2022 4 Hours of Portimao explained

The 2022 4 Hours of Portimão was an endurance sportscar racing event that was held on 16 October 2022, as the sixth and final round of the 2022 European Le Mans Series.

In LMP2, the race was won by the #9 Prema Racing run Oreca 07-Gibson, driven by Louis Delétraz, Ferdinand Habsburg and Juan Manuel Correa.

In LMP3, the race was won by the #17 Cool Racing run Ligier JS P320, driven by Mike Benham, Malthe Jakobsen and Maurice Smith.

In LMGTE, the race was won by the #83 Iron Lynx run Ferrari 488 GTE Evo, driven by Sarah Bovy, Michelle Gatting and Doriane Pin.

Qualifying

Qualifying Result

Pole position in each class are marked in bold.

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Time	Grid
1	LMP2 Pro-Am	34	Racing Team Turkey	1:32.375	1
2	LMP2	9	Prema Racing	1:32.447	2
3	LMP2 Pro-Am	47	Algarve Pro Racing	1:32.551	3
4	LMP2	65	Panis Racing	1:32.592	4
5	LMP2	22	United Autosports	1:32.638	5
6	LMP2 Pro-Am	31	TDS Racing x Vaillante	1:32.742	6
7	LMP2	43	Inter Europol Competition	1:32.787	7
8	LMP2	28	IDEC Sport	1:32.878	8
9	LMP2 Pro-Am	88	AF Corse	1:32.920	9
10	LMP2 Pro-Am	24	Nielsen Racing	1:32.934	10
11	LMP2	37	Cool Racing	1:33.032	11
12	LMP2	35	BHK Motorsport	1:33.120	12
13	LMP2	21	Mühlner Motorsport	1:33.137	13
14	LMP2 Pro-Am	51	Team Virage	1:33.218	14
15	LMP2	30	Duqueine Team	1:33.374	15
16	LMP2	19	Algarve Pro Racing	1:33.421	16
17	LMP3	17	Cool Racing	1:37.100	17
18	LMP3	13	Inter Europol Competition	1:37.275	18
19	LMP3	3	United Autosports	1:37.570	19
20	LMP3	4	DKR Engineering	1:37.676	20
21	LMP3	27	Cool Racing	1:37.806	21
22	LMP3	15	RLR Msport	1:37.883	22
23	LMP3	10	EuroInternational	1:37.886	23
24	LMP3	2	United Autosports	1:37.923	24
25	LMP3	14	Inter Europol Competition	1:38.149	25
26	LMP3	5	RLR Msport	1:38.153	26
27	LMP3	6	360 Racing	1:38.228	27
28	LMP3	7	Nielsen Racing	1:38.579	28
29	LMP3	11	EuroInternational	1:38.689	29
30	LMGTE	83	Iron Lynx	1:41.888	30
31	LMGTE	66	JMW Motorsport	1:41.916	31
32	LMGTE	32	Rinaldi Racing	1:42.015	32
33	LMGTE	69	Oman Racing with TF Sport	1:42.084	33
34	LMGTE	77	Proton Competition	1:42.273	34
35	LMGTE	93	Proton Competition	1:42.585	35
36	LMGTE	57	Kessel Racing	1:42.651	36
37	LMGTE	33	Rinaldi Racing	1:43.457	37
38	LMGTE	60	Iron Lynx	1:43.644	38
39	LMGTE	95	Oman Racing with TF Sport	1:44.408	39
40	LMGTE	18	Absolute Racing	1:45.299	40
Source:^[1] ^[2]

Race

Race Result

Class winners are marked in bold and ‡. - Cars failing to complete 70% of the winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC).

	Class		Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre		Time/Retired
	Class		Team	Drivers	Engine	Tyre		Time/Retired
1	LMP2	9	Prema Racing	Juan Manuel Correa Louis Delétraz Ferdinand Habsburg	Oreca 07		126	4:00:17.688‡
1	LMP2	9	Prema Racing	Juan Manuel Correa Louis Delétraz Ferdinand Habsburg	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8		126	4:00:17.688‡
2	LMP2	65	Panis Racing	Julien Canal Nico Jamin Job van Uitert	Oreca 07		126	+49.262
2	LMP2	65	Panis Racing	Julien Canal Nico Jamin Job van Uitert	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8		126	+49.262
3	LMP2	37	Cool Racing	Nicolas Lapierre Niklas Krütten Ye Yifei	Oreca 07		126	+51.296
3	LMP2	37	Cool Racing	Nicolas Lapierre Niklas Krütten Ye Yifei	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8		126	+51.296
4	LMP2	43	Inter Europol Competition	Fabio Scherer Pietro Fittipaldi David Heinemeier Hansson	Oreca 07		125	+1 Lap
4	LMP2	43	Inter Europol Competition	Fabio Scherer Pietro Fittipaldi David Heinemeier Hansson	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8		125	+1 Lap
5	LMP2	19	Algarve Pro Racing	Filip Ugran Bent Viscaal	Oreca 07		125	+1 Lap
5	LMP2	19	Algarve Pro Racing	Filip Ugran Bent Viscaal	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8		125	+1 Lap
6	LMP2 Pro-Am	34	Racing Team Turkey	Salih Yoluç Charlie Eastwood Will Stevens	Oreca 07		125	+1 Lap‡
6	LMP2 Pro-Am	34	Racing Team Turkey	Salih Yoluç Charlie Eastwood Will Stevens	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8		125	+1 Lap‡
7	LMP2	28	IDEC Sport	Paul Lafargue Paul-Loup Chatin Patrick Pilet	Oreca 07		124	+2 Laps
7	LMP2	28	IDEC Sport	Paul Lafargue Paul-Loup Chatin Patrick Pilet	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8		124	+2 Laps
8	LMP2 Pro-Am	88	AF Corse	François Perrodo Nicklas Nielsen Alessio Rovera	Oreca 07		124	+2 Laps
8	LMP2 Pro-Am	88	AF Corse	François Perrodo Nicklas Nielsen Alessio Rovera	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8		124	+2 Laps
9	LMP2	30	Duqueine Team	Memo Rojas Mathieu de Barbuat Richard Bradley	Oreca 07		124	+2 Laps
9	LMP2	30	Duqueine Team	Memo Rojas Mathieu de Barbuat Richard Bradley	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8		124	+2 Laps
10	LMP2 Pro-Am	24	Nielsen Racing	Rodrigo Sales Matt Bell Ben Hanley	Oreca 07		122	+4 Laps
10	LMP2 Pro-Am	24	Nielsen Racing	Rodrigo Sales Matt Bell Ben Hanley	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8		122	+4 Laps
11	LMP2 Pro-Am	31	TDS Racing x Vaillante	Philippe Cimadomo Mathias Beche Tijmen van der Helm	Oreca 07		121	+5 Laps
11	LMP2 Pro-Am	31	TDS Racing x Vaillante	Philippe Cimadomo Mathias Beche Tijmen van der Helm	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8		121	+5 Laps
12	LMP3	17	Cool Racing	Maurice Smith Mike Benham Malthe Jakobsen	Ligier JS P320		121	+5 Laps‡
12	LMP3	17	Cool Racing	Maurice Smith Mike Benham Malthe Jakobsen	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8		121	+5 Laps‡
13	LMP3	2	United Autosports	Bailey Voisin Josh Caygill Finn Gehrsitz	Ligier JS P320		120	+6 Laps
13	LMP3	2	United Autosports	Bailey Voisin Josh Caygill Finn Gehrsitz	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8		120	+6 Laps
14	LMP2	35	BHK Motorsport	Francesco Dracone Sergio Campana Markus Pommer	Oreca 07		119	+7 Laps
14	LMP2	35	BHK Motorsport	Francesco Dracone Sergio Campana Markus Pommer	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8		119	+7 Laps
15	LMP3	27	Cool Racing	Nicolas Maulini Jean-Ludovic Foubert Antoine Doquin	Ligier JS P320		119	+7 Laps
15	LMP3	27	Cool Racing	Nicolas Maulini Jean-Ludovic Foubert Antoine Doquin	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8		119	+7 Laps
16	LMP3	3	United Autosports	Kay van Berlo James McGuire Andrew Bentley	Ligier JS P320		119	+7 Laps
16	LMP3	3	United Autosports	Kay van Berlo James McGuire Andrew Bentley	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8		119	+7 Laps
17	LMP3	5	RLR MSport	Michael Jensen Nick Adcock Alex Kapadia	Ligier JS P320		119	+7 Laps
17	LMP3	5	RLR MSport	Michael Jensen Nick Adcock Alex Kapadia	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8		119	+7 Laps
18	LMP3	4	DKR Engineering	Sebastián Álvarez Alexander Bukhantsov Tom Van Rompuy	Duqueine M30 – D08		119	+7 Laps
18	LMP3	4	DKR Engineering	Sebastián Álvarez Alexander Bukhantsov Tom Van Rompuy	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8		119	+7 Laps
19	LMGTE	83	Iron Lynx	Doriane Pin Michelle Gatting Sarah Bovy	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo		118	+8 Laps‡
19	LMGTE	83	Iron Lynx	Doriane Pin Michelle Gatting Sarah Bovy	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8		118	+8 Laps‡
20	LMP3	15	RLR MSport	Horst Felbemayr Jr. Valentino Catalano Austin McCusker	Ligier JS P320		118	+8 Laps
20	LMP3	15	RLR MSport	Horst Felbemayr Jr. Valentino Catalano Austin McCusker	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8		118	+8 Laps
21	LMGTE	69	Oman Racing with TF Sport	Ahmad Al Harthy Marco Sørensen Sam De Haan	Aston Martin Vantage AMR		117	+9 Laps
21	LMGTE	69	Oman Racing with TF Sport	Ahmad Al Harthy Marco Sørensen Sam De Haan	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8		117	+9 Laps
22	LMGTE	57	Kessel Racing	Takeshi Kimura Frederik Schandorff Mikkel Jensen	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo		117	+9 Laps
22	LMGTE	57	Kessel Racing	Takeshi Kimura Frederik Schandorff Mikkel Jensen	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8		117	+9 Laps
23	LMGTE	60	Iron Lynx	Claudio Schiavoni Matteo Cressoni Davide Rigon	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo		117	+9 Laps
23	LMGTE	60	Iron Lynx	Claudio Schiavoni Matteo Cressoni Davide Rigon	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8		117	+9 Laps
24	LMGTE	77	Proton Competition	Christian Ried Lorenzo Ferrari Gianmaria Bruni	Porsche 911 RSR-19		116	+10 Laps
24	LMGTE	77	Proton Competition	Christian Ried Lorenzo Ferrari Gianmaria Bruni	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6		116	+10 Laps
25	LMP3	14	Inter Europol Competition	Noam Abramczyk Mateusz Kaprzyk James Dayson	Ligier JS P320		116	+10 Laps
25	LMP3	14	Inter Europol Competition	Noam Abramczyk Mateusz Kaprzyk James Dayson	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8		116	+10 Laps
26	LMGTE	18	Absolute Racing	Andrew Haryanto Martin Rump Alessio Picariello	Porsche 911 RSR-19		116	+10 Laps
26	LMGTE	18	Absolute Racing	Andrew Haryanto Martin Rump Alessio Picariello	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6		116	+10 Laps
27	LMGTE	66	JMW Motorsport	Giacorno Petrobelli Sean Hudspeth Matthew Payne	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo		116	+10 Laps
27	LMGTE	66	JMW Motorsport	Giacorno Petrobelli Sean Hudspeth Matthew Payne	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8		116	+10 Laps
28	LMGTE	93	Proton Competition	Michael Fassbender Zacharie Robichon Richard Lietz	Porsche 911 RSR-19		116	+10 Laps
28	LMGTE	93	Proton Competition	Michael Fassbender Zacharie Robichon Richard Lietz	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6		116	+10 Laps
29	LMGTE	32	Rinaldi Racing	Pierre Ehret Nicolás Varrone Diego Alessi	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo		115	+11 Laps
29	LMGTE	32	Rinaldi Racing	Pierre Ehret Nicolás Varrone Diego Alessi	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8		115	+11 Laps
30	LMP3	10	Eurointernational	Xavier Lloveras Miguel Cristóvão	Ligier JS P320		115	+11 Laps
30	LMP3	10	Eurointernational	Xavier Lloveras Miguel Cristóvão	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8		115	+11 Laps
DNF	LMP3	13	Inter Europol Competition	Charles Crews Nico Pino Guilherme Oliveira	Ligier JS P320		113
DNF	LMP3	13	Inter Europol Competition	Charles Crews Nico Pino Guilherme Oliveira	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8		113
DNF	LMGTE	95	Oman Racing with TF Sport	John Hartshorne Henrique Chaves Jonathan Adam	Aston Martin Vantage AMR		110
DNF	LMGTE	95	Oman Racing with TF Sport	John Hartshorne Henrique Chaves Jonathan Adam	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8		110
DNF	LMP2	22	United Autosports	Philip Hanson Tom Gamble Duncan Tappy	Oreca 07		95
DNF	LMP2	22	United Autosports	Philip Hanson Tom Gamble Duncan Tappy	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8		95
NC	LMP2 Pro-Am	51	Team Virage	Rob Hodes Gabriel Aubry Ian Rodríguez	Oreca 07		83
NC	LMP2 Pro-Am	51	Team Virage	Rob Hodes Gabriel Aubry Ian Rodríguez	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8		83
DNF	LMGTE	33	Rinaldi Racing	Christian Hook Jeroen Bleekemolen Fabrizio Crestani	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo		78
DNF	LMGTE	33	Rinaldi Racing	Christian Hook Jeroen Bleekemolen Fabrizio Crestani	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8		78
DNF	LMP2 Pro-Am	47	Algarve Pro Racing	John Falb James Allen Alex Peroni	Oreca 07		56
DNF	LMP2 Pro-Am	47	Algarve Pro Racing	John Falb James Allen Alex Peroni	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8		56
DNF	LMP3	6	360 Racing	Terrence Woodward Ross Kaiser Mark Richards	Ligier JS P320		39
DNF	LMP3	6	360 Racing	Terrence Woodward Ross Kaiser Mark Richards	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8		39
DNF	LMP2	21	Mühlner Motorsport	Matthias Kaiser Thomas Laurent Ugo de Wilde	Oreca 07		16
DNF	LMP2	21	Mühlner Motorsport	Matthias Kaiser Thomas Laurent Ugo de Wilde	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8		16
DNF	LMP3	7	Nielsen Racing	Anthony Wells James Littlejohn	Ligier JS P320		14
DNF	LMP3	7	Nielsen Racing	Anthony Wells James Littlejohn	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8		14
DNS	LMP3	11	Eurointernational	Max Koebolt Jérôme de Sadeleer	Ligier JS P320		0
DNS	LMP3	11	Eurointernational	Max Koebolt Jérôme de Sadeleer	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8		0
Source:^[3]