2017 European Le Mans Series

The 2017 European Le Mans Series season was the fourteenth season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's (ACO) European Le Mans Series. The six-event season began at Silverstone Circuit, in conjunction with the FIA World Endurance Championship, on 15 April and ended at Algarve International Circuit on 22 October.[1]

2017 European Le Mans Series
Previous: 2016 Next: 2018
Support series:
Michelin Le Mans Cup
G-Drive Racing No. 22 Oreca 07, Winner of the 2017 European Le Mans Series

Regulations

The 2017 season sees new regulations regarding the LMP2 class introduced.[2] Teams are able to choose from four different chassis constructors: Dallara, Onroak Automotive (Ligier), Oreca and a joint-venture between Riley Technologies/Multimatic. Gibson Technology is the exclusive engine supplier for the class, with all cars equipped with a 4.2-litre, normally-aspirated V8 engine, producing approximately 600hp. Cosworth Electronics is also the exclusive electronics supplier.

The aim of the new regulations is to ensure long-term success for the category with a reduction in costs and the guarantee of stable regulations.[2]

Provisional calendar

The provisional 2017 calendar was announced at 23 September 2016. The calendar comprises six events, featuring the same four circuits that hosted events in 2016 and for the first time since 2008 and 2010 it included events at Monza and Algarve respectively, which are stand-alone events. For the fifth consecutive season, Silverstone hosts the opening rounds of both the European Le Mans Series and the FIA World Endurance Championship. While other rounds are collaboration with 2017 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0.[1]

Rnd Race Circuit Location Date
1 4 Hours of Silverstone Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, United Kingdom 15 April
2 4 Hours of Monza Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Monza, Italy 14 May
3 4 Hours of Red Bull Ring Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Austria 23 July
4 4 Hours of Le Castellet Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France 27 August
5 4 Hours of Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Spa, Belgium 24 September
6 4 Hours of Portimão Algarve International Circuit Portimão, Portugal 22 October

Entry list

The provisional entry list was announced on 2 February 2017.[3]

LMP2

In accordance with the new LMP2 regulations for 2017, all cars utilise the Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 engine.

Entrant/Team Chassis Tyre No. Drivers Rounds
DragonSpeed[4] Oreca 07 D 21 Ben Hanley[4] All
Henrik Hedman[4] All
Nicolas Lapierre[4] All
G-Drive Racing[4] Oreca 07 D 22 Memo Rojas[4] All
Léo Roussel[4] All
Ryo Hirakawa[4] 1–2, 5–6
Nicolas Minassian[5] 3–4
Panis Barthez Competition[6] Ligier JS P217 M 23 Fabien Barthez[6] All
Timothé Buret[6] All
Nathanaël Berthon[6] 1, 3–6
Algarve Pro Racing[7] Ligier JS P217 D 25 Matt McMurry[7] All
Andrea Pizzitola[7] All
Andrea Roda[7] All
SMP Racing[8] Dallara P217 D 27 Matevos Isaakyan[8] 3–6
Egor Orudzhev[8] 3–6
IDEC Sport Racing[9] Ligier JS P217 M 28 Patrice Lafargue[9] All
Paul Lafargue[9] All
David Zollinger[10] 1
Olivier Pla[11] 2–4
Paul-Loup Chatin[12] 5–6
Racing Team Nederland[13] Dallara P217 D 29 Frits van Eerd[13] All
Jan Lammers[13] All
United Autosports[14] Ligier JS P217 D 32 Filipe Albuquerque[14] All
William Owen[14] All
Hugo de Sadeleer[14] All
Tockwith Motorsports[15] Ligier JS P217 D 34 Philip Hanson[15] 1–3
Nigel Moore[15] 1–3
Graff[16] Oreca 07 D 39 Enzo Guibbert[16] All
Paul Petit[16] All
Eric Trouillet[16] 1–4
Jonathan Hirschi[12] 5
Ricardo Sánchez[17] 6
40 James Allen[16] All
Richard Bradley[10] All
Franck Matelli[16] 1–2
Gustavo Yacamán[5] 3–6
Cetilar Villorba Corse[18] Dallara P217 D 47 Andrea Belicchi[18] All
Roberto Lacorte[18] All
Giorgio Sernagiotto[18] All
High Class Racing Dallara P217 D 49 Dennis Andersen[3] All
Anders Fjordbach[10] All

LMP3

All cars utilise the Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 engine and Michelin tyres.

Entrant/Team Chassis No. Drivers Rounds
United Autosports[19] Ligier JS P3 2 John Falb[19] All
Sean Rayhall[19] All
3 Wayne Boyd[19] All
Christian England[19] All
Mark Patterson[19] All
Cool Racing by GPC Ligier JS P3 4 Iradj Alexander[10] All
Gino Forgione[10] 1–2
Alexandre Coigny[11] 2–6
By Speed Factory[20] Ligier JS P3 5 Jürgen Krebs[20] All
Tim Müller[20] All
Tristan Viidas[10] 1–3
Timur Boguslavskiy[17] 6
Giorgio Maggi[21] 6
360 Racing Ligier JS P3 6 Ross Kaiser[10] All
Anthony Wells[10] All
Terrence Woodward[3] All
Duqueine Engineering Ligier JS P3 1–2
Norma M30[5] 3–6		 7 Antonin Borga[3] All
David Droux[10] All
Nicolas Schatz[10] All
Ligier JS P3 1–3
Norma M30 4–6		 8 Vincent Beltoise[10] All
Henry Hassid[10] 1–2
Lucas Légeret[11] 2–6
Douglas Lundberg[5] 3
Nicolas Melin[22] 4–6
AT Racing Ligier JS P3 9 Alexander Talkanitsa, Jr.[3] All
Alexander Talkanitsa, Sr.[3] All
Mikkel Jensen[10] 1, 3–6
Maurizio Mediani[11] 2
Oregon Team[23] Norma M30 10 Dario Capitanio[10] All
Andrés Méndez[23] All
Davide Roda[23] All
Eurointernational Ligier JS P3 11 Giorgio Mondini[3] All
Davide Uboldi[10] 1–3
Marco Jacoboni[12][24] 4–5
Andrea Dromedari[17] 6
12 Andrea Dromedari[3] 1–5
Max Hanratty[10] 1–2, 4–6
Maxime Pialat[10] 1–2
Ricky Capo[5] 3–6
James Dayson[5] 3, 6
Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P3 13 Martin Hippe[10] All
Jakub Smiechowski[3] All
RLR Msport[25] Ligier JS P3 15 Morten Dons[10] All
John Farano[25] All
Alex Kapadia[25] All
Panis Barthez Competition[6] Ligier JS P3 16 Theo Bean[6] All
Eric Debard[6] All
Simon Gachet[6] All
Ultimate Ligier JS P3 17 François Hériau[10] All
Jean-Baptiste Lahaye[10] All
Matthieu Lahaye[3] All
M.Racing - YMR[26] Ligier JS P3 18 Alexandre Cougnaud[26] All
Antoine Jung[26] All
Romano Ricci[10] All
Norma M30 19 Erwin Creed[10] 1–4, 6
Ricky Capo[10] 1–2
Yann Ehrlacher[3] 1, 3–6
Neale Muston[12] 5

LMGTE

All teams will use Dunlop tyres.

Entrant/Team Car Engine No. Drivers Rounds
Larbre Compétition Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 50 Romain Brandela[11] 2
Christian Philippon[11] 2
Fernando Rees[17] 2
Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 51 Andrea Bertolini[27] All
Gianluca Roda[3] 1–4, 6
Giorgio Roda[27] All
Rino Mastronardi[28] 5
55 Duncan Cameron[3] All
Matt Griffin[27] All
Aaron Scott[27] All
JMW Motorsport Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 1–2
Ferrari 488 GTE[5] 3–6		 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 1–2
F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 3–6		 66 Jody Fannin[10] All
Robert Smith[3] All
Rory Butcher[10] 1
Jonny Cocker[11] 2–4
Will Stevens[12] 5–6
Proton Competition Porsche 911 RSR (2016) Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 77 Matteo Cairoli[29] All
Joël Camathias[29] All
Christian Ried[3] All
TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 90 Euan Hankey[30] All
Nicki Thiim[30] All
Salih Yoluc[3] All
Beechdean AMR Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 99 Andrew Howard[3] All
Darren Turner[31] All
Ross Gunn[31] 1–5
Immanuel Vinke[17] 6

Results and standings

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Rnd. Circuit LMP2 Winning Team LMP3 Winning Team GTE Winning Team Results
LMP2 Winning Drivers LMP3 Winning Drivers GTE Winning Drivers
1 Silverstone No. 32 United Autosports No. 2 United Autosports No. 90 TF Sport Report[32]
Filipe Albuquerque
William Owen
Hugo de Sadeleer		 John Falb
Sean Rayhall		 Euan Hankey
Nicki Thiim
Salih Yoluc
2 Monza No. 22 G-Drive Racing No. 19 M.Racing - YMR No. 66 JMW Motorsport Report
Ryo Hirakawa
Memo Rojas
Léo Roussel		 Ricky Capo
Erwin Creed		 Jonny Cocker
Jody Fannin
Robert Smith
3 Red Bull Ring No. 32 United Autosports No. 11 Eurointernational No. 55 Spirit of Race Report
Filipe Albuquerque
William Owen
Hugo de Sadeleer		 Giorgio Mondini
Davide Uboldi		 Duncan Cameron
Matt Griffin
Aaron Scott
4 Paul Ricard No. 27 SMP Racing No. 2 United Autosports No. 55 Spirit of Race Report
Matevos Isaakyan
Egor Orudzhev		 John Falb
Sean Rayhall		 Duncan Cameron
Matt Griffin
Aaron Scott
5 Spa-Francorchamps No. 40 Graff No. 9 AT Racing No. 51 Spirit of Race Report
James Allen
Richard Bradley
Gustavo Yacamán		 Mikkel Jensen
Alexander Talkanitsa, Jr.
Alexander Talkanitsa, Sr.		 Andrea Bertolini
Giorgio Roda
Rino Mastronardi
6 Portimão No. 40 Graff No. 3 United Autosports No. 77 Proton Competition Report
James Allen
Richard Bradley
Gustavo Yacamán		 Wayne Boyd
Christian England
Mark Patterson		 Matteo Cairoli
Joël Camathias
Christian Ried

To be classified a car will have to cross the finish line on the race track when the chequered flag is shown, except in a case of force majeure at the Stewards’ discretion and have covered at least 70% (the official number of laps will be rounded down to the nearest whole number) of the distance covered by the car classified in first place in the overall classification.[33]

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 Teams Championship
United Autosports Ligier JS P217.
G-Drive Racing Oreca 07.
Racing Team Nederland Dallara P217.
Pos. Team Car SIL
 MNZ
 RBR
 LEC
 SPA
 POR
 Total
1 No. 22 G-Drive Racing Oreca 07 2 1 2 2 2 4 110
2 No. 32 United Autosports Ligier JS P217 1 6 1 5 4 2 98
3 No. 40 Graff Oreca 07 4 8 4 6 1 1 86
4 No. 27 SMP Racing Dallara P217 6 1 3 3 63
5 No. 39 Graff Oreca 07 7 4 3 3 6 NC 57
6 No. 49 High Class Racing Dallara P217 3 3 8 9 8 7 46
7 No. 23 Panis Barthez Competition Ligier JS P217 9 7 5 4 9 6 41
8 No. 21 DragonSpeed Oreca 07 10 2 NC 7 5 10 39
9 No. 47 Cetilar Villorba Corse Dallara P217 6 5 NC 10 7 5 35
10 No. 34 Tockwith Motorsports Ligier JS P217 5 11 9 12.5
11 No. 29 Racing Team Nederland Dallara P217 11 10 7 12 11 8 12.5
12 No. 28 IDEC Sport Racing Ligier JS P217 8 9 Ret 11 10 9 8.5
13 No. 25 Algarve Pro Racing Ligier JS P217 Ret NC NC 8 Ret 11 4.5
Key
ColourResult
GoldRace winner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
BlankDid Not Participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

LMP3 Teams Championship
No.17 Ultimate Ligier JS P3
No. 7 Duqueine Engineering Norma M30
Pos. Team Car SIL
 MNZ
 RBR
 LEC
 SPA
 POR
 Total
1 No. 2 United Autosports Ligier JS P3 1 9 2 1 3 2 103
2 No. 18 M.Racing - YMR Ligier JS P3 5 2 3 3 6 3 81
3 No. 3 United Autosports Ligier JS P3 3 4 Ret Ret 5 1 63
4 No. 17 Ultimate Ligier JS P3 2 3 4 6 8 8 61
5 No. 13 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P3 6 6 5 2 4 Ret 56
6 No. 9 AT Racing Ligier JS P3 4 Ret 6 Ret 1 7 54
7 No. 11 Eurointernational Ligier JS P3 Ret 5 1 4 Ret 9 49
8 No. 7 Duqueine Engineering Ligier JS P3 11 8 37.5
Norma M30 9 Ret 2 4
9 No. 6 360 Racing Ligier JS P3 7 7 Ret NC 7 5 29
10 No. 19 M.Racing - YMR Norma M30 10 1 Ret NC Ret Ret 26
11 No. 15 RLR Motorsport Ligier JS P3 8 10 8 7 9 6 25
12 No. 16 Panis Barthez Competition Ligier JS P3 9 11 Ret 5 Ret Ret 12.5
13 No. 10 Oregon Team Norma M30 13 15 7 NC 10 Ret 8
14 No. 12 Eurointernational Ligier JS P3 12 12 Ret 8 11 Ret 5.5
15 No. 5 By Speed Factory Ligier JS P3 15 16 10 9 Ret 12 4.5
16 No. 4 Cool Racing by GPC Ligier JS P3 14 14 NC 10 12 11 3
17 No. 8 Duqueine Engineering Ligier JS P3 Ret 13 2.5
Norma M30 11 NC 13 10
Key
ColourResult
GoldRace winner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
BlankDid Not Participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

LMGTE Teams Championship
The TF Sport Aston Martin in the pitbox before the 2017 4 Hours of Spa.
The JMW Motorsport Ferrari in the pitbox before the 2017 4 Hours of Spa.
Pos. Team Car SIL
 MNZ
 RBR
 LEC
 SPA
 POR
 Total
1 No. 66 JMW Motorsport Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 5 1 104
Ferrari 488 GTE 2 3 2 2
2 No. 90 TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage GTE 1 2 3 2 5 3 102
3 No. 77 Proton Competition Porsche 911 RSR (2016) 2 5 5 6 6 1 80
4 No. 55 Spirit Of Race Ferrari 488 GTE 4 Ret 1 1 4 Ret 77
5 No. 99 Beechdean AMR Aston Martin Vantage GTE 3 3 6 5 3 4 75
6 No. 51 Spirit Of Race Ferrari 488 GTE 6 4 4 4 1 Ret 70
7 No. 50 Larbre Compétition Chevrolet Corvette C7.R 6 8
Key
ColourResult
GoldRace winner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
BlankDid Not Participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

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