However, the European Le Mans Series suffered from a lack of entrants during its debut season, and was eventually canceled.
In 2001 he raced in the European Le Mans Series, at the 6 Hours of Estoril.
This season shared events with the new European Le Mans Series, with two events being held in Europe.
They plan to contest in the European Le Mans Series in 2009.
The race served as a precursor to the European Le Mans Series that followed in 2001.
These races would serve as a precursor to what would become the separate European Le Mans Series in 2001.
The demise of the European Le Mans Series would not be the end of sportscar racing in Europe.
Following the demise of the European Le Mans Series, the North American schedule was greatly expanded to ten races.
It, along with the Silverstone 500, served as a precursor to the creation of the European Le Mans Series.
For 2012, LMP2 became the top class of the renamed European Le Mans Series.