ELMS attracts 36 entries for 2017 season
European Le Mans Series organisers have revealed a 36-car entry list for the 2017 season.
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The entry, which is down from last year's 44 cars, is split into 13 cars in the new-look LMP2 class, 16 in LMP3 and seven in GTE.
Three of the four designated 2017 LMP2 manufacturers are represented in the ELMS, with Ligier's new JS P217 being the best represented at five cars.
Panis-Barthez, Algarve Pro Racing and IDEC Sport return of last year's Ligier contingent, joined by LMP3 graduates United Autosports and Tockwith Motorsports.
While Oreca 07s dominated the WEC entry list, only four are entered for the full ELMS season.
DragonSpeed and G-Drive Racing (no longer in association with Jota Sport) both return, while French squad Graff steps up from LMP3 with a two-car effort.
Dallaras from SMP Racing, Racing Team Nederland, Villorba Corse and High Class Racing complete the class.
The 16-strong LMP3 field is dominated by Ligier JSP3s, with only one Ave-Riley AR-2 and three Norma M30s interrupting the French marque's monopoly.
Three Ferraris, two Porsches and two Aston Martins make up the GTE class.
Entry list:
No |
Team |
Car |
Drivers |
---|---|---|---|
LMP2 - 13 cars |
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21 | DragonSpeed | Oreca 07-Gibson |
Ben Hanley Henrik Hedman Nicolas Lapierre |
22 | G-Drive Racing | Oreca 07-Gibson |
Memo Rojas |
23 | Panis-Barthez Competion | Ligier JSP217-Gibson |
Fabien Barthez Timothe Buret |
25 | Algarve Pro Racing | Ligier JSP217-Gibson |
Andrea Roda |
27 | SMP Racing | Dallara P217-Gibson |
Mikhail Aleshin |
28 | IDEC Sport Racing | Ligier JSP217-Gibson |
Patrice Lafargue Paul Lafargue Olivier Pla |
29 | Racing Team Nederland | Dallara P217-Gibson |
Jan Lammers Rubens Barrichello Fritz van Eerd |
32 | United Autosports | Ligier JSP217-Gibson |
Will Owen Hugo de Sadeleer |
34 | Tockwith Motorsport | Ligier JSP217-Gibson |
Nigel Moore Philip Hanson |
39 | Graff | Oreca 07-Gibson |
James Allen Franck Matelli |
40 | Graff | Oreca 07-Gibson |
Eric Trouillet Paul Petit Enzo Guibbert |
47 | Villorba Corse | Dallara P217-Gibson |
Roberto Lacorte Andrea Belicchi Giorgio Sernagiotto |
49 | High Class Racing | Dallara P217-Gibson | Dennis Anderson |
LMP3 - 16 cars |
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2 | United Autosports | Ligier JSP3-Nissan |
John Falb Sean Rayhall |
3 | United Autosports | Ligier JSP3-Nissan |
Mark Patterson Wayne Boyd Christian England |
5 | By Speed Factory | Ligier JSP3-Nissan |
Tim Muller Jurgen Krebs |
6 | 360 Racing | Ave Riley AR-2-Nissan | Terrence Woodward |
7 | Duqueine Engineering | Ligier JSP3-Nissan | Antonin Borga |
8 | Duqueine Engineering | Ligier JSP3-Nissan | Maxime Pialat |
9 | AT Racing | Ligier JSP3-Nissan | Alexander Talkanitsa |
10 | Oregon Team | Norma M30-Nissan |
Davide Roda Andres Mendez |
11 | Eurointernational | Ligier JSP3-Nissan | Giorgio Mondini |
12 | Eurointernational | Ligier JSP3-Nissan | Andrea Dromedari |
13 | Inter Europol Competition | Ligier JSP3-Nissan | Jakub Smiechowski |
14 | RLR M Sport | Ligier JSP3-Nissan |
John Farano Morten Dons Alex Kapadia |
15 | Panis-Barthez Competion |
Ligier JSP3-Nissan |
Eric Debard |
17 | Ultimate | Norma M30-Nissan | Mathieu Lahaye |
18 | M.Racing - YMR | Ligier JSP3-Nissan |
Alexandre Cougnaud Antoine Jung |
19 | M.Racing - YMR | Norma M30-Nissan | Yann Ehrlacher |
GTE - 7 cars |
|||
51 | Spirit of Race | Ferrari F488 GTE | Gianluca Roda |
55 | Spirit of Race | Ferrari F488 GTE | Duncan Cameron |
66 | JMW Motorsport | Ferrari F458 Italia | Robert Smith |
77 | Proton Competition | Porsche 911 RSR (991) | Christian Ried |
88 | Proton Competition | Porsche 911 RSR (991) | Wolf Henzler |
90 | TF Sport | Aston Martin V8 Vantage |
Salih Yoluc Euan Hankey Nicki Thiim |
99 | Beechdean AMR | Aston Martin V8 Vantage | Andrew Howard |
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