The 2021 European Le Mans Series was the eighteenth season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's (ACO) European Le Mans Series. The six-event season began at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on 18 April and finished at Algarve International Circuit on 24 October.^[1]

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

Calendar

The calendar for the 2021 season was announced on 8 October 2020. The Red Bull Ring returned to the series after a two-year absence, while Silverstone was not featured on the calendar.^[2]

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Location	Date
1	4 Hours of Barcelona	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	Montmeló, Spain	18 April
2	4 Hours of the Red Bull Ring	Red Bull Ring	Spielberg, Austria	16 May
3	4 Hours of Le Castellet	Circuit Paul Ricard	Le Castellet, France	6 June[a]
4	4 Hours of Monza	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	Monza, Italy	11 July
5	4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Spa, Belgium	19 September
6	4 Hours of Portimão	Algarve International Circuit	Portimão, Portugal	24 October

Entries

LMP2

All cars in the LMP2 class used the Gibson GK428 V8 engine and Goodyear tyres.^[3] Entries in the LMP2 Pro-Am Cup, set aside for teams with a Bronze-rated driver in their line-up, are denoted with Icons.

Entrant/Team Chassis No. MISC Drivers Rounds IDEC Sport[4][5] Oreca 07 17 PA Dwight Merriman[5] 1–4 Kyle Tilley[5] 1–4 Ryan Dalziel[5] 1–2, 4 Gabriel Aubry[6] 3 28 P2 Paul-Loup Chatin[4] All Paul Lafargue[4] All Patrick Pilet[4] 1–2, 4–6 Jean-Éric Vergne[6] 3 DragonSpeed USA[7] Oreca 07 21 PA Ben Hanley[8] 1–2, 4 Henrik Hedman[7] 1–2, 4 Ricky Taylor[8] 1 Gustavo Menezes[9] 2 Juan Pablo Montoya[10] 4 United Autosports[11] Oreca 07 22 P2 Jonathan Aberdein[12] All Tom Gamble[13] All Phil Hanson[11] All 32 P2 Nico Jamin[14] All Manuel Maldonado[15] All Job van Uitert[11] All Algarve Pro Racing[16] Oreca 07 24 P2 Richard Bradley[16] All Ferdinand Habsburg[16] All Diego Menchaca[16] 1–5 Sophia Flörsch[17] 6 G-Drive Racing[7] Aurus 01 25 PA Rui Andrade[7] All John Falb[7] All Pietro Fittipaldi[18] 1 Roberto Merhi[19] 2–4 Gustavo Menezes[20] 5–6 26 P2 Franco Colapinto[21] All Roman Rusinov[7] All Nyck de Vries[21] 1–3, 5–6 Mikkel Jensen[22] 4 Ultimate[23] Oreca 07 29 PA Jean-Baptiste Lahaye[23] All Matthieu Lahaye[23] All François Heriau[23] 1–4 Gianluca Giraudi[24] 6 Duqueine Team[25] Oreca 07 30 P2 René Binder[25] All Tristan Gommendy[25] All Memo Rojas[25] All Racing Team Turkey[26] Oreca 07 34 PA Charlie Eastwood[26] All Salih Yoluç[26] All Harry Tincknell[26] 1, 3, 5–6 Logan Sargeant[27] 2, 4 BHK Motorsport[7] Oreca 07 35 P2 Sergio Campana[7] All Francesco Dracone[7] All Markus Pommer[28] All Cool Racing[29] Oreca 07 37 PA Alexandre Coigny[29] All Nicolas Lapierre[29] All Antonin Borga[29] 1–4 Charles Milesi[29] 5–6 Graff Racing[30] Oreca 07 39 PA Vincent Capillaire[30] 1–4, 6 Arnold Robin[30] 1–4, 6 Maxime Robin[30] 1–4, 6 Team WRT[31] Oreca 07 41 P2 Louis Delétraz[32] All Robert Kubica[31] All Yifei Ye[32] All Panis Racing[33] Oreca 07 65 P2 Julien Canal[33] All Will Stevens[33] All Gabriel Aubry[28] 1 James Allen[33] 2–6 Realteam Racing[10] Oreca 07 70 PA Loïc Duval[10] 4 Esteban Garcia[10] 4 Jota Sport[34] Oreca 07 82 P2 Sean Gelael[34] 4 Jazeman Jaafar[34] 4 Racing Team Nederland[35] Oreca 07 92 PA Frits van Eerd [nl][35] 4 Giedo van der Garde[35] 4

Icon MISC P2 LMP2 PA LMP2 Pro-Am Cup

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