Oreca 07 - Gibson - IDEC Sport Racing - 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans

The 2019 European Le Mans Series was the sixteenth season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's (ACO) European Le Mans Series. The six-event season began at Circuit Paul Ricard on 14 April and finished at Algarve International Circuit on 27 October. 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 2019 season was announced on 21 September 2018. The calendar comprises six events, with the only change from the 2018 season being the addition of a race at

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, which replaces the

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as the third round of the season. In April 2019, it was announced that the round in Barcelona would be held as an evening race, taking place on the Saturday evening of the event instead of the originally scheduled Sunday afternoon, primarily due to the anticipated hot weather in Spain in July. The round at

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is once again held in conjunction with the

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Entries

LMP2

In accordance with the 2017 LMP2 regulations, all cars in the LMP2 class use the Gibson GK428 V8 engine.

LMP3

All cars in the LMP3 class use the

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VK50VE 5.0 L V8 engine and

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tyres.

LMGTE

All cars in the LMGTE class use Dunlop Tyres.

Results

Bold indicates overall winner. To be classified a car will have to cross the finish line on the race track when the chequered flag is shown, except in a case of force majeure at the Stewards’ discretion and have covered at least 70% (the official number of laps will be rounded down to the nearest whole number) of the distance covered by the car classified in first place in the overall classification.

Teams Championships

Points are awarded according to the following structure:

LMP2 Teams Championship

LMP3 Teams Championship

LMGTE Teams Championship

Drivers Championships

Points are awarded according to the following structure:

LMP2 Drivers Championship

LMP3 Drivers Championship

LMGTE Drivers Championship

Notes

References

External links

* {{European championships in 2019 European Le Mans Series seasons European Le Mans Series Le Mans Series