2021_European_Le_Mans_Series

2021 European Le Mans Series

European racing series held in 2021

The 2021 European Le Mans Series was the eighteenth 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 18 April and finished at Algarve International Circuit on 24 October.^[1]

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.

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[3] The 4 Hours of Le Castellet was originally due to take place on 29 August 2021. It was rescheduled to 6 June due to the postponement of the 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Rnd	Race	Circuit	Location	Date
1	4 Hours of Barcelona	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	Montmeló, Spain	18 April
2	4 Hours of the Red Bull Ring	Red Bull Ring	Spielberg, Austria	16 May
3	4 Hours of Le Castellet	Circuit Paul Ricard	Le Castellet, France	6 June^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	4 Hours of Monza	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	Monza, Italy	11 July
5	4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Spa, Belgium	19 September
6	4 Hours of Portimão	Algarve International Circuit	Portimão, Portugal	24 October

Entrant/Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
La Filière Frédéric Sausset by SRT41^[36]^[37]	Oreca 07	84	Takuma Aoki^[36]	1, 3
			Nigel Bailly^[36]	1, 3
			Pierre Sancinéna^[37]	1, 3

Entrant/Team	Chassis	No.	Drivers	Rounds
United Autosports^[38]	Ligier JS P320	2	Wayne Boyd^[7]	All
			Edouard Cauhaupe^[38]	All
			Rob Wheldon^[7]	All
		3	Andrew Bentley^[39]	All
			Duncan Tappy^[39]	All
			Jim McGuire^[39]	All
DKR Engineering^[7]	Duqueine M30 - D08	4	Laurents Hörr^[7]	All
			Alain Berg^[28]	1
			Leonard Weiss^[27]	2
			Jean-Phillipe Dayrault^[10]	2–3
			Mathieu de Barbuat^[10]	4–6
MV2S Racing^[40]	Ligier JS P320	5	Adrien Chila^[40]	All
			Christophe Cresp^[40]	All
			Fabien Lavergne^[40]	All
Nielsen Racing^[41]	Ligier JS P320	6	Nicholas Adcock^[7]	All
			Max Koebolt^[7]	All
			Austin McCusker^[7]	All
		7	Colin Noble^[7]	All
		7	Anthony Wells^[7]	All
Graff Racing^[42]	Ligier JS P320	8	David Droux^[42]	All
			Sébastien Page^[42]	All
			Eric Trouillet^[42]	All
		9	Matthias Kaiser^[42]	All
		9	Rory Penttinen^[42]	All
Eurointernational^[7]	Ligier JS P320	11	Andrea Dromedari^[7]	1–5
			Mateusz Kaprzyk^[28]	1
			Joey Alders^[27]	2–5
			Cem Bölükbaşı	2
			Jacopo Baratto^[10]	3–5
			Mattia Drudi^[24]	6
			Antoine Doquin^[24]	6
			Finn Gehrsitz^[24]	6
Racing Experience^[7]	Duqueine M30 - D08	12	Tom Cloet^[7]	All
			Gary Hauser^[7]	All
			David Hauser^[7]	1–5
			Guilherme Oliveira^[24]	6
Inter Europol Competition^[7]	Ligier JS P320	13	Martin Hippe^[7]	All
			Ugo de Wilde^[43]	All
			Julien Falchero^[44]	1
			Ulysse de Pauw^[45]	2–3
			Mattia Pasini^[46]	4
			Aidan Read	5
			Adam Eteki^[24]	6
		14	Julius Adomavičius^[44]	1, 3
			Mattia Pasini^[44]	1–3, 5
			Alessandro Bracalente^[44]	1
			Mateusz Kaprzyk^[45]	2–6
			Gustas Grinbergas^[19]	2
			Erwin Creed^[46]	4
			Marius Zug^[47]	4
			Nico Pino	5–6
			Patryk Krupiński^[24]	6
RLR MSport^[7]	Ligier JS P320	15	Mike Benham^[7]	All
			Malthe Jakobsen^[28]	All
			Alex Kapadia^[7]	All
1 AIM Villorba Corse^[7]	Ligier JS P320	18	Alessandro Bressan^[7]	All
			Damiano Fioravanti^[28]	All
			Andreas Laskaratos^[28]	All
Cool Racing^[48]	Ligier JS P320	19	Matthew Bell^[28]	All
			Niklas Krütten^[28]	All
			Nicolas Maulini^[48]	All
Team Virage^[7]	Ligier JS P320	20	Rob Hodes^[7]	All
			Charles Crews^[7]	1–5
			Garett Grist^[7]	1–5
			Alex Fontana^[24]	6
			Julien Gerbi	6
Saintéloc Junior Team^[24]	Ligier JS P320	42	Fabien Michal^[24]	6
Saintéloc Junior Team^[24]	Ligier JS P320	42	Lucas Legeret^[24]	6

Entrant/Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Spirit of Race^[49]	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8	55	Duncan Cameron^[49]	All
				David Perel^[49]	All
				Matt Griffin^[49]	1–3, 5–6
				Alessandro Pier Guidi^[49]	4
Iron Lynx^[50]	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8	60	Paolo Ruberti^[50]	All
				Claudio Schiavoni^[50]	All
				Giorgio Sernagiotto^[50]	All
			80	Matteo Cressoni^[50]	All
				Rino Mastronardi^[50]	All
				Miguel Molina^[50]	All
			83	Rahel Frey^[50]	All
				Michelle Gatting^[50]	All
				Manuela Gostner^[50]	1–4
				Sarah Bovy	5–6
AF Corse^[51]	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8	61	Franck Dezoteux^[24]	6
				Pierre Ragues^[24]	6
				Côme Ledogar^[24]	6
			88	Emmanuel Collard^[51]	2–6
				François Perrodo^[51]	2–6
				Alessio Rovera^[51]	2–6
JMW Motorsport^[7]	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8	66	Jody Fannin^[7]	All
				Rodrigo Sales^[28]	All
				Andrea Fontana^[28]	1–5
				Shaun Thong^[24]	6
WeatherTech Racing^[52]	Porsche 911 RSR-19	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	77	Christian Ried^[52]	All
				Gianmaria Bruni^[52]	1, 3–4, 6
				Jaxon Evans^[52]	1
				Cooper MacNeil^[53]	2–6
				Matt Campbell^[27]	2, 5
Proton Competition^[52]			93	Michael Fassbender^[52]	All
				Richard Lietz^[52]	All
				Felipe Fernández Laser^[52]	1–2, 4–6
				Jaxon Evans^[6]	3
TF Sport^[54]	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	95	Ollie Hancock^[54]	All
				John Hartshorne^[54]	All
				Ross Gunn^[54]	1, 3–6
				Jonathan Adam^[27]	2

Rnd.	Circuit	Pole	LMP2 Winning Team	LMP2 Pro-Am Winning Team	LMP3 Winning Team	LMGTE Winning Team	Results
Rnd.	Circuit	Pole	LMP2 Winning Drivers	LMP2 Pro-Am Winning Drivers	LMP3 Winning Drivers	LMGTE Winning Drivers	Results
1	Catalunya	No. 26 G-Drive Racing	No. 41 Team WRT	No. 29 Ultimate	No. 19 Cool Racing	No. 80 Iron Lynx	Race results
1	Catalunya	Franco Colapinto Roman Rusinov Nyck de Vries	Louis Delétraz Robert Kubica Yifei Ye	François Heriau Jean-Baptiste Lahaye Matthieu Lahaye	Matthew Bell Niklas Krütten Nicolas Maulini	Matteo Cressoni Rino Mastronardi Miguel Molina	Race results
2	Red Bull Ring	No. 34 Racing Team Turkey	No. 41 Team WRT	No. 25 G-Drive Racing	No. 19 Cool Racing	No. 88 AF Corse	Race results
2	Red Bull Ring	Charlie Eastwood Logan Sargeant Salih Yoluç	Louis Delétraz Robert Kubica Yifei Ye	Rui Andrade John Falb Roberto Merhi	Matthew Bell Niklas Krütten Nicolas Maulini	Emmanuel Collard François Perrodo Alessio Rovera	Race results
3	Le Castellet	No. 26 G-Drive Racing	No. 26 G-Drive Racing	No. 34 Racing Team Turkey	No. 4 DKR Engineering	No. 80 Iron Lynx	Race results
3	Le Castellet	Franco Colapinto Roman Rusinov Nyck de Vries	Franco Colapinto Roman Rusinov Nyck de Vries	Charlie Eastwood Harry Tincknell Salih Yoluç	Mathieu de Barbuat Laurents Hörr	Matteo Cressoni Rino Mastronardi Miguel Molina	Race results
4	Monza	No. 26 G-Drive Racing	No. 65 Panis Racing	No. 25 G-Drive Racing	No. 4 DKR Engineering	No. 55 Spirit of Race	Race results
4	Monza	Franco Colapinto Roman Rusinov Mikkel Jensen	James Allen Julien Canal Will Stevens	Rui Andrade John Falb Roberto Merhi	Mathieu de Barbuat Laurents Hörr	Duncan Cameron Alessandro Pier Guidi David Perel	Race results
5	Spa-Francorchamps	No. 37 Cool Racing	No. 41 Team WRT	No. 37 Cool Racing	No. 4 DKR Engineering	No. 88 AF Corse	Race results
5	Spa-Francorchamps	Alexandre Coigny Nicolas Lapierre Charles Milesi	Louis Delétraz Robert Kubica Yifei Ye	Alexandre Coigny Nicolas Lapierre Charles Milesi	Mathieu de Barbuat Laurents Hörr	Emmanuel Collard François Perrodo Alessio Rovera	Race results
6	Portimão	No. 37 Cool Racing	No. 22 United Autosports	No. 37 Cool Racing	No. 13 Inter Europol Competition	No. 80 Iron Lynx	Race results
6	Portimão	Alexandre Coigny Nicolas Lapierre Charles Milesi	Jonathan Aberdein Tom Gamble Phil Hanson	Alexandre Coigny Nicolas Lapierre Charles Milesi	Adam Eteki Martin Hippe Ugo de Wilde	Matteo Cressoni Rino Mastronardi Miguel Molina	Race results

2021_European_Le_Mans_Series

2021 European Le Mans Series

Calendar

Entries

LMP2

Innovative car

LMP3

LMGTE

Results and standings

Race results

Drivers' Championships

LMP2 Drivers Championship

LMP2 Pro-Am Drivers Championship

LMP3 Drivers Championship

LMGTE Drivers Championship

Teams' Championships

LMP2 Teams Championship

LMP2 Pro-Am Teams Championship

LMP3 Teams Championship

LMGTE Teams Championship

Notes

References

External links

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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