44 cars were testing today at Spa-Francorchamps

ELMS

Aug 20

44 cars were testing today at Spa-Francorchamps ahead of the second half of the European Le Mans Series. Alexander Quinn was the fastest of the Collective Test Day and the only one under the 2:02 mark. Get details at Car Racing Reporter on Instagram.

Let’s look at the current Championships standings per class.

First half winners on top in LMP2

The first three races of the season saw #18 IDEC Sport Oreca winning the first two rounds at Barcelona and Le Castellet and #48 VDS Panis Racing at Imola. Both are leading the Teams and Drivers championships with Ollie Gray, Charles Milesi and Esteban Masson (#48 VDS Panis) 1 point ahead Jamie Chadwick, Mathys Jaubert and Daniel Juncadella (#18 IDEC).

📷 © Luc Warnotte: #18 IDEC Sport Oreca winning at Le Castellet (left) and #48 VDS Panis Racing at Imola (right).

With two P2 at Le Castellet and Imola Jakub Smiechowski, Nick Yelloly and Tom Dillmann in the #43 Inter Europol Competition Oreca are third, 13 points behind the lead car.

6 LMP2 PRO AM within 13 points

Three teams won each one of the there first half season rounds with 24 Hours of Le Mans winners #99 AO by TF driven by PJ Hyett, Dane Cameron and Louis Delétraz winning at Imola. They are leading the drivers and teams championships with 48 points. Reigning champions François Perrodo, Matthieu Vaxivière and Alessio Rovera in #83 AF Corse winning the first race at Barcelona are currently fifth with 39 points. Round 2 (Le Castellet) winners #27 Nielsen Racing with Anthony Wells, James Allen and Sergio Sette Camara are sixth with 35 points.

📷 © Piero Leonardo at Imola (winning #99 AO by TF); Luc Warnotte at Barcelona (winning #83 AF Corse) and winning #27 Nielsen Racing at Le Castellet.

With two pole points thanks to Giorgio Roda, two P4 and one P2 at Imola, the #77 Proton Competition Oreca is in second place of the championship standings with Giorgio Roda, Rene Binder and Bent Viscaal on 44 points. They are just two points ahead of the #29 TDS Racing and three points ahead of the #20 Algarve Pro Racing Oreca.

Top 5 within 8 points in LMGT3

The LMGT3 class also count three different winners so far with #85 Iron Dames winning at Barcelona, #50 Richard Mille AF Corse winning at Le Castellet and #82 TF Sport at Imola.

📷 © Luc Warnotte. (left) Barcelona winners Iron Dames Porsche 911 GT3 R #85; (center) Le Castellet winners #50 Richard Mille AF Corse Ferrari; (right) Imola winners #82 TF Sport Corvette.

4 Hours of Imola winners Hiroshi Koizumi, Charlie Eastwood and Rui Andrade in the #82 TF Sport Corvette and 4 Hours of Barcelona winners Sarah Bovy, Michelle Gatting and Célia Martin in the #85 Iron Dames Porsche are currently second in the standings with 33 points. Le Castellet winners Lilou Wadoux, Riccardo Agostini and Custodio Toledo in #50 Richard Mille AF Corse Ferrari are currently 5th on 31 points.

#55 Spirit of Race Ferrari 296 GT3 — 📷 © Luc Warnotte at Spa-Francorchamps Collective test day. #55 **Spirit of Race** Ferrari 296 GT3.

#55 Spirit of Race Ferrari with Matt Griffin, Duncan Cameron and David Perel is leading the first half of both championships with 39 points thanks to one P3 and two P4.

LMP3

The #17 CLX Motorsport crew of Paul Lanchere, Adrien Closmenil and Theodor Jensen easily dominates the LMP3 class with 3 wins and 3 poles. It's hard to see how the championship could escape them, given their overwhelming dominance. With 78 points, they are 45 ahead of their nearest rivals. Victory in Belgium would secure the 2025 title for the Swiss team with an unprecedented two race margin.

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