Gibson 015S - Nissan - G-Drive Racing - 24 Hours of Le Mans 2016

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

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, in conjunction with the

FIA World Endurance Championship The FIA World Endurance Championship is an auto racing world championship organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The series supersedes the ACO's former Intercont ...

, on 16 April and finished at Autódromo do Estoril on 23 October.

Regulations

The GTC class for GT3 was dropped due to a lack of entries during

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and the creation of the GT3 Le Mans Cup.

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

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. 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.

Entry list

The entry list was announced on 5 February 2016.

LMP2

LMP3

GTE

Innovative car

Results and standings

Race 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

GTE Teams Championship

Drivers Championships

Points are awarded according to the following structure:

LMP2 Drivers Championship

LMP3 Drivers Championship

GTE Drivers Championship

References

External links

* {{European championships in 2016 European Le Mans Series seasons European Le Mans Series Le Mans Series