The 2022 European Le Mans Series was the nineteenth season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's (ACO) European Le Mans Series. The six-event season began at Circuit Paul Ricard on 17 April and finished at Algarve International Circuit on 16 October.[1][2]
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 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 |
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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 |
All cars in the LMP2 class used 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.
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[36] | Ligier JS P320 | 2 | Josh Caygill[37] | All |
Finn Gehrsitz[38] | All | |||
Bailey Voisin[37] | All | |||
3 | Andrew Bentley[36] | All | ||
Kay van Berlo[11] | All | |||
James McGuire[36] | 1, 3–6 | |||
DKR Engineering[11] | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 4 | Sebastián Álvarez[9] | All |
Alexander Bukhantsov[27] | All | |||
Tom Van Rompuy[11] | 1–2, 4–6 | |||
James Winslow[39] | 3 | |||
RLR MSport[11] | Ligier JS P320 | 5 | Nick Adcock[11] | All |
Michael Jensen[11] | All | |||
Alex Kapadia[11] | All | |||
15 | Valentino Catalano[11] | All | ||
Horst Felbermayr Jr.[11] | All | |||
Austin McCusker[11] | All | |||
360 Racing[40] | Ligier JS P320 | 6 | Ross Kaiser[41] | All |
Terrence Woodward[41] | All | |||
Mark Richards[41] | 1–5 | |||
Santiago Concepción Serrano | 6 | |||
Nielsen Racing[11] | Ligier JS P320 | 7 | James Littlejohn[11] | 1–3, 5–6 |
Anthony Wells[11] | 1–3, 5–6 | |||
Eurointernational[42][11][9][b] | Ligier JS P320 | 10 | Xavier Lloveras[45] | All |
Glenn van Berlo[11] | 1–4 | |||
Tom Cloet[9] | 1 | |||
Adrien Chila[39] | 2–3 | |||
Freddie Hunt[20] | 4 | |||
Miguel Cristóvão[8] | 5–6 | |||
11 | Max Koebolt[11] | All | ||
Marcos Siebert[11] | 1–2 | |||
Adrien Chila[9] | 1 | |||
Jérôme de Sadeleer[20] | 2–6 | |||
Louis Rousset[20] | 4 | |||
Santiago Concepción Serrano[8] | 5 | |||
Inter Europol Competition[46] | Ligier JS P320 | 13 | Charles Crews[47] | All |
Guilherme Oliveira[48] | All | |||
Nico Pino[47] | All | |||
14 | Noam Abramczyk[11] | All | ||
James Dayson[47] | All | |||
Mateusz Kaprzyk[27] | All | |||
Cool Racing[49] | Ligier JS P320 | 17 | Mike Benham[49] | All |
Malthe Jakobsen[49] | All | |||
Maurice Smith[49] | All | |||
27 | Antoine Doquin[11] | All | ||
Jean-Ludovic Foubert[11] | All | |||
Nicolas Maulini[11] | All |
All cars in the LMGTE class used Goodyear tyres.
Entrant/Team | Chassis | Engine | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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Absolute Racing[50] | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 | 18 | Andrew Haryanto[51] | All |
Alessio Picariello[51] | All | ||||
Martin Rump[51] | All | ||||
Rinaldi Racing[11] | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 | 32 | Nicolás Varrone[11] | All |
Pierre Ehret[11] | 1–5 | ||||
Memo Gidley[52] | 1 | ||||
Gabriele Lancieri[39] | 2–3 | ||||
Diego Alessi[20] | 4–6 | ||||
33 | Fabrizio Crestani[11] | 1–3, 5–6 | |||
Christian Hook[11] | 1–3, 5–6 | ||||
Óscar Tunjo[27] | 1–2 | ||||
Jeroen Bleekemolen[39] | 3, 5–6 | ||||
Spirit of Race[11] | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 | 55 | Duncan Cameron[11] | All |
Matt Griffin[11] | All | ||||
David Perel[11] | All | ||||
Kessel Racing[53] | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 | 57 | Mikkel Jensen[53] | All |
Frederik Schandorff[53] | All | ||||
Takeshi Kimura[53] | 1–4, 6 | ||||
Conrad Grunewald[8] | 5 | ||||
Iron Lynx[11] | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 | 60 | Matteo Cressoni[54] | All |
Davide Rigon[54] | All | ||||
Claudio Schiavoni[54] | All | ||||
83 | Sarah Bovy[54] | All | |||
Michelle Gatting[54] | All | ||||
Rahel Frey[54] | 1–3 | ||||
Doriane Pin[20] | 4–6 | ||||
JMW Motorsport[11] | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 | 66 | Sean Hudspeth[27] | All |
Giacomo Petrobelli[11] | All | ||||
Matthew Payne[55] | 1–3, 5–6 | ||||
Miguel Molina[20] | 4 | ||||
Oman Racing with TF Sport[56][57] | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 | 69 | Ahmad Al Harthy[56] | All |
Sam De Haan[56] | All | ||||
Marco Sørensen[56] | All | ||||
95 | Jonathan Adam[57] | All | |||
Henrique Chaves[57] | All | ||||
John Hartshorne[57] | All | ||||
Proton Competition[11] | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 | 77 | Gianmaria Bruni[11] | All |
Lorenzo Ferrari[27] | All | ||||
Christian Ried[11] | All | ||||
93 | Michael Fassbender[11] | All | |||
Richard Lietz[11] | All | ||||
Zacharie Robichon[52] | All |
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 | Le Castellet | No. 31 TDS Racing x Vaillante | No. 9 Prema Racing | No. 34 Racing Team Turkey | No. 17 Cool Racing | No. 32 Rinaldi Racing | Race Report Race Results |
Mathias Beche Philippe Cimadomo Tijmen van der Helm |
Lorenzo Colombo Louis Delétraz Ferdinand Habsburg |
Jack Aitken Charlie Eastwood Salih Yoluç |
Mike Benham Malthe Jakobsen Maurice Smith |
Pierre Ehret Memo Gidley Nicolás Varrone | |||
2 | Imola | No. 88 AF Corse | No. 9 Prema Racing | No. 34 Racing Team Turkey | No. 3 United Autosports | No. 69 Oman Racing with TF Sport | Race Report Race Results |
Nicklas Nielsen François Perrodo Alessio Rovera |
Lorenzo Colombo Louis Delétraz Ferdinand Habsburg |
Jack Aitken Charlie Eastwood Salih Yoluç |
Andrew Bentley Kay van Berlo |
Ahmad Al Harthy Sam De Haan Marco Sørensen | |||
3 | Monza | No. 31 TDS Racing x Vaillante | No. 28 IDEC Sport | No. 24 Nielsen Racing | No. 13 Inter Europol Competition | No. 60 Iron Lynx | Race Report Race Results |
Mathias Beche Philippe Cimadomo Tijmen van der Helm |
Paul-Loup Chatin Paul Lafargue Patrick Pilet |
Matt Bell Ben Hanley Rodrigo Sales |
Charles Crews Guilherme Oliveira Nico Pino |
Davide Rigon Matteo Cressoni Claudio Schiavoni | |||
4 | Catalunya | No. 65 Panis Racing | No. 9 Prema Racing | No. 88 AF Corse | No. 13 Inter Europol Competition | No. 77 Proton Competition | Race Report Race Results |
Julien Canal Nico Jamin Job van Uitert |
Lorenzo Colombo Louis Delétraz Ferdinand Habsburg |
Nicklas Nielsen François Perrodo Alessio Rovera |
Charles Crews Guilherme Oliveira Nico Pino |
Gianmaria Bruni Lorenzo Ferrari Christian Ried | |||
5 | Spa-Francorchamps | No. 37 Cool Racing | No. 22 United Autosports | No. 34 Racing Team Turkey | No. 13 Inter Europol Competition | No. 57 Kessel Racing | Race Report Race Results |
Niklas Krütten Nicolas Lapierre Yifei Ye |
Tom Gamble Phil Hanson Duncan Tappy |
Will Stevens Charlie Eastwood Salih Yoluç |
Charles Crews Guilherme Oliveira Nico Pino |
Conrad Grunewald Mikkel Jensen Frederik Schandorff | |||
6 | Algarve | No. 34 Racing Team Turkey | No. 9 Prema Racing | No. 34 Racing Team Turkey | No. 17 Cool Racing | No. 83 Iron Lynx | Race Report Race Results |
Jack Aitken Charlie Eastwood Salih Yoluç |
Juan Manuel Correa Louis Delétraz Ferdinand Habsburg |
Jack Aitken Charlie Eastwood Salih Yoluç |
Mike Benham Malthe Jakobsen Maurice Smith |
Sarah Bovy Michelle Gatting Doriane Pin |
Points are awarded according to the following structure:
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Pole |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 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 | Pole |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 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 |
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