Laurents Hörr finishes second at the ELMS season finale in Portimão

Laurents Hörr, Jamie Chadwick and Valerio Rinicella secured their best result of the season at the 4 Hours of Portimão, clinching third place in the LMP2 championship.

Portimão, Portugal, 10 October 2026. Laurents Hörr rounded off his European Le Mans Series (ELMS) season with a drive from fifth on the grid to second at the finish. He shared the #18 Oreca 07 with Jamie Chadwick and Valerio Rinicella, with IDEC Sport running the car as part of the Genesis Magma Racing Trajectory Programme.

In a race with few interruptions, quick stints and clean pit stops kept the #18 among the front-runners. After four hours, the trio finished around 12 seconds behind race winners United Autosports. Hörr was pleased that the podium rewarded the whole team’s work and felt they had the pace to fight for the win with a little more luck in traffic.

Their second podium of the season, following third place at Spa-Francorchamps, lifted the #18 from fourth to third in the final LMP2 standings on 70 points. It was Hörr’s first ELMS championship podium since winning the LMP3 title in 2021. He described the campaign with IDEC Sport as one of the most enjoyable of his career.