2026 European Le Mans Series

The 2026 European Le Mans Series will be the twenty-third season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's (ACO) European Le Mans Series. The six-event season will begin at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on 12 April and is scheduled to finish at Algarve International Circuit on 10 October.[1]

The series is open to Le Mans Prototypes, divided into the LMP2 and LMP3 classes, and grand tourer-style racing cars in the LMGT3 class.

Calendar

The provisional calendar for the 2026 season was announced on 28 August 2025. The calendar features the same six circuits in the same order as the previous season.[1][2]

In addition to the Le Mans Cup and Ligier European Series, the Eurocup-3 single-seater championship is scheduled to join the support race lineup for the rounds at Circuit Paul Ricard, Imola Circuit and Silverstone Circuit.[3]

Locations of the 2026 races
Rnd Race Circuit Location Date
Prologue Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Montmeló, Spain 6/7 April
1 4 Hours of Barcelona 12 April
2 4 Hours of Le Castellet Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France 3 May
3 4 Hours of Imola Imola Circuit Imola, Italy 5 July
4 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Stavelot, Belgium 23 August
5 Goodyear 4 Hours of Silverstone Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, United Kingdom 13 September
6 4 Hours of Portimão Algarve International Circuit Portimão, Portugal 10 October
Sources:[4]

Entries

LMP2

All cars in the LMP2 class use the Gibson GK428 V8 engine and Goodyear tyres. Entries in the LMP2 Pro-Am class, set aside for teams with a Bronze-rated driver in their line-up, are denoted with icons.

Entrant/Team Chassis No. MISC Drivers Rounds
DKR Engineering[5] Oreca 07 3 PA Jean Glorieux[5] TBC
Marlon Hernandez[5] TBC
TBA TBC
Vector Sport[5] Oreca 07 7 PA Jacob Abel[5] TBC
TBA TBC
TBA TBC
10 P2 Ryan Cullen[6] TBC
Pietro Fittipaldi[6] TBC
Vladislav Lomko[6][N 1] TBC
Proton Competition[5] Oreca 07 9 P2 Sebastian Priaulx[7] TBC
Jonas Ried[5] TBC
Mike Rockenfeller[7] TBC
88 PA Horst Felbermayr Jr.[5] TBC
Horst Felix Felbermayr[5] TBC
TBA TBC
TDS Racing[8] Oreca 07 14 PA Scott Huffaker[8] TBC
Sami Meguetounif[8] TBC
Steven Thomas[8] TBC
Forestier Racing by Panis[9] 29 P2 Oliver Gray[9] TBC
Esteban Masson[9] TBC
Louis Rousset[9] TBC
IDEC Sport[5] Oreca 07 18 P2 Jamie Chadwick[10] TBC
Laurents Hörr[11] TBC
Valerio Rinicella[11] TBC
28 P2 Paul-Loup Chatin[10] TBC
Paul Lafargue[5] TBC
Job van Uitert[5] TBC
Rossa Racing by Virage[5] Oreca 07 19 PA Manuel Espírito Santo[5] TBC
John Falb[5] TBC
Rik Koen[5] TBC
Algarve Pro Racing[5] Oreca 07 20 PA Malthe Jakobsen[5] TBC
Michael Jensen[5] TBC
Enzo Trulli[5] TBC
25 P2 Jake Hughes[12] TBC
Matthias Kaiser[5] TBC
Tristan Vautier[12] TBC
United Autosports[13] Oreca 07 21 PA Oliver Jarvis[13] TBC
Marino Sato[13] TBC
Daniel Schneider[13] TBC
22 P2 Ben Hanley[13] TBC
Griffin Peebles[13] TBC
Grégoire Saucy[13] TBC
Nielsen Racing[5] Oreca 07 24 P2 Roy Nissany[14] TBC
Edward Pearson[5] TBC
TBA TBC
27 PA James Allen[15] TBC
Kriton Lendoudis[16] TBC
Alex Quinn[16] TBC
Duqueine Team[17] Oreca 07 30 PA Doriane Pin[18] TBC
Giorgio Roda[17] TBC
Richard Verschoor[17] TBC
Inter Europol Competition[19] Oreca 07 34 P2 Reshad de Gerus[20] TBC
Bijoy Garg[19] TBC
43 P2 Tom Dillmann[19] TBC
Jakub Śmiechowski[19] TBC
Nick Yelloly[19] TBC
CLX Motorsport[5] Oreca 07 37 P2 Ian Aguilera[21] TBC
Adrien Closmenil[21] TBC
Theodor Jensen[21] TBC
47 PA Felipe Fraga[5] TBC
Georgios Kolovos[5] TBC
Charles Milesi[5] TBC
AF Corse[5] Oreca 07 83 PA Antonio Fuoco[22] TBC
François Perrodo[5] TBC
Matthieu Vaxivière[22] TBC
AO by TF[23] Oreca 07 99 PA Dane Cameron[23] TBC
Louis Delétraz[23] TBC
P. J. Hyett[23] TBC
Icon MISC
P2 LMP2
PA LMP2 Pro-Am

LMP3

All cars in the LMP3 class use the Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L twin-turbo V6 engine and Michelin tyres.[25]

Entrant/Team Chassis No. Drivers Rounds
DKR Engineering[5] Ligier JS P325 4 Romain Favre[5] TBC
Antti Rammo[5] TBC
TBA TBC
Rinaldi Racing[26] Ligier JS P325 5 José Cautela[26] TBC
Mikkel Gaarde Pedersen[26] TBC
Alvise Rodella[26] TBC
Team Virage[27] Ligier JS P325 8 Daniel Nogales[27] TBC
Matteo Quintarelli[27] TBC
Louis Stern[27] TBC
EuroInternational[28] Ligier JS P325 11 Matthew Richard Bell[28] TBC
Douwe Dedecker[28] TBC
Max van der Snel[28] TBC
Inter Europol Competition[19] Ligier JS P325 13 Alexander Bukhantsov[19][N 1] TBC
Chun-Ting Chou[19] TBC
Henry Cubides Olarte[19] TBC
CLX Motorsport[5] Ligier JS P325 17 Alexander Jacoby[5] TBC
Bruno Ribeiro[5] TBC
TBA TBC
Racing Spirit of Léman[5] Ligier JS P325 31 Ralph Meichtry[5] TBC
Grégory de Sybourg[5] TBC
TBA TBC
Ultimate[29] Ligier JS P325 35 Lucas Fecury[29] TBC
Sebastian Gravlund[29] TBC
Terrence Woodward[29] TBC
M Racing[5] Ligier JS P325 68 Nick Adcock[30] TBC
Quentin Antonel[30] TBC
Thomas Imbourg[30] TBC
R-ace GP[5] Duqueine D09 85 Fabien Michal[5] TBC
Pierre-Alexandre Provost[5] TBC
Hugo Schwarze[5] TBC
  • Isaac Tutumlu and Cindy Gudet were scheduled to compete for Rinaldi Racing and M Racing respectively, but were replaced prior to the start of the season.[5]
  • Matthieu Lahaye was scheduled to compete for the Ultimate team he co-owns, but stepped down prior to the start of the season.[5]

LMGT3

All cars in the LMGT3 class use Goodyear tyres.[31]

Entrant/Team Chassis Engine No. Drivers Rounds
United Autosports[13] McLaren 720S GT3 Evo McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 23 Michael Birch[13] TBC
Wayne Boyd[13] TBC
Garnet Patterson[13] TBC
TF Sport[32] Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8 33 Charlie Eastwood[32] TBC
Blake McDonald[32] TBC
Alec Udell[32] TBC
Richard Mille AF Corse[5] Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 50 Riccardo Agostini[33] TBC
Custodio Toledo[5] TBC
Lilou Wadoux[34] TBC
AF Corse[5] 51 Charles-Henri Samani[5] TBC
Davide Rigon[34] TBC
TBA TBC
Spirit of Race[5] 55 Duncan Cameron[5] TBC
TBA TBC
TBA TBC
High Class Racing[5] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 54 Auðunn Guðmundsson[5] TBC
TBA TBC
TBA TBC
Kessel Racing[35] Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 57 Mathys Jaubert[36] TBC
Takeshi Kimura[35] TBC
Daniel Serra[35] TBC
74 Andrew Gilbert[35] TBC
Romain Leroux[35] TBC
Fran Rueda[35] TBC
Racing Spirit of Léman[5] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 59 Marius Fossard[5] TBC
Valentin Hasse-Clot[5] TBC
Clément Mateu[5] TBC
Team Qatar by Iron Lynx[5] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 62 Abdulla Al-Khelaifi[5] TBC
TBA TBC
TBA TBC
Iron Lynx[5] 63 Rui Andrade[5] TBC
Ameerh Naran[5] TBC
Sérgio Sette Câmara[37] TBC
Proton Competition[5] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 77 "Bankcy"[5] TBC
TBA TBC
TBA TBC
91 Matt Kurzejewski[5] TBC
TBA TBC
TBA TBC
GR Racing[38] Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 86 Lorcan Hanafin[38] TBC
Mex Jansen[38] TBC
Michael Wainwright[38] TBC
  • Matt Bell was scheduled to compete for TF Sport, but was replaced prior to the start of the season.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Lomko and Bukhantsov are Russian, but they compete under French and Emirati licences respectively as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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