2025 4 Hours of Portimão

The 2025 4 Hours of Portimão was an endurance sportscar racing event held between 16 and 18 October 2025 at Algarve International Circuit in Portimão, Algarve, Portugal. It was the sixth and final of the 2025 European Le Mans Series season, and the ninth running of the event as part of the championship.

The provisional entry list was published on 8 October 2025 and originally consisted of 44 entries across 4 categories – 13 in LMP2, 8 in LMP2 Pro-Am, 10 in LMP3, and 13 in LMGT3.^[1] However, in the lead-up to the race, the no. 37 CLX – Pure Rxcing LMP2 entry of Tom Blomqvist, Alex Malykhin and Tristan Vautier was withdrawn from the event.^[2]

Miguel Cristóvāo made his return to the ELMS, driving in the No. 11 Eurointernational Ligier.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time (local: WEST)	Event
Friday, 16 October	11:00	Free Practice 1
Friday, 16 October	14:40	Bronze Driver Collective Test
Saturday, 17 October	10:10	Free Practice 2
	15:15	Qualifying – LMGT3
	15:40	Qualifying – LMP3
	16:05	Qualifying – LMP2 Pro-Am
	16:30	Qualifying – LMP2
Sunday, 18 October	14:30	Race
Source:^[3]

Free practice

Two practice sessions were scheduled to be held before the event: one on Friday, and one on Saturday. Both sessions were scheduled to run for 90 minutes.^[3]

Practice 1

The first practice session started at 11:00 WEST on Friday.^[3]

Class	No.	Entrant	Driver	Time
LMP2	43	Inter Europol Competition	Nick Yelloly	1:31.725
LMP2 Pro-Am	29	TDS Racing	Mathias Beche	1:31.648
LMP3	17	CLX Motorsport	Adrien Closmenil	1:38.935
LMGT3	63	Iron Lynx	Fabian Schiller	1:42.973
Source:^[4]^[5]

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

Practice 2

The second practice session started at 10:10 WEST on Saturday.^[3]

Class	No.	Entrant	Driver	Time
LMP2	9	Iron Lynx – Proton	Matteo Cairoli	1:31.445
LMP2 Pro-Am	99	AO by TF	Louis Delétraz	1:32.448
LMP3	17	CLX Motorsport	Adrien Closmenil	1:39.345
LMGT3	23	United Autosports	Wayne Boyd	1:42.672
Source:^[6]^[7]

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

Qualifying

Qualifying started at 15:15 WEST, with four sessions of fifteen minutes each, one session for each class.^[3] After qualifying, ELMS arranged the grid to put the LMP2s ahead of the LMP2 Pro-Am, LMP3, and LMGT3 cars.^[8]

Qualifying results

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap	Grid
1	LMP2	9	Iron Lynx – Proton	Matteo Cairoli	1:30.771	—	1
2	LMP2	18	IDEC Sport	Mathys Jaubert	1:30.814	+0.043	2
3	LMP2	43	Inter Europol Competition	Nick Yelloly	1:30.924	+0.153	3
4	LMP2	28	IDEC Sport	Job van Uitert	1:30.947	+0.176	4
5	LMP2	48	VDS Panis Racing	Esteban Masson	1:30.972	+0.201	5
6	LMP2	10	Vector Sport	Pietro Fittipaldi	1:31.021	+0.250	6
7	LMP2	24	Nielsen Racing	Ferdinand Habsburg	1:31.143	+0.372	7
8	LMP2	47	CLX Motorsport	Manuel Espírito Santo	1:31.155	+0.384	8
9	LMP2	22	United Autosports	Grégoire Saucy	1:31.159	+0.388	9
10	LMP2	34	Inter Europol Competition	Pedro Perino	1:31.165	+0.394	10
11	LMP2	30	Duqueine Team	Reshad de Gerus	1:31.480	+0.709	11
12	LMP2 Pro-Am	77	Proton Competition	Giorgio Roda	1:32.467	+1.696	13
13	LMP2 Pro-Am	99	AO by TF	P. J. Hyett	1:32.511	+1.740	14
14	LMP2 Pro-Am	29	TDS Racing	Rodrigo Sales	1:32.777	+2.006	15
15	LMP2 Pro-Am	27	Nielsen Racing	John Falb	1:33.426	+2.655	16
16	LMP2 Pro-Am	3	DKR Engineering	Georgios Kolovos	1:33.613	+2.842	17
17	LMP2 Pro-Am	83	AF Corse	François Perrodo	1:34.012	+3.241	18
18	LMP2 Pro-Am	21	United Autosports	Daniel Schneider	1:34.079	+3.308	19
19	LMP3	17	CLX Motorsport	Adrien Closmenil	1:38.303	+7.532	21
20	LMP3	12	WTM by Rinaldi Racing	Griffin Peebles	1:38.678	+7.907	22
21	LMP3	88	Inter Europol Competition	Douwe Dedecker	1:38.900	+8.129	23
22	LMP3	11	EuroInternational	Ian Aguilera	1:38.961	+8.190	24
23	LMP3	4	DKR Engineering	Mikkel Gaarde Pedersen	1:39.076	+8.305	25
24	LMP3	8	Team Virage	Daniel Nogales	1:39.089	+8.318	26
25	LMP3	31	Racing Spirit of Léman	Marius Fossard	1:39.144	+8.373	27
26	LMP3	35	Ultimate	Jean-Baptiste Lahaye	1:39.159	+8.388	28
27	LMP3	68	M Racing	Quentin Antonel	1:39.191	+8.420	29
28	LMGT3	82	TF Sport	Hiroshi Koizumi	1:43.446	+12.675	31
29	LMGT3	59	Racing Spirit of Léman	Clément Mateu	1:43.452	+12.681	32
30	LMGT3	23	United Autosports	Michael Birch	1:43.494	+12.723	33
31	LMGT3	63	Iron Lynx	Martin Berry	1:43.561	+12.790	34
32	LMGT3	57	Kessel Racing	Takeshi Kimura	1:43.820	+13.049	35
33	LMGT3	85	Iron Dames	Célia Martin	1:43.915	+13.144	36
34	LMGT3	50	Richard Mille AF Corse	Custodio Toledo	1:44.558	+13.787	37
35	LMGT3	55	Spirit of Race	Duncan Cameron	1:44.672	+13.901	38
36	LMGT3	66	JMW Motorsport	Scott Noble	1:44.758	+13.987	39
37	LMGT3	74	Kessel Racing	Andrew Gilbert	1:44.856	+14.085	40
38	LMGT3	86	GR Racing	Michael Wainwright	1:45.239	+14.468	41
39	LMGT3	60	Proton Competition	Horst Felbermayr Jr.	1:45.373	+14.602	42
40	LMP3	15	RLR MSport	Gillian Henrion	No time established		30
41	LMP2 Pro-Am	20	Algarve Pro Racing	Kriton Lendoudis	No time established		20
42	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	Théo Pourchaire	No time established		12
43	LMGT3	51	AF Corse	Charles-Henri Samani	No time established		43
Source:^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps	Time/Retired
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tyre	Laps	Time/Retired
1	LMP2	48	VDS Panis Racing	Oliver Gray Esteban Masson Charles Milesi	Oreca 07	G	135	4:01:32.584‡
1	LMP2	48	VDS Panis Racing	Oliver Gray Esteban Masson Charles Milesi	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	G	135	4:01:32.584‡
2	LMP2	43	Inter Europol Competition	Tom Dillmann Jakub Śmiechowski Nick Yelloly	Oreca 07	G	135	+5.528
2	LMP2	43	Inter Europol Competition	Tom Dillmann Jakub Śmiechowski Nick Yelloly	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	G	135	+5.528
3	LMP2	18	IDEC Sport	Jamie Chadwick Mathys Jaubert Daniel Juncadella	Oreca 07	G	135	+37.339
3	LMP2	18	IDEC Sport	Jamie Chadwick Mathys Jaubert Daniel Juncadella	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	G	135	+37.339
4	LMP2	28	IDEC Sport	Paul-Loup Chatin Paul Lafargue Job van Uitert	Oreca 07	G	135	+44.009
4	LMP2	28	IDEC Sport	Paul-Loup Chatin Paul Lafargue Job van Uitert	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	G	135	+44.009
5	LMP2 Pro-Am	29	TDS Racing	Mathias Beche Clément Novalak Rodrigo Sales	Oreca 07	G	135	+1:11.045‡
5	LMP2 Pro-Am	29	TDS Racing	Mathias Beche Clément Novalak Rodrigo Sales	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	G	135	+1:11.045‡
6	LMP2 Pro-Am	99	AO by TF	Dane Cameron Louis Delétraz P. J. Hyett	Oreca 07	G	135	+1:28.500
6	LMP2 Pro-Am	99	AO by TF	Dane Cameron Louis Delétraz P. J. Hyett	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	G	135	+1:28.500
7	LMP2	9	Iron Lynx – Proton	Matteo Cairoli Macéo Capietto Jonas Ried	Oreca 07	G	135	+1:29.668
7	LMP2	9	Iron Lynx – Proton	Matteo Cairoli Macéo Capietto Jonas Ried	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	G	135	+1:29.668
8	LMP2 Pro-Am	27	Nielsen Racing	James Allen John Falb Sérgio Sette Câmara	Oreca 07	G	135	+1:30.640
8	LMP2 Pro-Am	27	Nielsen Racing	James Allen John Falb Sérgio Sette Câmara	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	G	135	+1:30.640
9	LMP2	47	CLX Motorsport	Manuel Espírito Santo Enzo Fittipaldi	Oreca 07	G	134	+1 Lap
9	LMP2	47	CLX Motorsport	Manuel Espírito Santo Enzo Fittipaldi	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	G	134	+1 Lap
10	LMP2 Pro-Am	77	Proton Competition	René Binder Giorgio Roda Bent Viscaal	Oreca 07	G	134	+1 Lap
10	LMP2 Pro-Am	77	Proton Competition	René Binder Giorgio Roda Bent Viscaal	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	G	134	+1 Lap
11	LMP2 Pro-Am	3	DKR Engineering	Neel Jani Laurents Hörr Georgios Kolovos	Oreca 07	G	134	+1 Lap
11	LMP2 Pro-Am	3	DKR Engineering	Neel Jani Laurents Hörr Georgios Kolovos	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	G	134	+1 Lap
12	LMP2 Pro-Am	83	AF Corse	François Perrodo Alessio Rovera Matthieu Vaxivière	Oreca 07	G	134	+1 Lap
12	LMP2 Pro-Am	83	AF Corse	François Perrodo Alessio Rovera Matthieu Vaxivière	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	G	134	+1 Lap
13	LMP2 Pro-Am	21	United Autosports	Oliver Jarvis Marino Sato Daniel Schneider	Oreca 07	G	134	+1 Lap
13	LMP2 Pro-Am	21	United Autosports	Oliver Jarvis Marino Sato Daniel Schneider	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	G	134	+1 Lap
14	LMP2	10	Vector Sport	Ryan Cullen Pietro Fittipaldi Vladislav Lomko	Oreca 07	G	133	+2 Laps
14	LMP2	10	Vector Sport	Ryan Cullen Pietro Fittipaldi Vladislav Lomko	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	G	133	+2 Laps
15	LMP2 Pro-Am	20	Algarve Pro Racing	Olli Caldwell Kriton Lendoudis Alex Quinn	Oreca 07	G	131	+4 Laps
15	LMP2 Pro-Am	20	Algarve Pro Racing	Olli Caldwell Kriton Lendoudis Alex Quinn	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	G	131	+4 Laps
16	LMP3	17	CLX Motorsport	Adrien Closmenil Theodor Jensen Paul Lanchère	Ligier JS P325	M	127	+8 Laps‡
16	LMP3	17	CLX Motorsport	Adrien Closmenil Theodor Jensen Paul Lanchère	Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6	M	127	+8 Laps‡
17	LMP3	8	Team Virage	Julien Gerbi Rik Koen Daniel Nogales	Ligier JS P325	M	127	+8 Laps
17	LMP3	8	Team Virage	Julien Gerbi Rik Koen Daniel Nogales	Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6	M	127	+8 Laps
18	LMP3	4	DKR Engineering	Wyatt Brichacek Mikkel Gaarde Pedersen Antti Rammo	Ginetta G61-LT-P3 Evo	M	127	+8 Laps
18	LMP3	4	DKR Engineering	Wyatt Brichacek Mikkel Gaarde Pedersen Antti Rammo	Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6	M	127	+8 Laps
19	LMP3	11	EuroInternational	Ian Aguilera Fabien Michal Miguel Cristóvão	Ligier JS P325	M	127	+8 Laps
19	LMP3	11	EuroInternational	Ian Aguilera Fabien Michal Miguel Cristóvão	Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6	M	127	+8 Laps
20	LMP3	15	RLR MSport	Nick Adcock Gillian Henrion Michael Jensen	Ligier JS P325	M	126	+9 Laps
20	LMP3	15	RLR MSport	Nick Adcock Gillian Henrion Michael Jensen	Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6	M	126	+9 Laps
21	LMP3	88	Inter Europol Competition	Tim Creswick Douwe Dedecker Reece Gold	Ligier JS P325	M	126	+9 Laps
21	LMP3	88	Inter Europol Competition	Tim Creswick Douwe Dedecker Reece Gold	Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6	M	126	+9 Laps
22	LMP3	35	Ultimate	Jean-Baptiste Lahaye Matthieu Lahaye Louis Stern	Ligier JS P325	M	125	+10 Laps
22	LMP3	35	Ultimate	Jean-Baptiste Lahaye Matthieu Lahaye Louis Stern	Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6	M	125	+10 Laps
23	LMP3	68	M Racing	Quentin Antonel Stéphane Tribaudini	Ligier JS P325	M	125	+10 Laps
23	LMP3	68	M Racing	Quentin Antonel Stéphane Tribaudini	Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6	M	125	+10 Laps
24	LMP3	12	WTM by Rinaldi Racing	Torsten Kratz Griffin Peebles Leonard Weiss	Duqueine D09	M	125	+10 Laps
24	LMP3	12	WTM by Rinaldi Racing	Torsten Kratz Griffin Peebles Leonard Weiss	Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6	M	125	+10 Laps
25	LMP3	31	Racing Spirit of Léman	Marius Fossard Jean-Ludovic Foubert Jacques Wolff	Ligier JS P325	M	124	+11 Laps
25	LMP3	31	Racing Spirit of Léman	Marius Fossard Jean-Ludovic Foubert Jacques Wolff	Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6	M	124	+11 Laps
26	LMGT3	82	TF Sport	Rui Andrade Charlie Eastwood Hiroshi Koizumi	Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R	G	124	+11 Laps‡
26	LMGT3	82	TF Sport	Rui Andrade Charlie Eastwood Hiroshi Koizumi	Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8	G	124	+11 Laps‡
27	LMGT3	23	United Autosports	Michael Birch Wayne Boyd Garnet Patterson	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	G	124	+11 Laps
27	LMGT3	23	United Autosports	Michael Birch Wayne Boyd Garnet Patterson	McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8	G	124	+11 Laps
28	LMGT3	85	Iron Dames	Sarah Bovy Michelle Gatting Célia Martin	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	G	124	+11 Laps
28	LMGT3	85	Iron Dames	Sarah Bovy Michelle Gatting Célia Martin	Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6	G	124	+11 Laps
29	LMGT3	63	Iron Lynx	Martin Berry Lorcan Hanafin Fabian Schiller	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	G	123	+12 Laps
29	LMGT3	63	Iron Lynx	Martin Berry Lorcan Hanafin Fabian Schiller	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	G	123	+12 Laps
30	LMGT3	59	Racing Spirit of Léman	Erwan Bastard Valentin Hasse-Clot Clément Mateu	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo	G	123	+12 Laps
30	LMGT3	59	Racing Spirit of Léman	Erwan Bastard Valentin Hasse-Clot Clément Mateu	Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8	G	123	+12 Laps
31	LMGT3	55	Spirit of Race	Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin David Perel	Ferrari 296 GT3	G	123	+12 Laps
31	LMGT3	55	Spirit of Race	Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin David Perel	Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6	G	123	+12 Laps
32	LMGT3	57	Kessel Racing	Takeshi Kimura Daniel Serra Ben Tuck	Ferrari 296 GT3	G	123	+12 Laps
32	LMGT3	57	Kessel Racing	Takeshi Kimura Daniel Serra Ben Tuck	Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6	G	123	+12 Laps
33	LMGT3	50	Richard Mille AF Corse	Riccardo Agostini Custodio Toledo Lilou Wadoux	Ferrari 296 GT3	G	123	+12 Laps
33	LMGT3	50	Richard Mille AF Corse	Riccardo Agostini Custodio Toledo Lilou Wadoux	Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6	G	123	+12 Laps
34	LMGT3	51	AF Corse	Conrad Laursen Davide Rigon Charles-Henri Samani	Ferrari 296 GT3	G	123	+12 Laps
34	LMGT3	51	AF Corse	Conrad Laursen Davide Rigon Charles-Henri Samani	Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6	G	123	+12 Laps
35	LMGT3	86	GR Racing	Tom Fleming Riccardo Pera Michael Wainwright	Ferrari 296 GT3	G	123	+12 Laps
35	LMGT3	86	GR Racing	Tom Fleming Riccardo Pera Michael Wainwright	Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6	G	123	+12 Laps
36	LMGT3	66	JMW Motorsport	Gianmaria Bruni Jason Hart Scott Noble	Ferrari 296 GT3	G	122	+13 Laps
36	LMGT3	66	JMW Motorsport	Gianmaria Bruni Jason Hart Scott Noble	Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6	G	122	+13 Laps
37	LMGT3	74	Kessel Racing	Andrew Gilbert Miguel Molina Fran Rueda	Ferrari 296 GT3	G	122	+13 Laps
37	LMGT3	74	Kessel Racing	Andrew Gilbert Miguel Molina Fran Rueda	Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6	G	122	+13 Laps
38	LMGT3	60	Proton Competition	Matteo Cressoni Horst Felbermayr Jr. Horst Felix Felbermayr	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	G	122	+13 Laps
38	LMGT3	60	Proton Competition	Matteo Cressoni Horst Felbermayr Jr. Horst Felix Felbermayr	Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6	G	122	+13 Laps
Not classified
	LMP2	34	Inter Europol Competition	Luca Ghiotto Pedro Perino Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer	Oreca 07	G	90	Mechanical
	LMP2	34	Inter Europol Competition	Luca Ghiotto Pedro Perino Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	G	90	Mechanical
	LMP2	24	Nielsen Racing	Filipe Albuquerque Cem Bölükbaşı Ferdinand Habsburg	Oreca 07	G	71	Power
	LMP2	24	Nielsen Racing	Filipe Albuquerque Cem Bölükbaşı Ferdinand Habsburg	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	G	71	Power
	LMP2	22	United Autosports	Ben Hanley Manuel Maldonado Grégoire Saucy	Oreca 07	G	25
	LMP2	22	United Autosports	Ben Hanley Manuel Maldonado Grégoire Saucy	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	G	25
	LMP2	30	Duqueine Team	Reshad de Gerus Roy Nissany Benjamin Pedersen	Oreca 07	G	18
	LMP2	30	Duqueine Team	Reshad de Gerus Roy Nissany Benjamin Pedersen	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	G	18
	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	Lorenzo Fluxá Matthias Kaiser Théo Pourchaire	Oreca 07	G	17
	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	Lorenzo Fluxá Matthias Kaiser Théo Pourchaire	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	G	17
Source:^[15]

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2025 4 Hours of Portimão

Schedule

Free practice

Practice 1

Practice 2

Qualifying

Qualifying results

Race

Race results

Notes

References

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