The 2019 European Le Mans Series was the sixteenth season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's (ACO) European Le Mans Series. The six-event season began at Circuit Paul Ricard on 14 April and finished at Algarve International Circuit on 27 October. [1]
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. [2]
The provisional calendar for the 2019 season was announced on 21 September 2018. [1] The calendar comprises six events, with the only change from the 2018 season being the addition of a race at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, which replaces the Red Bull Ring as the third round of the season.
In April 2019, it was announced that the round in Barcelona would be held as an evening race, taking place on the Saturday evening of the event instead of the originally scheduled Sunday afternoon, primarily due to the anticipated hot weather in Spain in July. [3]
The round at Silverstone is once again held in conjunction with the FIA World Endurance Championship. [4]
Rnd | Race | Circuit | Location | Date |
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1 | 4 Hours of Le Castellet | Circuit Paul Ricard | Le Castellet, France | 14 April |
2 | 4 Hours of Monza | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | Monza, Italy | 12 May |
3 | 4 Hours of Barcelona | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | Montmeló, Spain | 20 July |
4 | 4 Hours of Silverstone | Silverstone Circuit | Silverstone, United Kingdom | 31 August |
5 | 4 Hours of Spa | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Spa, Belgium | 22 September |
6 | 4 Hours of Portimão | Algarve International Circuit | Portimão, Portugal | 27 October |
In accordance with the 2017 LMP2 regulations, all cars in the LMP2 class used the Gibson GK428 V8 engine. [5]
All cars in the LMP3 class used the Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 engine and Michelin tyres. [40]
Entrant/Team | Chassis | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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United Autosports [41] | Ligier JS P3 | 2 | Wayne Boyd [42] | All |
Tommy Erdos [42] | All | |||
Garett Grist [8] | All | |||
3 | Christian England [41] | All | ||
Michael Guasch [41] | 1–4 | |||
Andrew Bentley | 5–6 | |||
360 Racing [8] | Ligier JS P3 | 5 | John Corbett [7] | 1–5 |
Andreas Laskaratos [7] | 1–5 | |||
James Winslow [7] | 1–5 | |||
6 | James Dayson [7] | All | ||
Ross Kaiser [7] | All | |||
Terrence Woodward [7] | All | |||
Nielsen Racing [43] | Norma M30 | 7 | Colin Noble [43] | All |
Anthony Wells [43] | All | |||
Ligier JS P3 | 8 | James Littlejohn [43] | All | |
Nobuya Yamanaka [43] | 1–2, 4 | |||
Nicholas Adcock | 3, 5–6 | |||
Realteam Racing [31] | Norma M30 | 9 | David Droux [31] | All |
Esteban García [31] | All | |||
Oregon Team [8] | Norma M30 | 10 | Lorenzo Bontempelli [44] | All |
Damiano Fioravanti [8] | All | |||
Gustas Grinbergas [44] | All | |||
Eurointernational [8] | Ligier JS P3 | 11 | Mikkel Jensen [7] | All |
Jens Petersen [7] | All | |||
Inter Europol Competition [25] | Ligier JS P3 | 13 | Martin Hippe [25] | All |
Nigel Moore [7] | All | |||
14 | Paul Scheuschner [25] | All | ||
Dino Lunardi [45] | 1 | |||
Sam Dejonghe [46] | 2–4 | |||
Constantin Schöll | 5–6 | |||
RLR MSport [47] | Ligier JS P3 | 15 | Christian Stubbe Olsen [47] | All |
Martin Rich [47] | All | |||
Martin Vedel Mortensen [47] | All | |||
Ultimate [8] | Norma M30 | 17 | François Heriau [7] | All |
Jean-Baptiste Lahaye [7] | All | |||
Matthieu Lahaye [8] | All | |||
ACE1 Villorba Corse [48] | Ligier JS P3 | 18 | Alessandro Bressan [48] | 3 |
Gabriele Lancieri | 3 | |||
Yuki Harata [48] | 3 | |||
M Racing [8] | Norma M30 | 19 | Lucas Légeret [7] | All |
Laurent Millara [8] | All | |||
Yann Ehrlacher [7] | 1, 3–4 |
All cars in the LMGTE class used Dunlop Tyres. [40]
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. [55]
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 |
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Bold – Pole |
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Bold – Pole |
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