24 Hours of Portimão

24 Hours of Portimão
24H Series
VenueAlgarve International Circuit
First race2017
First 24H GT race2017
Last race2024
Duration24 Hours
Most wins (driver)Czech Republic Josef Král (3)
Italy Matteo Malucelli (3)
Czech Republic Jiří Písařík (3)
Most wins (team)Bohemia Energy Racing with Scuderia Praha (3)
Most wins (manufacturer)Ferrari (3)

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.

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 Germany Max Moritz
Germany Vincent Kolb
Germany Robert Renauer
Austria Felix Neuhofer
Germany Ralf Bohn 		Germany Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 743 24:00:24.258 1:43.654
2023 Not held
2022 United States Charles Putman
United States Charles Espenlaub
United States Joe Foster
United States Shane Lewis 		United States CP Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 718 24:01.57.232 1:43.087
2021 Race cancelled due to Covid-19
2020 Germany Jürgen Häring
Germany Michael Joos
Greece Taki Konstantinou
Germany Tim Müller
Germany Marco Seefried 		Germany Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (2019) 731 24:01:23.179 1:45.206 [5]
2019 Czech Republic Josef Král
Italy Matteo Malucelli
Czech Republic Jiří Písařík 		Czech Republic No. 11 Bohemia Energy Racing

with Scuderia Praha

Ferrari 488 GT3 721 24:00:41.552 1:45.656 [6]
2018 Czech Republic Josef Král
Italy Matteo Malucelli
Czech Republic Jiří Písařík 		Czech Republic No. 11 Bohemia Energy Racing

with Scuderia Praha

Ferrari 488 GT3 586 24:00:46.170 1:45.651 [7]
2017 Czech Republic Josef Král
Italy Matteo Malucelli
Czech Republic Jiří Písařík 		Czech Republic 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 Italy Ferrari 2017, 2018, 2019 Czech Republic Scuderia Praha 2017, 2018, 2019
1 Germany Porsche 2020, 2024 Germany Herberth Motorsport 2020, 2024
1 Germany Mercedes-AMG 2022 United States CP Racing 2022

See also

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.