2020 European Le Mans Series

The 2020 European Le Mans Series will be the seventeenth season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's (ACO) European Le Mans Series. The six-event season was scheduled to begin at Circuit Paul Ricard on 19 July and finish at Algarve International Circuit on 1 November.[1]

2020 European Le Mans Series
Previous: 2019 Next: 2021
Support series:
Michelin Le Mans Cup
Road to Le Mans
Ligier European Series
Masters Endurance Legends

The series will be open to Le Mans Prototypes, divided into the LMP2 and LMP3 classes, and grand tourer-style racing cars in the LMGTE class.

Provisional calendar

The provisional revised calendar for the 2020 season was announced on 3 April 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was shortened and the 4 Hours of Silverstone was dropped from the calendar.[1]

Rnd Race Circuit Location Date
1 4 Hours of Le Castellet Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France 19 July
2 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Spa, Belgium 9 August
3 4 Hours of Barcelona Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Montmeló, Spain 29 August
4 4 Hours of Monza Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Monza, Italy 11 October
5 4 Hours of Portimão Algarve International Circuit Portimão, Portugal 1 November

Entries

LMP2

In accordance with the 2017 LMP2 regulations, all cars in the LMP2 class use the Gibson GK428 V8 engine.[2]

Entrant/Team Chassis Tyre No. Drivers Rounds
High Class Racing[3] Oreca 07 M 20 Dennis Andersen[3] TBA
Anders Fjordbach[3] TBA
DragonSpeed[4] Oreca 07 M 21 Ryan Cullen[4] TBA
Ben Hanley[4] TBA
Memo Rojas[4] TBA
United Autosports[5] Oreca 07 M 22 Filipe Albuquerque[6] TBA
Philip Hanson[6] TBA
M 32 Alex Brundle[5] TBA
Will Owen[7] TBA
Job van Uitert[8] TBA
Algarve Pro Racing[9] Oreca 07 G 24 Henning Enqvist[9] TBA
TBA[9] TBA
G 25 John Falb[9] TBA
TBA[9] TBA
G-Drive Racing[9] Aurus 01 M 26 Roman Rusinov[9] TBA
TBA[9] TBA
IDEC Sport[10] Oreca 07 M 28 Richard Bradley[10] TBA
Paul-Loup Chatin[10] TBA
Paul Lafargue[10] TBA
Ultimate[9] Oreca 07 M 29 Jean-Baptiste Lahaye[9] TBA
TBA[9] TBA
Duqueine Engineering[11] Oreca 07 M 30 Tristan Gommendy[11] TBA
Jonathan Hirschi[11] TBA
Konstantin Tereshchenko[11] TBA
Panis Racing[12] Oreca 07 G 31 Julien Canal[12] TBA
Nico Jamin[12] TBA
Will Stevens[12] TBA
Inter Europol Competition[9] Ligier JS P217 M 33 Alex Müller[9] TBA
TBA[9] TBA
M 34 Jakub Smiechowski[13] TBA
Mathias Beche[13] TBA
Matevos Isaakyan[14] TBA
BHK Motorsport[9] Oreca 07 G 35 Francesco Dracone[9] TBA
TBA[9] TBA
Cool Racing[9] Oreca 07 M 37 Nicolas Lapierre[9] TBA
TBA[9] TBA
Graff[9] Oreca 07 M 39 James Allen[9] TBA
Thomas Laurent[15] TBA
Alexandre Cougnaud[15] TBA
Thunderhead Carlin Racing[9] Dallara P217 G 45 Jack Manchester[9] TBA
TBA[9] TBA
Richard Mille Racing Team[16] Alpine A470 M 50 Tatiana Calderón[16] TBA
Sophia Flörsch[16] TBA
Katherine Legge[16] TBA

LMP3

All cars in the LMP3 class use the Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine and Michelin tyres.

Entrant/Team Chassis No. Drivers Rounds
United Autosports[17] Ligier JS P320 2 Wayne Boyd[18] TBA
Robert Wheldon[18] TBA
Tom Gamble[18] TBA
3 Duncan Tappy[19] TBA
Andrew Bentley[17] TBA
Jim McGuire[17] TBA
DKR Engineering[9] Duqueine M30 – D08 4 Laurents Hörr[9] TBA
TBA[9] TBA
360 Racing[9] Ligier JS P320 6 Terrence Woodward[9] TBA
Ross Kaiser[9] TBA
James Swift[9] TBA
Nielsen Racing[9] Duqueine M30 – D08 7 Anthony Wells[9] TBA
Colin Noble[9] TBA
10 Rob Hodes[9] TBA
Charles Crews[9] TBA
Garett Grist[9] TBA
Realteam Racing[9] Ligier JS P320 8 Esteban Garcia[9] TBA
David Droux[9] TBA
Graff[9] Ligier JS P320 9 Arnold Robin[9] TBA
Maxime Robin[15] TBA
Vincent Capillaire[15] TBA
Eurointernational[9] Ligier JS P320 11 Harrison Newey[9] TBA
TBA[9] TBA
Inter Europol Competition[9] Ligier JS P320 13 Nigel Moore[9] TBA
TBA[9] TBA
14 Paul Scheuschner[9] TBA
TBA[9] TBA
RLR MSport[9] Ligier JS P320 15 Malthe Jakobsen[9] TBA
TBA[9] TBA
IDEC Sport[9] Ligier JS P320 17 Patrice Lafargue[9] TBA
TBA[9] TBA

LMGTE

All cars in the LMGTE class use Goodyear.

Entrant/Team Chassis Engine No. Drivers Rounds
AF Corse[9] Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 51 Christoph Ulrich[9] TBA
Alexander West[9] TBA
Steffen Görig[9] TBA
Spirit of Race[9] 55 Duncan Cameron[9] TBA
TBA[9] TBA
TBA[9] TBA
Iron Lynx[9] Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 60 Claudio Schiavoni[9] TBA
Sergio Pianezzola[20] TBA
Andrea Piccini[20] TBA
83 Manuela Gostner[9] TBA
Rahel Frey[20] TBA
Michelle Gatting[20] TBA
JMW Motorsport[9] Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 66 Gunnar Jeannette[9] TBA
Finlay Hutchison[9] TBA
Rodrigo Sales[9] TBA
Kessel Racing[9] Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 69 Wei Lu[9] TBA
TBA[9] TBA
TBA[9] TBA
74 Michael Broniszewski[9] TBA
TBA[9] TBA
TBA[9] TBA
Dempsey-Proton Racing[9] Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 77 Michele Beretta[9] TBA
TBA[9] TBA
TBA[9] TBA
Proton Competition[9] 88 Richard Lietz[9] TBA
TBA[9] TBA
TBA[9] TBA

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