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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.

G-Drive Racing 'Mighty 38' No. 38 Gibson 015S, winner of the 2016 European Le Mans Series in the LMP2 class

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.

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

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.

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Location
4 Hours of Silverstone	Silverstone Circuit	Silverstone, United Kingdom	16 April
4 Hours of Imola	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	Imola, Italy	15 May
4 Hours of Red Bull Ring	Red Bull Ring	Spielberg, Austria	17 July
4 Hours of Le Castellet	Circuit Paul Ricard	Le Castellet, France	28 August
4 Hours of Spa	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Spa, Belgium	25 September
4 Hours of Estoril	Autódromo do Estoril	Estoril, Portugal	23 October
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The entry list was announced on 5 February 2016.

Entrant/Team	Car	Engine	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8	D	51	Rui Águas	All
Marco Cioci	All
Piergiuseppe Perazzini	All
55	Duncan Cameron	All
Matt Griffin	All
Aaron Scott	All
AT Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8	D	56	Alexander Talkanitsa, Jr.	All
Alexander Talkanitsa, Sr.	All
Alessandro Pier Guidi	1, 3–6
Davide Rigon	2
Formula Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8	D	60	Johnny Laursen	All
Mikkel Mac	All
Christina Nielsen	1–3, 5–6
Mikkel Jensen	4
JMW Motorsport	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8	D	66	Andrea Bertolini	All
Rory Butcher	All
Robert Smith	All
Proton Competition	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6	D	77	Mike Hedlund	All
Wolf Henzler	All
Marco Seefried	1, 3–6
Robert Renauer	2
88	Christian Ried	All
Gianluca Roda	All
Richard Lietz	1
Klaus Bachler	2
Matteo Cairoli	3, 5
David Jahn	4
Ben Barker	6
Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin AM05 4.5 L V8	D	96	Roald Goethe	1
Stuart Hall	1
Richie Stanaway	1
99	Andrew Howard	All
Alex MacDowall	All
Darren Turner	All

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	1
Frédéric Sausset	1
Christophe Tinseau	1

Bold indicates overall winner.

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

Points are awarded according to the following structure:

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