2024 24 Hours of Portimão

The 2024 24 Hours of Portimão (formally known as the Hankook 24 Hours of Portimão) was an endurance sportscar racing held on 11 and 12 May 2024, as the third of five rounds of the 2024 24H Series. This was the sixth running of the event.

The layout of the Algarve International Circuit where the race was held.

Background

The event was announced on 16 October 2023 along with the rest of the 2024 24H Series calendar.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time (local: WEST)	Event	Duration
Friday, 10 May	13:30 - 15:00	Free Practice	90 Minutes
	17:00 - 17:55	Qualifying	3x15 Minutes
	20:30 - 22:00	Night Practice	90 Minutes
Saturday-Sunday, 11-12 May	12:00 - 12:00	Race	24 Hours
Source:[2]

Entry list

The entry list was revealed on 6 May 2024, and featured 22 cars: 6 GT3 cars, 10 Porsche 992 GT3 Cup cars, 1 GTX car, 4 GT4 cars, and 1 TCX car.^[3]

No. Entrant Car Class Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3 Driver 4 Driver 5 GT3 (6 entries) 10 Grove Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo PA Brenton Grove Stephen Grove Matthew Payne Garth Tander 11 Hofor Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Am Kenneth Heyer Michael Kroll Max Partl Alexander Prinz Chantal Prinz 18 Saintéloc Junior Team Audi R8 LMS Evo II PA Michael Doppelmayr Elia Erhart Philippe Chatelet Pierre Kaffer Ernst Inderbitzin 90 E2P Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2) PA Pablo Burguera Álvaro Parente Antonio Sainero 91 Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Am Ralf Bohn Jason Hart Scott Noble Ian Loggie 92 Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) PA Ralf Bohn Vincent Kolb Max Moritz Felix Neuhofer Robert Renauer GTX (1 entry) 701 Vortex V8 Vortex 2.0 Lionel Amrouche Philippe Bonnel Gilles Courtois Lucas Sugliano 992 (10 entries) 902 Holmgaard Motorsport Porsche 992 GT3 Cup P Jonas Holmgaard Magnus Holmgaard Stéphane Perrin Martin Vedel Mortensen 903 Red Ant Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup P Kobe de Breucker Ayrton Redant Yannick Redant Lucas Van Eijndhoven 904 Red Ant Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup P Peter Guelinckx Michiel Haverans Brent Verheyen Kris Cools 907 RPM Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am Philip Hamprecht Niclas Jönsson Tracy Krohn Patrick Huisman 908 SebLajoux Racing by DUWO Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am Solenn Amrouche Miguel Moiola Eric Mouez Lauris Nauroy Gary Terclavers 909 Red Camel-Jordans.nl Porsche 992 GT3 Cup P Ivo Breukers Luc Breukers Rik Breukers Fabian Danz 917 Orchid Racing Team Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am Antonio Garzon Daniel Gillioz Alexandre Mottet Jeremy Brodard 963 Orchid Racing Team Porsche 992 GT3 Cup P Laurent Misbach Loïc Villiger Antoine Leclerc Frank Villiger 967 HRT Performance Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am Linus Diener Amadeo Pampanini Nicolas Stürzinger Stefano Monaco Kim André Hauschild 988 MRS GT Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am Ricardo Costa Will Langhorne Marco Müller Shaun Thong Terence Tse GT4 (4 entries) 405 GSR Motorsport Ginetta G56 GT4 Egidijus Gelūnas Aras Kvedaras Rokas Kvedaras Ernesta Globytė 416 Buggyra ZM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT4 Aliyyah Koloc Adam Lacko David Vrsecky Jaroslav Janiš 424 Lionspeed GP Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Dennis Bohn José Garcia Patrick Kolb Patric Neiderhauser 491 W Autosport Toyota GR Supra GT4 Thierry Chkondali Caryl Fritsché Marc Girard Thomas Leal Michel Sallenbach TCE/TCX (1 entry) 125 PR-V Peugeot 308 Racing Cup Christian Gloz Hervé Houdré Alain Remi Flavien Remi Source:[4]

GT3 entries Icon Class P GT3-Pro PA GT3-Pro Am Am GT3-Am 992 entries Icon Class P 992-Pro Am 992-Am

Practice

Class	No.	Entrant	Driver	Time
GT3	18	Saintéloc Junior Team	Pierre Kaffer	1:43.849
GTX	701	Vortex V8	Lionel Amrouche	1:47.997
992	909	Red Camel-Jordans.nl	Luc Breukers	1:47.341
GT4	424	Lionspeed GP	Patric Neiderhauser	1:54.327
TCE	125	PR-V	Flavien Remi	1:59.524
Source:[5][6]

• Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Night Practice

Class	No.	Entrant	Driver	Time
GT3	92	Herberth Motorsport	Robert Renauer	1:45.091
GTX	701	Vortex V8	Lucas Sugliano	1:50.857
992	967	HRT Performance	Stefano Monaco	1:48.294
GT4	491	W Autosport	Thomas Leal	1:54.808
TCE	125	PR-V	Flavien Remi	2:00.470
Source:[7][8]

• Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Qualifying

Qualifying was split into three parts. The average of the best times per qualifying session determined the starting order. Saintéloc Junior Team secured pole position with a combined average time of 1:44.921.

Qualifying results

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Avg
1	GT3 Pro/Am	18	Saintéloc Junior Team	1:45.324	1:44.849	1:44.590	1:44.921
2	GT3 Am	91	Herberth Motorsport	1:45.663	1:44.934	1:44.664	1:45.087
3	GT3 Pro/Am	10	Grove Racing	1:46.380	1:44.161	1:44.771	1:45.104
4	GT3 Pro/Am	92	Herberth Motorsport	1:46.705	1:44.862	1:44.240	1:45.269
5	GT3 Am	11	Hofor Racing	1:45.015	1:45.178	1:46.782	1:45.658
6	GT3 Pro/Am	90	E2P Racing	1:48.973	1:45.236	1:45.727	1:46.645
7	992 Pro	909	Red Camel-Jordans.nl	1:48.658	1:47.420	1:47.802	1:47.960
8	GTX	701	Vortex V8	1:47.858	1:48.864	1:47.371	1:48.031
9	992 Pro	903	Red Ant Racing	1:47.951	1:49.027	1:48.323	1:48.433
10	992 Pro	967	HRT Performance	1:48.862	1:48.472	1:48.041	1:48.458
11	992 Pro	963	Orchid Racing Team	1:50.870	1:48.002	1:48.502	1:49.124
12	992 Am	907	RPM Racing	1:51.031	1:49.010	1:47.352	1:49.131
13	992 Pro	904	Red Ant Racing	1:49.482	1:49.513	1:48.980	1:49.325
14	992 Pro	902	Holmgaard Motorsport	1:50.229	1:49.020	1:48.958	1:49.402
15	992 Am	908	SebLajoux Racing by DUWO Racing	1:50.377	1:54.099	1:50.706	1:51.727
16	GT4	405	GSR Motorsport	1:54.740	1:54.189	1:55.388	1:54.772
17	GT4	416	Buggyra ZM Racing	1:54.493	1:55.169	1:55.154	1:54.938
18	GT4	491	W Autosport	1:56.868	1:54.841	1:54.226	1:55.311
19	TCX	125	PR-V	2:02.440	2:03.315	2:00.482	2:02.079
20	GT4	424	Lionspeed GP	—	1:54.244	1:54.316	1:54.280
21	992 Am	917	Orchid Racing Team	1:51.736	—	—	1:51.736
22	992 Am	988	MRS GT Racing	2:07.415	—	—	2:07.415
Source:[9]

Race

Class winners are in bold.

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Time/Reason	Laps
					Engine
1	GT3 Pro/Am	92	Herberth Motorsport	Ralf Bohn Vincent Kolb Max Moritz Felix Neuhofer Robert Renauer	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	24:00:24.258	743
					Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
2	GT3 Am	91	Herberth Motorsport	Ralf Bohn Jason Hart Scott Noble Ian Loggie	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	+2 Laps	741
					Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
3	GT3 Pro/Am	18	Saintéloc Junior Team	Michael Doppelmayr Elia Erhart Philippe Chatelet Pierre Kaffer Swen Herberger	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	+14 Laps	729
					Audi 5.2 L V10
4	992 Pro	903	Red Ant Racing	Kobe de Breucker Ayrton Redant Yannick Redant Lucas Van Eijndhoven	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	+19 Laps	724
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
5	992 Pro	904	Red Ant Racing	Peter Guelinckx Michiel Haverans Brent Verheyen Kris Cools	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	+30 Laps	713
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
6	992 Pro	909	Red Camel-Jordans.nl	Ivo Breukers Luc Breukers Rik Breukers Fabian Danz	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	+35 Laps	708
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
7	992 Pro	902	Holmgaard Motorsport	Jonas Holmgaard Magnus Holmgaard Stéphane Perrin Martin Vedel Mortensen	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	+53 Laps	690
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
8	992 Pro	963	Orchid Racing Team	Loïc Villiger Laurent Misbach Antoine Leclerc Frank Villiger	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	+55 Laps	688
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
9	992 Am	907	RPM Racing	Philip Hamprecht Niclas Jönsson Tracy Krohn Patrick Huisman	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	+80 Laps	663
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
10	GT4	416	Buggyra ZM Racing	Aliyyah Koloc Adam Lacko David Vrsecky Jaroslav Janiš	Mercedes-AMG GT4	+92 Laps	651
					Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8
11	GT4	491	W Autosport	Thierry Chkondali Caryl Fritsché Marc Girard Thomas Leal Michel Sallenbach	Toyota GR Supra GT4	+106 Laps	637
					BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6
12	992 Am	908	SebLajoux Racing by DUWO Racing	Solenn Amrouche Miguel Moiola Eric Mouez Lauris Nauroy Gary Terclavers	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	+111 Laps	632
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
13	TCX	125	PR-V	Christian Gloz Hervé Houdré Alain Remi Flavien Remi	Peugeot 308 Racing Cup	+142 Laps	601
					Peugeot PSA Prince 1.6 L I4
14	GT4	405	GSR Motorsport	Egidijus Gelūnas Aras Kvedaras Rokas Kvedaras Ernesta Globytė Mindaugas Liatukas	Ginetta G56 GT4	+171 Laps	572
					GM LS3 6.2 L V8
15	GTX	701	Vortex V8	Lionel Amrouche Philippe Bonnel Gilles Courtois Lucas Sugliano	Vortex 2.0	+172 Laps	571
					Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
16	992 Am	988	MRS GT Racing	Ricardo Costa Will Langhorne Marco Müller Shaun Thong Terence Tse	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	+233 Laps	510
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
17 DNF	GT3 Pro/Am	90	E2P Racing	Pablo Burguera Álvaro Parente Antonio Sainero	Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2)	+357 Laps	386
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
18 DNF	992 Am	917	Orchid Racing Team	Antonio Garzon Laurent Misbach Alexandre Mottet Jeremy Brodard	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	+374 Laps	369
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
19 DNF	GT3 Am	11	Hofor Racing	Kenneth Heyer Michael Kroll Max Partl Alexander Prinz Chantal Prinz	Mercedes-AMG GT3	+390 Laps	353
					Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
20 DNF	GT3 Pro/Am	10	Grove Racing	Brenton Grove Stephen Grove Matthew Payne Garth Tander	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	+543 Laps	200
					Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
21 DNF	992 Am	967	HRT Performance	Linus Diener Amadeo Pampanini Nicolas Stürzinger Kim André Hauschild Stefano Monaco	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	+581 Laps	162
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
22 DNF	GT4	424	Lionspeed GP	Dennis Bohn José Garcia Patrick Kolb Daniel Miller	Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport	+723 Laps	20
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
Source:[10]