The 2026 European Le Mans Series is the twenty-third 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 12 April and is scheduled to finish at Algarve International Circuit on 10 October.
The series is open to Le Mans Prototypes, divided into the LMP2 and LMP3 classes, and grand tourer-style racing cars in the LMGT3 class.
Calendar The provisional calendar for the 2026 season was announced on 28 August 2025. The calendar features the same six circuits in the same order as the previous season.
In addition to the Le Mans Cup and Ligier European Series, the Eurocup-3 single-seater championship is scheduled to join the support race lineup for the rounds at Circuit Paul Ricard, Imola Circuit and Silverstone Circuit.
+RndRaceCircuitLocationDate Prologue Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Montmeló, Spain 6/7 April 1 4 Hours of Barcelona 12 April 2 4 Hours of Le Castellet Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France 3 May 3 4 Hours of Imola Imola Circuit Imola, Italy 5 July 4 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Stavelot, Belgium 23 August 5 Goodyear 4 Hours of Silverstone Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, United Kingdom 13 September 6 4 Hours of Portimão Algarve International Circuit Portimão, Portugal 10 OctoberSources:
Entries LMP2 All cars in the LMP2 class use the Gibson GK428 V8 engine and Goodyear tyres. Entries in the LMP2 Pro-Am class, set aside for teams with a Bronze-rated driver in their line-up, are denoted with icons. Entrant/Team Chassis MISC Drivers Rounds DKR Engineering Oreca 07 3 PA Jean Glorieux All Marlon Hernandez All Sebastián Álvarez 1–2 Macéo Capietto 3, 5 Julien Andlauer 4 Tristan Vautier 6 Vector Sport Oreca 07 7 PA Cem Bölükbaşı All Lorenzo Fluxá All Jens Reno Møller All 10 P2 Ryan Cullen All Pietro Fittipaldi All Vladislav Lomko All Proton Competition Oreca 07 9 P2 Sebastian Priaulx All Jonas Ried All Mike Rockenfeller All 88 PA René Binder All Horst Felbermayr Jr. All Horst Felix Felbermayr All TDS Racing Oreca 07 14 PA Scott Huffaker All Sami Meguetounif All Steven Thomas All Forestier Racing by Panis 29 P2 Oliver Gray All Esteban Masson All Louis Rousset All IDEC Sport Oreca 07 18 P2 Jamie Chadwick All Laurents Hörr All Valerio Rinicella All 28 P2 Paul-Loup Chatin All Paul Lafargue All Job van Uitert All Rossa Racing by Virage Oreca 07 19 PA Manuel Espírito Santo All John Falb All Rik Koen All Algarve Pro Racing Oreca 07 20 PA Malthe Jakobsen All Michael Jensen All Enzo Trulli All 25 P2 Jake Hughes All Matthias Kaiser All Tristan Vautier 1–4 Ben Barnicoat 5 Alex Lynn 6 United Autosports Oreca 07 21 PA Oliver Jarvis All Marino Sato All Daniel Schneider All 22 P2 Ben Hanley All Griffin Peebles All Grégoire Saucy All Nielsen Racing Oreca 07 24 P2 Roy Nissany All Edward Pearson All Jack Doohan 1–4 Jack Aitken 5 Pipo Derani 6 27 PA James Allen All Kriton Lendoudis All Alex Quinn All Duqueine Team Oreca 07 30 PA Doriane Pin All Giorgio Roda All Richard Verschoor All Inter Europol Competition Oreca 07 34 P2 Reshad de Gerus All Bijoy Garg All 43 P2 Tom Dillmann All Jakub Śmiechowski All Nick Yelloly 1, 3–6 Luca Ghiotto 2 CLX Motorsport Oreca 07 37 P2 Ian Aguilera All Adrien Closmenil All Theodor Jensen All 47 PA Georgios Kolovos All Charles Milesi All Felipe Fraga 1 Ferdinand Habsburg 2–6 AF Corse Oreca 07 83 PA Antonio Fuoco All François Perrodo All Matthieu Vaxivière All AO by TF Oreca 07 99 PA Dane Cameron All P. J. Hyett All Louis Delétraz 1, 3–6 Jonny Edgar 2 Icon MISC P2 LMP2 PA LMP2 Pro-Am Alex Quinn had signed a contract extension with Algarve Pro Racing for 2026, but later switched to Nielsen Racing. Jacob Abel was scheduled to compete for Vector Sport, but was replaced prior to the start of the season. Tom Blomqvist was scheduled to compete for Inter Europol Competition, but was replaced prior to the start of the season.
LMP3 All cars in the LMP3 class use the Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L twin-turbo V6 engine and Michelin tyres. Entrant/Team Chassis No. Drivers Rounds DKR Engineering Ligier JS P325 4 Romain Favre All Antti Rammo All Wyatt Brichacek 1–5 Gillian Henrion 6 Rinaldi Racing Ligier JS P325 5 José Cautela All Mikkel Gaarde Pedersen All Alvise Rodella All Team Virage Ligier JS P325 8 Daniel Nogales All Matteo Quintarelli All Louis Stern All EuroInternational Ligier JS P325 11 Matthew Richard Bell All Douwe Dedecker All Max van der Snel All Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P325 13 Alexander Bukhantsov All Chun-Ting Chou All Henry Cubides Olarte All CLX Motorsport Ligier JS P325 17 Paul Lanchère All Alexander Jacoby All Bruno Ribeiro 1–2 Louis Iglesias 3–6 Racing Spirit of Léman Ligier JS P325 31 Ralph Meichtry All Lenny Ried All Grégory de Sybourg 1–4 Oskar Kristensen 6 Ultimate Ligier JS P325 35 Lucas Fecury All Sebastian Gravlund All Terrence Woodward All M Racing Ligier JS P325 68 Nick Adcock All Thomas Imbourg 1–4 Quentin Antonel 1–2 Alfie Briggs 4–6 Stéphane Tribaudini 5–6 R-ace GP Duqueine D09 85 Fabien Michal All Pierre-Alexandre Provost All Hugo Schwarze All Isaac Tutumlu and Cindy Gudet were scheduled to compete for Rinaldi Racing and M Racing respectively, but were replaced prior to the start of the season. Matthieu Lahaye was scheduled to compete for the Ultimate team he co-owns, but stepped down prior to the start of the season.
LMGT3 All cars in the LMGT3 class use Goodyear tyres. Entrant/Team Chassis Engine No. Drivers Rounds United Autosports McLaren 720S GT3 Evo McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 23 Michael Birch All Wayne Boyd All Garnet Patterson All TF Sport Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8 33 Charlie Eastwood All Blake McDonald All Alec Udell All Richard Mille AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 50 Riccardo Agostini All Custodio Toledo All Francesco Castellacci 1 Lilou Wadoux 2–6 AF Corse 51 Conrad Laursen All Davide Rigon All Charles-Henri Samani All Spirit of Race 55 Duncan Cameron All Matt Griffin All David Perel All High Class Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 54 Anders Fjordbach 1–4 Dennis Andersen 1 Laurin Heinrich 1 Max Moritz 2–6 Thomas Preining 2 Klaus Bachler 3–6 Benjamin Paque 5–6 Kessel Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 57 Mathys Jaubert All Takeshi Kimura All Daniel Serra All 74 Andrew Gilbert All Romain Leroux All Fran Rueda All Racing Spirit of Léman Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 59 Marius Fossard All Valentin Hasse-Clot 1–3, 5–6 Clément Mateu 1–3, 6 Anthony McIntosh 4 Parker Thompson 4 François Hériau 5 Team Qatar by Iron Lynx Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 62 Abdulla Al-Khelaifi All Julian Hanses All Adam Christodoulou 1 Maxime Martin 2–4 Ralf Aron 5–6 Iron Lynx 63 Rui Andrade All Ameerh Naran All Sérgio Sette Câmara All Proton Competition Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 75 Matt Kurzejewski All Richard Lietz All Tom Sargent All 77 Huub van Eijndhoven All "" 1–2 Harry King 1, 3, 5–6 Joel Sturm 2 Martin Berry 3–6 Alessio Picariello 4 GR Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 86 Lorcan Hanafin All Mex Jansen All Michael Wainwright All Matt Bell and Auðunn Guðmundsson were scheduled to compete for TF Sport and High Class Racing respectively, but were replaced prior to the start of the season.
Results and standings Race results Bold indicates overall winner. Circuit Pole LMP2 Winning Team LMP2 Pro-Am Winning Team LMP3 Winning Team LMGT3 Winning Team Results LMP2 Winning Drivers LMP2 Pro-Am Winning Drivers LMP3 Winning Drivers LMGT3 Winning Drivers 1 Catalunya No. 34 Inter Europol Competition No. 29 Forestier Racing by Panis No. 20 Algarve Pro Racing No. 5 Rinaldi Racing No. 75 Proton Competition Report Reshad de Gerus Bijoy Garg Oliver Gray Esteban Masson Louis Rousset Malthe Jakobsen Michael Jensen Enzo Trulli José Cautela Mikkel Gaarde Pedersen Alvise Rodella Matt Kurzejewski Richard Lietz Tom Sargent 2 Le Castellet No. 29 Forestier Racing by Panis No. 22 United Autosports No. 27 Nielsen Racing No. 13 Inter Europol Competition No. 57 Kessel Racing Report Oliver Gray Esteban Masson Louis Rousset Ben Hanley Griffin Peebles Grégoire Saucy James Allen Kriton Lendoudis Alex Quinn Alexander Bukhantsov Chun-Ting Chou Henry Cubides Olarte Mathys Jaubert Takeshi Kimura Daniel Serra 3 Imola No. 29 Forestier Racing by Panis No. 29 Forestier Racing by Panis No. 7 Vector Sport No. 17 CLX Motorsport No. 33 TF Sport Report Oliver Gray Esteban Masson Louis Rousset Oliver Gray Esteban Masson Louis Rousset Cem Bölükbaşı Lorenzo Fluxá Jens Reno Møller Louis Iglesias Alexander Jacoby Paul Lanchère Charlie Eastwood Blake McDonald Alec Udell 4 Spa-Francorchamps No. 18 IDEC Sport No. 43 Inter Europol Competition No. 83 AF Corse No. 17 CLX Motorsport No. 86 GR Racing Report Jamie Chadwick Laurents Hörr Valerio Rinicella Tom Dillmann Jakub Śmiechowski Nick Yelloly Antonio Fuoco François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Louis Iglesias Alexander Jacoby Paul Lanchère Lorcan Hanafin Mex Jansen Michael Wainwright 5 Silverstone No. 43 Inter Europol Competition No. 25 Algarve Pro Racing No. 14 TDS Racing No. 85 R-ace GP No. 62 Team Qatar by Iron Lynx Report Tom Dillmann Jakub Śmiechowski Nick Yelloly Jake Hughes Matthias Kaiser Ben Barnicoat Scott Huffaker Sami Meguetounif Steven Thomas Fabien Michal Pierre-Alexandre Provost Hugo Schwarze Abdulla Al-Khelaifi Julian Hanses Ralf Aron 6 Algarve Report
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 1
LMP2 Drivers' Championship Driver Team BAR LEC IMO SPA SIL POR Points 1 Ben Hanley United Autosports 3 1 2 4 3 85 Griffin Peebles United Autosports 3 1 2 4 3 Grégoire Saucy United Autosports 3 1 2 4 3 2 Oliver Gray Forestier Racing by Panis 1 Ret 1 2 9 72 Esteban Masson Forestier Racing by Panis 1 Ret 1 2 9 Louis Rousset Forestier Racing by Panis 1 Ret 1 2 9 3 Jake Hughes Algarve Pro Racing 9 9 3 5 1 54 Matthias Kaiser Algarve Pro Racing 9 9 3 5 1 4 Jamie Chadwick IDEC Sport 4 4 4 3 11 52 Laurents Hörr IDEC Sport 4 4 4 3 11 Valerio Rinicella IDEC Sport 4 4 4 3 11 5 Reshad de Gerus Inter Europol Competition 2 2 7 11 6 51 Bijoy Garg Inter Europol Competition 2 2 7 11 6 6 Tom Dillmann Inter Europol Competition 5 7 10 1 10 44 Jakub Śmiechowski Inter Europol Competition 5 7 10 1 10 7 Nick Yelloly Inter Europol Competition 5 10 1 10 38 8 Paul-Loup Chatin IDEC Sport 10 3 11 10 2 35 Paul Lafargue IDEC Sport 10 3 11 10 2 Job van Uitert IDEC Sport 10 3 11 10 2 9 Ryan Cullen Vector Sport 6 5 6 9 7 34 Pietro Fittipaldi Vector Sport 6 5 6 9 7 Vladislav Lomko Vector Sport 6 5 6 9 710 Roy Nissany Nielsen Racing 7 10 5 8 433 Edward Pearson Nielsen Racing 7 10 5 8 4 11 Ian Aguilera CLX Motorsport 8 6 9 7 5 30 Adrien Closmenil CLX Motorsport 8 6 9 7 5 Theodor Jensen CLX Motorsport 8 6 9 7 512 Tristan Vautier Algarve Pro Racing 9 9 3 52913 Ben Barnicoat Algarve Pro Racing 125 14 Jack Doohan Nielsen Racing 7 10 5 8 21 15 Sebastian Priaulx Proton Competition Ret 8 8 6 8 20 Jonas Ried Proton Competition Ret 8 8 6 8 Mike Rockenfeller Proton Competition Ret 8 8 6 816 Jack Aitken Nielsen Racing 412 17 Luca Ghiotto Inter Europol Competition 7 6 Driver Team BAR LEC IMO SPA SIL POR PointsSources: Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest lap
LMP2 Pro-Am Drivers' Championship