List of European Le Mans Series champions
The European Le Mans Series features several championships awarded by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest to the most successful competitors within each of the series categories each season. Since the first full season in 2004, championships have been awarded to the highest finishing drivers and teams, while the Michelin Energy Endurance Challenge was introduced in 2007. Constructors championships were introduced in 2008.
During the 2009 season, the Formula Le Mans Cup ran separate races at Le Mans Series events. Formula Le Mans was later absorbed into the Le Mans Series in 2010. Nico Verdonck won the Drivers' Championship while DAMS won the Teams Championship in the 2009 season.
Drivers' Championships
German driver Marc Lieb is the most successful driver in the European Le Mans Series, having four championships in the LMGT2 category between 2005 and 2008. Emmanuel Collard, Pedro Lamy, and Patrice Goueslard each have three championships.Current categories
LMP2
Season | Drivers | Team | Tyre | Poles | Wins | Podiums | Points | Clinched | Margin |
2004 | Alexander Frei Sam Hancock | Courage Compétition | 0 | 3 | 3 | 30 | Race 4 of 4 | 4 | |
2005 | Gareth Evans | Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport | 0 | 1 | 3 | 34 | Race 5 of 5 | 1 | |
2006 | Juan Barazi Michael Vergers | Barazi-Epsilon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 | Race 5 of 5 | 2 | |
2007 | Thomas Erdos Mike Newton | RML | 2 | 2 | 3 | 36 | Race 6 of 6 | 6 | |
2008 | Jos Verstappen | Van Merksteijn Motorsport | 5 | 4 | 5 | 48 | Race 4 of 5 | 10 | |
2009 | Miguel Amaral Olivier Pla | Quifel ASM Team | 3 | 2 | 3 | 33 | Race 5 of 5 | 9 | |
2010 | Thomas Erdos Mike Newton | RML | 0 | 1 | 3 | 75 | Race 5 of 5 | 6 | |
2011 | Tom Kimber-Smith Karim Ojjeh | Greaves Motorsport | 1 | 3 | 4 | 50 | Race 4 of 5 | 3 | |
2012 | Mathias Beche Pierre Thiriet | Thiriet by TDS Racing | 1 | 2 | 3 | 94 | Race 3 of 3 | 32 | |
2013 | Nelson Panciatici Pierre Ragues | Signatech Alpine | 0 | 1 | 3 | 85 | Race 5 of 5 | 18 | |
2014 | Paul-Loup Chatin Nelson Panciatici Oliver Webb | Signatech Alpine | 0 | 1 | 3 | 78 | Race 5 of 5 | 4 | |
2015 | Gary Hirsch Björn Wirdheim Jon Lancaster | Greaves Motorsport | 1 | 2 | 3 | 93 | Race 5 of 5 | 2 | |
2016 | Simon Dolan Harry Tincknell Giedo van der Garde | G-Drive Racing | 0 | 2 | 4 | 103 | Race 6 of 6 | 7 | |
2017 | Memo Rojas Leo Roussel | G-Drive Racing | 1 | 1 | 5 | 110 | Race 6 of 6 | 12 | |
2018 | Andrea Pizzitola Roman Rusinov | G-Drive Racing | 1 | 3 | 3 | 87 | Race 5 of 6 | 31 |
– Raced in the Michelin tyres for the first two rounds of the season.
LMGTE
Season | Drivers | Team | Tyre | Poles | Wins | Podiums | Points | Clinched | Margin |
2013 | Johnny Mowlem Matt Griffin | Ram Racing | 3 | 3 | 5 | 114 | Race 4 of 5 | 34 | |
2014 | Andrea Bertolini Viktor Shaytar Sergey Zlobin | SMP Racing | 3 | 2 | 3 | 85 | Race 5 of 5 | 3.5 | |
2015 | Johnny Laursen Mikkel Mac Andrea Rizzoli | Formula Racing | 0 | 2 | 3 | 83 | Race 5 of 5 | 4 | |
2016 | Andrew Howard Alex MacDowall Darren Turner | Aston Martin Racing | 1 | 2 | 3 | 98 | Race 6 of 6 | 5 | |
2017 | Jody Fannin Robert Smith | JMW Motorsport | 0 | 1 | 5 | 104 | Race 6 of 6 | 2 | |
2018 | Gianluca Roda Giorgio Roda | Proton Competition | 2 | 1 | 5 | 95.5 | Race 6 of 6 | 7.5 | |
2019 | Fabien Lavergne Nicklas Nielsen Alessandro Pier Guidi | Luzich Racing | 0 | 3 | 4 | TBA | Race 5 of 6 | TBA |
LMP3
Season | Drivers | Team | Tyre | Poles | Wins | Podiums | Points | Clinched | Margin |
2015 | Chris Hoy Charlie Robertson | Team LNT | 0 | 2 | 3 | 94 | Race 4 of 5 | 36 | |
2016 | Alex Brundle Christian England Mike Guasch | United Autosports | 1 | 3 | 5 | 109.5 | Race 5 of 6 | 36.5 | |
2017 | John Falb Sean Rayhall | United Autosports | 0 | 2 | 5 | 103 | Race 6 of 6 | 22 | |
2018 | John Farano Rob Garofall Job van Uitert | RLR Msport | 0 | 2 | 3 | 77.5 | Race 6 of 6 | 7.25 |
Defunct categories
LMP1
Season | Drivers | Team | Tyre | Poles | Wins | Podiums | Points | Clinched | Margin |
2004 | Johnny Herbert Jamie Davies | Audi Sport UK Veloqx | 0 | 2 | 4 | 34 | Race 4 of 4 | 6 | |
2005 | Jean-Christophe Boullion Emmanuel Collard | Pescarolo Sport | 2 | 2 | 3 | 34 | Race 5 of 5 | 2 | |
2006 | Jean-Christophe Boullion Emmanuel Collard | Pescarolo Sport | 2 | 5 | 5 | 50 | Race 4 of 5 | 36 | |
2007 | Pedro Lamy Stéphane Sarrazin | Team Peugeot Total | 1 | 3 | 5 | 40 | Race 6 of 6 | 3.5 | |
2008 | Alexandre Prémat Mike Rockenfeller | Audi Sport Team Joest | 0 | 0 | 4 | 35 | Race 5 of 5 | 3 | |
2009 | Jan Charouz Tomáš Enge Stefan Mücke | AMR Eastern Europe | 0 | 2 | 5 | 39 | Race 5 of 5 | 13 | |
2010 | Stéphane Sarrazin | Team Oreca Matmut | 0 | 1 | 3 | 78 | Race 5 of 5 | 15 | |
2011 | Emmanuel Collard Julien Jousse | Pescarolo Team | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50 | Race 5 of 5 | 3 |
LMGTS
LMGT
LMGT1
Season | Drivers | Team | Tyre | Poles | Wins | Podiums | Points | Clinched | Margin |
2005 | Michele Bartyan Christian Pescatori Toni Seiler | BMS Scuderia Italia | 1 | 2 | 4 | 35 | Race 5 of 5 | 0 | |
2006 | Gabriele Gardel Pedro Lamy Vincent Vosse | Aston Martin Racing Larbre | 2 | 2 | 3 | 32 | Race 5 of 5 | 4 | |
2007 | Soheil Ayari Stéphane Ortelli | Team Oreca | 4 | 4 | 4 | 40 | Race 6 of 6 | 3 | |
2008 | Patrice Goueslard Guillaume Moreau | Luc Alphand Aventures | 0 | 2 | 5 | 42 | Race 5 of 5 | 6 | |
2009 | Yann Clairay Patrice Goueslard | Luc Alphand Aventures | 1 | 2 | 5 | 39 | Race 5 of 5 | 10 | |
2010 | Gabriele Gardel Patrice Goueslard | Larbre Compétition | 2 | 4 | 4 | 97 | Race 4 of 5 | 33 |
LMGT2
Season | Drivers | Team | Tyre | Poles | Wins | Podiums | Points | Clinched | Margin |
2005 | Marc Lieb Xavier Pompidou | Sebah Automotive | 0 | 3 | 3 | 30 | Race 4 of 5 | 2 | |
2006 | Joël Camathias Marc Lieb | Autorlando Sport | 1 | 1 | 3 | 34 | Race 4 of 5 | 13 | |
2007 | Robert Bell | Virgo Motorsport | 2 | 2 | 6 | 48 | Race 5 of 6 | 9 | |
2008 | Robert Bell | Virgo Motorsport | 1 | 4 | 4 | 40 | Race 5 of 5 | 5 | |
2009 | Marc Lieb Richard Lietz | Team Felbermayr-Proton | 3 | 3 | 3 | 36 | Race 5 of 5 | 1 | |
2010 | Marc Lieb Richard Lietz | Team Felbermayr-Proton | 0 | 3 | 4 | 87 | Race 4 of 5 | 21 |
– Raced for the JMB Racing in the final round of the season.
FLM
LMGTE Pro
LMGTE Am
LMPC
– Raced for the CURTIS Racing Technologies in the first round of the season.GTC
Season | Drivers | Team | Tyre | Poles | Wins | Podiums | Points | Clinched | Margin |
2013 | Fabio Babini Kirill Ladygin Viktor Shaytar | SMP Racing | 0 | 4 | 4 | 100 | Race 5 of 5 | 24 | |
2014 | Olivier Beretta Anton Ladygin Devi Markozov | SMP Racing | 0 | 1 | 5 | 94 | Race 5 of 5 | 15.5 | |
2015 | Eric Dermont Dino Lunardi Franck Perera | TDS Racing | 3 | 2 | 4 | 101 | Race 5 of 5 | 20 |
Teams' Championships
France's Larbre Compétition has the most Teams' Championships in the European Le Mans Series with three, won in the LMGTS and LMGT1 categories between 2004 and 2010.Current categories
LMP2
Season | Team | Cars | Tyre | Poles | Wins | Podiums | Points | Clinched | Margin |
2004 | Courage Compétition | Courage C65-AER | 0 | 3 | 3 | 30 | Race 4 of 4 | 4 | |
2005 | Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport | Lola B05/40-AER | 0 | 1 | 3 | 34 | Race 5 of 5 | 1 | |
2006 | Barazi-Epsilon | Courage C65-AER | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 | Race 5 of 5 | 2 | |
2007 | RML | MG-Lola EX264-AER | 2 | 2 | 3 | 36 | Race 6 of 6 | 6 | |
2008 | Van Merksteijn Motorsport | Porsche RS Spyder Evo | 5 | 4 | 5 | 48 | Race 4 of 5 | 16 | |
2009 | Quifel ASM Team | Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S/2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 33 | Race 5 of 5 | 7 | |
2010 | RML | Lola B08/80-HPD | 0 | 1 | 3 | 75 | Race 5 of 5 | 6 | |
2011 | Greaves Motorsport | Zytek Z11SN-Nissan | 1 | 3 | 4 | 64 | Race 4 of 5 | 21 | |
2012 | Thiriet by TDS Racing | Oreca 03-Nissan | 1 | 2 | 3 | 94 | Race 3 of 3 | 23 | |
2013 | Signatech Alpine | Alpine A450-Nissan | 0 | 1 | 3 | 85 | Race 5 of 5 | 18 | |
2014 | Signatech Alpine | Alpine A450-Nissan | 0 | 1 | 3 | 78 | Race 5 of 5 | 4 | |
2015 | Greaves Motorsport | Gibson 015S-Nissan | 1 | 2 | 3 | 93 | Race 5 of 5 | 2 | |
2016 | G-Drive Racing | Gibson 015S-Nissan | 0 | 2 | 4 | 103 | Race 6 of 6 | 7 | |
2017 | G-Drive Racing | Oreca 07-Nissan | 1 | 1 | 5 | 110 | Race 6 of 6 | 12 |
LMGTE
Season | Team | Cars | Tyre | Poles | Wins | Podiums | Points | Clinched | Margin |
2013 | Ram Racing | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 114 | Race 4 of 5 | 34 | |
2014 | SMP Racing | Ferrari F458 Italia | 3 | 2 | 3 | 85 | Race 5 of 5 | 3.5 | |
2015 | Formula Racing | Ferrari F458 Italia | 0 | 2 | 3 | 83 | Race 5 of 5 | 4 | |
2016 | Aston Martin Racing | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | 1 | 2 | 3 | 98 | Race 6 of 6 | 5 | |
2017 | JMW Motorsport | Ferrari F458 Italia / Ferrari 488 GTE | 0 | 1 | 5 | 104 | Race 6 of 6 | 2 |
LMP3
Season | Team | Cars | Tyre | Poles | Wins | Podiums | Points | Clinched | Margin |
2015 | Team LNT | Ginetta-Juno LMP3-Nissan | 0 | 2 | 3 | 94 | Race 4 of 5 | 36 | |
2016 | United Autosports | Ligier JS P3-Nissan | 1 | 2 | 3 | 109.5 | Race 5 of 6 | 36.5 | |
2017 | United Autosports | Ligier JS P3-Nissan | 0 | 2 | 5 | 103 | Race 6 of 6 | 22 |
Defunct categories
LMP1
LMGTS
LMGT
LMGT1
Season | Team | Cars | Tyre | Poles | Wins | Podiums | Points | Clinched | Margin |
2005 | BMS Scuderia Italia | Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello | 1 | 2 | 4 | 35 | Race 5 of 5 | 0 | |
2006 | Aston Martin Racing Larbre | Aston Martin DBR9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 32 | Race 5 of 5 | 4 | |
2007 | Team Oreca | Saleen S7-R-Ford | 4 | 4 | 4 | 40 | Race 6 of 6 | 3 | |
2008 | Luc Alphand Aventures | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | 0 | 2 | 5 | 42 | Race 5 of 5 | 6 | |
2009 | Luc Alphand Aventures | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | 1 | 2 | 5 | 44 | Race 5 of 5 | 10 | |
2010 | Larbre Compétition | Saleen S7-R-Ford | 2 | 4 | 4 | 97 | Race 3 of 5 | 72 |
LMGT2
Season | Team | Cars | Tyre | Poles | Wins | Podiums | Points | Clinched | Margin |
2005 | Sebah Automotive | Porsche 911 GT3-R | 0 | 3 | 3 | 30 | Race 4 of 5 | 2 | |
2006 | Autorlando Sport | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | 1 | 1 | 3 | 34 | Race 4 of 5 | 13 | |
2007 | Virgo Motorsport | Ferrari F430GT | 2 | 2 | 6 | 42 | Race 6 of 6 | 3 | |
2008 | Virgo Motorsport | Ferrari F430 GT2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 40 | Race 5 of 5 | 5 | |
2009 | Team Felbermayr-Proton | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | 3 | 3 | 3 | 36 | Race 5 of 5 | 1 | |
2010 | Team Felbermayr-Proton | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | 0 | 3 | 4 | 87 | Race 4 of 5 | 21 |
FLM
LMGTE Pro
LMGTE Am
LMPC
GTC
Season | Team | Cars | Tyre | Poles | Wins | Podiums | Points | Clinched | Margin |
2013 | SMP Racing | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 100 | Race 5 of 5 | 24 | |
2014 | SMP Racing | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 94 | Race 5 of 5 | 15.5 | |
2015 | TDS Racing | BMW Z4 GT3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 101 | Race 5 of 5 | 20 |