The 2017 European Le Mans Series season was the fourteenth season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's (ACO) European Le Mans Series. The six-event season began at Silverstone Circuit, in conjunction with the FIA World Endurance Championship, on 15 April and ended at Algarve International Circuit on 22 October. [1]
The 2017 season sees new regulations regarding the LMP2 class introduced. [2] Teams are able to choose from four different chassis constructors: Dallara, Onroak Automotive (Ligier), Oreca and a joint-venture between Riley Technologies/Multimatic. Gibson Technology is the exclusive engine supplier for the class, with all cars equipped with a 4.2-litre, normally-aspirated V8 engine, producing approximately 600hp. Cosworth Electronics is also the exclusive electronics supplier.
The aim of the new regulations is to ensure long-term success for the category with a reduction in costs and the guarantee of stable regulations. [2]
The provisional 2017 calendar was announced at 23 September 2016. The calendar comprises six events, featuring the same four circuits that hosted events in 2016 and for the first time since 2008 and 2010 it included events at Monza and Algarve respectively, which are stand-alone events. For the fifth consecutive season, Silverstone hosts the opening rounds of both the European Le Mans Series and the FIA World Endurance Championship. While other rounds are collaboration with 2017 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0. [1]
Rnd | Race | Circuit | Location | Date |
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1 | 4 Hours of Silverstone | Silverstone Circuit | Silverstone, United Kingdom | 15 April |
2 | 4 Hours of Monza | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | Monza, Italy | 14 May |
3 | 4 Hours of Red Bull Ring | Red Bull Ring | Spielberg, Austria | 23 July |
4 | 4 Hours of Le Castellet | Circuit Paul Ricard | Le Castellet, France | 27 August |
5 | 4 Hours of Spa | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Spa, Belgium | 24 September |
6 | 4 Hours of Portimão | Algarve International Circuit | Portimão, Portugal | 22 October |
The provisional entry list was announced on 2 February 2017. [3]
In accordance with the new LMP2 regulations for 2017, all cars utilised the Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 engine.
All cars utilised the Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 engine and Michelin tyres.
Entrant/Team | Chassis | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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United Autosports [19] | Ligier JS P3 | 2 | John Falb [19] | All |
Sean Rayhall [19] | All | |||
3 | Wayne Boyd [19] | All | ||
Christian England [19] | All | |||
Mark Patterson [19] | All | |||
Cool Racing by GPC | Ligier JS P3 | 4 | Iradj Alexander [10] | All |
Gino Forgione [10] | 1–2 | |||
Alexandre Coigny [11] | 2–6 | |||
By Speed Factory [20] | Ligier JS P3 | 5 | Jürgen Krebs [20] | All |
Tim Müller [20] | All | |||
Tristan Viidas [10] | 1–3 | |||
Timur Boguslavskiy [17] | 6 | |||
Giorgio Maggi [21] | 6 | |||
360 Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 6 | Ross Kaiser [10] | All |
Anthony Wells [10] | All | |||
Terrence Woodward [3] | All | |||
Duqueine Engineering | Ligier JS P3 1–2 Norma M30 [5] 3–6 | 7 | Antonin Borga [3] | All |
David Droux [10] | All | |||
Nicolas Schatz [10] | All | |||
Ligier JS P3 1–3 Norma M30 4–6 | 8 | Vincent Beltoise [10] | All | |
Henry Hassid [10] | 1–2 | |||
Lucas Légeret [11] | 2–6 | |||
Douglas Lundberg [5] | 3 | |||
Nicolas Melin [22] | 4–6 | |||
AT Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 9 | Alexander Talkanitsa, Jr. [3] | All |
Alexander Talkanitsa, Sr. [3] | All | |||
Mikkel Jensen [10] | 1, 3–6 | |||
Maurizio Mediani [11] | 2 | |||
Oregon Team [23] | Norma M30 | 10 | Dario Capitanio [10] | All |
Andrés Méndez [23] | All | |||
Davide Roda [23] | All | |||
Eurointernational | Ligier JS P3 | 11 | Giorgio Mondini [3] | All |
Davide Uboldi [10] | 1–3 | |||
Marco Jacoboni [12] [24] | 4–5 | |||
Andrea Dromedari [17] | 6 | |||
12 | Andrea Dromedari [3] | 1–5 | ||
Max Hanratty [10] | 1–2, 4–6 | |||
Maxime Pialat [10] | 1–2 | |||
Ricky Capo [5] | 3–6 | |||
James Dayson [5] | 3, 6 | |||
Inter Europol Competition | Ligier JS P3 | 13 | Martin Hippe [10] | All |
Jakub Śmiechowski [3] | All | |||
RLR MSport [25] | Ligier JS P3 | 15 | Morten Dons [10] | All |
John Farano [25] | All | |||
Alex Kapadia [25] | All | |||
Panis Barthez Competition [6] | Ligier JS P3 | 16 | Theo Bean [6] | All |
Eric Debard [6] | All | |||
Simon Gachet [6] | All | |||
Ultimate | Ligier JS P3 | 17 | François Hériau [10] | All |
Jean-Baptiste Lahaye [10] | All | |||
Matthieu Lahaye [3] | All | |||
M.Racing - YMR [26] | Ligier JS P3 | 18 | Alexandre Cougnaud [26] | All |
Antoine Jung [26] | All | |||
Romano Ricci [10] | All | |||
Norma M30 | 19 | Erwin Creed [10] | 1–4, 6 | |
Ricky Capo [10] | 1–2 | |||
Yann Ehrlacher [3] | 1, 3–6 | |||
Neale Muston [12] | 5 |
All teams used Dunlop tyres.
Bold indicates overall winner.
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. [33]
Points are awarded according to the following structure:
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Other | Pole |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 |
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Bold – Pole |
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Bold – Pole |
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Bold – Pole |
Points are awarded according to the following structure:
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Other | Pole |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 |
Bold – Pole |
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Bold – Pole |
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Bold – Pole |
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