Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the 4 Hours of Barcelona had to be cancelled and round 3 of the 2020 ELMS was held at Le Castellet.
For the first time in ELMS history the same circuit was used twice in the same season. To differentiate this event from the opening round of the season, the title was changed to Le Castellet 240, 240 referring to the 240 minutes duration of the race, and it was also the only night race of the season.
Here are some facts and figures following Round 3 of the 2020 European Le Mans Series:
RACE DISTANCE COVERED BY THE WINNING CARS
LMP2 - 680.9km / 118 laps - no22 United Autosports Oreca 07-Gibson
LMP3 - 640.6km / 111 laps - no8 Realteam Racing Ligier JS P320-Nissan
LMGTE - 634.8km / 110 laps - no55 Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GTE EVO
TOTAL NUMBER OF LAPS COMPLETED BY THE ENTIRE FIELD
LMP2 - 1727 laps - 9966.52 km
LMP3 - 1214 laps - 7005.99 km
LMGTE - 762 laps - 4397.50 km
TOTAL - 3703 laps - 21,370.01 km
FASTEST LAPS
LMP2 Lap Record: Job Van Uitert - no32 United Autosports - 1m43.060 (Race)
LMP2 Circuit Record: Jean-Eric Vergne - no26 G-Drive Racing - 1m40.325 (FP1)
LMP3 Lap Record: Niko Kari - no11 Eurointernational - 1m52.228 (Race)
LMP3 Circuit Record: Niko Kari - no11 Eurointernational - 1m49.677 (FP1)
LMGTE Lap Record: Alessio Picariello - no77 Proton Competition - 1m55.402 (Race)
LMGTE Circuit Record: Nicklas Nielsen - no60 Iron Lynx - 1m52.674 (FP1)
FASTEST CARS ON TRACK
LMP2: no22 United Autosports - Filipe Albuquerque - 316.7 kph - Free Practice 2
LMP3: no4 DKR Engineering - Laurents Hörr -255.0 kph - Free Practice 1
LMGTE: no51 AF Corse - Daniel Serra - 279.8 kph - Race
OTHER STATS
Total number of cars that started the race: 34
Total number of cars that finished the race: 31
Full Course Yellow Periods: 0
Safety Car Periods: 3
