Le Mans Cup

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Le Mans Cup
CountryInternational
Inaugural season2016
GT ClassesGT3, LMP3
Drivers' championLMP3:
Belgium Jean Glorieux
Spain Alexander Toril
GT3:
Italy Fabio Babini
Italy Emanuele Busnelli
Teams' championLMP3: Luxembourg DKR Engineering
GT3: Italy Ebimotors
Official websitelemanscup.com
Current season

The Michelin Le Mans Cup (GT3 Le Mans Cup in 2016) is an International sports car racing endurance series inspired by the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and run by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO).

The GT3 Le Mans Cup was created in 2016 after the GTC category being dropped off European Le Mans Series due to a lack of entries during 2015. Aiming to increase the number of GT3 entries, ACO created a new six event competition (5 events of 2 hours and a one-hour race at Le Mans - with LMP3) destinated primarily for amateur drivers, leading to more media coverage and competitive races (in ELMS, GT3 were much slower than the other 3 categories).[1][2][3] The champion team receives an automatic invitation to take part on the following 24 Hours of Le Mans in LMGTE Am category.[4]

For 2017 season, the series adopted a new format with LMP3 and GT3 category cars competing in their respective class, with ACO aiming to create a kind of LMP3 secondary division regarding ELMS, promoting the best teams from Michelin LMC to ELMS.[5]

All races have a duration of 2 hours except the Le Mans round, which had a 1-hour race in 2017, and two 55 minutes races since 2018.

Champions

LMP3 Drivers

Season Drivers Team Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2017 Belgium Jean Glorieux
Spain Alexander Toril 		Luxembourg DKR Engineering 5 4 5 114 6 of 7 24
2018 Germany Jens Petersen
Netherlands Léonard Hoogenboom 		Luxembourg DKR Engineering 0 3 4 103 6 of 7 11,5
2019 Germany Laurents Hörr
France François Kirmann 		Luxembourg DKR Engineering 4 2 5 100 7 of 7 8,5

LMP3 Teams

Season Team Car Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2017 Luxembourg DKR Engineering Norma M30 5 4 5 114 6 of 7 24
2018 Luxembourg DKR Engineering Norma M30 0 3 4 103 6 of 7 11,5
2019 Luxembourg DKR Engineering Norma M30 4 2 5 100 7 of 7 8,5

GT3 Drivers

Season Drivers Team Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2016 Russia Aleksey Basov
Russia Viktor Shaytar 		Russia SMP Racing 3 4 5 121 5 of 6 14
2017 Italy Fabio Babini
Italy Emanuele Busnelli 		Italy Ebimotors 0 2 5 104.5 7 of 7 2
2018 Italy Giacomo Piccini
Italy Sergio Pianezzola 		Switzerland Kessel Racing 4 5 5 138 7 of 7 55
2019 Italy Giacomo Piccini
Italy Sergio Pianezzola 		Switzerland Kessel Racing 1 4 6 130 7 of 7 21

GT3 Teams

Season Team Cars Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2016 United Kingdom TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage GT3 0 2 5 107 6 of 6 11
2017 Italy Ebimotors Lamborghini Huracán GT3 0 2 5 104.5 7 of 7 2
2018 Switzerland Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 4 5 5 138 7 of 7 55
2019 Switzerland Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 1 4 6 130 7 of 7 21

See also

References

  1. ^ Release, News (4 May 2016). "Villorba Corse to enter 2016 Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup". {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ "History - Michelin Le Mans Cup".
  3. ^ Ltd., Crash Media Group. "ACO launches Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup - Sportscars News".
  4. ^ "Prize fund revealed for new GT3 Le Mans Cup".
  5. ^ "LMP3 Cars Added to Michelin Le Mans Cup for 2017 - Sportscar365".

External links

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