2020 European Le Mans Series

United Autosports No. 22 Oreca 07, Winner of the 2020 European Le Mans Series

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.

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 August

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	No.	Drivers	Rounds
High Class Racing	Oreca 07	M	20	Dennis Andersen	All
				Anders Fjordbach	All
DragonSpeed USA	Oreca 07	M	21	Ben Hanley	1–3
				Memo Rojas	1–3
				Ryan Cullen	1–2
				Timothé Buret	3
		M	27	Ben Hanley	4
				Henrik Hedman	4
				Charles Milesi	4
United Autosports	Oreca 07	M	22	Filipe Albuquerque	All
				Philip Hanson	All
		M	32	Alex Brundle	All
				Will Owen	All
				Job van Uitert	All
Algarve Pro Racing	Oreca 07	G	24	Henning Enqvist	All
				Jon Lancaster	All
				Loïc Duval	1–3, 5
				Arjun Maini	4
		G	25		5
				Gabriel Aubry	All
				John Falb	All
				Simon Trummer	1–4
G-Drive Racing	Aurus 01	M	26	Mikkel Jensen	All
				Roman Rusinov	All
				Nyck de Vries	1, 4–5
				Jean-Éric Vergne	3
IDEC Sport	Oreca 07	M	28	Richard Bradley	All
				Paul Lafargue	All
				Paul-Loup Chatin	1–3, 5
				Nicolas Minassian	4
Duqueine Team	Oreca 07	M	30	Tristan Gommendy	All
				Jonathan Hirschi	All
				Konstantin Tereshchenko	All
Panis Racing	Oreca 07	G	31	Julien Canal	All
				Nico Jamin	All
				Will Stevens	All
Inter Europol Competition	Ligier JS P217	M	34	René Binder	All
				Matevos Isaakyan	1–4
				Jakub Śmiechowski	All
BHK Motorsport	Oreca 07	G	35	Sergio Campana	All
				Francesco Dracone	All
Cool Racing	Oreca 07	M	37	Antonin Borga	All
				Alexandre Coigny	All
				Nicolas Lapierre	All
Jota Sport	Oreca 07	G	38	Anthony Davidson	2
				Jake Dennis	2
				Roberto González	2
Graff	Oreca 07	M	39	James Allen	All
				Alexandre Cougnaud	All
				Thomas Laurent	All
Richard Mille Racing Team	Alpine A470	M	50	Tatiana Calderón	1–2, 4–5
				André Negrão	1–2
				Beitske Visser	2–5
				Sophia Flörsch	3–5

LMP3

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

Entrant/Team	Chassis	No.	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 Glorieux	2
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 Garcia	1–4
			David Droux	All
			Julien Gerbi	5
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 MSport	Ligier 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	No.	Drivers	Rounds
AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 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 3.9 L Turbo V8	55	Duncan Cameron	All
				Matt Griffin	All
				Aaron Scott	All
Iron Lynx	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 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 3.9 L Turbo V8	62	Bonamy Grimes	2
				Charles Hollings	2
				Johnny Mowlem	2
JMW Motorsport	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 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 3.9 L Turbo V8	74	Michael Broniszewski	All
				David Perel	All
				Nicola Cadei	1, 4–5
				Marcos Gomes	2–3
Proton Competition	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	77	Michele Beretta	All
				Alessio Picariello	All
				Christian Ried	All
			93	Michael Fassbender	All
				Felipe Fernandez Laser	All
				Richard Lietz	All
Gulf Racing UK	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	86	Ben Barker	5
				Michael Wainwright	5
				Andrew Watson	5
Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	Aston Martin 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.

Rnd.	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 Racing
		Filipe Albuquerque Philip Hanson	Wayne Boyd Tom Gamble Robert Wheldon	Michael Broniszewski Marcos Gomes David Perel
3	Le Castellet	No. 22 United Autosports	No. 8 Realteam Racing	No. 55 Spirit of Race
		Filipe Albuquerque Philip Hanson	Esteban Garcia David Droux	Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin Aaron Scott
4	Monza	No. 22 United Autosports	No. 13 Inter Europol Competition	No. 74 Kessel Racing
		Filipe Albuquerque Philip Hanson	Martin Hippe Nigel Moore	Michael Broniszewski Nicola Cadei David Perel
5	Portimão	No. 26 G-Drive Racing	No. 2 United Autosports	No. 77 Proton Competition
		Mikkel Jensen Roman Rusinov Nyck de Vries	Wayne Boyd Tom Gamble Robert Wheldon	Michele Beretta Alessio Picariello Christian Ried

Teams Championships

Points are awarded according to the following structure:

LMP2 Teams Championship

Pos. 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 - Pos. Team Car RIC SPA LEC MNZ POR Points

Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did Not Participate Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

LMP3 Teams Championship

Pos. 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 Pos. Team Car RIC SPA LEC MNZ POR Points

Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did Not Participate Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

LMGTE Teams Championship

Pos. 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 36 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 – Pos. Team Car RIC SPA LEC MNZ POR Points

Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did Not Participate Bold – Pole Italics – 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:

LMP2 Drivers Championship

LMP3 Drivers Championship

LMGTE Drivers Championship

External links

• European Le Mans Series Official Website