United Autosports Take First Win of 2020 ELMS Season

Race Start

The no32 United Autosports Oreca took the first victory of the 2020 European Le Mans Series at the end of a thrilling 4 Hours of Le Castellet with Job Van Uitert taking the checkered flag. The no22 United Autosports Oreca of Phil Hanson was leading but a front left puncture dropped the British driver back to 4th. Thomas Laurent crossed the line in the no39 Graff Oreca in 2nd with Nyck De Vries completing the podium in the no26 G-Drive Racing.

At the checkered flag this was the order they crossed the line. However the no39 Graff Oreca was handed a three lap penalty for non-respect of the driving time of the silver driver (Alexandre Cougnaud), which dropped them down the order from 2nd and promoted the no22 United Autosports Oreca to 3rd place.

LMP3: Perfect Weekend for United Autosports At Le Castellet

The LMP3 victory went to the no2 United Autosports Ligier with Wayne Boyd bringing the car home after claiming pole position in yesterday’s qualifying session to claim maximum championship points.

A typical summers day on the Cote D’Azur greeted the competitors for the opening round of the 2020 European Le Mans Series, with blue skies and warm temperatures.

LMGTE: Proton Competition Secure Top Spot at Le Castellet

The LMGTE category saw plenty of action during the 4 Hours of Le Castellet, with the no77 Proton Competition Porsche of Christian Ried, Michele Beretta and Alessio Picariello eventually coming out on top to take the checkered flag for Round 1 of the 2020 season.

Results

POS	NO.	TEAM	DRIVER_1	DRIVER_2	DRIVER_3	VEHICLE	CLASS
1	32	United Autosports	William OWEN	Alex BRUNDLE	Job VAN UITERT	Oreca 07 – Gibson	LMP2
2	26	G-Drive Racing	Roman RUSINOV	Mikkel JENSEN	Nyck DE VRIES	Aurus 01 – Gibson	LMP2
3	22	United Autosports	Philip HANSON	F. ALBUQUERQUE		Oreca 07 – Gibson	LMP2d
4	37	CoolRacing	Nicolas LAPIERRE	Antonin BORGA	Alexandre COIGNY	Oreca 07 – Gibson	LMP2
5	50	Richard Mille	André NEGRÃƒO	Tatiana CALDERON		Oreca 07 – Gibson	LMP2
6	24	Algarve Pro Racing	Henning ENQVIST	Loic DUVAL	Jon LANCASTER	Oreca 07 – Gibson	LMP2
7	34	Inter Europol	J SMIECHOWSKI	Rene BINDER	M ISAAKYAN	Ligier JSP217 – Gibson	LMP2
8	21	DragonSpeed	Memo ROJAS	Ben HANLEY	Ryan CULLEN	Oreca 07 – Gibson	LMP2
9	39	Graff	James ALLEN	Thomas LAURENT	Alex COUGNAUD	Oreca 07 – Gibson	LMP2
10	25	Algarve Pro Racing	John FALB	Simon TRUMMER	Gabriel AUBRY	Oreca 07 – Gibson	LMP2
11	2	United Autosports	Wayne BOYD	Tom GAMBLE	Robert WHELDON	Ligier JS P320 – Nissan	LMP3
12	13	Inter Europol	Nigel MOORE	Martin HIPPE		Ligier JS P320 – Nissan	LMP3
13	15	RLR MSport	Malthe JAKOBSEN	James DAYSON	R HARPER-ELLAM	Ligier JS P320 – Nissan	LMP3
14	8	Realteam Racing	Esteban GARCIA	David DROUX		Ligier JS P320 – Nissan	LMP3
15	9	Graff	Vincent CAPILLAIRE	Arnold ROBIN	Maxime ROBIN	Ligier JS P320 – Nissan	LMP3
16	11	Eurointernational	Thomas ERDOS	Niko KARI		Ligier JS P320 – Nissan	LMP3
17	77	Proton Competition	Christian RIED	Michele BERETTA	A PICARIELLO	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE
18	3	United Autosports	James McGUIRE	Duncan TAPPY	Andrew BENTLEY	Ligier JS P320 – Nissan	LMP3
19	74	Kessel Racing	M BRONISZEWSKI	Nicola CADEI	David PEREL	Ferrari F488 GTE EVO	LMGTE
20	83	Iron Lynx	Manuela GOSTNER	Michelle GATTING	Rahel FREY	Ferrari F488 GTE EVO	LMGTE
21	10	Nielsen Racing	Rob HODES	Garett GRIST	Charles CREWS	Duqueine M30 Nissan	LMP3
22	16	BHK Motorsport	Lorenzo VEGLIA	Andrea FONTANA	Jacopo BARATTO	Ligier JS P320 – Nissan	LMP3
23	66	JMW Motorsport	Jody FANNIN	Finlay HUTCHISON	Hunter ABBOTT	Ferrari F488 GTE EVO	LMGTE
24	4	DKR Engineering	Laurents HÃ-RR	FranÃ§ois KIRMANN	Wolfgang TRILLER	uqueine M30 Nissan	LMP3
25	51	AF Corse	Christoph ULRICH	Alexander WEST	Steffen GÃ-RIG	Ferrari F488 GTE EVO	LMGTE
26	60	Iron Lynx	Claudio SCHIAVONI	Sergio PIANEZZOLA	Andrea PICCINI	Ferrari F488 GTE EVO	LMGTE
27	93	Proton Competition	M FASSBENDER	Felipe LASER	Richard LIETZ	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE
28	5	Graff	Eric TROUILLET	Luis SANJUAN	Sébastien PAGE	Duqueine M30 – Nissan	LMP3
29	20	High Class Racing	Anders FJORDBACH	Dennis ANDERSEN		Oreca 07 – Gibson	LMP2
30	98	Aston Martin	Paul DALLA LANA	Mathias LAUDA	Ross GUNN	Aston Martin VANTAGE AMR	LMGTE
31	30	Duqueine Team	Tristan GOMMENDY	Jonathan HIRSCHI	K. TERESCHENKO	Oreca 07 – Gibson	LMP2
32	31	Panis Racing	Julien CANAL	Nicolas JAMIN	William STEVENS	Oreca 07 – Gibson	LMP2
33	35	BHK Motorsport	Francesco DRACONE	Sergio CAMPANA		Oreca 07 – Gibson	LMP2
34	28	IDEC Sport	Paul LAFARGUE	Paul Loup CHATIN	Richard BRADLEY	Oreca 07 – Gibson	LMP2
35	55	Spirit of Race	Duncan CAMERON	Matthew GRIFFIN	Aaron SCOTT	Ferrari F488 GTE EVO	LMGTE
36	7	Nielsen Racing	Anthony WELLS	Colin NOBLE		Duqueine M30 – Nissan	LMP3