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The 2017 Le Mans Cup, known as the 2017 Michelin Le Mans Cup under sponsorship, was the second season of the Le Mans Cup. It began on 13 May at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza and finished on 21 October at the Algarve International Circuit. The series was open to Le Mans Prototypes in the LMP3 class, and grand tourer sports cars in the GT3 class. [1]
All races supported the 2017 European Le Mans Series except the Le Mans round, which was part of the 24 Hours of Le Mans weekend. On 4 May, the ACO revealed that 46 entries would take part in the Road To Le Mans for 2017, up from 42 the previous year.
Round | Circuit | Location | Race length | Date |
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1 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | Monza, Italy | 2 hours | 13 May |
2 | Circuit de la Sarthe [2] | Le Mans, France | 55 minutes | 15 June |
55 minutes | 17 June | |||
3 | Red Bull Ring | Spielberg, Austria | 2 hours | 22 July |
4 | Circuit Paul Ricard | Le Castellet, France | 2 hours | 26 August |
5 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Spa, Belgium | 2 hours | 23 September |
6 | Algarve International Circuit | Portimão, Portugal | 2 hours | 21 October |
Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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United Autosports [3] [4] | Ligier JS P3 [3] [4] | 2 | John Falb [5] | 2 |
Sean Rayhall [5] | 2 | |||
22 | Matthew Bell [4] | All | ||
Jim McGuire [4] | All | |||
23 | Richard Meins [3] | All | ||
Shaun Lynn [3] | 1–3, 5 | |||
Andrew Bentley [6] | 4, 6 | |||
DKR Engineering [7] | Norma M30 [7] | 3 | Jean Glorieux [7] | All |
Alexander Toril [7] | All | |||
6 | Edgar Lau [5] | 2 | ||
Jacques Wolf [5] | 2 | |||
ADESS-03 [5] | 91 | Sylvain Boulay [5] | 2 | |
Yojiro Terada [5] | 2 | |||
Cool Racing by GPC [5] | Ligier JS P3 [5] | 4 | Alexandre Coigny [5] | 2–6 |
Gino Forgione [5] | 2 | |||
Iradj Alexander [8] | 3–5 | |||
Antonin Borga [9] | 6 | |||
Duqueine Engineering [10] | Ligier JS P3 [10] | 9 | Joël Janco [10] | All |
Gerry Kraut [10] | 1–2 | |||
Scott Andrews [8] | 3 | |||
Kenton Koch [6] | 4–5 | |||
Jonatan Jorge [9] | 6 | |||
10 | Antonin Borga [5] | 2 | ||
Lucas Borga [5] | 2 | |||
11 | Lucas Légeret [5] | 2 | ||
Nicolas Melin [5] | 2 | |||
SVC Sport Management [5] | Ligier JS P3 [5] | 12 | Marco Cencetti [5] | 2–3 |
Marcello Marateotto [5] | 2–3 | |||
RLR MSport [11] [12] | Ligier JS P3 [11] [12] | 14 | Alex Kapadia [12] | All |
Ross Warburton [12] | 1, 3–6 | |||
Martin Rich [13] | 2 | |||
87 | Morten Dons [13] | 2 | ||
John Farano [13] | 2 | |||
By Speed Factory [5] | Ligier JS P3 [5] | 15 | Ate de Jong [5] | 2 |
Tacksung Kim [5] | 2 | |||
M.Racing - YMR [14] | Ligier JS P3 [14] | 18 | Alexandre Cougnaud [5] | 2 |
Romano Ricci [5] | 2 | |||
53 | Natan Bihel [15] | All | ||
Laurent Millara [7] | All | |||
Norma M30 [5] | 19 | Erwin Creed [5] | 2 | |
Yann Ehrlacher [5] | 2 | |||
BE Motorsport [7] | Ligier JS P3 [7] | 33 | Javier Ibrán [7] | 1–5 |
Mathijs Bakker [7] | 1, 3–5 | |||
Dirk Waaijenberg [5] | 2 | |||
Graff [7] | Ligier JS P3 [7] | 39 | Scott Andrews [9] | 6 |
Eric Trouillet [9] | 6 | |||
40 | Richard Bradley [16] | 5 | ||
William Lok [16] | 5 | |||
65 | Émilien Carde [7] | All | ||
Adrien Chila [7] | All | |||
66 | Scott Andrews [5] | 2 | ||
John Corbett [5] | 2 | |||
72 | Philippe Cimadomo [5] | 2 | ||
Thomas Dagoneau [5] | 2 | |||
89 | Greg Taylor [5] | 2 | ||
James Winslow [5] | 2 | |||
KEO Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 43 | Scott Andrews | 1 |
Yoshiharu Mori | 1 | |||
SPV MotorSport [7] | Ligier JS P3 [7] | 44 | Álvaro Fontes [7] | 1–3 |
Kim Rødkjær [7] | 1 | |||
Andrew Cummings [5] | 2–3 | |||
Kox Racing [17] | Ligier JS P3 [17] | 48 | Peter Kox [17] | 1–2, 4 |
Nico Pronk [17] | 1–2, 4 | |||
Win Motorsport [5] | Ligier JS P3 [5] | 49 | Richard Bradley [5] | 2 |
William Lok [5] | 2 | |||
Spirit of Race [7] | Ligier JS P3 [7] | 55 | Claudio Sdanewitsch [7] | All |
Maurizio Mediani | 1 | |||
Michele Rugolo [7] | 2–6 | |||
Nielsen Racing [18] | Ligier JS P3 [18] | 79 | Colin Noble [18] | All |
Anthony Wells [18] | All | |||
Eurointernational [5] | Ligier JS P3 [5] | 85 | Mark Kvamme [5] | 2 |
Alex Popow [5] | 2 | |||
86 | Ricky Capo [5] | 2 | ||
Andrea Dromedari [5] | 2 | |||
AT Racing [5] | Ligier JS P3 [5] | 90 | Alexander Talkanitsa, Jr. [5] | 2 |
Alexander Talkanitsa, Sr. [5] | 2 | |||
TKS [5] | Ginetta-Juno LMP3 [5] | 92 | Shinyo Sano [5] | 2 |
Takuya Shirasaka [5] | 2 | |||
Motorsport 98 [19] | Ligier JS P3 [19] | 98 | Eric De Doncker [19] | All |
Andy Meyrick [19] | All | |||
N'Race [7] | Ligier JS P3 [7] | 99 | Alain Costa [7] | All |
Jordan Perroy [7] | 1–2, 5 | |||
Thomas Accary [8] | 3 | |||
Gaëtan Paletou [6] | 4 | |||
Stéphane Tribaudini [9] | 6 |
Bold indicates overall winner.
Rnd. | Circuit | LMP3 Winning Team | GT3 Winning Team | Results | |
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LMP3 Winning Drivers | GT3 Winning Drivers | ||||
1 | Monza | No. 79 Nielsen Racing | No. 7 Lee Mowle | Report | |
Colin Noble Anthony Wells | Phil Keen Lee Mowle | ||||
2 | R1 | Le Mans | No. 2 United Autosports | No. 97 TF Sport | Report |
Sean Rayhall John Falb | Ahmad Al Harthy Tom Jackson | ||||
R2 | No. 3 DKR Engineering | No. 97 TF Sport | |||
Jean Glorieux Alexander Toril | Ahmad Al Harthy Tom Jackson | ||||
3 | Red Bull Ring | No. 3 DKR Engineering | No. 46 Ebimotors | Report | |
Jean Glorieux Alexander Toril | Fabio Babini Emanuele Busnelli | ||||
4 | Paul Ricard | No. 3 DKR Engineering | No. 46 Ebimotors | Report | |
Jean Glorieux Alexander Toril | Fabio Babini Emanuele Busnelli | ||||
5 | Spa | No. 3 DKR Engineering | No. 7 Lee Mowle | Report | |
Jean Glorieux Alexander Toril | Dominik Baumann Lee Mowle | ||||
6 | Portimão | No. 98 Motorsport 98 | No. 20 Gulf Racing UK | Report | |
Eric De Doncker Andy Meyrick | Andrew Baker Ben Barker |
Points are awarded according to the following structure (except Le Mans):
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Other | Pole |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 |
For Le Mans:
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Other | Pole |
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Points | 15 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 |
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