2024 4 Hours of Portimão

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.[1][2]

Felipe Drugovich returned to the No. 10 Vector Sport after missing previous round.[1] Gabriel Aubry joined the No. 27 Nielsen Racing.[2][1] 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.[1][2] Nicklas Nielsen was not a part of the No. 50 Formula Racing crew due to a clash with Ferrari's Finali Mondiali.[1] François Heriau joined Lahaye brothers in the No. 35 Ultimate[1]

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:[3]

Free practice

  • Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Free Practice 1 Class No. 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:[4][5]

Qualifying

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
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 William 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 LynxProton 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[Q 1]
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[Q 2]
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:[8][9][10][11][12][13]
  1. ^ The No. 50 Formula Racing was moved 3 places back on the starting grid for exiting pit lane with the red light on in the Free Practice 2.[6]
  2. ^ The No. 55 Spirit of Race was moved 3 places back on the grid for causing a collision with the No. 28 IDEC Sport during previous race.[7]

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<[14][15]
Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Tyres Laps Time/Gap
1 LMP2 37 COOL Racing Lorenzo Fluxá
Malthe Jakobsen
Ritomo Miyata
Oreca 07 G 127 4:00:20.026
2 LMP2 14 AO by TF Jonny Edgar
Louis Delétraz
Robert Kubica
Oreca 07 G 127 +2.499
3 LMP2 47 COOL Racing Carl Bennett
Ferdinand Habsburg
Frederik Vesti
Oreca 07 G 127 +3.159
4 LMP2 43 Inter Europol Competition Sebastián Álvarez
Vladislav Lomko
Tom Dillmann
Oreca 07 G 127 +4.075
5 LMP2 34 Inter Europol Competition Oliver Gray
Clément Novalak
Luca Ghiotto
Oreca 07 G 127 +9.491
6 LMP2 23 United Autosports Bijoy Garg
Fabio Scherer
Paul di Resta
Oreca 07 G 127 +12.007
7 LMP2 30 Duqueine Team Niels Koolen
Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer
James Allen
Oreca 07 G 127 +14.864
8 LMP2 Pro/Am 77 Proton Competition Giorgio Roda
René Binder
Bent Viscaal
Oreca 07 G 127 +16.120
9 LMP2 Pro/Am 20 Algarve Pro Racing Kriton Lendoudis
Richard Bradley
Alex Quinn
Oreca 07 G 127 +17.115
10 LMP2 25 Algarve Pro Racing Matthias Kaiser
Olli Caldwell
Alexander Lynn
Oreca 07 G 127 +17.585
11 LMP2 Pro/Am 24 Nielsen Racing John Falb
Colin Noble
Nicholas Yelloly
Oreca 07 G 127 +18.392
12 LMP2 9 Iron LynxProton Jonas Ried
Macéo Capietto
Matteo Cairoli
Oreca 07 G 127 +19.368
13 LMP2 Pro/Am 83 AF Corse François Perrodo
Matthieu Vaxivière
Alessio Rovera
Oreca 07 G 127 +34.909
14 LMP2 22 United Autosports Filip Ugran
Marino Sato
Benjamin Hanley
Oreca 07 G 127 +45.966
15 LMP2 27 Nielsen Racing Benjamin Pedersen
William Stevens
Gabriel Aubry
Oreca 07 G 127 +49.854
16 LMP2 65 Panis Racing Manuel Maldonado
Charles Milesi
Arthur Leclerc
Oreca 07 G 127 +58.579
17 LMP2 Pro/Am 29 Richard Mille by TDS Rodrigo Sales
Mathias Beche
Grégoire Saucy
Oreca 07 G 127 +1:09.361[R 1]
18 LMP2 Pro/Am 19 Team Virage Georgios Kolovos
Raphaël Narac
Tristan Vautier
Oreca 07 G 126 +1 Lap
19 LMP2 Pro/Am 3 DKR Engineering Andres Latorre Canon
Cem Bölükbaşı
Laurents Hörr
Oreca 07 G 125 +2 Laps
20 LMP2 28 IDEC Sport Nicolás Pino
Reshad de Gerus
Job van Uitert
Oreca 07 G 125 +2 Laps
21 LMP3 17 COOL Racing Miguel Cristóvão
Manuel Espírito Santo
Ligier JS P320 M 122 +5 Laps
22 LMP3 15 RLR M Sport Michael Jensen
Nick Adcock
Gaël Julien
Ligier JS P320 M 122 +5 Laps
23 LMP3 11 Eurointernational Matthew Richard Bell
Adam Ali
Ligier JS P320 M 122 +5 Laps
24 LMP3 12 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Torsten Kratz
Leonard Weiss
Óscar Tunjo
Duqueine M30 - D08 M 122 +5 Laps
25 LMP3 4 DKR Engineering Alexander Mattschull
Wyatt Brichacek
Guilherme Oliveira
Duqueine M30 - D08 M 122 +5 Laps
26 LMP3 8 Team Virage Julien Gerbi
Bernardo Pinheiro[R 2]
Gillian Henrion
Ligier JS P320 M 122 +5 Laps
27 LMP3 5 RLR M Sport James Dayson
Daniel Ali
Bailey Voisin
Ligier JS P320 M 121 +6 Laps
28 LMGT3 63 Iron Lynx Hiroshi Hamaguchi
Axcil Jefferies
Andrea Caldarelli
Lamborghini Huracan LMGT3 Evo2 G 119 +8 Laps
29 LMGT3 85 Iron Dames Sarah Bovy
Rahel Frey
Michelle Gatting
Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 G 119 +8 Laps
30 LMGT3 60 Proton Competition Claudio Schiavoni
Matteo Cressoni
Julien Andlauer
Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 G 119 +8 Laps
31 LMGT3 50 Formula Racing Johnny Laursen
Conrad Laursen
Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 119 +8 Laps
32 LMGT3 57 Kessel Racing Takeshi Kimura
Esteban Masson
Daniel Serra
Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 119 +8 Laps
33 LMGT3 86 GR Racing Michael Wainwright
Riccardo Pera
Davide Rigon
Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 119 +8 Laps
34 LMGT3 55 Spirit of Race Duncan Cameron
David Perel
Matthew Griffin
Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 119 +8 Laps
35 LMGT3 97 Grid Motorsport by TF Martin Berry
Lorcan Hanafin
Jonathan Adam
Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3 G 119 +8 Laps
36 LMGT3 59 Racing Spirit of Léman Derek DeBoer
Casper Stevenson
Valentin Hasse-Clot
Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3 G 118 +9 Laps
37 LMGT3 66 JMW Motorsport Scott Noble
Jason Hart
Ben Tuck
Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 118 +9 Laps
Not classified
LMP3 88 Inter Europol Competition Alexander Bukhantsov
Kai Askey
Pedro Perino
Ligier JS P320 M 111
LMP2 10 Vector Sport Ryan Cullen
Stéphane Richelmi
Felipe Drugovich
Oreca 07 G 108
LMP3 31 Racing Spirit of Léman Jacques Wolff
Jean-Ludovic Foubert
Antoine Doquin
Ligier JS P320 M 88
LMP2 Pro/Am 21 United Autosports Daniel Schneider
Andrew Meyrick
Oliver Jarvis
Oreca 07 G 83
LMP3 35 Ultimate François Heriau
Jean-Baptiste Lahaye
Matthieu Lahaye
Ligier JS P320 M 61
LMGT3 51 AF Corse Charles-Henri Samani
Emmanuel Collard
Nicolás Varrone
Ferrari 296 LMGT3 G 0
  1. ^ The No. 29 Richard Mille by TDS was penalised for making a contact with the No. 83 AF Corse. The penalty was 5 seconds being added to crew's total race time.[16]
  2. ^ Bernardo Pinheiro did not drive the minimum time to score points.[17]

Statistics

Fastest lap

Class Driver Team Time Lap
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:[18]

References

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