The 2024 4 Hours of Portimão was an

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event held between 17 and 19 October 2024, as the final round of the

2024 European Le Mans Series The 2024 European Le Mans Series was the twenty-first season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's (ACO) European Le Mans Series. The six-event season began at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on 14 April and concluded at Algarve International Circu ...

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.

Felipe Drugovich Felipe Drugovich Roncato (born 23 May 2000) is a Brazilian racing driver, who most recently competed in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Action Express Racing, Cadillac Whelen and serves as a reserve driver in Formula One for Aston Martin in ...

returned to the No. 10

Vector Sport Vector Sport is a British sports car racing team currently competing in the European Le Mans Series. Founded in 2021 by Gary Holland, a former team manager at Jota Sport and Dragon Racing, the Silverstone-based outfit has focused its on-track op ...

after missing previous round. Gabriel Aubry joined the No. 27 Nielsen Racing. Miguel Cristóvão and

Manuel Espírito Santo Manuel Espírito Santo (born 13 August 2003) is a Portuguese racing driver who currently drives for CLX Motorsport in the LMP2 category of the European Le Mans Series. Early career Junior formulae After starting his career at the comparative ...

drove as the duo in the No. 17

COOL Racing CLX Motorsport, formerly known as Cool Racing, is a French-based Swiss sports car racing team which currently competes in the European Le Mans Series, fielding entries in the LMP2 and LMP3 classes, as well as the Le Mans Cup. Founded in 2017 by ...

as Cédric Oltramare was not listed as a driver of that car anymore.

Nicklas Nielsen Nicklas Ganshorn Nielsen (born 6 February 1997) is a Danish racing driver who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Ferrari AF Corse, driving a Ferrari 499P in the Hypercar class. He won the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans together with ...

was not a part of the No. 50

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crew due to a clash with

Ferrari Ferrari S.p.A. (; ) is an Italian luxury sports car manufacturer based in Maranello. Founded in 1939 by Enzo Ferrari (1898–1988), the company built Auto Avio Costruzioni 815, its first car in 1940, adopted its current name in 1945, and be ...

's Finali Mondiali. François Heriau joined Lahaye brothers in the No. 35 Ultimate

Schedule

Free practice

* Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Qualifying

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

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.

Statistics

Fastest lap

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Algarve Pro Racing Algarve Pro Racing (APR) is a Portuguese sports car racing team founded in 2010 by husband and wife Stewart and Samantha Cox. The team focuses on prototype racing, fielding LMP2 entries in the European Le Mans Series, as well as partnering wit ...

, 1:32.451 , align="center" , 120 , - ! LMP2 Pro/Am ,

Grégoire Saucy Grégoire Matthieu Saucy (; born 26 December 1999) is a Swiss racing driver who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for United Autosports. Saucy won the 2021 Formula Regional European Championship with ART Grand Prix, ART. Junio ...

, #29 Richard Mille by TDS , 1:33.400 , align="center" , 47 , - ! LMP3 ,

, #17

, 1:39.892 , align="center" , 106 , - ! LMGTE ,

Jonathan Adam Jonathan Robert "Jonny" Adam (born 4 September 1984 in Lochgelly, Fife) is a British racing driver and a factory driver for Aston Martin Racing. He was the champion of the SEAT Cupra Championship in two of its six seasons – winning in 2007 and ...

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References

Portimão Portimão () is a city and a municipality in the district of Faro (district), Faro, in the Algarve region of southern Portugal. The population in 2022 was 63,079 in an area of 182.06 km2. It was formerly known as Vila Nova de Portimão. In ...

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