2016 European Le Mans Series

The 2016 European Le Mans Series was the thirteenth season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's (ACO) European Le Mans Series. The six-event season began at Silverstone Circuit, in conjunction with the FIA World Endurance Championship, on 16 April and finished at Autódromo do Estoril on 23 October.^[1]

Regulations

The GTC class for GT3 was dropped due to a lack of entries during 2015 and the creation of the GT3 Le Mans Cup.^[2]

Calendar

The provisional 2016 calendar was announced at 5 September 2015. The calendar comprises six events, featuring the same five circuits that hosted events in 2015 and for the first time since 2011 it will include event at Spa. For the fourth consecutive season, Silverstone hosted the opening rounds of both the European Le Mans Series and the FIA World Endurance Championship. Meanwhile, the other rounds were collaboration with World Series by Renault.^[1]

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Location	Date
1	4 Hours of Silverstone	Silverstone Circuit	Silverstone, United Kingdom	16 April
2	4 Hours of Imola	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	Imola, Italy	15 May
3	4 Hours of Red Bull Ring	Red Bull Ring	Spielberg, Austria	17 July
4	4 Hours of Le Castellet	Circuit Paul Ricard	Le Castellet, France	28 August
5	4 Hours of Spa	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Spa, Belgium	25 September
6	4 Hours of Estoril	Autódromo do Estoril	Estoril, Portugal	23 October

Entry list

The entry list was announced on 5 February 2016.^[3]

LMP2

Entrant/Team	Car	Engine	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
DragonSpeed	Oreca 05	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	21	Ben Hanley^[4]	All
					Henrik Hedman^[3]	All
					Nicolas Lapierre^[4]	All
SO24! By Lombard Racing	Ligier JS P2	Judd HK 3.6 L V8	D	22	Vincent Capillaire^[3]	1–2
					Jonathan Coleman^[5]	1–2
					Olivier Lombard^[5]	1–2
Panis Barthez Competition	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	M	23	Fabien Barthez^[3]	All
					Timothé Buret^[4]	All
					Paul-Loup Chatin^[4]	All
Algarve Pro Racing	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	25	Michael Munemann^[3]	1–3, 5
					Parth Ghorpade^[4]	1–2
					Chris Hoy^[6]	1–2
					Jonathan Hirschi^[7]	3–5
					Andrea Pizzitola^[7]	3–5
					Andrea Roda^[8]	4
IDEC Sport Racing	Ligier JS P2	Judd HK 3.6 L V8	M	28	Dimitri Enjalbert^[4]	1–2, 4–6
					Patrice Lafargue^[3]	1–2, 4–6
					Paul Lafargue^[4]	1–2, 4–6
Pegasus Racing	Morgan LMP2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	M	29	Léo Roussel^[4]	All
					Inès Taittinger^[3]	All
					Rémy Striebig^[4]	1–5
					Julien Schell^[9]	6
SMP Racing	BR Engineering BR01	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	32	Stefano Coletti^[10]	All
					Andreas Wirth^[10]	All
					Julián Leal^[4]	1–4
					Vitaly Petrov^[11]	5–6
				44	Mitch Evans^[4]	1
					Sean Gelael^[4]	1
					Antonio Giovinazzi^[4]	1
Eurasia Motorsport	Oreca 05	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	33	Tristan Gommendy^[12]	All
					Nick de Bruijn^[12]	1–5
					Pu Jun Jin^[3]	1–5
					Michael Lyons^[9]	6
					Frédéric Vervisch^[9]	6
Race Performance	Oreca 03R	Judd HK 3.6 L V8	D	34	Nicolas Leutwiler^[3]	1–2
					James Winslow^[4]	1–2
					Franck Mailleux^[4]	1
					Shinji Nakano^[13]	2
G-Drive Racing	Gibson 015S	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	38	Simon Dolan^[3]	All
					Giedo van der Garde^[14]	All
					Harry Tincknell^[14]	All
Krohn Racing	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	M	40	Niclas Jönsson^[15]	All
					Björn Wirdheim^[4]	1–2
					Tracy Krohn^[3]	1, 3–5
					Olivier Pla^[15]	2–6
Greaves Motorsport	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	41	Julien Canal^[4]	All
					Memo Rojas^[3]	All
					Kuba Giermaziak^[4]	1–2
					Nathanaël Berthon^[7]	3–6
Thiriet by TDS Racing	Oreca 05	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	46	Mathias Beche^[4]	All
					Pierre Thiriet^[3]	All
					Ryō Hirakawa^[4]	1–3, 5–6
					Mike Conway^[8]	4
Team WRT	Ligier JS P2	Judd HK 3.6 L V8	D	47	Will Stevens^[11]	5
					Dries Vanthoor^[11]	5
					Laurens Vanthoor^[11]	5
Murphy Prototypes	Oreca 03R	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	48	Sean Doyle^[4]	1–5
					Shaun Balfe^[4]	1
					Damien Faulkner^[4]	1
					Gary Findlay^[13]	2, 5
					Patrick McClughan^[13]	2
					Gugliemo Belotti^[7]	3
					Karun Chandhok^[7]	3
					Kevin Ceccon^[8]	4
					Jonathan Coleman^[8]	4
					Bruno Bonifacio^[11]	5

LMP3

Entrant/Team	Car	Engine	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
United Autosports	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	2	Alex Brundle^[3]	All
					Christian England^[4]	All
					Mike Guasch^[4]	All
				3	Matthew Bell^[4]	All
					Wayne Boyd^[4]	All
					Mark Patterson^[3]	All
OAK Racing	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	4	Erik Maris^[16]	All
					Jean-Marc Merlin^[3]	1–4, 6
					Carlos Tavares^[11]	5
				24	Jacques Nicolet^[3]	All
				24	Pierre Nicolet^[16]	All
By Speed Factory	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	5	Tom Jackson^[17]	1–4
					Álvaro Fontes^[17]	1–2
					Jesús Fuster^[4]	1–2
					Alain Costa^[7]	3–4
					John Hartshorne^[8]	4
					Kevin O'Hara^[11]	5
					Daniel Polley^[11]	5
					Kim Rødkjær^[11]	5
360 Racing	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	6	Ross Kaiser^[18]	All
					James Swift^[18]	All
					Terrence Woodward^[3]	All
Villorba Corse	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	7	Roberto Lacorte^[3]	All
					Giorgio Sernagiotto^[4]	All
					Niccolò Schirò^[4]	1–3
Race Performance	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	8	Bert Longin^[4]	All
					Giorgio Maggi^[4]	All
					Marcello Marateotto^[4]	1–5
					Nicolas Leutwiler^[9]	6
Graff	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	9	Paul Petit^[19]	All
					Eric Trouillet^[3]	All
					Enzo Guibbert^[19]	1–2, 4–6
					James Winslow^[7]	3
				10	John Falb^[3]	All
					Enzo Potolicchio^[4]	All
					Sean Rayhall^[4]	All
Eurointernational	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	11	Giorgio Mondini^[4]	1–4, 6
					Marco Jacoboni^[4]	1–4
					Andrea Roda^[4]	1–2
					Jay Palmer^[9]	6
				12	Andrea Dromedari^[13]	2–4, 6
					Fabio Mancini^[13]	2–3
					Roman Rusinov^[13]	2–3
					Rik Breukers^[8]	4, 6
					Miguel Faisca^[9]	6
Inter Europol Competition	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	13	Jens Petersen^[4]	All
Inter Europol Competition	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	13	Jakub Śmiechowski^[3]	All
MurphyP3-3Dimensional.com	Ginetta-Juno LMP3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	14	Tony Ave^[3]	1
					Michael Cullen^[4]	1
					Doug Peterson^[4]	1
	Ligier JS P3				Barrie Baxter^[13]	2
					Rob Garofall^[13]	2
					Alex Kapadia^[13]	2
RLR MSport	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	15	Morten Dons^[4]	All
					Ossy Yusuf^[3]	1–2
					Ross Warburton^[7]	3–4
					John Hartshorne^[7]	3
					Anthony Wells^[8]	4–6
					Alasdair McCaig^[11]	5–6
Panis Barthez Competition	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	16	Eric Debard^[3]	All
					Simon Gachet^[20]	All
					Valentin Moineault^[20]	All
Ultimate	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	17	François Hériau^[21]	All
					Jean-Baptiste Lahaye^[3]	All
					Matthieu Lahaye^[21]	All
M.Racing - YMR	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	18	Alexandre Cougnaud^[4]	All
					Yann Ehrlacher^[4]	All
					Thomas Laurent^[3]	All
Duqueine Engineering	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	19	David Hallyday^[3]	All
					Dino Lunardi^[4]	All
					David Droux^[13]	2–6
				20	Eric Clement^[22]	All
					Maxime Pialat^[22]	All
					Romain Iannetta^[22]	1–2
					Antonin Borga^[7]	3–6
Tockwith Motorsports	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	26	Phil Hanson^[8]	4–5
Tockwith Motorsports	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	M	26	Nigel Moore^[8]	4–5

GTE

Entrant/Team	Car	Engine	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	D	51	Rui Águas^[4]	All
					Marco Cioci^[4]	All
					Piergiuseppe Perazzini^[3]	All
				55	Duncan Cameron^[3]	All
					Matt Griffin^[4]	All
					Aaron Scott^[4]	All
AT Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	D	56	Alexander Talkanitsa, Jr.^[3]	All
					Alexander Talkanitsa, Sr.^[4]	All
					Alessandro Pier Guidi^[4]	1, 3–6
					Davide Rigon^[13]	2
Formula Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	D	60	Johnny Laursen^[3]	All
					Mikkel Mac^[4]	All
					Christina Nielsen^[4]	1–3, 5–6
					Mikkel Jensen^[8]	4
JMW Motorsport	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	D	66	Andrea Bertolini^[4]	All
					Rory Butcher^[4]	All
					Robert Smith^[3]	All
Proton Competition	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	D	77	Mike Hedlund^[4]	All
					Wolf Henzler^[4]	All
					Marco Seefried^[3]	1, 3–6
					Robert Renauer^[13]	2
				88	Christian Ried^[4]	All
					Gianluca Roda^[3]	All
					Richard Lietz^[4]	1
					Klaus Bachler^[13]	2
					Matteo Cairoli^[7]	3, 5
					David Jahn^[8]	4
					Ben Barker^[9]	6
Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8	D	96	Roald Goethe^[4]	1
					Stuart Hall^[4]	1
					Richie Stanaway^[4]	1
				99	Andrew Howard^[3]	All
					Alex MacDowall^[4]	All
					Darren Turner^[4]	All

Innovative car

Entrant/Team	Car	Engine	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
SRT41 by OAK Racing	Morgan LMP2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	M	84	Jean-Bernard Bouvet^[4]	1
					Frédéric Sausset^[4]	1
					Christophe Tinseau^[4]	1

Results and standings

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Rnd.	Circuit	LMP2 Winning Team	LMP3 Winning Team	GTE Winning Team	Results
Rnd.	Circuit	LMP2 Winning Drivers	LMP3 Winning Drivers	GTE Winning Drivers	Results
1	Silverstone	No. 38 G-Drive Racing	No. 2 United Autosports	No. 99 Aston Martin Racing	Report
1	Silverstone	Simon Dolan Giedo van der Garde Harry Tincknell	Alex Brundle Christian England Mike Guasch	Andrew Howard Alex MacDowall Darren Turner	Report
2	Imola	No. 46 Thiriet by TDS Racing	No. 2 United Autosports	No. 77 Proton Competition	Report
2	Imola	Mathias Beche Ryō Hirakawa Pierre Thiriet	Alex Brundle Christian England Mike Guasch	Mike Hedlund Wolf Henzler Robert Renauer	Report
3	Red Bull Ring	No. 46 Thiriet by TDS Racing	No. 2 United Autosports	No. 66 JMW Motorsport	Report
3	Red Bull Ring	Mathias Beche Ryō Hirakawa Pierre Thiriet	Alex Brundle Christian England Mike Guasch	Andrea Bertolini Rory Butcher Robert Smith	Report
4	Paul Ricard	No. 46 Thiriet by TDS Racing	No. 9 Graff	No. 66 JMW Motorsport	Report
4	Paul Ricard	Mathias Beche Mike Conway Pierre Thiriet	Enzo Guibbert Paul Petit Eric Trouillet	Andrea Bertolini Rory Butcher Robert Smith	Report
5	Spa	No. 21 DragonSpeed	No. 9 Graff	No. 66 JMW Motorsport	Report
5	Spa	Ben Hanley Henrik Hedman Nicolas Lapierre	Enzo Guibbert Paul Petit Eric Trouillet	Andrea Bertolini Rory Butcher Robert Smith	Report
6	Estoril	No. 38 G-Drive Racing	No. 18 M.Racing - YMR	No. 99 Aston Martin Racing	Report
6	Estoril	Simon Dolan Giedo van der Garde Harry Tincknell	Alexandre Cougnaud Yann Ehrlacher Thomas Laurent	Andrew Howard Alex MacDowall Darren Turner	Report

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.^[23]

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	SIL	IMO	RBR	LEC	SPA	EST	Total
1	No. 38 G-Drive Racing	Gibson 015S	1	2	3	5	5	1	103
2	No. 46 Thiriet by TDS Racing	Oreca 05	Ret	1	1	1	3	8	96
3	No. 32 SMP Racing	BR Engineering BR01	2	4	4	2	6	3	83
4	No. 21 DragonSpeed	Oreca 05	Ret	3	Ret	3	1	2	76
5	No. 33 Eurasia Motorsport	Oreca 05	Ret	5	2	4	Ret	5	50
6	No. 40 Krohn Racing	Ligier JS P2	4	6	9	8	10	4	39
7	No. 41 Greaves Motorsport	Ligier JS P2	8	8	6	6	4	Ret	36
8	No. 23 Panis Barthez Competition	Ligier JS P2	9	7	7	11	7	7	27.5
9	No. 25 Algarve Pro Racing	Ligier JS P2	10	Ret	5	7	9		19
10	No. 28 IDEC Sport Racing	Ligier JS P2	7	Ret		10	8	6	19
11	No. 47 Team WRT	Ligier JS P2					2		18
12	No. 22 SO24! By Lombard Racing	Ligier JS P2	3	11					15.5
13	No. 44 SMP Racing	BR Engineering BR01	5						10
14	No. 34 Race Performance	Oreca 03R	6	9					10
15	No. 48 Murphy Prototypes	Oreca 03R	11	10	8	9	Ret		7.5
16	No. 29 Pegasus Racing	Morgan LMP2	Ret	12	Ret	12	Ret	EX	1

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

LMP3 Teams Championship

Pos.	Team	Car	SIL	IMO	RBR	LEC	SPA	EST	Total
1	No. 2 United Autosports	Ligier JS P3	1	1	1	3	2	11	109.5
2	No. 9 Graff	Ligier JS P3	3	EX	4	1	1	3	93
3	No. 19 Duqueine Engineering	Ligier JS P3	4	4	2	2	Ret	9	62
4	No. 3 United Autosports	Ligier JS P3	2	7	14	11	3	2	59
5	No. 6 360 Racing	Ligier JS P3	5	9	3	5	5	Ret	48
6	No. 18 M.Racing - YMR	Ligier JS P3	Ret	5	10	Ret	Ret	1	36
7	No. 16 Panis Barthez Competition	Ligier JS P3	7	3	8	8	11	Ret	30.5
8	No. 17 Ultimate	Ligier JS P3	11	10	Ret	4	4	14	26
9	No. 10 Graff	Ligier JS P3	13	Ret	7	Ret	7	4	24.5
10	No. 13 Inter Europol Competition	Ligier JS P3	Ret	15	Ret	7	6	5	24.5
11	No. 8 Race Performance	Ligier JS P3	6	13	6	Ret	Ret	7	22,5
12	No. 11 Eurointernational	Ligier JS P3	Ret	2	Ret	Ret		Ret	18
13	No. 15 RLR MSport	Ligier JS P3	8	6	15	Ret	8	10	17.5
14	No. 12 Eurointernational	Ligier JS P3		8	9	9		6	16
15	No. 24 OAK Racing	Ligier JS P3	9	17	5	15	13	13	14
16	No. 26 Tockwith Motorsports	Ligier JS P3				6	12		9.5
17	No. 7 Villorba Corse	Ligier JS P3	Ret	16	12	10	9	8	8
18	No. 20 Duqueine Engineering	Ligier JS P3	10	11	11	13	10	Ret	3.5
19	No. 4 OAK Racing	Ligier JS P3	12	14	16	12	14	12	3
20	No. 5 By Speed Factory	Ligier JS P3	Ret	Ret	13	14	Ret		1
21	No. 14 MurphyP3-3Dimensional.com	Ginetta-Juno LMP3	Ret						0.5
21	No. 14 MurphyP3-3Dimensional.com	Ligier JS P3		12					0.5

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

GTE Teams Championship

Pos.	Team	Car	SIL	IMO	RBR	LEC	SPA	EST	Total
1	No. 99 Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	1	5	4	3	5	1	98
2	No. 66 JMW Motorsport	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	EX	2	1	1	1	Ret	93
3	No. 56 AT Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	2	3	3	4	Ret	2	79
4	No. 77 Proton Competition	Porsche 911 RSR	8	1	6	6	4	6	66
5	No. 55 AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	4	6	8	5	3	3	64
6	No. 88 Proton Competition	Porsche 911 RSR	6	4	5	Ret	2	5	60
7	No. 51 AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	7	7	2	Ret	6	4	50
8	No. 60 Formula Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	5	DNS	7	2	7	Ret	40
9	No. 96 Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	3						16

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

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	SIL	IMO	RBR	LEC	SPA	EST	Total
1	Simon Dolan	G-Drive Racing	1	2	3	5	5	1	103
	Giedo van der Garde	G-Drive Racing	1	2	3	5	5	1
	Harry Tincknell	G-Drive Racing	1	2	3	5	5	1
2	Mathias Beche	Thiriet by TDS Racing	Ret	1	1	1	3	8	96
2	Pierre Thiriet	Thiriet by TDS Racing	Ret	1	1	1	3	8	96
3	Stefano Coletti	SMP Racing	2	4	4	2	6	3	83
3	Andreas Wirth	SMP Racing	2	4	4	2	6	3	83
4	Ben Hanley	DragonSpeed	Ret	3	Ret	3	1	2	76
	Henrik Hedman	DragonSpeed	Ret	3	Ret	3	1	2
	Nicolas Lapierre	DragonSpeed	Ret	3	Ret	3	1	2
5	Ryō Hirakawa	Thiriet by TDS Racing	Ret	1	1		3	8	70
6	Julián Leal	SMP Racing	2	4	4	2			60
7	Tristan Gommendy	Eurasia Motorsport	Ret	5	2	4	Ret	5	50
8	Nick de Bruijn	Eurasia Motorsport	Ret	5	2	4	Ret		40
9	Niclas Jönsson	Krohn Racing	4	6	9	8	10	4	39
10	Julien Canal	Greaves Motorsport	8	8	6	6	4	Ret	36
10	Memo Rojas	Greaves Motorsport	8	8	6	6	4	Ret	36
11	Pu Jun Jin	Eurasia Motorsport	Ret	5	2	4	Ret		28
11	Nathanaël Berthon	Greaves Motorsport			6	6	4	Ret	28
12	Fabien Barthez	Panis Barthez Competition	9	7	7	11	7	7	27.5
	Timothé Buret	Panis Barthez Competition	9	7	7	11	7	7
	Paul-Loup Chatin	Panis Barthez Competition	9	7	7	11	7	7
13	Olivier Pla	Krohn Racing		6	9	8	10	4	27
14	Mike Conway	Thiriet by TDS Racing				1			26
15	Vitaly Petrov	SMP Racing					6	3	23

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

LMP3 Drivers Championship

Pos.	Driver	Team	SIL	IMO	RBR	LEC	SPA	EST	Total
1	Alex Brundle	United Autosports	1	1	1	3	2	11	109.5
	Christian England	United Autosports	1	1	1	3	2	11
	Mike Guasch	United Autosports	1	1	1	3	2	11
2	Paul Petit	Graff	3	Ret	4	1	1	3	93
2	Eric Trouillet	Graff	3	Ret	4	1	1	3	93
3	Enzo Guibbert	Graff	3	Ret		1	1	3	81
4	David Hallyday	Duqueine Engineering	4	4	2	2	Ret	9	62
4	Dino Lunardi	Duqueine Engineering	4	4	2	2	Ret	9	62
5	Matthew Bell	United Autosports	2	7	14	11	3	2	59
	Wayne Boyd	United Autosports	2	7	14	11	3	2
	Mark Patterson	United Autosports	2	7	14	11	3	2
6	David Droux	Duqueine Engineering		4	2	2	Ret	9	50
7	Ross Kaiser	360 Racing	5	9	3	5	5	Ret	48
	James Swift	360 Racing	5	9	3	5	5	Ret
	Terrence Woodward	360 Racing	5	9	3	5	5	Ret
8	Alexandre Cougnaud	M.Racing - YMR	Ret	5	10	Ret	Ret	1	36
	Yann Ehrlacher	M.Racing - YMR	Ret	5	10	Ret	Ret	1
	Thomas Laurent	M.Racing - YMR	Ret	5	10	Ret	Ret	1
9	Eric Debard	Panis Barthez Competition	7	3	8	8		Ret	30.5
	Simon Gachet	Panis Barthez Competition	7	3	8	8		Ret
	Valentin Moineault	Panis Barthez Competition	7	3	8	8		Ret
10	François Hériau	Ultimate	11	10	Ret	4	4	14	26
	Jean-Baptiste Lahaye	Ultimate	11	10	Ret	4	4	14
	Matthieu Lahaye	Ultimate	11	10	Ret	4	4	14

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

GTE Drivers Championship

Pos.	Driver	Team	SIL	IMO	RBR	LEC	SPA	EST	Total
1	Andrew Howard	Aston Martin Racing	1	5	4	3	5	1	98
	Alex MacDowall	Aston Martin Racing	1	5	4	3	5	1
	Darren Turner	Aston Martin Racing	1	5	4	3	5	1
2	Andrea Bertolini	JMW Motorsport	EX	2	1	1	1	Ret	93
	Rory Butcher	JMW Motorsport	EX	2	1	1	1	Ret
	Robert Smith	JMW Motorsport	EX	2	1	1	1	Ret
3	Alexander Talkanitsa Jr.	AT Racing	2	3	3	4	Ret	2	79
3	Alexander Talkanitsa Sr.	AT Racing	2	3	3	4	Ret	2	79
4	Mike Hedlund	Proton Competition	8	1	6	6	4	6	66
4	Wolf Henzler	Proton Competition	8	1	6	6	4	6	66
5	Alessandro Pier Guidi	AT Racing	2		3	4	Ret	2	64
6	Duncan Cameron	AF Corse	4	6	8	5	3	3	64
	Matt Griffin	AF Corse	4	6	8	5	3	3
	Aaron Scott	AF Corse	4	6	8	5	3	3
7	Christian Ried	Proton Competition	6	4	5	Ret	2	5	60
7	Gianluca Roda	Proton Competition	6	4	5	Ret	2	5	60
8	Rui Águas	AF Corse	7	7	2	Ret	6	4	50
	Marco Cioci	AF Corse	7	7	2	Ret	6	4
	Piergiuseppe Perazzini	AF Corse	7	7	2	Ret	6	4
9	Johnny Laursen	Formula Racing	5	DNS	7	2	7	Ret	40
9	Mikkel Mac	Formula Racing	5	DNS	7	2	7	Ret	40
10	Marco Seefried	Proton Competition	8		6	6	4	6	40
11	Matteo Cairoli	Proton Competition			5		2		29
12	Robert Renauer	Proton Competition		1					26
13	Christina Nielsen	Formula Racing	5	DNS	7		7		22
14	Mikkel Jensen	Formula Racing				2			18
15	Roald Goethe	Aston Martin Racing	3						16
	Stuart Hall	Aston Martin Racing	3
	Richie Stanaway	Aston Martin Racing	3
16	Davide Rigon	AT Racing		3					15
17	Klaus Bachler	Proton Competition		4					12
18	Ben Barker	Proton Competition						5	11
19	Richard Lietz	Proton Competition	6						8
20	David Jahn	Proton Competition				Ret			0

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

References

^ ^a ^b Dagys, John (5 September 2015). "2016 ELMS Schedule Released". sportscar365. John Dagys Media, LLC. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
^ Watkins, Gary (27 November 2015). "GTC class for GT3 cars dropped from ELMS for 2016". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
^ ^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 "2016 EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES — FULL SEASON ENTRY LIST" (PDF). European Le Mans Series. 5 February 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
^ ^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 "4 Hours of Silverstone Free Practice 1 Classification by Class" (PDF). European Le Mans Series. April 15, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "So24! By Lombard Racing firms up ELMS roster". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
^ "Sir Chris Hoy gets Le Mans 24 Hours LMP2 seat". Motorsport.com. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "4 Hours of Red Bull Ring Entry list" (PDF). European Le Mans Series. July 16, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-04. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "4 Hours of Le Castellet - Provisional Entry List" (PDF). European Le Mans Series. August 25, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-10. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "4 Hours of Estoril - Qualifying Practice Provisional Classification by Class" (PDF). European Le Mans Series. October 22, 2016. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Coletti, Wirth join SMP's ELMS outfit". Motorsport.com. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps - Provisional Entry List" (PDF). European Le Mans Series. September 12, 2016. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
^ ^a ^b Dagys, John (7 December 2015). "Gommendy Joins Eurasia for 2016 ELMS Campaign". Sportscar365. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "2016 EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES - 4 Hours of Imola Race Classification by class" (PDF). European Le Mans Series. 15 May 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Jota team links up with G-Drive for WEC and ELMS LMP2 campaigns". Haymarket. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b Dagys, John (1 February 2016). "Greaves to Run Krohn Ligier JS P2 in ELMS, Pla to Drive". Sportscar365. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b Dagys, John (February 10, 2016). "OAK Confirms Two-Car Ligier JS P3 Lineup". Sportscar365. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "By Speed Factory announces experienced endurance line-up for 2016 ELMS campaign". Endurance-Info.com. 23 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-04-09. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Un trio britannique sur la Ligier JS P3 du 360 Racing" [A British trio in the Ligier JS P3 of 360 Racing] (in French). Endurance-Info.com. 11 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Graff dévoile le premier équipage de sa Ligier JS P3" [Graff unveils the first crew of his Ligier JS P3] (in French). Endurance-Info.com. 22 January 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-03-24. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Expérience et jeunesse sur la Ligier JS P3 du Panis-Barthez Compétition" [Experience and youth in the Ligier JS P3 of Panis-Barthez Competition] (in French). Endurance-Info.com. 19 February 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-03-25. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
^ ^a ^b Dagys, John (November 10, 2015). "Ultimate Racing to Run Ligier JS P3". Sportscar365. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Le deuxième équipage du Duqueine Engineering dévoilé" [The second crew of Duqueine Engineering unveiled] (in French). Endurance-Info.com. 7 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-04-09. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
^ "Sporting Regulations". European Le Mans Series. Retrieved August 28, 2016.

External links

European Le Mans Series Official Website

[Calendar-1] Dagys, John (5 September 2015). "2016 ELMS Schedule Released". sportscar365. John Dagys Media, LLC. Retrieved 6 September 2015.

[2] Watkins, Gary (27 November 2015). "GTC class for GT3 cars dropped from ELMS for 2016". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 10 December 2015.

[Entry-3] ^ ^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 "2016 EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES — FULL SEASON ENTRY LIST" (PDF). European Le Mans Series. 5 February 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2016.

[SilverstoneEntries-4] ^ ^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 "4 Hours of Silverstone Free Practice 1 Classification by Class" (PDF). European Le Mans Series. April 15, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2016.

[Lombard-5] "So24! By Lombard Racing firms up ELMS roster". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 2016-03-16.

[Chris_Hoy-6] "Sir Chris Hoy gets Le Mans 24 Hours LMP2 seat". Motorsport.com. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.

[AustriaEntries-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "4 Hours of Red Bull Ring Entry list" (PDF). European Le Mans Series. July 16, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-04. Retrieved August 1, 2016.

[PaulRicardEntries-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "4 Hours of Le Castellet - Provisional Entry List" (PDF). European Le Mans Series. August 25, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-10. Retrieved August 28, 2016.

[EstorilEntries-9] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "4 Hours of Estoril - Qualifying Practice Provisional Classification by Class" (PDF). European Le Mans Series. October 22, 2016. Retrieved October 22, 2016.

[Coletti_Wirth-10] "Coletti, Wirth join SMP's ELMS outfit". Motorsport.com. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.

[SpaEntries-11] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps - Provisional Entry List" (PDF). European Le Mans Series. September 12, 2016. Retrieved September 12, 2016.

[Eurasia-12] Dagys, John (7 December 2015). "Gommendy Joins Eurasia for 2016 ELMS Campaign". Sportscar365. Retrieved 15 February 2016.

[ImolaEntries-13] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "2016 EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES - 4 Hours of Imola Race Classification by class" (PDF). European Le Mans Series. 15 May 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.

[G-Drive_Lineup-14] "Jota team links up with G-Drive for WEC and ELMS LMP2 campaigns". Haymarket. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2016.

[Krohn-15] Dagys, John (1 February 2016). "Greaves to Run Krohn Ligier JS P2 in ELMS, Pla to Drive". Sportscar365. Retrieved 15 February 2016.

[OAK-16] Dagys, John (February 10, 2016). "OAK Confirms Two-Car Ligier JS P3 Lineup". Sportscar365. Retrieved March 23, 2016.

[By_Speed_Factory-17] "By Speed Factory announces experienced endurance line-up for 2016 ELMS campaign". Endurance-Info.com. 23 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-04-09. Retrieved 25 March 2016.

[360_Racing-18] "Un trio britannique sur la Ligier JS P3 du 360 Racing" [A British trio in the Ligier JS P3 of 360 Racing] (in French). Endurance-Info.com. 11 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 25 March 2016.

[Graff-19] "Graff dévoile le premier équipage de sa Ligier JS P3" [Graff unveils the first crew of his Ligier JS P3] (in French). Endurance-Info.com. 22 January 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-03-24. Retrieved 23 March 2016.

[Panis_Barthez-20] "Expérience et jeunesse sur la Ligier JS P3 du Panis-Barthez Compétition" [Experience and youth in the Ligier JS P3 of Panis-Barthez Competition] (in French). Endurance-Info.com. 19 February 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-03-25. Retrieved 25 March 2016.

[Ultimate-21] Dagys, John (November 10, 2015). "Ultimate Racing to Run Ligier JS P3". Sportscar365. Retrieved March 25, 2016.

[Duqueine2-22] "Le deuxième équipage du Duqueine Engineering dévoilé" [The second crew of Duqueine Engineering unveiled] (in French). Endurance-Info.com. 7 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-04-09. Retrieved 25 March 2016.

[SportingRegulations-23] "Sporting Regulations". European Le Mans Series. Retrieved August 28, 2016.

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