elms News and Analysis

Manuel Maldonado, the cousin of one-time grand prix winner Pastor, will move into sportscar racing for the 2021 season after signing a deal to race for United Autosports in the European Le Mans Series.

New rules on driver line-ups in the LMP2 class of the FIA World Endurance Championship announced last week will be revised before the 2021 season. 

United Autosports duo Phil Hanson and Filipe Albuquerque clinched the European Le Mans Series title with a round to spare with a third consecutive win at Monza.

The Red Bull Ring has been added to a six-round provisional schedule for the 2021 European Le Mans Series.

Paul-Loup Chatin will not take part in this weekend's European Le Mans Series round at Monza after testing positive for COVID-19.

Reigning European Le Mans Series champion Memo Rojas has announced he will not participate in the remaining two rounds of the 2020 season.

Sophia Floersch is set to make her LMP2 race debut in this month's European Le Mans Series race at Paul Ricard, which will mean missing the Spa round of the FIA Formula 3 series.

Barcelona has lost its place on the 2020 European Le Mans Series calendar amid a worsening of the coronavirus situation in Spain, and will be replaced by a second race at Paul Ricard.

The British Carlin team expects to resume racing in the LMP2 ranks this year despite opting out of the first two rounds of the 2020 European Le Mans Series season.

Former R-Motorsport Aston Martin DTM driver Jake Dennis will return to the prototype ranks for the first time in four years at the Spa European Le Mans Series round next month.

Katherine Legge has been released from hospital following surgery in the wake of a testing accident prior to Sunday’s Paul Ricard European Le Mans Series round. 

Hollywood star Michael Fassbender will contest this year's European Le Mans Series at the wheel of a Porsche GTE car as part of a bid to fulfil his ambition to race at the Le Mans 24 Hours.

Carlin has opted to withdraw its LMP2 entry from the opening round of the European Le Mans Series at Paul Ricard next weekend.

BMW factory driver Augusto Farfus will make a return to the FIA World Endurance Championship with Aston Martin for the final rounds of the 2019/20 season, replacing Darren Turner.

Mercedes Formula E driver Nyck de Vries will contest the 2020 European Le Mans Series season for G-Drive Racing.

Long-time Audi DTM outfit Phoenix Racing has outlined its intentions to transition fully to sportscar racing next year, with a potential Le Mans 24 Hours assault on the radar.

Le Mans 24 Hours winner Loic Duval will lead Algarve Pro’s driver line-up in the coronavirus-delayed 2020 European Le Mans season.

DragonSpeed owner Elton Julian has committed to readying his team for the Indianapolis 500, while also continuing in the reduced-schedule IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and European Le Mans Series.

The European Le Mans Series has issued a revised calendar for the 2020 season, with Silverstone dropping from the schedule in line with the FIA World Endurance Championship event being axed.

Jean-Eric Vergne will scale down his sportscar commitments in 2020 and focus on Formula E and a third consecutive Le Mans 24 campaign with G-Drive Racing.

Katherine Legge, Tatiana Calderon and Sophia Floersch will form an all-female line-up in the European Le Mans Series this year, and could race in the Le Mans 24 Hours.

The European Le Mans Series has revealed its entry list for the 2020 season, featuring a bumper grid of 40 cars.

Harrison Newey says he is still finalising his plans for 2020, which could include a second season in Super Formula or a return to the European Le Mans Series.

Job van Uitert will race for the United Autosports LMP2 team in the 2020 European Le Mans Series season and the Le Mans 24 Hours.

The European Le Mans Series has announced that the number of automatic Le Mans 24 Hours invitations it grants will depend on grid sizes for the 2020 season.

Equalising the performance of the different LMP2 chassis over the remainder of the lifespan of the current formula has been ruled out. 

IDEC Sport snatched the European Le Mans Series title away from G-Drive Racing by winning the season finale at Portimao, as a penalty picked up by Job van Uitert cost the Russian squad dear.

The European Le Mans Series has unveiled a six-round schedule for 2020, with the Barcelona round moved forward to take the season-opening slot.

The Carlin LMP2 team will sit out next weekend's Spa round of the European Le Mans Series after Jack Manchester's heavy crash in the previous race at Silverstone.

Harrison Newey has been drafted in to replace the injured Jack Manchester at the Carlin LMP2 squad for the remainder of this weekend's Silverstone European Le Mans Series round.

The United Autosports and Panis-Barthez teams have explained why they have swapped from Ligier to Oreca chassis for their lead European Le Mans Series entries ahead of this month's Silverstone round.

Former Audi DTM driver Adrien Tambay will make his prototype debut in this month's Barcelona European Le Mans Series round.

G-Drive Racing boss Roman Rusinov says the rebranding of its Oreca LMP2 car is "just the start" of the team's new tie-up with Russian luxury car maker Aurus.

Ford and Mazda factory driver Harry Tincknell will return to the European Le Mans Series with the new Carlin LMP2 team this season. 

Ex-Formula 1 test driver Dani Clos will make a full-season comeback in the European Le Mans Series this year.

Pirelli World Challenge SprintX stars Wei Lu and Jeff Segal have confirmed their fulltime racing plans in the European Le Mans Series in 2019, bringing their Ferrari of Vancouver backing to the JMW Motorsport squad.

LMP1 refugee Alex Brundle will race for the United Autosports squad in this year's European Le Mans Series.

Top single-seater team Carlin will expand into the sportscar ranks for the first time this season with an entry into the European Le Mans Series.

Ex-Formula 2 driver Arjun Maini has signed a deal with RLR MSport that will encompass the Le Mans 24 Hours and a full-season campaign in the European Le Mans Series.

Ex-Formula 1 driver Bruno Senna will contest the European Le Mans Series this season with the RLR MSport LMP2 squad.

Formula E champion Jean-Eric Vergne will continue his endurance racing programme with the Russian G-Drive Racing outfit in 2019, the team has announced.

The United Autosports Ligier of Filipe Albuquerque and Phil Hanson won for the second time in a row during the European Le Mans Series season finale at Portimao.

United Autosports secured victory in a red-flagged 4 Hours of Spa ELMS event, as the #26 G-Drive crew clinched the LMP2 drivers' title despite a nightmare race.

The 2019 European Le Mans Series calendar has been announced, with Barcelona becoming the latest addition to the schedule.

G-Drive Racing strengthened its European Le Mans Series title bid with a third straight victory at Silverstone, as chief championship rival Racing Engineering crashed out in the final half hour.

G-Drive Racing scored a second successive European Le Mans Series victory at the Red Bull Ring after a race-long strategic battle with Duqueine Engineeering in wet/dry conditions.

Paul-Loup Chatin scored IDEC Sport’s second pole position of the 2018 European Le Mans Series season by just 0.019 seconds during qualifying for the Red Bull Ring round on Saturday.

Jean-Eric Vergne, Andrea Pizzitola and Roman Rusinov took their second victory in a week for G-Drive Racing at the second round of the European Le Mans Series at Monza.