Idec Sport winner and title after a duel with G-Drive Racing in Portimao

Memo Rojas, Paul-Loup Chatin and Paul Lafargue are crowned 2019 ELMS champions after an indecisive race against Jean-Éric Vergne, Roman Rusinov and Job van Uitert.

Published on 27/10/2019 à 17:36

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Idec Sport winner and title after a duel with G-Drive Racing at Portimao

The Idec Sport team won the title after the suspense in European Le Mans Series (ELMS), Sunday October 27. On the hilly track of Portimao (Portugal), the Oreca 07 driven by Memo Rojas, Paul-Loup Chatin and Paul Lafargue, defeated the Aurus 01 of G-Drive Racing.

UNBEATABLE! @IDECSportRacing win the #4HPORTIMAO and become the 2019 #ELMS champions, this is the first title for the French team, just MEGA! #ELMS | #4HPORTIMAO @Oreca @paulloup_chatin @memorojas15 pic.twitter.com/X8zh6Qb31m

— ELMSeries_Official (@EuropeanLMS) October 27, 2019

This one, driven by Jean-Éric Vergne, Roman Rusinov and Job van Uitert, engaged in an intense duel for the victory of this 2019 final. Unfortunately for the title holders, the Dutch rookie made a driving error by harpooning the French rivals at the end of the race.

Drive through penalty for @GDrive_Racing after that incident with @IDECSportRacing! Is that going to cost them?#ELMS | #4HPORTIMAO pic.twitter.com/A7uS1j8kwe

— ELMSeries_Official (@EuropeanLMS) October 27, 2019

Penalized by passing through the pits (drive-through), Job van Uitert left the wheel to Jean-Éric Vergne too far from the podium to hope to keep the crown. For Idec Sport, this is the second victory acquired this season, a few months after the performance achieved at the 4 Hours of Silverstone.

In GTE, victory went to Luzich Racing and the Ferrari 488 shared between Alessandro Pier Guidi, Nicklas Nielsen and Fabien Lavergne.

More information to come.

4 Hours of Portimao 2019 ranking:

Find in issue 2240 of AUTOhebdo, on sale Monday evening digitally and Wednesday on newsstands, the analysis of the ELMS in Portimao by our special correspondent.