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The 2016 European Le Mans Series was the thirteenth season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's (ACO) European Le Mans Series. The six-event season began at Silverstone Circuit, in conjunction with the FIA World Endurance Championship, on 16 April and finished at Autódromo do Estoril on 23 October.^[1]

G-Drive Racing 'Mighty 38' No. 38 Gibson 015S, winner of the 2016 European Le Mans Series in the LMP2 class

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Rnd	Race	Circuit	Location	Date
1	4 Hours of Silverstone	Silverstone Circuit	Silverstone, United Kingdom	16 April
2	4 Hours of Imola	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	Imola, Italy	15 May
3	4 Hours of Red Bull Ring	Red Bull Ring	Spielberg, Austria	17 July
4	4 Hours of Le Castellet	Circuit Paul Ricard	Le Castellet, France	28 August
5	4 Hours of Spa	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Spa, Belgium	25 September
6	4 Hours of Estoril	Autódromo do Estoril	Estoril, Portugal	23 October

Entrant/Team	Car	Engine	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
DragonSpeed	Oreca 05	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	21	Ben Hanley^[4]	All
					Henrik Hedman^[3]	All
					Nicolas Lapierre^[4]	All
SO24! By Lombard Racing	Ligier JS P2	Judd HK 3.6 L V8	D	22	Vincent Capillaire^[3]	1–2
					Jonathan Coleman^[5]	1–2
					Olivier Lombard^[5]	1–2
Panis Barthez Competition	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	M	23	Fabien Barthez^[3]	All
					Timothé Buret^[4]	All
					Paul-Loup Chatin^[4]	All
Algarve Pro Racing	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	25	Michael Munemann^[3]	1–3, 5
					Parth Ghorpade^[4]	1–2
					Chris Hoy^[6]	1–2
					Jonathan Hirschi^[7]	3–5
					Andrea Pizzitola^[7]	3–5
					Andrea Roda^[8]	4
IDEC Sport Racing	Ligier JS P2	Judd HK 3.6 L V8	M	28	Dimitri Enjalbert^[4]	1–2, 4–6
					Patrice Lafargue^[3]	1–2, 4–6
					Paul Lafargue^[4]	1–2, 4–6
Pegasus Racing	Morgan LMP2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	M	29	Léo Roussel^[4]	All
					Inès Taittinger^[3]	All
					Rémy Striebig^[4]	1–5
					Julien Schell^[9]	6
SMP Racing	BR Engineering BR01	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	32	Stefano Coletti^[10]	All
					Andreas Wirth^[10]	All
					Julián Leal^[4]	1–4
					Vitaly Petrov^[11]	5–6
				44	Mitch Evans^[4]	1
					Sean Gelael^[4]	1
					Antonio Giovinazzi^[4]	1
Eurasia Motorsport	Oreca 05	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	33	Tristan Gommendy^[12]	All
					Nick de Bruijn^[12]	1–5
					Pu Jun Jin^[3]	1–5
					Michael Lyons^[9]	6
					Frédéric Vervisch^[9]	6
Race Performance	Oreca 03R	Judd HK 3.6 L V8	D	34	Nicolas Leutwiler^[3]	1–2
					James Winslow^[4]	1–2
					Franck Mailleux^[4]	1
					Shinji Nakano^[13]	2
G-Drive Racing	Gibson 015S	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	38	Simon Dolan^[3]	All
					Giedo van der Garde^[14]	All
					Harry Tincknell^[14]	All
Krohn Racing	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	M	40	Niclas Jönsson^[15]	All
					Björn Wirdheim^[4]	1–2
					Tracy Krohn^[3]	1, 3–5
					Olivier Pla^[15]	2–6
Greaves Motorsport	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	41	Julien Canal^[4]	All
					Memo Rojas^[3]	All
					Kuba Giermaziak^[4]	1–2
					Nathanaël Berthon^[7]	3–6
Thiriet by TDS Racing	Oreca 05	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	46	Mathias Beche^[4]	All
					Pierre Thiriet^[3]	All
					Ryō Hirakawa^[4]	1–3, 5–6
					Mike Conway^[8]	4
Team WRT	Ligier JS P2	Judd HK 3.6 L V8	D	47	Will Stevens^[11]	5
					Dries Vanthoor^[11]	5
					Laurens Vanthoor^[11]	5
Murphy Prototypes	Oreca 03R	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	48	Sean Doyle^[4]	1–5
					Shaun Balfe^[4]	1
					Damien Faulkner^[4]	1
					Gary Findlay^[13]	2, 5
					Patrick McClughan^[13]	2
					Gugliemo Belotti^[7]	3
					Karun Chandhok^[7]	3
					Kevin Ceccon^[8]	4
					Jonathan Coleman^[8]	4
					Bruno Bonifacio^[11]	5

Entrant/Team	Car	Engine	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
United Autosports	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	2	Alex Brundle^[3]	All
					Christian England^[4]	All
					Mike Guasch^[4]	All
				3	Matthew Bell^[4]	All
					Wayne Boyd^[4]	All
					Mark Patterson^[3]	All
OAK Racing	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	4	Erik Maris^[16]	All
					Jean-Marc Merlin^[3]	1–4, 6
					Carlos Tavares^[11]	5
				24	Jacques Nicolet^[3]	All
				24	Pierre Nicolet^[16]	All
By Speed Factory	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	5	Tom Jackson^[17]	1–4
					Álvaro Fontes^[17]	1–2
					Jesús Fuster^[4]	1–2
					Alain Costa^[7]	3–4
					John Hartshorne^[8]	4
					Kevin O'Hara^[11]	5
					Daniel Polley^[11]	5
					Kim Rødkjær^[11]	5
360 Racing	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	6	Ross Kaiser^[18]	All
					James Swift^[18]	All
					Terrence Woodward^[3]	All
Villorba Corse	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	7	Roberto Lacorte^[3]	All
					Giorgio Sernagiotto^[4]	All
					Niccolò Schirò^[4]	1–3
Race Performance	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	8	Bert Longin^[4]	All
					Giorgio Maggi^[4]	All
					Marcello Marateotto^[4]	1–5
					Nicolas Leutwiler^[9]	6
Graff	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	9	Paul Petit^[19]	All
					Eric Trouillet^[3]	All
					Enzo Guibbert^[19]	1–2, 4–6
					James Winslow^[7]	3
				10	John Falb^[3]	All
					Enzo Potolicchio^[4]	All
					Sean Rayhall^[4]	All
Eurointernational	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	11	Giorgio Mondini^[4]	1–4, 6
					Marco Jacoboni^[4]	1–4
					Andrea Roda^[4]	1–2
					Jay Palmer^[9]	6
				12	Andrea Dromedari^[13]	2–4, 6
					Fabio Mancini^[13]	2–3
					Roman Rusinov^[13]	2–3
					Rik Breukers^[8]	4, 6
					Miguel Faisca^[9]	6
Inter Europol Competition	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	13	Jens Petersen^[4]	All
Inter Europol Competition	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	13	Jakub Śmiechowski^[3]	All
MurphyP3-3Dimensional.com	Ginetta-Juno LMP3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	14	Tony Ave^[3]	1
					Michael Cullen^[4]	1
					Doug Peterson^[4]	1
	Ligier JS P3				Barrie Baxter^[13]	2
					Rob Garofall^[13]	2
					Alex Kapadia^[13]	2
RLR MSport	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	15	Morten Dons^[4]	All
					Ossy Yusuf^[3]	1–2
					Ross Warburton^[7]	3–4
					John Hartshorne^[7]	3
					Anthony Wells^[8]	4–6
					Alasdair McCaig^[11]	5–6
Panis Barthez Competition	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	16	Eric Debard^[3]	All
					Simon Gachet^[20]	All
					Valentin Moineault^[20]	All
Ultimate	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	17	François Hériau^[21]	All
					Jean-Baptiste Lahaye^[3]	All
					Matthieu Lahaye^[21]	All
M.Racing - YMR	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	18	Alexandre Cougnaud^[4]	All
					Yann Ehrlacher^[4]	All
					Thomas Laurent^[3]	All
Duqueine Engineering	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	19	David Hallyday^[3]	All
					Dino Lunardi^[4]	All
					David Droux^[13]	2–6
				20	Eric Clement^[22]	All
					Maxime Pialat^[22]	All
					Romain Iannetta^[22]	1–2
					Antonin Borga^[7]	3–6
Tockwith Motorsports	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	26	Phil Hanson^[8]	4–5
Tockwith Motorsports	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	26	Nigel Moore^[8]	4–5

Entrant/Team	Car	Engine	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	D	51	Rui Águas^[4]	All
					Marco Cioci^[4]	All
					Piergiuseppe Perazzini^[3]	All
				55	Duncan Cameron^[3]	All
					Matt Griffin^[4]	All
					Aaron Scott^[4]	All
AT Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	D	56	Alexander Talkanitsa, Jr.^[3]	All
					Alexander Talkanitsa, Sr.^[4]	All
					Alessandro Pier Guidi^[4]	1, 3–6
					Davide Rigon^[13]	2
Formula Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	D	60	Johnny Laursen^[3]	All
					Mikkel Mac^[4]	All
					Christina Nielsen^[4]	1–3, 5–6
					Mikkel Jensen^[8]	4
JMW Motorsport	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	D	66	Andrea Bertolini^[4]	All
					Rory Butcher^[4]	All
					Robert Smith^[3]	All
Proton Competition	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	D	77	Mike Hedlund^[4]	All
					Wolf Henzler^[4]	All
					Marco Seefried^[3]	1, 3–6
					Robert Renauer^[13]	2
				88	Christian Ried^[4]	All
					Gianluca Roda^[3]	All
					Richard Lietz^[4]	1
					Klaus Bachler^[13]	2
					Matteo Cairoli^[7]	3, 5
					David Jahn^[8]	4
					Ben Barker^[9]	6
Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8	D	96	Roald Goethe^[4]	1
					Stuart Hall^[4]	1
					Richie Stanaway^[4]	1
				99	Andrew Howard^[3]	All
					Alex MacDowall^[4]	All
					Darren Turner^[4]	All

Entrant/Team	Car	Engine	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
SRT41 by OAK Racing	Morgan LMP2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	M	84	Jean-Bernard Bouvet^[4]	1
					Frédéric Sausset^[4]	1
					Christophe Tinseau^[4]	1

2016_European_Le_Mans_Series_season

2016 European Le Mans Series

Regulations

Calendar

Entry list

LMP2

LMP3

GTE

Innovative car

Results and standings

Race results

Teams Championships

LMP2 Teams Championship

LMP3 Teams Championship

GTE Teams Championship

Drivers Championships

LMP2 Drivers Championship

LMP3 Drivers Championship

GTE Drivers Championship

References

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Rnd.	Circuit	LMP2 Winning Team	LMP3 Winning Team	GTE Winning Team	Results
Rnd.	Circuit	LMP2 Winning Drivers	LMP3 Winning Drivers	GTE Winning Drivers	Results
1	Silverstone	No. 38 G-Drive Racing	No. 2 United Autosports	No. 99 Aston Martin Racing	Report
1	Silverstone	Simon Dolan Giedo van der Garde Harry Tincknell	Alex Brundle Christian England Mike Guasch	Andrew Howard Alex MacDowall Darren Turner	Report
2	Imola	No. 46 Thiriet by TDS Racing	No. 2 United Autosports	No. 77 Proton Competition	Report
2	Imola	Mathias Beche Ryō Hirakawa Pierre Thiriet	Alex Brundle Christian England Mike Guasch	Mike Hedlund Wolf Henzler Robert Renauer	Report
3	Red Bull Ring	No. 46 Thiriet by TDS Racing	No. 2 United Autosports	No. 66 JMW Motorsport	Report
3	Red Bull Ring	Mathias Beche Ryō Hirakawa Pierre Thiriet	Alex Brundle Christian England Mike Guasch	Andrea Bertolini Rory Butcher Robert Smith	Report
4	Paul Ricard	No. 46 Thiriet by TDS Racing	No. 9 Graff	No. 66 JMW Motorsport	Report
4	Paul Ricard	Mathias Beche Mike Conway Pierre Thiriet	Enzo Guibbert Paul Petit Eric Trouillet	Andrea Bertolini Rory Butcher Robert Smith	Report
5	Spa	No. 21 DragonSpeed	No. 9 Graff	No. 66 JMW Motorsport	Report
5	Spa	Ben Hanley Henrik Hedman Nicolas Lapierre	Enzo Guibbert Paul Petit Eric Trouillet	Andrea Bertolini Rory Butcher Robert Smith	Report
6	Estoril	No. 38 G-Drive Racing	No. 18 M.Racing - YMR	No. 99 Aston Martin Racing	Report
6	Estoril	Simon Dolan Giedo van der Garde Harry Tincknell	Alexandre Cougnaud Yann Ehrlacher Thomas Laurent	Andrew Howard Alex MacDowall Darren Turner	Report

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