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.

The layout of the Algarve International Circuit

Entry list

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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

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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

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  • 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

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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

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Race result

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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

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Fastest lap

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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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  2. ^ a b c "ELMS - 43 voitures pour la finale de Portimão". Endurance Info (in French). 9 October 2024. Archived from the original on 9 October 2024. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
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  4. ^ Dagys, John (17 October 2024). "Beche Edges Out Dillmann in Portimao FP1". Sportscar365. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  5. ^ "ELMS - Panis Racing prend le dessus en Libres 2". Endurance Info (in French). 18 October 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
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  7. ^ "Decision No. 42" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 29 September 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  8. ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Portimao Qualifying Final Classification" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 18 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  9. ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Portimao Qualifying Practice - LMP2 Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 18 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  10. ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Portimao Qualifying Practice - LMP2 Pro/Am Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 18 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  11. ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Portimao Qualifying Practice - LMP3 Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 18 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  12. ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Portimao Qualifying Practice - LMGT3 Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 18 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  13. ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Portimao Race (4 Hours) Final Starting Grid" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 19 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  14. ^ "European Le Mans Series 2024 4 Hours of Portimão Classification | Motorsport Stats". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  15. ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Portimao Race Final Classification" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 19 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  16. ^ "Decision No. 39" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 19 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  17. ^ "Decision No. 42" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 19 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  18. ^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Portimao Race Final Classification by Category" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 19 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.