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 Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France 19 July
2 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Spa, Belgium 9 August
3 Le Castellet 240 Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France 29 August
4 4 Hours of Monza Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Monza, Italy 11 October
5 4 Hours of Portimão Algarve International Circuit Portimão, Portugal 1 November
Cancelled due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic
Race Circuit Location Original Date
4 Hours of Silverstone Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, Great Britain 5 September
4 Hours of Barcelona Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 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]

Entrant/Team Chassis Tyre No. Drivers Rounds
High Class Racing[5] Oreca 07 M 20 Dennis Andersen[5] 1–2
Anders Fjordbach[5] 1–2
DragonSpeed[6] Oreca 07 M 21 Ryan Cullen[6] 1–2
Ben Hanley[6] 1–2
Memo Rojas[6] 1–2
United Autosports[7] Oreca 07 M 22 Filipe Albuquerque[8] 1–2
Philip Hanson[8] 1–2
M 32 Alex Brundle[7] 1–2
Will Owen[9] 1–2
Job van Uitert[10] 1–2
Algarve Pro Racing[11] Oreca 07 G 24 Loïc Duval[11] 1–2
Henning Enqvist[11] 1–2
Jon Lancaster[11] 1–2
G 25 Gabriel Aubry[11] 1–2
John Falb[11] 1–2
Simon Trummer[11] 1–2
G-Drive Racing[11] Aurus 01 M 26 Mikkel Jensen[11] 1–2
Roman Rusinov[11] 1–2
Nyck de Vries[12] 1
IDEC Sport[13] Oreca 07 M 28 Richard Bradley[13] 1–2
Paul-Loup Chatin[13] 1–2
Paul Lafargue[13] 1–2
Duqueine Engineering[14] Oreca 07 M 30 Tristan Gommendy[14] 1–2
Jonathan Hirschi[14] 1–2
Konstantin Tereshchenko[14] 1–2
Panis Racing[15] Oreca 07 G 31 Julien Canal[15] 1–2
Nico Jamin[15] 1–2
Will Stevens[15] 1–2
Inter Europol Competition[11] Ligier JS P217 M 34 René Binder[11] 1–2
Matevos Isaakyan[16] 1–2
Jakub Smiechowski[17] 1–2
BHK Motorsport[11] Oreca 07 G 35 Sergio Campana[11] 1–2
Francesco Dracone[11] 1–2
Cool Racing[11] Oreca 07 M 37 Antonin Borga[11] 1–2
Alexandre Coigny[11] 1–2
Nicolas Lapierre[11] 1–2
Jota Sport[18] Oreca 07 G 38 Anthony Davidson[18] 2
Jake Dennis[18] 2
Roberto González[18] 2
Graff[11] Oreca 07 M 39 James Allen[11] 1–2
Alexandre Cougnaud[19] 1–2
Thomas Laurent[19] 1–2
Richard Mille Racing Team[20] Alpine A470 M 50 Tatiana Calderón[20] 1–2
André Negrão[21] 1–2
Beitske Visser[20] 2

LMP3

All cars in the LMP3 class use the Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine and Michelin tyres.

Entrant/Team Chassis No. Drivers Rounds
United Autosports[22] Ligier JS P320 2 Wayne Boyd[23] 1–2
Tom Gamble[23] 1–2
Robert Wheldon[23] 1–2
3 Andrew Bentley[22] 1–2
Jim McGuire[22] 1–2
Duncan Tappy[24] 1–2
DKR Engineering[11] Duqueine M30 – D08 4 Laurents Hörr[11] 1–2
François Kirmann[11] 1–2
Wolfgang Triller[11] 1–2
Graff[11] Duqueine M30 – D08 5 Sébastien Page[11] 1–2
Luis Sanjuan[11] 1–2
Eric Trouillet[11] 1–2
Ligier JS P320 9 Vincent Capillaire[19] 1–2
Arnold Robin[11] 1–2
Maxime Robin[19] 1–2
Nielsen Racing[11] Duqueine M30 – D08 7 Colin Noble[11] 1–2
Anthony Wells[11] 1–2
10 Charles Crews[11] 1–2
Garett Grist[11] 1–2
Rob Hodes[11] 1–2
Realteam Racing[11] Ligier JS P320 8 Esteban Garcia[11] 1–2
David Droux[11] 1–2
Eurointernational[11] Ligier JS P320 11 Thomas Erdos 1–2
Niko Kari 1–2
Andreas Laskaratos 2
Inter Europol Competition[11] Ligier JS P320 13 Martin Hippe[11] 1–2
Nigel Moore[11] 1–2
RLR MSport[11] Ligier JS P320 15 James Dayson[11] 1–2
Malthe Jakobsen[11] 1–2
Ryan Harper-Ellam[11] 1
Robert Megennis[25] 2
BHK Motorsport[11] Ligier JS P320 16 Jacopo Baratto[11] 1–2
Andrea Fontana[11] 1–2
Lorenzo Veglia[11] 1–2

LMGTE

All cars in the LMGTE class use Goodyear.

Entrant/Team Chassis Engine No. Drivers Rounds
AF Corse[11] Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 51 Steffen Görig[11] 1–2
Christoph Ulrich[11] 1–2
Alexander West[11] 1–2
54 Francesco Castellacci[25] 2
Thomas Flohr[25] 2
88 Emmanuel Collard[25] 2
Harrison Newey[25] 2
François Perrodo[25] 2
Spirit of Race[11] Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 55 Duncan Cameron[11] 1–2
Matt Griffin[11] 1–2
Aaron Scott[11] 1–2
Iron Lynx[11] Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 60 Sergio Pianezzola[26] 1–2
Andrea Piccini[26] 1–2
Claudio Schiavoni[11] 1–2
83 Rahel Frey[26] 1–2
Michelle Gatting[26] 1–2
Manuela Gostner[11] 1–2
Red River Sport[25] Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 62 Bonamy Grimes[25] 2
Charles Hollings[25] 2
Johnny Mowlem[25] 2
JMW Motorsport[11] Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 66 Finlay Hutchison[11] 1–2
Hunter Abbott[11] 1
Jody Fannin[11] 1
Gunnar Jeannette[25] 2
Rodrigo Sales[25] 2
Kessel Racing[11] Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 74 Michael Broniszewski[11] 1–2
David Perel[11] 1–2
Nicola Cadei[11] 1
Marcos Gomes 2
Proton Competition[11] Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 77 Michele Beretta[11] 1–2
Alessio Picariello[11] 1–2
Christian Ried[11] 1–2
93 Michael Fassbender[27] 1–2
Felipe Fernandez Laser[27] 1–2
Richard Lietz[27] 1–2
Aston Martin Racing[28] Aston Martin Vantage AMR Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 98 Paul Dalla Lana[28] 1–2
Mathias Lauda[28] 1–2
Ross Gunn[28] 1
Augusto Farfus[25] 2

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 Le Castellet No. 32 United Autosports No. 2 United Autosports No. 77 Proton Competition
Alex Brundle
Will Owen
Job van Uitert		 Wayne Boyd
Tom Gamble
Robert Wheldon		 Michele Beretta
Alessio Picariello
Christian Ried
2 Spa-Francorchamps No. 22 United Autosports No. 2 United Autosports No. 74 Kessel Racing
Filipe Albuquerque
Philip Hanson		 Wayne Boyd
Tom Gamble
Robert Wheldon		 Michael Broniszewski
Marcos Gomes
David Perel
3 Le Castellet
4 Monza
5 Portimão

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
Pos. Team Car LEC1
 SPA
 LEC2
 MNZ
 POR
 Points
1 #22 United Autosports Oreca 07 3 1 42
2 #32 United Autosports Oreca 07 1 5 35
3 #39 Graff Oreca 07 9 2 20
4 #26 G-Drive Racing Aurus 01 2 Ret 18
5 #50 Richard Mille Racing Team Alpine A470 5 6 18
5 #31 Panis Racing Oreca 07 Ret 3 15
6 #37 Cool Racing Oreca 07 4 10 14
7 #30 Duqueine Engineering Oreca 07 Ret 4 12
8 #24 Algarve Pro Racing Oreca 07 6 12 8.5
9 #34 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P217 7 11 7
10 #28 IDEC Sport Oreca 07 Ret 7 6
11 #25 Algarve Pro Racing Oreca 07 10 9 5
12 #21 DragonSpeed Oreca 07 8 14 4.5
13 #20 High Class Racing Oreca 07 Ret 13 0.5
#35 BHK Motorsport Oreca 07 Ret Ret 0
Entries ineligible to score points
– #38 Jota Sport Oreca 07 8 –
Pos. Team Car LEC1
 SPA
 LEC2
 MNZ
 POR
 Points
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
Pos. Team Car LEC1
 SPA
 LEC2
 MNZ
 POR
 Points
1 #2 United Autosports Ligier JS P320 1 1 52
2 #11 Eurointernational Ligier JS P320 6 3 23
3 #9 Graff Ligier JS P320 5 4 22
4 #15 RLR MSport Ligier JS P320 3 7 21
5 #7 Nielsen Racing Duqueine M30 – D08 Ret 2 18
#13 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P320 2 Ret 18
6 #3 United Autosports Ligier JS P320 7 5 16
7 #8 Realteam Racing Ligier JS P320 4 Ret 12
8 #4 DKR Engineering Duqueine M30 – D08 10 6 9
9 #5 Graff Duqueine M30 – D08 11 8 4.5
10 #10 Nielsen Racing Duqueine M30 – D08 8 Ret 4
11 #16 BHK Motorsport 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 #74 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 2 1 44
2 #77 Proton Competition Porsche 911 RSR 1 6 37
3 #93 Proton Competition Porsche 911 RSR 7 4 25
4 #83 Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 3 8 23
5 #51 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 5 7 20
6 #66 JMW Motorsport Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 4 9 18
7 #55 Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ret 5 15
8 #60 Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 6 Ret 8
Entries ineligible to score points
– #88 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 2 –
– #98 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR Ret 3 –
– #54 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ret –
– #62 Red River Sport Ferrari 488 GTE Evo DNS –
Pos. Team Car LEC1
 SPA
 LEC2
 MNZ
 POR
 Points

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