2026 | ELMS | Standings after Round 3 | Rinaldi Racing and TF Sport reclaim control at Imola

Round 3 of the 2026 European Le Mans Series (ELMS) reshaped the championship picture across all four classes after the 4 Hours of Imola.

United Autosports doubled its LMP2 lead from three to six points, while Algarve Pro Racing moved back to the top of LMP2 Pro/Am. Rinaldi Racing returned to the head of LMP3, and TF Sport jumped from fifth to first in LMGT3 after victory from pole position. The official standings list United Autosports, Algarve Pro Racing, Rinaldi Racing and TF Sport as the class leaders after Imola.

United Autosports doubles LMP2 lead

United Autosports strengthened its LMP2 title position after Ben Hanley, Grégoire Saucy and Griffin Peebles secured second place at Imola. The #22 Oreca-Gibson crew claimed its third podium from three races and moved to 58 points.

Forestier Racing by Panis also closed the gap through another maximum-score weekend. Louis Rousset, Esteban Masson and Oliver Gray won their second race of the season in the #29 Oreca-Gibson and added the pole bonus point, taking their total to 52 points. As a result, they now sit only six points behind United Autosports.

Behind them, Bijoy Garg and Reshad de Gerus dropped to third in the #34 Inter Europol Competition Oreca-Gibson. They finished sixth in Italy and now sit on 45 points. Meanwhile, Jamie Chadwick, Valerio Rinicella and Laurents Hörr finished fourth for the third race in a row and hold fourth in the standings on 36 points for IDEC Sport.

LMP2 Teams’ Standings after Round 3

1. #22 United Autosports – 58 points
2. #29 Forestier Racing by Panis – 52 points
3. #34 Inter Europol Competition – 45 points
4. #18 IDEC Sport – 36 points
5. #25 Algarve Pro Racing – 19 points
6. #10 Vector Sport – 18 points
7. #43 Inter Europol Competition – 18 points
8. #28 IDEC Sport – 17 points
9. #24 Nielsen Racing – 17 points
10. #37 CLX Motorsport – 16 points
11. #9 Proton Competition – 10 points

LMP2 Drivers’ Standings after Round 3

1. #22 Ben Hanley, Grégoire Saucy and Griffin Peebles – 58 points
2. #29 Esteban Masson, Louis Rousset and Oliver Gray – 52 points
3. #34 Bijoy Garg and Reshad de Gérus – 45 points
4. #18 Jamie Chadwick, Laurents Hörr and Valerio Rinicella – 36 points
5. #25 Jake Hughes, Matthias Kaiser and Tristan Vautier – 19 points
6. #10 Pietro Fittipaldi, Ryan Cullen and Vladislav Lomko – 18 points
7. #43 Jakub Śmiechowski and Tom Dillmann – 18 points
8. #28 Job van Uitert, Paul Lafargue and Paul-Loup Chatin – 17 points
9. #24 Edward Pearson, Jack Doohan and Roy Nissany – 17 points
10. #37 Adrien Closmenil, Ian Aguilera and Theodor Jensen – 16 points
11. #43 Nicholas Yelloly – 12 points
12. #9 Jonas Ried, Mike Rockenfeller and Sebastian Priaulx – 10 points
13. #43 Luca Ghiotto – 6 points

Algarve Pro Racing and Vector Sport tie in LMP2 Pro/Am

LMP2 Pro/Am produced the biggest change after a dramatic race at Imola. Michael Jensen, Enzo Trulli and Malthe Jakobsen moved the #20 Algarve Pro Racing Oreca-Gibson back to the top of the standings after finishing second in Italy.

However, Vector Sport matched Algarve Pro Racing on points after Jens Reno Møller, Cem Bölükbaşı and Lorenzo Fluxa won the 4 Hours of Imola in the #7 Oreca-Gibson. Both teams now sit on 43 points after three rounds.

Duqueine Team lost the championship lead after a difficult race from pole. Giorgio Roda, Doriane Pin and Richard Verschoor finished seventh in Italy and dropped to third on 38 points. AF Corse remains close behind, with François Perrodo, Matthieu Vaxivière and Antonio Fuoco fourth on 36 points in the #83 Oreca-Gibson.

LMP2 Pro/Am Teams’ Standings after Round 3

1. #20 Algarve Pro Racing – 43 points
2. #7 Vector Sport – 43 points
3. #30 Duqueine Team – 38 points
4. #83 AF Corse – 36 points
5. #19 Rossa Racing by Virage – 28 points
6. #27 Nielsen Racing – 25 points
7. #21 United Autosports – 25 points
8. #14 TDS Racing – 24 points
9. #99 AO by TF – 22 points
10. #47 CLX Motorsport – 10 points
11. #3 DKR Engineering – 9 points
12. #88 Proton Competition – 3 points

LMP2 Pro/Am Drivers’ Standings after Round 3

1. #20 Enzo Trulli, Malthe Jakobsen and Michael Jensen – 43 points
2. #7 Jens Reno Møller and Lorenzo Fluxa – 43 points
3. #30 Doriane Pin, Giorgio Roda and Richard Verschoor – 38 points
4. #83 Antonio Fuoco, François Perrodo and Matthieu Vaxivière – 36 points
5. #19 John Falb, Manuel Espírito Santo and Rik Koen – 28 points
6. #27 James Allen and Kriton Lentoudis – 25 points
7. #21 Daniel Schneider, Marino Sato and Oliver Jarvis – 25 points
8. #14 Sami Meguetounif, Scott Huffaker II and Steven Thomas – 24 points
9. #99 Dane Cameron and PJ Hyett – 22 points
10. #99 Jonny Edgar – 19 points
11. #47 Charles Milesi and Georgios Kolovos – 10 points
12. #47 Ferdinand Habsburg – 10 points
13. #3 Jean Glorieux and Marlon Hernandez – 9 points
14. #3 Sebastian Alvarez – 5 points
15. #3 Maceo Capietto – 4 points
16. #88 Horst Felix Felbermayr and René Binder – 3 points
17. #99 Louis Delétraz – 3 points
18. #88 Felipe Fraga – 0 points

Cem Bölükbaşı shares the #7 Vector Sport win and sits level with the team’s 43-point total in the official race context, although the published drivers’ table does not display his name in the same line as Møller and Fluxa.

Rinaldi Racing returns to LMP3 lead

Rinaldi Racing moved back to the top of the LMP3 standings after José Fernandes Cautela, Alvise Rodella and Mikkel Gaarde Pedersen finished second at Imola. The #5 Ligier-Toyota now leads the class with 49 points.

Inter Europol Competition lost the championship lead after a difficult Italian round. Alex Bukhantsov, Chun Ting Chou and Henry Cubides Olarte could only score one point with the #13 Ligier-Toyota, leaving the team second on 41 points.

CLX Motorsport also revived its title defence with a perfect Imola score. The reigning champions took LMP3 pole and race victory with the #17 Ligier-Toyota, scoring 26 points and climbing from eighth to third in the teams’ standings on 40 points.

LMP3 Teams’ Standings after Round 3

1. #5 Rinaldi Racing – 49 points
2. #13 Inter Europol Competition – 41 points
3. #17 CLX Motorsport – 40 points
4. #85 R-ace GP – 31 points
5. #8 Team Virage – 29 points
6. #4 DKR Engineering – 28 points
7. #35 Ultimate – 26 points
8. #11 Eurointernational – 24 points
9. #68 M Racing – 20 points
10. #31 Racing Spirit of Léman – 16 points

LMP3 Drivers’ Standings after Round 3

1. #5 Alvise Rodella, José Fernandes Cautela and Mikkel Gaarde Pedersen – 49 points
2. #13 Alexander Bukhantsov and Chun Ting Chou – 41 points
3. #13 Henry Cubides Olarte – 40 points
4. #17 Alexander Jacoby and Paul Lanchère – 40 points
5. #85 Fabien Michal, Hugo Schwarze and Pierre-Alexandre Provost – 31 points
6. #8 Daniel Nogales, Louis Stern and Matteo Quintarelli – 29 points
7. #4 Antti Rammo, Romain Favre and Wyatt Brichacek – 28 points
8. #17 Louis Iglesias – 26 points
9. #35 Lucas Fecury, Sebastian Gravlund and Terrence Woodward – 26 points
10. #11 Douwe Dedecker, Matthew Richard Bell and Max van der Snel – 24 points
11. #68 Nick Adcock and Thomas Imbourg – 20 points
12. #68 Quentin Antonel – 18 points
13. #31 Grégory de Sybourg and Ralph Meichtry – 16 points
14. #17 Bruno Ribeiro – 14 points
15. #31 Lenny Ried – 14 points

TF Sport moves to the front in LMGT3

TF Sport took control of the LMGT3 standings after converting pole into victory at Imola. Blake McDonald, Alec Udell and Charlie Eastwood moved the #33 Corvette Z06 LMGT3.R from fifth to first with 44 points.

The margin remains narrow. Barcelona winners Matthew Kurzejewski, Thomas Sargent and Richard Lietz sit just one point behind in the #75 Proton Competition Porsche after scoring 12 points in Italy.

Kessel Racing dropped from the championship lead to third after the #57 Ferrari failed to score at Imola. Takeshi Kimura, Mathys Jaubert and Daniel Serra remain on 40 points after winning at Le Castellet. Meanwhile, Team Qatar by Iron Lynx rose from seventh to fourth after Abdulla Ali Al-Khelaifi, Julian Hanses and Maxime Martin took second place in Italy, the first podium for a Qatari-flagged car in ELMS.

LMGT3 Teams’ Standings after Round 3

1. #33 TF Sport – 44 points
2. #75 Proton Competition – 43 points
3. #57 Kessel Racing – 40 points
4. #62 Team Qatar by Iron Lynx – 32 points
5. #77 Proton Competition – 29 points
6. #55 Spirit of Race – 22 points
7. #86 GR Racing – 21 points
8. #23 United Autosports – 18 points
9. #54 High Class Racing – 14 points
10. #50 Richard Mille AF Corse – 14 points
11. #63 Iron Lynx – 14 points
12. #51 AF Corse – 10 points
13. #59 Racing Spirit of Léman – 3 points
14. #74 Kessel Racing – 1 point

LMGT3 Drivers’ Standings after Round 3

1. #33 Alec Udell, Blake McDonald and Charlie Eastwood – 44 points
2. #75 Matthew Kurzejewski, Richard Lietz and Thomas Sargent – 43 points
3. #57 Daniel Serra, Mathys Jaubert and Takeshi Kimura – 40 points
4. #62 Abdulla Ali Al-Khelaifi and Julian Hanses – 32 points
5. #77 Huub van Eijndhoven – 29 points
6. #55 David Perel, Duncan Cameron and Matthew Griffin – 22 points
7. #86 Lorcan Hanafin, Mex Jansen and Michael Wainwright – 21 points
8. #62 Maxime Martin – 19 points
9. #77 Harry King – 19 points
10. #23 Garnet Patterson and Michael Birch – 18 points
11. #77 Martin Berry – 15 points
12. #54 Anders Fjordbach – 14 points
13. #50 Custodio Toledo and Riccardo Agostini – 14 points
14. #77 Bankcy – 14 points
15. #54 Max Moritz – 14 points
16. #63 Ameerh Naran, Rui Andrade and Sergio Sette Câmara – 14 points
17. #62 Adam Christodoulou – 13 points
18. #50 Francesco Castellacci – 10 points
19. #77 Joel Sturm – 10 points
20. #54 Klaus Bachler – 10 points
21. #51 Charles-Henri Samani and Conrad Laursen – 10 points
22. #50 Lilou Wadoux – 4 points
23. #54 Thomas Preining – 4 points
24. #59 Clément Mateu and Marius Fossard – 3 points
25. #51 Davide Rigon – 2 points
26. #59 Valentin Hasse Clot – 1 point
27. #74 Andrew Gilbert, Fran Rueda and Romain Leroux – 1 point
28. #23 Wayne Boyd – 0 points
29. #54 Dennis Andersen and Laurin Heinrich – 0 points

Spa-Francorchamps awaits after Imola shake-up

The 2026 ELMS title fights remain open after three rounds. United Autosports leads LMP2 by six points, while Algarve Pro Racing and Vector Sport share the LMP2 Pro/Am lead. Rinaldi Racing carries an eight-point LMP3 advantage, and TF Sport leads LMGT3 by just one point.

Round 4 of the 2026 European Le Mans Series will take place at Spa-Francorchamps on Sunday, 23 August.