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.
Calendar [ edit ] The calendar for the 2021 season was announced on 8 October 2020. The Red Bull Ring returned to the series after a two-year absence, while Silverstone was not featured on the calendar.[2]
Entries [ edit ] All cars in the LMP2 class used the Gibson GK428 V8 engine and Goodyear tyres.[3] Entries in the LMP2 Pro-Am Cup, set aside for teams with a Bronze-rated driver in their line-up, are denoted with Icons.
Entrant/Team Chassis MISC Drivers Rounds IDEC Sport [4] [5] Oreca 07 17 PA Dwight Merriman [5] 1–4 Kyle Tilley [5] 1–4 Ryan Dalziel [5] 1–2, 4 Gabriel Aubry [6] 3 28 P2 Paul-Loup Chatin [4] All Paul Lafargue [4] All Patrick Pilet [4] 1–2, 4–6 Jean-Éric Vergne [6] 3 DragonSpeed USA [7] Oreca 07 21 PA Ben Hanley [8] 1–2, 4 Henrik Hedman[7] 1–2, 4 Ricky Taylor [8] 1 Gustavo Menezes [9] 2 Juan Pablo Montoya [10] 4 United Autosports [11] Oreca 07 22 P2 Jonathan Aberdein [12] All Tom Gamble [13] All Phil Hanson [11] All 32 P2 Nico Jamin [14] All Manuel Maldonado [15] All Job van Uitert [11] All Algarve Pro Racing [16] Oreca 07 24 P2 Richard Bradley [16] All Ferdinand Habsburg [16] All Diego Menchaca [16] 1–5 Sophia Flörsch [17] 6 G-Drive Racing [7] Aurus 01 25 PA Rui Andrade [7] All John Falb [7] All Pietro Fittipaldi [18] 1 Roberto Merhi [19] 2–4 Gustavo Menezes [20] 5–6 26 P2 Franco Colapinto [21] All Roman Rusinov [7] All Nyck de Vries [21] 1–3, 5–6 Mikkel Jensen [22] 4 Ultimate [23] Oreca 07 29 PA Jean-Baptiste Lahaye[23] All Matthieu Lahaye [23] All François Heriau[23] 1–4 Gianluca Giraudi[24] 6 Duqueine Team [25] Oreca 07 30 P2 René Binder [25] All Tristan Gommendy [25] All Memo Rojas [25] All Racing Team Turkey [26] Oreca 07 34 PA Charlie Eastwood [26] All Salih Yoluç [26] All Harry Tincknell [26] 1, 3, 5–6 Logan Sargeant [27] 2, 4 BHK Motorsport[7] Oreca 07 35 P2 Sergio Campana [7] All Francesco Dracone [7] All Markus Pommer [28] All Cool Racing [29] Oreca 07 37 PA Alexandre Coigny[29] All Nicolas Lapierre [29] All Antonin Borga[29] 1–4 Charles Milesi [29] 5–6 Graff Racing [30] Oreca 07 39 PA Vincent Capillaire[30] 1–4, 6 Arnold Robin[30] 1–4, 6 Maxime Robin[30] 1–4, 6 Team WRT [31] Oreca 07 41 P2 Louis Delétraz [32] All Robert Kubica [31] All Yifei Ye [32] All Panis Racing [33] Oreca 07 65 P2 Julien Canal [33] All Will Stevens [33] All Gabriel Aubry [28] 1 James Allen [33] 2–6 Realteam Racing [10] Oreca 07 70 PA Loïc Duval [10] 4 Esteban Garcia[10] 4 Jota Sport [34] Oreca 07 82 P2 Sean Gelael [34] 4 Jazeman Jaafar [34] 4 Racing Team Nederland [35] Oreca 07 92 PA Frits van Eerd [nl ] [35] 4 Giedo van der Garde [35] 4
Icon MISC P2 LMP2 PA LMP2 Pro-Am Cup
Innovative car [ edit ] All cars in the LMP3 class used the Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine and Michelin tyres.
All cars in the LMGTE class use Goodyear tyres.
Results and standings [ edit ] Race results [ edit ] Bold indicates overall winner.
Drivers' Championships [ edit ] Points are awarded according to the following structure:
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Pole Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 0.5 1
LMP2 Drivers Championship [ edit ] 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
Italics – Fastest Lap
LMP2 Pro-Am Drivers Championship [ edit ] 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
Italics – Fastest Lap
LMP3 Drivers Championship [ edit ]