The next round of the European Le Mans Series, the Six Hours of Donnington on July 15, has attracted only thirteen entries despite the field being opened to GT3 cars.
The European Le Mans Series, one of three sports car endurance-racing series sanctioned by Le Mans organizers ACO, has been struggling since the newly-formed World Endurance Championship started siphoning off entries. ELMS dropped the LMP-1 class because no teams were interested, and had to cancel the Six Hours of Zolder in April because too few cars entered.
With money being tight, most racing teams have opted to compete in the World Endurance Championship, which costs more due to travel and shipping, but also offers much wider exposure to sponsors.
Realizing that the field at Donnington would be small, ACO in late April opened up the race to modified GT3 cars, allowing them to compete in the GTC class. This move attracted no entries; no cars have entered GTC at all.
Of the 13 cars entered for Donnington, nine are in the P2 class; one each in PC and GTE-Pro, and two in GTE-Am.
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