The calendar for the 2021 season was announced on 8 October 2020. The Red Bull Ring returned to the series after a two-year absence, while Silverstone was not featured on the calendar.[2]
All cars in the LMP2 class used the Gibson GK428 V8 engine and Goodyear tyres.[3]
Entrant/Team Chassis MISC Drivers Rounds IDEC Sport [4] [5] Oreca 07 17 PA Dwight Merriman [5] 1–4 Kyle Tilley [5] 1–4 Ryan Dalziel [5] 1–2, 4 Gabriel Aubry [6] 3 28 P2 Paul-Loup Chatin [4] All Paul Lafargue [4] All Patrick Pilet [4] 1–2, 4–6 Jean-Éric Vergne [6] 3 DragonSpeed USA [7] Oreca 07 21 PA Ben Hanley [8] 1–2, 4 [7] 1–2, 4 Ricky Taylor [8] 1 Gustavo Menezes [9] 2 Juan Pablo Montoya [10] 4 United Autosports [11] Oreca 07 22 P2 Jonathan Aberdein [12] All Tom Gamble [13] All Phil Hanson [11] All 32 P2 Nico Jamin [14] All Manuel Maldonado [15] All Job van Uitert [11] All Algarve Pro Racing [16] Oreca 07 24 P2 Richard Bradley [16] All Ferdinand Habsburg [16] All Diego Menchaca [16] 1–5 Sophia Flörsch [17] 6 G-Drive Racing [7] Aurus 01 25 PA Rui Andrade [7] All John Falb [7] All Pietro Fittipaldi [18] 1 Roberto Merhi [19] 2–4 Gustavo Menezes [20] 5–6 26 P2 Franco Colapinto [21] All Roman Rusinov [7] All Nyck de Vries [21] 1–3, 5–6 Mikkel Jensen [22] 4 Ultimate [23] Oreca 07 29 PA [23] All Matthieu Lahaye [23] All [23] 1–4 [24] 6 Duqueine Team [25] Oreca 07 30 P2 René Binder [25] All Tristan Gommendy [25] All Memo Rojas [25] All Racing Team Turkey [26] Oreca 07 34 PA Charlie Eastwood [26] All Salih Yoluç [26] All Harry Tincknell [26] 1, 3, 5–6 Logan Sargeant [27] 2, 4 [7] Oreca 07 35 P2 Sergio Campana [7] All Francesco Dracone [7] All Markus Pommer [28] All Cool Racing [29] Oreca 07 37 PA [29] All Nicolas Lapierre [29] All [29] 1–4 Charles Milesi [29] 5–6 Graff Racing [30] Oreca 07 39 PA [30] 1–4, 6 [30] 1–4, 6 [30] 1–4, 6 Team WRT [31] Oreca 07 41 P2 Louis Delétraz [32] All Robert Kubica [31] All Yifei Ye [32] All Panis Racing [33] Oreca 07 65 P2 Julien Canal [33] All Will Stevens [33] All Gabriel Aubry [28] 1 James Allen [33] 2–6 Realteam Racing [10] Oreca 07 70 PA Loïc Duval [10] 4 [10] 4 Jota Sport [34] Oreca 07 82 P2 Sean Gelael [34] 4 Jazeman Jaafar [34] 4 Racing Team Nederland [35] Oreca 07 92 PA Frits van Eerd [nl ] [35] 4 Giedo van der Garde [35] 4
Icon MISC P2 LMP2 PA LMP2 Pro-Am Cup
All cars in the LMP3 class used the Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine and Michelin tyres.
All cars in the LMGTE class use Goodyear tyres.
Results and standings edit
Bold indicates overall winner.
edit 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 edit Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
LMP2 Pro-Am Drivers Championship edit Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
LMP3 Drivers Championship edit Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
LMGTE Drivers Championship edit Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
edit 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 edit Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
LMP2 Pro-Am Teams Championship edit Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
LMP3 Teams Championship edit Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
LMGTE Teams Championship edit Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
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