G-Drive Racing No. 26 Oreca 07, Winner of the 2018 European Le Mans Series
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]
Entries [ ]
LMP2 [ ]
In accordance with the 2017 LMP2 regulations, all cars in the LMP2 class use the Gibson GK428 V8 engine .[3]
LMP3 [ ]
All cars in the LMP3 class use the Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 engine and Michelin tyres.[12]
Entrant/Team
Chassis
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
James Swift[12]
1–5
Terrence Woodward[12]
1–2, 4–6
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 Smiechowski[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
Jean-Marc Littman[43]
4
Jacob Rattenbury[15]
4
LMGTE [ ]
All cars in the LMGTE class use Dunlop tyres .[12]
Results and Standings [ ]
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.[47]
Teams Championships [ ]
Points are awarded according to the following structure:
Position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
Pole
Points
25
18
15
12
10
8
6
4
2
1
0.5
1
LMP2 Teams Championship [ ]
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 – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
LMP3 Teams Championship [ ]
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 – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
LMGTE Teams Championship [ ]
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 – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
Notes [ ]
^ Both United Autosports LMP2 entries switched to Michelin tyres from the fifth round onwards.[6]
^ Jump up to: a b Car No. 25 entered as Algarve Pro Racing and car No. 31 entered as APR - Rebellion Racing.
^ Jump up to: a b Car No. 26 entered as G-Drive Racing and car No. 33 entered as TDS Racing.
^ Jump up to: a b Car No. 39 entered as Graff and car No. 40 entered as G-Drive Racing.
^ Jump up to: a b Cars No. 54 and 55 entered as Spirit of Race and car No. 83 entered as Krohn Racing.
^ Jump up to: a b c 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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