ELMS - 41 cars at the start of the 4 Hours of Barcelona

The grid will consist of 121 drivers and 27 teams representing 29 different nations from all around the world. The entry will include two Spanish drivers, with Xavier Lloveras driving for Eurointernational in LMP3 and reigning ELMS LMGTE Drivers’ Champion Miguel Molina returning to the series for the first time this season with JMW Motorsport.

LMP2

After taking victory at Le Castellet and Imola, and finishing 5that Monza, Prema Racing are leading the championship by 13 points. Reigning LMP2 Champion Louis Deletraz returns to the circuit with the Italian team that saw the Swiss driver, Yifei Ye and Robert Kubica, take their first ELMS victory on their series debut.

Paul Lafargue, Paul Loup Chatin and Patrick Pilet moved up the championship standings after securing their first win of the season for IDEC Sport at the 4 Hours of Monza last month. The French team are currently on 47 points, just two ahead of the no65 Panis Racing Oreca of Job Van Uitert, Julien Canal and Nicolas Jamin who secured their second podium of the season at Monza.

In the LMP2 Pro/Am category, the no34 Racing Team Turkey trio of Salih Yoluc, Jack Aitken and Charlie Eastwood hold a comfortable 16-point lead after two wins and a second in the opening three races of the season. Nielsen Racing are currently second on 52 points after taking the category win in Monza, with the TDS Racing x Vaillante Oreca in third on 44 points.

LMP3

The no17 Cool Racing Ligier of Maurice Smith, Michael Benham and Malthe Jakobsen are still leading the LMP3 class after three races, despite a DNF in Monza last month. Jakobsen has secured all three pole positions for the Swiss team, with a win at Le Castellet and a third place in Imola giving them a total of 43 points from the first three races.

Alex Kapadia, Michael Jensen and Nick Adcock have scored one podium and two fourth place finishes this season so far and this consistency has put them in second place in the championship standings, just 4 points behind Smith, Benham and Jakobsen.

The no3 United Autosports Ligier took the win in Imola with Andrew Bentley and Kay Van Berlo sharing the driving duties for that race.In Barcelona they will be joined once again by James McGuire and will be hoping to close the 8-point gap to the RLR Msport Ligier ahead of them in the championship table.

In Monza Inter Europol Competiton secured their first victory of the season thanks to a great performance by Charles Crews, Guilherme Olivera and Nicolas Pino, moving them up to fourth in the championship standings with 29 points.

LMGTE 

Once again, the LMGTE class promises to be the source of plenty of racing action in Spain, with 12 cars all vying for the podium once again. The first three races have seen three different winners, with Ferrari, Aston Martin and Porsche all taking the chequered flag first. The battle for the ELMS title is very tight with just 17 points covering the top 6 cars, so there is all to play for in Barcelona.

Proton Competition are the current championship leaders with Christian Ried, Gianmaria Bruni and Lorenzo Ferrari on 44 points following their victory from pole position at Monza in the no77 Porsche last month.

Round 1 winners Nicolas Varrone and Pierre Ehret are lying in second place on 36 points, with Italian Diego Alessi joining them in the no32 Rinaldi Racing Ferrari in Spain.

The next three cars are all on 28 points after the first three rounds of the series, with Round 2 winners Ahmad Al Harthy, Marco Sorensen and Sam De Haan classified as third in the no69 Oman Racing with TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage.

The no57 Kessel Racing and no83 Iron Lynx Ferraris are also on 28 points. The no83 Iron Lynx Ferrari sees a driver change with Doriane Pin replacing Rahel Frey in the car for the Spanish round of the 2022 ELMS season.

The 4 Hours of Barcelona will start on Friday 26 August with Free Practice, followed by Qualifying on Saturday 27 and the race on Sunday 28 August.

The Entry List is HERE.