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4 Hours of Portimão – Facts and Figures

Portugal has hosted the European Le Mans Series season finale since 2014. For three years from 2014 to 2016 the Portuguese round of the series was held at Estoril, with the race held at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve being held in 2017. 2022 will be the sixth edition of the 4 Hours of Portimão.

10/10/2022

The first edition of the 4 Hours of Portimão was held on the 22nd October 2017 and won by the no40 Graff Oreca 07-Gibson of Richard Bradley, James Allen and Gustavo Yacaman.
The no77 Proton Competition Porsche, which is the current LMGTE Championship leader, has won three of the five previous 4 Hours of Portimão, with Christian Ried being a member of all three crews in 2017, 2018 and 2020.
United Autosports is the most successful team at Portimão with two LMP2 (2018 and 2021) and two LMP3 (2017 and 2020) victories.The Anglo-American team has also appeared on both the LMP2 and LMP3 podiums in every race since 2017, with 13 podium finishes in total.
2022 LMP3 Championship leaders Inter Europol Competition have won at Portimão in two previous occasions – 2018 and 2021.
There are 16 previous winners of the 4 Hours of Portimão taking part in the 2022 edition of the race –

o Phil Hanson (no22 United Autosports) - 2021/2018 - LMP2

o Tom Gamble (no 22 United Autosports)- 2021/2020 - LMP2/LMP3

o Ugo De Wilde (no21 Muehlner Motorsport) - 2021 - LMP3

o Matteo Cressoni (no60 Iron Lynx) - 2021 - LMGTE

o Christian Ried (no77 Proton Competition) - 2020/2018/2017 - LMGTE

o Mikkel Jensen (no57 Kessel Racing) - 2020 - LMP2

o Alessio Picariello (no18 Absolute Racing) - 2020 - LMGTE

o Nicklas Nielsen (no88 AF Corse) - 2019 - LMGTE

o Paul Loup Chatin (no28 IDEC Sport) - 2019 - LMP2

o Paul Lafargue (no28 IDEC Sport) - 2019 - LMP2

o Memo Rojas (no30 Duqueine Team) - 2019 - LMP2

o Terrence Woodward (no6 360 Racing) - 2019 - LMP3

o Ross Kaiser (no6 360 Racing) - 2019 - LMP3

o James Dayson (no14 Inter Europol Comp) - 2019 - LMP3

o Richard Bradley (no30 Duqueine Team) - 2017 - LMP2

o James Allen (no47 Algarve Pro Racing) - 2017 - LMP2

The current lap records were all set on 01 November 2020

o LMP2 - Mikkel JENSEN - 1m29.670 - 186.8kph

o LMP3 - Tom GAMBLE - 1m37.180 - 172.4kph

o LMGTE - Rahel FREY - 1m39.671 - 168.1kph

The fastest ELMS lap recorded at Portimão was set on 31 October 2020

o Job VAN UITERT - 1m28.627 - 189.0kph - LMP2 Qualifying

The longest race was held in 2020, with the winners completing 683.99km or 147 laps of the 4.653km circuit.
The shortest race was held in 2019. Only 493.22km or 106 laps were completed.

The 4 Hours of Portimão is Round 6 of the 2022 European Le Mans Series and it will be held on Sunday 16 October.

The first edition of the 4 Hours of Portimão was held on the 22nd October 2017 and won by the no40 Graff Oreca 07-Gibson of Richard Bradley, James Allen and Gustavo Yacaman.
The no77 Proton Competition Porsche, which is the current LMGTE Championship leader, has won three of the five previous 4 Hours of Portimão, with Christian Ried being a member of all three crews in 2017, 2018 and 2020.
United Autosports is the most successful team at Portimão with two LMP2 (2018 and 2021) and two LMP3 (2017 and 2020) victories.The Anglo-American team has also appeared on both the LMP2 and LMP3 podiums in every race since 2017, with 13 podium finishes in total.
2022 LMP3 Championship leaders Inter Europol Competition have won at Portimão in two previous occasions – 2018 and 2021.
There are 16 previous winners of the 4 Hours of Portimão taking part in the 2022 edition of the race –