Category: ELMS

It was a scorching experience for the 42 competing cars on the fourth round of the European Le Mans Series, which was run at Autodromo Nazionale Monza just right outside Milano. Even though the race started at eleven o’clock local time, the temperature was already over 25 degrees, and the track temperature was just under 40 degrees. G-Drive Racing #26 with Roman Rusinov, Franco Colapinto and Danish Mikkel Jensen started the race from Pole Position, ahead of United Autosports #22 with Jonathan Aberdein, Phil Hanson and Tom Gamble, while Team…

The qualifying to round four of the European Le Mans Series was run on the historical track Monza, in the northern part of Italy. The session started with nine GTE cars. AF Corse Ferrari #88 continued the good streak from the practices and snatched P1, already after the first flying lap. Some of the teams decided to pit for new tires and gave it another try. Spirit Of Race Ferrari #55, however, continued on the track, where Alessandro Pier Guidi set the fastest time. Even though others tried to beat…

European Le Mans Series will have a massive 44 car field, when Round 4 of 2021 is run at Monza. This is the final ELMS race prior to the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and that, combined with the FIA World Endurance Championship at the same circuit, just one week later, has made a lot of teams do the double, to get the final things sorted out. The LMP2 field has grown to 19 cars. On top of the 16 regular cars, there will be additional entries from Realteam Racing…

The European Le Mans Series race at Paul Ricard in France has made the Championship standings somewhat more interesting now than they were prior to the weekend. The totally superior (prior to this weekend) Team WRT #41 is still leading, but now only by three points, ahead of the winners of the race, G-Drive Racing #26, who also scored a bonus point for Pole Position. The defending Champions from United Autosports #22 are 21 points away from the lead. But with a total of 78 points still to race for,…

It became four hot hours for the drivers in the European Le Mans Series, when the third round of the 2021 season was run on the French track Paul Ricard between Marseille and Nice. G-Drive Racing #26 with Nyck de Vries, Roman Rusinov and Franco Colapinto would start from Pole Position for the second time this season, ahead of championship leader Team WRT #41 with Louis Deletraz, Robert Kubica and Yifei Yi, while United Autosports #22 with Phil Hanson, Jonathan Aberdein and Tom Gamble had qualified third. Cool Racing #37…

The European Le Mans Series went to the south of France for the third qualifying of the 2021 season, at Paul Ricard track. The GTE category was the first to get their ten-minute qualifying session, consisting of nine cars who would fight for the first starting position as well as a bonus point for the fastest car. Thus, all the teams chose to put their strongest driver in the car. Proton Competition Porsche #77 was the first car to set a fast time, soon followed by TF Sport Aston Martin…

41 cars have entered the third round of the European Le Mans Series, which will run this weekend at Paul Ricard near Le Castellet, in the south of France. There have been a few changes to the field, partly due to the FIA World Endurance Championship running next weekend in Portugal, and partly due to date clashes with other events. DragonSpeed USA #21 won’t enter their LMP2 car this time. Their ELMS title fight is already over, following retirement only a few laps into the Barcelona race, and finishing 7th…

There have been quite a few changes to the points standings, following the second round of the European Le Mans Series, which was run at Red Bull Ring last weekend. Team WRT #41 has extended their LMP2 Championship lead, by winning both races this season. G-Drive Racing #26 has moved into the second, after finishing second in the race last Sunday. United Autosports #22 has dropped back to third, after a very disappointing weekend for them, with normally the successful team finishing 7th. Cool Racing #19 has a solid lead…

It was a perfect sunny day at Red Bull Ring, when the second round of the European Le Mans started at the Austrian race track. Racing Team Turkey #34 with Logan Sargeant, Charlie Eastwood and Salih Yoluc had taken Pole Position in not just LMP2 but also the LMP2 Pro/Am category. Algarve Pro Racing #24 with local hero Ferdinand Habsburg, Diego Menchaca, and Richard Bradley would start second, while United Autosports #32 with Nicolas Jamin, Job van Uitert and Manuel Maldonado started from P3. DKR Engineering #4 with Laurents Hörr,…

The qualifying to the second round of the 2021 European Le Mans Series was run this afternoon at Red Bull Ring in Austria. The first of the three sessions – one for the GTE cars – started in the dry, but dark clouds and rain showers were closing in from both sides of the track, in the valley. There were nine GTE cars this race weekend, with a clear majority of Ferrari cars as well as two Porsches and a single Aston Martin. Just as the cars were on the…

It’s been a somewhat mixed start to the European Le Mans Series weekend at the Red Bull Ring in Austria. The weather has been changing both Friday and Saturday, with a few showers and low-hanging clouds. Free Practice 1 ended up with United Autosports #22 fastest amongst the LMP2 cars, ahead of G-Drive Racing #26, and with the fastest LMP2 Pro Am var on P3 overall – DragonSpeed USA #21. Amongst the LMP3 cars, we had DKR Engineering #4 fastest, ahead of United Autosports #2 and #3. In GTE it…

Pietro Fittipaldi is no longer part of the G-Drive Racing #25 in the European Le Mans Series 2021. The Brazilian has to give up on the programme, which is run by Algarve Pro Racing, since he runs an NTT IndyCar Series programme with Dale Coyne Racing too, doing the oval races instead of Romain Grosjean. Fittipaldi had to skip the team’s FIA World Endurance Championship race at Spa Francorchamps earlier this month, since he was in Texas for Indycar, plus he has a clash with the 24 Hours of Le…

A lot of people got quite surprised when the Proton Competition rolled out of their European Le Mans Series garage in WeatherTech colours. And it all becomes clear now. Cooper MacNeil will run the rest of the European Le Mans Series 2021. The MacNeil family owns the WeatherTech company, so all cars run by Cooper for the last few years have had the sponsor logos more or less predominant. MacNeil will be sharing the 911 RSR-19 #77 with Christian Ried and Gianmaria Bruni, leaving no space for Jaxon Evans. The…

The European Le Mans Series 2021 season started in Spain, at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. 41 cars would take the start on a sunny, but unusually cold spring day, in the usually often to be hot country. G-Drive Racing #26 with Nyck de Vries, Roman Rusinov and Franco Colapinto would start the race from Pole Position in LMP2, ahead of Team WRT #41 with Louis Deletraz, Robert Kubica and Yifei Yi, while Panis Racing #65 with Will Stevens, Julien Canal and Gabriel Aubry started in P3. United Autosports #3 with Duncan…

The qualifying to the European Le Mans Series was run on a dry and sunny track, even though the meteorologists had predicted rain at that time. It started with the eight GTE cars on Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for their ten-minute session. After the first flying lap, Iron Lynx Ferrari #80 was in P1, but there were still about six minutes left. Everyone chose to put on new tires after their first flying lap. It meant that the drivers had potentially two laps to decide their starting positions. Proton Competition Porsche…

European Le Mans Series managed to run three quite unproblematic practice sessions prior to this afternoon’s qualifying and tomorrow’s race at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. First practice had the defending champions from United Autosports #22 as the fastest LMP2 car, right ahead of fastest LMP2 Pro/Am var, Cool Racing #37. The Pro/Am designation is new to LMP2 in Europe, and includes the teams that have a Bronze-rated driver in the car. Graff #8 was the fastest amongst the LMP3 cars, while TF Sport Aston Martin #95 was fastest amongst the GTE…