The 4 Hours of Portimão (also known as 4 Hours of Algarve) is an endurance race for sports cars, held at Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, in Portugal. The first races were held in 2009 and 2010 as 1000 Kilometres of Algarve, as part of 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 Le Mans Series. The race was won by Pescarolo Sport, whilst Quifel ASM Team won the LMP2 category, Alphand Aventures won the GT1 category, and JMW Motorsport won the GT2 category. The race was held again in 2010, and again was the third round of the Le Mans Series. This time, Team Oreca Matmut took the overall victory, whilst RML won the LMP2 category, DAMS won the Formula Le Mans category, AF Corse won the GT2 category, and Larbre Competition won the GT1 category. For 2011, the Portuguese round of the Le Mans Series used the Autódromo do Estoril instead, 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.

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, with the race being named 4 Hours of Algarve and 4 Hours of Portimão. The race will be held as part of the Asian Le Mans Series calendar for the first time in 2027, as a consequence of calendar changes due to the Iran war.

Results Year Drivers Team Car Time Distance Championship 2009 Jean-Christophe Boullion Christophe Tinseau Pescarolo Sport Pescarolo 01 Evo 5:49:04.176 1000 km Le Mans Series 2010 Olivier Panis Stéphane Sarrazin Nicolas Lapierre Team Oreca Matmut Peugeot 908 HDi FAP(Diesel) 5:48:30.820 1000 km Le Mans Series2011–2016: not held Year Drivers Team Car Laps (Distance) Duration Championship 2017 James Allen Richard Bradley Gustavo Yacamán Graff Oreca 07 139 laps (646.64 km) 4 hours European Le Mans Series 2018 Filipe Albuquerque Philip Hanson United Autosports Ligier JS P217 140 laps (651.69 km) 4 hours European Le Mans Series 2019 Paul-Loup Chatin Paul Lafargue Memo Rojas IDEC Sport Oreca 07 106 laps (492.95 km) 4 hours European Le Mans Series 2020 Roman Rusinov Mikkel Jensen Nyck de Vries G-Drive Racing Aurus 01 147 laps (683.72 km) 4 hours European Le Mans Series 2021 Jonathan Aberdein Tom Gamble Philip Hanson United Autosports Oreca 07 130 laps (604.89 km) 4 hours European Le Mans Series 2022 Louis Delétraz Ferdinand Habsburg Juan Manuel Correa Prema Racing Oreca 07 126 laps (586.28 km) 4 hours European Le Mans Series 2023 (4 Hours of Algarve) Marino Sato Philip Hanson Oliver Jarvis United Autosports Oreca 07 120 laps (558.00 km) 4 hours European Le Mans Series 2023 (4 Hours of Portimão) Marino Sato Philip Hanson Oliver Jarvis United Autosports Oreca 07 97 laps (442.32 km) 4 hours European Le Mans Series2024 Lorenzo Fluxá Malthe Jakobsen Ritomo Miyata COOL RacingOreca 07127 laps (590.93 km)4 hoursEuropean Le Mans Series2025 Oliver Gray Esteban Masson Charles Milesi VDS Panis RacingOreca 07135 laps (628.16 km)4 hoursEuropean Le Mans Series

Records

Wins by constructor +RankConstructorWinsYears1 Oreca82017–20252 Pescarolo12009 Peugeot2010 Ligier2018 Aurus2020

Wins by engine manufacturer RankConstructorWinsYears1 Gibson102017–20252 Judd12009 Peugeot2010

Drivers with multiple wins +RankDriverWinsYears1 Phil Hanson42018, 2021, 2023 (Algarve)–2023 (Portimão)2 Marino Sato22023 (Algarve)–2023 (Portimão) Oliver Jarvis2023 (Algarve)–2023 (Portimão)

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