Plenty of new cars in the ELMS

There are a number of new teams, as well as teams with new cars in the European Le Mans Series 2022. The entry list for the season consists of 42 cars, divided into LMP2, LMP3 and GTE categories. We have familiar faces in the LMP2 class such as United Autosports, who only comes with one car in the series while they went up to the FIA WEC. Algarve Pro Racing is once again represented with two cars, one of which is under G-Drive Racing by APR and the other called…

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Two french teams announced

Two French teams are the most recent to confirm their 2022 European Le Mans Series plans. Duqueine Team #30 is back for another ELMS season, with their ORECA 07 Gibson racer. Two well-known faces at Duqueine Team are back, while a new Silver ranked driver has been snapped up by the team. Memo Rojas and Richard Bradley are back in the car again. Rojas got a very dramatic end to his 2021 season, when he lost a rear wheel at the season finale in Portimao. That put him into a…

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Iron Lynx colors 2022

The Iron Lynx team has updated the design of their cars, ahead of the 2022 season. It is still the yellow and pink colours, which are the base colours of the cars. While car #60 once again will be yellow, it will be another pink season for the Iron Dames #85. The team will once again run in both the FIA World Endurance Championship, and the European Le Mans Series, with both cars entered. The team has run an “extra” white car in both the ELMS and Michelin Le Mans…

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Racing Team Turkey back in LMP2

Racing Team Turkey will once again enter the LMP2 category in the upcoming 2022 European Le Mans Series season. The team, which is run with help from TF Sport and JOTA, made their prototype racing debut in 2021, with Salih Yoluc and Charlie Eastwood doing the full season, with two different third drivers on the car. Yoluc and Eastwood will return on the 2022 crew, being joined by Jake Aitken as their new teammate. Aitken has been a bit here, there, and everywhere. He has had the traditional way through…

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Inter Europol with exciting new line-up in the ELMS

Inter Europol Competition will bring a new and exciting combination to the European Le Mans Series 2022. David Heinemeier Hansson, Pietro Fittipaldi and Fabio Scherer will share an ORECA 07 Gibson in the LMP2 category. Danske Heinemeier Hansson will return to racing, after sitting out most of 2021, with only a single guest appearance at Copen Historic Grand Prix, as the only race for the IT entrepreneur. He has done quite a lot of racing with an LMP2 car, in both pre- and post 2017 spec. He has previously done…

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TF Sport with new pairing in ELMS

TF Sport will have a new pairing running in the upcoming 2022 European Le Mans Series. But they are all well-known faces at the British team. Ahmad Al Harthy, Sam De Haan and Marco Sørensen will share an Aston Martin Vantage GTE #69 throughout the ELMS season. Al Harthy and De Haan will already be sharing a car next week in the Asian Le Mans Series, but that will be onboard a GT3 car, where Charlie Eastwood is the third driver in the car. Eastwood does however have another deal…

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Tappy promoted for 2022

Duncan Tappy gets a promotion at United Autosports. The Brit has raced for UA for the last few seasons in the LMP3 category, and will be active in that role too, when the Asian Le Mans Series 2022 starts next week. But then he will move on to an LMP2 programme for the rest of the year, but still with the British-American team. It’s not that long ago, that the team announced Tappy would once again team up with Jim McGuire and Andrew Bentley in the ELMS series in car…

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Jakobsen moves to COOL Racing

Malthe Jakobsen will be on a new route in the upcoming 2022 European Le Mans Series season. The young Dane has raced for RLR MSport in the LMP3 category so far, with the collaboration starting in the ELMS in 2020, and a single guest appearance in Road To Le Mans at Le Mans 2020, via the Asian Le Mans Series, and back to ELMS and Le Mans again in 2021. He will move to the COOL Racing team for 2022, but will continue in the ELMS in the LMP3 category.…

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UA confirms five well-known faces

United Autosports has confirmed their first two LMP2 drivers for the European Le Mans Series, in addition to three LMP3 drivers. All five names are well-known faces at the British-American team, and was part of the team in 2021 – and even further back in time. Phil Hanson and Tom Gamble are confirmed to race ORECA 07 Gibson #22 in the LMP2 once again. The pair finished second in the ELMS Championship in 2021, where Jonathan Aberdein was the third driver in the car. With Gamble being moved to Gold…

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Inter Europol got Asian LMS and some ELMS drivers ready

Inter Europol Competition has announced their Asian Le Mans Series drivers, and three of the seats for the European Le Mans Series 2022. For the two times Dubai and two times Abu Dhabi races in the Asian Le Mans Series, their crew will consist of Nico Pino, James Dayson, and Guilherme Oliveira in the lone Ligier JS P320 #13 in the LMP3 category. Chilean racer Pino is the new hot name in sportscar racing year 2022, with him competing in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship as well. He did a…

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Hartshorne and TF Sport with new double programme

TF Sport and John Hartshorne will once again be on double duty in ACO racing in 2022. They paired for both the Asian Le Mans Series, before heading into the European Le Mans Series in 2021, and they will replicate that programme in 2022. There will be a change amongst the driving talent next to Hartshorne. Jonny Adam and Henrique Chaves will be sharing the Aston Martin Vantage #95. They will be using a GT3 spec car in the Asian LMS, while the GTE spec will be used for ELMS.…

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Defending champions return

The defending LMP2 Pro/Am Champions in the European Le Mans Series, G-Drive Racing, will return once again in 2022. G-Drive Racing has once again made a deal with Algarve Pro Racing, who will run the car in the ELMS. The defending Champion, John Falb is back again. He will however be joined by two new teammates. James Allen has previously raced for DragonSpeed and Graff, but will unpack the yellow racing suit once again, that he wore at Graff in 2018, when they were sponsored by G-Drive. Allen will be…

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Ferrari and ORECA in a new collaboration

Ferrari has signed a new deal with ORECA, regarding the manufacturing of their upcoming GT3 car. The Italian car manufacturer has utilized the 488 model for quite a few years now, with Michelotto as the workshop assembling the cars. That will move to the French ORECA factory, based very close to Circuit Paul Ricard. The car will be designed in Maranello, but assembled in France, where they will handle spare parts and after-sales customer service. There is no news regarding all the single-make racing, that Ferrari runs with various Challenge…

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AF Corse with big LMP2 project

AF Corse is almost synonymous with GT racing all over the world, but they will be ramping up in LMP2 as well. The change will happen towards their 2023 Hypercar programme, which they are going to run as a factory team for Ferrari. The drivers for the first of two cars, which they plan to run in both the FIA World Endurance Championship, and the European Le Mans Series in 2022. Francois Perrodo is the first driver to sign a deal with the team. The French Bronze rated driver will…

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Terrific finish to the season in Portimao – updated

The four-hour race in Portimao, at Autodromo do Algarve was the last round in the European Le Mans Series 2021. Only the LMP2 title had been decided before the race, while there were still champions who needed to be found in LMP3 and GTE, as well as who would finish second in LMP2 and thus secure a place at Le Mans 2022. COOL Racing #37 with Charles Milesi, Nicolas Lapierre and Alexandre Coigny started the race from not just overall Pole Position but also the LMP2 Pro/Am category. Algarve Pro…

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ELMS Portimao qualifying

The qualifying to the 2021 season’s last European Le Mans Series was run at Autodromo do Algarve near Portimao in Portugal. The ten GTE cars were the first to do their 10-minute qualifying session, in nice 24-degree weather. As always, there were drivers who abused the track limits and thus lost their lap times. Spirit Of Race Ferrari #55, Proton Competition Porsche #77 and #93 all chose to pit after only two laps – without setting any time. Iron Lynx Ferrari #83 was the fastest car after everyone had the…

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Michelin extends for three more years

Michelin has extended their contract with ACO, so the official name of the Michelin Le Mans Cup will remain for three more years. The collaboration started in 2016, when the series was formed with GT3 cars only. LMP3 cars were added one year later, and the GT3 mention in the title disappeared. There is an entry for the 24 hours of Le Mans to fight for, for the GT3 category champion. The LMP3 category is more of a stepping stone towards the LMP3 category in the European Le Mans Series,…

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Nerve-wracking four hours at Spa

It was a nerve-wracking four-hour race in the European Le Mans Series at Belgian Spa Francorchamps. COOL Racing #37 with Charles Milesi, Nico Lapierre and Alexandre Coigny started the race from Pole Position, ahead of United Autosports #22 with Phil Hanson, Tom Gamble and Jonathan Aberdein, and with local Team WRT #41 with Louis Deletraz, Robert Kubica and Yifei Ye from P3. Not enough with the general Pole for #37, it was also the LMP2 Pro/Am Pole. In the LMP3 category, DKR Engineering #4 with Laurents Hörr and Mathieu de…

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Dramatic qualifying at Spa

The qualifying to the four-hour race at Spa Francorchamps was a dramatic event. First, the GTE cars opened the session with their 12-minute qualifying. TF Sport Aston Martin #95 had a bad start when Ross Gunn got taken for Track Limits already on his first lap. Proton Competition Porsche #93 set the fastest time on their first flying lap, ahead of Iron Lynx Ferrari #80 and AF Corse Ferrari #88. But there was still a bit under six minutes left of the session to improve the times. Michelle Gatting in…

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Change of circuits on the ELMS and LMC schedules for 2022

It’s going to be a different European Le Mans Series and Micheline Le Mans Cup schedule, once the 2022 season gets underway. The season will start at Paul Ricard in France, with both the official tests, and the first race weekend in April. Next round will be Imola, which the series last visited in 2016. That race replaces Monza, as the Italian round of the Championship. There will be Le Mans break for the rest of May and the whole of June for the ELMS cars, while LMC will have…

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