The 2024 European Le Mans Series will be the twenty-first season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's (ACO) European Le Mans Series. The six-event season will begin at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on 14 April and will finish at Algarve International Circuit on 19 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 new LMGT3 class. The season will be the first for the LMGT3 class, replacing LMGTE.

Calendar

The provisional calendar for the 2024 season was announced on 12 September 2023. Mugello Circuit was added to the calendar for the first time, replacing the round at MotorLand Aragón, and the Imola Circuit round returned after being cancelled the previous year.[1][2]

Rnd Race Circuit Location Date
1 4 Hours of Barcelona Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Montmeló, Spain 14 April
2 4 Hours of Le Castellet France Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France 5 May
3 4 Hours of Imola Italy Imola Circuit Imola, Italy 7 July
4 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Stavelot, Belgium 25 August
5 4 Hours of Mugello Italy Mugello Circuit Scarperia e San Piero, Italy 29 September
6 4 Hours of Portimão Portugal Algarve International Circuit Portimão, Portugal 19 October

Entries

LMP2

All cars in the LMP2 class use the Gibson GK428 V8 engine and Goodyear tyres. Entries in the LMP2 Pro-Am class, set aside for teams with a Bronze-rated driver in their line-up, are denoted with icons.

Entrant/Team Chassis No. MISC Drivers Rounds
Luxembourg DKR Engineering[3] Oreca 07 3 PA Turkey Cem Bölükbaşı[4] 1
Germany Laurents Hörr[5] 1
Australia Andres Latorre Canon[5] 1
Belgium Tom van Rompuy[3] TBA
Germany Iron Lynx - Proton[6][7] Oreca 07 9 P2 Italy Matteo Cairoli[7] 1
France Macéo Capietto[7] 1
Germany Jonas Ried[7] 1
Germany Proton Competition[6] 77 PA Austria René Binder[8] 1
Italy Giorgio Roda[3] 1
Netherlands Bent Viscaal[9] 1
United Kingdom Vector Sport[10] Oreca 07 10 P2 Republic of Ireland Ryan Cullen[3] 1
Brazil Felipe Drugovich[11] 1
Monaco Stéphane Richelmi[12] 1
United States AO by TF[13] Oreca 07 14 P2 Switzerland Louis Delétraz[14] 1
United Kingdom Jonny Edgar[14] 1
Poland Robert Kubica[13] 1
Poland Team Virage[3] Oreca 07 19 PA United Kingdom Matt Bell[5] 1
Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr.[15] 1
United Kingdom Anthony Wells[5] 1
Portugal Algarve Pro Racing[3] Oreca 07 20 PA United Kingdom Richard Bradley[16] 1
Greece Kriton Lendoudis[16] 1
United Kingdom Alex Quinn[16] 1
25 P2 United Kingdom Olli Caldwell[17] 1
Liechtenstein Matthias Kaiser[17] 1
United Kingdom Alex Lynn[17] 1
United Kingdom United Autosports[3] Oreca 07 21 PA United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis[3] 1
United Kingdom Andy Meyrick[3] 1
Brazil Daniel Schneider[3] 1
22 P2 United Kingdom Ben Hanley[3] 1
Japan Marino Sato[18] 1
Romania Filip Ugran[18] 1
23 P2 United States Bijoy Garg[19] 1
United Kingdom Paul di Resta[20] 1
Switzerland Fabio Scherer[21] 1
United Kingdom Nielsen Racing[3] Oreca 07 24 PA Spain Albert Costa[22] 1
United States John Falb[22] 1
United Kingdom Colin Noble[22] 1
27 P2 Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson[23] 1
Chile Nico Pino[24] 1
United Kingdom Will Stevens[3] 1
France IDEC Sport[25][26] Oreca 07 28 P2 France Reshad de Gerus[25] 1
France Paul Lafargue[25] 1
Netherlands Job van Uitert[25] 1
France Richard Mille by TDS[27] Oreca 07 29 PA Switzerland Mathias Beche[27] 1
United States Rodrigo Sales[27] 1
Switzerland Grégoire Saucy[27] 1
France Panis VDS Racing[28][29] 65 P2 Monaco Arthur Leclerc[28] 1
Venezuela Manuel Maldonado[28] 1
France Charles Milesi[28] 1
France Duqueine Team[30] Oreca 07 30 P2 Australia James Allen[30] 1
Netherlands Niels Koolen[5] 1
France Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer[30] 1
Thailand Carl Bennett[30] TBA
Poland Inter Europol Competition[31] Oreca 07 34 P2 Italy Luca Ghiotto[32] 1
United Kingdom Oliver Gray[31] 1
France Clément Novalak[31] 1
43 P2 Mexico Sebastián Álvarez[31] 1
France Tom Dillmann[31] 1
France Vladislav Lomko[31][N 1] 1
Switzerland Cool Racing[3] Oreca 07 37 P2 Spain Lorenzo Fluxá[33] 1
Denmark Malthe Jakobsen[34] 1
Japan Ritomo Miyata[35] 1
47 P2 France Paul-Loup Chatin[36] 1
Mexico Alex García[3] 1
Denmark Frederik Vesti[37] 1
Austria Ferdinand Habsburg[37] TBA
Italy AF Corse[3] Oreca 07 83 PA France François Perrodo[3] 1
Italy Alessio Rovera[3] 1
France Matthieu Vaxivière[3] 1
Icon MISC
P2 LMP2
PA LMP2 Pro-Am

LMP3

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

Entrant/Team Chassis No. Drivers Rounds
Luxembourg DKR Engineering[3] Duqueine M30 - D08 4 United States Wyatt Brichacek[5] 1
Spain Belén García[38] 1
Germany Alexander Mattschull[5] 1
United Kingdom RLR MSport Ligier JS P320 5 Canada Daniel Ali[5] 1
Canada James Dayson[3] 1
United Kingdom Bailey Voisin[5] 1
15 United Kingdom Nick Adcock[5] 1
Denmark Michael Jensen[5] 1
France Gaël Julien[5] 1
Austria Horst Felbermayr Jr.[3] TBA
Poland Team Virage[3] Ligier JS P320 8 Algeria Julien Gerbi[3] 1
France Gillian Henrion[5] 1
Portugal Bernardo Pinheiro[3] 1
Italy EuroInternational[3] Ligier JS P320 11 Canada Adam Ali[3] 1
United Kingdom Matthew Richard Bell[3] 1
TBA TBA
Germany WTM by Rinaldi Racing[3] Duqueine M30 - D08 12 Germany Torsten Kratz[3] 1
Colombia Óscar Tunjo[3] 1
Germany Leonard Weiss[3] 1
Switzerland Cool Racing[39] Ligier JS P320 17 Portugal Miguel Cristóvão[39] 1
Portugal Manuel Espírito Santo[39] 1
Switzerland Cédric Oltramare[39] 1
Switzerland Racing Spirit of Léman[3] Ligier JS P320 31 France Antoine Doquin[3] 1
France Jean-Ludovic Foubert[3] 1
France Jacques Wolff[3] 1
France Ultimate[3] Ligier JS P320 35 France Jean-Baptiste Lahaye[3] 1
France Matthieu Lahaye[9] 1
France Alexandre Yvon[9] 1
Poland Inter Europol Competition[31] Ligier JS P320 88 United Kingdom Kai Askey[31] 1
United Arab Emirates Alexander Bukhantsov[31][N 1] 1
Mozambique Pedro Perino[31] 1

LMGT3

All cars in the LMGT3 class use Goodyear tyres.[40]

Entrant/Team Chassis Engine No. Drivers Rounds
Denmark Formula Racing[3] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 50 Denmark Conrad Laursen[41] 1
Denmark Johnny Laursen[41] 1
Denmark Nicklas Nielsen[41] 1
Italy AF Corse[3] 51 France Emmanuel Collard[41] 1
Belgium Ulysse de Pauw[5] 1
France Charles-Henri Samani[41] 1
Switzerland Spirit of Race[3] 55 United Kingdom Duncan Cameron[41] 1
Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin[41] 1
South Africa David Perel[41] 1
Switzerland Kessel Racing[3] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 57 Japan Takeshi Kimura[41] 1
France Esteban Masson[41] 1
Brazil Daniel Serra[41] 1
Switzerland Racing Spirit of Léman[3] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 59 United States Derek DeBoer[42] 1
France Valentin Hasse-Clot[42] 1
United Kingdom Casper Stevenson[42] 1
Germany Proton Competition[43] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 60 France Julien Andlauer[43] 1
Italy Matteo Cressoni[43] 1
Italy Claudio Schiavoni[43] 1
Germany Iron Dames[44] 85 Belgium Sarah Bovy[44] 1
Switzerland Rahel Frey[44] 1
Denmark Michelle Gatting[44] 1
Italy Iron Lynx[45] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 63 Italy Andrea Caldarelli[45] 1
Japan Hiroshi Hamaguchi[45] 1
Zimbabwe Axcil Jefferies[45] 1
United Kingdom JMW Motorsport[46] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 66 United Kingdom John Hartshorne[46] 1
United Kingdom Phil Keen[46] 1
United Kingdom Ben Tuck[46] 1
United Kingdom GR Racing[3] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 86 Italy Riccardo Pera[41] 1
Italy Davide Rigon[41] 1
United Kingdom Michael Wainwright[41] 1
United Kingdom Grid Motorsport by TF[3] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 97 United Kingdom Jonathan Adam[47] 1
Australia Martin Berry[47] 1
United Kingdom Lorcan Hanafin[47] 1

Notes

  1. ^ a b Lomko and Bukhantsov are Russian, but they compete under a French licence and an Emirati licence respectively as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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