Battle for LMGTE Championship Title to be decided this weekend
The battle for the championship titles in LMGTE is the closest of the three classes, with the number 77 Proton Competition Porsche holding a slender 9-point advantage over 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps winners Kessel Racing.
Reigning champions Iron Lynx have an outside chance of retaining the title and are 21-points behind the Proton Competition Porsche with 26 points still to be won.
The 4 Hours of Barcelona winning number 77 Porsche will feature an unchanged driver line up of Christian Ried, Lorenzo Ferrari and Gianmaria Bruni.
The driver line up in the number 57 Kessel Racing Ferrari will see 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps winners Mikkel Jensen and Frederik Schandorff being rejoined by Japan’s Takeshi Kimura for the final race of the season.
Portuguese driver Henrique Chaves will be hoping for a podium finish at his home race alongside teammates John Hartshorne and Jonny Adam in the number 95 Oman Racing with TF Sport Aston Martin to go alongside the second-place finish in Imola to end his ELMS season on a high note.
Lisbon based Michael Fassbender with also be looking for a good result to round out his third season of ELMS racing, the Irish-German actor once again being joined by Richard Lietz and Zacharie Robichon in the number 93 Proton Competition Porsche.
The 4 Hours of Portimão is Round 6 of the 2022 European Le Mans Series and will take place at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve on 14-16 October.
The final round of the 2022 European Le Mans Series will see 41 cars entered across the three categories, with all of the championship titles still to be decided at the end of the 4 Hours.
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.
The number 77 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.