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. [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.
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. [1] Following an increase in COVID-19 cases in Spain, the Barcelona round was replaced by a second race at Paul Ricard. [2] [3]
Rnd | Race | Circuit | Location | Date |
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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 [2] [3] |
In accordance with the 2017 LMP2 regulations, all cars in the LMP2 class used the Gibson GK428 V8 engine. [4]
All cars in the LMP3 class used the Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine and Michelin tyres.
Entrant/Team | Chassis | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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United Autosports [26] | Ligier JS P320 | 2 | Wayne Boyd [27] | All |
Tom Gamble [27] | All | |||
Robert Wheldon [27] | All | |||
3 | Andrew Bentley [26] | All | ||
Duncan Tappy [28] | All | |||
Jim McGuire [26] | 1–2, 4–5 | |||
DKR Engineering [12] | Duqueine M30 – D08 | 4 | Laurents Hörr [12] | All |
François Kirmann [12] | All | |||
Wolfgang Triller [12] | 1, 3–5 | |||
Jean Glorieux [29] | 2 | |||
Graff [12] | Duqueine M30 – D08 | 5 | Sébastien Page [12] | All |
Luis Sanjuan [12] | 1–4 | |||
Eric Trouillet [12] | All | |||
Ligier JS P320 | 9 | Vincent Capillaire [21] | All | |
Arnold Robin [12] | All | |||
Maxime Robin [21] | All | |||
Nielsen Racing [12] | Duqueine M30 – D08 | 7 | Colin Noble [12] | All |
Anthony Wells [12] | All | |||
10 | Charles Crews [12] | All | ||
Garett Grist [12] | All | |||
Rob Hodes [12] | All | |||
Realteam Racing [12] | Ligier JS P320 | 8 | Esteban García [12] | 1–4 |
David Droux [12] | All | |||
Julien Gerbi | 5 | |||
Eurointernational [12] | 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 [12] | Ligier JS P320 | 13 | Martin Hippe [12] | All |
Nigel Moore [12] | 1–3 | |||
Dino Lunardi | 4–5 | |||
RLR MSport [12] | Ligier JS P320 | 15 | James Dayson [12] | All |
Malthe Jakobsen [12] | All | |||
Ryan Harper-Ellam [12] | 1 | |||
Robert Megennis [30] | 2–3 | |||
Gustas Grinbergas | 4 | |||
Lorenzo Veglia [31] | 5 | |||
BHK Motorsport [12] | Ligier JS P320 | 16 | Lorenzo Veglia [12] | 1–4 |
Andrea Fontana [12] | 1–2 | |||
Jacopo Baratto [12] | 1–2 | |||
Gustas Grinbergas [32] | 3 | |||
Nick Adock | 3 | |||
Tom Cloet | 4–5 | |||
Philippe Paillot | 4 | |||
Julius Adomavičius [31] | 5 | |||
Alex Fontana [31] | 5 |
All cars in the LMGTE class used Goodyear tyres.
Bold indicates overall winner.
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 |
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. [36]
Points are awarded according to the following structure:
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Other | Pole |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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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