2020 European Le Mans Series
The 2020 European Le Mans Series will be the seventeenth season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's (ACO) European Le Mans Series. The six-event season was scheduled to begin at Circuit Paul Ricard on 19 July and finish at Algarve International Circuit on 1 November.[1]
2020 European Le Mans Series | |||
Previous: | 2019 | Next: | 2021 |
Support series: Michelin Le Mans Cup Road to Le Mans Ligier European Series Masters Endurance Legends |
The series will be open to Le Mans Prototypes, divided into the LMP2 and LMP3 classes, and grand tourer-style racing cars in the LMGTE class.
Calendar
The revised calendar for the 2020 season was announced on 3 April 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was shortened and the 4 Hours of Silverstone was removed from the calendar as a date could not be found.[1] Following an increase in COVID-19 cases in Spain, the Barcelona round was replaced by a second race at Paul Ricard.[2][3]
Rnd | Race | Circuit | Location | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 4 Hours of Le Castellet | Le Castellet, France | 19 July | |
2 | 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps | Spa, Belgium | 9 August | |
3 | Le Castellet 240 | Le Castellet, France | 29 August | |
4 | 4 Hours of Monza | Monza, Italy | 11 October | |
5 | 4 Hours of Portimão | Portimão, Portugal | 1 November | |
Cancelled due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic | ||||
Race | Circuit | Location | Original Date | |
4 Hours of Silverstone | Silverstone, Great Britain | 5 September | ||
4 Hours of Barcelona | Montmeló, Spain | 29 August[2][3] |
Entries
LMP2
In accordance with the 2017 LMP2 regulations, all cars in the LMP2 class use the Gibson GK428 V8 engine.[4]
LMP3
All cars in the LMP3 class use the Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine and Michelin tyres.
Entrant/Team | Chassis | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ligier JS P320 | 2 | 1–2 | ||
1–2 | ||||
1–2 | ||||
3 | 1–2 | |||
1–2 | ||||
1–2 | ||||
Duqueine M30 – D08 | 4 | 1–2 | ||
1–2 | ||||
1–2 | ||||
Duqueine M30 – D08 | 5 | 1–2 | ||
1–2 | ||||
1–2 | ||||
Ligier JS P320 | 9 | 1–2 | ||
1–2 | ||||
1–2 | ||||
Duqueine M30 – D08 | 7 | 1–2 | ||
1–2 | ||||
10 | 1–2 | |||
1–2 | ||||
1–2 | ||||
Ligier JS P320 | 8 | 1–2 | ||
1–2 | ||||
Ligier JS P320 | 11 | 1–2 | ||
1–2 | ||||
2 | ||||
Ligier JS P320 | 13 | 1–2 | ||
1–2 | ||||
Ligier JS P320 | 15 | 1–2 | ||
1–2 | ||||
1 | ||||
2 | ||||
Ligier JS P320 | 16 | 1–2 | ||
1–2 | ||||
1–2 | ||||
LMGTE
All cars in the LMGTE class use Goodyear.
Results
Bold indicates overall winner.
Rnd. | Circuit | LMP2 Winning Team | LMP3 Winning Team | LMGTE Winning Team |
---|---|---|---|---|
LMP2 Winning Drivers | LMP3 Winning Drivers | LMGTE Winning Drivers | ||
1 | ||||
2 | ||||
3 | ||||
4 | ||||
5 | ||||
Teams Championships
Points are awarded according to the following structure:
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Other | Pole |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 |
LMP2
|
Bold – Pole |
LMP3
Pos. | Team | Car | LEC1 |
SPA |
LEC2 |
MNZ |
POR |
Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ligier JS P320 | 1 | 1 | 52 | ||||
2 | Ligier JS P320 | 6 | 3 | 23 | ||||
3 | Ligier JS P320 | 5 | 4 | 22 | ||||
4 | Ligier JS P320 | 3 | 7 | 21 | ||||
5 | Duqueine M30 – D08 | Ret | 2 | 18 | ||||
Ligier JS P320 | 2 | Ret | 18 | |||||
6 | Ligier JS P320 | 7 | 5 | 16 | ||||
7 | Ligier JS P320 | 4 | Ret | 12 | ||||
8 | Duqueine M30 – D08 | 10 | 6 | 9 | ||||
9 | Duqueine M30 – D08 | 11 | 8 | 4.5 | ||||
10 | Duqueine M30 – D08 | 8 | Ret | 4 | ||||
11 | Ligier JS P320 | 9 | 9 | 4 | ||||
Pos. | Team | Car | LEC1 |
SPA |
LEC2 |
MNZ |
POR |
Points |
LMGTE
Pos. | Team | Car | LEC1 |
SPA |
LEC2 |
MNZ |
POR |
Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | 2 | 1 | 44 | ||||
2 | Porsche 911 RSR | 1 | 6 | 37 | ||||
3 | Porsche 911 RSR | 7 | 4 | 25 | ||||
4 | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | 3 | 8 | 23 | ||||
5 | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | 5 | 7 | 20 | ||||
6 | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | 4 | 9 | 18 | ||||
7 | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ret | 5 | 15 | ||||
8 | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | 6 | Ret | 8 | ||||
Entries ineligible to score points | ||||||||
– | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | 2 | – | |||||
– | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | Ret | 3 | – | ||||
– | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ret | – | |||||
– | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | DNS | – | |||||
Pos. | Team | Car | LEC1 |
SPA |
LEC2 |
MNZ |
POR |
Points |
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