[ELMS Race] 2016 ELMS Round 5: 4h of Spa-Francorchamps

[Ephaeton]

The ELMS does its maiden visit to the glorious ardennes course, the first return of an "european" le mans style series after the ILMC in 2011. And guess who won (in P2) back then? That's right, it was Thiriet with Becche and Thiriet himself on board back then as well. Half a decade ago. After the ELMS expansion this year this is the first time the 5th round does not mark the end of the season.



The ELMS is joined by the Renault Sport Trophy (3 races), the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (2 races) and the Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup (1 race).

Also to add to the fun is the one-off entry of belgian racers WRT, coming to the track with the vanthoor brothers (actually "only" two out of the three, Laurens and Dries) and Will Stevens in an (Ligier) LMP2. Altogether we'll be seeing 41 entrants on the course (trumping the WEC). 13 LMP2s, 20 LMP3s and 8 GTEs will be contesting for the ardennes honors. Will Thiriet continue its streak after wins in 2011 as well as the previous round in Le Castellet (and Imola, before that)? Will another FCY (yo, CotA, yo Le Castellet!) hand them the win or will it be a proper fought battle across the four hours? We'll see.

Here's the full entry list (PDF) (or HTML)

Spotter guide

Event timetable

Here's the timeanddate conversion & countdown links for non-CET people:

• FP1 (countdown)
• FP2 (countdown)
• Qualifying sessions (countdown)
• 4h of Spa-Francorchamps - RACE (countdown)

The entry to the race is free - whether it's in person or as a netizen - and broadcast over the ELMS' dailymotion channel

I don't remember the proper URL for the live timing, but IIRC it should pop up on the series website come the action.

Interesting, next to WRT actually challenging TDS, there's some championship potentially to be decided.

(Note: Thanks, google cache)