Dit seizoen bringt it Europeesk Kampioenskip fan de Le Mans Series ús wat ferrassingen, sawol fan de teams en sjauffeurs, as fan de masines.
De European Le Mans Series is ien fan de meast kompetitive endurance kampioenskippen yn 'e wrâld. Mei de pre-season tests al op 1 en 2 april, op it circuit fan Paul Ricard, makket it hiele team har op foar de ynaugurele ronde fan it kampioenskip, op it circuit fan Silverstone, op 18 en 19 april. It Estoril Circuit hat de eare om it kampioenskip te sluten, op 18 en 19 oktober.
It grutte nijs yn dizze edysje fan 'e European Le Mans Series is de oanwêzigens fan' e Portugeeske sjauffeur, Filipe Albuquerque, by de kontrôles fan 'e Audi R18 e-tron, fan it Audi Sport Team Joest-team. Notysje ek de oanwêzigens fan Sebastien Loeb yn 'e LMP2-klasse, mei it Sebastien Loeb Racing Oreca-team.
De Nissan ZEOD RC sil ek syn ferskining meitsje, hoewol it is registrearre yn reservearrings.
Yn 'e LMP2-klasse binne Nissan / Nismo-meganika, mei it atmosfearblok VK45DE, de kar fan de measte teams. Mei in gewicht fan mar 144 kg, dizze motor jout ús 460 pk en 570 Nm maksimum koppel. Erkend foar syn betrouberens, dizze motor waard keazen foar macht hast alle LMP2 klasse auto.
Ligier markeart ek har werom, stipe troch it TDS Racing-team. Yn 'e GT-klassen sil de striid ynteressant wêze tusken de modellen Ferrari 458 Italia, Corvette C7, Aston Martin Vantage V8 en op it lêst de altyd kompetitive Porsche 911 RSR.
Wy litte jo mei de offisjele list mei ynstjoerings foar de European Le Mans Series.
Teams en riders:
LMP1
Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 E-Tron Quattro Lucas di Grassi
Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 E-Tron Quattro Marcel Fassler
Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 E-Tron Quattro Filipe Albuquerque
Toyota Racing Toyota TS040-Hybrid Alexander Wurz
Toyota Racing Toyota TS040-Hybride Anthony Davidson
Porsche Team Porsche 919-Hybrid Romain Dumas
Porsche Team Porsche 919-Hybrid Timo Bernhard
Lotus Lotus T129-AER Christijan Albers
Rebellion Racing Rebellion-Toyota R-One Nicolas Prost
Rebellion Racing Rebellion-Toyota R-One Mathias Beche
LMP2
Strakka Racing Dome Strakka S103-Nissan Nick Leventis
Millennium Racing ORECA 03-Nissan Fabien Giroix
Millennium Racing ORECA 03-Nissan Stefan Johansson
Sebastien Loeb Racing ORECA 03-Nissan Rene Rast
G-Drive Racing Morgan-Nissan Roman Rusinov
SMP Racing ORECA 03-Nissan Kirill Ladygin
OAK Racing-Team Asia Ligier JSP2-HPD David Cheng
Race Performance ORECA 03-Judd Michel Frey
OAK Racing Morgan-Nissan Alex Brundle
Signatech Alpine Alpine A450-Nissan Paul-Loup Chatin
SMP Racing ORECA 03-Nissan Sergey Zlobin
Jota Sport Zytek Z11SN-Nissan Simon Dolan
Greaves Motorsport Zytek Z11SN-Nissan Tom Kimber-Smith
Newblood troch Morand Morgan-Judd Christian Klien
Thiriet by TDS Racing Ligier JSP2-Nissan Pierre Thiriet
KCMG ORECA 03-Nissan Matt Howson
Murphy Prototypes ORECA 03-Nissan Greg Murphy
Reservaasjes:
Larbre Competition Morgan-Judd Jacques Nicolet
Signatech Alpine Alpine A450-Nissan Nelson Panciatici
Caterham Racing Zytek Z11SN-Nissan Chris Dyson
Boutsen Ginion Racing ORECA 03-Nissan Vincent Capillaire
Pegasus Racing Morgan-Nissan Julien Schell
GTE Pro
AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia Gianmaria Bruni
Ram Racing Ferrari 458 Italia Matt Griffin
AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia Davide Rigon
Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette-C7 Jan Magnussen
Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette-C7 Oliver Gavin
Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage V8 Bruno Senna
Porsche Team Manthey Porsche 911 RSR Patrick Pilet
Porsche Team Manthey Porsche 911 RSR Marco Holzer
SRT Motorsports Viper GTS-R Rob Bell
SRT Motorsports Viper GTS-R Jeroen Bleekemolen
Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage V8 Darren Turner
Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage V8 Stefan Mucke
GTE Am
Ram Racing Ferrari 458 Italia Johnny Mowlem
Team Sofrev Asp Ferrari 458 Italia Fabien Barthez
AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia Peter Ashley Mann
AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia Luis Perez Companc
AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia Yannick Mallegol
IMSA Performance Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Erik Maris
SMP Racing Ferrari 458 Italia Andrea Bertolini
Prospeed Competition Porsche 911 GT3 RSR François Perrodo
Dempsey Racing-Proton Porsche 911 RSR Patrick Dempsey
AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia Stephen Wyatt
Craft Racing Aston Martin Vantage V8 Frank Yu
Proton Competition Porsche 911 RSR Christian Ried
8 Star Motorsports Ferrari 458 Italia Vicente Poolicchio
Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage V8 Kristian Poulsen
Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage V8 Richie Stanaway
Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage V8 Paul Dalla Lana
Reservaasjes:
JMW Motorsport Ferrari 458 Italia George Richardson
Team Taisan Ferrari 458 Italia Matteo Malucelli
Imsa Performance Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Raymond Narac
Prospeed Competition Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Xavier Maassen
Risi Competizione Ferrari 458 Italia Tracy Krohn
'Garage 56'
Nissan Motorsports Nissan ZEOD RC Lucas Ordonez