2018 European Le Mans Series

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G-Drive Racing No. 26 Oreca 07, winner of the 2018 European Le Mans Series in the LMP2 class

The 2018 European Le Mans Series was the fifteenth season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's (ACO) European Le Mans Series. The six-event season began at Circuit Paul Ricard on 15 April and finished at Algarve International Circuit on 28 October. ^[1] The series is open to Le Mans Prototypes, divided into the LMP2 and LMP3 classes, and grand tourer-style racing cars in the LMGTE class. ^[2]

Calendar

The provisional 2018 calendar was announced on 23 September 2017. The calendar comprises six events, featuring the same six circuits that hosted events in the 2017 season. The rounds at Silverstone and Paul Ricard swapped their places in the calendar, with the French circuit hosting the opening round and Silverstone moving to an August date, once again in conjunction with the FIA World Endurance Championship.

The official pre-season test also returned to Paul Ricard after a one-year absence, having taken place at Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in 2017. ^[1]

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Location	Date
1	4 Hours of Le Castellet	Circuit Paul Ricard	Le Castellet, France	15 April
2	4 Hours of Monza	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	Monza, Italy	13 May
3	4 Hours of Red Bull Ring	Red Bull Ring	Spielberg, Austria	22 July
4	4 Hours of Silverstone	Silverstone Circuit	Silverstone, United Kingdom	18 August
5	4 Hours of Spa	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Spa, Belgium	23 September
6	4 Hours of Portimão	Algarve International Circuit	Portimão, Portugal	28 October

Entries

LMP2

In accordance with the 2017 LMP2 regulations, all cars in the LMP2 class used the Gibson GK428 V8 engine. ^[3]

Entrant/Team	Chassis	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
DragonSpeed [4]	Oreca 07	M	21	Ben Hanley [4]	All
				Henrik Hedman [4]	All
				Nicolas Lapierre [4]	All
United Autosports [5]	Ligier JS P217	D M [N 1]	22	Phil Hanson [5]	All
				Bruno Senna [7]	1
				Filipe Albuquerque [8]	2–6
			32	Wayne Boyd [9]	All
				William Owen [10]	All
				Hugo de Sadeleer [11]	All
Panis Barthez Competition [12]	Ligier JS P217	M	23	Timothé Buret [12]	All
				Julien Canal [13]	All
				Will Stevens [13]	All
Racing Engineering [12]	Oreca 07	D	24	Norman Nato [12]	All
				Paul Petit [14]	All
				Olivier Pla [14]	1–3, 5–6
				Matthieu Vaxivière [15]	4
Algarve Pro Racing [16] [N 2] APR - Rebellion Racing [17] [N 2]	Ligier JS P217	D	25	Tacksung Kim [18]	All
				Mark Patterson [12]	All
				Ate De Jong [12]	1–4, 6
				Matt McMurry [19]	5
	Oreca 07	D	31	Ryan Cullen [20]	All
				Gustavo Menezes [21]	All
				Harrison Newey [17]	All
G-Drive Racing [22] [N 3] TDS Racing [7] [N 3]	Oreca 07	D	26	Andrea Pizzitola [23]	All
				Roman Rusinov [12]	All
				Alexandre Imperatori [23]	1
				Jean-Éric Vergne [12]	2–6
			33	Loïc Duval [7]	1–3
				François Perrodo [7]	1–3
				Matthieu Vaxivière [7]	1–3
IDEC Sport [24] [25]	Ligier JS P217	M	27	Patrice Lafargue [12]	1–3
				Erik Maris [7]	1–3, 5
				William Cavailhes [7]	1–2
				Nicolas Minassian [26]	3, 5
				Aurélien Panis [6]	5
	Oreca 07		28	Paul-Loup Chatin [25]	All
				Paul Lafargue [25]	1–4
				Memo Rojas [27]	All
				Gabriel Aubry	5–6
Duqueine Engineering [28]	Oreca 07	M	29	Nico Jamin [29]	All
				Nelson Panciatici [29]	All
				Pierre Ragues [29]	All
AVF by Adrián Vallés [30]	Dallara P217	D	30	Henrique Chaves [31]	All
				Konstantin Tereshchenko [32]	All
SMP Racing [12]	Dallara P217	D	35	Matevos Isaakyan [7]	1–4
				Egor Orudzhev [7]	1–3
				Viktor Shaytar [12]	1–4
Signatech Alpine Matmut [7]	Alpine A470	D	36	André Negrão [7]	1
				Pierre Thiriet [7]	1
Graff [12] [N 4] G-Drive Racing [22] [N 4]	Oreca 07	D	39	Alexandre Cougnaud [12]	All
				Tristan Gommendy [12]	All
				Jonathan Hirschi [12]	All
			40	James Allen [12]	All
				José Gutiérrez [12]	1–4
				Enzo Guibbert [12]	1–2
				Garry Findlay [15]	4
				Henning Enqvist [6]	5–6
				Julien Falchero [6]	5–6
Cetilar Villorba Corse [33]	Dallara P217	D	47	Roberto Lacorte [33]	All
				Giorgio Sernagiotto [33]	All
				Andrea Belicchi [33]	1
				Felipe Nasr [34]	2–6
High Class Racing [35]	Dallara P217	D	49	Dennis Andersen [35]	All
				Anders Fjordbach [35]	All

LMP3

All cars in the LMP3 class used the Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 engine and Michelin tyres. ^[12]

Entrant/Team	Chassis	No.	Drivers	Rounds
United Autosports [36]	Ligier JS P3	2	John Falb [36]	All
			Sean Rayhall [36]	1–4
			Scott Andrews [19]	5–6
		3	Matthew Bell [12]	All
			Garett Grist [37]	All
			Anthony Wells [12]	All
Cool Racing [12]	Ligier JS P3	4	Iradj Alexander [12]	1–4, 6
			Antonin Borga [23]	1–3, 5–6
			Alexandre Coigny [12]	1–3, 5–6
			Lucas Borga [15]	4
			Christian Vaglio [15]	4
NEFIS By Speed Factory [12]	Ligier JS P3	5	Timur Boguslavskiy [12]	All
			Aleksey Chuklin [12]	All
			Daniil Pronenko [12]	All
360 Racing [12]	Ligier JS P3	6	Ross Kaiser [12]	All
			Terrence Woodward [12]	All
			James Swift [12]	1–2, 4
Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen [38]	Ligier JS P3	7	Alex Kapadia [38]	All
			Colin Noble [38]	All
			Christian Stubbe Olsen [38]	All
DKR Engineering [12]	Norma M30	8	Jean Glorieux [12]	1–2
			Alexander Toril [12]	1–2
			Miguel Toril [7]	1–2
			Henning Enqvist [39]	3
			Fabien Lavergne [39]	3
			Ricardo Sanchez [39]	3
			Marvin Klein [6]	5–6
			Christian Vaglio [6]	5–6
			Nicolas Maulini	6
AT Racing [12]	Ligier JS P3	9	Alexander Talkanitsa Jr. [12]	All
			Alexander Talkanitsa Sr. [12]	All
			Yann Clairay [23]	1, 4–5
			Mikkel Jensen [8]	2–3, 6
Oregon Team [12]	Norma M30	10	Clément Mateu [40]	All
			Andrés Méndez [12]	All
			Riccardo Ponzio [40]	All
Eurointernational [12]	Ligier JS P3	11	Giorgio Mondini [7]	All
			Kay Van Berlo [12]	All
			Mattia Drudi [6]	5
		12	Andrea Dromedari [12]	1–5
			Max Hanratty [12]	1–3
			James Dayson [7]	1, 3, 5–6
			Mark Kvamme [8]	2
			Mattia Drudi [15]	4
			Vadim Meshcheriakov	6
			Luca Demarchi	6
Inter Europol Competition [12]	Ligier JS P3	13	Martin Hippe [12]	All
			Jakub Śmiechowski [12]	All
		14	Luca Demarchi [7]	1–5
			Paul Scheuschner [12]	All
			Henning Enqvist [23]	1
			Hendrik Still [8]	2, 4
			Guglielmo Belotti [39]	3
			Moritz Müller-Crepon [6]	5–6
RLR MSport [41]	Ligier JS P3	15	John Farano [41]	All
			Rob Garofall [41]	All
			Job van Uitert [41]	All
BHK Motorsport [12]	Ligier JS P3	16	Jacopo Baratto [12]	All
			Francesco Dracone [12]	All
Ultimate [12]	Norma M30	17	François Hériau [12]	All
			Jean-Baptiste Lahaye [12]	All
			Matthieu Lahaye [12]	All
M.Racing - YMR [12]	Ligier JS P3	18	Natan Bihel [12]	All
			Laurent Millara [12]	All
	Norma M30	19	David Droux [42]	All
			Lucas Légeret [42]	All
			Nicolas Ferrer [12]	1–2
			Alain Ferté [39]	3
			Romano Ricci [15]	4–5
			Michael Benham	6
Racing For Poland [8]	Ligier JS P3	20	Tomasz Blicharski [8]	2
			Henning Enqvist [8]	2
			Alex Fontana [8]	2
Team Virage [15]	Ligier JS P3	34	Henning Enqvist [15]	4
			JM Littman [43]	4
			Jacob Rattenbury [15]	4

LMGTE

All cars in the LMGTE class used Dunlop tyres. ^[12]

Entrant/Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Spirit of Race [44] [N 5] Krohn Racing [44] [N 5]	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	54	Francesco Castellacci [7]	1
				Thomas Flohr [7]	1
			55	Duncan Cameron [44]	All
				Matt Griffin [44]	All
				Aaron Scott [44]	All
			83	Andrea Bertolini [44]	All
				Niclas Jönsson [44]	All
				Tracy Krohn [44]	All
JMW Motorsport [12]	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	66	Liam Griffin [12]	All
				Alex MacDowall [7]	All
				Miguel Molina [7]	All
Proton Competition [7]	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	77	Marvin Dienst [23]	All
				Christian Ried [7]	All
				Dennis Olsen [7]	1, 3–6
				Marc Lieb [8]	2
			88	Gianluca Roda [7]	All
				Giorgio Roda [7]	All
				Matteo Cairoli [7]	1, 3–6
				Gianmaria Bruni [8]	2
EbiMotors [45]	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	80	Fabio Babini [45]	All
				Riccardo Pera [46]	All
				Raymond Narac [7]	1–2
				Bret Curtis [39]	3–5
				Gianluca Giraudi	6
Gulf Racing UK [7]	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	86	Ben Barker [7]	1, 4
				Alex Davison [7]	1, 4
				Michael Wainwright [7]	1, 4

Results and Standings

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. 24 Racing Engineering	No. 15 RLR MSport	No. 66 JMW Motorsport	Report
		Norman Nato Paul Petit Olivier Pla	John Farano Rob Garofall Job van Uitert	Liam Griffin Alex MacDowall Miguel Molina
2	Monza	No. 26 G-Drive Racing	No. 11 EuroInternational	No. 55 Spirit of Race	Report
		Andrea Pizzitola Roman Rusinov Jean-Éric Vergne	Giorgio Mondini Kay van Berlo	Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin Aaron Scott
3	Red Bull Ring	No. 26 G-Drive Racing	No. 15 RLR MSport	No. 88 Proton Competition	Report
		Andrea Pizzitola Roman Rusinov Jean-Éric Vergne	John Farano Rob Garofall Job van Uitert	Matteo Cairoli Gianluca Roda Giorgio Roda
4	Silverstone	No. 26 G-Drive Racing	No. 3 United Autosports	No. 66 JMW Motorsport	Report
		Andrea Pizzitola Roman Rusinov Jean-Éric Vergne	Matthew Bell Garett Grist Anthony Wells	Liam Griffin Alex MacDowall Miguel Molina
5	Spa-Francorchamps	No. 22 United Autosports	No. 2 United Autosports	No. 80 EbiMotors	Report
		Filipe Albuquerque Phil Hanson	Scott Andrews John Falb	Fabio Babini Bret Curtis Riccardo Pera
6	Portimão	No. 22 United Autosports	No. 13 Inter Europol Competition	No. 77 Proton Competition	Report
		Filipe Albuquerque Phil Hanson	Martin Hippe Jakub Śmiechowski	Marvin Dienst Dennis Olsen Christian Ried

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. ^[47]

Teams Championships

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

LMP2 Teams Championship

Pos. Team Car LEC MNZ RBR SIL SPA [N 6] POR Total 1 #26 G-Drive Racing Oreca 07 4 1 1 1 12 4 100.25 2 #24 Racing Engineering Oreca 07 1 5 2 Ret 7 5 66 3 #28 IDEC Sport Oreca 07 7 3 4 3 4 6 64 4 #22 United Autosports Ligier JS P217 12 10 3 Ret 1 1 54 5 #21 DragonSpeed Oreca 07 Ret 4 5 2 2 13 50.5 6 #23 Panis Barthez Competition Ligier JS P217 8 7 10 6 3 2 45.5 7 #33 TDS Racing Oreca 07 2 2 9 38 8 #29 Duqueine Engineering Oreca 07 3 6 DSQ 7 5 Ret 35 9 #31 APR - Rebellion Racing Oreca 07 15 8 6 5 15 12 23.25 10 #32 United Autosports Ligier JS P217 9 11 15 10 6 3 23 11 #39 Graff Oreca 07 10 Ret 8 4 8 8 23 12 #40 G-Drive Racing Oreca 07 6 Ret 13 12 11 7 15.25 13 #36 Signatech Alpine Matmut Alpine A470 5 10 14 #35 SMP Racing Dallara P217 NC Ret 7 Ret 6 15 #30 AVF by Adrián Vallés Dallara P217 11 Ret 14 8 9 Ret 6 16 #49 High Class Racing Dallara P217 13 14 12 9 Ret 9 5.5 17 #47 Cetilar Villorba Corse Dallara P217 14 9 11 13 10 11 4.5 18 #25 Algarve Pro Racing Ligier JS P217 16 13 17 11 13 10 3.25 19 #27 IDEC Sport Ligier JS P217 Ret 12 16 14 1.25

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 LEC MNZ RBR SIL SPA [N 6] POR Total 1 #15 RLR MSport Ligier JS P3 1 11 1 6 2 5 77.5 2 #13 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P3 6 4 3 5 12 1 70.25 3 #3 United Autosports Ligier JS P3 7 3 12 1 4 7 58.5 4 #7 Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen Ligier JS P3 9 10 2 2 9 2 58 5 #6 360 Racing Ligier JS P3 4 2 8 4 3 16 54 6 #2 United Autosports Ligier JS P3 5 5 Ret 7 1 3 53.5 7 #11 EuroInternational Ligier JS P3 3 1 7 16 13 Ret 46.75 8 #17 Ultimate Norma M30 Ret 7 4 3 Ret 12 36.5 9 #5 NEFIS By Speed Factory Ligier JS P3 16 6 6 Ret 10 4 29 10 #19 M.Racing - YMR Norma M30 2 13 Ret 8 8 10 27.5 11 #9 AT Racing Ligier JS P3 8 Ret 5 9 Ret 6 24 12 #10 Oregon Team Norma M30 11 8 16 14 7 15 9 13 #4 Cool Racing Ligier JS P3 10 9 10 11 6 13 9 14 #18 M.Racing - YMR Ligier JS P3 13 Ret 9 Ret 5 17 8 15 #14 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P3 12 15 11 13 15 8 6.25 16 #12 EuroInternational Ligier JS P3 14 DNS 13 10 14 14 3.75 17 #8 DKR Engineering Norma M30 Ret Ret 14 11 9 2.75 18 #16 BHK Motorsport Ligier JS P3 15 12 15 12 Ret 11 2.5 19 #20 Racing For Poland Ligier JS P3 14 0.5 20 #34 Team Virage Ligier JS P3 15 0.5

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 LEC MNZ RBR SIL SPA [N 6] POR Total 1 #88 Proton Competition Porsche 911 RSR 2 5 1 2 3 3 95.5 2 #66 JMW Motorsport Ferrari 488 GTE 1 4 Ret 1 4 2 88 3 #77 Proton Competition Porsche 911 RSR 5 2 4 4 5 1 83 4 #55 Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GTE Ret 1 2 3 2 4 79 5 #80 EbiMotors Porsche 911 RSR 3 3 3 Ret 1 Ret 58.5 6 #83 Krohn Racing Ferrari 488 GTE 4 6 5 6 Ret 4 48 7 #86 Gulf Racing Porsche 911 RSR Ret 5 10 8 #54 Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GTE 6 8

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

Drivers Championships

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

LMP2 Drivers Championship

Pos. Driver Team LEC MNZ RBR SIL SPA [N 6] POR Points 1 Andrea Pizzitola G-Drive Racing 4 1 1 1 12 4 100.25 Roman Rusinov G-Drive Racing 4 1 1 1 12 4 2 Jean-Éric Vergne G-Drive Racing 1 1 1 12 4 88.25 3 Norman Nato Racing Engineering 1 5 2 Ret 7 5 66 Paul Petit Racing Engineering 1 5 2 Ret 7 5 Olivier Pla Racing Engineering 1 5 2 7 5 4 Paul-Loup Chatin IDEC Sport 7 3 4 3 4 6 64 Memo Rojas IDEC Sport 7 3 4 3 4 6 5 Phil Hanson United Autosports 12 10 3 Ret 1 1 54 6 Filipe Albuquerque United Autosports 10 3 Ret 1 1 53.5 7 Ben Hanley DragonSpeed Ret 4 5 2 2 13 50.5 Henrik Hedman DragonSpeed Ret 4 5 2 2 13 Nicolas Lapierre DragonSpeed Ret 4 5 2 2 13 8 Paul Lafargue IDEC Sport 7 3 4 3 50 9 Timothé Buret Panis Barthez Competition 8 7 10 6 3 2 45.5 Julien Canal Panis Barthez Competition 8 7 10 6 3 2 Will Stevens Panis Barthez Competition 8 7 10 6 3 2 10 Loïc Duval TDS Racing 2 2 9 38 François Perrodo TDS Racing 2 2 9 Matthieu Vaxivière TDS Racing 2 2 9 Racing Engineering Ret 11 Nico Jamin Duqueine Engineering 3 6 DSQ 7 5 Ret 35 Nelson Panciatici Duqueine Engineering 3 6 DSQ 7 5 Ret Pierre Ragues Duqueine Engineering 3 6 DSQ 7 5 Ret 12 Ryan Cullen APR - Rebellion Racing 15 8 6 5 15 12 23.25 Gustavo Menezes APR - Rebellion Racing 15 8 6 5 15 12 Harrison Newey APR - Rebellion Racing 15 8 6 5 15 12 13 Wayne Boyd United Autosports 9 11 15 10 6 3 23 Will Owen United Autosports 9 11 15 10 6 3 Hugo de Sadeleer United Autosports 9 11 15 10 6 3 14 Alexandre Cougnaud Graff 10 Ret 8 4 8 8 23 Tristan Gommendy Graff 10 Ret 8 4 8 8 Jonathan Hirschi Graff 10 Ret 8 4 8 8 15 James Allen G-Drive Racing 6 Ret 13 12 11 7 15.25 16 Gabriel Aubry IDEC Sport 4 6 14 17 Alexandre Imperatori G-Drive Racing 4 12 18 André Negrão Signatech Alpine Matmut 5 10 Pierre Thiriet Signatech Alpine Matmut 5 19 José Gutiérrez G-Drive Racing 6 Ret 13 12 9 20 Enzo Guibbert G-Drive Racing 6 Ret 8 Pos. Driver Team LEC MNZ RBR SIL SPA [N 6] 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 Drivers Championship

Pos. Driver Team LEC MNZ RBR SIL SPA [N 6] POR Points 1 John Farano RLR MSport 1 11 1 6 2 5 77.5 Rob Garofall RLR MSport 1 11 1 6 2 5 Job van Uitert RLR MSport 1 11 1 6 2 5 2 Martin Hippe Inter Europol Competition 6 4 3 5 12 1 70.25 Jakub Śmiechowski Inter Europol Competition 6 4 3 5 12 1 3 Matthew Bell United Autosports 7 3 12 1 4 7 58.5 Garett Grist United Autosports 7 3 12 1 4 7 Anthony Wells United Autosports 7 3 12 1 4 7 4 Alex Kapadia Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen 9 10 2 2 9 2 58 Colin Noble Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen 9 10 2 2 9 2 Christian Stubbe Olsen Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen 9 10 2 2 9 2 5 Ross Kaiser 360 Racing 4 2 8 4 3 16 54 Terrence Woodward 360 Racing 4 2 8 4 3 16 6 John Falb United Autosports 4 2 8 4 3 16 53.5 7 Giorgio Mondini EuroInternational 3 1 7 16 13 Ret 46.75 Kay Van Berlo EuroInternational 3 1 7 16 13 Ret 8 François Hériau Ultimate Ret 7 4 3 Ret 12 36.5 Jean-Baptiste Lahaye Ultimate Ret 7 4 3 Ret 12 Matthieu Lahaye Ultimate Ret 7 4 3 Ret 12 9 Timur Boguslavskiy NEFIS By Speed Factory 16 6 6 Ret 10 4 29 Aleksey Chuklin NEFIS By Speed Factory 16 6 6 Ret 10 4 Daniil Pronenko NEFIS By Speed Factory 16 6 6 Ret 10 4 10 David Droux M.Racing - YMR 2 13 Ret 8 8 10 27.5 Lucas Légeret M.Racing - YMR 2 13 Ret 8 8 10 Pos. Driver Team LEC MNZ RBR SIL SPA [N 6] 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 Drivers Championship

Pos. Driver Team LEC MNZ RBR SIL SPA [N 6] POR Points 1 Gianluca Roda Proton Competition 2 5 1 2 3 3 95.5 Giorgio Roda Proton Competition 2 5 1 2 3 3 2 Liam Griffin JMW Motorsport 1 4 Ret 1 4 2 88 Alex MacDowall JMW Motorsport 1 4 Ret 1 4 2 Miguel Molina JMW Motorsport 1 4 Ret 1 4 2 3 Matteo Cairoli Proton Competition 2 5 1 2 3 3 88.5 4 Marvin Dienst Proton Competition 5 2 4 4 5 1 83 Christian Ried Proton Competition 5 2 4 4 5 1 5 Duncan Cameron Spirit of Race Ret 1 2 3 2 4 79 Matt Griffin Spirit of Race Ret 1 2 3 2 4 Aaron Scott Spirit of Race Ret 1 2 3 2 4 Pos. Driver Team LEC MNZ RBR SIL SPA [N 6] 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

1. Both United Autosports LMP2 entries switched to Michelin tyres from the fifth round onwards. ^[6]
2. Car No. 25 entered as Algarve Pro Racing and car No. 31 entered as APR - Rebellion Racing.
3. Car No. 26 entered as G-Drive Racing and car No. 33 entered as TDS Racing.
4. Car No. 39 entered as Graff and car No. 40 entered as G-Drive Racing.
5. Cars No. 54 and 55 entered as Spirit of Race and car No. 83 entered as Krohn Racing.
6. The 4 Hours of Spa was red-flagged after 40 laps. As less than 75% of the race had passed at the time of suspension, half points were awarded to all classified finishers.

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External links

• European Le Mans Series Official Website