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]

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 utilised 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
				Ryō 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
SMP Racing^[8]	Dallara P217	D	27	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 [nl]^[13]	All
Racing Team Nederland^[13]	Dallara P217	D	29	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	Phil Hanson^[15]	1–3
Tockwith Motorsports^[15]	Ligier JS P217	D	34	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
High Class Racing	Dallara P217	D	49	Anders Fjordbach^[10]	All

LMP3

All cars utilised 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
		2	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
Inter Europol Competition	Ligier JS P3	13	Jakub Śmiechowski^[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 used 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
Rnd.	Circuit	LMP2 Winning Drivers	LMP3 Winning Drivers	GTE Winning Drivers	Results
1	Silverstone	No. 32 United Autosports	No. 2 United Autosports	No. 90 TF Sport	Report^[32]
1	Silverstone	Filipe Albuquerque William Owen Hugo de Sadeleer	John Falb Sean Rayhall	Euan Hankey Nicki Thiim Salih Yoluc	Report^[32]
2	Monza	No. 22 G-Drive Racing	No. 19 M.Racing - YMR	No. 66 JMW Motorsport	Report
2	Monza	Ryō Hirakawa Memo Rojas Léo Roussel	Ricky Capo Erwin Creed	Jonny Cocker Jody Fannin Robert Smith	Report
3	Red Bull Ring	No. 32 United Autosports	No. 11 Eurointernational	No. 55 Spirit of Race	Report
3	Red Bull Ring	Filipe Albuquerque William Owen Hugo de Sadeleer	Giorgio Mondini Davide Uboldi	Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin Aaron Scott	Report
4	Paul Ricard	No. 27 SMP Racing	No. 2 United Autosports	No. 55 Spirit of Race	Report
4	Paul Ricard	Matevos Isaakyan Egor Orudzhev	John Falb Sean Rayhall	Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin Aaron Scott	Report
5	Spa-Francorchamps	No. 40 Graff	No. 9 AT Racing	No. 51 Spirit of Race	Report
5	Spa-Francorchamps	James Allen Richard Bradley Gustavo Yacamán	Mikkel Jensen Alexander Talkanitsa, Jr. Alexander Talkanitsa, Sr.	Andrea Bertolini Giorgio Roda Rino Mastronardi	Report
6	Portimão	No. 40 Graff	No. 3 United Autosports	No. 77 Proton Competition	Report
6	Portimão	James Allen Richard Bradley Gustavo Yacamán	Wayne Boyd Christian England Mark Patterson	Matteo Cairoli Joël Camathias Christian Ried	Report

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

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
Pos.	Team	Car	SIL	MNZ	RBR	LEC	SPA	POR	Total

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Race winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
Black	Excluded (EX)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Race cancelled (C)
	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

LMP3 Teams Championship

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
8	No. 7 Duqueine Engineering	Norma M30			9	Ret	2	4	37.5
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 MSport	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
17	No. 8 Duqueine Engineering	Norma M30			11	NC	13	10	2.5
Pos.	Team	Car	SIL	MNZ	RBR	LEC	SPA	POR	Total

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Race winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
Black	Excluded (EX)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Race cancelled (C)
	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

LMGTE Teams Championship

Pos.	Team	Car	SIL	MNZ	RBR	LEC	SPA	POR	Total
1	No. 66 JMW Motorsport	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	5	1					104
1	No. 66 JMW Motorsport	Ferrari 488 GTE			2	3	2	2	104
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
Pos.	Team	Car	SIL	MNZ	RBR	LEC	SPA	POR	Total

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Race winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
Black	Excluded (EX)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Race cancelled (C)
	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Drivers 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 Drivers Championship

Pos.	Driver	Team	SIL	MNZ	RBR	LEC	SPA	POR	Points
1	Léo Roussel	G-Drive Racing	2	1	2	2	2	4	110
1	Memo Rojas	G-Drive Racing	2	1	2	2	2	4	110
2	Filipe Albuquerque	United Autosports	1	6	1	5	4	2	98
2	Hugo de Sadeleer	United Autosports	1	6	1	5	4	2	98
2	William Owen	United Autosports	1	6	1	5	4	2	98
3	James Allen	Graff	4	8	4	6	1	1	86
3	Richard Bradley	Graff	4	8	4	6	1	1	86
4	Ryō Hirakawa	G-Drive Racing	2	1			2	4	73
5	Gustavo Yacamán	Graff			5	6	1	1	70
6	Egor Orudzhev	SMP Racing			6	1	3	3	63
6	Matevos Isaakyan	SMP Racing			6	1	3	3	63
7	Enzo Guibbert	Graff	7	4	3	3	6	Ret	57
7	Paul Petit	Graff	7	4	3	3	6	Ret	57
8	Eric Trouillet	Graff	7	4	3	3			49
9	Anders Fjordbach	High Class Racing	3	3	8	9	8	7	46
9	Dennis Andersen	High Class Racing	3	3	8	9	8	7	46
10	Fabien Barthez	Panis Barthez Competition	9	7	5	4	9	6	41
10	Timothé Buret	Panis Barthez Competition	9	7	5	4	9	6	41
11	Ben Hanley	DragonSpeed	10	2	Ret	7	5	9	40
11	Henrik Hedman	DragonSpeed	10	2	Ret	7	5	9	40
11	Nicolas Lapierre	DragonSpeed	10	2	Ret	7	5	9	40
12	Nicolas Minassian	G-Drive Racing			2	2			37
13	Nathanaël Berthon	Panis Barthez Competition	9		5	4	9	6	35
14	Andrea Belicchi	Cetilar Villorba Corse	6	5	Ret	10	7	5	35
14	Giorgio Sernagiotto	Cetilar Villorba Corse	6	5	Ret	10	7	5	35
14	Roberto Lacorte	Cetilar Villorba Corse	6	5	Ret	10	7	5	35
15	Franck Matelli	Graff	4	8					16
16	Nigel Moore	Tockwith Motorsports	5	11					12.5
16	Phil Hanson	Tockwith Motorsports	5	11	8				12.5
17	Frits van Eerd	Racing Team Nederland	11	10	7	12	11	8	12.5
17	Jan Lammers	Racing Team Nederland	11	10	7	12	11	8	12.5
18	Patrice Lafargue	IDEC Sport Racing	8	9	Ret	11	10	10	8.5
18	Paul Lafargue Jr	IDEC Sport Racing	8	9	Ret	11	10	10	8.5
19	Jonathan Hirschi	Graff					6		8
20	Andrea Pizzitola	Algarve Pro Racing	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	11	4.5
20	Matthew McMurry	Algarve Pro Racing	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	11	4.5
21	David Zollinger	IDEC Sport Racing	8						4
22	Andrea Roda	Algarve Pro Racing	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret		4
23	Olivier Pla	IDEC Sport Racing		9	Ret	11			2.5
24	Paul-Loup Chatin	IDEC Sport Racing					10	10	2
25	Ricardo Sánchez	Graff						Ret	0
Pos.	Driver	Team	SIL	MNZ	RBR	LEC	SPA	POR	Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Race winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
Black	Excluded (EX)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Race cancelled (C)
	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

LMP3 Drivers Championship

Pos.	Driver	Team	SIL	MNZ	RBR	LEC	SPA	POR	Points
1	John Falb	United Autosports	1	9	2	1	3	2	103
1	Sean Rayhall	United Autosports	1	9	2	1	3	2	103
2	Alexandre Cougnaud	M.Racing - YMR	5	2	3	3	6	3	81
2	Antoine Jung	M.Racing - YMR	5	2	3	3	6	3	81
2	Romano Ricci	M.Racing - YMR	5	2	3	3	6	3	81
3	Christian England	United Autosports	3	4	Ret	Ret	5	1	63
3	Mark Patterson	United Autosports	3	4	Ret	Ret	5	1	63
3	Wayne Boyd	United Autosports	3	4	Ret	Ret	5	1	63
4	François Hériau	Ultimate	2	3	4	6	8	8	61
4	Jean-Baptiste Lahaye	Ultimate	2	3	4	6	8	8	61
4	Matthieu Lahaye	Ultimate	2	3	4	6	8	8	61
5	Jakub Śmiechowski	Inter Europol Competition	6	6	5	2	4	Ret	56
5	Martin Hippe	Inter Europol Competition	6	6	5	2	4	Ret	56
6	Alexander Talkanitsa, Jr.	AT Racing	4	Ret	6	Ret	1	7	54
6	Alexander Talkanitsa, Sr.	AT Racing	4	Ret	6	Ret	1	7	54
6	Mikkel Jensen	AT Racing	4		6	Ret	1	7	54
7	Giorgio Mondini	EuroInternational	Ret	5	1	4	Ret	9	49
8	Antonin Borga	Duqueine Engineering	11	8	9	Ret	2	4	37.5
8	David Droux	Duqueine Engineering	11	8	9	Ret	2	4	37.5
8	Nicolas Schatz	Duqueine Engineering	11	8	9	Ret	2	4	37.5
9	Davide Uboldi	EuroInternational	Ret	5	1				35
10	Ricky Capo	M.Racing - YMR (Rounds 1-2) EuroInternational (Rounds 3-6)	10	1	Ret	8	11	Ret	30.5
11	Anthony Wells	360 Racing	7	7	Ret	Ret	7	5	29
11	Ross Kaiser	360 Racing	7	7	Ret	Ret	7	5	29
11	Terrence Woodward	360 Racing	7	7	Ret	Ret	7	5	29
12	Erwin Creed	M.Racing - YMR	10	1	Ret	Ret		Ret	26
13	Alex Kapadia	RLR MSport	8	10	8	7	9	6	25
13	John Farano	RLR MSport	8	10	8	7	9	6	25
13	Morten Dons	RLR MSport	8	10	8	7	9	6	25
14	Eric Debard	Panis Barthez Competition	9	11	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	12.5
14	Simon Gachet	Panis Barthez Competition	9	11	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	12.5
14	Theo Bean	Panis Barthez Competition	9	11	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	12.5
15	Marco Jacoboni	EuroInternational				4	Ret		12
16	Andrés Méndez	Oregon Team	13	32	7	Ret	10	Ret	8
16	Dario Capitanio	Oregon Team	13	32	7	Ret	10	Ret	8
16	Davide Roda	Oregon Team	13	32	7	Ret	10		8
17	Andrea Dromedari	EuroInternational	12	12	Ret	8	11	9	7.5
18	Maxwell Hanratty	EuroInternational	12	12		8	11	Ret	5.5
19	Jürgen Krebs	By Speed Factory	15	15	10	9	Ret	12	4.5
20	Tim Müller	By Speed Factory	15	15	10	9	Ret		4
21	Iradj Alexander	Cool Racing by GPC	14	14	Ret	10	12	11	3
22	Alexandre Coigny	Cool Racing by GPC		14	Ret	10	12	11	2.5
23	Lucas Légeret	Duqueine Engineering		13	11	Ret	13	10	2.5
23	Vincent Beltoise	Duqueine Engineering	Ret	13	11	Ret	13	10	2.5
24	Nicolas Melin	Duqueine Engineering				Ret	13	10	1.5
25	Yann Ehrlacher	M.Racing - YMR	10		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	1
26	Gino Forgione	Cool Racing by GPC	14	14					1
26	Maxime Pialat	EuroInternational	12	12					1
26	Tristan Viidas	By Speed Factory	15	15					1
27	Henry Hassid	Duqueine Engineering	Ret	13					0.5
28	Douglas Lundberg	Duqueine Engineering			11				0.5
29	Giorgio Maggi	By Speed Factory						12	0.5
29	Timur Boguslavskiy	By Speed Factory						12	0.5
30	Antonio Forne	Oregon Team						Ret	0
30	James Dayson	EuroInternational			Ret			Ret	0
30	Maurizio Mediani	AT Racing		Ret					0
30	Neale Muston	M.Racing - YMR					Ret		0
Pos.	Driver	Team	SIL	MNZ	RBR	LEC	SPA	POR	Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Race winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
Black	Excluded (EX)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Race cancelled (C)
	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

LMGTE Drivers Championship

Pos.	Driver	Team	SIL	MNZ	RBR	LEC	SPA	POR	Points
1	Jody Fannin	JMW Motorsport	5	1	2	3	2	2	104
1	Robert Smith	JMW Motorsport	5	1	2	3	2	2	104
2	Euan Hankey	TF Sport	1	2	3	2	5	3	102
2	Nicki Thiim	TF Sport	1	2	3	2	5	3	102
2	Salih Yoluç	TF Sport	1	2	3	2	5	3	102
3	Christian Ried	Proton Competition	2	5	5	6	6	1	80
3	Joel Camathias	Proton Competition	2	5	5	6	6	1	80
3	Matteo Cairoli	Proton Competition	2	5	5	6	6	1	80
4	Aaron Scott	Spirit of Race	4	Ret	1	1	4	Ret	77
4	Duncan Cameron	Spirit of Race	4	Ret	1	1	4	Ret	77
4	Matt Griffin	Spirit of Race	4	Ret	1	1	4	Ret	77
5	Andrew Howard	Beechdean AMR	3	3	6	5	3	4	75
5	Darren Turner	Beechdean AMR	3	3	6	5	3	4	75
6	Andrea Bertolini	Spirit of Race	6	4	4	4	1	Ret	70
6	Giorgio Roda	Spirit of Race	6	4	4	4	1	Ret	70
7	Ross Gunn	Beechdean AMR	3	3	6	5	3		63
8	Jonathan Cocker	JMW Motorsport		1	2	3			58
9	Gianluca Roda	Spirit of Race	6	4	4	4		Ret	45
10	William Stevens	JMW Motorsport					2	2	36
11	Rino Mastronardi	Spirit of Race					1		25
12	Immanuel Vinke	Beechdean AMR						4	12
13	Rory Butcher	JMW Motorsport	5						10
14	Christian Philippon	Larbre Compétition		6					8
14	Fernando Rees	Larbre Compétition		6					8
14	Romain Brandela	Larbre Compétition		6					8
Pos.	Driver	Team	SIL	MNZ	RBR	LEC	SPA	POR	Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Race winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
Black	Excluded (EX)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Race cancelled (C)
	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References

^ ^a ^b Thukral, Rachit (23 September 2016). "ELMS announces 2017 calendar, adds Monza and Portimao". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
^ ^a ^b "New Year, New Regulations for LMP2". europeanlemansseries.com. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
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^ ^a ^b ^c Bristol, David (7 December 2016). "Focus on the season of Idec Sport Racing: Interview with Patrice Lafargue". europeanlemansseries.com. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "2017 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps — Race — Final Classification" (PDF). European Le Mans Series. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "New Dutch racing team joins forces with Dallara". europeanlemansseries.com. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Kilshaw, Jake (18 January 2017). "Graff Reveals Drivers for Two-Car LMP2 Program". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "2017 EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES - 4 HOURS OF PORTIMÃO - PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST" (PDF). European Le Mans Series. 11 October 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Dagys, John (25 October 2016). "Belicchi Joins Villorba Corse for Dallara LMP2 Effort". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Kilshaw, Jake (5 January 2017). "Boyd, England, Patterson Return to United Autosports in LMP3". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c Kilshaw, Jake (23 January 2017). "By Speed Factory Confirms ELMS LMP3 Return". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
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^ "2017 EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES - 4 HOURS OF LE CASTELLET - PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST" (PDF). European Le Mans Series. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c Kilshaw, Jake (22 December 2016). "Oregon Team Joins ELMS with Norma M30". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
^ "2017 EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES — 4 HOURS OF LE CASTELLET — Race Provisional Classification by Class" (PDF). European Le Mans Series. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c Kilshaw, Jake (31 December 2016). "RLR Msport Confirms Farano, Kapadia, Dons in 2017 LMP3 Lineup". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c Kilshaw, Jake (20 January 2017). "YMR/M.Racing Switches to Norma M30 for LMP3 Campaign". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
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^ "2017 EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES — 4 HOURS OF Spa-Francorchamps — Race Final Classification by Class" (PDF). alkamelsystems. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
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^ "Sporting Regulations". European Le Mans Series. Retrieved August 28, 2016.

External links

European Le Mans Series Official Website

[Calendar-1] Thukral, Rachit (23 September 2016). "ELMS announces 2017 calendar, adds Monza and Portimao". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 18 October 2016.

[LMP2regs-2] "New Year, New Regulations for LMP2". europeanlemansseries.com. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.

[Provisional-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q "2017 EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES — PROVISIONAL SEASON ENTRY LIST" (PDF). European Le Mans Series. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.

[Dragonspeed-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Léo Roussel Completes G-Drive by DragonSpeed ELMS LMP2 Entry". europeanlemansseries.com. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2017.

[RBREntry-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "2017 EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES - 4 HOURS OF RED BULL RING - PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST" (PDF). European Le Mans Series. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.

[PanisBarthez-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Panis Barthez sign Nat Berthon for 2017 ELMS". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 13 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.

[AlgarvePro-7] "Algarve Pro Racing Confirm ELMS Line-up". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 16 March 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2017.

[SMP-8] Boxall-Legge, Jake (10 July 2017). "SMP RACING REJOINS 36-STRONG EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES GRID". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 10 July 2017.

[IDEC-9] Bristol, David (7 December 2016). "Focus on the season of Idec Sport Racing: Interview with Patrice Lafargue". europeanlemansseries.com. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 9 December 2016.

[SilverstoneEntry-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z "2017 EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES — 4 HOURS OF SILVERSTONE — Qualifying Provisional Classification by Class" (PDF). European Le Mans Series. 14 April 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2017.

[MonzaEntry-11] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "2017 EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES — 4 HOURS OF MONZA — PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST" (PDF). European Le Mans Series. 27 April 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.

[SpaEntry-12] "2017 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps — Race — Final Classification" (PDF). European Le Mans Series. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.

[RTN-13] "New Dutch racing team joins forces with Dallara". europeanlemansseries.com. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2016.

[UnitedLMP2-14] Kilshaw, Jake (8 February 2017). "Albuquerque Completes United Autosports LMP2 Lineup". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 11 February 2017.

[ELMS_LMP2-15] "Looking Ahead To 2017, Part 3: ELMS LMP2". dailysportscar.com. 28 December 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2017.

[Graff-16] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Kilshaw, Jake (18 January 2017). "Graff Reveals Drivers for Two-Car LMP2 Program". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 19 January 2017.

[PortimaoEntry-17] "2017 EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES - 4 HOURS OF PORTIMÃO - PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST" (PDF). European Le Mans Series. 11 October 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2017.

[Villorba-18] Dagys, John (25 October 2016). "Belicchi Joins Villorba Corse for Dallara LMP2 Effort". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 25 October 2016.

[UnitedLMP3-19] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Kilshaw, Jake (5 January 2017). "Boyd, England, Patterson Return to United Autosports in LMP3". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 6 January 2017.

[BySpeed-20] Kilshaw, Jake (23 January 2017). "By Speed Factory Confirms ELMS LMP3 Return". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

[PortimaoResults-21] "2017 EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES — 4 HOURS OF Portimao — Race Provisional Classification by Class" (PDF). European Le Mans Series. 22 October 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.

[PaulRicardEntry-22] "2017 EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES - 4 HOURS OF LE CASTELLET - PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST" (PDF). European Le Mans Series. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017.

[Oregon-23] Kilshaw, Jake (22 December 2016). "Oregon Team Joins ELMS with Norma M30". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 22 December 2016.

[Le_Castellet_Results-24] "2017 EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES — 4 HOURS OF LE CASTELLET — Race Provisional Classification by Class" (PDF). European Le Mans Series. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.

[RLR_P3-25] Kilshaw, Jake (31 December 2016). "RLR Msport Confirms Farano, Kapadia, Dons in 2017 LMP3 Lineup". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 2 January 2017.

[YMR-26] Kilshaw, Jake (20 January 2017). "YMR/M.Racing Switches to Norma M30 for LMP3 Campaign". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 22 January 2017.

[FerrariLMGTE-27] "Ferrari and Monza – A combination made in Heaven". europeanlemansseries.com. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 26 March 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2017.

[SpaResults-28] "2017 EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES — 4 HOURS OF Spa-Francorchamps — Race Final Classification by Class" (PDF). alkamelsystems. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2018.

[ProtonCompetition-29] Dagys, John (2 March 2017). "Camathias, Cairoli, Ried Confirmed in Proton ELMS Entry". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 2 March 2017.

[TFSport-30] Kilshaw, Jake (2 February 2017). "Thiim Joins TF Sport for ELMS Entry, Bell for 24H Le Mans". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 2 February 2017.

[AMR-31] "Beechdean AMR to Defend ELMS title with Howard, Turner and Gunn". europeanlemansseries.com. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 6 February 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2017.

[SilverstoneResults-32] "2017 EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES — 4 HOURS OF SILVERSTONE — Race Provisional Classification by Class" (PDF). European Le Mans Series. 15 April 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2017.

[SportingRegulations-33] "Sporting Regulations". European Le Mans Series. Retrieved August 28, 2016.

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