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United Autosports No. 22 Oreca 07, winner of the 2020 European Le Mans Series in the LMP2 class The2020 European Le Mans Series was the seventeenth season of theAutomobile Club de l'Ouest 's (ACO) European Le Mans Series. The six-event season began atCircuit Paul Ricard on 19 July and finished atAlgarve International Circuit on 1 November.[ 1]
The series was open toLe Mans Prototypes , divided into the LMP2 and LMP3 classes, andgrand tourer -style racing cars in theLMGTE class.
This season marked as the debut for the newACO Generation II LMP3 cars.
The revised calendar for the 2020 season was announced on 3 April 2020. Due to theCOVID-19 pandemic , the season was shortened and the4 Hours of Silverstone was removed from the calendar as a date could not be found.[ 1] Following an increase in COVID-19 cases in Spain, the Barcelona round was replaced by a second race at Paul Ricard.[ 2] [ 3]
In accordance with the 2017 LMP2 regulations, all cars in the LMP2 class used theGibson GK428V8 engine .[ 5]
All cars in the LMP3 class used theNissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine andMichelin tyres.[ 27]
All cars in the LMGTE class usedGoodyear tyres.[ 27]
Bold indicates overall winner.
Teams Championships [ edit ] Points are awarded according to the following structure:[ 39]
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 [ edit ] Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate
Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
LMP3 Teams Championship [ edit ] Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate
Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
LMGTE Teams Championship [ edit ] Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate
Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
Notes The two teams from cars #77 and #74 were tied on 99 points at the end of the championship and they both had two wins, two second places, one fourth and two pole positions from the five races. The crew of the #77Proton Competition Porsche –Christian Ried ,Michele Beretta andAlessio Picariello - were declared champions due to the fact they had won the first race of the season atPaul Ricard .[ 42]
Drivers Championships [ edit ] Points are awarded according to the following structure:[ 39]
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 [ edit ] Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate
Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
LMP3 Drivers Championship [ edit ] Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate
Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
LMGTE Drivers Championship [ edit ] Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate
Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
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