The Michelin Le Mans Cup (GT3 Le Mans Cup in 2016) is a European 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 of 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 an 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 will feature 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]
Jean Glorieux
Alexander Toril
Fabio Babini
DKR Engineering
Current season
Aleksey Basov
TF Sport
