4 Hours of Portimão

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4 Hours of Portimão
Philip Hanson (4)
Most wins (team)United States United Autosports (4)
Most wins (manufacturer)France Oreca (6)

The 4 Hours of Portimão (also known as 4 Hours of Algarve) is an

Le Mans Series calendar. Since 2017, it is run in 4 hours format, as part of the European Le Mans Series
.

History

The 1000 Kilometres of Algarve was run for the first time in 2009, and was the third round of the

and the 1000 km of Algarve hasn't been run since.

In 2017 Portimão took the place of Estoril in the European Le Mans series calendar, in a 4 hour race.[4]

In 2023 with the cancelation of the 4 Hours of Imola for the European Le Mans Series, the Portimão round became a double-header to fill the void,[5] with the race being named 4 Hours of Algarve and 4 Hours of Portimão.

Winners

Year Drivers Team Car Time Distance Championship
2009 France Jean-Christophe Boullion
France Christophe Tinseau
France Pescarolo Sport
Pescarolo 01 Evo
5:49:04.176 1000 km
Le Mans Series
2010 France Olivier Panis
France Stéphane Sarrazin
France Nicolas Lapierre
Team Oreca Matmut
Peugeot 908 HDi FAP
(Diesel)
5:48:30.820 1000 km
Le Mans Series
2011–2016: not held
Year Drivers Team Car Laps (Distance) Duration Championship
2017 Australia James Allen
United Kingdom Richard Bradley
Colombia Gustavo Yacamán
France Graff Oreca 07 139 laps (646,64 km) 4 hours European Le Mans Series
2018
Philip Hanson
United States United Autosports Ligier JS P217 140 laps (651,69 km) 4 hours European Le Mans Series
2019 France Paul-Loup Chatin
France Paul Lafargue
Mexico Memo Rojas
France IDEC Sport Oreca 07 106 laps (492,95 km) 4 hours European Le Mans Series
2020 Russia Roman Rusinov
Denmark Mikkel Jensen
Netherlands Nyck de Vries
Russia G-Drive Racing Aurus 01 147 laps (683,72 km) 4 hours European Le Mans Series
2021
Philip Hanson
United Kingdom United Autosports Oreca 07 130 laps (604,89 km) 4 hours European Le Mans Series
2022 Switzerland Louis Delétraz
Austria Ferdinand Habsburg
United States Juan Manuel Correa
Italy Prema Racing Oreca 07 126 laps (586,28 km) 4 hours European Le Mans Series
2023 (4 Hours of Algarve)
Philip Hanson
United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
United States United Autosports Oreca 07 120 laps (558,00 km) 4 hours European Le Mans Series
2023 (4 Hours of Portimão)
Philip Hanson
United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
United States United Autosports Oreca 07 97 laps (442,32 km) 4 hours European Le Mans Series

References

  1. ^ "Algarve 1000 Kilometres 2009 - Race results". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Algarve 1000 Kilometres 2010 - Race results". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  3. ^ "Pescarolo team wins the Estoril 6 Hours". Planetlemans.com. 26 September 2011. Archived from the original on 18 October 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  4. ^ "ELMS: Final da época de 2017 passa do Estoril para Portimão | AutoSport".
  5. ^ "Portimão To Host ELMS Grand Season Finale In October". European Le Mans Series. 14 April 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.