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.

Regulations The 2017 season saw new regulations regarding the LMP2 class introduced. Teams were able to choose from four different chassis constructors: Dallara, Onroak Automotive (Ligier), Oreca and a joint venture between Riley Technologies/Multimatic. Gibson Technology was 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 was also the exclusive electronics supplier.

The aim of the new regulations was to ensure long-term success for the category with a reduction in costs and the guarantee of stable regulations.

Calendar The 2017 calendar was announced on 23 September 2016. The calendar comprised six events, featuring the same four circuits that hosted events in 2016. For the first time since 2008 and 2010, it included events at Monza and Algarve, respectively, which were stand-alone events. For the fifth consecutive season, Silverstone hosted the opening rounds of both the European Le Mans Series and the FIA World Endurance Championship.

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 OctoberSource:

Entry list The provisional entry list was announced on 2 February 2017.

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 Drivers Rounds DragonSpeed Oreca 07 21 Ben Hanley All Henrik Hedman All Nicolas Lapierre All G-Drive Racing Oreca 07 22 Memo Rojas All Léo Roussel All Ryō Hirakawa 1–2, 5–6 Nicolas Minassian 3–4 Panis Barthez Competition Ligier JS P217 23 Fabien Barthez All Timothé Buret All Nathanaël Berthon 1, 3–6 Algarve Pro Racing Ligier JS P217 25 Matt McMurry All Andrea Pizzitola All Andrea Roda All SMP Racing Dallara P217 27 Matevos Isaakyan 3–6 Egor Orudzhev 3–6 IDEC Sport Racing Ligier JS P217 28 Patrice Lafargue All Paul Lafargue All David Zollinger 1 Olivier Pla 2–4 Paul-Loup Chatin 5–6 Racing Team Nederland Dallara P217 29 Frits van Eerd All Jan Lammers All United Autosports Ligier JS P217 32 Filipe Albuquerque All William Owen All Hugo de Sadeleer All Tockwith Motorsports Ligier JS P217 34 Phil Hanson 1–3 Nigel Moore 1–3 Graff Oreca 07 39 Enzo Guibbert All Paul Petit All Eric Trouillet 1–4 Jonathan Hirschi 5 Ricardo Sánchez 6 40 James Allen All Richard Bradley All Franck Matelli 1–2 Gustavo Yacamán 3–6 Cetilar Villorba Corse Dallara P217 47 Andrea Belicchi All Roberto Lacorte All Giorgio Sernagiotto All High Class Racing Dallara P217 49 Dennis Andersen All Anders Fjordbach All

LMP3 All cars utilised the Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 engine and Michelin tyres. Entrant/team Chassis Drivers Rounds United Autosports Ligier JS P3 2 John Falb All Sean Rayhall All 3 Wayne Boyd All Christian England All Mark Patterson All Cool Racing by GPC Ligier JS P3 4 Iradj Alexander All Gino Forgione 1–2 Alexandre Coigny 2–6 By Speed Factory Ligier JS P3 5 Jürgen Krebs All Tim Müller 1–5 Tristan Viidas 1–3 Timur Boguslavskiy 6 Giorgio Maggi 6 360 Racing Ligier JS P3 6 Ross Kaiser All Anthony Wells All Terrence Woodward All Duqueine Engineering Ligier JS P3 Norma M30 7 Antonin Borga All David Droux All Nicolas Schatz All Ligier JS P3 Norma M30 8 Vincent Beltoise All Henry Hassid 1–2 Lucas Légeret 2–6 Douglas Lundberg 3 Nicolas Melin 4–6 AT Racing Ligier JS P3 9 Alexander Talkanitsa, Jr. All Alexander Talkanitsa, Sr. All Mikkel Jensen 1, 3–6 Maurizio Mediani 2 Oregon Team Norma M30 10 Dario Capitanio All Andrés Méndez All Davide Roda All Eurointernational Ligier JS P3 11 Giorgio Mondini All Davide Uboldi 1–3 Marco Jacoboni 4–5 Andrea Dromedari 6 12 Andrea Dromedari 1–5 Max Hanratty 1–2, 4–6 Maxime Pialat 1–2 Ricky Capo 3–6 James Dayson 3, 6 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P3 13 Martin Hippe All Jakub Śmiechowski All RLR MSport Ligier JS P3 15 Morten Dons All John Farano All Alex Kapadia All Panis Barthez Competition Ligier JS P3 16 Theo Bean All Eric Debard All Simon Gachet All Ultimate Ligier JS P3 17 François Hériau All Jean-Baptiste Lahaye All Matthieu Lahaye All M.Racing - YMR Ligier JS P3 18 Alexandre Cougnaud All Antoine Jung All Romano Ricci All Norma M30 19 Erwin Creed 1–4, 6 Ricky Capo 1–2 Yann Ehrlacher 1, 3–6 Neale Muston 5

LMGTE All teams used Dunlop tyres. Entrant/Team Car Engine Drivers Rounds Larbre Compétition Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 50 Romain Brandela 2 Christian Philippon 2 Fernando Rees 2 Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari F154CB 4.0 L Turbo V8 51 Andrea Bertolini All Gianluca Roda 1–4, 6 Giorgio Roda All Rino Mastronardi 5 55 Duncan Cameron All Matt Griffin All Aaron Scott All JMW Motorsport Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 Ferrari F154CB 4.0 L Turbo V8 66 Jody Fannin All Robert Smith All Rory Butcher 1 Jonny Cocker 2–4 Will Stevens 5–6 Proton Competition Porsche 911 RSR (2016) Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 77 Matteo Cairoli All Joël Camathias All Christian Ried All TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin AM05 4.5 L V8 90 Euan Hankey All Nicki Thiim All Salih Yoluc All Beechdean AMR Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin AM05 4.5 L V8 99 Andrew Howard All Darren Turner All Ross Gunn 1–5 Immanuel Vinke 6

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

To be classified, a car had to cross the finish line on the racetrack when the chequered flag was shown, except in a case of force majeure at the Stewards' discretion, and must have covered at least 70% (the official number of laps would be rounded down to the nearest whole number) of the distance covered by the car classified in first place in the overall classification.

Teams Championships Points are awarded according to the following structure: Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   Pole  Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 0.5 1

LMP2 Teams Championship

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 Team Car SIL MNZ RBR LEC SPA POR TotalSources:Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest lap

LMP3 Teams Championship

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 Norma M30 9 Ret 2 4 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 Norma M30 11 NC 13 10 Team Car SIL MNZ RBR LEC SPA POR TotalSources:Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest lap

LMGTE Teams Championship

Team Car SIL MNZ RBR LEC SPA POR Total 1 No. 66 JMW Motorsport Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 5 1 104 Ferrari 488 GTE 2 3 2 2 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 Team Car SIL MNZ RBR LEC SPA POR TotalSources:Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest lap

Drivers Championships Points are awarded according to the following structure: Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Pole Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 0.5 1

LMP2 Drivers Championship