List of European Le Mans Series champions

The European Le Mans Series features several championships awarded by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest to the most successful competitors within each of the series categories each season. Since the first full season in 2004, championships have been awarded to the highest finishing drivers and teams, while the Michelin Energy Endurance Challenge (later renamed the Michelin Green X Challenge) was introduced in 2007. Constructors championships were introduced in 2008.

During the 2009 season, the Formula Le Mans Cup ran separate races at Le Mans Series events. Formula Le Mans was later absorbed into the Le Mans Series in 2010. Nico Verdonck won the Drivers' Championship while DAMS won the Teams Championship in the 2009 season.

Drivers' Championships

German driver Marc Lieb is the most successful driver in the European Le Mans Series, having four championships in the LMGT2 category between 2005 and 2008. Emmanuel Collard, Pedro Lamy, and Patrice Goueslard each have three championships.

Current categories

LMP2
Season Drivers Team Tyre Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2004 Alexander Frei
Sam Hancock		 Courage Compétition M 0 3 3 30 Race 4 of 4 4
2005 Gareth Evans Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport D 0 1 3 34 Race 5 of 5 1
2006 Juan Barazi
Michael Vergers		 Barazi-Epsilon M 0 1 1 28 Race 5 of 5 2
2007 Thomas Erdos
Mike Newton		 RML M 2 2 3 36 Race 6 of 6 6
2008 Jos Verstappen Van Merksteijn Motorsport M 5 4 5 48 Race 4 of 5 10
2009 Miguel Amaral
Olivier Pla		 Quifel ASM Team D 3 2 3 33 Race 5 of 5 9
2010 Thomas Erdos
Mike Newton		 RML D 0 1 3 75 Race 5 of 5 6
2011 Tom Kimber-Smith
Karim Ojjeh		 Greaves Motorsport D 1 3 4 50 Race 4 of 5 3
2012 Mathias Beche
Pierre Thiriet		 Thiriet by TDS Racing D 1 2 3 94 Race 3 of 3 32
2013 Nelson Panciatici
Pierre Ragues		 Signatech Alpine D 0 1 3 85 Race 5 of 5 18
2014 Paul-Loup Chatin
Nelson Panciatici
Oliver Webb		 Signatech Alpine D1 0 1 3 78 Race 5 of 5 4
2015 Gary Hirsch
Björn Wirdheim
Jon Lancaster		 Greaves Motorsport D 1 2 3 93 Race 5 of 5 2
2016 Simon Dolan
Harry Tincknell
Giedo van der Garde		 G-Drive Racing D 0 2 4 103 Race 6 of 6 7
2017 Memo Rojas
Leo Roussel		 G-Drive Racing D 1 1 5 110 Race 6 of 6 12
2018 Andrea Pizzitola
Roman Rusinov		 G-Drive Racing D 1 3 3 87 Race 5 of 6 31

^1  – Raced in the Michelin tyres for the first two rounds of the season.

LMGTE
Season Drivers Team Tyre Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2013 Johnny Mowlem
Matt Griffin		 Ram Racing M 3 3 5 114 Race 4 of 5 34
2014 Andrea Bertolini
Viktor Shaytar
Sergey Zlobin		 SMP Racing M 3 2 3 85 Race 5 of 5 3.5
2015 Johnny Laursen
Mikkel Mac
Andrea Rizzoli		 Formula Racing D 0 2 3 83 Race 5 of 5 4
2016 Andrew Howard
Alex MacDowall
Darren Turner		 Aston Martin Racing D 1 2 3 98 Race 6 of 6 5
2017 Jody Fannin
Robert Smith		 JMW Motorsport D 0 1 5 104 Race 6 of 6 2
2018 Gianluca Roda
Giorgio Roda		 Proton Competition D 2 1 5 95.5 Race 6 of 6 7.5
2019 Fabien Lavergne
Nicklas Nielsen
Alessandro Pier Guidi		 Luzich Racing D 0 3 4 TBA Race 5 of 6 TBA

LMP3
Season Drivers Team Tyre Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2015 Chris Hoy
Charlie Robertson		 Team LNT M 0 2 3 94 Race 4 of 5 36
2016 Alex Brundle
Christian England
Mike Guasch		 United Autosports M 1 3 5 109.5 Race 5 of 6 36.5
2017 John Falb
Sean Rayhall		 United Autosports M 0 2 5 103 Race 6 of 6 22
2018 John Farano
Rob Garofall
Job van Uitert		 RLR Msport M 0 2 3 77.5 Race 6 of 6 7.25

Defunct categories

LMP1
Season Drivers Team Tyre Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2004 Johnny Herbert
Jamie Davies		 Audi Sport UK Veloqx M 0 2 4 34 Race 4 of 4 6
2005 Jean-Christophe Boullion
Emmanuel Collard		 Pescarolo Sport M 2 2 3 34 Race 5 of 5 2
2006 Jean-Christophe Boullion
Emmanuel Collard		 Pescarolo Sport M 2 5 5 50 Race 4 of 5 36
2007 Pedro Lamy
Stéphane Sarrazin		 Team Peugeot Total M 1 3 5 40 Race 6 of 6 3.5
2008 Alexandre Prémat
Mike Rockenfeller		 Audi Sport Team Joest M 0 0 4 35 Race 5 of 5 3
2009 Jan Charouz
Tomáš Enge
Stefan Mücke		 AMR Eastern Europe M 0 2 5 39 Race 5 of 5 13
2010 Stéphane Sarrazin Team Oreca Matmut M 0 1 3 78 Race 5 of 5 15
2011 Emmanuel Collard
Julien Jousse		 Pescarolo Team M 0 2 2 50 Race 5 of 5 3

LMGTS
Season Drivers Team Tyre Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2004 Christophe Bouchut
Pedro Lamy
Steve Zacchia		 Larbre Compétition M 1 4 4 35 Race 4 of 4 14.5

LMGT
Season Drivers Team Tyre Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2004 Roman Rusinov JMB Racing D 0 1 2 25 Race 4 of 4 1

LMGT1
Season Drivers Team Tyre Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2005 Michele Bartyan
Christian Pescatori
Toni Seiler		 BMS Scuderia Italia P 1 2 4 35 Race 5 of 5 0
2006 Gabriele Gardel
Pedro Lamy
Vincent Vosse		 Aston Martin Racing Larbre M 2 2 3 32 Race 5 of 5 4
2007 Soheil Ayari
Stéphane Ortelli		 Team Oreca M 4 4 4 40 Race 6 of 6 3
2008 Patrice Goueslard
Guillaume Moreau		 Luc Alphand Aventures M 0 2 5 42 Race 5 of 5 6
2009 Yann Clairay
Patrice Goueslard		 Luc Alphand Aventures D 1 2 5 39 Race 5 of 5 10
2010 Gabriele Gardel
Patrice Goueslard		 Larbre Compétition M 2 4 4 97 Race 4 of 5 33

LMGT2
Season Drivers Team Tyre Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2005 Marc Lieb
Xavier Pompidou		 Sebah Automotive D 0 3 3 30 Race 4 of 5 2
2006 Joël Camathias
Marc Lieb		 Autorlando Sport P 1 1 3 34 Race 4 of 5 13
2007 Robert Bell Virgo Motorsport2 D 2 2 6 48 Race 5 of 6 9
2008 Robert Bell Virgo Motorsport D 1 4 4 40 Race 5 of 5 5
2009 Marc Lieb
Richard Lietz		 Team Felbermayr-Proton D 3 3 3 36 Race 5 of 5 1
2010 Marc Lieb
Richard Lietz		 Team Felbermayr-Proton M 0 3 4 87 Race 4 of 5 21

^2  – Raced for the JMB Racing in the final round of the season.

FLM
Season Drivers Team Tyre Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2010 Andrea Barlesi
Gary Chalandon		 DAMS M 0 1 3 59 Race 5 of 5 2
2011 Julien Schell
Mirco Schultis
Patrick Simon		 Pegasus Racing M 0 4 5 73 Race 4 of 5 28

LMGTE Pro
Season Drivers Team Tyre Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2011 Gianmaria Bruni
Giancarlo Fisichella		 AF Corse M 1 2 4 60 Race 4 of 5 14
2012 Jonny Cocker JMW Motorsport D 1 2 2 51 Race 2 of 3 25

LMGTE Am
Season Drivers Team Tyre Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2011 Nicolas Armindo
Raymond Narac		 IMSA Performance Matmut M 4 4 4 75 Race 5 of 5 27
2012 Nicolas Armindo
Raymond Narac
Anthony Pons		 IMSA Performance Matmut M 0 2 3 94 Race 3 of 3 60

LMPC
Season Drivers Team Tyre Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2012 John Hartshone Boutsen Ginion Racing3 M 0 2 2 51 Race 2 of 3 26
2013 Paul-Loup Chatin
Gary Hirsch		 Team Endurance Challenge M 4 3 5 115 Race 5 of 5 17

^3  – Raced for the CURTIS Racing Technologies in the first round of the season.

GTC
Season Drivers Team Tyre Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2013 Fabio Babini
Kirill Ladygin
Viktor Shaytar		 SMP Racing M 0 4 4 100 Race 5 of 5 24
2014 Olivier Beretta
Anton Ladygin
Devi Markozov		 SMP Racing M 0 1 5 94 Race 5 of 5 15.5
2015 Eric Dermont
Dino Lunardi
Franck Perera		 TDS Racing D 3 2 4 101 Race 5 of 5 20

Teams' Championships

France's Larbre Compétition has the most Teams' Championships in the European Le Mans Series with three, won in the LMGTS and LMGT1 categories between 2004 and 2010.

Current categories

LMP2
Season Team Cars Tyre Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2004 Courage Compétition Courage C65-AER M 0 3 3 30 Race 4 of 4 4
2005 Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport Lola B05/40-AER D 0 1 3 34 Race 5 of 5 1
2006 Barazi-Epsilon Courage C65-AER M 0 1 1 28 Race 5 of 5 2
2007 RML MG-Lola EX264-AER M 2 2 3 36 Race 6 of 6 6
2008 Van Merksteijn Motorsport Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 5 4 5 48 Race 4 of 5 16
2009 Quifel ASM Team Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S/2 D 3 2 3 33 Race 5 of 5 7
2010 RML Lola B08/80-HPD D 0 1 3 75 Race 5 of 5 6
2011 Greaves Motorsport Zytek Z11SN-Nissan D 1 3 4 64 Race 4 of 5 21
2012 Thiriet by TDS Racing Oreca 03-Nissan D 1 2 3 94 Race 3 of 3 23
2013 Signatech Alpine Alpine A450-Nissan D 0 1 3 85 Race 5 of 5 18
2014 Signatech Alpine Alpine A450-Nissan D1 0 1 3 78 Race 5 of 5 4
2015 Greaves Motorsport Gibson 015S-Nissan D 1 2 3 93 Race 5 of 5 2
2016 G-Drive Racing Gibson 015S-Nissan D 0 2 4 103 Race 6 of 6 7
2017 G-Drive Racing Oreca 07-Nissan D 1 1 5 110 Race 6 of 6 12

LMGTE
Season Team Cars Tyre Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2013 Ram Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 3 3 5 114 Race 4 of 5 34
2014 SMP Racing Ferrari F458 Italia M 3 2 3 85 Race 5 of 5 3.5
2015 Formula Racing Ferrari F458 Italia D 0 2 3 83 Race 5 of 5 4
2016 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage GTE D 1 2 3 98 Race 6 of 6 5
2017 JMW Motorsport Ferrari F458 Italia / Ferrari 488 GTE D 0 1 5 104 Race 6 of 6 2

LMP3
Season Team Cars Tyre Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2015 Team LNT Ginetta-Juno LMP3-Nissan M 0 2 3 94 Race 4 of 5 36
2016 United Autosports Ligier JS P3-Nissan M 1 2 3 109.5 Race 5 of 6 36.5
2017 United Autosports Ligier JS P3-Nissan M 0 2 5 103 Race 6 of 6 22

Defunct categories

LMP1
Season Team Cars Tyre Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2004 Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx Audi R8 M 0 2 4 34 Race 4 of 4 6
2005 Pescarolo Sport Pescarolo C60 Hybrid-Judd M 2 2 3 34 Race 5 of 5 2
2006 Pescarolo Sport Pescarolo C60 Hybrid-Judd M 2 5 5 50 Race 4 of 5 30
2007 Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi FAP M 1 3 5 40 Race 6 of 6 3.5
2008 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R10 TDI M 0 0 4 35 Race 5 of 5 3
2009 AMR Eastern Europe Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 M 0 2 5 39 Race 5 of 5 13
2010 Team Oreca Matmut Peugeot 908 HDi FAP M 0 2 3 63 Race 5 of 5 8
2011 Rebellion Racing Lola B10/60-Toyota M 2 0 3 51 Race 5 of 5 1

LMGTS
Season Team Cars Tyre Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2004 Larbre Compétition Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello M 1 4 4 35 Race 4 of 4 14.5

LMGT
Season Team Cars Tyre Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2004 Sebah Automotive Ltd. Porsche 911 GT3-R D 0 0 4 26 Race 4 of 4 1

LMGT1
Season Team Cars Tyre Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2005 BMS Scuderia Italia Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello P 1 2 4 35 Race 5 of 5 0
2006 Aston Martin Racing Larbre Aston Martin DBR9 M 2 2 3 32 Race 5 of 5 4
2007 Team Oreca Saleen S7-R-Ford M 4 4 4 40 Race 6 of 6 3
2008 Luc Alphand Aventures Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 0 2 5 42 Race 5 of 5 6
2009 Luc Alphand Aventures Chevrolet Corvette C6.R D 1 2 5 44 Race 5 of 5 10
2010 Larbre Compétition Saleen S7-R-Ford M 2 4 4 97 Race 3 of 5 72

LMGT2
Season Team Cars Tyre Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2005 Sebah Automotive Porsche 911 GT3-R D 0 3 3 30 Race 4 of 5 2
2006 Autorlando Sport Porsche 911 GT3-RSR P 1 1 3 34 Race 4 of 5 13
2007 Virgo Motorsport Ferrari F430GT D 2 2 6 42 Race 6 of 6 3
2008 Virgo Motorsport Ferrari F430 GT2 D 1 4 4 40 Race 5 of 5 5
2009 Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 997 GT3-RSR D 3 3 3 36 Race 5 of 5 1
2010 Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 0 3 4 87 Race 4 of 5 21

FLM
Season Team Cars Tyre Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2010 DAMS Oreca FLM09-GM M 0 1 3 59 Race 5 of 5 2
2011 Pegasus Racing Oreca FLM09-GM M 0 4 5 73 Race 4 of 5 28

LMGTE Pro
Season Team Cars Tyre Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2011 AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 1 2 4 61 Race 4 of 5 15
2012 JMW Motorsport Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 D 1 2 2 51 Race 2 of 3 32

LMGTE Am
Season Team Cars Tyre Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2011 IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 4 4 4 75 Race 5 of 5 27
2012 IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 0 2 3 94 Race 3 of 3 60

LMPC
Season Team Cars Tyre Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2012 Boutsen Ginion Racing Oreca FLM09-Chevrolet M 0 2 2 27 Race 2 of 3 2
2013 Team Endurance Challenge Oreca FLM09-Chevrolet M 4 3 5 115 Race 5 of 5 17

GTC
Season Team Cars Tyre Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2013 SMP Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 M 0 4 4 100 Race 5 of 5 24
2014 SMP Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 M 0 1 5 94 Race 5 of 5 15.5
2015 TDS Racing BMW Z4 GT3 D 3 2 4 101 Race 5 of 5 20

Constructors' Champions

In 2008, the Constructors' Championship was awarded solely to the chassis manufacturer in the LMP categories. From 2009 onward, the chassis and engine of each entry were combined in the championship. In the LMGTE categories established in 2011, the results of Pro and Am are combined to award a single LMGTE Constructors' Championship.

Season Category
2008 LMP1 LMP2 LMGT1 LMGT2
Audi Porsche Corvette Ferrari
2009 Lola-Aston Martin Lola-Judd Corvette Ferrari
2010 Peugeot . Pescarolo-Judd Saleen Porsche
2011 LMP1 LMP2 LMGTE
. Lola-Toyota . Oreca-Nissan Ferrari
2012 LMP2 LMGTE
. Oreca-Nissan Porsche

Michelin Green X Challenge

The Michelin Green X Challenge is a championship based on the energy efficiency of each entry over the course of the season. The 2007 season had champions in each of the four categories, while from 2008 onward only a single overall champion is declared.

Season Category
2007 LMP1 LMP2 LMGT1 LMGT2
Pescarolo Sport Quifel ASM Team Larbre Compétition Thierry Perrier
2008 Overall
Horag Racing
2009 Speedy Racing Team Sebah
2010 OAK Racing
2011 Pescarolo Team

References
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