2020 European Le Mans Series

The 2020 European Le Mans Series was the seventeenth season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's (ACO) European Le Mans Series. The six-event season began at Circuit Paul Ricard on 19 July and finished at Algarve International Circuit on 1 November.^[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.

Calendar

The revised calendar for the 2020 season was announced on 3 April 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was shortened and the 4 Hours of Silverstone was removed from the calendar as a date could not be found.^[1] Following an increase in COVID-19 cases in Spain, the Barcelona round was replaced by a second race at Paul Ricard.^[2]^[3]

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Location	Date
1	4 Hours of Le Castellet	Circuit Paul Ricard	Le Castellet, France	19 July
2	4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Spa, Belgium	9 August
3	Le Castellet 240	Circuit Paul Ricard	Le Castellet, France	29 August
4	4 Hours of Monza	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	Monza, Italy	11 October
5	4 Hours of Portimão	Algarve International Circuit	Portimão, Portugal	1 November
Cancelled due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic
	Race	Circuit	Location	Original Date
	4 Hours of Silverstone	Silverstone Circuit	Silverstone, Great Britain	5 September
	4 Hours of Barcelona	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	Montmeló, Spain	29 August^[2]^[3]

Entries

LMP2

In accordance with the 2017 LMP2 regulations, all cars in the LMP2 class used the Gibson GK428 V8 engine.^[4]

Entrant/Team	Chassis	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
High Class Racing^[5]	Oreca 07	M	20	Dennis Andersen^[5]	All
High Class Racing^[5]	Oreca 07	M	20	Anders Fjordbach^[5]	All
DragonSpeed USA^[6]^[7]	Oreca 07	M	21	Ben Hanley^[6]	1–3
				Memo Rojas^[6]	1–3
				Ryan Cullen^[6]	1–2
				Timothé Buret^[7]	3
		M	27	Ben Hanley	4
				Henrik Hedman	4
				Charles Milesi	4
United Autosports^[8]	Oreca 07	M	22	Filipe Albuquerque^[9]	All
		M	22	Phil Hanson^[9]	All
		M	32	Alex Brundle^[8]	All
				Will Owen^[10]	All
				Job van Uitert^[11]	All
Algarve Pro Racing^[12]	Oreca 07	G	24	Henning Enqvist^[12]	All
				Jon Lancaster^[12]	All
				Loïc Duval^[12]	1–3, 5
				Arjun Maini	4
		G	25	Arjun Maini	5
				Gabriel Aubry^[12]	All
				John Falb^[12]	All
				Simon Trummer^[12]	1–4
G-Drive Racing^[12]	Aurus 01	M	26	Mikkel Jensen^[12]	All
				Roman Rusinov^[12]	All
				Nyck de Vries^[13]	1, 4–5
				Jean-Éric Vergne^[14]	3
IDEC Sport^[15]	Oreca 07	M	28	Richard Bradley^[15]	All
				Paul Lafargue^[15]	All
				Paul-Loup Chatin^[15]	1–3, 5
				Nicolas Minassian^[15]	4
Duqueine Team^[16]	Oreca 07	M	30	Tristan Gommendy^[16]	All
				Jonathan Hirschi^[16]	All
				Konstantin Tereshchenko^[16]	All
Panis Racing^[17]	Oreca 07	G	31	Julien Canal^[17]	All
				Nico Jamin^[17]	All
				Will Stevens^[17]	All
Inter Europol Competition^[12]	Ligier JS P217	M	34	René Binder^[12]	All
				Matevos Isaakyan^[18]	1–4
				Jakub Śmiechowski^[19]	All
BHK Motorsport^[12]	Oreca 07	G	35	Sergio Campana^[12]	All
BHK Motorsport^[12]	Oreca 07	G	35	Francesco Dracone^[12]	All
Cool Racing^[12]	Oreca 07	M	37	Antonin Borga^[12]	All
				Alexandre Coigny^[12]	All
				Nicolas Lapierre^[12]	All
Jota Sport^[20]	Oreca 07	G	38	Anthony Davidson^[20]	2
				Jake Dennis^[20]	2
				Roberto González^[20]	2
Graff^[12]	Oreca 07	M	39	James Allen^[12]	All
				Alexandre Cougnaud^[21]	All
				Thomas Laurent^[21]	All
Richard Mille Racing Team^[22]	Alpine A470	M	50	Tatiana Calderón^[22]	1–2, 4–5
				André Negrão^[23]	1–2
				Beitske Visser^[24]	2–5
				Sophia Flörsch^[22]	3–5

Katherine Legge was scheduled to compete for the Richard Mille Racing Team, but was forced to withdraw after injuring her leg and wrist in a pre-season testing crash.^[22]^[25] She was replaced by André Negrão at short notice and Beitske Visser from round two.^[23]^[24]

LMP3

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

Entrant/Team	Chassis	No.	Drivers	Rounds
United Autosports^[26]	Ligier JS P320	2	Wayne Boyd^[27]	All
			Tom Gamble^[27]	All
			Robert Wheldon^[27]	All
		3	Andrew Bentley^[26]	All
			Duncan Tappy^[28]	All
			Jim McGuire^[26]	1–2, 4–5
DKR Engineering^[12]	Duqueine M30 – D08	4	Laurents Hörr^[12]	All
			François Kirmann^[12]	All
			Wolfgang Triller^[12]	1, 3–5
			Jean Glorieux^[29]	2
Graff^[12]	Duqueine M30 – D08	5	Sébastien Page^[12]	All
			Luis Sanjuan^[12]	1–4
			Eric Trouillet^[12]	All
	Ligier JS P320	9	Vincent Capillaire^[21]	All
			Arnold Robin^[12]	All
			Maxime Robin^[21]	All
Nielsen Racing^[12]	Duqueine M30 – D08	7	Colin Noble^[12]	All
		7	Anthony Wells^[12]	All
		10	Charles Crews^[12]	All
			Garett Grist^[12]	All
			Rob Hodes^[12]	All
Realteam Racing^[12]	Ligier JS P320	8	Esteban Garcia^[12]	1–4
			David Droux^[12]	All
			Julien Gerbi	5
Eurointernational^[12]	Ligier JS P320	11	Niko Kari	All
			Thomas Erdos	1–2
			Andreas Laskaratos	2
			Jacopo Baratto	3–5
			Nicolas Maulini	3–5
Inter Europol Competition^[12]	Ligier JS P320	13	Martin Hippe^[12]	All
			Nigel Moore^[12]	1–3
			Dino Lunardi	4–5
RLR MSport^[12]	Ligier JS P320	15	James Dayson^[12]	All
			Malthe Jakobsen^[12]	All
			Ryan Harper-Ellam^[12]	1
			Robert Megennis^[30]	2–3
			Gustas Grinbergas	4
			Lorenzo Veglia^[31]	5
BHK Motorsport^[12]	Ligier JS P320	16	Lorenzo Veglia^[12]	1–4
			Andrea Fontana^[12]	1–2
			Jacopo Baratto^[12]	1–2
			Gustas Grinbergas^[32]	3
			Nick Adock	3
			Tom Cloet	4–5
			Philippe Paillot	4
			Julius Adomavičius^[31]	5
			Alex Fontana^[31]	5

LMGTE

All cars in the LMGTE class used Goodyear tyres.

Entrant/Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
AF Corse^[12]	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	51	Steffen Görig^[12]	1–3, 5
				Christoph Ulrich^[12]	1–3, 5
				Alexander West^[12]	1–2, 5
				Daniel Serra	3
			54	Francesco Castellacci^[30]	2
			54	Thomas Flohr^[30]	2
			88	Emmanuel Collard^[30]	2, 5
				François Perrodo^[30]	2, 5
				Harrison Newey^[30]	2
				Alessio Rovera^[31]	5
Spirit of Race^[12]	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	55	Duncan Cameron^[12]	All
				Matt Griffin^[12]	All
				Aaron Scott^[12]	All
Iron Lynx^[12]	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	60	Sergio Pianezzola^[33]	1–2, 4–5
				Claudio Schiavoni^[12]	1–4
				Andrea Piccini^[33]	1–2, 4–5
				Nicklas Nielsen	3
				Rino Mastronardi	3, 5
			83	Rahel Frey^[33]	All
				Michelle Gatting^[33]	All
				Manuela Gostner^[12]	All
Red River Sport^[30]	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	62	Bonamy Grimes^[30]	2
				Charles Hollings^[30]	2
				Johnny Mowlem^[30]	2
JMW Motorsport^[12]	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	66	Finlay Hutchison^[12]	All
				Hunter Abbott^[12]	1
				Jody Fannin^[12]	1
				Gunnar Jeannette^[30]	2–5
				Rodrigo Sales^[30]	2–5
Kessel Racing^[12]	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	74	Michael Broniszewski^[12]	All
				David Perel^[12]	All
				Nicola Cadei^[12]	1, 4–5
				Marcos Gomes	2–3
Proton Competition^[12]	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	77	Michele Beretta^[12]	All
				Alessio Picariello^[12]	All
				Christian Ried^[12]	All
			93	Michael Fassbender^[34]	All
				Felipe Fernández Laser^[34]	All
				Richard Lietz^[34]	All
Gulf Racing UK^[31]	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	86	Ben Barker^[31]	5
				Michael Wainwright^[31]	5
				Andrew Watson^[31]	5
Aston Martin Racing^[35]	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	98	Paul Dalla Lana^[35]	1–2
				Mathias Lauda^[35]	1–2
				Ross Gunn^[35]	1
				Augusto Farfus^[30]	2

Results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Rnd.	Circuit	LMP2 Winning Team	LMP3 Winning Team	LMGTE Winning Team	Results
Rnd.	Circuit	LMP2 Winning Drivers	LMP3 Winning Drivers	LMGTE Winning Drivers	Results
1	Le Castellet	No. 32 United Autosports	No. 2 United Autosports	No. 77 Proton Competition	Report
1	Le Castellet	Alex Brundle Will Owen Job van Uitert	Wayne Boyd Tom Gamble Robert Wheldon	Michele Beretta Alessio Picariello Christian Ried	Report
2	Spa-Francorchamps	No. 22 United Autosports	No. 2 United Autosports	No. 74 Kessel Racing
2	Spa-Francorchamps	Filipe Albuquerque Phil Hanson	Wayne Boyd Tom Gamble Robert Wheldon	Michael Broniszewski Marcos Gomes David Perel
3	Le Castellet	No. 22 United Autosports	No. 8 Realteam Racing	No. 55 Spirit of Race
3	Le Castellet	Filipe Albuquerque Phil Hanson	Esteban Garcia David Droux	Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin Aaron Scott
4	Monza	No. 22 United Autosports	No. 13 Inter Europol Competition	No. 74 Kessel Racing
4	Monza	Filipe Albuquerque Phil Hanson	Martin Hippe Nigel Moore	Michael Broniszewski Nicola Cadei David Perel
5	Portimão	No. 26 G-Drive Racing	No. 2 United Autosports	No. 77 Proton Competition
5	Portimão	Mikkel Jensen Roman Rusinov Nyck de Vries	Wayne Boyd Tom Gamble Robert Wheldon	Michele Beretta Alessio Picariello Christian Ried

Teams Championships

Points are awarded according to the following structure:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Other	Pole
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	0.5	1

LMP2 Teams Championship

Pos.	Team	Car	RIC	SPA	LEC	MNZ	POR	Points
1	#22 United Autosports	Oreca 07	3	1	1	1	3	109
2	#32 United Autosports	Oreca 07	1	5	8	2	4	70
3	#26 G-Drive Racing	Aurus 01	2	Ret	2	Ret	1	61
4	#31 Panis Racing	Oreca 07	Ret	3	4	5	5	47
5	#39 Graff	Oreca 07	9	2	3	9	7	43
6	#30 Duqueine Team	Oreca 07	Ret	4	9	7	2	38
7	#37 Cool Racing	Oreca 07	4	10	12	4	9	28.5
8	#20 High Class Racing	Oreca 07	Ret	13	13	3	6	24
9	#28 IDEC Sport	Oreca 07	Ret	7	7	6	10	21
10	#50 Richard Mille Racing Team	Alpine A470	5	6	11	10	11	20
11	#25 Algarve Pro Racing	Oreca 07	10	9	5	11	8	19.5
12	#34 Inter Europol Competition	Ligier JS P217	7	11	6	12	Ret	15.5
13	#24 Algarve Pro Racing	Oreca 07	6	12	Ret	8	12	13
14	#21 DragonSpeed	Oreca 07	8	14	10			5.5
15	#35 BHK Motorsport	Oreca 07	Ret	Ret	14	13	13	1.5
	#27 DragonSpeed	Oreca 07				DSQ		0
Entries ineligible to score points
–	#38 Jota Sport	Oreca 07		8				-
Pos.	Team	Car	RIC	SPA	LEC	MNZ	POR	Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Race winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
Black	Excluded (EX)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Race cancelled (C)
	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

LMP3 Teams Championship

Pos.	Team	Car	RIC	SPA	LEC	MNZ	POR	Points
1	#2 United Autosports	Ligier JS P320	1	1	Ret	3	1	94
2	#13 Inter Europol Competition	Ligier JS P320	2	Ret	3	1	3	73
3	#8 Realteam Racing	Ligier JS P320	4	Ret	1	4	2	68
4	#11 Eurointernational	Ligier JS P320	6	3	7	2	6	55
5	#3 United Autosports	Ligier JS P320	7	5	2	11	4	46.5
6	#9 Graff	Ligier JS P320	5	4	8	5	7	42
7	#15 RLR MSport	Ligier JS P320	3	7	4	9	Ret	35
8	#10 Nielsen Racing	Duqueine M30 – D08	8	Ret	5	6	5	32
9	#4 DKR Engineering	Duqueine M30 – D08	10	6	6	7	10	24
10	#7 Nielsen Racing	Duqueine M30 – D08	Ret	2	Ret	8	11	22.5
11	#16 BHK Motorsport	Ligier JS P320	9	9	10	10	8	10
12	#5 Graff	Duqueine M30 – D08	11	8	9	12	9	9
Pos.	Team	Car	RIC	SPA	LEC	MNZ	POR	Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Race winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
Black	Excluded (EX)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Race cancelled (C)
	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

LMGTE Teams Championship

Pos.	Team	Car	RIC	SPA	LEC	MNZ	POR	Points
1	#77 Proton Competition	Porsche 911 RSR	1	6	2	2	1	99
2	#74 Kessel Racing	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	2	1	4	1	2	99
3	#55 Spirit of Race	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ret	5	1	4	5	62
4	#83 Iron Lynx	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	3	8	3	3	6	61
5	#93 Proton Competition	Porsche 911 RSR	7	4	DNS	5	4	47
6	#66 JMW Motorsport	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	4	9	7	6	7	38
7	#60 Iron Lynx	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	6	Ret	5	Ret	3	35
8	#51 AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	5	7	6		Ret	28
Entries ineligible to score points
–	#88 AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo		2			8	–
–	#98 Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	Ret	3				–
–	#54 AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo		Ret				–
–	#86 Gulf Racing UK	Porsche 911 RSR					Ret	–
–	#62 Red River Sport	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo		DNS				–
Pos.	Team	Car	RIC	SPA	LEC	MNZ	POR	Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Race winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
Black	Excluded (EX)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Race cancelled (C)
	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes

The two teams from cars #77 and #74 were tied on 99 points at the end of the championship and they both had two wins, two second places, one fourth and two pole positions from the five races. The crew of the #77 Proton Competition Porsche – Christian Ried, Michele Beretta and Alessio Picariello - were declared champions due to the fact they had won the first race of the season at Paul Ricard.^[36]

Drivers Championships

Points are awarded according to the following structure:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Other	Pole
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	0.5	1

LMP2 Drivers Championship

Pos.	Driver	Team	RIC	SPA	LEC	MNZ	POR	Points
1	Filipe Albuquerque	United Autosports	3	1	1	1	3	109
1	Phil Hanson	United Autosports	3	1	1	1	3	109
2	Alex Brundle	United Autosports	1	5	8	2	4	70
2	Will Owen	United Autosports	1	5	8	2	4	70
2	Job van Uitert	United Autosports	1	5	8	2	4	70
3	Mikkel Jensen	G-Drive Racing	2	Ret	2	Ret	1	61
3	Roman Rusinov	G-Drive Racing	2	Ret	2	Ret	1	61
4	Julien Canal	Panis Racing	Ret	3	4	5	5	47
4	Nico Jamin	Panis Racing	Ret	3	4	5	5	47
4	Will Stevens	Panis Racing	Ret	3	4	5	5	47
5	Nyck de Vries	G-Drive Racing	2			Ret	1	43
6	James Allen	Graff	9	2	3	9	7	43
6	Alexandre Cougnaud	Graff	9	2	3	9	7	43
6	Thomas Laurent	Graff	9	2	3	9	7	43
7	Tristan Gommendy	Duqueine Team	Ret	4	9	7	2	38
7	Jonathan Hirschi	Duqueine Team	Ret	4	9	7	2	38
7	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Duqueine Team	Ret	4	9	7	2	38
8	Antonin Borga	Cool Racing	4	10	12	4	9	28.5
8	Alexandre Coigny	Cool Racing	4	10	12	4	9	28.5
8	Nicolas Lapierre	Cool Racing	4	10	12	4	9	28.5
9	Dennis Andersen	High Class Racing	Ret	13	13	3	6	24
9	Anders Fjordbach	High Class Racing	Ret	13	13	3	6	24
10	Richard Bradley	IDEC Sport	Ret	7	7	6	10	21
10	Paul Lafargue	IDEC Sport	Ret	7	7	6	10	21
11	Tatiana Calderón	Richard Mille Racing Team	5	6		10	11	19.5
12	Gabriel Aubry	Algarve Pro Racing	10	9	5	11	8	19.5
12	John Falb	Algarve Pro Racing	10	9	5	11	8	19.5
13	Jean-Éric Vergne	G-Drive Racing			2			18
14	André Negrão	Richard Mille Racing Team	5	6				18
15	Simon Trummer	Algarve Pro Racing	10	9	5	11		15.5
16	René Binder	Inter Europol Competition	7	11	6	12	Ret	15.5
16	Matevos Isaakyan	Inter Europol Competition	7	11	6	12		15.5
16	Jakub Śmiechowski	Inter Europol Competition	7	11	6	12	Ret	15.5
17	Henning Enqvist	Algarve Pro Racing	6	12	Ret	8	12	13
17	Jon Lancaster	Algarve Pro Racing	6	12	Ret	8	12	13
18	Paul-Loup Chatin	IDEC Sport	Ret	7	7		10	13
19	Beitske Visser	Richard Mille Racing Team		6	11	10	11	10
20	Loïc Duval	Algarve Pro Racing	6	12	Ret		12	9
21	Nicolas Minassian	IDEC Sport				6		8
22	Arjun Maini	Algarve Pro Racing				8	8	8
23	Memo Rojas	DragonSpeed	8	14	10			5.5
24	Ryan Cullen	DragonSpeed	8	14				4.5
25	Sophia Flörsch	Richard Mille Racing Team			11	10	11	2
26	Sergio Campana	BHK Motorsport	Ret	Ret	14	13	13	1.5
26	Francesco Dracone	BHK Motorsport	Ret	Ret	14	13	13	1.5
27	Timothé Buret	DragonSpeed			10			1
–	Ben Hanley	DragonSpeed	8	14	10	DSQ		–
–	Henrik Hedman	DragonSpeed				DSQ		–
–	Charles Milesi	DragonSpeed				DSQ		–
Entries ineligible to score points
–	Anthony Davidson	Jota Sport		8				–
–	Jake Dennis	Jota Sport		8				–
–	Roberto González	Jota Sport		8				–
Pos.	Driver	Team	RIC	SPA	LEC	MNZ	POR	Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Race winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
Black	Excluded (EX)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Race cancelled (C)
	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

LMP3 Drivers Championship

Pos.	Driver	Team	RIC	SPA	LEC	MNZ	POR	Points
1	Wayne Boyd	United Autosports	1	1	Ret	3	1	94
1	Tom Gamble	United Autosports	1	1	Ret	3	1	94
1	Robert Wheldon	United Autosports	1	1	Ret	3	1	94
2	Martin Hippe	Inter Europol Competition	2	Ret	3	1	3	73
3	David Droux	Realteam Racing	4	Ret	1	4	2	68
4	Niko Kari	EuroInternational	6	3	7	2	6	55
5	Esteban Garcia	Realteam Racing	4	Ret	1	4		50
6	Andrew Bentley	United Autosports	7	5	2	11	4	46.5
6	Duncan Tappy	United Autosports	7	5	2	11	4	46.5
7	Vincent Capillaire	Graff	5	4	8	5	7	42
7	Arnold Robin	Graff	5	4	8	5	7	42
7	Maxime Robin	Graff	5	4	8	5	7	42
8	Dino Lunardi	Inter Europol Competition				1	3	40
9	Jacopo Baratto	BHK Motorsport (1–2) EuroInternational(3–5)	9	9	7	2	6	36
10	James Dayson	RLR MSport	3	7	4	9	Ret	35
10	Malthe Jakobsen	RLR MSport	3	7	4	9	Ret	35
11	Nigel Moore	Inter Europol Competition	2	Ret	3			33
12	Nicolas Maulini	EuroInternational			7	2	6	32
13	Charles Crews	Nielsen Racing	8	Ret	5	6	5	32
13	Garett Grist	Nielsen Racing	8	Ret	5	6	5	32
13	Rob Hodes	Nielsen Racing	8	Ret	5	6	5	32
14	Jim McGuire	United Autosports	7	5		11	4	28.5
15	Laurents Hörr	DKR Engineering	10	6	6	7	10	24
15	François Kirmann	DKR Engineering	10	6	6	7	10	24
16	Thomas Erdos	EuroInternational	6	3				23
17	Colin Noble	Nielsen Racing	Ret	2	Ret	8	11	22.5
17	Anthony Wells	Nielsen Racing	Ret	2	Ret	8	11	22.5
18	Julien Gerbi	Realteam Racing					2	18
19	Robert Megennis	RLR MSport		7	4			18
20	Wolfgang Triller	DKR Engineering	10		6	7	10	16
21	Ryan Harper-Ellam	RLR MSport	3					15
22	Andreas Laskaratos	EuroInternational		3				15
23	Sébastien Page	Graff	11	8	9	12	9	9
23	Eric Trouillet	Graff	11	8	9	12	9	9
24	Jean Glorieux	DKR Engineering		6				8
25	Luis Sanjuan	Graff	11	8	9	12		7
26	Lorenzo Veglia	BHK Motorsport (1–4) RLR MSport (5)	9	9	10	10	Ret	6
27	Tom Cloet	BHK Motorsport				10	8	5
28	Julius Adomavičius	BHK Motorsport					8	4
28	Alex Fontana	BHK Motorsport					8	4
29	Andrea Fontana	BHK Motorsport	9	9				4
30	Gustas Grinbergas	BHK Motorsport (3) RLR MSport (4)			10	9		3
31	Nick Adock	BHK Motorsport			10			1
32	Philippe Paillot	BHK Motorsport				10		1
Pos.	Driver	Team	RIC	SPA	LEC	MNZ	POR	Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Race winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
Black	Excluded (EX)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Race cancelled (C)
	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

LMGTE Drivers Championship

Pos.	Driver	Team	RIC	SPA	LEC	MNZ	POR	Points
1	Michele Beretta	Proton Competition	1	6	2	2	1	99
1	Alessio Picariello	Proton Competition	1	6	2	2	1	99
1	Christian Ried	Proton Competition	1	6	2	2	1	99
2	Michael Broniszewski	Kessel Racing	2	1	4	1	2	99
2	David Perel	Kessel Racing	2	1	4	1	2	99
3	Duncan Cameron	Spirit of Race	Ret	5	1	4	5	62
3	Matt Griffin	Spirit of Race	Ret	5	1	4	5	62
3	Aaron Scott	Spirit of Race	Ret	5	1	4	5	62
4	Nicola Cadei	Kessel Racing	2			1	2	62
5	Rahel Frey	Iron Lynx	3	8	3	3	6	61
5	Michelle Gatting	Iron Lynx	3	8	3	3	6	61
5	Manuela Gostner	Iron Lynx	3	8	3	3	6	61
6	Michael Fassbender	Proton Competition	7	4	DNS	5	4	47
6	Felipe Fernández Laser	Proton Competition	7	4	DNS	5	4	47
6	Richard Lietz	Proton Competition	7	4	DNS	5	4	47
7	Finlay Hutchison	JMW Motorsport	4	9	7	6	7	38
8	Marcos Gomes	Kessel Racing		1	4			37
9	Christoph Ulrich	AF Corse	5	7	6		Ret	28
9	Steffen Görig	AF Corse	5	7	6		Ret	28
10	Rino Mastronardi	Iron Lynx			5		3	26
11	Gunnar Jeannette	JMW Motorsport		9	7	6	7	26
11	Rodrigo Sales	JMW Motorsport		9	7	6	7	26
12	Sergio Pianezzola	Iron Lynx	6	Ret		Ret	3	25
12	Andrea Piccini	Iron Lynx	6	Ret		Ret	3	25
13	Alexander West	AF Corse	5	7			Ret	20
14	Claudio Schiavoni	Iron Lynx	6	Ret	5	Ret		19
15	Hunter Abbott	JMW Motorsport	4					12
15	Jody Fannin	JMW Motorsport	4					12
16	Nicklas Nielsen	Iron Lynx			5			10
17	Daniel Serra	AF Corse			6			8
Entries ineligible to score points
–	Emmanuel Collard	AF Corse		2			8	–
–	François Perrodo	AF Corse		2			8	–
–	Harrison Newey	AF Corse		2				–
–	Paul Dalla Lana	Aston Martin Racing	Ret	3				–
–	Mathias Lauda	Aston Martin Racing	Ret	3				–
–	Augusto Farfus	Aston Martin Racing		3				–
–	Alessio Rovera	AF Corse					8	–
–	Ross Gunn	Aston Martin Racing	Ret					–
–	Francesco Castellacci	AF Corse		Ret				–
–	Thomas Flohr	AF Corse		Ret				–
–	Ben Barker	Gulf Racing UK					Ret	–
–	Michael Wainwright	Gulf Racing UK					Ret	–
–	Andrew Watson	Gulf Racing UK					Ret	–
–	Bonamy Grimes	Red River Sport		DNS				–
–	Charles Hollings	Red River Sport		DNS				–
–	Johnny Mowlem	Red River Sport		DNS				–
Pos.	Driver	Team	RIC	SPA	LEC	MNZ	POR	Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Race winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
Black	Excluded (EX)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Race cancelled (C)
	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

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^ "ELMS".

External links

European Le Mans Series Official Website

[Calendar-1] Goodwin, Graham (3 April 2020). "ELMS Reveals 2020 Calendar". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. Retrieved 3 April 2020.

[Spain_out_1-2] "Second Paul Ricard Round to Replace 4H Barcelona – Sportscar365".

[Spain_out_2-3] "A second ELMS race in le Castellet in August - ELMS".

[LMP2regs-4] "New Year, New Regulations for LMP2". European Le Mans Series. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2019.

[HighClassOreca-5] "Andersen & Fjordbach Return To ELMS In 2020". Dailysportscar. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.

[DragonSpeedELMS-6] Lloyd, Daniel (15 January 2020). "Reigning LMP2 Champion Rojas Joins New DragonSpeed Lineup". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 15 January 2020.

[DragonSpeedRacingEngineering-7] "DragonSpeed Join Forces With Racing Engineering For 2020 European Programme". Dailysportscar. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.

[United20-8] Lloyd, Daniel (18 November 2019). "United Confirms Brundle Return to LMP2 Program". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 18 November 2019.

[UnitedALBHAN-9] Dagys, John (22 November 2019). "Hanson, Albuquerque Return to United Autosports for 2020". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 22 November 2019.

[UnitedOwen-10] Kilshaw, Jake (27 November 2019). "Owen Returns for Fourth Year With United". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 27 November 2019.

[UnitedvanUitert-11] Lloyd, Daniel (18 December 2019). "United Signs Van Uitert for 2020 Season". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 26 January 2020.

[37Entries-12] ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv Lloyd, Daniel (7 July 2020). "37-Car Entry for ELMS Opener at Paul Ricard". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 7 July 2020.

[deVriesGDrive-13] Klein, Jamie (30 June 2020). "G-Drive adds de Vries to 2020 ELMS line-up". motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 30 June 2020.

[Vergne-14] Kalinauckas, Alex (14 December 2018). "Formula E champion Jean-Eric Vergne's Techeetah contract extended". Autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 19 December 2018.

[IDECSportELMS-15] "Richard Bradley joins Idec Sport for the 2020 season". European Le Mans Series. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.

[DuqueineELMS-16] Lloyd, Daniel (29 January 2020). "Duqueine Engineering Announces New LMP2 Lineup". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 29 January 2020.

[PanisELMS-17] "Jamin, Stevens & Canal Sign With Panis Racing For 2020 ELMS". Dailysportscar. 8 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

[Isaakyan-18] "@SMP_Racing on Twitter". SMP Racing. 10 June 2020.

[IntelEuropolELMS-19] "Inter Europol Confirms Smiechowski & Beche For ELMS". Dailysportscar. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.

[JotaSportELMS-20] Lloyd, Daniel (28 July 2020). "Jota Sport to Contest 4H Spa Ahead of WEC Round". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

[GraffELMS-21] "GRAFF Confirm ELMS Entries in LMP2 and LMP3". Dailysportscar. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.

[RichardMilleAlpine-22] Lloyd, Daniel (29 January 2020). "Signatech, Richard Mille Linked to All-Female LMP2 Entry". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 29 January 2020.

[RichardMilleNegrão-23] Lloyd, Daniel (16 July 2020). "WEC LMP2 Champion Negrao to Sub for Legge in Season Opener". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 16 July 2020.

[RichardMilleVisser-24] Woollard, Craig (7 August 2020). "W Series star Beitske Visser gets LMP2 call-up". Formula Scout. Retrieved 13 March 2024.

[25] Ryan, Nate (15 July 2020). "Katherine Legge breaks leg, wrist during testing crash in France". NBC Sports. Retrieved 13 March 2024.

[UnitedLMP3-26] Kilbey, Stephen (13 January 2020). "McGuire, Bell & Bentley Team Up For 2020 ELMS LMP3 Campaign". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. Retrieved 14 January 2020.

[UnitedLMP3#2-27] Kilbey, Stephen (7 February 2020). "Boyd, Gamble & Wheldon Team Up For 2020 ELMS With United". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. Retrieved 15 February 2020.

[UnitedLMP3#3-28] Goodwin, Graham (6 February 2020). "Duncan Tappy Signs For United Autosports". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. Retrieved 15 February 2020.

[29] "ELMS - Timing Results" (PDF). elms.alkamelsystems.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-10-23. Retrieved 2021-02-25.

[40Entries-30] ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "40 Car Field Confirmed for Spa ELMS Race". Dailysportscar. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

[36Entries-31] "36 Cars For Portimao Season Finale". Dailysportscar. 21 October 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.

[GrinbergasELMS-32] "Thursday Paddock Notes: Driver Changes & Updates". Dailysportscar. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.

[IronLynxDrivers-33] Kilbey, Stephen (29 February 2020). "Iron Lynx Confirms ELMS & Le Mans Cup Drivers". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. Retrieved 29 February 2020.

[FassbenderProton-34] Kilbey, Stephen (10 July 2020). "Hollywood Star Michael Fassbender For European Le Mans Series With Porsche". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. Retrieved 10 July 2020.

[AstonMartinELMS-35] Kilbey, Stephen (7 July 2020). "Aston Martin Racing Enter First Two Rounds Of 2020 ELMS". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. Retrieved 7 July 2020.

[36] "ELMS".

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