2018 European Le Mans Series

2018 European Le Mans Series
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The 2018 European Le Mans Series was the fifteenth season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's (ACO) European Le Mans Series. The six-event season began at Circuit Paul Ricard on 15 April and finished at Algarve International Circuit on 28 October. The series is open to Le Mans Prototypes, divided into the LMP2 and LMP3 classes, and grand tourer-style racing cars in the LMGTE class.

Calendar

The provisional 2018 calendar was announced on 23 September 2017. The calendar comprises six events, featuring the same six circuits that hosted events in the 2017 season. The rounds at Silverstone and Paul Ricard swapped their places in the calendar, with the French circuit hosting the opening round and Silverstone moving to an August date, once again in conjunction with the FIA World Endurance Championship.

The official pre-season test also returned to Paul Ricard after a one-year absence, having taken place at Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in 2017.

Rnd Race Circuit Location Date
1 4 Hours of Le Castellet Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France 15 April
2 4 Hours of Monza Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Monza, Italy 13 May
3 4 Hours of Red Bull Ring Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Austria 22 July
4 4 Hours of Silverstone Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, United Kingdom 18 August
5 4 Hours of Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Spa, Belgium 23 September
6 4 Hours of Portimão Algarve International Circuit Portimão, Portugal 28 October
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Entries

LMP2

In accordance with the 2017 LMP2 regulations, all cars in the LMP2 class used the Gibson GK428 V8 engine.

Entrant/Team Chassis Tyre No. Drivers Rounds
DragonSpeed Oreca 07 M 21 Ben Hanley All
Henrik Hedman All
Nicolas Lapierre All
United Autosports Ligier JS P217 D
M
22 Phil Hanson All
Bruno Senna 1
Filipe Albuquerque 2–6
32 Wayne Boyd All
William Owen All
Hugo de Sadeleer All
Panis Barthez Competition Ligier JS P217 M 23 Timothé Buret All
Julien Canal All
Will Stevens All
Racing Engineering Oreca 07 D 24 Norman Nato All
Paul Petit All
Olivier Pla 1–3, 5–6
Matthieu Vaxivière 4
Algarve Pro Racing
APR - Rebellion Racing
Ligier JS P217 D 25 Tacksung Kim All
Mark Patterson All
Ate De Jong 1–4, 6
Matt McMurry 5
Oreca 07 D 31 Ryan Cullen All
Gustavo Menezes All
Harrison Newey All
G-Drive Racing
TDS Racing
Oreca 07 D 26 Andrea Pizzitola All
Roman Rusinov All
Alexandre Imperatori 1
Jean-Éric Vergne 2–6
33 Loïc Duval 1–3
François Perrodo 1–3
Matthieu Vaxivière 1–3
IDEC Sport Ligier JS P217 M 27 Patrice Lafargue 1–3
Erik Maris 1–3, 5
William Cavailhes 1–2
Nicolas Minassian 3, 5
Aurélien Panis 5
Oreca 07 28 Paul-Loup Chatin All
Paul Lafargue 1–4
Memo Rojas All
Gabriel Aubry 5–6
Duqueine Engineering Oreca 07 M 29 Nico Jamin All
Nelson Panciatici All
Pierre Ragues All
AVF by Adrián Vallés Dallara P217 D 30 Henrique Chaves All
Konstantin Tereshchenko All
SMP Racing Dallara P217 D 35 Matevos Isaakyan 1–4
Egor Orudzhev 1–3
Viktor Shaytar 1–4
Signatech Alpine Matmut Alpine A470 D 36 André Negrão 1
Pierre Thiriet 1
Graff
G-Drive Racing
Oreca 07 D 39 Alexandre Cougnaud All
Tristan Gommendy All
Jonathan Hirschi All
40 James Allen All
José Gutiérrez 1–4
Enzo Guibbert 1–2
Garry Findlay 4
Henning Enqvist 5–6
Julien Falchero 5–6
Cetilar Villorba Corse Dallara P217 D 47 Roberto Lacorte All
Giorgio Sernagiotto All
Andrea Belicchi 1
Felipe Nasr 2–6
High Class Racing Dallara P217 D 49 Dennis Andersen All
Anders Fjordbach All

LMP3

All cars in the LMP3 class used the Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 engine and Michelin tyres.

Entrant/Team Chassis No. Drivers Rounds
United Autosports Ligier JS P3 2 John Falb All
Sean Rayhall 1–4
Scott Andrews 5–6
3 Matthew Bell All
Garett Grist All
Anthony Wells All
Cool Racing Ligier JS P3 4 Iradj Alexander 1–4, 6
Antonin Borga 1–3, 5–6
Alexandre Coigny 1–3, 5–6
Lucas Borga 4
Christian Vaglio 4
NEFIS By Speed Factory Ligier JS P3 5 Timur Boguslavskiy All
Aleksey Chuklin All
Daniil Pronenko All
360 Racing Ligier JS P3 6 Ross Kaiser All
Terrence Woodward All
James Swift 1–2, 4
Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen Ligier JS P3 7 Alex Kapadia All
Colin Noble All
Christian Stubbe Olsen All
DKR Engineering Norma M30 8 Jean Glorieux 1–2
Alexander Toril 1–2
Miguel Toril 1–2
Henning Enqvist 3
Fabien Lavergne 3
Ricardo Sanchez 3
Marvin Klein 5–6
Christian Vaglio 5–6
Nicolas Maulini 6
AT Racing Ligier JS P3 9 Alexander Talkanitsa Jr. All
Alexander Talkanitsa Sr. All
Yann Clairay 1, 4–5
Mikkel Jensen 2–3, 6
Oregon Team Norma M30 10 Clément Mateu All
Andrés Méndez All
Riccardo Ponzio All
Eurointernational Ligier JS P3 11 Giorgio Mondini All
Kay van Berlo All
Mattia Drudi 5
12 Andrea Dromedari 1–5
Max Hanratty 1–3
James Dayson 1, 3, 5–6
Mark Kvamme 2
Mattia Drudi 4
Vadim Meshcheriakov 6
Luca Demarchi 6
Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P3 13 Martin Hippe All
Jakub Śmiechowski All
14 Luca Demarchi 1–5
Paul Scheuschner All
Henning Enqvist 1
Hendrik Still 2, 4
Guglielmo Belotti 3
Moritz Müller-Crepon 5–6
RLR MSport Ligier JS P3 15 John Farano All
Rob Garofall All
Job van Uitert All
BHK Motorsport Ligier JS P3 16 Jacopo Baratto All
Francesco Dracone All
Ultimate Norma M30 17 François Hériau All
Jean-Baptiste Lahaye All
Matthieu Lahaye All
M.Racing - YMR Ligier JS P3 18 Natan Bihel All
Laurent Millara All
Norma M30 19 David Droux All
Lucas Légeret All
Nicolas Ferrer 1–2
Alain Ferté 3
Romano Ricci 4–5
Michael Benham 6
Racing For Poland Ligier JS P3 20 Tomasz Blicharski 2
Henning Enqvist 2
Alex Fontana 2
Team Virage Ligier JS P3 34 Henning Enqvist 4
JM Littman 4
Jacob Rattenbury 4

LMGTE

All cars in the LMGTE class used Dunlop tyres.

Entrant/Team Chassis Engine No. Drivers Rounds
Spirit of Race
Krohn Racing
Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 54 Francesco Castellacci 1
Thomas Flohr 1
55 Duncan Cameron All
Matt Griffin All
Aaron Scott All
83 Andrea Bertolini All
Niclas Jönsson All
Tracy Krohn All
JMW Motorsport Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 66 Liam Griffin All
Alex MacDowall All
Miguel Molina All
Proton Competition Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 77 Marvin Dienst All
Christian Ried All
Dennis Olsen 1, 3–6
Marc Lieb 2
88 Gianluca Roda All
Giorgio Roda All
Matteo Cairoli 1, 3–6
Gianmaria Bruni 2
EbiMotors Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 80 Fabio Babini All
Riccardo Pera All
Raymond Narac 1–2
Bret Curtis 3–5
Gianluca Giraudi 6
Gulf Racing UK Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 86 Ben Barker 1, 4
Alex Davison 1, 4
Michael Wainwright 1, 4

Results and standings

Bold indicates overall winner.

Rnd. Circuit LMP2 Winning Team LMP3 Winning Team LMGTE Winning Team Results
LMP2 Winning Drivers LMP3 Winning Drivers LMGTE Winning Drivers
1 Le Castellet No. 24 Racing Engineering No. 15 RLR MSport No. 66 JMW Motorsport Report
Norman Nato
Paul Petit
Olivier Pla
John Farano
Rob Garofall
Job van Uitert
Liam Griffin
Alex MacDowall
Miguel Molina
2 Monza No. 26 G-Drive Racing No. 11 EuroInternational No. 55 Spirit of Race Report
Andrea Pizzitola
Roman Rusinov
Jean-Éric Vergne
Giorgio Mondini
Kay van Berlo
Duncan Cameron
Matt Griffin
Aaron Scott
3 Red Bull Ring No. 26 G-Drive Racing No. 15 RLR MSport No. 88 Proton Competition Report
Andrea Pizzitola
Roman Rusinov
Jean-Éric Vergne
John Farano
Rob Garofall
Job van Uitert
Matteo Cairoli
Gianluca Roda
Giorgio Roda
4 Silverstone No. 26 G-Drive Racing No. 3 United Autosports No. 66 JMW Motorsport Report
Andrea Pizzitola
Roman Rusinov
Jean-Éric Vergne
Matthew Bell
Garett Grist
Anthony Wells
Liam Griffin
Alex MacDowall
Miguel Molina
5 Spa-Francorchamps No. 22 United Autosports No. 2 United Autosports No. 80 EbiMotors Report
Filipe Albuquerque
Phil Hanson
Scott Andrews
John Falb
Fabio Babini
Bret Curtis
Riccardo Pera
6 Portimão No. 22 United Autosports No. 13 Inter Europol Competition No. 77 Proton Competition Report
Filipe Albuquerque
Phil Hanson
Martin Hippe
Jakub Śmiechowski
Marvin Dienst
Dennis Olsen
Christian Ried
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To be classified a car will have to cross the finish line on the race track when the chequered flag is shown, except in a case of force majeure at the Stewards’ discretion and have covered at least 70% (the official number of laps will be rounded down to the nearest whole number) of the distance covered by the car classified in first place in the overall classification.

Teams Championships

Points are awarded according to the following structure:

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th  Other  Pole 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 0.5 1

LMP2 Teams Championship

Pos. Team Car LEC
MNZ
RBR
SIL
SPA
POR
Total
1 #26 G-Drive Racing Oreca 07 4 1 1 1 12 4 100.25
2 #24 Racing Engineering Oreca 07 1 5 2 Ret 7 5 66
3 #28 IDEC Sport Oreca 07 7 3 4 3 4 6 64
4 #22 United Autosports Ligier JS P217 12 10 3 Ret 1 1 54
5 #21 DragonSpeed Oreca 07 Ret 4 5 2 2 13 50.5
6 #23 Panis Barthez Competition Ligier JS P217 8 7 10 6 3 2 45.5
7 #33 TDS Racing Oreca 07 2 2 9 38
8 #29 Duqueine Engineering Oreca 07 3 6 DSQ 7 5 Ret 35
9 #31 APR - Rebellion Racing Oreca 07 15 8 6 5 15 12 23.25
10 #32 United Autosports Ligier JS P217 9 11 15 10 6 3 23
11 #39 Graff Oreca 07 10 Ret 8 4 8 8 23
12 #40 G-Drive Racing Oreca 07 6 Ret 13 12 11 7 15.25
13 #36 Signatech Alpine Matmut Alpine A470 5 10
14 #35 SMP Racing Dallara P217 NC Ret 7 Ret 6
15 #30 AVF by Adrián Vallés Dallara P217 11 Ret 14 8 9 Ret 6
16 #49 High Class Racing Dallara P217 13 14 12 9 Ret 9 5.5
17 #47 Cetilar Villorba Corse Dallara P217 14 9 11 13 10 11 4.5
18 #25 Algarve Pro Racing Ligier JS P217 16 13 17 11 13 10 3.25
19 #27 IDEC Sport Ligier JS P217 Ret 12 16 14 1.25
Pos. Driver Team LEC
MNZ
RBR
SIL
SPA
POR
Points
Sources:
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

Pos. Team Car LEC
MNZ
RBR
SIL
SPA
POR
Total
1 #15 RLR MSport Ligier JS P3 1 11 1 6 2 5 77.5
2 #13 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P3 6 4 3 5 12 1 70.25
3 #3 United Autosports Ligier JS P3 7 3 12 1 4 7 58.5
4 #7 Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen Ligier JS P3 9 10 2 2 9 2 58
5 #6 360 Racing Ligier JS P3 4 2 8 4 3 16 54
6 #2 United Autosports Ligier JS P3 5 5 Ret 7 1 3 53.5
7 #11 EuroInternational Ligier JS P3 3 1 7 16 13 Ret 46.75
8 #17 Ultimate Norma M30 Ret 7 4 3 Ret 12 36.5
9 #5 NEFIS By Speed Factory Ligier JS P3 16 6 6 Ret 10 4 29
10 #19 M.Racing - YMR Norma M30 2 13 Ret 8 8 10 27.5
11 #9 AT Racing Ligier JS P3 8 Ret 5 9 Ret 6 24
12 #10 Oregon Team Norma M30 11 8 16 14 7 15 9
13 #4 Cool Racing Ligier JS P3 10 9 10 11 6 13 9
14 #18 M.Racing - YMR Ligier JS P3 13 Ret 9 Ret 5 17 8
15 #14 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P3 12 15 11 13 15 8 6.25
16 #12 EuroInternational Ligier JS P3 14 DNS 13 10 14 14 3.75
17 #8 DKR Engineering Norma M30 Ret Ret 14 11 9 2.75
18 #16 BHK Motorsport Ligier JS P3 15 12 15 12 Ret 11 2.5
19 #20 Racing For Poland Ligier JS P3 14 0.5
20 #34 Team Virage Ligier JS P3 15 0.5
Pos. Driver Team LEC
MNZ
RBR
SIL
SPA
POR
Points
Sources:
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

Pos. Team Car LEC
MNZ
RBR
SIL
SPA
POR
Total
1 #88 Proton Competition Porsche 911 RSR 2 5 1 2 3 3 95.5
2 #66 JMW Motorsport Ferrari 488 GTE 1 4 Ret 1 4 2 88
3 #77 Proton Competition Porsche 911 RSR 5 2 4 4 5 1 83
4 #55 Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GTE Ret 1 2 3 2 4 79
5 #80 EbiMotors Porsche 911 RSR 3 3 3 Ret 1 Ret 58.5
6 #83 Krohn Racing Ferrari 488 GTE 4 6 5 6 Ret 4 48
7 #86 Gulf Racing Porsche 911 RSR Ret 5 10
8 #54 Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GTE 6 8
Pos. Driver Team LEC
MNZ
RBR
SIL
SPA
POR
Points
Sources:
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

Drivers Championships

Points are awarded according to the following structure:

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Other Pole
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 0.5 1

LMP2 Drivers Championship

Pos. Driver Team LEC
MNZ
RBR
SIL
SPA
POR
Points
1 Andrea Pizzitola G-Drive Racing 4 1 1 1 12 4 100.25
Roman Rusinov G-Drive Racing 4 1 1 1 12 4
2 Jean-Éric Vergne G-Drive Racing 1 1 1 12 4 88.25
3 Norman Nato Racing Engineering 1 5 2 Ret 7 5 66
Paul Petit Racing Engineering 1 5 2 Ret 7 5
Olivier Pla Racing Engineering 1 5 2 7 5
4 Paul-Loup Chatin IDEC Sport 7 3 4 3 4 6 64
Memo Rojas IDEC Sport 7 3 4 3 4 6
5 Phil Hanson United Autosports 12 10 3 Ret 1 1 54
6 Filipe Albuquerque United Autosports 10 3 Ret 1 1 53.5
7 Ben Hanley DragonSpeed Ret 4 5 2 2 13 50.5
Henrik Hedman DragonSpeed Ret 4 5 2 2 13
Nicolas Lapierre DragonSpeed Ret 4 5 2 2 13
8 Paul Lafargue IDEC Sport 7 3 4 3 50
9 Timothé Buret Panis Barthez Competition 8 7 10 6 3 2 45.5
Julien Canal Panis Barthez Competition 8 7 10 6 3 2
Will Stevens Panis Barthez Competition 8 7 10 6 3 2
10 Loïc Duval TDS Racing 2 2 9 38
François Perrodo TDS Racing 2 2 9
Matthieu Vaxivière TDS Racing 2 2 9
Racing Engineering Ret
11 Nico Jamin Duqueine Engineering 3 6 DSQ 7 5 Ret 35
Nelson Panciatici Duqueine Engineering 3 6 DSQ 7 5 Ret
Pierre Ragues Duqueine Engineering 3 6 DSQ 7 5 Ret
12 Ryan Cullen APR - Rebellion Racing 15 8 6 5 15 12 23.25
Gustavo Menezes APR - Rebellion Racing 15 8 6 5 15 12
Harrison Newey APR - Rebellion Racing 15 8 6 5 15 12
13 Wayne Boyd United Autosports 9 11 15 10 6 3 23
Will Owen United Autosports 9 11 15 10 6 3
Hugo de Sadeleer United Autosports 9 11 15 10 6 3
14 Alexandre Cougnaud Graff 10 Ret 8 4 8 8 23
Tristan Gommendy Graff 10 Ret 8 4 8 8
Jonathan Hirschi Graff 10 Ret 8 4 8 8
15 James Allen G-Drive Racing 6 Ret 13 12 11 7 15.25
16 Gabriel Aubry IDEC Sport 4 6 14
17 Alexandre Imperatori G-Drive Racing 4 12
18 André Negrão Signatech Alpine Matmut 5 10
Pierre Thiriet Signatech Alpine Matmut 5
19 José Gutiérrez G-Drive Racing 6 Ret 13 12 9
20 Enzo Guibbert G-Drive Racing 6 Ret 8
Pos. Driver Team LEC
MNZ
RBR
SIL
SPA
POR
Points
Sources:
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

Pos. Driver Team LEC
MNZ
RBR
SIL
SPA
POR
Points
1 John Farano RLR MSport 1 11 1 6 2 5 77.5
Rob Garofall RLR MSport 1 11 1 6 2 5
Job van Uitert RLR MSport 1 11 1 6 2 5
2 Martin Hippe Inter Europol Competition 6 4 3 5 12 1 70.25
Jakub Śmiechowski Inter Europol Competition 6 4 3 5 12 1
3 Matthew Bell United Autosports 7 3 12 1 4 7 58.5
Garett Grist United Autosports 7 3 12 1 4 7
Anthony Wells United Autosports 7 3 12 1 4 7
4 Alex Kapadia Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen 9 10 2 2 9 2 58
Colin Noble Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen 9 10 2 2 9 2
Christian Stubbe Olsen Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen 9 10 2 2 9 2
5 Ross Kaiser 360 Racing 4 2 8 4 3 16 54
Terrence Woodward 360 Racing 4 2 8 4 3 16
6 John Falb United Autosports 4 2 8 4 3 16 53.5
7 Giorgio Mondini EuroInternational 3 1 7 16 13 Ret 46.75
Kay van Berlo EuroInternational 3 1 7 16 13 Ret
8 François Hériau Ultimate Ret 7 4 3 Ret 12 36.5
Jean-Baptiste Lahaye Ultimate Ret 7 4 3 Ret 12
Matthieu Lahaye Ultimate Ret 7 4 3 Ret 12
9 Timur Boguslavskiy NEFIS By Speed Factory 16 6 6 Ret 10 4 29
Aleksey Chuklin NEFIS By Speed Factory 16 6 6 Ret 10 4
Daniil Pronenko NEFIS By Speed Factory 16 6 6 Ret 10 4
10 David Droux M.Racing - YMR 2 13 Ret 8 8 10 27.5
Lucas Légeret M.Racing - YMR 2 13 Ret 8 8 10
Pos. Driver Team LEC
MNZ
RBR
SIL
SPA
POR
Points
Sources:
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

Pos. Driver Team LEC
MNZ
RBR
SIL
SPA
POR
Points
1 Gianluca Roda Proton Competition 2 5 1 2 3 3 95.5
Giorgio Roda Proton Competition 2 5 1 2 3 3
2 Liam Griffin JMW Motorsport 1 4 Ret 1 4 2 88
Alex MacDowall JMW Motorsport 1 4 Ret 1 4 2
Miguel Molina JMW Motorsport 1 4 Ret 1 4 2
3 Matteo Cairoli Proton Competition 2 1 2 3 3 85.5
4 Marvin Dienst Proton Competition 5 2 4 4 5 1 83
Christian Ried Proton Competition 5 2 4 4 5 1
5 Duncan Cameron Spirit of Race Ret 1 2 3 2 4 79
Matt Griffin Spirit of Race Ret 1 2 3 2 4
Aaron Scott Spirit of Race Ret 1 2 3 2 4
Pos. Driver Team LEC
MNZ
RBR
SIL
SPA
POR
Points
Sources:
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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