2019 European Le Mans Series

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]

IDEC Sport No. 28 Oreca 07, winner of the 2019 European Le Mans Series in the LMP2 class

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]

Calendar

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]

RndRaceCircuitLocationDate
14 Hours of Le Castellet Circuit Paul RicardLe Castellet, France14 April
24 Hours of Monza Autodromo Nazionale di MonzaMonza, Italy12 May
34 Hours of Barcelona Circuit de Barcelona-CatalunyaMontmeló, Spain20 July
44 Hours of Silverstone Silverstone CircuitSilverstone, United Kingdom31 August
54 Hours of Spa Circuit de Spa-FrancorchampsSpa, Belgium22 September
64 Hours of Portimão Algarve International CircuitPortimão, Portugal27 October

Entries

LMP2

In accordance with the 2017 LMP2 regulations, all cars in the LMP2 class used the Gibson GK428 V8 engine.[5]

Entrant/TeamChassisTyreNo.DriversRounds
High Class Racing[6]Oreca 07D20 Dennis Andersen[7]All
Anders Fjordbach[8]All
DragonSpeed[8]Oreca 07M21 James Allen[7]All
Henrik Hedman[8]All
Ben Hanley[7]1, 3–6
Renger van der Zande[9]2
United Autosports[10]Ligier JS P217
Oreca 07[N 1]
M22 Phil Hanson[10]All
Paul di Resta[7]1
Filipe Albuquerque[10]2–6
32 Alex Brundle[12]All
Ryan Cullen[8]All
William Owen[13]2–6
Panis Barthez Competition[14][15]Ligier JS P217
Oreca 07[N 2]
D23 René Binder[14]All
Julien Canal[16]All
Will Stevens[14]All
24 Timothé Buret[8]All
Konstantin Tereshchenko[7]All
Léonard Hoogenboom[17]1–3
Algarve Pro Racing[18]Oreca 07D25 John Falb[18]All
Andrea Pizzitola[18]All
Mark Patterson[18]1
Olivier Pla[18]3–6
31 Henning Enqvist[19]All
James French[19]All
Tacksung Kim[19]All
G-Drive Racing[20][21]Aurus 01[21]D26 Roman Rusinov[20]All
Job van Uitert[22]All
Norman Nato[21]1–2
Jean-Éric Vergne[20]3–6
IDEC Sport[23]Ligier JS P217M27 Stéphane Adler[23]All
Erik Maris[23]1–2, 5
Patrice Lafargue[23]1–2, 4, 6
Nicolas Minassian3
William Cavailhes3–6
Oreca 0728 Paul-Loup Chatin[23]All
Paul Lafargue[23]All
Memo Rojas[23]All
Duqueine Engineering[24]Oreca 07M30 Richard Bradley[24]All
Nico Jamin[24]All
Pierre Ragues[24]All
Inter Europol Competition[25]Ligier JS P217M34 Dani Clos[26]1–3
Léo Roussel[27][N 3]1–2
Jakub Śmiechowski[8]All
Adrien Tambay[8]3–4
Lukas Dunner4
Sam Dejonghe5–6
Mathias Beche5–6
BHK Motorsport[8]Oreca 07D35 Sergio Campana[7]All
Francesco Dracone[8]All
Garry Findlay3–4
Cool Racing[29]Oreca 07M37 Antonin Borga[30]All
Alexandre Coigny[30]1–4, 6
Nicolas Lapierre[30]All
Graff[31]Oreca 07M39 Alexandre Cougnaud[31]All
Tristan Gommendy[31]All
Jonathan Hirschi[31]All
RLR MSport[32]Oreca 07D43 John Farano[33]All
Arjun Maini[34]All
Bruno Senna[35]1–3, 5–6
Matthieu Vaxiviere[36]4
Thunderhead Carlin Racing[37][38]Dallara P217D45 Ben Barnicoat[38]1–4, 6
Jack Manchester[37]1–3, 6
Olivier Pla[38]1
Harry Tincknell[38]2–4, 6
Harrison Newey[39]4
Cetilar Racing Villorba Corse[9]Dallara P217M47 Andrea Belicchi[9]2
Roberto Lacorte[9]2
Giorgio Sernagiotto[9]2

LMP3

All cars in the LMP3 class used the Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 engine and Michelin tyres.[40]

Entrant/TeamChassisNo.DriversRounds
United Autosports[41]Ligier JS P32 Wayne Boyd[42]All
Tommy Erdos[42]All
Garett Grist[8]All
3 Christian England[41]All
Michael Guasch[41]1–4
Andrew Bentley5–6
360 Racing[8]Ligier JS P35 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 M307 Colin Noble[43]All
Anthony Wells[43]All
Ligier JS P38 James Littlejohn[43]All
Nobuya Yamanaka[43]1–2, 4
Nicholas Adcock3, 5–6
Realteam Racing[31]Norma M309 David Droux[31]All
Esteban Garcia[31]All
Oregon Team[8]Norma M3010 Lorenzo Bontempelli[44]All
Damiano Fioravanti[8]All
Gustas Grinbergas[44]All
Eurointernational[8]Ligier JS P311 Mikkel Jensen[7]All
Jens Petersen[7]All
Inter Europol Competition[25]Ligier JS P313 Martin Hippe[25]All
Nigel Moore[7]All
14 Paul Scheuschner[25]All
Dino Lunardi[45]1
Sam Dejonghe[46]2–4
Constantin Schöll5–6
RLR MSport[47]Ligier JS P315 Christian Stubbe Olsen[47]All
Martin Rich[47]All
Martin Vedel Mortensen[47]All
Ultimate[8]Norma M3017 François Heriau[7]All
Jean-Baptiste Lahaye[7]All
Matthieu Lahaye[8]All
ACE1 Villorba Corse[48]Ligier JS P318 Alessandro Bressan[48]3
Gabriele Lancieri3
Yuki Harata[48]3
M Racing[8]Norma M3019 Lucas Légeret[7]All
Laurent Millara[8]All
Yann Ehrlacher[7]1, 3–4

LMGTE

All cars in the LMGTE class used Dunlop Tyres.[40]

Entrant/TeamChassisEngineNo.DriversRounds
Luzich Racing[49]Ferrari 488 GTE 1–2
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 3–6
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V851 Fabien Lavergne[49]All
Nicklas Nielsen[49]All
Alessandro Pier Guidi[49]All
Spirit of Race[8]Ferrari 488 GTE 1–2
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 3–6
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V855 Duncan Cameron[8]All
Matt Griffin[7]All
Aaron Scott[7]All
Team Project 1[8]Porsche 911 RSRPorsche 4.0 L Flat-656 Jörg Bergmeister[45]1–3
Egidio Perfetti[8]1–3
Giorgio Roda[7]1–2
David Heinemeier Hansson[7]3
Kessel Racing[50][51]Ferrari 488 GTE 1–2
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 3–6
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V860 Sergio Pianezzola[7]All
Andrea Piccini[7]1–3, 5–6
Claudio Schiavoni[51]1–3
Nicola Cadei4
Giacomo Piccini4
David Perel5–6
83 Rahel Frey[52]All
Michelle Gatting[52]All
Manuela Gostner[52]All
JMW Motorsport[8]Ferrari 488 GTE 1–2
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 3–6
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V866 Matteo Cressoni[53]All
Wei Lu[53]All
Jeff Segal[8]All
Dempsey-Proton Racing[8]Porsche 911 RSRPorsche 4.0 L Flat-677 Matteo Cairoli[7]All
Riccardo Pera[7]All
Christian Ried[7]All
EbiMotors[54]Porsche 911 RSRPorsche 4.0 L Flat-680 Fabio Babini[8]1–3, 6
Marco Frezza[7]1–3, 6
Sébastien Fortuna[7]1–2
Edward-Lewis Brauner[7]3
Gianluca Giraudi6
Proton Competition[8]Porsche 911 RSRPorsche 4.0 L Flat-688 Thomas Preining[7]1, 4, 6
Horst Felbermayr Jr[7]1
Marco Seefried[7]1
Gianluca Giraudi4
Ricardo Sanchez4
Adrien De Leener6
Steffen Görig6

Results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Rnd.CircuitLMP2 Winning TeamLMP3 Winning TeamLMGTE Winning TeamResults
LMP2 Winning DriversLMP3 Winning DriversLMGTE Winning Drivers
1 Le Castellet No. 21 DragonSpeed No. 17 Ultimate No. 51 Luzich RacingReport
James Allen
Ben Hanley
Henrik Hedman
François Heriau
Jean-Baptiste Lahaye
Matthieu Lahaye
Fabien Lavergne
Nicklas Nielsen
Alessandro Pier Guidi
2 Monza No. 26 G-Drive Racing No. 11 Eurointernational No. 77 Dempsey-Proton RacingReport
Norman Nato
Roman Rusinov
Job van Uitert
Mikkel Jensen
Jens Petersen
Matteo Cairoli
Riccardo Pera
Christian Ried
3 Barcelona No. 26 G-Drive Racing No. 13 Inter Europol Competition No. 51 Luzich RacingReport
Roman Rusinov
Job van Uitert
Jean-Éric Vergne
Martin Hippe
Nigel Moore
Fabien Lavergne
Nicklas Nielsen
Alessandro Pier Guidi
4 Silverstone No. 28 IDEC Sport No. 11 Eurointernational No. 88 Proton CompetitionReport
Paul-Loup Chatin
Paul Lafargue
Memo Rojas
Mikkel Jensen
Jens Petersen
Gianluca Giraudi
Thomas Preining
Ricardo Sanchez
5 Spa-Francorchamps No. 22 United Autosports No. 11 Eurointernational No. 51 Luzich RacingReport
Filipe Albuquerque
Phil Hanson
Mikkel Jensen
Jens Petersen
Fabien Lavergne
Nicklas Nielsen
Alessandro Pier Guidi
6 Portimão No. 28 IDEC Sport No. 6 360 Racing No. 51 Luzich RacingReport
Paul-Loup Chatin
Paul Lafargue
Memo Rojas
James Dayson
Ross Kaiser
Terrence Woodward
Fabien Lavergne
Nicklas Nielsen
Alessandro Pier Guidi

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]

Teams Championships

Points are awarded according to the following structure:

Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10thOtherPole
Points2518151210864210.51

LMP2 Teams Championship

Pos.TeamCarLEC
MNZ
BAR
SIL
SPA
POR
Points
1 #28 IDEC SportOreca 07225161105
2 #26 G-Drive RacingAurus 01411246101
3 #39 GraffOreca 0755233383
4 #22 United AutosportsLigier JS P21764771
Oreca 07Ret12
5 #21 DragonSpeedOreca 071101047948
6 #30 Duqueine EngineeringOreca 07364Ret5Ret45
7 #37 Cool RacingOreca 07783Ret21444.5
8 #32 United AutosportsLigier JS P2171238837.5
Oreca 0794
9 #25 Algarve Pro RacingOreca 0714126610528
10 #24 Panis Barthez CompetitionLigier JS P217Ret7Ret5Ret820
11 #23 Panis Barthez CompetitionLigier JS P2171091519.5
Oreca 07787
12 #43 RLR MSportOreca 078Ret13Ret14155.5
13 #31 Algarve Pro RacingOreca 07131412913114.5
14 #20 High Class RacingOreca 07917Ret1115124
15 #35 BHK MotorsportOreca 071615111011104
16 #45 Thunderhead Carlin RacingDallara P21711119RetRet3
17 #34 Inter Europol CompetitionLigier JS P2171513Ret1212Ret2
18 #27 IDEC SportLigier JS P217Ret161413Ret132
#47 Cetilar Racing Villorba CorseDallara P217Ret0
Key
ColourResult
GoldRace winner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
BlankDid not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

LMP3 Teams Championship

Pos.TeamCarLEC
MNZ
BAR
SIL
SPA
POR
Points
1 #11 EurointernationalLigier JS P321Ret116102
2 #13 Inter Europol CompetitionLigier JS P3321221194.5
3 #17 UltimateNorma M301Ret274376
4 #2 United AutosportsLigier JS P36333Ret271
5 #7 Nielsen RacingNorma M3057453563
6 #6 360 RacingLigier JS P310612410147.5
7 #9 Realteam RacingNorma M30748118831.5
8 #3 United AutosportsLigier JS P38105Ret5Ret25
9 #8 Nielsen RacingLigier JS P314Ret699424.5
10 #19 M RacingNorma M3095118Ret921.5
11 #10 Oregon TeamNorma M304Ret10Ret7Ret20
12 #14 Inter Europol CompetitionLigier JS P3139RetRet6716.5
13 #5 360 RacingLigier JS P31181361213.5
14 #15 RLR MSportLigier JS P312Ret71011109
15 #18 ACE1 Villorba CorseLigier JS P392
Key
ColourResult
GoldRace winner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
BlankDid not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

LMGTE Teams Championship

Pos.TeamCarLEC
MNZ
BAR
SIL
SPA
POR
Points
1 #51 Luzich RacingFerrari 488 GTE131411127
2 #77 Dempsey-Proton RacingPorsche 911 RSR31672Ret76
3 #66 JMW MotorsportFerrari 488 GTE42266574
4 #83 Kessel RacingFerrari 488 GTE26424Ret68
5 #55 Spirit of RaceFerrari 488 GTE57353468
6 #60 Kessel RacingFerrari 488 GTE9Ret835250
7 #80 EbiMotorsPorsche 911 RSR657339
8 #88 Proton CompetitionPorsche 911 RSR7WD1WDRet32
8 #56 Team Project 1Porsche 911 RSR84526
Key
ColourResult
GoldRace winner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
BlankDid not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Drivers Championships

Points are awarded according to the following structure:

Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10thOtherPole
Points2518151210864210.51

LMP2 Drivers Championship

Pos.DriverTeamLEC
MNZ
BAR
SIL
SPA
POR
Points
1 Paul-Loup Chatin IDEC Sport225161105
Paul Lafargue IDEC Sport225161
Memo Rojas IDEC Sport225161
2 Roman Rusinov G-Drive Racing411246101
Job van Uitert G-Drive Racing411246
3 Alexandre Cougnaud Graff55233383
Tristan Gommendy Graff552333
Jonathan Hirschi Graff552333
4 Phil Hanson United Autosports647Ret1271
5 Jean-Éric Vergne G-Drive Racing124663
6 Filipe Albuquerque United Autosports47Ret1263
7 James Allen DragonSpeed1101047948
Henrik Hedman DragonSpeed11010479
8 Ben Hanley DragonSpeed11047947
9 Richard Bradley Duqueine Engineering364Ret5Ret45
Nico Jamin Duqueine Engineering364Ret5Ret
Pierre Ragues Duqueine Engineering364Ret5Ret
10 Antonin Borga Cool Racing783Ret21444.5
Nicolas Lapierre Cool Racing783Ret214
11 Norman Nato G-Drive Racing4138
12 Alex Brundle United Autosports123889437.5
Ryan Cullen United Autosports1238894
13 William Owen United Autosports3889437
14 John Falb Algarve Pro Racing14126610528
Andrea Pizzitola Algarve Pro Racing141266105
15 Olivier Pla Algarve Pro Racing146610527.5
16 Alexandre Coigny Cool Racing783Ret1426.5
17 Timothé Buret Panis Barthez CompetitionRet7Ret5Ret820
Konstantin Tereshchenko Panis Barthez CompetitionRet7Ret5Ret8
18 René Binder Panis Barthez Competition1091578719.5
Julien Canal Panis Barthez Competition10915787
Will Stevens Panis Barthez Competition10915787
19 Paul di Resta United Autosports68
20 Léonard Hoogenboom Panis Barthez CompetitionRet7Ret6
21 John Farano RLR MSport8Ret13Ret14155.5
Arjun Maini RLR MSport8Ret13Ret1415
Bruno Senna RLR MSport8Ret131415
22 Henning Enqvist Algarve Pro Racing131412913114.5
James French Algarve Pro Racing13141291311
Tacksung Kim Algarve Pro Racing13141291311
23 Dennis Andersen High Class Racing917Ret11151228
Anders Fjordbach High Class Racing917Ret111512
24 Sergio Campana BHK Motorsport1615111011104
Francesco Dracone BHK Motorsport161511101110
25 Ben Barnicoat Thunderhead Carlin Racing11119RetRet3
Pos.DriverTeamLEC
MNZ
BAR
SIL
SPA
POR
Points
Key
ColourResult
GoldRace winner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
BlankDid not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

LMP3 Drivers Championship

Pos.DriverTeamLEC
MNZ
BAR
SIL
SPA
POR
Points
1 Mikkel Jensen Eurointernational21Ret116102
Jens Petersen Eurointernational21Ret116
2 Martin Hippe Inter Europol Competition321221194.5
Nigel Moore Inter Europol Competition3212211
3 François Heriau Ultimate1Ret274376
Jean-Baptiste Lahaye Ultimate1Ret2743
Matthieu Lahaye Ultimate1Ret2743
4 Wayne Boyd United Autosports6333Ret271
Tommy Erdos United Autosports6333Ret2
Garett Grist United Autosports6333Ret2
5 Colin Noble Nielsen Racing57453563
Anthony Wells Nielsen Racing574535
6 James Dayson 360 Racing10612410147.5
Ross Kaiser 360 Racing106124101
Terrence Woodward 360 Racing106124101
7 David Droux Realteam Racing748118831.5
Esteban Garcia Realteam Racing7481188
8 Christian England United Autosports8105Ret5Ret25
9 James Littlejohn Nielsen Racing14Ret699424.5
10 Nicholas Adcock Nielsen Racing69422
Pos.DriverTeamLEC
MNZ
BAR
SIL
SPA
POR
Points
Key
ColourResult
GoldRace winner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
BlankDid not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

LMGTE Drivers Championship

Pos.DriverTeamLEC
MNZ
BAR
SIL
SPA
POR
Points
1 Fabien Lavergne Luzich Racing131411127
Nicklas Nielsen Luzich Racing131411
Alessandro Pier Guidi Luzich Racing131411
2 Matteo Cairoli Dempsey-Proton Racing31672Ret76
Riccardo Pera Dempsey-Proton Racing31672Ret
Christian Ried Dempsey-Proton Racing31672Ret
3 Matteo Cressoni JMW Motorsport42266574
Wei Lu JMW Motorsport422665
Jeff Segal JMW Motorsport422665
4 Rahel Frey Kessel Racing26424Ret68
Michelle Gatting Kessel Racing26424Ret
Manuela Gostner Kessel Racing26424Ret
5 Duncan Cameron Spirit of Race57353468
Matt Griffin Spirit of Race573534
Aaron Scott Spirit of Race573534
6 Sergio Pianezzola Kessel Racing9Ret835250
7 Gianluca Giraudi Proton Competition141
EbiMotors3
8 Fabio Babini EbiMotors657339
Marco Frezza EbiMotors6573
9 Andrea Piccini Kessel Racing9Ret85235
10 Thomas Preining Proton Competition7WD1WDRet35
Pos.DriverTeamLEC
MNZ
BAR
SIL
SPA
POR
Points
Key
ColourResult
GoldRace winner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
BlankDid not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes

References