2017 British LMP3 Cup

2017 British LMP3 Cup

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The 2017 Henderson Insurance Brokers LMP3 Cup Championship was the inaugural season for the British LMP3 Cup. The series started at Donington Park on 22–23 April, and finished at the same circuit on 16–17 September.

Teams

A total of eight different teams fielded cars across the season. The 79 Nielsen Racing entry was in conjunction with Ecurie Ecosse, and the 22 was run by United Autosports on behalf of Red River Sports.

Team	No.	Chassis	Engine	Driver(s)	Rounds
360 Racing	6	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Andy Demetriou	1-2
				Bob Berridge	1-2
Douglas Motorsport	72	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Mike Newbould	1-4, 9-12
				Thomas Randle	1-4, 9-10
				Callan O'Keeffe	7-8, 11-12
G-Cat Racing	28	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Paul Bailey	1-6
				Andy Schulz	1-6
Nielsen Racing	9	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Dean Gibbs	7-8
				Alex Kapadia	7-8
	23	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Jason Rishover	1-3, 11-12
				Jamie Spence	1-4, 11-12
	79	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Alasdair McCaig	1-12
				Colin Noble	1-12
	888	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Khaled Al Mudhaf	11-12
				Michael Vergers	11-12
Speedworks Motorsport	96	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Jack Butel	1-12
				Dean Gibbs	1-4
				Scott Mansell	5-6
				Andrew Bentley	7-8
				Devon Modell	9-10
T-Sport	7	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Steve Tandy	1-2
				Karun Chandhock	1-2
				Alex Kapadia	11-12
				Manhal Allos	11-12
Tockwith Motorsport	26	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Richard Dean	1-6
				Sarah Moore	1-6
United Autosports	2	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	CJ Wilson	3-6
				Christian England	1-2, 7-12
				Andrew Evans	1-12
	3	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Tony Wells	1-12
				Matt Bell	1-12
	22	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Bonamy Grimes	11-12
				Johnny Mowlem	11-12
	32	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Sir Chris Hoy	11-12
				Sandy Mitchell	11-12

Races

The revised 12-race calendar was released on Friday 7 December 2016.

Round	Race	Circuit	Pole Position	Winners
1	1	Donington Park (National)	Andy Schulz	Alasdair McCaig Colin Noble
	2		Andy Schulz	Alasdair McCaig Colin Noble
2	3	Brands Hatch GP	Tony Wells	Tony Wells Matt Bell
	4		Jamie Spence	Alasdair McCaig Colin Noble
3	5	Spa Francochamps	Alasdair McCaig	Tony Wells Matt Bell
	6		Tony Wells	Alasdair McCaig Colin Noble
4	7	Silverstone Circuit (GP)	Christian England	Alasdair McCaig Colin Noble
	8		Tony Wells	Tony Wells Matt Bell
5	9	Snetterton Circuit (300)	Christian England	Alasdair McCaig Colin Noble
	10		Christian England	Christian England Andrew Evans
6	11	Donington Park (GP)	Christian England	Tony Wells Matt Bell
	12		Christian England	Jack Butel

Table

Pos	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	No. 79 Nielsen Racing	Ligier JS P3	25	26	19	25	19	26	26	19	25	15	8	DNF	234
2	No. 3 United Autosports	Ligier JS P3	6	18	26	18	26	19	18	25	DNF	12	26	18	212
3	No. 96 Speedwords Motorsport	Ligier JS P3	1	10	8	10	15	15	10	12	18	18	12	25	154
4	No. 2 United Autosports	Ligier JS P3	8	DNF		6	12	8	16	16	16	26	11	12	132
5	No. 72 Douglas Motorsport	Ligier JS P3	13	8	12	15					13	11			73
6	No. 23 Nielsen Racing	Ligier JS P3	18	DNF	15	DNF	DNF	DNF					15	15	64
6	No. 26 Tockwith Motorsport	Ligier JS P3	10	15	6	12	10	10							63
7	No. 28 G-Cat Racing	Ligier JS P3	5	5	10	8	8	12							48
9	No. 32 United Autosports	Ligier JS P3											18	10	28
10	No. 7 T-Sport	Ligier JS P3	15	12											27
11	No. 9 Nielsen Racing	Ligier JS P3							12	10					22
12	No. 888 Nielsen Racing	Ligier JS P3											6	4	10
-	No. 22 United Autosports	Ligier JS P3											4	6	10
-	No. 7 T-Sport	Ligier JS P3											2	8	10
15	No. 6 360 Racing	Ligier JS P3	2	6											8

Points are scored:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

With bonus points for pole position and fastest lap.

External links

• Official series website