G-Drive Racing's #26 ORECA 07-Gibson dominated the 2018 European Le Mans Series season with Roman Rusinov, Andrea Pizzitola and Jean-Eric Vergne winning three out of six races! Two others were won by United Autsports' #22 Ligier JS P217 shared by Phil Hanson and Portuguese driver Filipe Albuquerque, and the opening round at Le Castellet was clinched by Racing Engineering's #24 ORECA 07-Gibson driven by Norman Nato, Paul Petit and Olivier Pla.
In the LMP3 class, the Teams and Drivers titles were awarded to RLR MSport and its line-up Job van Uitert, John Farano and Rob Garofall. In LMGTE, Proton Competition and its drivers Giorgio Roda and Gianluca Roda won the title with the #88 Porsche 911 RSR.
All of the teams and drivers mentioned above have earned an invitation to next year's 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Watch this 52-minute video to relive the 2018 ELMS season!
The European Le Mans Series will return in 2019 with six races on the calendar per usual, starting with Le Castellet in April.
VIDEO: YouTube - ELMS official
PHOTO (Copyright - Jakob Ebrey Photography/ELMS): The start at the first round at Le Castellet.