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2022 European Le Mans Series
Prema Racing No. 9 Oreca 07, winner of the 2022 European Le Mans Series in the LMP2 class
The 2022 European Le Mans Series was the nineteenth season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's (ACO) European Le Mans Series. The six-event season began at Circuit Paul Ricard on 17 April and finished at Algarve International Circuit on 16 October.
The series was open to Le Mans Prototypes, divided into the LMP2 and LMP3 classes, and grand tourer-style racing cars in the LMGTE class.
The provisional calendar for the 2022 season was announced on 17 September 2021. The Imola Circuit will return to the series after a 6-year absence, while the Red Bull Ring will not feature on the calendar. On 28 February 2022, it was announced that a round at the Hungaroring would be replaced by the Monza Circuit.
| Rnd | Race | Circuit | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Hours of Le Castellet | Circuit Paul Ricard | Le Castellet, France | 17 April | |
| 4 Hours of Imola | Imola Circuit | Imola, Italy | 15 May | |
| 4 Hours of Monza | Monza Circuit | Monza, Italy | 3 July | |
| 4 Hours of Barcelona | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | Montmeló, Spain | 28 August | |
| 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Stavelot, Belgium | 25 September | |
| 4 Hours of Portimão | Algarve International Circuit | Portimão, Portugal | 16 October | |
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All cars in the LMP2 class used the Gibson GK428 V8 engine and Goodyear tyres. Entries in the LMP2 Pro-Am Cup, set aside for teams with a Bronze-rated driver in their line-up, are denoted with Icons.
- Augusto Farfus was scheduled to compete for BHK Motorsport, but did not appear at any rounds.
All cars in the LMP3 class used the Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine and Michelin tyres.
| Entrant/Team | Chassis | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Autosports | Ligier JS P320 | 2 | Josh Caygill | All |
| Finn Gehrsitz | All | |||
| Bailey Voisin | All | |||
| 3 | Andrew Bentley | All | ||
| Kay van Berlo | All | |||
| James McGuire | 1, 3–6 | |||
| DKR Engineering | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 4 | Sebastián Álvarez | All |
| Alexander Bukhantsov | All | |||
| Tom Van Rompuy | 1–2, 4–6 | |||
| James Winslow | 3 | |||
| RLR MSport | Ligier JS P320 | 5 | Nick Adcock | All |
| Michael Jensen | All | |||
| Alex Kapadia | All | |||
| 15 | Valentino Catalano | All | ||
| Horst Felbermayr Jr. | All | |||
| Austin McCusker | All | |||
| 360 Racing | Ligier JS P320 | 6 | Ross Kaiser | All |
| Terrence Woodward | All | |||
| Mark Richards | 1–5 | |||
| Santiago Concepción Serrano | 6 | |||
| Nielsen Racing | Ligier JS P320 | 7 | James Littlejohn | 1–3, 5–6 |
| Anthony Wells | 1–3, 5–6 | |||
| Eurointernational | Ligier JS P320 | 10 | Xavier Lloveras | All |
| Glenn van Berlo | 1–4 | |||
| Tom Cloet | 1 | |||
| Adrien Chila | 2–3 | |||
| Freddie Hunt | 4 | |||
| Miguel Cristóvão | 5–6 | |||
| 11 | Max Koebolt | All | ||
| Marcos Siebert | 1–2 | |||
| Adrien Chila | 1 | |||
| Jérôme de Sadeleer | 2–6 | |||
| Louis Rousset | 4 | |||
| Santiago Concepción Serrano | 5 | |||
| Inter Europol Competition | Ligier JS P320 | 13 | Charles Crews | All |
| Guilherme Oliveira | All | |||
| Nico Pino | All | |||
| 14 | Noam Abramczyk | All | ||
| James Dayson | All | |||
| Mateusz Kaprzyk | All | |||
| Cool Racing | Ligier JS P320 | 17 | Mike Benham | All |
| Malthe Jakobsen | All | |||
| Maurice Smith | All | |||
| 27 | Antoine Doquin | All | ||
| Jean-Ludovic Foubert | All | |||
| Nicolas Maulini | All |
All cars in the LMGTE class used Goodyear tyres.
| Entrant/Team | Chassis | Engine | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absolute Racing | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 | 18 | Andrew Haryanto | All |
| Alessio Picariello | All | ||||
| Martin Rump | All | ||||
| Rinaldi Racing | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 | 32 | Nicolás Varrone | All |
| Pierre Ehret | 1–5 | ||||
| Memo Gidley | 1 | ||||
| Gabriele Lancieri | 2–3 | ||||
| Diego Alessi | 4–6 | ||||
| 33 | Fabrizio Crestani | 1–3, 5–6 | |||
| Christian Hook | 1–3, 5–6 | ||||
| Óscar Tunjo | 1–2 | ||||
| Jeroen Bleekemolen | 3, 5–6 | ||||
| Spirit of Race | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 | 55 | Duncan Cameron | All |
| Matt Griffin | All | ||||
| David Perel | All | ||||
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 | 57 | Mikkel Jensen | All |
| Frederik Schandorff | All | ||||
| Takeshi Kimura | 1–4, 6 | ||||
| Conrad Grunewald | 5 | ||||
| Iron Lynx | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 | 60 | Matteo Cressoni | All |
| Davide Rigon | All | ||||
| Claudio Schiavoni | All | ||||
| 83 | Sarah Bovy | All | |||
| Michelle Gatting | All | ||||
| Rahel Frey | 1–3 | ||||
| Doriane Pin | 4–6 | ||||
| JMW Motorsport | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 | 66 | Sean Hudspeth | All |
| Giacomo Petrobelli | All | ||||
| Matthew Payne | 1–3, 5–6 | ||||
| Miguel Molina | 4 | ||||
| Oman Racing with TF Sport | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 | 69 | Ahmad Al Harthy | All |
| Sam De Haan | All | ||||
| Marco Sørensen | All | ||||
| 95 | Jonathan Adam | All | |||
| Henrique Chaves | All | ||||
| John Hartshorne | All | ||||
| Proton Competition | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 | 77 | Gianmaria Bruni | All |
| Lorenzo Ferrari | All | ||||
| Christian Ried | All | ||||
| 93 | Michael Fassbender | All | |||
| Richard Lietz | All | ||||
| Zacharie Robichon | All |
- Kessel Racing was scheduled to enter a second Ferrari 488 GTE Evo for Michał Broniszewski and two unconfirmed drivers, but withdrew in late March. They were replaced by the #6 LMP3 Ligier of 360 Racing, originally a reserve entry.
Bold indicates overall winner.
| Rnd. | Circuit | Pole | LMP2 Winning Team | LMP2 Pro-Am Winning Team | LMP3 Winning Team | LMGTE Winning Team | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Castellet | No. 31 TDS Racing x Vaillante | No. 9 Prema Racing | No. 34 Racing Team Turkey | No. 17 Cool Racing | No. 32 Rinaldi Racing | Race ReportRace Results | |
| Mathias Beche Philippe Cimadomo Tijmen van der Helm | Lorenzo Colombo Louis Delétraz Ferdinand Habsburg | Jack Aitken Charlie Eastwood Salih Yoluç | Mike Benham Malthe Jakobsen Maurice Smith | Pierre Ehret Memo Gidley Nicolás Varrone | |||
| Imola | No. 88 AF Corse | No. 9 Prema Racing | No. 34 Racing Team Turkey | No. 3 United Autosports | No. 69 Oman Racing with TF Sport | Race ReportRace Results | |
| Nicklas Nielsen François Perrodo Alessio Rovera | Lorenzo Colombo Louis Delétraz Ferdinand Habsburg | Jack Aitken Charlie Eastwood Salih Yoluç | Andrew Bentley Kay van Berlo | Ahmad Al Harthy Sam De Haan Marco Sørensen | |||
| Monza | No. 31 TDS Racing x Vaillante | No. 28 IDEC Sport | No. 24 Nielsen Racing | No. 13 Inter Europol Competition | No. 60 Iron Lynx | Race ReportRace Results | |
| Mathias Beche Philippe Cimadomo Tijmen van der Helm | Paul-Loup Chatin Paul Lafargue Patrick Pilet | Matt Bell Ben Hanley Rodrigo Sales | Charles Crews Guilherme Oliveira Nico Pino | Davide Rigon Matteo Cressoni Claudio Schiavoni | |||
| Catalunya | No. 65 Panis Racing | No. 9 Prema Racing | No. 88 AF Corse | No. 13 Inter Europol Competition | No. 77 Proton Competition | Race ReportRace Results | |
| Julien Canal Nico Jamin Job van Uitert | Lorenzo Colombo Louis Delétraz Ferdinand Habsburg | Nicklas Nielsen François Perrodo Alessio Rovera | Charles Crews Guilherme Oliveira Nico Pino | Gianmaria Bruni Lorenzo Ferrari Christian Ried | |||
| Spa-Francorchamps | No. 37 Cool Racing | No. 22 United Autosports | No. 34 Racing Team Turkey | No. 13 Inter Europol Competition | No. 57 Kessel Racing | Race ReportRace Results | |
| Niklas Krütten Nicolas Lapierre Yifei Ye | Tom Gamble Phil Hanson Duncan Tappy | Will Stevens Charlie Eastwood Salih Yoluç | Charles Crews Guilherme Oliveira Nico Pino | Conrad Grunewald Mikkel Jensen Frederik Schandorff | |||
| Algarve | No. 34 Racing Team Turkey | No. 9 Prema Racing | No. 34 Racing Team Turkey | No. 17 Cool Racing | No. 83 Iron Lynx | Race ReportRace Results | |
| Jack Aitken Charlie Eastwood Salih Yoluç | Juan Manuel Correa Louis Delétraz Ferdinand Habsburg | Jack Aitken Charlie Eastwood Salih Yoluç | Mike Benham Malthe Jakobsen Maurice Smith | Sarah Bovy Michelle Gatting Doriane Pin | |||
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Points are awarded according to the following structure:
Points are awarded according to the following structure:
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