G-Drive Racing 'Mighty 38' No. 38 Gibson 015S, winner of the 2016 European Le Mans Series in the LMP2 classThe 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.[ 1]
Regulations
The GTC class for GT3 was dropped due to a lack of entries during 2015 and the creation of the GT3 Le Mans Cup .[ 2]
Calendar
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 .[ 1]
Entry list
The entry list was announced on 5 February 2016.[ 3]
LMP2
LMP3
GTE
Innovative car
Results and standings
Race results
Bold indicates overall winner.
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.[ 23]
Teams Championships
Points are awarded according to the following structure:
Position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
Pole
Points
25
18
15
12
10
8
6
4
2
1
0.5
1
LMP2 Teams Championship
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 – Pole
LMP3 Teams Championship
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 – Pole
GTE Teams Championship
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 – Pole
Drivers Championships
Points are awarded according to the following structure:
Position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
Pole
Points
25
18
15
12
10
8
6
4
2
1
0.5
1
LMP2 Drivers Championship
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 – Pole
LMP3 Drivers Championship
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 – Pole
GTE Drivers Championship
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 – Pole
References
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