The 2017 European Le Mans Series season was the fourteenth season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's (ACO) European Le Mans Series.
The six-event season began at Silverstone Circuit, in conjunction with the FIA World Endurance Championship, on 15 April, and ended at Algarve International Circuit on 22 October.
[2] Teams were able to choose from four different chassis constructors: Dallara, Onroak Automotive (Ligier), Oreca and a joint venture between Riley Technologies/Multimatic.
For the fifth consecutive season, Silverstone hosted the opening rounds of both the European Le Mans Series and the FIA World Endurance Championship.
To be classified, a car had to cross the finish line on the racetrack when the chequered flag was shown, except in a case of force majeure at the Stewards' discretion, and must have covered at least 70% (the official number of laps would be rounded down to the nearest whole number) of the distance covered by the car classified in first place in the overall classification.