2018 European Le Mans Series

2018 European Le Mans Series
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Support series: Michelin Le Mans Cup

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]

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		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 use the Gibson GK428 V8 engine.^[3]

Entrant/Team

Chassis

Tyre

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

Philip 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

Matt McMurry^[19]

5–6

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, 5

Erik Maris^[7]

1–3, 5

William Cavailhes^[7]

1–2

Nicolas Minassian^[26]

3

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

^[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 use 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
			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
		13	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
BHK Motorsport^[12]	Ligier JS P3	16	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
	Ligier JS P3	18	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]

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
			54	Thomas Flöhr^[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]	3–6
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
Rnd.	Circuit	LMP2 Winning Drivers	LMP3 Winning Drivers	LMGTE Winning Drivers	Results
1	Le Castellet	No. 24 Racing Engineering	No. 15 RLR Msport	No. 66 JMW Motorsport	Report
1	Le Castellet	Norman Nato Paul Petit Olivier Pla	John Farano Rob Garofall Job van Uitert	Liam Griffin Alex MacDowall Miguel Molina	Report
2	Monza	No. 26 G-Drive Racing	No. 11 EuroInternational	No. 55 Spirit of Race	Report
2	Monza	Andrea Pizzitola Roman Rusinov Jean-Éric Vergne	Giorgio Mondini Kay van Berlo	Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin Aaron Scott	Report
3	Red Bull Ring	No. 26 G-Drive Racing	No. 15 RLR Msport	No. 88 Proton Competition
3	Red Bull Ring	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
4	Silverstone	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
5	Spa-Francorchamps	Filipe Albuquerque Philip 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
6	Portimão	Filipe Albuquerque Philip Hanson	Martin Hippe Jakub Smiechowski	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	34
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
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
Black	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
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
Black	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
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
Black	Excluded (EX)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Race cancelled (C)
	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did Not Participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – 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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^ "PAUL-LOUP CHATIN WITH IDEC SPORT FOR THE 2018 SEASON". europeanlemansseries.com. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Dagys, John (12 March 2018). "IDEC Sport to Run Two Different LMP2 Chassis". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
^ "4H Red Bull Ring: Friday Paddock Notes". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 21 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
^ Kilshaw, Jake (19 March 2018). "Rojas Confirmed in IDEC Sport Oreca". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
^ Dagys, John (24 December 2017). "Duqueine Engineering Confirms Oreca LMP2 Effort". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Lloyd, Daniel (29 March 2018). "All-French Lineup for Duqueine LMP2 Effort". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
^ Kilshaw, Jake (7 December 2017). "AVF to Field Dallara LMP2 in ELMS". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
^ "AVF signs Henrique Chaves for 2018 ELMS season". endurance-info.com. Endurance-Info. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
^ "KONSTANTIN TERESCHENKO JOINS AVF FOR 2018 ELMS CAMPAIGN". speed-live.it. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Kilshaw, Jake (23 November 2017). "Villorba Corse Confirms ELMS Return with Dallara". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
^ "Nasr Joins Villorba Corse For Remaining ELMS Rounds & Le Mans". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "High Class Racing Back For More In '18 & "Working Hard On Le Mans"". Dailysportscar. 21 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "JOHN FALB AND SEAN RAYHALL RETURN TO UNITED AUTOSPORTS FOR 2018 ELMS LMP3 TITLE DEFENCE". europeanlemansseries.com. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
^ Hensby, Paul (9 February 2018). "UNITED AUTOSPORTS TO FIELD BELL, WELLS AND GRIST IN #3 LIGIER JS P3". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "Ecurie Ecosse Step Up To ELMS With Strong Driver Line-up". Dailysportscar. 8 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "2018 EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES - 4 HOURS OF RED BULL RING PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST" (PDF). dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 19 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Sala, Dario (20 March 2018). "OREGON TEAM TO FIELD MATEU, MÉNDEZ, PONZIO FOR 2018 EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES SEASON". oregonteam.it. Oregon Team S.R.L. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Kilshaw, Jake (2 February 2018). "RLR Msport Returns to LMP3 with New Lineup". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Le Yvan Muller Racing annonce ses équipages ELMS pour 2018" [The Yvan Muller Racing announces its crews ELMS for 2018]. racing.yvanmuller.com (in French). Yvan Muller. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
^ "4H Silverstone: Thursday Paddock Notes". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Dagys, John (15 January 2018). "Krohn Set for ELMS Return with Ferrari". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Dagys, John (13 February 2018). "Ebimotors Set for Porsche Program". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
^ "Pera is the confirmed driver for Ebimotors in ELMS". europeanlemansseries.com. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 14 March 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
^ "Sporting Regulations". European Le Mans Series. Retrieved August 28, 2016.

External links[]

European Le Mans Series Official Website

[UnitedAutosports-7] Both United Autosports LMP2 entries switched to Michelin tyres from the fifth round onwards.^[6]

[APR-18] Jump up to: ^a ^b Car No. 25 entered as Algarve Pro Racing and car No. 31 entered as APR - Rebellion Racing.

[TDS-25] Jump up to: ^a ^b Car No. 26 entered as G-Drive Racing and car No. 33 entered as TDS Racing.

[Graff-36] Jump up to: ^a ^b Car No. 39 entered as Graff and car No. 40 entered as G-Drive Racing.

[AF-49] Jump up to: ^a ^b Cars No. 54 and 55 entered as Spirit of Race and car No. 83 entered as Krohn Racing.

[SpaRace-53] 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.

[Calendar-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Kilshaw, Jake (23 September 2017). "4H Le Castellet to Open 2018 ELMS Season". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 23 September 2017.

[ELMS-2] "The different classes". europeanlemansseries.com. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 27 February 2018.

[LMP2regs-3] "New Year, New Regulations for LMP2". europeanlemansseries.com. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.

[DragonSpeed-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Kilshaw, Jake (6 February 2018). "DragonSpeed Confirms Unchanged LMP2 Lineup". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 6 February 2018.

[United18-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b Kilshaw, Jake (12 October 2017). "United Autosports Signs Hanson; Two LMP2 Cars for ELMS, Daytona". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 12 October 2017.

[SpaEntryList-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "2018 EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES - 4 HOURS OF SPA FRANCORCHAMPS PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST" (PDF). europeanlemansseries.com. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.

[45Entries-8] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae "Four WEC Guest Entries Make It 45 Cars For ELMS At Paul Ricard". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.

[MonzaEntryList-9] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "2018 EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES - 4 HOURS OF MONZA PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST" (PDF). europeanlemansseries.com. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.

[WayneBoyd-10] "Wayne Boyd Switches To LMP2 For United Autosport ELMS Campaign". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.

[UnitedOwen-11] Kilshaw, Jake (16 November 2017). "Owen Confirmed for ELMS, 24H Le Mans with United Autosports". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 16 November 2017.

[SadeleerUnited-12] Dagys, John (23 November 2017). "United Autosports Confirms de Sadeleer for Daytona, ELMS". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 23 November 2017.

[41Entries-13] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au ^av ^aw ^ax ^ay ^az ^ba ^bb ^bc ^bd ^be ^bf ^bg ^bh ^bi ^bj "2018 Full Season ELMS Entry List". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 8 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.

[Panis-Barthez-14] Jump up to: ^a ^b Lloyd, Daniel (17 March 2018). "Stevens to Make LMP2 Return with Panis-Barthez". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 17 March 2018. The 26-year-old Brit, who contested the 2015 Grand Prix season with Marussia, will co-drive the French outfit’s Ligier JS P217 Gibson with Timothe Buret and FIA World Endurance LMP2 champion Julien Canal

[PaulPetit-15] Jump up to: ^a ^b Hensby, Paul (2 April 2018). "Pla and Petit join Nato in Racing Engineering's ELMS Line-up". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 2 April 2018.

[SilverstoneEntries-16] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "2018 EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES - 4 HOURS OF SILVERSTONE PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST" (PDF). europeanlemansseries.com. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.

[AlgarveProRacing-17] "PINNACLE MAKES FIRST MOVE INTO SPORTS SPONSORSHIP WITH ELMS DEAL". algarveproracingteam.com. Algarve Pro Racing Team Limited. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

[RebellionLineup-19] Jump up to: ^a ^b Kilshaw, Jake (10 February 2018). "Rebellion Reveals LMP1 Driver Pairings". Sportscar365. Retrieved 10 February 2018.

[TackSungKim-20] Kilshaw, Jake (8 February 2018). "41 Cars on Full-Season Entry List". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 7 March 2018. Algarve Pro Racing will field an all-Bronze lineup of Mark Patterson, Tacksung Kim and Ate De Jong in a Ligier...

[Spa-21] Jump up to: ^a ^b "4H Spa-Francorchamps: Thursday Paddock Notes". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.

[APRLineup-22] Kilshaw, Jake (6 March 2018). "Cullen Completes APR-Rebellion Lineup". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 6 March 2018.

[23] Kilshaw, Jake (31 March 2018). "Menezes Replaces Laurent in APR Rebellion Entry". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 31 March 2018.

[GraffG-Drive-24] Jump up to: ^a ^b Dagys, John (8 February 2018). "Graff to Run G-Drive Entries; Rusinov Lineup to Receive Dispensation". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 8 February 2018.

[PaulRicardEntryList-26] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "2018 EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES - PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST 4 HOURS OF LE CASTELLET" (PDF). europeanlemansseries.com. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.

[IDECSportLigier-27] "PAUL-LOUP CHATIN WITH IDEC SPORT FOR THE 2018 SEASON". europeanlemansseries.com. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.

[IDECSportOreca-28] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Dagys, John (12 March 2018). "IDEC Sport to Run Two Different LMP2 Chassis". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 12 March 2018.

[RBR-29] "4H Red Bull Ring: Friday Paddock Notes". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 21 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.

[MemoRojas-30] Kilshaw, Jake (19 March 2018). "Rojas Confirmed in IDEC Sport Oreca". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 19 March 2018.

[DuqueineOreca18-31] Dagys, John (24 December 2017). "Duqueine Engineering Confirms Oreca LMP2 Effort". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 24 December 2017.

[DuqueineLMP2-32] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Lloyd, Daniel (29 March 2018). "All-French Lineup for Duqueine LMP2 Effort". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 29 March 2018.

[AVFDallara-33] Kilshaw, Jake (7 December 2017). "AVF to Field Dallara LMP2 in ELMS". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 7 December 2017.

[HenriqueChaves-34] "AVF signs Henrique Chaves for 2018 ELMS season". endurance-info.com. Endurance-Info. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

[35] "KONSTANTIN TERESCHENKO JOINS AVF FOR 2018 ELMS CAMPAIGN". speed-live.it. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.

[Villorba18-37] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Kilshaw, Jake (23 November 2017). "Villorba Corse Confirms ELMS Return with Dallara". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 23 November 2017.

[FelipeNasr-38] "Nasr Joins Villorba Corse For Remaining ELMS Rounds & Le Mans". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.

[HighClassDallara18-39] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "High Class Racing Back For More In '18 & "Working Hard On Le Mans"". Dailysportscar. 21 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.

[UnitedLMP3-40] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "JOHN FALB AND SEAN RAYHALL RETURN TO UNITED AUTOSPORTS FOR 2018 ELMS LMP3 TITLE DEFENCE". europeanlemansseries.com. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

[GarettGrist-41] Hensby, Paul (9 February 2018). "UNITED AUTOSPORTS TO FIELD BELL, WELLS AND GRIST IN #3 LIGIER JS P3". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

[EcurieEcosseLigier18-42] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "Ecurie Ecosse Step Up To ELMS With Strong Driver Line-up". Dailysportscar. 8 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.

[RBREntries-43] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "2018 EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES - 4 HOURS OF RED BULL RING PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST" (PDF). dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 19 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.

[OregonTeam-44] Jump up to: ^a ^b Sala, Dario (20 March 2018). "OREGON TEAM TO FIELD MATEU, MÉNDEZ, PONZIO FOR 2018 EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES SEASON". oregonteam.it. Oregon Team S.R.L. Retrieved 23 March 2018.

[RLRP3-45] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Kilshaw, Jake (2 February 2018). "RLR Msport Returns to LMP3 with New Lineup". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 2 February 2018.

[M.RacingYMR-46] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Le Yvan Muller Racing annonce ses équipages ELMS pour 2018" [The Yvan Muller Racing announces its crews ELMS for 2018]. racing.yvanmuller.com (in French). Yvan Muller. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.

[JMLittman-47] "4H Silverstone: Thursday Paddock Notes". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.

[FerrariLMGTE-48] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Dagys, John (15 January 2018). "Krohn Set for ELMS Return with Ferrari". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

[EbimotorsLMGTE-50] Jump up to: ^a ^b Dagys, John (13 February 2018). "Ebimotors Set for Porsche Program". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 13 February 2018.

[RiccardoPera-51] "Pera is the confirmed driver for Ebimotors in ELMS". europeanlemansseries.com. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 14 March 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.

[SportingRegulations-52] "Sporting Regulations". European Le Mans Series. Retrieved August 28, 2016.

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