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2016 European Le Mans Series

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

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
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

Entry list

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The entry list was announced on 5 February 2016.[3]

LMP2

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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

LMP3

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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
  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
  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
  Nigel Moore[8] 4–5

GTE

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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

Innovative car

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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

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
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

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.[23]

Teams Championships

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Points are awarded according to the following structure:

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

LMP2 Teams Championship

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

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

LMP2 Drivers Championship

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Pos. Driver Team SIL
  		IMO
  		RBR
  		LEC
  		SPA
  		EST
  		Total
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
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
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
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

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Pos. Driver Team SIL
  		IMO
  		RBR
  		LEC
  		SPA
  		EST
  		Total
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
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

References

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