The 2014 European Le Mans Series season was the eleventh season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's European Le Mans Series. The five-event season began at Silverstone Circuit, in conjunction with the FIA World Endurance Championship, from 18–19 April and ended at Autódromo do Estoril on 19 October.

In the lead LMP2 class, five different teams won the five races that were held during the 2014 season. However, it was Signatech Alpine and their triumvirate of Paul-Loup Chatin, Nelson Panciatici and Oliver Webb that won the respective titles; they won the race at the Red Bull Ring, and ultimately won the championship by four points from the Jota Sport trio Filipe Albuquerque, Simon Dolan and Harry Tincknell, who won at Imola. Third place in the championship went to Le Castellet winners Gary Hirsch and Christian Klien for Newblood by Morand Racing. Other race winners included Pierre Ragues – who was part of the Hirsch-Klien Le Castellet entry – having joined the team mid-season, Sébastien Loeb Racing duo Vincent Capillaire and Jimmy Eriksson were winners at Estoril, while the opening race at Silverstone was won by Thiriet by TDS Racing, with their drivers Ludovic Badey, Tristan Gommendy and Pierre Thiriet.

In the GTE class, SMP Racing and their drivers Andrea Bertolini, Viktor Shaytar and Sergey Zlobin took their respective titles with a final round victory at Estoril while the pre-race championship leaders AF Corse, with drivers Duncan Cameron and Matt Griffin struggled in the race; having led by 21 points going into the race, Cameron and Griffin eventually lost the title by 3.5 points to Bertolini, Shaitar and Zlobin. The teams shared all five wins during the season; SMP Racing won two races, while AF Corse won three, with Cameron and Griffin being joined by Michele Rugolo for the victories; however, as Rugolo missed the Imola event, he finished six points behind them in the championship.

SMP Racing also took the honours in the GTC class, as Olivier Beretta, Devi Markozov and Anton Ladygin finished all five races on the podium – with a victory at Le Castellet – to take class honours by 15.5 points ahead of Formula Racing duo Johnny Laursen and Mikkel Mac, who won with Andrea Piccini at Imola. Third in the class championship went to another SMP Racing entry, with drivers Kirill Ladygin, Aleksey Basov and Luca Persiani, who won the race at the Red Bull Ring. Other race victories went to Team Ukraine at Silverstone with drivers Andrii Kruglyk, Sergey Chukanov and Alessandro Pier Guidi, and BMW Sport Trophy Marc VDS at Estoril, with their trio of Bas Leinders, Markus Palttala and Henry Hassid.

Regulations The top class continued to be LMP2, where a car of 2–3 drivers had to include at least one silver or bronze-ranking driver. GTE and GTC cars had to include one bronze and silver driver or two bronze drivers. Finally, LMPC was not a part of the 2014 season. Unlike in 2013, tyre warming was allowed in the 2014 season.

Calendar The provisional calendar was announced during the final round of the 2013 European Le Mans Series at Circuit Paul Ricard. However, to avoid date clashes with the FIA World Endurance Championship, a revised schedule was released, with rounds 2 and 5 being moved back one week. The first round was held alongside the first round of the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship at Silverstone Circuit. Additionally, all races lasted an hour longer than in 2013, from three hours to four.

Rnd Race Circuit Date 1 4 Hours of Silverstone Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, United Kingdom 19 April 2 4 Hours of Imola Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Italy 18 May 3 4 Hours of Red Bull Ring Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria 20 July 4 4 Hours of Le Castellet Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France 14 September 5 4 Hours of Estoril Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril, Portugal 19 OctoberSource:

Entry list

The entry list was announced on February 13. It featured 42 cars, comprising 13 LMP2, 13 GTE and 16 GTC:

LMP2 featured four Orecas (Boutsen Ginion, Sébastien Loeb, Race Performance and Murphy), three Zyteks (Greaves, Jota and Caterham), three Morgans (Pegasus, Morand and Larbre), two Alpines (Signatech) and a Ligier (Thiriet by TDS). GTE featured 8 Ferraris (AF Corse, AT Racing, JMW and Kessel), four Porsches (IMSA, Gulf and Crubilé) and an Aston Martin (Gulf). GTC featured 11 Ferraris (AF Corse, SMP, SOFREV-ASP, Formula and Ukraine), two McLarens (ART), a Porsche (Pro GT by Almeras) and a BMW (Barwell).

LMP2 Entrant/Team Car Engine Tyre Drivers Rounds Sébastien Loeb Racing Oreca 03 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 24 Vincent Capillaire 1–2, 4–5 Jan Charouz 1–2 Arthur Pic 4 Andrea Roda 4 Jimmy Eriksson 5 Greaves Motorsport Zytek Z11SN Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 28 James Littlejohn 1 James Walker 1 Anthony Wells 1 Luciano Bacheta 3–5 Mark Shulzhitskiy 3–5 41 Matt McMurry All Tom Kimber-Smith 1–3 Chris Dyson 1 Mark Patterson 3 Johnny Mowlem 4 Miguel Faísca 5 James Fletcher 5 Pegasus Racing Morgan LMP2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 29 Jonathan Coleman All Nicolas Leutwiler All Julien Schell All Race Performance Oreca 03 Judd HK 3.6 L V8 34 Michel Frey All Franck Mailleux All Patric Niederhauser 5 Signatech Alpine Alpine A450 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 36 Paul-Loup Chatin All Nelson Panciatici All Oliver Webb All Jota Sport Zytek Z11SN Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 38 Filipe Albuquerque All Simon Dolan All Harry Tincknell All Newblood by Morand Racing Morgan LMP2 Judd HK 3.6 L V8 43 Gary Hirsch All Christian Klien All Romain Brandela 1–2 Pierre Ragues 3–5 Thiriet by TDS Racing Morgan LMP2Ligier JS P2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 46 Ludovic Badey All Tristan Gommendy All Pierre Thiriet All Murphy Prototypes Oreca 03 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 48 Rodolfo González 1–2, 4 Karun Chandhok 1–2 Alex Kapadia 1 Nathanaël Berthon 2, 4 Pipo Derani 4–5 James Littlejohn 5 Anthony Wells 5 Larbre Compétition Morgan LMP2 Judd HK 3.6 L V8 50 Keiko Ihara 1 Gustavo Yacamán 1Sources:

LM GTE Entrant/Team Car Engine Tyre Drivers Rounds AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 54 Marco Cioci All Michael Lyons All Piergiuseppe Perazzini All 55 Duncan Cameron All Matt Griffin All Michele Rugolo 1, 3–5 Mirko Venturi 2 65 Lorenzo Casè 2 Raffaele Giammaria 2 Peter Mann 2 70 Emmanuel Collard 3–5 Yannick Mallegol 3–5 François Perrodo 3–5 AT Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 56 Pierre Kaffer All Alexander Talkanitsa, Sr. All Alexander Talkanitsa, Jr. 1–3, 5 Mirko Venturi 4 Team Sofrev ASP Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 58 Soheil Ayari All Fabien Barthez All Anthony Pons All JMW Motorsport Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 66 Daniel McKenzie All George Richardson All Daniel Zampieri 1–2, 5 Rob Bell 3 James Walker 4 IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 67 Éric Hélary All Erik Maris All Jean-Marc Merlin All 76 Nicolas Armindo All Raymond Narac All David Hallyday 1–2 Christina Nielsen 3–5 SMP Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 72 Andrea Bertolini All Viktor Shaytar All Sergey Zlobin All Proton Competition Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 77 Horst Felbermayr Jr. 3 Horst Felbermayr Sr. 3 Richard Lietz 3 Kessel Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 80 Michał Broniszewski 1–2, 4–5 Giacomo Piccini 1–2, 4–5 81 Matteo Cressoni 1–4 Thomas Kemenater 1–4 Crubilé Sport Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 82 Emmanuel Collard 1–2 Sébastien Crubilé 1–2 François Perrodo 1–2 Gulf Racing UK Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE Aston Martin AM05 4.5 L V8 85 Daniel Brown All Roald Goethe All Stuart Hall All Porsche 911 GT3 RSRPorsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 86 Adam Carroll All Michael Wainwright All Ben Barker 1–2, 4–5 Michael Meadows 3Sources:

GTC Entrant/Team Car Engine Tyre Drivers Rounds Sébastien Loeb Racing Audi R8 LMS ultra Audi BUJ 5.2 L V10 51 Henry Hassid 1 Olivier Lombard 1 Mike Parisy 1 SMP Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 57 Maurizio Mediani 2–5 Boris Rotenberg 2–5 Mika Salo 2–5 71 Aleksey Basov All Kirill Ladygin All Luca Persiani All 73 Olivier Beretta All Anton Ladygin All Devi Markozov All Team Sofrev ASP Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 59 Jean-Philippe Belloc All Christophe Bourret All Pascal Gibon 1–2, 4–5 Jean-Luc Beaubelique 3 Formula Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 60 Johnny Laursen All Mikkel Mac All Jan Magnussen 1, 3–5 Andrea Piccini 2 AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 62 Jean-Marc Bachelier 1–2 Howard Blank 1–2 Yannick Mallegol 1–2 63 Mads Rasmussen All Dennis Lind 1 Ilya Melnikov 2–3 Filipe Barreiros 4–5 Francisco Guedes 5 94 Francesco Castellacci 2, 4 Thomas Flohr 2, 4 Andrea Rizzoli 4 95 Adrien De Leener All Cédric Sbirrazzuoli All Prospeed Competition Porsche 997 GT3-R Porsche M97/79 4.0 L Flat-6 75 Gilles Vannelet All Maxime Soulet 1–2, 5 Paul van Splunteren 1–2 Max van Splunteren 3–5 Mike Parisy 3–4 Team Russia by Barwell BMW Z4 GT3 BMW P65B44 4.4 L V8 78 Jonny Cocker All Leo Machitski All Timur Sardarov All BMW Sport Trophy Marc VDS BMW Z4 GT3 BMW P65B44 4.4 L V8 87 Henry Hassid 5 Bas Leinders 5 Markus Palttala 5 Ombra Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 92 Mario Cordoni 4–5 Andrea Montermini 5 Marco Zanuttini 4–5 Pro GT by Alméras Porsche 997 GT3-R Porsche M97/79 4.0 L Flat-6 93 Franck Perera 1–4 Eric Dermont 1–2, 4 Lucas Lasserre 1–2, 4 Henry Hassid 3 Matthieu Vaxivière 3 Team Ukraine Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 96 Sergey Chukanov 1 Andrii Kruglyk 1 Alessandro Pier Guidi 1 ART Grand Prix McLaren MP4-12C GT3 McLaren M838T 3.8 L Turbo V8 98 Grégoire Demoustier All Yann Goudy All Kevin Korjus All 99 Karim Ajlani All Alex Brundle All Ricardo González AllSources:

Season results Rnd. Circuit LMP2 Winning Team LMGTE Winning Team GTC Winning Team Results LMP2 Winning Drivers LMGTE Winning Drivers GTC Winning Drivers 1 Silverstone No. 46 Thiriet by TDS Racing No. 55 AF Corse No. 96 Team Ukraine Report Ludovic Badey Tristan Gommendy Pierre Thiriet Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin Michele Rugolo Sergey Chukanov Andrii Kruglyk Alessandro Pier Guidi 2 Imola No. 38 Jota Sport No. 72 SMP Racing No. 60 Formula Racing Report Filipe Albuquerque Simon Dolan Harry Tincknell Andrea Bertolini Viktor Shaytar Sergey Zlobin Johnny Laursen Mikkel Mac Andrea Piccini 3 Red Bull Ring No. 36 Signatech Alpine No. 55 AF Corse No. 71 SMP Racing Report Paul-Loup Chatin Nelson Panciatici Oliver Webb Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin Michele Rugolo Aleksey Basov Kirill Ladygin Luca Persiani 4 Paul Ricard No. 43 Newblood by Morand Racing No. 55 AF Corse No. 73 SMP Racing Report Gary Hirsch Christian Klien Pierre Ragues Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin Michele Rugolo Olivier Beretta Anton Ladygin Devi Markozov 5 Estoril No. 24 Sébastien Loeb Racing No. 72 SMP Racing No. 87 BMW Sport Trophy Marc VDS Report Vincent Capillaire Jimmy Eriksson Andrea Bertolini Viktor Shaytar Sergey Zlobin Henry Hassid Bas Leinders Markus PalttalaSource:

Championship Standings Points System

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   Other Classified  Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 0.5

Drivers' Championships

LMP2