2022 European Le Mans Series


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The 2022 European Le Mans Series will be the nineteenth season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's (ACO) European Le Mans Series. The six-event season will begin at Circuit Paul Ricard on 17 April and will finish at Algarve International Circuit on 16 October.[1][2]

The series is open to Le Mans Prototypes, divided into the LMP2 and LMP3 classes, and grand tourer-style racing cars in the LMGTE class.

Calendar

The provisional calendar for the 2022 season was announced on 17 September 2021. The Imola Circuit will return to the series after a 6-year absence, while the Red Bull Ring will not feature on the calendar.[1][2] On 28 February 2022, it was announced that a round at the Hungaroring would be replaced by the Monza Circuit.[3]

Rnd Race Circuit Location Date
1 4 Hours of Le Castellet   Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France 17 April
2 4 Hours of Imola   Imola Circuit Imola, Italy 15 May
3 4 Hours of Monza   Monza Circuit Monza, Italy 3 July
4 4 Hours of Barcelona   Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Montmeló, Spain 28 August
5 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Stavelot, Belgium 25 September
6 4 Hours of Portimão   Algarve International Circuit Portimão, Portugal 16 October

Entries

LMP2

All cars in the LMP2 class use the Gibson GK428 V8 engine and Goodyear tyres. 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 No. MISC Drivers Rounds
  Prema Racing[4] Oreca 07 9 P2   Juan Manuel Correa[5] TBA
  Louis Delétraz[6] TBA
  Ferdinand Habsburg[6] TBA
  Algarve Pro Racing[7][a] Oreca 07 19 P2   Sophia Flörsch[12] TBA
  Bent Viscaal[7] TBA
  TBA TBA
47 PA   James Allen[8] TBA
  John Falb[8] TBA
  Alex Peroni[8] TBA
  Mühlner Motorsport[9] Oreca 07 21 P2   Matthias Kaiser[9] TBA
  Thomas Laurent[9] TBA
  Ugo de Wilde[13] TBA
  United Autosports[14] Oreca 07 22 P2   Tom Gamble[14] TBA
  Philip Hanson[14] TBA
  Duncan Tappy[14] TBA
  Nielsen Racing[15] Oreca 07 24 PA   Matt Bell[15] TBA
  Ben Hanley[15] TBA
  Rodrigo Sales[15] TBA
  IDEC Sport[16] Oreca 07 28 P2   Paul-Loup Chatin[16] TBA
  Paul Lafargue[16] TBA
  Patrick Pilet[16] TBA
  Duqueine Team[17] Oreca 07 30 P2   Richard Bradley[17] TBA
  Reshad de Gerus[17] TBA
  Memo Rojas[17] TBA
  TDS Racing x Vaillante[18] Oreca 07 31 PA   Mathias Beche[18] TBA
  Philippe Cimadomo[18] TBA
  Tijmen van der Helm[18] TBA
  Racing Team Turkey[19] Oreca 07 34 PA   Jack Aitken[19] TBA
  Charlie Eastwood[19] TBA
  Salih Yoluç[19] TBA
  BHK Motorsport[20] Oreca 07 35 P2   Francesco Dracone[21] TBA
  Augusto Farfus[20] TBA
  TBA TBA
  Cool Racing[22] Oreca 07 37 P2   Niklas Krütten[22] TBA
  Nicolas Lapierre[22] TBA
  Ye Yifei[22] TBA
  Graff Racing[23] Oreca 07 40 PA   David Droux[23] TBA
  Sébastien Page[23] TBA
  Eric Trouillet[23] TBA
  Inter Europol Competition[24] Oreca 07 43 P2   Pietro Fittipaldi[24] TBA
  David Heinemeier Hansson[24] TBA
  Fabio Scherer[24] TBA
  Team Virage[25] Oreca 07 51 PA   Gabriel Aubry[26] TBA
  Rob Hodes[9] TBA
  Jazeman Jaafar[26] TBA
  Panis Racing[27] Oreca 07 65 P2   Julien Canal[27] TBA
  Nico Jamin[27] TBA
  Job van Uitert[27] TBA
  AF Corse[28] Oreca 07 88 PA   Nicklas Nielsen[9] TBA
  François Perrodo[28] TBA
  Alessio Rovera[9] TBA
Icon MISC
P2 LMP2
PA LMP2 Pro-Am Cup

LMP3

All cars in the LMP3 class use the Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine and Michelin tyres.

Entrant/Team Chassis No. Drivers Rounds
  United Autosports[29] Ligier JS P320 2   Josh Caygill[30] TBA
  Finn Gehrsitz[31] TBA
  Bailey Voisin[30] TBA
3   Andrew Bentley[29] TBA
  Kay van Berlo[9] TBA
  Jim McGuire[29] TBA
  DKR Engineering[9] Duqueine M30 - D08 4   Sebastián Álvarez[7] TBA
  Tom Van Rompuy [9] TBA
  Alexander Bukhantsov[32] TBA
  RLR MSport[9] Ligier JS P320 5   Nicholas Adcock[9] TBA
  Michael Jensen[9] TBA
  Alex Kapadia[9] TBA
15   Valentino Catalano[9] TBA
  Horst Felbermayr Jr.[9] TBA
  Austin McCusker[9] TBA
  360 Racing[33] Ligier JS P320 6   Ross Kaiser[34] TBA
  Terrence Woodward[34] TBA
  Mark Richards[34] TBA
  Nielsen Racing[9] Ligier JS P320 7   James Littlejohn[9] TBA
  Anthony Wells[9] TBA
  TBA TBA
  Eurointernational[35][9][7][b] Ligier JS P320 10   Glenn van Berlo[9] TBA
  Tom Cloet[7] TBA
  Xavier Lloveras[38] TBA
11   Adrien Chila[7] TBA
  Max Koebolt[9] TBA
  Marcos Siebert[9] TBA
  Inter Europol Competition[39] Ligier JS P320 13   Charles Crews[40] TBA
  Guilherme de Oliveira[41] TBA
  Nico Pino[40] TBA
14   Noam Abramczyk[9] TBA
  James Dayson[40] TBA
  Mateusz Kasprzyk[32] TBA
  Cool Racing[42] Ligier JS P320 17   Mike Benham[42] TBA
  Malthe Jakobsen[42] TBA
  Maurice Smith[42] TBA
27   Antoine Doquin[9] TBA
  Jean-Ludovic Foubert[9] TBA
  Nicolas Maulini[9] TBA

LMGTE

All cars in the LMGTE class use Goodyear tyres.

Entrant/Team Chassis Engine No. Drivers Rounds
  Absolute Racing[43] Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 18   Andrew Haryanto[44] TBA
  Alessio Picariello[44] TBA
  Martin Rump[44] TBA
  Rinaldi Racing[9] Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 32   Pierre Ehret[9] TBA
  Memo Gidley[45] TBA
  Nicolás Varrone[9] TBA
33   Fabrizio Crestani[9] TBA
  Christian Hook[9] TBA
  Patrick Kujala[9] TBA
  Spirit of Race[9] Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 55   Duncan Cameron[9] TBA
  Matt Griffin[9] TBA
  David Perel[9] TBA
  Kessel Car Guy Racing[46] Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 57   Mikkel Jensen[46] TBA
  Takeshi Kimura[46] TBA
  Frederik Schandorff[46] TBA
  Iron Lynx[9] Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 60   Matteo Cressoni[47] TBA
  Davide Rigon[47] TBA
  Claudio Schiavoni[47] TBA
83   Sarah Bovy[47] TBA
  Michelle Gatting[47] TBA
  Rahel Frey[47] TBA
  JMW Motorsport[9] Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 66   Matthew Payne[48] TBA
  Giacomo Petrobelli[9] TBA
  TBA TBA
  Oman Racing with TF Sport[49][50] Aston Martin Vantage AMR Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 69   Ahmad Al Harthy[49] TBA
  Sam De Haan[49] TBA
  Marco Sørensen[49] TBA
95   Jonathan Adam[50] TBA
  Henrique Chaves[50] TBA
  John Hartshorne[50] TBA
  Proton Competition[9] Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 77   Gianmaria Bruni[9] TBA
  Christian Ried[9] TBA
  TBA TBA
93   Michael Fassbender[9] TBA
  Richard Lietz[9] TBA
  TBA TBA
  • Kessel Racing was scheduled to enter a second Ferrari 488 GTE Evo for Michał Broniszewski [pl] and two unconfirmed drivers, but withdrew in late March. They were replaced by the #6 LMP3 Ligier of 360 Racing, originally a reserve entry.[33]

Notes

  1. ^ G-Drive Racing was scheduled to field two LMP2 entries, including one in the LMP2 Pro-Am Cup,[8][9] but the team and driver Roman Rusinov refused to accept the FIA's code of conduct regarding the participation of Russian competitors after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, and withdrew on 6 March.[10][11] Algarve Pro Racing, who operated the G-Drive LMP2 program, took over both entries independently.[7]
  2. ^ G-Drive Racing was scheduled to field an LMP3 entry,[9] but the team and driver Evgeny Kireev refused to accept the FIA's code of conduct regarding the participation of Russian competitors after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, and withdrew on 6 March.[36][37] Eurointernational, who operated the G-Drive LMP3 program, took over the entry independently, therefore expanding to a two-car effort alongside its existing #11 car.[7]

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