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
Thursday, 17 October	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 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^{[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]

^ 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]
^ 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 Lynx – Proton	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

^ 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]
^ 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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Kilbey, Stephen (9 October 2024). "4H Portimão Entry Revealed". DailySportscar. Archived from the original on 9 October 2024. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
^ ^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.
^ "4 HOURS OF PORTIMÃO - PROVISIONAL TIMETABLE V2" (PDF). European Le Mans Series Press. 4 October 2024. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
^ Dagys, John (17 October 2024). "Beche Edges Out Dillmann in Portimao FP1". Sportscar365. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
^ "ELMS - Panis Racing prend le dessus en Libres 2". Endurance Info (in French). 18 October 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
^ "Decision No. 11" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 18 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
^ "Decision No. 42" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 29 September 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Portimao Qualifying Final Classification" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 18 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Portimao Race (4 Hours) Final Starting Grid" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 19 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
^ "European Le Mans Series 2024 4 Hours of Portimão Classification | Motorsport Stats". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Portimao Race Final Classification" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 19 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
^ "Decision No. 39" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 19 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
^ "Decision No. 42" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 19 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
^ "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Portimao Race Final Classification by Category" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 19 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.

[7] 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]

[9] 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]

[19] 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]

[21] Bernardo Pinheiro did not drive the minimum time to score points.^[17]

[List_DSC-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Kilbey, Stephen (9 October 2024). "4H Portimão Entry Revealed". DailySportscar. Archived from the original on 9 October 2024. Retrieved 9 October 2024.

[List_EI-2] "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.

[3] "4 HOURS OF PORTIMÃO - PROVISIONAL TIMETABLE V2" (PDF). European Le Mans Series Press. 4 October 2024. Retrieved 9 October 2024.

[FP1-4] 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.

[6] "Decision No. 11" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 18 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.

[8] "Decision No. 42" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 29 September 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.

[Qualifying_Results-10] "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Portimao Qualifying Final Classification" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 18 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.

[LMP2_Drivers-11] "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.

[LMP2PA_Drivers-12] "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.

[LMP3_Drivers-13] "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.

[LMGT3_Drivers-14] "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.

[Starting_Grid-15] "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Portimao Race (4 Hours) Final Starting Grid" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 19 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.

[16] "European Le Mans Series 2024 4 Hours of Portimão Classification | Motorsport Stats". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 19 October 2024.

[Race_Results-17] "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Portimao Race Final Classification" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 19 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.

[18] "Decision No. 39" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 19 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.

[20] "Decision No. 42" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 19 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.

[22] "European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Portimao Race Final Classification by Category" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. 19 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.

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