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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.
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]
Rnd | Race | Circuit | Location | Date |
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1 | 4 Hours of Barcelona | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | Montmeló, Spain | 18 April |
2 | 4 Hours of the Red Bull Ring | Red Bull Ring | Spielberg, Austria | 16 May |
3 | 4 Hours of Le Castellet | Circuit Paul Ricard | Le Castellet, France | 6 June[a] |
4 | 4 Hours of Monza | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | Monza, Italy | 11 July |
5 | 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Spa, Belgium | 19 September |
6 | 4 Hours of Portimão | Algarve International Circuit | Portimão, Portugal | 24 October |
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 | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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La Filière Frédéric Sausset by SRT41[36][37] | Oreca 07 | 84 | Takuma Aoki[36] | 1, 3 |
Nigel Bailly[36] | 1, 3 | |||
Pierre Sancinéna[37] | 1, 3 |
All cars in the LMP3 class used the Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine and Michelin tyres.
Entrant/Team | Chassis | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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United Autosports[38] | Ligier JS P320 | 2 | Wayne Boyd[7] | All |
Edouard Cauhaupe[38] | All | |||
Rob Wheldon[7] | All | |||
3 | Andrew Bentley[39] | All | ||
Duncan Tappy[39] | All | |||
Jim McGuire[39] | All | |||
DKR Engineering[7] | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 4 | Laurents Hörr[7] | All |
Alain Berg[28] | 1 | |||
Leonard Weiss[27] | 2 | |||
Jean-Phillipe Dayrault[10] | 2–3 | |||
Mathieu de Barbuat[10] | 4–6 | |||
MV2S Racing[40] | Ligier JS P320 | 5 | Adrien Chila[40] | All |
Christophe Cresp[40] | All | |||
Fabien Lavergne[40] | All | |||
Nielsen Racing[41] | Ligier JS P320 | 6 | Nicholas Adcock[7] | All |
Max Koebolt[7] | All | |||
Austin McCusker[7] | All | |||
7 | Colin Noble[7] | All | ||
Anthony Wells[7] | All | |||
Graff Racing[42] | Ligier JS P320 | 8 | David Droux[42] | All |
Sébastien Page[42] | All | |||
Eric Trouillet[42] | All | |||
9 | Matthias Kaiser[42] | All | ||
Rory Penttinen[42] | All | |||
Eurointernational[7] | Ligier JS P320 | 11 | Andrea Dromedari[7] | 1–5 |
Mateusz Kaprzyk[28] | 1 | |||
Joey Alders[27] | 2–5 | |||
Cem Bölükbaşı | 2 | |||
Jacopo Baratto[10] | 3–5 | |||
Mattia Drudi[24] | 6 | |||
Antoine Doquin[24] | 6 | |||
Finn Gehrsitz[24] | 6 | |||
Racing Experience[7] | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 12 | Tom Cloet[7] | All |
Gary Hauser[7] | All | |||
David Hauser[7] | 1–5 | |||
Guilherme Oliveira[24] | 6 | |||
Inter Europol Competition[7] | Ligier JS P320 | 13 | Martin Hippe[7] | All |
Ugo de Wilde[43] | All | |||
Julien Falchero[44] | 1 | |||
Ulysse de Pauw[45] | 2–3 | |||
Mattia Pasini[46] | 4 | |||
Aidan Read | 5 | |||
Adam Eteki[24] | 6 | |||
14 | Julius Adomavičius[44] | 1, 3 | ||
Mattia Pasini[44] | 1–3, 5 | |||
Alessandro Bracalente[44] | 1 | |||
Mateusz Kaprzyk[45] | 2–6 | |||
Gustas Grinbergas[19] | 2 | |||
Erwin Creed[46] | 4 | |||
Marius Zug[47] | 4 | |||
Nico Pino | 5–6 | |||
Patryk Krupiński[24] | 6 | |||
RLR MSport[7] | Ligier JS P320 | 15 | Mike Benham[7] | All |
Malthe Jakobsen[28] | All | |||
Alex Kapadia[7] | All | |||
1 AIM Villorba Corse[7] | Ligier JS P320 | 18 | Alessandro Bressan[7] | All |
Damiano Fioravanti[28] | All | |||
Andreas Laskaratos[28] | All | |||
Cool Racing[48] | Ligier JS P320 | 19 | Matthew Bell[28] | All |
Niklas Krütten[28] | All | |||
Nicolas Maulini[48] | All | |||
Team Virage[7] | Ligier JS P320 | 20 | Rob Hodes[7] | All |
Charles Crews[7] | 1–5 | |||
Garett Grist[7] | 1–5 | |||
Alex Fontana[24] | 6 | |||
Julien Gerbi | 6 | |||
Saintéloc Junior Team[24] | Ligier JS P320 | 42 | Fabien Michal[24] | 6 |
Lucas Légeret[24] | 6 |
All cars in the LMGTE class use Goodyear tyres.
Entrant/Team | Chassis | Engine | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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Spirit of Race[49] | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 | 55 | Duncan Cameron[49] | All |
David Perel[49] | All | ||||
Matt Griffin[49] | 1–3, 5–6 | ||||
Alessandro Pier Guidi[49] | 4 | ||||
Iron Lynx[50] | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 | 60 | Paolo Ruberti[50] | All |
Claudio Schiavoni[50] | All | ||||
Giorgio Sernagiotto[50] | All | ||||
80 | Matteo Cressoni[50] | All | |||
Rino Mastronardi[50] | All | ||||
Miguel Molina[50] | All | ||||
83 | Rahel Frey[50] | All | |||
Michelle Gatting[50] | All | ||||
Manuela Gostner[50] | 1–4 | ||||
Sarah Bovy | 5–6 | ||||
AF Corse[51] | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 | 61 | Franck Dezoteux[24] | 6 |
Pierre Ragues[24] | 6 | ||||
Côme Ledogar[24] | 6 | ||||
88 | Emmanuel Collard[51] | 2–6 | |||
François Perrodo[51] | 2–6 | ||||
Alessio Rovera[51] | 2–6 | ||||
JMW Motorsport[7] | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 | 66 | Jody Fannin[7] | All |
Rodrigo Sales[28] | All | ||||
Andrea Fontana[28] | 1–5 | ||||
Shaun Thong[24] | 6 | ||||
WeatherTech Racing[52] | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 | 77 | Christian Ried[52] | All |
Gianmaria Bruni[52] | 1, 3–4, 6 | ||||
Jaxon Evans[52] | 1 | ||||
Cooper MacNeil[53] | 2–6 | ||||
Matt Campbell[27] | 2, 5 | ||||
Proton Competition[52] | 93 | Michael Fassbender[52] | All | ||
Richard Lietz[52] | All | ||||
Felipe Fernández Laser[52] | 1–2, 4–6 | ||||
Jaxon Evans[6] | 3 | ||||
TF Sport[54] | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 | 95 | Ollie Hancock[54] | All |
John Hartshorne[54] | All | ||||
Ross Gunn[54] | 1, 3–6 | ||||
Jonathan Adam[27] | 2 |
Bold indicates overall winner.
Rnd. | Circuit | Pole | LMP2 Winning Team | LMP2 Pro-Am Winning Team | LMP3 Winning Team | LMGTE Winning Team | Results |
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LMP2 Winning Drivers | LMP2 Pro-Am Winning Drivers | LMP3 Winning Drivers | LMGTE Winning Drivers | ||||
1 | Catalunya | No. 26 G-Drive Racing | No. 41 Team WRT | No. 29 Ultimate | No. 19 Cool Racing | No. 80 Iron Lynx | Race results |
Franco Colapinto Roman Rusinov Nyck de Vries |
Louis Delétraz Robert Kubica Yifei Ye |
François Heriau Jean-Baptiste Lahaye Matthieu Lahaye |
Matthew Bell Niklas Krütten Nicolas Maulini |
Matteo Cressoni Rino Mastronardi Miguel Molina | |||
2 | Red Bull Ring | No. 34 Racing Team Turkey | No. 41 Team WRT | No. 25 G-Drive Racing | No. 19 Cool Racing | No. 88 AF Corse | Race results |
Charlie Eastwood Logan Sargeant Salih Yoluç |
Louis Delétraz Robert Kubica Yifei Ye |
Rui Andrade John Falb Roberto Merhi |
Matthew Bell Niklas Krütten Nicolas Maulini |
Emmanuel Collard François Perrodo Alessio Rovera | |||
3 | Le Castellet | No. 26 G-Drive Racing | No. 26 G-Drive Racing | No. 34 Racing Team Turkey | No. 4 DKR Engineering | No. 80 Iron Lynx | |
Franco Colapinto Roman Rusinov Nyck de Vries |
Franco Colapinto Roman Rusinov Nyck de Vries |
Charlie Eastwood Harry Tincknell Salih Yoluç |
Mathieu de Barbuat Laurents Hörr |
Matteo Cressoni Rino Mastronardi Miguel Molina | |||
4 | Monza | No. 26 G-Drive Racing | No. 65 Panis Racing | No. 25 G-Drive Racing | No. 4 DKR Engineering | No. 55 Spirit of Race | Race results |
Franco Colapinto Roman Rusinov Mikkel Jensen |
James Allen Julien Canal Will Stevens |
Rui Andrade John Falb Roberto Merhi |
Mathieu de Barbuat Laurents Hörr |
Duncan Cameron Alessandro Pier Guidi David Perel | |||
5 | Spa-Francorchamps | No. 37 Cool Racing | No. 41 Team WRT | No. 37 Cool Racing | No. 4 DKR Engineering | No. 88 AF Corse | Race results |
Alexandre Coigny Nicolas Lapierre Charles Milesi |
Louis Delétraz Robert Kubica Yifei Ye |
Alexandre Coigny Nicolas Lapierre Charles Milesi |
Mathieu de Barbuat Laurents Hörr |
Emmanuel Collard François Perrodo Alessio Rovera | |||
6 | Portimão | No. 37 Cool Racing | No. 22 United Autosports | No. 37 Cool Racing | No. 13 Inter Europol Competition | No. 80 Iron Lynx | Race results |
Alexandre Coigny Nicolas Lapierre Charles Milesi |
Jonathan Aberdein Tom Gamble Phil Hanson |
Alexandre Coigny Nicolas Lapierre Charles Milesi |
Adam Eteki Martin Hippe Ugo de Wilde |
Matteo Cressoni Rino Mastronardi Miguel Molina |
Points are awarded according to the following structure:
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 |
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Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap |
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Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap |
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Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap |
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Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap |
Points are awarded according to the following structure:
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 |
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Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap |
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Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap |
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Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap |
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Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap |