Gallery: A look at the first round of the 2022 ELMS from Paul Ricard

It is time for a gallery! The European Le Mans Series gave us a stunning race to start the 2022 season and John Stevens was there to catch all the action for RacerViews!

You can read about the race here

No.95, OMAN RACING WITH TF SPORT, OMN, Aston Martin Vantage AMR, John Hartshorne (GBR), Henrique Chaves (PRT), Jonathan Adam (GBR) 2022 European Le Mans Series, Le Castellet, France. Photo © John D Stevens.

No.88, AF CORSE, ITA, Oreca 07 – Gibson, François Perrodo (FRA), Nicklas Nielsen (DNK), Alessio Rovera (ITA) / No.10, EUROINTERNATIONAL, ITA, Ligier JS P320 – Nissan, Glenn Van Berlo (NLD), Xavier Lloveras (ESP), Tom Cloet (BEL) 2022 European Le Mans Series, Le Castellet, France. Photo © John D Stevens.

No.83, IRON LYNX, ITA, Ferrari F488 GTE EVO, Rahel Frey (CHE), Michelle Gatting (DNK), Sarah Bovy (BEL) 2022 European Le Mans Series, Le Castellet, France. Photo © John D Stevens.

No.77, PROTON COMPETITION, DEU, Porsche 911 RSR – 19, Christian Ried (DEU), Lorenzo Ferrari (ITA), Gianmaria Bruni (ITA) 2022 European Le Mans Series, Le Castellet, France. Photo © John D Stevens.

No.69, OMAN RACING WITH TF SPORT, OMN, Aston Martin Vantage AMR, Ahmad Al Harthy (OMN), Marco Sorensen (DNK), Samuel de Haan (GBR) 2022 European Le Mans Series, Le Castellet, France. Photo © John D Stevens.

No.66, JMW MOTORSPORT, GBR, Ferrari F488 GTE EVO, Giacomo Petrobelli (GBR), Sean Hudspeth (SGP), Matthew Payne (NZL) 2022 European Le Mans Series, Le Castellet, France. Photo © John D Stevens.

No.65, PANIS RACING, FRA, Oreca 07 – Gibson, Julien Canal (FRA), Nicolas Jamin (FRA), Job Van Uitert (NLD) / No.6, 360 RACING, GBR, Ligier JS P320 – Nissan, Terrence Woodward (GBR), Ross Kaiser (GBR), Mark Richards (GBR) 2022 European Le Mans Series, Le Castellet, France. Photo © John D Stevens.

No.60, IRON LYNX, ITA, Ferrari F488 GTE EVO, Claudio Schiavoni (ITA), Matteo Cressoni (ITA), Davide Rigon (ITA) 2022 European Le Mans Series, Le Castellet, France. Photo © John D Stevens.

No.57, KESSEL RACING, CHE, Ferrari F488 GTE EVO, Takeshi Kimura (JPN), Frederik Schandorff (DNK), Mikkel Jensen (DNK) 2022 European Le Mans Series, Le Castellet, France. Photo © John D Stevens.

No.55, SPIRIT OF RACE, CHE, Ferrari F488 GTE EVO, Duncan Cameron (GBR), Matthew Griffin (IRL), David Perel (ZAF) 2022 European Le Mans Series, Le Castellet, France. Photo © John D Stevens.

No.47, ALGARVE PRO RACING, PRT, Oreca 07 – Gibson, John Falb (USA), James Allen (AUS), Alexander Peroni (AUS) 2022 European Le Mans Series, Le Castellet, France. Photo © John D Stevens.

No.40, GRAFF RACING, FRA, Oreca 07 – Gibson, Eric Trouillet (FRA), Sébastien Page (CHE), David Droux (CHE) 2022 European Le Mans Series, Le Castellet, France. Photo © John D Stevens.

No.37, COOL RACING, CHE, Oreca 07 – Gibson, Nicolas Lapierre (FRA), Niklas Kruetten (DEU), Yifei Ye (CHN) 2022 European Le Mans Series, Le Castellet, France. Photo © John D Stevens.

No.34, RACING TEAM TURKEY, TUR, Oreca 07 – Gibson, Salih Yoluc (TUR), Charlie Eastwood (IRL), Jack Aitken (GBR) 2022 European Le Mans Series, Le Castellet, France. Photo © John D Stevens.

No.33, RINALDI RACING, DEU, Ferrari F488 GTE EVO, Christian Hook (DEU), Oscar Tunjo (COL), Fabrizio Crestani (ITA) 2022 European Le Mans Series, Le Castellet, France. Photo © John D Stevens.

No.32, RINALDI RACING, DEU, Ferrari F488 GTE EVO, Pierre Ehret (DEU), Nicolas Varrone (ARG), Memo Gildey (USA) 2022 European Le Mans Series, Le Castellet, France. Photo © John D Stevens.

No.30, DUQUEINE TEAM, FRA, Oreca 07 – Gibson, Memo Rojas (MEX), Reshad de Gerus (FRA), Richard Bradley (GBR) 2022 European Le Mans Series, Le Castellet, France. Photo © John D Stevens.

No.28, IDEC SPORT, FRA, Oreca 07 – Gibson, Paul Lafargue (FRA), Paul Loup Chatin (FRA), Patrick Pilet (FRA) 2022 European Le Mans Series, Le Castellet, France. Photo © John D Stevens.

No.24, NIELSEN RACING, GBR, Oreca 07 – Gibson, Rodrigo Sales (USA), Matthew Bell (GBR), Ben Hanley (GBR) 2022 European Le Mans Series, Le Castellet, France. Photo © John D Stevens.

No.22, UNITED AUTOSPORTS, GBR, Oreca 07 – Gibson, Philip Hanson (GBR), Tom Gamble (GBR), Duncan Tappy (GBR) 2022 European Le Mans Series, Le Castellet, France. Photo © John D Stevens.

No.21, MÜHLNER MOTORSPORT, BEL, Oreca 07 – Gibson, Matthias Kaiser (CHE), Thomas Laurent (FRA), Ugo De Wilde (BEL) 2022 European Le Mans Series, Le Castellet, France. Photo © John D Stevens.

No.18, ABSOLUTE RACING, HKG, Porsche 911 RSR – 19, Andrew Haryanto (IDN), Martin Rump (EST), Alessio Picariello (BEL) 2022 European Le Mans Series, Le Castellet, France. Photo © John D Stevens.

No.14, INTER EUROPOL COMPETITION, POL, Ligier JS P320 – Nissan, Noam Abramczyk (FRA), Mateusz Kasprzyk (POL), James Dayson (CAN) 2022 European Le Mans Series, Le Castellet, France. Photo © John D Stevens.

No.13, INTER EUROPOL COMPETITION, POL, Ligier JS P320 – Nissan, Charles Crews (USA), Nicolas Pino (GBR), Guilherme Oliveira (PRT) 2022 European Le Mans Series, Le Castellet, France. Photo © John D Stevens.

No.10, EUROINTERNATIONAL, ITA, Ligier JS P320 – Nissan, Glenn Van Berlo (NLD), Xavier Lloveras (ESP), Tom Cloet (BEL) 2022 European Le Mans Series, Le Castellet, France. Photo © John D Stevens.

No.9, PREMA RACING, ITA, Oreca 07 – Gibson, Juan Manuel Correa (USA), Louis Deletraz (CHE), Ferdinand Habsburg (AUT) 2022 European Le Mans Series, Le Castellet, France. Photo © John D Stevens.

No.6, 360 RACING, GBR, Ligier JS P320 – Nissan, Terrence Woodward (GBR), Ross Kaiser (GBR), Mark Richards (GBR) 2022 European Le Mans Series, Le Castellet, France. Photo © John D Stevens.

No.4, DKR ENGINEERING, LUX, Duqueine M30 – D08 – Nissan, Tom Van Rompuy (BEL), Sebastian Alvarez (MEX), Alexander Bukhantsov (ARE) 2022 European Le Mans Series, Le Castellet, France. Photo © John D Stevens.

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