The 2024 European Le Mans Series is the twenty-first season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's (ACO) European Le Mans Series. The six-event season began at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on 14 April and will finish at Algarve International Circuit on 19 October. [1] [2]
The series is open to Le Mans Prototypes, divided into the LMP2 and LMP3 classes, and grand tourer-style racing cars in the new LMGT3 class. The season will be the first for the LMGT3 class, replacing LMGTE.
The provisional calendar for the 2024 season was announced on 12 September 2023. Mugello Circuit was added to the calendar for the first time, replacing the round at MotorLand Aragón, and the Imola Circuit round returned after being cancelled the previous year. [1] [2]
Rnd | Race | Circuit | Location | Date |
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1 | 4 Hours of Barcelona | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | Montmeló, Spain | 14 April |
2 | 4 Hours of Le Castellet | Circuit Paul Ricard | Le Castellet, France | 5 May |
3 | 4 Hours of Imola | Imola Circuit | Imola, Italy | 7 July |
4 | 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Stavelot, Belgium | 25 August |
5 | 4 Hours of Mugello | Mugello Circuit | Scarperia e San Piero, Italy | 29 September |
6 | 4 Hours of Portimão | Algarve International Circuit | Portimão, Portugal | 19 October |
All cars in the LMP2 class use the Gibson GK428 V8 engine and Goodyear tyres. Entries in the LMP2 Pro-Am class, set aside for teams with a Bronze-rated driver in their line-up, are denoted with icons.
All cars in the LMP3 class use the Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine and Michelin tyres.
Entrant/Team | Chassis | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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DKR Engineering [3] | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 4 | Wyatt Brichacek [5] | 1–2 |
Belén García [37] | 1–2 | |||
Alexander Mattschull [5] | 1–2 | |||
RLR MSport | Ligier JS P320 | 5 | Daniel Ali [5] | 1–2 |
James Dayson [3] | 1–2 | |||
Bailey Voisin [5] | 1–2 | |||
15 | Nick Adcock [5] | 1–2 | ||
Michael Jensen [5] | 1–2 | |||
Gaël Julien [5] | 1–2 | |||
Horst Felbermayr Jr. [3] | TBA | |||
Team Virage [3] | Ligier JS P320 | 8 | Julien Gerbi [3] | 1–2 |
Gillian Henrion [5] | 1–2 | |||
Bernardo Pinheiro [3] | 1–2 | |||
EuroInternational [3] | Ligier JS P320 | 11 | Adam Ali [3] | 1–2 |
Matthew Richard Bell [3] | 1–2 | |||
TBA | TBA | |||
WTM by Rinaldi Racing [3] | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 12 | Torsten Kratz [3] | 1–2 |
Óscar Tunjo [3] | 1–2 | |||
Leonard Weiss [3] | 1–2 | |||
Cool Racing [38] | Ligier JS P320 | 17 | Miguel Cristóvão [38] | 1–2 |
Manuel Espírito Santo [38] | 1–2 | |||
Cédric Oltramare [38] | 1–2 | |||
Racing Spirit of Léman [3] | Ligier JS P320 | 31 | Antoine Doquin [3] | 1–2 |
Jean-Ludovic Foubert [3] | 1–2 | |||
Jacques Wolff [3] | 1–2 | |||
Ultimate [3] | Ligier JS P320 | 35 | Jean-Baptiste Lahaye [3] | 1–2 |
Matthieu Lahaye [9] | 1–2 | |||
Alexandre Yvon [9] | 1 | |||
Eric Trouillet [39] | 2 | |||
Inter Europol Competition [30] | Ligier JS P320 | 88 | Kai Askey [30] | 1–2 |
Alexander Bukhantsov [30] [N 1] | 1–2 | |||
Pedro Perino [30] | 1–2 | |||
All cars in the LMGT3 class use Goodyear tyres. [40]
Entrant/Team | Chassis | Engine | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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Formula Racing [3] | Ferrari 296 GT3 | Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 | 50 | Conrad Laursen [41] | 1–2 |
Johnny Laursen [41] | 1–2 | ||||
Nicklas Nielsen [41] | 1–2 | ||||
AF Corse [3] | 51 | Emmanuel Collard [41] | 1–2 | ||
Charles-Henri Samani [41] | 1–2 | ||||
Ulysse de Pauw [5] | 1 | ||||
Nicolás Varrone [42] | 2 | ||||
Spirit of Race [3] | 55 | Duncan Cameron [41] | 1–2 | ||
Matt Griffin [41] | 1–2 | ||||
David Perel [41] | 1–2 | ||||
Kessel Racing [3] | Ferrari 296 GT3 | Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 | 57 | Takeshi Kimura [41] | 1–2 |
Esteban Masson [41] | 1–2 | ||||
Daniel Serra [41] | 1–2 | ||||
Racing Spirit of Léman [3] | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo | Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 | 59 | Derek DeBoer [43] | 1–2 |
Valentin Hasse-Clot [43] | 1–2 | ||||
Casper Stevenson [43] | 1–2 | ||||
Proton Competition [44] | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 | 60 | Julien Andlauer [44] | 1–2 |
Matteo Cressoni [44] | 1–2 | ||||
Claudio Schiavoni [44] | 1–2 | ||||
Iron Dames [45] | 85 | Sarah Bovy [45] | 1–2 | ||
Rahel Frey [45] | 1–2 | ||||
Michelle Gatting [45] | 1–2 | ||||
Iron Lynx [46] | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 | Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 | 63 | Andrea Caldarelli [46] | 1–2 |
Hiroshi Hamaguchi [46] | 1–2 | ||||
Axcil Jefferies [46] | 1–2 | ||||
JMW Motorsport [47] | Ferrari 296 GT3 | Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 | 66 | John Hartshorne [47] | 1–2 |
Phil Keen [47] | 1–2 | ||||
Ben Tuck [47] | 1–2 | ||||
GR Racing [3] | Ferrari 296 GT3 | Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 | 86 | Riccardo Pera [41] | 1–2 |
Davide Rigon [41] | 1–2 | ||||
Michael Wainwright [41] | 1–2 | ||||
Grid Motorsport by TF [3] | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo | Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 | 97 | Jonathan Adam [48] | 1–2 |
Martin Berry [48] | 1–2 | ||||
Lorcan Hanafin [48] | 1–2 | ||||
Bold indicates overall winner.
Rnd. | Circuit | Pole | LMP2 Winning Team | LMP2 Pro-Am Winning Team | LMP3 Winning Team | LMGT3 Winning Team | Results |
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LMP2 Winning Drivers | LMP2 Pro-Am Winning Drivers | LMP3 Winning Drivers | LMGT3 Winning Drivers | ||||
1 | Catalunya | No. 22 United Autosports | No. 37 COOL Racing | No. 83 AF Corse | No. 8 Team Virage | No. 50 Formula Racing | Report |
Ben Hanley Marino Sato Filip Ugran | Lorenzo Fluxá Malthe Jakobsen Ritomo Miyata | François Perrodo Alessio Rovera Matthieu Vaxivière | Julien Gerbi Gillian Henrion Bernardo Pinheiro | Conrad Laursen Johnny Laursen Nicklas Nielsen | |||
2 | Le Castellet | No. 28 IDEC Sport | No. 43 Inter Europol Competition | No. 29 Richard Mille by TDS | No. 15 RLR MSport | No. 55 Spirit of Race | Report |
Reshad de Gerus Paul Lafargue Job van Uitert | Sebastián Álvarez Tom Dillmann Vladislav Lomko | Mathias Beche Rodrigo Sales Grégoire Saucy | Nick Adcock Michael Jensen Gaël Julien | Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin David Perel | |||
3 | Imola | Report | |||||
4 | Spa-Francorchamps | Report | |||||
5 | Mugello | Report | |||||
6 | Algarve | Report | |||||
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