2019 European Le Mans Series
The 2019 European Le Mans Series was the sixteenth season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's (ACO) European Le Mans Series. The six-event season began at Circuit Paul Ricard on 14 April and finished at Algarve International Circuit on 27 October.[1]
The series is open to Le Mans Prototypes, divided into the LMP2 and LMP3 classes, and grand tourer-style racing cars in the LMGTE class.[2]
Calendar
The provisional calendar for the 2019 season was announced on 21 September 2018.[1] The calendar comprises six events, with the only change from the 2018 season being the addition of a race at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, which replaces the Red Bull Ring as the third round of the season.
In April 2019, it was announced that the round in Barcelona would be held as an evening race, taking place on the Saturday evening of the event instead of the originally scheduled Sunday afternoon, primarily due to the anticipated hot weather in Spain in July.[3]
The round at Silverstone is once again held in conjunction with the FIA World Endurance Championship.[4]
| Rnd | Race | Circuit | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 Hours of Le Castellet |  Circuit Paul Ricard
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Le Castellet, France | 14 April |
| 2 | 4 Hours of Monza |  Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
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Monza, Italy | 12 May |
| 3 | 4 Hours of Barcelona |  Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
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Montmeló, Spain | 20 July |
| 4 | 4 Hours of Silverstone |  Silverstone Circuit
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Silverstone, United Kingdom | 31 August |
| 5 | 4 Hours of Spa |  Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
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Spa, Belgium | 22 September |
| 6 | 4 Hours of Portimão |  Algarve International Circuit
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Portimão, Portugal | 27 October |
Entries
LMP2
In accordance with the 2017 LMP2 regulations, all cars in the LMP2 class use the Gibson GK428 V8 engine.[5]
LMP3
All cars in the LMP3 class use the Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 engine and Michelin tyres.[40]
| Entrant/Team | Chassis | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Autosports[41]
|
Ligier JS P3 | 2 | Wayne Boyd[42]
|
All |
 Tommy Erdos[42]
|
All | |||
 Garett Grist[8]
|
All | |||
| 3 | Christian England[41]
|
All | ||
 Mike Guasch[41]
|
1–4 | |||
| Andrew Bentley
|
5–6 | |||
| 360 Racing[8]
|
Ligier JS P3 | 5 |  John Corbett[7]
|
1–5 |
 Andreas Laskaratos[7]
|
1–5 | |||
| James Winslow[7]
|
1–5 | |||
| 6 | James Dayson[7]
|
All | ||
| Ross Kaiser[7]
|
All | |||
| Terrence Woodward[7]
|
All | |||
| Nielsen Racing[43]
|
Norma M30 | 7 | Colin Noble[43]
|
All |
| Anthony Wells[43]
|
All | |||
| Ligier JS P3 | 8 | James Littlejohn[43]
|
All | |
 Nobuya Yamanaka[43]
|
1–4 | |||
| Nicholas Adcock
|
5–6 | |||
 Realteam Racing[31]
|
Norma M30 | 9 | David Droux[31]
|
All |
| Esteban Garcia[31]
|
All | |||
| Oregon Team[8]
|
Norma M30 | 10 | Lorenzo Bontempelli[44]
|
All |
| Damiano Fioravanti[8]
|
All | |||
 Gustas Grinbergas[44]
|
All | |||
| Eurointernational[8]
|
Ligier JS P3 | 11 |  Mikkel Jensen[7]
|
All |
 Jens Petersen[7]
|
All | |||
 Inter Europol Competition[25]
|
Ligier JS P3 | 13 | Martin Hippe[25]
|
All |
| Nigel Moore[7]
|
All | |||
| 14 | Paul Scheuschner[25]
|
All | ||
| Dino Lunardi[45]
|
1 | |||
| Sam Dejonghe[46]
|
2–4 | |||
 Constantin Schöll
|
6 | |||
| RLR MSport[47]
|
Ligier JS P3 | 15 | Christian Stubbe Olsen[47]
|
All |
| Martin Rich[47]
|
All | |||
| Martin Vedel Mortensen[47]
|
All | |||
| Ultimate[8]
|
Norma M30 | 17 | François Heriau[7]
|
All |
| Jean-Baptiste Lahaye[7]
|
All | |||
| Matthieu Lahaye[8]
|
All | |||
| ACE1 Villorba Corse[48]
|
Ligier JS P3 | 18 | Alessandro Bressan[48]
|
3 |
| Yuki Harata[48]
|
3 | |||
| M Racing[8]
|
Norma M30 | 19 | Lucas Légeret[7]
|
All |
| Laurent Millara[8]
|
All | |||
| Yann Ehrlacher[7]
|
1, 3–4 |
LMGTE
All cars in the LMGTE class use Dunlop Tyres.[40]
| Entrant/Team | Chassis | Engine | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luzich Racing[49]
|
Ferrari 488 GTE 1–2 Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 3–6 |
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | 51 | Fabien Lavergne[49]
|
All |
| Nicklas Nielsen[49]
|
All | ||||
| Alessandro Pier Guidi[49]
|
All | ||||
| Spirit of Race[8]
|
Ferrari 488 GTE 1–2 Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 3–6 |
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | 55 | Duncan Cameron[8]
|
All |
 Matt Griffin[7]
|
All | ||||
| Aaron Scott[7]
|
All | ||||
| Team Project 1[8]
|
Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 56 | Jörg Bergmeister[45]
|
1–3 |
 Egidio Perfetti[8]
|
1–3 | ||||
| Giorgio Roda[7]
|
1–2 | ||||
| David Heinemeier Hansson[7]
|
3 | ||||
| Kessel Racing[50][51]
|
Ferrari 488 GTE 1–2 Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 3–6 |
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | 60 | Sergio Pianezzola[7]
|
All |
| Andrea Piccini[7]
|
All | ||||
| Claudio Schiavoni[51]
|
1–3 | ||||
| Nicola Cadei
|
4 | ||||
 David Perel
|
5–6 | ||||
| 83 | Rahel Frey[52]
|
All | |||
| Michelle Gatting[52]
|
All | ||||
| Manuela Gostner[52]
|
All | ||||
| JMW Motorsport[8]
|
Ferrari 488 GTE 1–2 Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 3–6 |
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | 66 | Matteo Cressoni[53]
|
All |
| Wei Lu[53]
|
All | ||||
| Jeff Segal[8]
|
All | ||||
| Dempsey-Proton Racing[8]
|
Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 77 | Matteo Cairoli[7]
|
All |
| Riccardo Pera[7]
|
All | ||||
| Christian Ried[7]
|
All | ||||
| EbiMotors[54]
|
Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 80 | Fabio Babini[8]
|
1–3, 6 |
| Marco Frezza[7]
|
1–3, 6 | ||||
| Sébastien Fortuna[7]
|
1–2 | ||||
| Edward-Lewis Brauner[7]
|
3 | ||||
| Gianluca Giraudi
|
6 | ||||
| Proton Competition[8]
|
Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 88 | Thomas Preining[7]
|
1–2, 4–6 |
| Horst Felbermayr Jr[7]
|
1 | ||||
| Marco Seefried[7]
|
1 | ||||
| Gianluca Giraudi
|
4 | ||||
 Ricardo Sanchez
|
4 |
Results
Bold indicates overall winner.
| Rnd. | Circuit | LMP2 Winning Team | LMP3 Winning Team | LMGTE Winning Team | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMP2 Winning Drivers | LMP3 Winning Drivers | LMGTE Winning Drivers | |||
| 1 | Le Castellet
|
No. 21 DragonSpeed
|
No. 17 Ultimate
|
No. 51 Luzich Racing
|
Report |
James Allen Ben Hanley Henrik Hedman
|
François Heriau Jean-Baptiste Lahaye Matthieu Lahaye
|
Fabien Lavergne Nicklas Nielsen Alessandro Pier Guidi
| |||
| 2 | Monza
|
 No. 26 G-Drive Racing
|
No. 11 Eurointernational
|
No. 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing
|
Report |
Norman Nato Roman Rusinov Job van Uitert
|
Mikkel Jensen Jens Petersen
|
Matteo Cairoli Riccardo Pera Christian Ried
| |||
| 3 | Barcelona
|
No. 26 G-Drive Racing
|
No. 13 Inter Europol Competition
|
No. 51 Luzich Racing
|
Report |
| Roman Rusinov Job van Uitert Jean-Éric Vergne
|
Martin Hippe Nigel Moore
|
Fabien Lavergne Nicklas Nielsen Alessandro Pier Guidi
| |||
| 4 | Silverstone
|
No. 28 IDEC Sport
|
No. 11 Eurointernational
|
No. 88 Proton Competition
|
Report |
| Paul-Loup Chatin Paul Lafargue Memo Rojas
|
Mikkel Jensen Jens Petersen
|
Gianluca Giraudi Thomas Preining Ricardo Sanchez
| |||
| 5 | Spa-Francorchamps
|
No. 22 United Autosports
|
No. 11 Eurointernational
|
No. 51 Luzich Racing
|
Report |
| Filipe Albuquerque Philip Hanson
|
Mikkel Jensen Jens Petersen
|
Fabien Lavergne Nicklas Nielsen Alessandro Pier Guidi
| |||
| 6 | Portimão
|
No. 28 IDEC Sport
|
No. 6 360 Racing
|
No. 51 Luzich Racing
|
Report |
| Paul-Loup Chatin Paul Lafargue Memo Rojas
|
James Dayson Ross Kaiser Terrence Woodward
|
Fabien Lavergne Nicklas Nielsen Alessandro Pier Guidi
|
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.[55]
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
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LMP3 Teams Championship
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LMGTE Teams Championship
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Notes
- ^ United Autosport No. 22 car switched to the Oreca 07 from the Silverstone Round onward, while the No. 32 car switched from the Spa-Francorchamps Round onward.[11]
- ^ Panis Barthez No. 23 car entered with Oreca 07 from the Silverstone Round onward.[11]
- ^ Roussel crashed during the second free practice session for the 4 Hours of Monza and subsequently missed the race due to the injuries he sustained.[28]
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