European Le Mans Series

This article is about the ACO-organised series. For the unrelated series organised by IMSA, see 2001 European Le Mans Series.
"ELMS" redirects here. For other uses, see Elms (disambiguation).
European Le Mans Series
CategoryEndurance racing
RegionEurope
Inaugural season2004
Prototype ClassesLMP2, LMP2 Pro-Am, LMP3
GT ClassesLMGT3
Tyre suppliersGoodyear, Michelin
Drivers' championLMP2:
Switzerland Louis Delétraz
United Kingdom Jonny Edgar
Poland Robert Kubica
LMP2 Pro-Am:
France François Perrodo
Italy Alessio Rovera
France Matthieu Vaxivière
LMP3:
United Kingdom Nick Adcock
Denmark Michael Jensen
France Gaël Julien
LMGT3:
Italy Andrea Caldarelli
Japan Hiroshi Hamaguchi
Zimbabwe Axcil Jefferies
Teams' championLMP2: United States AO by TF
LMP2 Pro-Am: Italy AF Corse
LMP3: United Kingdom RLR MSport
LMGT3: Italy Iron Lynx
Official websiteeuropeanlemansseries.com
Current season

The European Le Mans Series (abbreviated as ELMS) is a European sports car racing endurance series inspired by the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The European Le Mans Series is similar to the former American Le Mans Series (ALMS) based in the United States and Canada that was running with ACO and IMSA between 1999 and 2013. ELMS team champions and runners-up receive an automatic entry to the following year's 24 Hours of Le Mans. Originally titled the Le Mans Endurance Series before becoming simply the Le Mans Series in 2006, the series was renamed once more in 2012, reusing a name previously utilized by IMSA in 2001.