The 2024 European Le Mans Series was the twenty-first season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's (ACO) European Le Mans Series. The six-event season began at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on 14 April and concluded at Algarve International Circuit on 19 October.
The series was 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 was 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.
+RndRaceCircuitLocationDate 1 4 Hours of Barcelona Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Montmeló, Spain 14 April 2 4 Hours of Le Castellet Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France 5 May 3 4 Hours of Imola Imola Circuit Imola, Italy 7 July 4 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Stavelot, Belgium 25 August 5 4 Hours of Mugello Mugello Circuit Scarperia e San Piero, Italy 29 September 6 4 Hours of Portimão Algarve International Circuit Portimão, Portugal 19 OctoberSource:
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 MISC Drivers Rounds DKR Engineering Oreca 07 3 PA Cem Bölükbaşı All Laurents Hörr All Andres Latorre Canon All Iron Lynx – Proton Oreca 07 9 P2 Matteo Cairoli All Macéo Capietto All Jonas Ried All Proton Competition 77 PA René Binder All Giorgio Roda All Bent Viscaal All Vector Sport Oreca 07 10 P2 Ryan Cullen All Stéphane Richelmi All Felipe Drugovich 1–4, 6 Patrick Pilet 5 AO by TF Oreca 07 14 P2 Louis Delétraz All Jonny Edgar All Robert Kubica All Team Virage Oreca 07 19 PA Anthony Wells 1–4 Matt Bell 1–3 Nelson Piquet Jr. 1–3 Tristan Vautier 4–6 Wayne Boyd 4 Georgios Kolovos 5–6 Raphaël Narac 5–6 Algarve Pro Racing Oreca 07 20 PA Richard Bradley All Kriton Lendoudis All Alex Quinn All 25 P2 Olli Caldwell All Matthias Kaiser All Alex Lynn All United Autosports Oreca 07 21 PA Andy Meyrick All Daniel Schneider All Oliver Jarvis 1–3, 5–6 Filipe Albuquerque 4 22 P2 Ben Hanley All Marino Sato All Filip Ugran All 23 P2 Paul di Resta All Bijoy Garg All Fabio Scherer All Nielsen Racing Oreca 07 24 PA John Falb All Colin Noble All Albert Costa 1–3 Nick Yelloly 4–6 27 P2 Will Stevens All David Heinemeier Hansson 1–4 Nico Pino 1–3 Benjamin Pedersen 4–6 Gabriel Aubry 6 IDEC Sport Oreca 07 28 P2 Reshad de Gerus All Job van Uitert All Paul Lafargue 1–2 Marcos Siebert 3–4 Nico Pino 5–6 Richard Mille by TDS Oreca 07 29 PA Mathias Beche All Rodrigo Sales All Grégoire Saucy All Panis Racing 65 P2 Arthur Leclerc All Manuel Maldonado All Charles Milesi All Duqueine Team Oreca 07 30 P2 James Allen All Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer All Niels Koolen 1–3, 5–6 Rasmus Lindh 4 Inter Europol Competition Oreca 07 34 P2 Luca Ghiotto All Oliver Gray All Clément Novalak All 43 P2 Sebastián Álvarez All Tom Dillmann All Vladislav Lomko All Cool Racing Oreca 07 37 P2 Lorenzo Fluxá All Malthe Jakobsen All Ritomo Miyata 1–2, 4–6 Paul-Loup Chatin 3 47 P2 1–2 Frederik Vesti All Alex García 1–2 Carl Bennett 3–6 Ferdinand Habsburg 3–6 AF Corse Oreca 07 83 PA François Perrodo All Alessio Rovera All Matthieu Vaxivière All Icon MISC P2 LMP2 PA LMP2 Pro-Am Filipe Albuquerque was scheduled to compete for United Autosports, but withdrew prior to the start of the season. Gabriel Aubry was scheduled to compete for Vector Sport, but withdrew prior to the start of the season. Rob Hodes and Ian Rodríguez were scheduled to compete for Team Virage, but withdrew prior to the start of the season. Tom van Rompuy was scheduled to compete for DKR Engineering, but withdrew prior to the start of the season. Carl Bennett was scheduled to compete for Duqueine Team, but departed to take up his Hypercar opportunity at the Duqueine-run Isotta Fraschini squad in the FIA World Endurance Championship. He was replaced by Niels Koolen. Bennett later rejoined the ELMS with Cool Racing, taking Alex García's seat after two rounds.
LMP3 All cars in the LMP3 class use the Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine and Michelin tyres. Entrant/Team Chassis No. Drivers Rounds DKR Engineering Duqueine M30 - D08 4 Wyatt Brichacek All Alexander Mattschull All Belén García 1–4 Guilherme Oliveira 5–6 RLR MSport Ligier JS P320 5 Daniel Ali All James Dayson All Bailey Voisin All 15 Nick Adcock All Michael Jensen All Gaël Julien All Team Virage Ligier JS P320 8 Julien Gerbi All Gillian Henrion All Bernardo Pinheiro All EuroInternational Ligier JS P320 11 Adam Ali All Matthew Richard Bell All WTM by Rinaldi Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 12 Torsten Kratz All Óscar Tunjo All Leonard Weiss All Cool Racing Ligier JS P320 17 Miguel Cristóvão All Manuel Espírito Santo All Cédric Oltramare 1–5 Racing Spirit of Léman Ligier JS P320 31 Antoine Doquin All Jean-Ludovic Foubert All Jacques Wolff All Ultimate Ligier JS P320 35 Jean-Baptiste Lahaye All Matthieu Lahaye All Alexandre Yvon 1 Eric Trouillet 2 Paul Lanchère 3 Louis Rossi 4 Louis Stern 5 François Hériau 6 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P320 88 Kai Askey All Alexander Bukhantsov All Pedro Perino All Horst Felbermayr Jr. was scheduled to compete for RLR MSport, but withdrew prior to the start of the season.
LMGT3 All cars in the LMGT3 class use Goodyear tyres. Entrant/Team Chassis Engine No. Drivers Rounds Formula Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 50 Conrad Laursen All Johnny Laursen All Nicklas Nielsen 1–5 AF Corse 51 Emmanuel Collard All Charles-Henri Samani All Ulysse de Pauw 1 Nicolás Varrone 2–6 Spirit of Race 55 Duncan Cameron All Matt Griffin All David Perel All Kessel Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 57 Takeshi Kimura All Esteban Masson All Daniel Serra All Racing Spirit of Léman Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 59 Derek DeBoer All Valentin Hasse-Clot All Casper Stevenson All Proton Competition Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 60 Julien Andlauer All Matteo Cressoni All Claudio Schiavoni All Iron Dames 85 Sarah Bovy All Rahel Frey All Michelle Gatting All Iron Lynx Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 63 Andrea Caldarelli All Hiroshi Hamaguchi All Axcil Jefferies All JMW Motorsport Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 66 Ben Tuck All John Hartshorne 1–4 Phil Keen 1–4 Jason Hart 5–6 Scott Noble 5–6 GR Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 86 Riccardo Pera All Davide Rigon All Michael Wainwright All Grid Motorsport by TF Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 97 Jonathan Adam All Martin Berry All Lorcan Hanafin All Jeff Segal was scheduled to compete for JMW Motorsport, but withdrew prior to the start of the season.
Results and standings
Race results Bold indicates overall winner. Circuit Pole LMP2 Winning Team LMP2 Pro-Am Winning Team LMP3 Winning Team LMGT3 Winning Team Results LMP2 Winning Drivers LMP2 Pro-Am Winning Drivers LMP3 Winning Drivers LMGT3 Winning Drivers 1 Catalunya No. 22 United Autosports No. 37 COOL Racing No. 83 AF Corse No. 8 Team Virage No. 50 Formula Racing Report Ben Hanley Marino Sato Filip Ugran Lorenzo Fluxá Malthe Jakobsen Ritomo Miyata François Perrodo Alessio Rovera Matthieu Vaxivière Julien Gerbi Gillian Henrion Bernardo Pinheiro Conrad Laursen Johnny Laursen Nicklas Nielsen 2 Le Castellet No. 28 IDEC Sport No. 43 Inter Europol Competition No. 29 Richard Mille by TDS No. 15 RLR MSport No. 55 Spirit of Race Report Reshad de Gerus Paul Lafargue Job van Uitert Sebastián Álvarez Tom Dillmann Vladislav Lomko Mathias Beche Rodrigo Sales Grégoire Saucy Nick Adcock Michael Jensen Gaël Julien Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin David Perel 3 Imola No. 65 Panis Racing No. 65 Panis Racing No. 20 Algarve Pro Racing No. 11 EuroInternational No. 85 Iron Dames Report Arthur Leclerc Manuel Maldonado Charles Milesi Arthur Leclerc Manuel Maldonado Charles Milesi Richard Bradley Kriton Lendoudis Alex Quinn Adam Ali Matthew Richard Bell Sarah Bovy Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting 4 Spa-Francorchamps No. 14 AO by TF No. 14 AO by TF No. 83 AF Corse No. 11 Eurointernational No. 57 Kessel Racing Report Louis Delétraz Jonny Edgar Robert Kubica Louis Delétraz Jonny Edgar Robert Kubica François Perrodo Alessio Rovera Matthieu Vaxivière Adam Ali Matthew Richard Bell Takeshi Kimura Esteban Masson Daniel Serra 5 Mugello No. 9 Iron Lynx – Proton No. 9 Iron Lynx – Proton No. 29 Richard Mille by TDS No. 8 Team Virage No. 57 Kessel Racing Report Matteo Cairoli Macéo Capietto Jonas Ried Matteo Cairoli Macéo Capietto Jonas Ried Mathias Beche Rodrigo Sales Grégoire Saucy Julien Gerbi Gillian Henrion Bernardo Pinheiro Takeshi Kimura Esteban Masson Daniel Serra 6 Algarve No. 65 Panis Racing No. 37 COOL Racing No. 77 Proton Competition No. 17 COOL Racing No. 63 Iron Lynx Report Arthur Leclerc Manuel Maldonado Charles Milesi Lorenzo Fluxá Malthe Jakobsen Ritomo Miyata René Binder Giorgio Roda Bent Viscaal Miguel Cristóvão Manuel Espírito Santo Andrea Caldarelli Hiroshi Hamaguchi Axcil JeffriesSource:
Season report
Barcelona The ELMS season began with the 4 Hours of Barcelona, for which Ben Hanley took the overall pole in the #22 United Autosports Oreca. The lead was lost in the opening hour, as Lorenzo Fluxá in the #37 Cool Racing entry caught #22's Filip Ugran napping at the end of a Full-Course Yellow period. Though Cool Racing (then driven by Ritomo Miyata) briefly lost the lead to the Algarve Pro Racing #25 piloted by Olli Caldwell, a quicker stop allowed the Swiss team to retake the lead with Malthe Jakobsen. He later crossed the line first, with Alex Lynn in the #25 holding off Hanley's #22 for second. In the LMP2 Pro-Am class, the #83 AF Corse crew (Perrodo/Rovera/Vaxivière) triumphed over the #29 of Richard Mille by TDS thanks to a superior pit strategy, whereas the #8 Team Virage (Gerbi/Pinheiro/Henrion) won in LMP3. Though GT was dominated by the #85 Iron Dames outfit, a stray wheel nut during its final stop terminally damaged the car, handing the victory to Formula Racing's #50 Ferrari 296 GT3 of Nicklas Nielsen, Johnny Laursen and Conrad Laursen.
Le Castellet Le Castellet yielded chaos at the front of the LMP2 field, as the leading #37 Cool Racing and later #34 Inter Europol Competition squads both retired with mechanical problems inside of the final hour. That left Tom Dillmann, who had previously passed polesitter Job van Uitert (#28 IDEC Sport) with a daring move at Signes, to inherit the win in the remaining #43 Inter Europol (alongside Vladislav Lomko and Sebastián Álvarez). Cool Racing's #47 and the #14 AO by TF completed the podium, while Richard Mille by TDS won Pro-Am after the #83 fell down the order late on due to high tyre wear. Despite incurring a starting infringement penalty, the #15 RLR MSport won LMP3 with a fuel saving final stint from Gaël Julien; LMGT3 was won by the #55 Spirit of Race team led by David Perel.
Imola Charles Milesi in the #65 Panis Racing Oreca took pole for the 4 Hours of Imola and later recovered the lead in the pits from the #14 AO by TF driven by Louis Delétraz. Milesi drove out a gap of 11 seconds and took the checkered flag from Delétraz and Vector Sport driver Felipe Drugovich, who held off advances from the pit lane-starting #43 of Dillmann. Algarve Pro took victory in LMP2 Pro-Am (Lendoudis/Bradley/Quinn), the #11 Eurointernational of Matthew Richard Bell and Adam Ali beat the #8 Team Virage entry in LMP3, and Michelle Gatting was able to resist the pressure of Valentin Hasse-Clot to triumph in LMGT3 with her Iron Dames teammates Sarah Bovy and Rahel Frey.