The 2021 European Le Mans Series was the eighteenth season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's (ACO) European Le Mans Series. The six-event season began at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on 18 April and finished at Algarve International Circuit on 24 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 calendar for the 2021 season was announced on 8 October 2020. The Red Bull Ring returned to the series after a two-year absence, while Silverstone was not featured on the calendar.
+RndRaceCircuitLocationDate 1 4 Hours of Barcelona Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Montmeló, Spain 18 April 2 4 Hours of the Red Bull Ring Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Austria 16 May 3 4 Hours of Le Castellet Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France 6 June 4 4 Hours of Monza Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Monza, Italy 11 July 5 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Spa, Belgium 19 September 6 4 Hours of Portimão Algarve International Circuit Portimão, Portugal 24 OctoberSource:
Entries
LMP2 All cars in the LMP2 class used the Gibson GK428 V8 engine and Goodyear tyres. Entries in the LMP2 Pro-Am Cup, set aside for teams with a Bronze-rated driver in their line-up, are denoted with Icons. Entrant/Team Chassis MISC Drivers Rounds IDEC Sport Oreca 07 17 PA Dwight Merriman 1–4 Kyle Tilley 1–4 Ryan Dalziel 1–2, 4 Gabriel Aubry 3 28 P2 Paul-Loup Chatin All Paul Lafargue All Patrick Pilet 1–2, 4–6 Jean-Éric Vergne 3 DragonSpeed USA Oreca 07 21 PA Ben Hanley 1–4 Henrik Hedman 1–4 Ricky Taylor 1 Gustavo Menezes 2–3 Juan Pablo Montoya 4 United Autosports Oreca 07 22 P2 Jonathan Aberdein All Tom Gamble All Phil Hanson All 32 P2 Nico Jamin All Manuel Maldonado All Job van Uitert All Algarve Pro Racing Oreca 07 24 P2 Richard Bradley All Ferdinand Habsburg All Diego Menchaca 1–5 Sophia Flörsch 6 G-Drive Racing Aurus 01 25 PA Rui Andrade All John Falb All Pietro Fittipaldi 1 Roberto Merhi 2–4 Gustavo Menezes 5–6 26 P2 Franco Colapinto All Roman Rusinov All Nyck de Vries 1–3, 5–6 Mikkel Jensen4 UltimateOreca 0729PA Jean-Baptiste Lahaye All Matthieu Lahaye All François Hériau 1–4 Gianluca Giraudi 6 Duqueine Team Oreca 07 30 P2 René Binder All Tristan Gommendy All Memo Rojas All Racing Team TurkeyOreca 07 34 PA Charlie Eastwood All Salih Yoluç All Harry Tincknell 1, 3, 5–6 Logan Sargeant 2, 4 BHK Motorsport Oreca 07 35 P2 Sergio Campana All Francesco Dracone All Markus Pommer All Cool Racing Oreca 07 37PA Alexandre Coigny All Nicolas Lapierre All Antonin Borga 1–4 Charles Milesi 5–6 Graff Racing Oreca 07 39 PA Vincent Capillaire 1–4, 6 Arnold Robin 1–4, 6 Maxime Robin 1–4, 6 Team WRT Oreca 07 41 P2 Louis Delétraz All Robert Kubica All Yifei Ye All Panis Racing Oreca 07 65 P2 Julien Canal All Will Stevens All Gabriel Aubry 1 James Allen 2–6 Realteam Racing Oreca 07 70 PA Loïc Duval 4 Esteban García 4 Jota Sport Oreca 07 82 P2 Sean Gelael 4 Jazeman Jaafar 4 Racing Team Nederland Oreca 07 92 PA Frits van Eerd 4 Giedo van der Garde 4 Icon MISC P2 LMP2 PA LMP2 Pro-Am Cup
Innovative car Entrant/Team Car Drivers Rounds La Filière Frédéric Sausset by SRT41 Oreca 07 84 Takuma Aoki 1, 3 Nigel Bailly 1, 3 Pierre Sancinéna 1, 3
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 Edouard Cauhaupe All Rob Wheldon All 3 Andrew Bentley All Duncan Tappy All Jim McGuire All DKR Engineering Duqueine M30 - D08 4 Laurents Hörr All Alain Berg 1 Leonard Weiss 2 Jean-Phillipe Dayrault 2–3 Mathieu de Barbuat 4–6 MV2S Racing Ligier JS P320 5 Adrien Chila All Christophe Cresp All Fabien Lavergne All Nielsen Racing Ligier JS P320 6 Nicholas Adcock All Max Koebolt All Austin McCusker All 7 Colin Noble All Anthony Wells All Graff Racing Ligier JS P320 8 David Droux All Sébastien Page All Eric Trouillet All 9 Matthias Kaiser All Rory Penttinen All Eurointernational Ligier JS P320 11 Andrea Dromedari 1–5 Mateusz Kaprzyk 1 Joey Alders 2–5 Cem Bölükbaşı 2 Jacopo Baratto 3–5 Mattia Drudi 6 Antoine Doquin6 Finn Gehrsitz6 Racing Experience Duqueine M30 - D08 12 Tom Cloet All Gary Hauser All David Hauser 1–5 Guilherme Oliveira 6 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P320 13 Martin Hippe All Ugo de Wilde All Julien Falchero 1 Ulysse de Pauw 2–3 Mattia Pasini 4 Aidan Read 5 Adam Eteki 614 Julius Adomavičius 1, 3 Mattia Pasini 1–3, 5 Alessandro Bracalente 1 Mateusz Kaprzyk 2–6 Gustas Grinbergas 2 Erwin Creed4 Marius Zug 4 Nico Pino 5–6 Patryk Krupiński 6 RLR MSport Ligier JS P320 15 Mike Benham All Malthe Jakobsen All Alex Kapadia All 1 AIM Villorba Corse Ligier JS P320 18 Alessandro Bressan All Damiano Fioravanti All Andreas Laskaratos All Cool Racing Ligier JS P320 19 Matthew Bell All Niklas Krütten All Nicolas Maulini All Team VirageLigier JS P32020 Rob Hodes All Charles Crews 1–5 Garett Grist 1–5 Alex Fontana 6 Julien Gerbi 6 Saintéloc Junior TeamLigier JS P320 42 Fabien Michal 6 Lucas Légeret 6
LMGTE All cars in the LMGTE class use Goodyear tyres. Entrant/TeamChassisEngineNo.DriversRounds Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 4.0 L Turbo V8 55 Duncan Cameron All David Perel All Matt Griffin 1–3, 5–6 Alessandro Pier Guidi 4 Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 4.0 L Turbo V8 60 Paolo Ruberti All Claudio Schiavoni All Giorgio Sernagiotto All 80 Matteo Cressoni All Rino Mastronardi All Miguel Molina All 83 Rahel Frey All Michelle Gatting All Manuela Gostner 1–4 Sarah Bovy 5–6 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 4.0 L Turbo V8 61 Franck Dezoteux 6 Pierre Ragues 6 Côme Ledogar 6 88 Emmanuel Collard 2–6 François Perrodo 2–6 Alessio Rovera 2–6 JMW Motorsport Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 4.0 L Turbo V8 66 Jody Fannin All Rodrigo Sales All Andrea Fontana 1–5 Shaun Thong 6 WeatherTech Racing Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 77 Christian Ried All Gianmaria Bruni 1, 3–4, 6 Jaxon Evans 1 Cooper MacNeil 2–6 Matt Campbell 2, 5 Proton Competition 93 Michael Fassbender All Richard Lietz All Felipe Fernández Laser 1–2, 4–6 Jaxon Evans 3 TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage AMR Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 95 Ollie Hancock All John Hartshorne All Ross Gunn 1, 3–6 Jonathan Adam 2
Results and standings
Race results Bold indicates overall winner. Circuit Pole LMP2 Winning Team LMP2 Pro-Am Winning Team LMP3 Winning Team LMGTE Winning Team Results LMP2 Winning Drivers LMP2 Pro-Am Winning Drivers LMP3 Winning Drivers LMGTE Winning Drivers 1 Catalunya No. 26 G-Drive Racing No. 41 Team WRT No. 29 Ultimate No. 19 Cool Racing No. 80 Iron Lynx Report Franco Colapinto Roman Rusinov Nyck de Vries Louis Delétraz Robert Kubica Yifei Ye François Hériau Jean-Baptiste Lahaye Matthieu Lahaye Matthew Bell Niklas Krütten Nicolas Maulini Matteo Cressoni Rino Mastronardi Miguel Molina 2 Red Bull Ring No. 34 Racing Team Turkey No. 41 Team WRT No. 25 G-Drive Racing No. 19 Cool Racing No. 88 AF Corse Report Charlie Eastwood Logan Sargeant Salih Yoluç Louis Delétraz Robert Kubica Yifei Ye Rui Andrade John Falb Roberto Merhi Matthew Bell Niklas Krütten Nicolas Maulini Emmanuel Collard François Perrodo Alessio Rovera 3 Le Castellet No. 26 G-Drive Racing No. 26 G-Drive Racing No. 34 Racing Team Turkey No. 4 DKR Engineering No. 80 Iron Lynx Report Franco Colapinto Roman Rusinov Nyck de Vries Franco Colapinto Roman Rusinov Nyck de Vries Charlie Eastwood Harry Tincknell Salih Yoluç Mathieu de Barbuat Laurents Hörr Matteo Cressoni Rino Mastronardi Miguel Molina 4 Monza No. 26 G-Drive Racing No. 65 Panis Racing No. 25 G-Drive Racing No. 4 DKR Engineering No. 55 Spirit of Race Report Franco Colapinto Roman Rusinov Mikkel Jensen James Allen Julien Canal Will Stevens Rui Andrade John Falb Roberto Merhi Mathieu de Barbuat Laurents Hörr Duncan Cameron Alessandro Pier Guidi David Perel 5 Spa-Francorchamps No. 37 Cool Racing No. 41 Team WRT No. 37 Cool Racing No. 4 DKR Engineering No. 88 AF Corse Report Alexandre Coigny Nicolas Lapierre Charles Milesi Louis Delétraz Robert Kubica Yifei Ye Alexandre Coigny Nicolas Lapierre Charles Milesi Mathieu de Barbuat Laurents Hörr Emmanuel Collard François Perrodo Alessio Rovera 6 Portimão No. 37 Cool Racing No. 22 United Autosports No. 37 Cool Racing No. 13 Inter Europol Competition No. 80 Iron Lynx Report Alexandre Coigny Nicolas Lapierre Charles Milesi Jonathan Aberdein Tom Gamble Phil Hanson Alexandre Coigny Nicolas Lapierre Charles Milesi Adam Eteki Martin Hippe Ugo de Wilde Matteo Cressoni Rino Mastronardi Miguel MolinaSource:
Drivers' Championships Points are awarded according to the following structure:
Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10thPolePoints2518151210864210.51
LMP2 Drivers Championship DriverTeamCATRBRLECMNZSPAPORPoints1 Louis Delétraz Team WRT1154121181 Robert Kubica Team WRT1154121181 Yifei Ye Team WRT1154121182 Jonathan Aberdein United Autosports372281862 Tom Gamble United Autosports372281862 Phil Hanson United Autosports372281863 Julien Canal Panis Racing214813474.53 Will Stevens Panis Racing214813474.54 Franco Colapinto G-Drive Racing4218NC5744 Roman Rusinov G-Drive Racing4218NC5745 Nyck de Vries G-Drive Racing421NC5696 James Allen Panis Racing14813456.57 René Binder Duqueine Team69452NC527 Tristan Gommendy Duqueine Team69452NC527 Memo Rojas Duqueine Team69452NC528 Rui Andrade G-Drive Racing7310678428 John Falb G-Drive Racing7310678429 Paul-Loup Chatin IDEC Sport869966329 Paul Lafargue IDEC Sport8699663210 Patrick Pilet IDEC Sport869663011 Charlie Eastwood Racing Team Turkey15467NCWD29.511 Salih Yoluç Racing Team Turkey15467NCWD29.512 Nico Jamin United Autosports9163WD51028.512 Manuel Maldonado United Autosports9163WD51028.512 Job van Uitert United Autosports9163WD51028.513 Richard Bradley Algarve Pro Racing118710NC327.513 Ferdinand Habsburg Algarve Pro Racing118710NC327.514 Roberto Merhi G-Drive Racing31062615 Alexandre Coigny Cool Racing10101212462515 Nicolas Lapierre Cool Racing10101212462516 Jean-Baptiste Lahaye Ultimate55131110112316 Matthieu Lahaye Ultimate55131110112317 Charles Milesi Cool Racing462218 François Hériau Ultimate55131121.519 Logan Sargeant Racing Team Turkey472120 Gabriel Aubry Panis Racing218.5 IDEC Sport1521 Sophia Flörsch Algarve Pro Racing31522 Diego Menchaca Algarve Pro Racing118710NC12.523 Gustavo Menezes DragonSpeed USA1210.5 G-Drive Racing7824 Harry Tincknell Racing Team Turkey156NCWD8.525 Mikkel Jensen G-Drive Racing8726 Pietro Fittipaldi G-Drive Racing7627 Sergio Campana BHK Motorsport1315111899627 Francesco Dracone BHK Motorsport1315111899627 Markus Pommer BHK Motorsport1315111899628 Antonin Borga Cool Racing10101212329 Vincent Capillaire Graff Racing14131416122.529 Arnold Robin Graff Racing14131416122.529 Maxime Robin Graff Racing14131416122.530 Jean-Éric Vergne IDEC Sport9231 Dwight Merriman IDEC Sport12111515231 Kyle Tilley IDEC Sport12111515232 Ryan Dalziel IDEC Sport1211151.533 Ben Hanley DragonSpeed USANC12NC17133 Henrik Hedman DragonSpeed USANC12NC17134 Gianluca Giraudi Ultimate110.535 Juan Pablo Montoya DragonSpeed USA170.5NC Ricky Taylor DragonSpeed USANC0 Entries ineligible to score points— Sean Gelael Jota Sport3—— Jazeman Jaafar Jota Sport3—— Frits van Eerd Racing Team Nederland13—— Giedo van der Garde Racing Team Nederland13—— Loïc Duval Realteam Racing14—— Esteban García Realteam Racing14—DriverTeamCATRBRLECMNZSPAPORPointsSources:Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
LMP2 Pro-Am Drivers Championship