24 Hours of Portimão

The 24 Hours of Portimão is both a sports car and touring car automobile endurance race held annually at the Algarve International Circuit. It was inaugurated in 2017.^[1][2] The race is currently part of 24H GT Series and Touring Car Endurance Series.

24 Hours of Portimão

24H Series
Venue	Algarve International Circuit
First race	2017
First 24H GT race	2017
Last race	2024
Duration	24 Hours
Most wins (driver)	Josef Král (3) Matteo Malucelli (3) Jiří Písařík (3)
Most wins (team)	Bohemia Energy Racing with Scuderia Praha (3)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Ferrari (3)

Entrants and participants

As with all races in the 24H Series, 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, sports cars, touring cars and 24H-Specials, like silhouette cars.

History

The first race took part in 2017 as part of 2017 24H Series, the 3rd season with FIA status.^[3] Since 2018 the race became also part of Touring Car Endurance Series, and in that same year was part of 2018 24H Proto Series. The 2021 race was cancelled due to COVID-19. The race was not included into the 2023 24H GT Series calendar, however in September 2023, it was announced that the race will return in 2024.^[4]

Race winners

Year	Drivers	Team	Car	Laps	Race time	Fastest Lap	Reference
2024	Max Moritz Vincent Kolb Robert Renauer Felix Neuhofer Ralf Bohn	Herberth Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	743	24:00:24.258	1:43.654
2023	Not held
2022	Charles Putman Charles Espenlaub Joe Foster Shane Lewis	CP Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3	718	24:01.57.232	1:43.087
2021	Race cancelled due to Covid-19
2020	Jürgen Häring Michael Joos Taki Konstantinou Tim Müller Marco Seefried	Herberth Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R (2019)	731	24:01:23.179	1:45.206	[5]
2019	Josef Král Matteo Malucelli Jiří Písařík	No. 11 Bohemia Energy Racing with Scuderia Praha	Ferrari 488 GT3	721	24:00:41.552	1:45.656	[6]
2018	Josef Král Matteo Malucelli Jiří Písařík	No. 11 Bohemia Energy Racing with Scuderia Praha	Ferrari 488 GT3	586	24:00:46.170	1:45.651	[7]
2017	Josef Král Matteo Malucelli Jiří Písařík	No. 11 Scuderia Praha	Ferrari 488 GT3	722	24:00:46.488	1:45.732	[8]

Manufacturer title wins

Wins	Manufacturer	Year(s)	Team	Year(s)
3	Ferrari	2017, 2018, 2019	Scuderia Praha	2017, 2018, 2019
2	Porsche	2020, 2024	Herberth Motorsport	2020, 2024
1	Mercedes-AMG	2022	CP Racing	2022

See also

• 24H Series
• Touring Car Endurance Series

References

1. Goodwin, Graham (10 January 2021). "Date Change For 24H Portimao". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
2. "Scuderia Praha Ferrari wins the 24H Portimão". motorsport.com. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
3. "Scuderia Praha Ferrari wins the 24H Portimão".
4. "24H Portimao Added, Misano Returns on 2024 Calendar". 15 September 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
5. "24th Hankook 24H PORTIMÃO 2020 Race" (PDF). getraceresults.com. 14 June 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
6. "24th Hankook 24H PORTIMÃO 2019 Race" (PDF). getraceresults.com. 7 July 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
7. "24th Hankook 24H PORTIMÃO 2018 Race" (PDF). getraceresults.com. 8 July 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
8. "24th Hankook 24H PORTIMÃO 2017 Race" (PDF). getraceresults.com. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2021.

External links

• Official website