Photo : Pascal SAIVET - VSA

 

The 2015 season will begin with the Official two day test at the Circuit Paul Ricard at the end of March and will come back to each of the circuits that featured in the 2014 season. Each race will also be 4 hours in duration. Once again the UK round of the European Le Mans Series (ELMS) will run alongside the opening round of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC).

Pierre Fillon (President of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest): “Since the start of 2013 the ELMS has seen grid sizes grow and exciting new events on Europe's leading circuits that have attracted the teams and drivers to compete. Next year we will see the addition of the new LMP3 class to the ELMS grid and we are also seeing a lot of interest from many teams from across Europe and further afield as well. We are confident that the 2015 calendar will be very attractive to our current teams and to new teams looking for the challenge of competing against Europe's best endurance racers.”

Gerard Neveu (CEO of the European Le Mans Series): “The 2015 provisional calendar represents stability for our teams and partners. The 4 hours races have also proved to be popular with our partners and therefore the race weekends in 2015 will continue with the same format over 2 days. However we are not standing still. We will continue to work hard to promote and improve each of the five events, underlining the ELMS as the premier sportscar series in Europe.”

Provisional 2015 European Le Mans Series Calendar
23/24 March: Official Test (Circuit Paul Ricard, France)
10/11 April: 4 Hours of Silverstone (Great Britain)
16/17 May: 4 Hours of Imola (Italy)
11/12 July: 4 Hours of Red Bull Ring** (Austria)
5/6 September: 4 Hours of Paul Ricard (France)
17/18 October: 4 Hours of Estoril (Portugal)
** To be confirmed

(Based upon European Le Mans Series official information)

Photo: TOWCESTER (NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, GREAT BRITAIN), SILVERSTONE, 4 HOURS OF SILVERSTONE, SATURDAY APRIL 19, 2014, STARTING PROCEDURE. The 2015 ELMS season will be launched at Silverstone as it was in 2014.