2026 | ELMS | Standings after Round 5 | United Autosports takes control after Silverstone

Round 5 of the 2026 European Le Mans Series (ELMS) reshaped all four championship battles following a rain-hit 4 Hours of Silverstone, leaving each title to be decided at the Portimão finale.

United Autosports emerged with sole possession of the LMP2 lead after entering Silverstone level with Forestier Racing by Panis in the standings following Round 4 at Spa. AF Corse moved ahead in LMP2 Pro/Am despite TDS Racing taking victory, while CLX Motorsport retained the LMP3 advantage as R-ace GP closed the gap with its maiden win.

LMGT3 produced another change at the top, with Team Qatar by Iron Lynx converting pole into its first victory of the season to move three points clear of TF Sport. With only the 4 Hours of Portimão remaining, several championships remain separated by margins small enough to disappear during qualifying or the race.

United Autosports takes control of LMP2 standings

United Autosports left Silverstone with a 13-point advantage after Ben Hanley, Grégoire Saucy and Griffin Peebles finished third in LMP2 and sixth overall.

The #22 crew had entered the weekend tied on 70 points with Forestier Racing by Panis, which held the championship lead on countback after Round 4 at Spa. Silverstone reversed that order as United Autosports collected 15 points while the #29 of Esteban Masson, Louis Rousset and Oliver Gray scored only two.

The result moves United Autosports onto 85 points, with Forestier Racing by Panis second on 72. The championship will therefore come down to those two entries at Portimão, with 26 points available through victory and the qualifying bonus point.

Algarve Pro Racing’s Silverstone victory lifted the #25 from sixth to third in the Teams’ Championship on 54 points. Jake Hughes and Matthias Kaiser occupy the same position among the drivers, although Silverstone winner Ben Barnicoat sits separately on 25 after joining the crew for Round 5.

IDEC Sport’s difficult weekend dropped the #18 from third to fourth on 52 points, while the #34 Inter Europol Competition entry moves to fifth on 51. Spa winner #43 Inter Europol follows on 44 after Tom Dillmann added the pole bonus before the car encountered trouble during the race.

LMP2 Teams’ Standings after Round 5

1. #22 United Autosports – 85 points
2. #29 Forestier Racing by Panis – 72 points
3. #25 Algarve Pro Racing – 54 points
4. #18 IDEC Sport – 52 points
5. #34 Inter Europol Competition – 51 points
6. #43 Inter Europol Competition – 44 points
7. #28 IDEC Sport – 35 points
8. #10 Vector Sport – 34 points
9. #24 Nielsen Racing – 33 points
10. #37 CLX Motorsport – 30 points
11. #9 Proton Competition – 20 points

LMP2 Drivers’ Standings after Round 5

1. #22 Ben Hanley, Grégoire Saucy and Griffin Peebles – 85 points
2. #29 Esteban Masson, Louis Rousset and Oliver Gray – 72 points
3. #25 Jake Hughes and Matthias Kaiser – 54 points
4. #18 Jamie Chadwick, Laurents Hörr and Valerio Rinicella – 52 points
5. #34 Bijoy Garg and Reshad de Gérus – 51 points
6. #43 Jakub Śmiechowski and Tom Dillmann – 44 points
7. #43 Nick Yelloly – 38 points
8. #28 Job van Uitert, Paul Lafargue and Paul-Loup Chatin – 35 points
9. #10 Pietro Fittipaldi, Ryan Cullen and Vladislav Lomko – 34 points
10. #24 Edward Pearson and Roy Nissany – 33 points
11. #37 Adrien Closmenil, Ian Aguilera and Theodor Jensen – 30 points
12. #25 Tristan Vautier – 29 points
13. #25 Ben Barnicoat – 25 points
14. #24 Jack Doohan – 21 points
15. #9 Jonas Ried, Mike Rockenfeller and Sebastian Priaulx – 20 points
16. #24 Jack Aitken – 12 points
17. #43 Luca Ghiotto – 6 points

AF Corse takes sole LMP2 Pro/Am lead

AF Corse moved into sole possession of the LMP2 Pro/Am lead despite a relatively quiet Silverstone race for Antonio Fuoco, François Perrodo and Matthieu Vaxivière.

The #83 crew had entered Round 5 tied on 61 points with the #20 Algarve Pro Racing Oreca following its victory at Spa. Sixth place in class added another six points and moved AF Corse to 67, while Algarve Pro Racing failed to score and remained on 61.

However, TDS Racing made the largest move near the top. Steven Thomas secured the qualifying bonus point before he, Sami Meguetounif and Scott Huffaker won the class and finished second overall. Their 26-point haul lifted the #14 from sixth to second in the championship on 62, only five behind AF Corse.

Duqueine Team also moved into contention after Doriane Pin, Giorgio Roda and Richard Verschoor finished fourth in class. The #30 now sits level with Algarve Pro Racing on 61 points, leaving the top four separated by only six.

Vector Sport remains fifth on 53 after adding four points, while the #19 Rossa Racing by Virage entry climbed to sixth on 51 following its podium at Silverstone. AO by TF and United Autosports also remain mathematically capable of winning the title on 45 and 44 points respectively.

LMP2 Pro/Am Teams’ Standings after Round 5

1. #83 AF Corse – 67 points
2. #14 TDS Racing – 62 points
3. #20 Algarve Pro Racing – 61 points
4. #30 Duqueine Team – 61 points
5. #7 Vector Sport – 53 points
6. #19 Rossa Racing by Virage – 51 points
7. #99 AO by TF – 45 points
8. #21 United Autosports – 44 points
9. #27 Nielsen Racing – 30 points
10. #47 CLX Motorsport – 20 points
11. #3 DKR Engineering – 11 points
12. #88 Proton Competition – 5 points

LMP2 Pro/Am Drivers’ Standings after Round 5

1. #83 Antonio Fuoco, François Perrodo and Matthieu Vaxivière – 67 points
2. #14 Sami Meguetounif, Scott Huffaker II and Steven Thomas – 62 points
3. #20 Enzo Trulli, Malthe Jakobsen and Michael Jensen – 61 points
4. #30 Doriane Pin, Giorgio Roda and Richard Verschoor – 61 points
5. #7 Cem Bölükbaşı, Jens Reno Møller and Lorenzo Fluxa – 53 points
6. #19 John Falb, Manuel Espírito Santo and Rik Koen – 51 points
7. #99 Dane Cameron and PJ Hyett – 45 points
8. #21 Daniel Schneider, Marino Sato and Oliver Jarvis – 44 points
9. #27 Alex Quinn, James Allen and Kriton Lentoudis – 30 points
10. #99 Louis Delétraz – 26 points
11. #47 Charles Milesi, Ferdinand Habsburg and Georgios Kolovos – 20 points
12. #99 Jonny Edgar – 19 points
13. #3 Jean Glorieux and Marlon Hernandez – 11 points
14. #3 Maceo Capietto – 6 points
15. #3 Sebastian Alvarez – 5 points
16. #88 Horst Felbermayr, Horst Felix Felbermayr and René Binder – 5 points
17. #88 Julien Andlauer – 0 points
18. #88 Felipe Fraga – 0 points

R-ace GP closes on CLX Motorsport in LMP3

CLX Motorsport retained the LMP3 championship lead at Silverstone, but R-ace GP reduced its advantage from 15 points after Round 4 to nine ahead of the finale.

The #17 CLX Ligier of Alexander Jacoby, Paul Lanchère and Louis Iglesias began the weekend by securing pole, with Iglesias earning the bonus point. Second place in the race then lifted the team from 65 to 84 points.

R-ace GP responded with its first ELMS victory. Fabien Michal, Hugo Schwarze and Pierre-Alexandre Provost collected the maximum 25 race points and moved from 50 to 75, keeping the title fight firmly alive.

Rinaldi Racing remains mathematically involved after finishing fifth at Silverstone. Its #5 entry moves to 59 points and trails CLX by 25, leaving it needing a near-perfect Portimão weekend and a difficult finale for the leaders.

Inter Europol Competition climbed to fourth on 56 after taking the final Silverstone podium, while Eurointernational follows on 51. Those two teams can no longer catch CLX Motorsport with only 26 points available.

LMP3 Teams’ Standings after Round 5

1. #17 CLX Motorsport – 84 points
2. #85 R-ace GP – 75 points
3. #5 Rinaldi Racing – 59 points
4. #13 Inter Europol Competition – 56 points
5. #11 Eurointernational – 51 points
6. #4 DKR Engineering – 42 points
7. #8 Team Virage – 40 points
8. #35 Ultimate – 38 points
9. #31 Racing Spirit of Léman – 32 points
10. #68 M Racing – 28 points

LMP3 Drivers’ Standings after Round 5

1. #17 Alexander Jacoby and Paul Lanchère – 84 points
2. #85 Fabien Michal, Hugo Schwarze and Pierre-Alexandre Provost – 75 points
3. #17 Louis Iglesias – 70 points
4. #5 Alvise Rodella, José Fernandes Cautela and Mikkel Gaarde Pedersen – 59 points
5. #13 Alexander Bukhantsov and Chun Ting Chou – 56 points
6. #13 Henry Cubides Olarte – 55 points
7. #11 Douwe Dedecker, Matthew Richard Bell and Max van der Snel – 51 points
8. #4 Antti Rammo, Romain Favre and Wyatt Brichacek – 42 points
9. #8 Daniel Nogales, Louis Stern and Matteo Quintarelli – 40 points
10. #35 Lucas Fecury, Sebastian Gravlund and Terrence Woodward – 38 points
11. #31 Ralph Meichtry – 32 points
12. #31 Lenny Ried – 30 points
13. #68 Nick Adcock – 28 points
14. #31 Grégory de Sybourg – 28 points
15. #68 Thomas Imbourg – 20 points
16. #68 Quentin Antonel – 18 points
17. #17 Bruno Ribeiro – 14 points
18. #68 Alfie Briggs – 8 points
19. #68 Stéphane Tribaudini – 2 points

Team Qatar by Iron Lynx moves into LMGT3 lead

LMGT3 has a new championship leader after Team Qatar by Iron Lynx converted its Silverstone pole into a breakthrough victory.

Abdulla Ali Al-Khelaifi secured the team’s third pole of the season before he, Ralf Aron and Julian Hanses won a close race ahead of the #33 TF Sport Corvette. The 26-point weekend moved the #62 Mercedes-AMG from third on 47 points to the top of the championship with 73.

TF Sport remains close behind. Blake McDonald, Alec Udell and Charlie Eastwood took second at Silverstone to move onto 70 points, leaving only three between the leading crews before Portimão.

The #77 Proton Competition Porsche climbed to third after taking the final podium position and now sits on 62 points. Its sister #75 entry, which had returned to the championship lead after Spa, drops to fourth despite scoring eight points at Silverstone and remains only one point behind.

Kessel Racing’s #57 Ferrari moves to 52 points after finishing fourth, while GR Racing follows on 50. Both remain mathematically capable of taking the title, meaning six LMGT3 entries will head to Portimão with a chance of becoming champion.

LMGT3 Teams’ Standings after Round 5

1. #62 Team Qatar by Iron Lynx – 73 points
2. #33 TF Sport – 70 points
3. #77 Proton Competition – 62 points
4. #75 Proton Competition – 61 points
5. #57 Kessel Racing – 52 points
6. #86 GR Racing – 50 points
7. #55 Spirit of Race – 38 points
8. #51 AF Corse – 22 points
9. #54 High Class Racing – 22 points
10. #23 United Autosports – 21 points
11. #63 Iron Lynx – 18 points
12. #50 Richard Mille AF Corse – 14 points
13. #59 Racing Spirit of Léman – 5 points
14. #74 Kessel Racing – 1 point

LMGT3 Drivers’ Standings after Round 5

1. #62 Abdulla Ali Al-Khelaifi and Julian Hanses – 73 points
2. #33 Alec Udell, Blake McDonald and Charlie Eastwood – 70 points
3. #77 Huub van Eijndhoven – 62 points
4. #75 Matthew Kurzejewski, Richard Lietz and Thomas Sargent – 61 points
5. #57 Daniel Serra, Mathys Jaubert and Takeshi Kimura – 52 points
6. #86 Lorcan Hanafin, Mex Jansen and Michael Wainwright – 50 points
7. #77 Martin Berry – 48 points
8. #55 David Perel, Duncan Cameron and Matthew Griffin – 38 points
9. #62 Maxime Martin – 34 points
10. #77 Harry King – 34 points
11. #62 Ralf Aron – 26 points
12. #51 Charles-Henri Samani and Conrad Laursen – 22 points
13. #54 Max Moritz – 22 points
14. #23 Garnet Patterson and Michael Birch – 21 points
15. #77 Alessio Picariello – 18 points
16. #63 Ameerh Naran, Rui Andrade and Sérgio Sette Câmara – 18 points
17. #54 Klaus Bachler – 16 points
18. #54 Anders Fjordbach – 16 points
19. #51 Davide Rigon – 14 points
20. #50 Custodio Toledo and Riccardo Agostini – 14 points
21. #77 Bankcy – 14 points
22. #62 Adam Christodoulou – 13 points
23. #50 Francesco Castellacci – 10 points
24. #77 Joel Sturm – 10 points
25. #54 Benjamin Paque – 6 points
26. #59 Marius Fossard – 5 points
27. #54 Thomas Preining – 4 points
28. #50 Lilou Wadoux – 4 points
29. #23 Wayne Boyd – 3 points
30. #59 Clément Mateu – 3 points
31. #59 Valentin Hasse Clot – 2 points
32. #74 Andrew Gilbert, Fran Rueda and Romain Leroux – 1 point
33. #59 Anthony McIntosh and Parker Thompson – 1 point
34. #54 Dennis Andersen and Laurin Heinrich – 0 points

Portimão to decide all four championships

The championship picture is considerably clearer than it was following Spa, but all four titles remain undecided heading into the final weekend.

United Autosports and Forestier Racing by Panis are the only remaining LMP2 title contenders, separated by 13 points. LMP2 Pro/Am remains far more open, with AF Corse leading TDS Racing by five and eight teams still mathematically capable of taking the crown.

CLX Motorsport takes a nine-point LMP3 advantage over R-ace GP to Portugal, while Rinaldi Racing remains 25 points behind and retains an outside chance. LMGT3 is even tighter at the front, with only three points separating Team Qatar by Iron Lynx and TF Sport and six entries still in mathematical contention.

The 4 Hours of Portimão will conclude the 2026 season on 10 October. With a maximum of 26 points available through pole position and victory, qualifying could prove almost as significant as the four-hour race in deciding the final championships.