langhorne
Marco Müller
Shaun Thong
Terence Tse
Porsche 992 GT3 Cup +233 Laps 510
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
17

DNF

GT3 Pro/Am 90 E2P Racing Pablo Burguera
Álvaro Parente
Antonio Sainero
Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2) +357 Laps 386
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
18

DNF

992 Am 917 Orchid Racing Team Antonio Garzon
Laurent Misbach
Alexandre Mottet
Jeremy Brodard
Porsche 992 GT3 Cup +374 Laps 369
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
19

DNF

GT3 Am 11 Hofor Racing Kenneth Heyer
Michael Kroll
Max Partl
Alexander Prinz
Chantal Prinz
Mercedes-AMG GT3 +390 Laps 353
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
20

DNF

GT3 Pro/Am 10 Grove Racing Brenton Grove
Stephen Grove
Matthew Payne
Garth Tander
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo +543 Laps 200
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
21

DNF

992 Am 967 HRT Performance Linus Diener
Amadeo Pampanini
Nicolas Stürzinger
Kim André Hauschild
Stefano Monaco
Porsche 992 GT3 Cup +581 Laps 162
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
22

DNF

GT4 424 Lionspeed GP Dennis Bohn
José Garcia
Patrick Kolb
Daniel Miller
Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport +723 Laps 20
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
Source:[10]

References

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  2. ^ "TIME SCHEDULE HANKOOK 24H PORTIMAO 2024". 24H Series. May 9, 2024. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
  3. ^ "It's race week! 80-plus drivers registered for 2024 Hankook 24H PORTIMAO". 24hseries.com. Creventic. May 6, 2024. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
  4. ^ "PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST HANKOOK 24H PORTIMÃO". 24H Series. May 11, 2024. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
  5. ^ "Free Practice Final Result" (PDF). getraceresults.com. Timeservice. May 10, 2024. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
  6. ^ "Free Practice Fastest Lap times of all drivers" (PDF). getraceresults.com. Timeservice. May 10, 2024. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
  7. ^ "Night Practice Final Result" (PDF). getraceresults.com. 24H Series. May 10, 2024. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  8. ^ "Night Practice Fastest Lap times of all drivers" (PDF). getraceresults.com. 24H Series. May 10, 2024. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  9. ^ "Combined Qualification - All Classes Final Result" (PDF). getraceresults.com. 24H Series. May 10, 2024. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  10. ^ "Race Final Result" (PDF). getraceresults.com. Timeservice. May 12, 2024. Retrieved November 14, 2024.