The 2020 European Le Mans Series was the seventeenth season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's (ACO) European Le Mans Series. The six-event season began at Circuit Paul Ricard on 19 July and finished at Algarve International Circuit on 1 November.

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.

This season marked as the debut for the new ACO Generation II LMP3 cars.

Calendar The revised calendar for the 2020 season was announced on 3 April 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was shortened and the 4 Hours of Silverstone was removed from the calendar as a date could not be found. Following an increase in COVID-19 cases in Spain, the Barcelona round was replaced by a second race at Paul Ricard.

Rnd Race Circuit Location Date 1 4 Hours of Le Castellet Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France 19 July 2 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Spa, Belgium 9 August 3 Le Castellet 240 Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France 29 August 4 4 Hours of Monza Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Monza, Italy 11 October 5 4 Hours of Portimão Algarve International Circuit Portimão, Portugal 1 November Cancelled due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic Race Circuit Location Original Date 4 Hours of Silverstone Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, Great Britain 5 September 4 Hours of Barcelona Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Montmeló, Spain 29 AugustSource:

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 USA Oreca 07 21 Ben Hanley 1–3 Memo Rojas 1–3 Ryan Cullen 1–2 Timothé Buret 3 27 Ben Hanley 4 Henrik Hedman 4 Charles Milesi 4 United AutosportsOreca 07 22 Filipe Albuquerque All Phil Hanson All 32 Alex Brundle All Will Owen All Job van Uitert All Algarve Pro RacingOreca 07 24 Henning Enqvist All Jon Lancaster All Loïc Duval 1–3, 5 Arjun Maini 4 255 Gabriel Aubry All John Falb All Simon Trummer 1–4 G-Drive RacingAurus 01 26 Mikkel Jensen All Roman Rusinov All Nyck de Vries 1, 4–5 3 IDEC SportOreca 07 28 Richard Bradley All Paul Lafargue All Paul-Loup Chatin 1–3, 5 Nicolas Minassian 4 Duqueine TeamOreca 07 30 Tristan Gommendy All Jonathan Hirschi All Konstantin Tereshchenko All Panis RacingOreca 07 31 Julien Canal All Nico Jamin All Will Stevens All Inter Europol CompetitionLigier JS P217 34 René Binder All Matevos Isaakyan 1–4 Jakub Śmiechowski All BHK MotorsportOreca 07 35 Sergio Campana All Francesco Dracone All Cool RacingOreca 07 37 Antonin Borga All Alexandre Coigny All Nicolas Lapierre All Jota Sport Oreca 07 38 Anthony Davidson 2 Jake Dennis 2 Roberto González 2 Graff Oreca 07 39 James Allen All Alexandre Cougnaud All Thomas Laurent All Richard Mille Racing Team Alpine A470 50 Tatiana Calderón 1–2, 4–5 André Negrão 1–2 Beitske Visser 2–5 Sophia Flörsch 3–5 Mathias Beche was scheduled to compete for Inter Europol Competition, but did not appear at any rounds. Katherine Legge was scheduled to compete for the Richard Mille Racing Team, but was forced to withdraw after injuring her leg and wrist in a pre-season testing crash. She was replaced by André Negrão at short notice and Beitske Visser from round two.

LMP3 All cars in the LMP3 class used the Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine and Michelin tyres.

Entrant/Team Chassis Drivers Rounds United Autosports Ligier JS P320 2 Wayne Boyd All Tom Gamble All Robert Wheldon All 3 Andrew Bentley All Duncan Tappy All Jim McGuire 1–2, 4–5 DKR Engineering Duqueine M30 – D08 4 Laurents Hörr All François Kirmann All Wolfgang Triller 1, 3–5 Jean Glorieux2 Graff Duqueine M30 – D08 5 Sébastien Page All Luis Sanjuan 1–4 Eric Trouillet All Ligier JS P320 9 Vincent Capillaire All Arnold Robin All Maxime Robin All Nielsen Racing Duqueine M30 – D08 7 Colin Noble All Anthony Wells All 10 Charles Crews All Garett Grist All Rob Hodes All Realteam Racing Ligier JS P320 8 Esteban García 1–4 David Droux All Julien Gerbi5 Eurointernational Ligier JS P320 11 Niko Kari All Thomas Erdos 1–2 Andreas Laskaratos 2 Jacopo Baratto 3–5 Nicolas Maulini 3–5 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P320 13 Martin Hippe All Nigel Moore 1–3 Dino Lunardi 4–5 RLR MSportLigier JS P320 15 James Dayson All Malthe Jakobsen All Ryan Harper-Ellam 1 Robert Megennis 2–3 Gustas Grinbergas 4 Lorenzo Veglia 5 BHK Motorsport Ligier JS P320 16 Lorenzo Veglia 1–4 Andrea Fontana 1–2 Jacopo Baratto 1–2 Gustas Grinbergas 3 Nick Adock 3 Tom Cloet 4–5 Philippe Paillot 4 Julius Adomavičius 5 Alex Fontana 5

LMGTE All cars in the LMGTE class used Goodyear tyres.

Entrant/Team Chassis Engine Drivers Rounds AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 4.0 L Turbo V8 51 Steffen Görig 1–3, 5 Christoph Ulrich 1–3, 5 Alexander West 1–2, 5 Daniel Serra 3 54 Francesco Castellacci 2 Thomas Flohr 2 88 Emmanuel Collard 2, 5 François Perrodo 2, 5 Harrison Newey 2 Alessio Rovera 5 Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 4.0 L Turbo V8 55 Duncan Cameron All Matt Griffin All Aaron Scott All Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 4.0 L Turbo V8 60 Sergio Pianezzola 1–2, 4–5 Claudio Schiavoni 1–4 Andrea Piccini 1–2, 4–5 Nicklas Nielsen 3 Rino Mastronardi 3, 5 83 Rahel Frey All Michelle Gatting All Manuela Gostner All Red River Sport Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 4.0 L Turbo V8 62 Bonamy Grimes 2 Charles Hollings 2 Johnny Mowlem 2 JMW Motorsport Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 4.0 L Turbo V8 66 Finlay Hutchison All Hunter Abbott 1 Jody Fannin 1 Gunnar Jeannette 2–5 Rodrigo Sales 2–5 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 4.0 L Turbo V8 74 Michał Broniszewski All David Perel All Nicola Cadei 1, 4–5 Marcos Gomes 2–3 Proton Competition Porsche 911 RSR Porsche M97/80 4.0 L Flat-6 77 Michele Beretta All Alessio Picariello All Christian Ried All 93 Michael Fassbender All Felipe Fernández LaserAll Richard LietzAll Gulf Racing UK Porsche 911 RSR Porsche M97/80 4.0 L Flat-6 86 Ben Barker 5 Michael Wainwright 5 Andrew Watson 5 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 98 Paul Dalla Lana 1–2 Mathias Lauda 1–2 Ross Gunn 1 Augusto Farfus 2

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. 32 United Autosports No. 2 United Autosports No. 77 Proton Competition Report Alex Brundle Will Owen Job van Uitert Wayne Boyd Tom Gamble Robert Wheldon Michele Beretta Alessio Picariello Christian Ried 2 Spa-Francorchamps No. 22 United Autosports No. 2 United Autosports No. 74 Kessel RacingReport Filipe Albuquerque Phil Hanson Wayne Boyd Tom Gamble Robert Wheldon Michał Broniszewski Marcos Gomes David Perel 3 Le Castellet No. 22 United Autosports No. 8 Realteam Racing No. 55 Spirit of RaceReport Filipe Albuquerque Phil Hanson Esteban García David Droux Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin Aaron Scott 4 Monza No. 22 United Autosports No. 13 Inter Europol Competition No. 74 Kessel RacingReport Filipe Albuquerque Phil Hanson Martin Hippe Dino Lunardi Michał Broniszewski Nicola Cadei David Perel 5 Portimão No. 26 G-Drive Racing No. 2 United Autosports No. 77 Proton CompetitionReport Mikkel Jensen Roman Rusinov Nyck de Vries Wayne Boyd Tom Gamble Robert Wheldon Michele Beretta Alessio Picariello Christian RiedSource:

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 RIC SPA LEC MNZ POR Points 1 #22 United Autosports Oreca 07 3 1 1 1 3 109 2 #32 United Autosports Oreca 07 1 5 8 2 4 70 3 #26 G-Drive Racing Aurus 01 2 Ret 2 Ret 1 61 4 #31 Panis Racing Oreca 07 Ret 3 4 5 5 47 5 #39 Graff Oreca 07 9 2 3 9 7 43 6 #30 Duqueine Team Oreca 07 Ret 4 9 7 2 38 7 #37 Cool Racing Oreca 07 4 10 12 4 9 28.5 8 #20 High Class Racing Oreca 07 Ret 13 13 3 6 24 9 #28 IDEC Sport Oreca 07 Ret 7 7 6 10 21 10 #50 Richard Mille Racing Team Alpine A470 5 6 11 10 11 20 11 #25 Algarve Pro Racing Oreca 07 10 9 5 11 8 19.5 12 #34 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P217 7 11 6 12 Ret 15.5 13 #24 Algarve Pro Racing Oreca 07 6 12 Ret 8 12 13 14 #21 DragonSpeed Oreca 07 8 14 10 5.5 15 #35 BHK Motorsport Oreca 07 Ret Ret 14 13 13 1.5 #27 DragonSpeed Oreca 07 DSQ 0 Entries ineligible to score points – #38 Jota Sport Oreca 07 8 - Team Car RIC SPA LEC MNZ POR PointsSources:Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap

LMP3 Teams Championship Team Car RIC SPA LEC MNZ POR Points 1 #2 United Autosports Ligier JS P320 1 1 Ret 3 1 94 2 #13 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P320 2 Ret 3 1 3 73 3 #8 Realteam Racing Ligier JS P320 4 Ret 1 4 2 68 4 #11 Eurointernational Ligier JS P320 6 3 7 2 6 55 5 #3 United Autosports Ligier JS P320 7 5 2 11 4 46.5 6 #9 Graff Ligier JS P320 5 4 8 5 7 42 7 #15 RLR MSport Ligier JS P320 3 7 4 9 Ret 35 8 #10 Nielsen Racing Duqueine M30 – D08 8 Ret 5 6 5 32 9 #4 DKR Engineering Duqueine M30 – D08 10 6 6 7 10 24 10 #7 Nielsen Racing Duqueine M30 – D08 Ret 2 Ret 8 11 22.5 11 #16 BHK Motorsport Ligier JS P320 9 9 10 10 8 10 12 #5 Graff Duqueine M30 – D08 11 8 9 12 9 9 Team Car RIC SPA LEC MNZ POR PointsSources:Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap

LMGTE Teams Championship Team Car RIC SPA LEC MNZ POR Points 1 #77 Proton Competition Porsche 911 RSR 1 6 2 2 1 99 2 #74 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 2 1 4 1 2 99 3 #55 Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ret 5 1 4 5 62 4 #83 Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 3 8 3 3 6 61 5 #93 Proton Competition Porsche 911 RSR 7 4 DNS 5 4 47 6 #66 JMW Motorsport Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 4 9 7 6 7 38 7 #60 Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 6 Ret 5 Ret 3 35 8 #51 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 5 7 6 Ret 28 Entries ineligible to score points – #88 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 2 8 – – #98 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR Ret 3 – – #54 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ret – – #86 Gulf Racing UK Porsche 911 RSR Ret – – #62 Red River Sport Ferrari 488 GTE Evo DNS – Team Car RIC SPA LEC MNZ POR PointsSources:Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap

Notes The two teams from cars #77 and #74 were tied on 99 points at the end of the championship and they both had two wins, two second places, one fourth and two pole positions from the five races. The crew of the #77 Proton Competition Porsche – Christian Ried, Michele Beretta and Alessio Picariello - were declared champions due to the fact they had won the first race of the season at Paul Ricard.

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