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

Regulations

The 2017 season will see new regulations regarding the LMP2 class introduced.[2] Teams will be able to choose from four different chassis constructors: Dallara, Onroak Automotive (Ligier), Oreca and a joint-venture between Riley Technologies/Multimatic. Gibson Technology will be the single engine supplier for the class, with all cars equipped with a 4.2-litre, normally-aspirated V8 engine, producing approximately 600hp. Cosworth Electronics will also be the single 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 will include events at Monza and Algarve respectively, which will be stand-alone events. For the fifth consecutive season, Silverstone will host the opening rounds of both the European Le Mans Series and the FIA World Endurance Championship. While other rounds will be collaboration with 2017 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0.[1]

Rnd Race Circuit Location Date
1 4 Hours of Silverstone United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, United Kingdom 15 April
2 4 Hours of Monza Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza Monza, Italy 14 May
3 4 Hours of Red Bull Ring Austria Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Austria 23 July
4 4 Hours of Le Castellet France Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France 27 August
5 4 Hours of Spa Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Spa, Belgium 24 September
6 4 Hours of Algarve Portugal 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
United States DragonSpeed[4] Oreca 07 D 21 United Kingdom Ben Hanley[4] 1–2
Sweden Henrik Hedman[4] 1–2
France Nicolas Lapierre[4] 1–2
Russia G-Drive Racing[4] Oreca 07 D 22 Japan Ryo Hirakawa[4] 1–2
Mexico Memo Rojas[4] 1–2
France Léo Roussel[4] 1–2
France Panis Barthez Competition[5] Ligier JS P217 M 23 France Fabien Barthez[5] 1–2
France Timothé Buret[5] 1–2
France Nathanaël Berthon[5] 1
Portugal Algarve Pro Racing[6] Ligier JS P217 D 25 United States Matt McMurry[6] 1–2
France Andrea Pizzitola[6] 1–2
Italy Andrea Roda[6] 1–2
France IDEC Sport Racing[7] Ligier JS P217 M 28 France Patrice Lafargue[7] 1–2
France Paul Lafargue[7] 1–2
France David Zollinger[8] 1
France Olivier Pla[9] 2
Netherlands Racing Team Nederland[10] Dallara P217 D 29 Netherlands Frits van Eerd[10] 1–2
Netherlands Jan Lammers[10] 1–2
United States United Autosports[11] Ligier JS P217 D 32 Portugal Filipe Albuquerque[11] 1–2
United States William Owen[11] 1–2
Switzerland Hugo de Sadeleer[11] 1–2
United Kingdom Tockwith Motorsports[12] Ligier JS P217 D 34 United Kingdom Philip Hanson[12] 1–2
United Kingdom Nigel Moore[12] 1–2
France Graff[13] Oreca 07 D 39 France Enzo Guibbert[13] 1–2
France Paul Petit[13] 1–2
France Eric Trouillet[13] 1–2
40 Australia James Allen[13] 1–2
United Kingdom Richard Bradley[8] 1–2
France Franck Matelli[13] 1–2
Italy Cetilar Villorba Corse[14] Dallara P217 D 47 Italy Andrea Belicchi[14] 1–2
Italy Roberto Lacorte[14] 1–2
Italy Giorgio Sernagiotto[14] 1–2
Denmark High Class Racing Dallara P217 D 49 Denmark Dennis Andersen[3] 1–2
Denmark Anders Fjordbach[8] 1–2

LMP3

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

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

LMGTE

All teams will use Dunlop tyres.

Entrant/Team Car Engine No. Drivers Rounds
France Larbre Compétition Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 50 France Romain Brandela[9] 2
France Christian Philippon[9] 2
Switzerland Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 51 Italy Andrea Bertolini[20] 1–2
Italy Gianluca Roda[3] 1–2
Italy Giorgio Roda[20] 1–2
55 United Kingdom Duncan Cameron[3] 1–2
Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin[20] 1–2
United Kingdom Aaron Scott[20] 1–2
United Kingdom JMW Motorsport Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 66 United Kingdom Jody Fannin[8] 1–2
United Kingdom Robert Smith[3] 1–2
United Kingdom Rory Butcher[8] 1
United Kingdom Jonny Cocker[9] 2
Germany Proton Competition Porsche 911 RSR (2016) Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 77 Italy Matteo Cairoli[21] 1–2
Switzerland Joël Camathias[21] 1–2
Germany Christian Ried[3] 1–2
United Kingdom TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 90 United Kingdom Euan Hankey[22] 1–2
Denmark Nicki Thiim[22] 1–2
Turkey Salih Yoluc[3] 1–2
United Kingdom Beechdean AMR Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 99 United Kingdom Ross Gunn[23] 1–2
United Kingdom Andrew Howard[3] 1–2
United Kingdom Darren Turner[23] 1–2

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 United States No. 32 United Autosports United States No. 2 United Autosports United Kingdom No. 90 TF Sport Report[24]
Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
United States William Owen
Switzerland Hugo de Sadeleer 		United States John Falb
United States Sean Rayhall 		United Kingdom Euan Hankey
Denmark Nicki Thiim
Turkey Salih Yoluc
2 Monza Russia No. 22 G-Drive Racing France No. 19 M.Racing - YMR United Kingdom No. 66 JMW Motorsport Report
Japan Ryo Hirakawa
Mexico Memo Rojas
France Léo Roussel 		Australia Ricky Capo
France Erwin Creed 		United Kingdom Jonny Cocker
United Kingdom Jody Fannin
United Kingdom Robert Smith

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