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.

The series was open to Le Mans Prototypes, divided into the LMP2 and LMP3 classes, and grand tourer-style racing cars in the LMGTE class.

Calendar The provisional calendar for the 2019 season was announced on 21 September 2018. 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.

The round at Silverstone is once again held in conjunction with the FIA World Endurance Championship.

Rnd Race Circuit Location Date 1 4 Hours of Le Castellet Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France 14 April 2 4 Hours of Monza Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Monza, Italy 12 May 3 4 Hours of Barcelona Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Montmeló, Spain 20 July 4 4 Hours of Silverstone Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, United Kingdom 31 August 5 4 Hours of Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Spa, Belgium 22 September 6 4 Hours of Portimão Algarve International Circuit Portimão, Portugal 27 OctoberSource:

Entries

LMP2 In accordance with the 2017 LMP2 regulations, all cars in the LMP2 class used the Gibson GK428 V8 engine.

Entrant/Team Chassis Tyre Drivers Rounds High Class Racing Oreca 07 20 Dennis Andersen All Anders Fjordbach All DragonSpeed Oreca 07 21 James Allen All Henrik Hedman All Ben Hanley 1, 3–6 Renger van der Zande 2 United Autosports Ligier JS P217Oreca 07 22 Phil Hanson All Paul di Resta 1 Filipe Albuquerque 2–6 32 Alex Brundle All Ryan Cullen All William Owen 2–6 Panis Barthez Competition Ligier JS P217Oreca 07 23 René Binder All Julien Canal All Will Stevens All 24 Timothé Buret All Konstantin Tereshchenko All Leonard Hoogenboom 1–3 Algarve Pro Racing Oreca 07 25 John Falb All Andrea Pizzitola All Mark Patterson 1 Olivier Pla 3–6 31 Henning Enqvist All James French All Tacksung Kim All G-Drive Racing Aurus 01 26 Roman Rusinov All Job van Uitert All Norman Nato 1–2 Jean-Éric Vergne 3–6 IDEC Sport Ligier JS P217 27 Stéphane Adler All Erik Maris 1–2, 5 Patrice Lafargue 1–2, 4, 6 Nicolas Minassian 3 William Cavailhes 3–6 Oreca 07 28 Paul-Loup Chatin All Paul Lafargue All Memo Rojas All Duqueine Engineering Oreca 07 30 Richard Bradley All Nico Jamin All Pierre Ragues All Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P217 34 Dani Clos 1–3 Léo Roussel 1–2 Jakub Śmiechowski All Adrien Tambay 3–4 Lukas Dunner 4 Sam Dejonghe 5–6 Mathias Beche 5–6 BHK Motorsport Oreca 07 35 Sergio Campana All Francesco Dracone All Garry Findlay 3–4 Cool Racing Oreca 07 37 Antonin Borga All Alexandre Coigny 1–4, 6 Nicolas Lapierre All Graff Oreca 07 39 Alexandre Cougnaud All Tristan Gommendy All Jonathan Hirschi All RLR MSport Oreca 07 43 John Farano All Arjun Maini All Bruno Senna 1–3, 5–6 Matthieu Vaxiviere 4 Thunderhead Carlin Racing Dallara P217 45 Ben Barnicoat 1–4, 6 Jack Manchester 1–3, 6 Olivier Pla 1 Harry Tincknell 2–4, 6 Harrison Newey 4 Cetilar Racing Villorba Corse Dallara P217 47 Andrea Belicchi 2 Roberto Lacorte 2 Giorgio Sernagiotto 2

LMP3 All cars in the LMP3 class used the Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 engine and Michelin tyres.

Entrant/Team Chassis Drivers Rounds United Autosports Ligier JS P3 2 Wayne Boyd All Tommy Erdos All Garett Grist All 3 Christian England All Michael Guasch 1–4 Andrew Bentley 5–6 360 Racing Ligier JS P3 5 John Corbett 1–5 Andreas Laskaratos 1–5 James Winslow 1–5 6 James Dayson All Ross Kaiser All Terrence Woodward All Nielsen Racing Norma M30 7 Colin Noble All Anthony Wells All Ligier JS P3 8 James Littlejohn All Nobuya Yamanaka 1–2, 4 Nicholas Adcock 3, 5–6 Realteam Racing Norma M30 9 David Droux All Esteban García All Oregon Team Norma M30 10 Lorenzo Bontempelli All Damiano Fioravanti All Gustas Grinbergas All Eurointernational Ligier JS P3 11 Mikkel Jensen All Jens Petersen All Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P3 13 Martin Hippe All Nigel Moore All 14 Paul Scheuschner All Dino Lunardi 1 Sam Dejonghe 2–4 Constantin Schöll 5–6 RLR MSport Ligier JS P3 15 Christian Stubbe Olsen All Martin Rich All Martin Vedel Mortensen All Ultimate Norma M30 17 François Hériau All Jean-Baptiste Lahaye All Matthieu Lahaye All ACE1 Villorba Corse Ligier JS P3 18 Alessandro Bressan 3 Gabriele Lancieri 3 Yuki Harata 3 M Racing Norma M30 19 Lucas Légeret All Laurent Millara All Yann Ehrlacher 1, 3–4

LMGTE All cars in the LMGTE class used Dunlop Tyres.

Entrant/Team Chassis Engine Drivers Rounds Luzich Racing Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 4.0 L Turbo V8 51 Fabien Lavergne All Nicklas Nielsen All Alessandro Pier Guidi All Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 4.0 L Turbo V8 55 Duncan Cameron All Matt Griffin All Aaron Scott All Team Project 1 Porsche 911 RSR Porsche M97/80 4.0 L Flat-6 56 Jörg Bergmeister 1–3 Egidio Perfetti 1–3 Giorgio Roda 1–2 David Heinemeier Hansson 3 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 4.0 L Turbo V8 60 Sergio Pianezzola All Andrea Piccini 1–3, 5–6 Claudio Schiavoni 1–3 Nicola Cadei 4 Giacomo Piccini 4 David Perel 5–6 83 Rahel Frey All Michelle Gatting All Manuela Gostner All JMW Motorsport Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 4.0 L Turbo V8 66 Matteo Cressoni All Wei Lu All Jeff Segal All Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche 911 RSR Porsche M97/80 4.0 L Flat-6 77 Matteo Cairoli All Riccardo Pera All Christian Ried All EbiMotors Porsche 911 RSR Porsche M97/80 4.0 L Flat-6 80 Fabio Babini 1–3, 6 Marco Frezza 1–3, 6 Sébastien Fortuna 1–2 Edward-Lewis Brauner 3 Gianluca Giraudi 6 Proton Competition Porsche 911 RSR Porsche M97/80 4.0 L Flat-6 88 Thomas Preining 1, 4, 6 Horst Felbermayr Jr. 1 Marco Seefried 1 Gianluca Giraudi 4 Ricardo Sanchez 4 Adrien De Leener 6 Steffen Görig 6

Results Bold indicates overall winner. 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 Hériau 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 Phil 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 GuidiSource:

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.

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 LEC MNZ BAR SIL SPA POR Points 1 #28 IDEC Sport Oreca 07 2 2 5 1 6 1 105 2 #26 G-Drive Racing Aurus 01 4 1 1 2 4 6 101 3 #39 Graff Oreca 07 5 5 2 3 3 3 83 4 #22 United Autosports Ligier JS P217 6 4 7 71 Oreca 07 Ret 1 2 5 #21 DragonSpeed Oreca 07 110104 7 9 48 6 #30 Duqueine Engineering Oreca 07 3 6 4 Ret 5 Ret 45 7 #37 Cool Racing Oreca 07 7 8 3 Ret 2 14 44.5 8 #32 United Autosports Ligier JS P217 12 3 8 8 37.5 Oreca 07 9 4 9 #25 Algarve Pro Racing Oreca 07 14 12 6 6 10 5 28 10 #24 Panis Barthez Competition Ligier JS P217 Ret 7 Ret 5 Ret 8 20 11 #23 Panis Barthez Competition Ligier JS P217 10 9 15 19.5 Oreca 07 7 8 7 12 #43 RLR MSport Oreca 07 8 Ret 13 Ret 14 15 5.5 13 #31 Algarve Pro Racing Oreca 07 13 14 12 9 13 11 4.5 14 #20 High Class Racing Oreca 07 9 17 Ret 11 15 12 4 15 #35 BHK Motorsport Oreca 07 16 15 11 10 11 10 4 16 #45 Thunderhead Carlin Racing Dallara P217 11 11 9 Ret Ret 3 17 #34 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P217 15 13 Ret 12 12 Ret 2 18 #27 IDEC Sport Ligier JS P217 Ret 16 14 13 Ret 13 2 #47 Cetilar Racing Villorba Corse Dallara P217 Ret 0Sources:Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap

LMP3 Teams Championship Team Car LEC MNZ BAR SIL SPA POR Points 1 #11 Eurointernational Ligier JS P3 2 1 Ret 1 1 6 102 2 #13 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P3 3 2 1 2 2 11 94.5 3 #17 Ultimate Norma M30 1 Ret 2 7 4 3 76 4 #2 United Autosports Ligier JS P3 6 3 3 3 Ret 2 71 5 #7 Nielsen Racing Norma M30 5 7 4 5 3 5 63 6 #6 360 Racing Ligier JS P3 10 6 12 4 10 1 47.5 7 #9 Realteam Racing Norma M30 7 4 8 11 8 8 31.5 8 #3 United Autosports Ligier JS P3 8 10 5 Ret 5 Ret 25 9 #8 Nielsen Racing Ligier JS P3 14 Ret 6 9 9 4 24.5 10 #19 M Racing Norma M30 9 5 11 8 Ret 9 21.5 11 #10 Oregon Team Norma M30 4 Ret 10 Ret 7 Ret 20 12 #14 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P3 13 9 Ret Ret 6 7 16.5 13 #5 360 Racing Ligier JS P3 11 8 13 6 12 13.5 14 #15 RLR MSport Ligier JS P3 12 Ret 7 10 11 10 9 15 #18 ACE1 Villorba Corse Ligier JS P3 9 2Sources:Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap

LMGTE Teams Championship Team Car LEC MNZ BAR SIL SPA POR Points 1 #51 Luzich Racing Ferrari 488 GTE 1 3 1 4 1 1 127 2 #77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche 911 RSR 3 1 6 7 2 Ret 76 3 #66 JMW Motorsport Ferrari 488 GTE 4 2 2 6 6 5 74 4 #83 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GTE 2 6 4 2 4 Ret 68 5 #55 Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GTE 5 7 3 5 3 4 68 6 #60 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GTE 9 Ret 8 3 5 2 50 7 #80 EbiMotors Porsche 911 RSR 6 5 7 3 39 8 #88 Proton Competition Porsche 911 RSR 7 WD 1 WD Ret 32 8 #56 Team Project 1 Porsche 911 RSR 8 4 5 26Sources: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