2016 European Le Mans Series Explained

The 2016 European Le Mans Series was the thirteenth season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's (ACO) European Le Mans Series. The six-event season began at Silverstone Circuit, in conjunction with the FIA World Endurance Championship, on 16 April and finished at Autódromo do Estoril on 23 October.^[1]

Regulations

The GTC class for GT3 was dropped due to a lack of entries during 2015 and the creation of the GT3 Le Mans Cup.^[2]

Calendar

The provisional 2016 calendar was announced at 5 September 2015. The calendar comprises six events, featuring the same five circuits that hosted events in 2015 and for the first time since 2011 it will include event at Spa. For the fourth consecutive season, Silverstone hosted the opening rounds of both the European Le Mans Series and the FIA World Endurance Championship. Meanwhile, the other rounds were collaboration with World Series by Renault.^[1]

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Location	Date
1	4 Hours of Silverstone	Silverstone Circuit	Silverstone, United Kingdom	16 April
2	4 Hours of Imola	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	Imola, Italy	15 May
3	4 Hours of Red Bull Ring	Red Bull Ring	Spielberg, Austria	17 July
4	4 Hours of Le Castellet	Circuit Paul Ricard	Le Castellet, France	28 August
5	4 Hours of Spa	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Spa, Belgium	25 September
6	4 Hours of Estoril	Autódromo do Estoril	Estoril, Portugal	23 October

Entry list

The entry list was announced on 5 February 2016.^[3]

LMP2

Entrant/Team	Car	Engine	Tyre		Drivers	Rounds
DragonSpeed	Oreca 05	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8		21	Ben Hanley^[4]	All
					Henrik Hedman	All
					Nicolas Lapierre	All
SO24	By Lombard Racing	Ligier JS P2	Judd HK 3.6 L V8		22	Vincent Capillaire	1–2
	Jonathan Coleman^[5]					1–2
	Olivier Lombard					1–2
Panis Barthez Competition	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8		23	Fabien Barthez	All
					Timothé Buret	All
					Paul-Loup Chatin	All
Algarve Pro Racing	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8		25	Michael Munemann	1–3, 5
					Parth Ghorpade	1–2
					Chris Hoy^[6]	1–2
					Jonathan Hirschi^[7]	3–5
					Andrea Pizzitola	3–5
					Andrea Roda^[8]	4
IDEC Sport Racing	Ligier JS P2	Judd HK 3.6 L V8		28	Dimitri Enjalbert	1–2, 4–6
					Patrice Lafargue	1–2, 4–6
					Paul Lafargue	1–2, 4–6
Pegasus Racing	Morgan LMP2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8		29	Léo Roussel	All
					Inès Taittinger	All
					Rémy Striebig	1–5
					Julien Schell^[9]	6
SMP Racing	BR Engineering BR01	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8		32	Stefano Coletti^[10]	All
					Andreas Wirth	All
					Julián Leal	1–4
					Vitaly Petrov^[11]	5–6
				44	Mitch Evans	1
					Sean Gelael	1
					Antonio Giovinazzi	1
Eurasia Motorsport	Oreca 05	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8		33	Tristan Gommendy	All
					Nick de Bruijn^[12]	1–5
					Pu Jun Jin	1–5
					Michael Lyons	6
					Frédéric Vervisch	6
Race Performance	Oreca 03R	Judd HK 3.6 L V8		34	Nicolas Leutwiler	1–2
					James Winslow	1–2
					Franck Mailleux	1
					Shinji Nakano^[13]	2
G-Drive Racing	Gibson 015S	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8		38	Simon Dolan	All
					Giedo van der Garde^[14]	All
					Harry Tincknell	All
Krohn Racing	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8		40	Niclas Jönsson^[15]	All
					Björn Wirdheim	1–2
					Tracy Krohn	1, 3–5
					Olivier Pla	2–6
Greaves Motorsport	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8		41	Julien Canal	All
					Memo Rojas	All
					Kuba Giermaziak	1–2
					Nathanaël Berthon	3–6
Thiriet by TDS Racing	Oreca 05	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8		46	Mathias Beche	All
					Pierre Thiriet	All
					Ryō Hirakawa	1–3, 5–6
					Mike Conway	4
Team WRT	Ligier JS P2	Judd HK 3.6 L V8		47	Will Stevens	5
					Dries Vanthoor	5
					Laurens Vanthoor	5
Murphy Prototypes	Oreca 03R	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8		48	Sean Doyle	1–5
					Shaun Balfe	1
					Damien Faulkner	1
					Gary Findlay	2, 5
					Patrick McClughan	2
					Gugliemo Belotti	3
					Karun Chandhok	3
					Kevin Ceccon	4
					Jonathan Coleman	4
					Bruno Bonifacio	5

LMP3

Entrant/Team	Car	Engine		Drivers	Rounds
United Autosports	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	2	Alex Brundle	All
				Christian England	All
				Mike Guasch	All
			3	Matthew Bell	All
				Wayne Boyd	All
				Mark Patterson	All
OAK Racing	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	4	Erik Maris^[16]	All
				Jean-Marc Merlin	1–4, 6
				Carlos Tavares	5
			24	Jacques Nicolet	All
			24	Pierre Nicolet	All
By Speed Factory	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	5	Tom Jackson^[17]	1–4
				Álvaro Fontes	1–2
				Jesús Fuster	1–2
				Alain Costa	3–4
				John Hartshorne	4
				Kevin O'Hara	5
				Daniel Polley	5
				Kim Rødkjær	5
360 Racing	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	6	Ross Kaiser^[18]	All
				James Swift	All
				Terrence Woodward	All
Villorba Corse	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	7	Roberto Lacorte	All
				Giorgio Sernagiotto	All
				Niccolò Schirò	1–3
Race Performance	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	8	Bert Longin	All
				Giorgio Maggi	All
				Marcello Marateotto	1–5
				Nicolas Leutwiler	6
Graff	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	9	Paul Petit^[19]	All
				Eric Trouillet	All
				Enzo Guibbert	1–2, 4–6
				James Winslow	3
			10	John Falb	All
				Enzo Potolicchio	All
				Sean Rayhall	All
Eurointernational	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	11	Giorgio Mondini	1–4, 6
				Marco Jacoboni	1–4
				Andrea Roda	1–2
				Jay Palmer	6
			12	Andrea Dromedari	2–4, 6
				Fabio Mancini	2–3
				Roman Rusinov	2–3
				Rik Breukers	4, 6
				Miguel Faisca	6
Inter Europol Competition	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	13	Jens Petersen	All
Inter Europol Competition	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	13	Jakub Śmiechowski	All
MurphyP3-3Dimensional.com	Ginetta-Juno LMP3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	14	Tony Ave	1
				Michael Cullen	1
				Doug Peterson	1
	Ligier JS P3			Barrie Baxter	2
				Rob Garofall	2
				Alex Kapadia	2
RLR MSport	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	15	Morten Dons	All
				Ossy Yusuf	1–2
				Ross Warburton	3–4
				John Hartshorne	3
				Anthony Wells	4–6
				Alasdair McCaig	5–6
Panis Barthez Competition	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	16	Eric Debard	All
				Simon Gachet^[20]	All
				Valentin Moineault	All
Ultimate	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	17	François Hériau^[21]	All
				Jean-Baptiste Lahaye	All
				Matthieu Lahaye	All
M.Racing - YMR	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	18	Alexandre Cougnaud	All
				Yann Ehrlacher	All
				Thomas Laurent	All
Duqueine Engineering	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	19	David Hallyday	All
				Dino Lunardi	All
				David Droux	2–6
			20	Eric Clement^[22]	All
				Maxime Pialat	All
				Romain Iannetta	1–2
				Antonin Borga	3–6
Tockwith Motorsports	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	26	Phil Hanson	4–5
Tockwith Motorsports	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	26	Nigel Moore	4–5

GTE

Entrant/Team	Car	Engine		Drivers	Rounds
AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	51	Rui Águas	All
				Marco Cioci	All
				Piergiuseppe Perazzini	All
			55	Duncan Cameron	All
				Matt Griffin	All
				Aaron Scott	All
AT Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	56	Alexander Talkanitsa, Jr.	All
				Alexander Talkanitsa, Sr.	All
				Alessandro Pier Guidi	1, 3–6
				Davide Rigon	2
Formula Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	60	Johnny Laursen	All
				Mikkel Mac	All
				Christina Nielsen	1–3, 5–6
				Mikkel Jensen	4
JMW Motorsport	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	66	Andrea Bertolini	All
				Rory Butcher	All
				Robert Smith	All
Proton Competition	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	77	Mike Hedlund	All
				Wolf Henzler	All
				Marco Seefried	1, 3–6
				Robert Renauer	2
			88	Christian Ried	All
				Gianluca Roda	All
				Richard Lietz	1
				Klaus Bachler	2
				Matteo Cairoli	3, 5
				David Jahn	4
				Ben Barker	6
Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8	96	Roald Goethe	1
				Stuart Hall	1
				Richie Stanaway	1
			99	Andrew Howard	All
				Alex MacDowall	All
				Darren Turner	All

Innovative car

Entrant/Team	Car	Engine		Drivers	Rounds
SRT41 by OAK Racing	Morgan LMP2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	84	Jean-Bernard Bouvet	1
				Frédéric Sausset	1
				Christophe Tinseau	1

Results and standings

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner.

	Circuit	LMP2 Winning Team	LMP3 Winning Team	GTE Winning Team	Results
	Circuit	LMP2 Winning Drivers	LMP3 Winning Drivers	GTE Winning Drivers	Results
1	Silverstone	No. 38 G-Drive Racing	No. 2 United Autosports	No. 99 Aston Martin Racing	Report
1	Silverstone	Simon Dolan Giedo van der Garde Harry Tincknell	Alex Brundle Christian England Mike Guasch	Andrew Howard Alex MacDowall Darren Turner	Report
2	Imola	No. 46 Thiriet by TDS Racing	No. 2 United Autosports	No. 77 Proton Competition	Report
2	Imola	Mathias Beche Ryō Hirakawa Pierre Thiriet	Alex Brundle Christian England Mike Guasch	Mike Hedlund Wolf Henzler Robert Renauer	Report
3	Red Bull Ring	No. 46 Thiriet by TDS Racing	No. 2 United Autosports	No. 66 JMW Motorsport	Report
3	Red Bull Ring	Mathias Beche Ryō Hirakawa Pierre Thiriet	Alex Brundle Christian England Mike Guasch	Andrea Bertolini Rory Butcher Robert Smith	Report
4	Paul Ricard	No. 46 Thiriet by TDS Racing	No. 9 Graff	No. 66 JMW Motorsport	Report
4	Paul Ricard	Mathias Beche Mike Conway Pierre Thiriet	Enzo Guibbert Paul Petit Eric Trouillet	Andrea Bertolini Rory Butcher Robert Smith	Report
5	Spa	No. 21 DragonSpeed	No. 9 Graff	No. 66 JMW Motorsport	Report
5	Spa	Ben Hanley Henrik Hedman Nicolas Lapierre	Enzo Guibbert Paul Petit Eric Trouillet	Andrea Bertolini Rory Butcher Robert Smith	Report
6	Estoril	No. 38 G-Drive Racing	No. 18 M.Racing - YMR	No. 99 Aston Martin Racing	Report
6	Estoril	Simon Dolan Giedo van der Garde Harry Tincknell	Alexandre Cougnaud Yann Ehrlacher Thomas Laurent	Andrew Howard Alex MacDowall Darren Turner	Report

To be classified a car will have to cross the finish line on the race track when the chequered flag is shown, except in a case of force majeure at the Stewards’ discretion and have covered at least 70% (the official number of laps will be rounded down to the nearest whole number) of the distance covered by the car classified in first place in the overall classification.^[23]

Teams Championships

Points are awarded according to the following structure:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th		Pole
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	0.5	1

LMP2 Teams Championship

	Team	Car	SIL	IMO	RBR	LEC	SPA	EST	Total
1	No. 38 G-Drive Racing	Gibson 015S	1	2	3	5	5	1	103
2	No. 46 Thiriet by TDS Racing	Oreca 05	Ret	1	1	1	3	8	96
3	No. 32 SMP Racing	BR Engineering BR01	2	4	4	2	6	3	83
4	No. 21 DragonSpeed	Oreca 05	Ret	3	Ret	3	1	2	76
5	No. 33 Eurasia Motorsport	Oreca 05	Ret	5	2	4	Ret	5	50
6	No. 40 Krohn Racing	Ligier JS P2	4	6	9	8	10	4	39
7	No. 41 Greaves Motorsport	Ligier JS P2	8	8	6	6	4	Ret	36
8	No. 23 Panis Barthez Competition	Ligier JS P2	9	7	7	11	7	7	27.5
9	No. 25 Algarve Pro Racing	Ligier JS P2	10	Ret	5	7	9		19
10	No. 28 IDEC Sport Racing	Ligier JS P2	7	Ret		10	8	6	19
11	No. 47 Team WRT	Ligier JS P2					2		18
12	No. 22 SO24	By Lombard Racing	Ligier JS P2	3	11					15.5
13	No. 44 SMP Racing	BR Engineering BR01	5						10
14	No. 34 Race Performance	Oreca 03R	6	9					10
15	No. 48 Murphy Prototypes	Oreca 03R	11	10	8	9	Ret		7.5
16	No. 29 Pegasus Racing	Morgan LMP2	Ret	12	Ret	12	Ret	EX	1

Bold – Pole

LMP3 Teams Championship

	Team	Car	SIL	IMO	RBR	LEC	SPA	EST	Total
1	No. 2 United Autosports	Ligier JS P3	1	1	1	3	2	11	109.5
2	No. 9 Graff	Ligier JS P3	3	EX	4	1	1	3	93
3	No. 19 Duqueine Engineering	Ligier JS P3	4	4	2	2	Ret	9	62
4	No. 3 United Autosports	Ligier JS P3	2	7	14	11	3	2	59
5	No. 6 360 Racing	Ligier JS P3	5	9	3	5	5	Ret	48
6	No. 18 M.Racing - YMR	Ligier JS P3	Ret	5	10	Ret	Ret	1	36
7	No. 16 Panis Barthez Competition	Ligier JS P3	7	3	8	8	11	Ret	30.5
8	No. 17 Ultimate	Ligier JS P3	11	10	Ret	4	4	14	26
9	No. 10 Graff	Ligier JS P3	13	Ret	7	Ret	7	4	24.5
10	No. 13 Inter Europol Competition	Ligier JS P3	Ret	15	Ret	7	6	5	24.5
11	No. 8 Race Performance	Ligier JS P3	6	13	6	Ret	Ret	7	22,5
12	No. 11 Eurointernational	Ligier JS P3	Ret	2	Ret	Ret		Ret	18
13	No. 15 RLR MSport	Ligier JS P3	8	6	15	Ret	8	10	17.5
14	No. 12 Eurointernational	Ligier JS P3		8	9	9		6	16
15	No. 24 OAK Racing	Ligier JS P3	9	17	5	15	13	13	14
16	No. 26 Tockwith Motorsports	Ligier JS P3				6	12		9.5
17	No. 7 Villorba Corse	Ligier JS P3	Ret	16	12	10	9	8	8
18	No. 20 Duqueine Engineering	Ligier JS P3	10	11	11	13	10	Ret	3.5
19	No. 4 OAK Racing	Ligier JS P3	12	14	16	12	14	12	3
20	No. 5 By Speed Factory	Ligier JS P3	Ret	Ret	13	14	Ret		1
21	No. 14 MurphyP3-3Dimensional.com	Ginetta-Juno LMP3	Ret						0.5
21	Ligier JS P3		12						0.5

Bold – Pole

GTE Teams Championship

	Team	Car	SIL	IMO	RBR	LEC	SPA	EST	Total
1	No. 99 Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	1	5	4	3	5	1	98
2	No. 66 JMW Motorsport	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	EX	2	1	1	1	Ret	93
3	No. 56 AT Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	2	3	3	4	Ret	2	79
4	No. 77 Proton Competition	Porsche 911 RSR	8	1	6	6	4	6	66
5	No. 55 AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	4	6	8	5	3	3	64
6	No. 88 Proton Competition	Porsche 911 RSR	6	4	5	Ret	2	5	60
7	No. 51 AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	7	7	2	Ret	6	4	50
8	No. 60 Formula Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	5	DNS	7	2	7	Ret	40
9	No. 96 Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	3						16

Bold – Pole

Drivers Championships

Points are awarded according to the following structure:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th		Pole
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	0.5	1

LMP2 Drivers Championship

	Driver	Team	SIL	IMO	RBR	LEC	SPA	EST	Total
1	Simon Dolan	G-Drive Racing	1	2	3	5	5	1	103
	Giedo van der Garde	G-Drive Racing	1	2	3	5	5	1
	Harry Tincknell	G-Drive Racing	1	2	3	5	5	1
2	Mathias Beche	Thiriet by TDS Racing	Ret	1	1	1	3	8	96
2	Pierre Thiriet	Thiriet by TDS Racing	Ret	1	1	1	3	8	96
3	Stefano Coletti	SMP Racing	2	4	4	2	6	3	83
3	Andreas Wirth	SMP Racing	2	4	4	2	6	3	83
4	Ben Hanley	DragonSpeed	Ret	3	Ret	3	1	2	76
	Henrik Hedman	DragonSpeed	Ret	3	Ret	3	1	2
	Nicolas Lapierre	DragonSpeed	Ret	3	Ret	3	1	2
5	Ryō Hirakawa	Thiriet by TDS Racing	Ret	1	1		3	8	70
6	Julián Leal	SMP Racing	2	4	4	2			60
7	Tristan Gommendy	Eurasia Motorsport	Ret	5	2	4	Ret	5	50
8	Nick de Bruijn	Eurasia Motorsport	Ret	5	2	4	Ret		40
9	Niclas Jönsson	Krohn Racing	4	6	9	8	10	4	39
10	Julien Canal	Greaves Motorsport	8	8	6	6	4	Ret	36
10	Memo Rojas	Greaves Motorsport	8	8	6	6	4	Ret	36
11	Pu Jun Jin	Eurasia Motorsport	Ret	5	2	4	Ret		28
11	Nathanaël Berthon	Greaves Motorsport			6	6	4	Ret	28
12	Fabien Barthez	Panis Barthez Competition	9	7	7	11	7	7	27.5
	Timothé Buret	Panis Barthez Competition	9	7	7	11	7	7
	Paul-Loup Chatin	Panis Barthez Competition	9	7	7	11	7	7
13	Olivier Pla	Krohn Racing		6	9	8	10	4	27
14	Mike Conway	Thiriet by TDS Racing				1			26
15	Vitaly Petrov	SMP Racing					6	3	23

Bold – Pole

LMP3 Drivers Championship

	Driver	Team	SIL	IMO	RBR	LEC	SPA	EST	Total
1	Alex Brundle	United Autosports	1	1	1	3	2	11	109.5
	Christian England	United Autosports	1	1	1	3	2	11
	Mike Guasch	United Autosports	1	1	1	3	2	11
2	Paul Petit	Graff	3	Ret	4	1	1	3	93
2	Eric Trouillet	Graff	3	Ret	4	1	1	3	93
3	Enzo Guibbert	Graff	3	Ret		1	1	3	81
4	David Hallyday	Duqueine Engineering	4	4	2	2	Ret	9	62
4	Dino Lunardi	Duqueine Engineering	4	4	2	2	Ret	9	62
5	Matthew Bell	United Autosports	2	7	14	11	3	2	59
	Wayne Boyd	United Autosports	2	7	14	11	3	2
	Mark Patterson	United Autosports	2	7	14	11	3	2
6	David Droux	Duqueine Engineering		4	2	2	Ret	9	50
7	Ross Kaiser	360 Racing	5	9	3	5	5	Ret	48
	James Swift	360 Racing	5	9	3	5	5	Ret
	Terrence Woodward	360 Racing	5	9	3	5	5	Ret
8	Alexandre Cougnaud	M.Racing - YMR	Ret	5	10	Ret	Ret	1	36
	Yann Ehrlacher	M.Racing - YMR	Ret	5	10	Ret	Ret	1
	Thomas Laurent	M.Racing - YMR	Ret	5	10	Ret	Ret	1
9	Eric Debard	Panis Barthez Competition	7	3	8	8		Ret	30.5
	Simon Gachet	Panis Barthez Competition	7	3	8	8		Ret
	Valentin Moineault	Panis Barthez Competition	7	3	8	8		Ret
10	François Hériau	Ultimate	11	10	Ret	4	4	14	26
	Jean-Baptiste Lahaye	Ultimate	11	10	Ret	4	4	14
	Matthieu Lahaye	Ultimate	11	10	Ret	4	4	14

Bold – Pole

GTE Drivers Championship

	Driver	Team	SIL	IMO	RBR	LEC	SPA	EST	Total
1	Andrew Howard	Aston Martin Racing	1	5	4	3	5	1	98
	Alex MacDowall	Aston Martin Racing	1	5	4	3	5	1
	Darren Turner	Aston Martin Racing	1	5	4	3	5	1
2	Andrea Bertolini	JMW Motorsport	EX	2	1	1	1	Ret	93
	Rory Butcher	JMW Motorsport	EX	2	1	1	1	Ret
	Robert Smith	JMW Motorsport	EX	2	1	1	1	Ret
3	Alexander Talkanitsa Jr.	AT Racing	2	3	3	4	Ret	2	79
3	Alexander Talkanitsa Sr.	AT Racing	2	3	3	4	Ret	2	79
4	Mike Hedlund	Proton Competition	8	1	6	6	4	6	66
4	Wolf Henzler	Proton Competition	8	1	6	6	4	6	66
5	Alessandro Pier Guidi	AT Racing	2		3	4	Ret	2	64
6	Duncan Cameron	AF Corse	4	6	8	5	3	3	64
	Matt Griffin	AF Corse	4	6	8	5	3	3
	Aaron Scott	AF Corse	4	6	8	5	3	3
7	Christian Ried	Proton Competition	6	4	5	Ret	2	5	60
7	Gianluca Roda	Proton Competition	6	4	5	Ret	2	5	60
8	Rui Águas	AF Corse	7	7	2	Ret	6	4	50
	Marco Cioci	AF Corse	7	7	2	Ret	6	4
	Piergiuseppe Perazzini	AF Corse	7	7	2	Ret	6	4
9	Johnny Laursen	Formula Racing	5	DNS	7	2	7	Ret	40
9	Mikkel Mac	Formula Racing	5	DNS	7	2	7	Ret	40
10	Marco Seefried	Proton Competition	8		6	6	4	6	40
11	Matteo Cairoli	Proton Competition			5		2		29
12	Robert Renauer	Proton Competition		1					26
13	Christina Nielsen	Formula Racing	5	DNS	7		7		22
14	Mikkel Jensen	Formula Racing				2			18
15	Roald Goethe	Aston Martin Racing	3						16
	Stuart Hall	Aston Martin Racing	3
	Richie Stanaway	Aston Martin Racing	3
16	Davide Rigon	AT Racing		3					15
17	Klaus Bachler	Proton Competition		4					12
18	Ben Barker	Proton Competition						5	11
19	Richard Lietz	Proton Competition	6						8
20	David Jahn	Proton Competition				Ret			0

Bold – Pole

Notes and References

News: 2016 ELMS Schedule Released. Dagys. John. 5 September 2015. sportscar365. John Dagys Media, LLC.. 6 September 2015.
News: Gary. Watkins. GTC class for GT3 cars dropped from ELMS for 2016. Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 27 November 2015. 10 December 2015.
Web site: 2016 EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES — FULL SEASON ENTRY LIST. 5 February 2016. European Le Mans Series. 5 February 2016.
News: 4 Hours of Silverstone Free Practice 1 Classification by Class. April 15, 2016. European Le Mans Series. April 15, 2016.
Web site: So24! By Lombard Racing firms up ELMS roster. The Checkered Flag. en-US. 2016-03-16.
Web site: Sir Chris Hoy gets Le Mans 24 Hours LMP2 seat. Motorsport.com. 31 March 2016. 31 March 2016.
News: 4 Hours of Red Bull Ring Entry list. August 1, 2016. European Le Mans Series. July 16, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160804002101/http://www.europeanlemansseries.com/assets/1/course/116/entry-list_445788.pdf. 2016-08-04. dead.
News: 4 Hours of Le Castellet - Provisional Entry List. August 28, 2016. European Le Mans Series. August 25, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160910152721/http://www.europeanlemansseries.com/assets/1/course/118/ELMS2016_4H%20of%20Le%20Castellet_Provisional%20entry%20list%2023082016_0127a9.pdf. 2016-09-10. dead.
News: 4 Hours of Estoril - Qualifying Practice Provisional Classification by Class. October 22, 2016. European Le Mans Series. October 22, 2016.
News: Coletti, Wirth join SMP's ELMS outfit. 22 March 2016. Motorsport.com. 23 March 2016.
News: 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps - Provisional Entry List. September 12, 2016. European Le Mans Series. September 12, 2016.
Web site: Gommendy Joins Eurasia for 2016 ELMS Campaign . Sportscar365 . Dagys . John . 7 December 2015 . 15 February 2016.
Web site: 2016 EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES - 4 Hours of Imola Race Classification by class. 15 May 2016. European Le Mans Series. 16 May 2016.
Web site: Jota team links up with G-Drive for WEC and ELMS LMP2 campaigns. 4 February 2016. Haymarket. 5 February 2016.
Web site: Greaves to Run Krohn Ligier JS P2 in ELMS, Pla to Drive . Sportscar365 . Dagys . John . 1 February 2016 . 15 February 2016.
News: Dagys. John. OAK Confirms Two-Car Ligier JS P3 Lineup. March 23, 2016. Sportscar365. February 10, 2016.
News: By Speed Factory announces experienced endurance line-up for 2016 ELMS campaign. 23 March 2016. Endurance-Info.com. 25 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160409213650/http://www.endurance-info.com/en/by-speed-factory-announces-experienced-endurance-line-up-for-2016-elms-campaign/. 2016-04-09. dead.
News: Un trio britannique sur la Ligier JS P3 du 360 Racing. fr. A British trio in the Ligier JS P3 of 360 Racing. 11 March 2016. Endurance-Info.com. 25 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160313172657/http://www.endurance-info.com/fr/un-trio-britannique-sur-la-ligier-js-p3-du-360-racing/. 2016-03-13. dead.
News: Graff dévoile le premier équipage de sa Ligier JS P3. fr. Graff unveils the first crew of his Ligier JS P3. 22 January 2016. Endurance-Info.com. 23 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160324001944/http://www.endurance-info.com/fr/graff-devoile-le-premier-equipage-de-sa-ligier-js-p3/. 2016-03-24. dead.
News: Expérience et jeunesse sur la Ligier JS P3 du Panis-Barthez Compétition. fr. Experience and youth in the Ligier JS P3 of Panis-Barthez Competition. 19 February 2016. Endurance-Info.com. 25 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160325090054/http://www.endurance-info.com/fr/experience-et-jeunesse-sur-la-ligier-js-p3-du-panis-barthez-competition/. 2016-03-25. dead.
News: Dagys. John. Ultimate Racing to Run Ligier JS P3. March 25, 2016. Sportscar365. November 10, 2015.
News: Le deuxième équipage du Duqueine Engineering dévoilé. fr. The second crew of Duqueine Engineering unveiled. 7 March 2016. Endurance-Info.com. 25 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160409220956/http://www.endurance-info.com/fr/le-deuxieme-equipage-du-duqueine-engineering-devoile/. 2016-04-09. dead.
News: Sporting Regulations. August 28, 2016. European Le Mans Series.