2016 European Le Mans Series

2016 European Le Mans Series season
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The 2016 European Le Mans Series season is the twelfth 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 16 April and will finish at Autódromo do Estoril on 23 October.^[1]

Regulations

The GTC class for GT3 was dropped due to a lack of entries during 2015 and the creation of the GT3 Le Mans Cup.^[2]

Provisional calendar

The provisional 2016 calendar was announced at 5 September 2015. The calendar comprises six events, featuring the same five circuits that hosted events in 2015 and for the first time since 2011 it will include event at Spa. For the fourth consecutive season, Silverstone hosted the opening rounds of both the European Le Mans Series and the FIA World Endurance Championship. Meanwhile, the other rounds will be collaboration with World Series by Renault.^[1]

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Location	Date
1	4 Hours of Silverstone	Silverstone Circuit	Silverstone, United Kingdom	16 April
2	4 Hours of Imola	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	Imola, Italy	15 May
3	4 Hours of Red Bull Ring	Red Bull Ring	Spielberg, Austria	17 July
4	4 Hours of Le Castellet	Circuit Paul Ricard	Le Castellet, France	28 August
5	4 Hours of Spa	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Spa, Belgium	25 September
6	4 Hours of Estoril	Autódromo do Estoril	Estoril, Portugal	23 October

Entry list

The entry list was announced on 5 February 2016.^[3]

LMP2

Entrant/Team	Car	Engine	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Dragonspeed	Oreca 05	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	21	Ben Hanley[4]	1–2
					Henrik Hedman[3]	1–2
					Nicolas Lapierre[4]	1–2
SO24! By Lombard Racing	Ligier JS P2	Judd HK 3.6 L V8	D	22	Vincent Capillaire[3]	1–2
					Jonathan Coleman[5]	1–2
					Olivier Lombard[5]	1–2
Panis Barthez Competition	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	M	23	Fabien Barthez[3]	1–2
					Timothé Buret[4]	1–2
					Paul-Loup Chatin[4]	1–2
Algarve Pro Racing	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	25	Chris Hoy[6]	1–2
					Michael Munemann[3]	1–2
					Parth Ghorpade[4]	1–2
					Andrea Pizzitola[7]	TBA
IDEC Sport Racing	Ligier JS P2	Judd HK 3.6 L V8	M	28	Dimitri Enjalbert[4]	1–2
					Patrice Lafargue[3]	1–2
					Paul Lafargue[4]	1–2
Pegasus Racing	Morgan LMP2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	M	29	Léo Roussel[4]	1–2
					Rémy Striebig[4]	1–2
					Inès Taittinger[3]	1–2
SMP Racing	BR Engineering BR01	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	32	Stefano Coletti[8]	1–2
					Julián Leal[4]	1–2
					Andreas Wirth[8]	1–2
				44	Mitch Evans[4]	1
					Sean Gelael[4]	1
					Antonio Giovinazzi[4]	1
Eurasia Motorsport	Oreca 05	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	33	Nick de Bruijn[9]	1–2
					Tristan Gommendy[9]	1–2
					Pu Jun Jin[3]	1–2
Race Performance	Oreca 03R	Judd HK 3.6 L V8	D	34	Nicolas Leutwiler[3]	1–2
					Franck Mailleux[4]	1–2
					James Winslow[4]	1–2
G-Drive Racing	Gibson 015S	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	38	Simon Dolan[3]	1–2
					Giedo van der Garde[10]	1–2
					Harry Tincknell[10]	1–2
Krohn Racing	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	M	40	Niclas Jönsson[11]	1–2
					Tracy Krohn[3]	1–2
					Björn Wirdheim[4]	1
					Olivier Pla[11]	2
Greaves Motorsport	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	41	Julien Canal[4]	1–2
					Kuba Giermaziak[12]	1–2
					Memo Rojas[3]	1–2
Thiriet by TDS Racing	Oreca 05	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	46	Mathias Beche[4]	1–2
					Ryō Hirakawa[4]	1–2
					Pierre Thiriet[3]	1–2
Murphy Prototypes	Oreca 03R	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	48	Shaun Balfe[4]	1–2
					Sean Doyle[4]	1–2
					Damien Faulkner[4]	1–2

LMP3

Entrant/Team	Car	Engine	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
United Autosports	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	2	Alex Brundle[3]	1–2
					Mike Guasch[4]	1–2
					Christian England[4]	1–2
				3	Matthew Bell[4]	1–2
					Wayne Boyd[4]	1–2
					Mark Patterson[3]	1–2
OAK Racing	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	4	Erik Maris[13]	1–2
					Jean-Marc Merlin[3]	1–2
				24	Jacques Nicolet[3]	1–2
					Pierre Nicolet[13]	1–2
By Speed Factory	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	5	Álvaro Fontes[14]	1–2
					Jesús Fuster[4]	1–2
					Tom Jackson[14]	1–2
360 Racing	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	6	Ross Kaiser[15]	1–2
					James Swift[15]	1–2
					Terrence Woodward[3]	1–2
Villorba Corse	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	7	Roberto Lacorte[3]	1–2
					Niccolò Schirò[4]	1–2
					Giorgio Sernagiotto[4]	1–2
Race Performance	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	8	Bert Longin[4]	1–2
					Giorgio Maggi[4]	1–2
					Marcello Marateotto[4]	1–2
Graff	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	9	Enzo Guibbert[16]	1–2
					Paul Petit[16]	1–2
					Eric Trouillet[3]	1–2
				10	John Falb[3]	1–2
					Enzo Potolicchio[4]	1–2
					Sean Rayhall[4]	1–2
Eurointernational	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	11	Marco Jacoboni[4]	1–2
					Giorgio Mondini[4]	1–2
					Andrea Roda[4]	1–2
				12	Andrea Dromedari[17]	2
					Fabio Mancini[17]	2
					TBA[17]	2
Inter Europol Competition	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	13	Jens Petersen[4]	1–2
					Jakub Smiechowski[3]	1–2
MurphyP3-3Dimensional.com	Ginetta-Juno LMP3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	14	Tony Ave[3]	1–2
					Michael Cullen[4]	1–2
					Doug Peterson[4]	1–2
RLR Msport	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	15	Morten Dons[18]	1–2
					Ossy Yusuf[3]	1–2
Panis Barthez Competition	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	16	Eric Debard[3]	1–2
					Simon Gachet[19]	1–2
					Valentin Moineault[19]	1–2
Ultimate	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	17	François Hériau[20]	1–2
					Jean-Baptiste Lahaye[3]	1–2
					Matthieu Lahaye[20]	1–2
M.Racing - YMR	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	18	Alexandre Cougnaud[4]	1–2
					Yann Ehrlacher[4]	1–2
					Thomas Laurent[3]	1–2
Duqueine Engineering	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	19	David Hallyday[3]	1–2
					Dino Lunardi[21]	1–2
					David Droux[17]	2
				20	Eric Clement[22]	1–2
					Romain Iannetta[22]	1–2
					Maxime Pialat[22]	1–2

GTE

Entrant/Team	Car	Engine	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	D	51	Rui Águas[4]	1–2
					Marco Cioci[4]	1–2
					Piergiuseppe Perazzini[3]	1–2
				55	Duncan Cameron[3]	1–2
					Matt Griffin[4]	1–2
					Aaron Scott[4]	1–2
AT Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	D	56	Alexander Talkanitsa, Jr.[3]	1–2
					Alexander Talkanitsa, Sr.[4]	1–2
					Alessandro Pier Guidi[4]	1
					Davide Rigon[17]	2
Formula Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	D	60	Johnny Laursen[3]	1–2
					Mikkel Mac[4]	1–2
					Christina Nielsen[4]	1–2
JMW Motorsport	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	D	66	Andrea Bertolini[4]	1–2
					Rory Butcher[4]	1–2
					Robert Smith[3]	1–2
Proton Competition	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	D	77	Mike Hedlund[4]	1–2
					Wolf Henzler[4]	1–2
					Marco Seefried[3]	1
					Robert Renauer[17]	2
				88	Christian Ried[4]	1–2
					Gianluca Roda[3]	1–2
					Richard Lietz[4]	1
					Klaus Bachler[17]	2
Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8	D	96	Roald Goethe[4]	1
					Stuart Hall[4]	1
					Richie Stanaway[4]	1
				99	Andrew Howard[3]	1–2
					Alex MacDowall[4]	1–2
					Darren Turner[23]	1–2

Innovative car

Entrant/Team	Car	Engine	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
SRT41 by OAK Racing	Morgan LMP2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	M	84	Jean-Bernard Bouvet[4]	1
					Frédéric Sausset[4]	1
					Christophe Tinseau[4]	1

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. 38 G-Drive Racing	No. 2 United Autosports	No. 99 Aston Martin Racing	Report
		Simon Dolan Giedo van der Garde Harry Tincknell	Matthew Bell Wayne Boyd Mark Patterson	Andrew Howard Alex MacDowall Darren Turner
2	Imola				Report
3	Red Bull				Report
4	Paul Ricard				Report
5	Spa				Report
6	Estoril				Report

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External links

• European Le Mans Series Official Website