2016 European Le Mans Series

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

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]

## Regulations

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The GTC class for GT3 was dropped due to a lack of entries during 2015 and the creation of the GT3 Le Mans Cup.[2]

## Calendar

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The provisional 2016 calendar was announced at 5 September 2015. The calendar comprises six events, featuring the same five circuits that hosted events in 2015 and for the first time since 2011 it will include event at Spa. For the fourth consecutive season, Silverstone hosted the opening rounds of both the European Le Mans Series and the FIA World Endurance Championship. Meanwhile, the other rounds were collaboration with World Series by Renault.[1]

Rnd  | Race  | Circuit  | Location  | Date

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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
Source:[3]

## Entry list

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The entry list was announced on 5 February 2016.[4]

### LMP2

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Entrant/Team  | Car  | Engine  | Tyre  | No. | Drivers  | Rounds

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DragonSpeed | Oreca 05 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8  | D | 21  |  Ben Hanley[5] | All
Henrik Hedman[4] | All
Nicolas Lapierre[5] | All
SO24! By Lombard Racing  | Ligier JS P2 | Judd HK 3.6 L V8  | D | 22  |  Vincent Capillaire[4] | 1–2
Jonathan Coleman[6] | 1–2
Olivier Lombard[6] | 1–2
Panis Barthez Competition | Ligier JS P2 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8  | M | 23  |  Fabien Barthez[4] | All
Timothé Buret[5] | All
Paul-Loup Chatin[5] | All
Algarve Pro Racing | Ligier JS P2 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8  | D | 25  |  Michael Munemann[4] | 1–3, 5
Parth Ghorpade[5] | 1–2
Chris Hoy[7] | 1–2
Jonathan Hirschi[8] | 3–5
Andrea Pizzitola[8] | 3–5
Andrea Roda[9] | 4
IDEC Sport Racing | Ligier JS P2 | Judd HK 3.6 L V8  | M | 28  |  Dimitri Enjalbert[5] | 1–2, 4–6
Patrice Lafargue[4] | 1–2, 4–6
Paul Lafargue[5] | 1–2, 4–6
Pegasus Racing  | Morgan LMP2 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8  | M | 29  |  Léo Roussel[5] | All
Inès Taittinger[4] | All
Rémy Striebig[5] | 1–5
Julien Schell[10] | 6
SMP Racing | BR Engineering BR01 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8  | D | 32  |  Stefano Coletti[11] | All
Andreas Wirth[11] | All
Julián Leal[5] | 1–4
Vitaly Petrov[12] | 5–6
44  |  Mitch Evans[5] | 1
Sean Gelael[5] | 1
Antonio Giovinazzi[5] | 1
Eurasia Motorsport  | Oreca 05 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8  | D | 33  |  Tristan Gommendy[13] | All
Nick de Bruijn[13] | 1–5
Pu Jun Jin[4] | 1–5
Michael Lyons[10] | 6
Frédéric Vervisch[10] | 6
Race Performance  | Oreca 03R  | Judd HK 3.6 L V8  | D | 34  |  Nicolas Leutwiler[4] | 1–2
James Winslow[5] | 1–2
Franck Mailleux[5] | 1
Shinji Nakano[14] | 2
G-Drive Racing | Gibson 015S | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8  | D | 38  |  Simon Dolan[4] | All
Giedo van der Garde[15] | All
Harry Tincknell[15] | All
Krohn Racing | Ligier JS P2 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8  | M | 40  |  Niclas Jönsson[16] | All
Björn Wirdheim[5] | 1–2
Tracy Krohn[4] | 1, 3–5
Olivier Pla[16] | 2–6
Greaves Motorsport | Ligier JS P2 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8  | D | 41  |  Julien Canal[5] | All
Memo Rojas[4] | All
Kuba Giermaziak[5] | 1–2
Nathanaël Berthon[8] | 3–6
Thiriet by TDS Racing | Oreca 05 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8  | D | 46  |  Mathias Beche[5] | All
Pierre Thiriet[4] | All
Ryō Hirakawa[5] | 1–3, 5–6
Mike Conway[9] | 4
Team WRT | Ligier JS P2 | Judd HK 3.6 L V8  | D | 47  |  Will Stevens[12] | 5
Dries Vanthoor[12] | 5
Laurens Vanthoor[12] | 5
Murphy Prototypes | Oreca 03R  | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8  | D | 48  |  Sean Doyle[5] | 1–5
Shaun Balfe[5] | 1
Damien Faulkner[5] | 1
Gary Findlay[14] | 2, 5
Patrick McClughan[14] | 2
Gugliemo Belotti[8] | 3
Karun Chandhok[8] | 3
Kevin Ceccon[9] | 4
Jonathan Coleman[9] | 4
Bruno Bonifacio[12] | 5

### LMP3

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Entrant/Team  | Car  | Engine  | Tyre  | No. | Drivers  | Rounds

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United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8  | M | 2  |  Alex Brundle[4] | All
Christian England[5] | All
Mike Guasch[5] | All
3  |  Matthew Bell[5] | All
Wayne Boyd[5] | All
Mark Patterson[4] | All
OAK Racing | Ligier JS P3 | Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8  | M | 4  |  Erik Maris[17] | All
Jean-Marc Merlin[4] | 1–4, 6
Carlos Tavares[12] | 5
24  |  Jacques Nicolet[4] | All
Pierre Nicolet[17] | All
By Speed Factory | Ligier JS P3 | Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8  | M | 5  |  Tom Jackson[18] | 1–4
Álvaro Fontes[18] | 1–2
Jesús Fuster[5] | 1–2
Alain Costa[8] | 3–4
John Hartshorne[9] | 4
Kevin O'Hara[12] | 5
Daniel Polley[12] | 5
Kim Rødkjær[12] | 5
360 Racing  | Ligier JS P3 | Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8  | M | 6  |  Ross Kaiser[19] | All
James Swift[19] | All
Terrence Woodward[4] | All
Villorba Corse  | Ligier JS P3 | Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8  | M | 7  |  Roberto Lacorte[4] | All
Giorgio Sernagiotto[5] | All
Niccolò Schirò[5] | 1–3
Race Performance  | Ligier JS P3 | Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8  | M | 8  |  Bert Longin[5] | All
Giorgio Maggi[5] | All
Marcello Marateotto[5] | 1–5
Nicolas Leutwiler[10] | 6
Graff | Ligier JS P3 | Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8  | M | 9  |  Paul Petit[20] | All
Eric Trouillet[4] | All
Enzo Guibbert[20] | 1–2, 4–6
James Winslow[8] | 3
10  |  John Falb[4] | All
Enzo Potolicchio[5] | All
Sean Rayhall[5] | All
Eurointernational | Ligier JS P3 | Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8  | M | 11  |  Giorgio Mondini[5] | 1–4, 6
Marco Jacoboni[5] | 1–4
Andrea Roda[5] | 1–2
Jay Palmer[10] | 6
12  |  Andrea Dromedari[14] | 2–4, 6
Fabio Mancini[14] | 2–3
Roman Rusinov[14] | 2–3
Rik Breukers[9] | 4, 6
Miguel Faisca[10] | 6
Inter Europol Competition | Ligier JS P3 | Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8  | M | 13  |  Jens Petersen[5] | All
Jakub Śmiechowski[4] | All
MurphyP3-3Dimensional.com | Ginetta-Juno LMP3 | Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8  | M | 14  |  Tony Ave[4] | 1
Michael Cullen[5] | 1
Doug Peterson[5] | 1
Ligier JS P3 |  Barrie Baxter[14] | 2
Rob Garofall[14] | 2
Alex Kapadia[14] | 2
RLR MSport  | Ligier JS P3 | Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8  | M | 15  |  Morten Dons[5] | All
Ossy Yusuf[4] | 1–2
Ross Warburton[8] | 3–4
John Hartshorne[8] | 3
Anthony Wells[9] | 4–6
Alasdair McCaig[12] | 5–6
Panis Barthez Competition | Ligier JS P3 | Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8  | M | 16  |  Eric Debard[4] | All
Simon Gachet[21] | All
Valentin Moineault[21] | All
Ultimate  | Ligier JS P3 | Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8  | M | 17  |  François Hériau[22] | All
Jean-Baptiste Lahaye[4] | All
Matthieu Lahaye[22] | All
M.Racing - YMR | Ligier JS P3 | Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8  | M | 18  |  Alexandre Cougnaud[5] | All
Yann Ehrlacher[5] | All
Thomas Laurent[4] | All
Duqueine Engineering | Ligier JS P3 | Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8  | M | 19  |  David Hallyday[4] | All
Dino Lunardi[5] | All
David Droux[14] | 2–6
20  |  Eric Clement[23] | All
Maxime Pialat[23] | All
Romain Iannetta[23] | 1–2
Antonin Borga[8] | 3–6
Tockwith Motorsports  | Ligier JS P3 | Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8  | M | 26  |  Phil Hanson[9] | 4–5
Nigel Moore[9] | 4–5

### GTE

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Entrant/Team  | Car  | Engine  | Tyre  | No. | Drivers  | Rounds

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AF Corse | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Ferrari 4.5 L V8  | D | 51  |  Rui Águas[5] | All
Marco Cioci[5] | All
Piergiuseppe Perazzini[4] | All
55  |  Duncan Cameron[4] | All
Matt Griffin[5] | All
Aaron Scott[5] | All
AT Racing | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Ferrari 4.5 L V8  | D | 56  |  Alexander Talkanitsa, Jr.[4] | All
Alexander Talkanitsa, Sr.[5] | All
Alessandro Pier Guidi[5] | 1, 3–6
Davide Rigon[14] | 2
Formula Racing | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Ferrari 4.5 L V8  | D | 60  |  Johnny Laursen[4] | All
Mikkel Mac[5] | All
Christina Nielsen[5] | 1–3, 5–6
Mikkel Jensen[9] | 4
JMW Motorsport  | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Ferrari 4.5 L V8  | D | 66  |  Andrea Bertolini[5] | All
Rory Butcher[5] | All
Robert Smith[4] | All
Proton Competition | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6  | D | 77  |  Mike Hedlund[5] | All
Wolf Henzler[5] | All
Marco Seefried[4] | 1, 3–6
Robert Renauer[14] | 2
88  |  Christian Ried[5] | All
Gianluca Roda[4] | All
Richard Lietz[5] | 1
Klaus Bachler[14] | 2
Matteo Cairoli[8] | 3, 5
David Jahn[9] | 4
Ben Barker[10] | 6
Aston Martin Racing | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | Aston Martin 4.5 L V8  | D | 96  |  Roald Goethe[5] | 1
Stuart Hall[5] | 1
Richie Stanaway[5] | 1
99  |  Andrew Howard[4] | All
Alex MacDowall[5] | All
Darren Turner[5] | All

### Innovative car

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Entrant/Team  | Car  | Engine  | Tyre  | No. | Drivers  | Rounds

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SRT41 by OAK Racing | Morgan LMP2 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8  | M | 84  |  Jean-Bernard Bouvet[5] | 1
Frédéric Sausset[5] | 1
Christophe Tinseau[5] | 1

## Results and standings

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### Race results

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Bold indicates overall winner.

Rnd. | Circuit  | LMP2 Winning Team  | LMP3 Winning Team  | GTE Winning Team  | Results

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

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.[24]

## Teams Championships

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Points are awarded according to the following structure:[25]

Position  |  1st |  2nd |  3rd |  4th |  5th |  6th |  7th |  8th |  9th |  10th | Other |  Pole

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Points  | 25  | 18  | 15  | 12  | 10  | 8  | 6  | 4  | 2  | 1  | 0.5  | 1

### LMP2 Teams Championship

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| Pos. | Team  | Car  | SIL
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1  |  No. 38 G-Drive Racing | Gibson 015S | 1  | 2  | 3 | 5  | 5  | 1  | 103
2  |  No. 46 Thiriet by TDS Racing | Oreca 05 | Ret | 1  | 1  | 1 | 3  | 8  | 96
3  |  No. 32 SMP Racing | BR Engineering BR01 | 2  | 4  | 4  | 2  | 6  | 3  | 83
4  |  No. 21 DragonSpeed | Oreca 05 | Ret  | 3 | Ret  | 3  | 1 | 2 | 76
5  |  No. 33 Eurasia Motorsport  | Oreca 05 | Ret  | 5  | 2  | 4  | Ret  | 5  | 50
6  |  No. 40 Krohn Racing | Ligier JS P2 | 4  | 6  | 9  | 8  | 10  | 4  | 39
7  |  No. 41 Greaves Motorsport | Ligier JS P2 | 8  | 8  | 6  | 6  | 4  | Ret  | 36
8  |  No. 23 Panis Barthez Competition | Ligier JS P2 | 9 | 7  | 7 | 11  | 7  | 7  | 27.5
9  |  No. 25 Algarve Pro Racing | Ligier JS P2 | 10  | Ret  | 5  | 7  | 9  |  | 19
10  |  No. 28 IDEC Sport Racing | Ligier JS P2 | 7  | Ret  |  | 10  | 8  | 6  | 19
11  |  No. 47 Team WRT | Ligier JS P2 |  |  |  |  | 2  |  | 18
12  |  No. 22 SO24! By Lombard Racing  | Ligier JS P2 | 3  | 11  |  |  |  |  | 15.5
13  |  No. 44 SMP Racing | BR Engineering BR01 | 5  |  |  |  |  |  | 10
14  |  No. 34 Race Performance  | Oreca 03R  | 6  | 9  |  |  |  |  | 10
15  |  No. 48 Murphy Prototypes | Oreca 03R  | 11  | 10  | 8  | 9  | Ret  |  | 7.5
16  |  No. 29 Pegasus Racing  | Morgan LMP2 | Ret  | 12  | Ret  | 12  | Ret  | EX  | 1
Sources:[26][27]
| Key

Colour | Result
Gold | Race winner
Silver | 2nd place
Bronze | 3rd place
Green | Points finish
Blue  | Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple | Did not finish (Ret)
Black  | Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White  | Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank | Did not participate

Bold – Pole

### LMP3 Teams Championship

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| Pos. | Team  | Car  | SIL
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1  |  No. 2 United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | 1 | 1  | 1  | 3  | 2  | 11 | 109.5
2  |  No. 9 Graff | Ligier JS P3 | 3  | EX  | 4  | 1  | 1 | 3  | 93
3  |  No. 19 Duqueine Engineering | Ligier JS P3 | 4  | 4 | 2  | 2  | Ret  | 9  | 62
4  |  No. 3 United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | 2  | 7 | 14  | 11  | 3  | 2  | 59
5  |  No. 6 360 Racing  | Ligier JS P3 | 5 | 9  | 3  | 5  | 5  | Ret  | 48
6  |  No. 18 M.Racing - YMR | Ligier JS P3 | Ret  | 5  | 10  | Ret  | Ret  | 1  | 36
7  |  No. 16 Panis Barthez Competition | Ligier JS P3 | 7  | 3  | 8 | 8  | 11  | Ret  | 30.5
8  |  No. 17 Ultimate  | Ligier JS P3 | 11  | 10  | Ret  | 4  | 4  | 14  | 26
9  |  No. 10 Graff | Ligier JS P3 | 13  | Ret  | 7  | Ret  | 7  | 4  | 24.5
10  |  No. 13 Inter Europol Competition | Ligier JS P3 | Ret  | 15  | Ret  | 7  | 6  | 5  | 24.5
11  |  No. 8 Race Performance  | Ligier JS P3 | 6  | 13  | 6  | Ret  | Ret  | 7  | 22,5
12  |  No. 11 Eurointernational | Ligier JS P3 | Ret  | 2  | Ret | Ret  |  | Ret  | 18
13  |  No. 15 RLR MSport  | Ligier JS P3 | 8  | 6  | 15  | Ret  | 8  | 10  | 17.5
14  |  No. 12 Eurointernational | Ligier JS P3 |  | 8  | 9  | 9  |  | 6  | 16
15  |  No. 24 OAK Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 9  | 17  | 5  | 15  | 13  | 13  | 14
16  |  No. 26 Tockwith Motorsports  | Ligier JS P3 |  |  |  | 6 | 12  |  | 9.5
17  |  No. 7 Villorba Corse  | Ligier JS P3 | Ret  | 16  | 12  | 10  | 9  | 8  | 8
18  |  No. 20 Duqueine Engineering | Ligier JS P3 | 10  | 11  | 11  | 13  | 10  | Ret  | 3.5
19  |  No. 4 OAK Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 12  | 14  | 16  | 12  | 14  | 12  | 3
20  |  No. 5 By Speed Factory | Ligier JS P3 | Ret  | Ret  | 13  | 14  | Ret  |  | 1
21  |  No. 14 MurphyP3-3Dimensional.com | Ginetta-Juno LMP3 | Ret  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.5
Ligier JS P3 |  | 12  |  |  |  |
Sources:[26][27]
| Key

Colour | Result
Gold | Race winner
Silver | 2nd place
Bronze | 3rd place
Green | Points finish
Blue  | Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple | Did not finish (Ret)
Black  | Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White  | Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank | Did not participate

Bold – Pole

### GTE Teams Championship

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| Pos. | Team  | Car  | SIL
| IMO
| RBR
| LEC
| SPA
| EST
| Total

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1  |  No. 99 Aston Martin Racing | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | 1  | 5 | 4  | 3 | 5  | 1  | 98
2  |  No. 66 JMW Motorsport  | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | EX  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 1 | Ret  | 93
3  |  No. 56 AT Racing | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | 2  | 3  | 3  | 4 | Ret | 2 | 79
4  |  No. 77 Proton Competition | Porsche 911 RSR | 8  | 1 | 6  | 6  | 4  | 6  | 66
5  |  No. 55 AF Corse | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | 4  | 6  | 8  | 5  | 3  | 3  | 64
6  |  No. 88 Proton Competition | Porsche 911 RSR | 6 | 4  | 5 | Ret  | 2  | 5 | 60
7  |  No. 51 AF Corse | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | 7  | 7  | 2  | Ret  | 6  | 4  | 50
8  |  No. 60 Formula Racing | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | 5  | DNS  | 7  | 2  | 7  | Ret  | 40
9  |  No. 96 Aston Martin Racing | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | 3 |  |  |  |  |  | 16
Sources:[26][27]
| Key

Colour | Result
Gold | Race winner
Silver | 2nd place
Bronze | 3rd place
Green | Points finish
Blue  | Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple | Did not finish (Ret)
Black  | Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White  | Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank | Did not participate

Bold – Pole

## Drivers Championships

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Points are awarded according to the following structure:[25]

Position  |  1st |  2nd |  3rd |  4th |  5th |  6th |  7th |  8th |  9th |  10th | Other |  Pole

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Points  | 25  | 18  | 15  | 12  | 10  | 8  | 6  | 4  | 2  | 1  | 0.5  | 1

### LMP2 Drivers Championship

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| Pos. | Driver  | Team  | SIL
| IMO
| RBR
| LEC
| SPA
| EST
| Total

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1  |  Simon Dolan |  G-Drive Racing | 1  | 2  | 3  | 5  | 5  | 1  | 103
Giedo van der Garde |  G-Drive Racing | 1  | 2  | 3 | 5  | 5  | 1
Harry Tincknell |  G-Drive Racing | 1  | 2  | 3  | 5  | 5  | 1
2  |  Mathias Beche |  Thiriet by TDS Racing | Ret | 1  | 1  | 1 | 3  | 8  | 96
Pierre Thiriet |  Thiriet by TDS Racing | Ret | 1  | 1  | 1 | 3  | 8
3  |  Stefano Coletti |  SMP Racing | 2  | 4  | 4  | 2  | 6  | 3  | 83
Andreas Wirth |  SMP Racing | 2  | 4  | 4  | 2  | 6  | 3
4  |  Ben Hanley |  DragonSpeed | Ret  | 3 | Ret  | 3  | 1 | 2 | 76
Henrik Hedman |  DragonSpeed | Ret  | 3 | Ret  | 3  | 1 | 2
Nicolas Lapierre |  DragonSpeed | Ret  | 3 | Ret  | 3  | 1 | 2
5  |  Ryō Hirakawa |  Thiriet by TDS Racing | Ret | 1  | 1  |  | 3  | 8  | 70
6  |  Julián Leal |  SMP Racing | 2  | 4  | 4  | 2  |  |  | 60
7  |  Tristan Gommendy |  Eurasia Motorsport  | Ret  | 5  | 2  | 4  | Ret  | 5  | 50
8  |  Nick de Bruijn |  Eurasia Motorsport  | Ret  | 5  | 2  | 4  | Ret  |  | 40
9  |  Niclas Jönsson |  Krohn Racing | 4  | 6  | 9  | 8  | 10  | 4  | 39
10  |  Julien Canal |  Greaves Motorsport | 8  | 8  | 6  | 6  | 4  | Ret  | 36
Memo Rojas |  Greaves Motorsport | 8  | 8  | 6  | 6  | 4  | Ret
11  |  Pu Jun Jin |  Eurasia Motorsport  | Ret  | 5  | 2  | 4  | Ret  |  | 28
11  |  Nathanaël Berthon |  Greaves Motorsport |  |  | 6  | 6  | 4  | Ret  | 28
12  |  Fabien Barthez |  Panis Barthez Competition | 9  | 7  | 7 | 11  | 7  | 7  | 27.5
Timothé Buret  |  Panis Barthez Competition | 9  | 7  | 7 | 11  | 7  | 7
Paul-Loup Chatin |  Panis Barthez Competition | 9 | 7  | 7 | 11  | 7  | 7
13  |  Olivier Pla |  Krohn Racing |  | 6  | 9  | 8  | 10  | 4  | 27
14  |  Mike Conway |  Thiriet by TDS Racing |  |  |  | 1 |  |  | 26
15  |  Vitaly Petrov |  SMP Racing |  |  |  |  | 6  | 3  | 23
Sources:[26][27]
| Key

Colour | Result
Gold | Race winner
Silver | 2nd place
Bronze | 3rd place
Green | Points finish
Blue  | Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple | Did not finish (Ret)
Black  | Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White  | Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank | Did not participate

Bold – Pole

### LMP3 Drivers Championship

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| Pos. | Driver  | Team  | SIL
| IMO
| RBR
| LEC
| SPA
| EST
| Total

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1  |  Alex Brundle |  United Autosports | 1 | 1  | 1  | 3  | 2  | 11 | 109.5
Christian England  |  United Autosports | 1  | 1  | 1  | 3  | 2  | 11
Mike Guasch  |  United Autosports | 1  | 1  | 1  | 3  | 2  | 11
2  |  Paul Petit  |  Graff | 3  | Ret  | 4  | 1  | 1 | 3  | 93
Eric Trouillet  |  Graff | 3  | Ret  | 4  | 1  | 1 | 3
3  |  Enzo Guibbert  |  Graff | 3  | Ret  |  | 1  | 1 | 3  | 81
4  |  David Hallyday |  Duqueine Engineering | 4  | 4  | 2  | 2  | Ret  | 9  | 62
Dino Lunardi  |  Duqueine Engineering | 4  | 4 | 2  | 2  | Ret  | 9
5  |  Matthew Bell  |  United Autosports | 2  | 7 | 14  | 11  | 3  | 2  | 59
Wayne Boyd |  United Autosports | 2  | 7 | 14  | 11  | 3  | 2
Mark Patterson |  United Autosports | 2  | 7 | 14  | 11  | 3  | 2
6  |  David Droux |  Duqueine Engineering |  | 4  | 2  | 2  | Ret  | 9  | 50
7  |  Ross Kaiser  |  360 Racing  | 5 | 9  | 3  | 5  | 5  | Ret  | 48
James Swift  |  360 Racing  | 5 | 9  | 3  | 5  | 5  | Ret
Terrence Woodward  |  360 Racing  | 5 | 9  | 3  | 5  | 5  | Ret
8  |  Alexandre Cougnaud |  M.Racing - YMR | Ret  | 5  | 10  | Ret  | Ret  | 1  | 36
Yann Ehrlacher |  M.Racing - YMR | Ret  | 5  | 10  | Ret  | Ret  | 1
Thomas Laurent |  M.Racing - YMR | Ret  | 5  | 10  | Ret  | Ret  | 1
9  |  Eric Debard  |  Panis Barthez Competition | 7  | 3  | 8 | 8  |  | Ret  | 30.5
Simon Gachet |  Panis Barthez Competition | 7  | 3  | 8 | 8  |  | Ret
Valentin Moineault  |  Panis Barthez Competition | 7  | 3  | 8 | 8  |  | Ret
10  |  François Hériau  |  Ultimate  | 11  | 10  | Ret  | 4  | 4  | 14  | 26
Jean-Baptiste Lahaye  |  Ultimate  | 11  | 10  | Ret  | 4  | 4  | 14
Matthieu Lahaye |  Ultimate  | 11  | 10  | Ret  | 4  | 4  | 14
Sources:[26][27]
| Key

Colour | Result
Gold | Race winner
Silver | 2nd place
Bronze | 3rd place
Green | Points finish
Blue  | Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple | Did not finish (Ret)
Black  | Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White  | Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank | Did not participate

Bold – Pole

### GTE Drivers Championship

[edit]

| Pos. | Driver  | Team  | SIL
| IMO
| RBR
| LEC
| SPA
| EST
| Total

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|

1  |  Andrew Howard  |  Aston Martin Racing | 1  | 5  | 4  | 3 | 5  | 1  | 98
Alex MacDowall |  Aston Martin Racing | 1  | 5  | 4  | 3 | 5  | 1
Darren Turner |  Aston Martin Racing | 1  | 5 | 4  | 3 | 5  | 1
2  |  Andrea Bertolini |  JMW Motorsport  | EX  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 1  | Ret  | 93
Rory Butcher |  JMW Motorsport  | EX  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 1 | Ret
Robert Smith  |  JMW Motorsport  | EX  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 1  | Ret
3  |  Alexander Talkanitsa Jr.  |  AT Racing | 2  | 3  | 3  | 4  | Ret | 2  | 79
Alexander Talkanitsa Sr.  |  AT Racing | 2  | 3  | 3  | 4  | Ret | 2
4  |  Mike Hedlund  |  Proton Competition | 8  | 1 | 6  | 6  | 4  | 6  | 66
Wolf Henzler |  Proton Competition | 8  | 1 | 6  | 6  | 4  | 6
5  |  Alessandro Pier Guidi |  AT Racing | 2  |  | 3  | 4 | Ret | 2 | 64
6  |  Duncan Cameron  |  AF Corse | 4  | 6  | 8  | 5  | 3  | 3  | 64
Matt Griffin  |  AF Corse | 4  | 6  | 8  | 5  | 3  | 3
Aaron Scott  |  AF Corse | 4  | 6  | 8  | 5  | 3  | 3
7  |  Christian Ried |  Proton Competition | 6  | 4  | 5 | Ret  | 2  | 5 | 60
Gianluca Roda  |  Proton Competition | 6  | 4  | 5 | Ret  | 2  | 5
8  |  Rui Águas |  AF Corse | 7  | 7  | 2  | Ret  | 6  | 4  | 50
Marco Cioci |  AF Corse | 7  | 7  | 2  | Ret  | 6  | 4
Piergiuseppe Perazzini  |  AF Corse | 7  | 7  | 2  | Ret  | 6  | 4
9  |  Johnny Laursen  |  Formula Racing | 5  | DNS  | 7  | 2  | 7  | Ret  | 40
Mikkel Mac |  Formula Racing | 5  | DNS  | 7  | 2  | 7  | Ret
10  |  Marco Seefried |  Proton Competition | 8  |  | 6  | 6  | 4  | 6  | 40
11  |  Matteo Cairoli |  Proton Competition |  |  | 5 |  | 2  |  | 29
12  |  Robert Renauer  |  Proton Competition |  | 1 |  |  |  |  | 26
13  |  Christina Nielsen |  Formula Racing | 5  | DNS  | 7  |  | 7  |  | 22
14  |  Mikkel Jensen |  Formula Racing |  |  |  | 2  |  |  | 18
15  |  Roald Goethe  |  Aston Martin Racing | 3 |  |  |  |  |  | 16
Stuart Hall |  Aston Martin Racing | 3 |  |  |  |  |
Richie Stanaway |  Aston Martin Racing | 3 |  |  |  |  |
16  |  Davide Rigon |  AT Racing |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 15
17  |  Klaus Bachler |  Proton Competition |  | 4  |  |  |  |  | 12
18  |  Ben Barker |  Proton Competition |  |  |  |  |  | 5 | 11
19  |  Richard Lietz |  Proton Competition | 6 |  |  |  |  |  | 8
20  |  David Jahn  |  Proton Competition |  |  |  | Ret  |  |  | 0
Sources:[26][27]
| Key

Colour | Result
Gold | Race winner
Silver | 2nd place
Bronze | 3rd place
Green | Points finish
Blue  | Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple | Did not finish (Ret)
Black  | Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White  | Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank | Did not participate

Bold – Pole

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