The 24 Hours of Portimão is both a

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and

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automobile endurance race held annually at the

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. It was inaugurated in 2017. The race is currently part of 24H GT Series and Touring Car Endurance Series.

Entrants and participants

As with all races in the

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, promoted by Dutch promoter Creventic, they are open to both professional and semi-professional teams. The races are contested with GT3-spec cars, GT4-spec cars,

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and 24H-Specials, like silhouette cars.

History

The first race took part in 2017 as part of

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, the 3rd season with FIA status. Since

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the race became also part of Touring Car Endurance Series, and in that same year was part of

2018 24H Proto Series The 2018 24H Proto Series powered by Hankook was the second season of the 24H Proto Series. Creventic was the organiser and promoter of the series. The races were contested with Le Mans Prototype and Group CN cars, as well as some special prototy ...

. The 2021 race was cancelled due to Covid-19.

Race winners

Manufacturer title wins

References

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