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. On 28 February 2022, it was announced that a round at the Hungaroring would be replaced by the Monza Circuit.[3]
1 | 4 Hours of Le Castellet | Circuit Paul Ricard | Le Castellet, France | 17 April | |
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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 | 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[33] | Ligier JS P320 | 2 | Josh Caygill[34] | All |
Finn Gehrsitz[35] | All | |||
Bailey Voisin | All | |||
3 | Andrew Bentley | All | ||
Kay van Berlo | All | |||
James McGuire | 1, 3–6 | |||
DKR Engineering | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 4 | Sebastián Álvarez | All |
Alexander Bukhantsov | All | |||
Tom Van Rompuy | 1–2, 4–6 | |||
James Winslow[36] | 3 | |||
RLR MSport | Ligier JS P320 | 5 | Nick Adcock | All |
Michael Jensen | All | |||
Alex Kapadia | All | |||
15 | Valentino Catalano | All | ||
Horst Felbermayr Jr. | All | |||
Austin McCusker | All | |||
360 Racing[37] | Ligier JS P320 | 6 | Ross Kaiser[38] | All |
Terrence Woodward | All | |||
Mark Richards | 1–5 | |||
Santiago Concepción Serrano | 6 | |||
Nielsen Racing | Ligier JS P320 | 7 | James Littlejohn | 1–3, 5–6 |
Anthony Wells | 1–3, 5–6 | |||
Eurointernational[39] | Ligier JS P320 | 10 | Xavier Lloveras[40] | All |
Glenn van Berlo | 1–4 | |||
Tom Cloet | 1 | |||
Adrien Chila | 2–3 | |||
Freddie Hunt | 4 | |||
Miguel Cristóvão | 5–6 | |||
11 | Max Koebolt | All | ||
Marcos Siebert | 1–2 | |||
Adrien Chila | 1 | |||
Jérôme de Sadeleer | 2–6 | |||
Louis Rousset | 4 | |||
Santiago Concepción Serrano | 5 | |||
Inter Europol Competition[41] | Ligier JS P320 | 13 | Charles Crews[42] | All |
Guilherme Oliveira[43] | All | |||
Nico Pino | All | |||
14 | Noam Abramczyk | All | ||
James Dayson | All | |||
Mateusz Kaprzyk | All | |||
Cool Racing[44] | Ligier JS P320 | 17 | Mike Benham | All |
Malthe Jakobsen | All | |||
Maurice Smith | All | |||
27 | Antoine Doquin | All | ||
Jean-Ludovic Foubert | All | |||
Nicolas Maulini | All |
All cars in the LMGTE class used Goodyear tyres.
Entrant/Team | Chassis | Engine | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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Absolute Racing[45] | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 | 18 | Andrew Haryanto[46] | All |
Alessio Picariello | All | ||||
Martin Rump | All | ||||
Rinaldi Racing | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 | 32 | Nicolás Varrone | All |
Pierre Ehret | 1–5 | ||||
Memo Gidley[47] | 1 | ||||
Gabriele Lancieri | 2–3 | ||||
Diego Alessi | 4–6 | ||||
33 | Fabrizio Crestani | 1–3, 5–6 | |||
Christian Hook | 1–3, 5–6 | ||||
Óscar Tunjo | 1–2 | ||||
Jeroen Bleekemolen | 3, 5–6 | ||||
Spirit of Race | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 | 55 | Duncan Cameron | All |
Matt Griffin | All | ||||
David Perel | All | ||||
Kessel Racing[48] | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 | 57 | Mikkel Jensen | All |
Frederik Schandorff | All | ||||
Takeshi Kimura | 1–4, 6 | ||||
Conrad Grunewald | 5 | ||||
Iron Lynx | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 | 60 | Matteo Cressoni[49] | All |
Davide Rigon | All | ||||
Claudio Schiavoni | All | ||||
83 | Sarah Bovy | All | |||
Michelle Gatting | All | ||||
Rahel Frey | 1–3 | ||||
Doriane Pin | 4–6 | ||||
JMW Motorsport | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 | 66 | Sean Hudspeth | All |
Giacomo Petrobelli | All | ||||
Matthew Payne[50] | 1–3, 5–6 | ||||
Miguel Molina | 4 | ||||
Oman Racing with TF Sport[51] [52] | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 | 69 | Ahmad Al Harthy | All |
Sam De Haan | All | ||||
Marco Sørensen | All | ||||
95 | Jonathan Adam | All | |||
Henrique Chaves | All | ||||
John Hartshorne | All | ||||
Proton Competition | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 | 77 | Gianmaria Bruni | All |
Lorenzo Ferrari | All | ||||
Christian Ried | All | ||||
93 | Michael Fassbender | All | |||
Richard Lietz | All | ||||
Zacharie Robichon | All |
Bold indicates overall winner.
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. 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 |
| Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap |
| Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap |
| Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap |
| Bold – PoleItalics – 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 |
| Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap |
| Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap |
| Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap |
| Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap |