2018 Le Mans Cup

2018 Le Mans Cup

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Parent series:
European Le Mans Series
Support series:
Road to Le Mans

The 2018 Le Mans Cup, known as the 2018 Michelin Le Mans Cup under sponsorship, was the third season of the Le Mans Cup. It began on 12 May at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza and finished on 27 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.

Calendar

All races supported the 2018 European Le Mans Series except the Le Mans round, which was part of the 24 Hours of Le Mans weekend.

Round	Circuit	Location	Race length	Date
1	Circuit Paul Ricard	Le Castellet, France	2 hours	14 April
2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Monza, Italy	2 hours	12 May
3	Circuit de la Sarthe	Le Mans, France	55 minutes	14 June
			55 minutes	16 June
4	Red Bull Ring	Spielberg, Austria	2 hours	22 July
5	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Spa, Belgium	2 hours	22 September
6	Algarve International Circuit	Portimão, Portugal	2 hours	27 October

Entry list

LMP3

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
DKR Engineering [1]	Norma M30 [1]	1	Dan Polley [2]	3
			James Winslow [2]	3
		3	Léonard Hoogenboom [1]	All
			Jens Petersen [1]	All
Ecurie Ecosse / Nielsen [1]	Ligier JS P3 [1]	2	James Littlejohn [1]	All
			Anthony Wells [1]	All
		74	Patrick McClughan [2]	3
			Gerhard Watzinger [2]	3
		75	Ivor Dunbar [2]	3
			Bonamy Grimes [2]	3
		76	Alex Kapadia [2]	3
			Christian Olsen [2]	3
		79	Alasdair McCaig [1]	All
			Colin Noble [1]	All
Brookspeed International [1]	Ligier JS P3 [1]	4	Nicolas Rondet [3]	All
			John Schauerman [1]	All
NEFIS By Speed Factory [2]	Ligier JS P3 [2]	5	Timur Boguslavskiy [2]	3
			Marcello Marateotto [2]	3
Cool Racing [1]	Norma M30 [2]	9	Scott Andrews [2]	3–4
			Gerald Kraut [2]	3–4
	Ligier JS P3 [1]		Scott Andrews [4]	2
			Gerald Kraut [1]	2
		24	Antonin Borga [1]	All
			Alexandre Coigny [1]	All
		27	Marvin Klein [2]	3
			Christian Vaglio [2]	3
Eurointernational [2]	Ligier JS P3 [2]	11	Mikkel Jensen [2]	3
			Kay Van Berlo [2]	3
		12	James Dayson [2]	3
			Mark Kvamme [2]	3
RLR MSport [1]	Ligier JS P3 [1]	14	John Farano [1]	All
			Job Van Uitert [1]	All
		59	Josh Burdon [2]	3
			Neric Wei [2]	3
			Alex Kapadia	4–6
			Ross Warburton	4–6
M.Racing - YMR [2]	Ligier JS P3 [2]	15	Jon Bennett [2]	3
			Niclas Jönsson [2]	3
	Norma M30 [2]	16	Natan Bihel [2]	3
			Laurent Millara [2]	3
RGP Motorsport [3]	Ligier JS P3 [3]	17	Marco Cencetti [3]	1, 3
			Ioannis Inglessis [3]	1, 3
Ultimate [2]	Norma M30 [2]	19	François Hériau [2]	3
			Jean-Baptiste Lahaye [2]	3
DB Autosport [1]	Norma M30 [1]	20	Jean-Ludovic Foubert [1]	All
			Nicolas Maulini [1]	All
		21	Nicolas Schatz [1]	All
			Jacques Wolff [1]	All
United Autosports [1]	Ligier JS P3 [1]	22	Matthew Bell [1]	All
			Jim McGuire [1]	All
		23	Richard Meins [1]	All
			Christian England [3]	1–2, 4–6
			Shaun Lynn [2]	3
		32	Najaf Husain [1]	All
			Mahaveer Raghunathan [3]	1
			Colin Braun [1]	2–6
		33	John Falb [2]	3
			Sean Rayhall [2]	3
Lanan Racing [1]	Norma M30 [1]	25	Michael Benham [1]	All
			Duncan Tappy [1]	All
CD Sport [1]	Norma M30 [1]	30	Laurents Hörr [1]	All
			Anthony Pons [1]	1, 3, 5
			Eric Debard [4]	2
			Fabien Lavergne	4, 6
		60	Nicolas Mélin [2]	3
			Julien Piguet [2]	3
Graff [1]	Norma M30 [1]	39	Adrien Trouillet [1]	All
			Eric Trouillet [1]	All
		40	Adrien Chila [2]	3–6
			Marc-Antoine Dannielou [2]	3-6
		65	Damien Delafosse [2]	3–6
			Sergio Pasian [2]	3-4
			François Hériau [1]	5
			Alexander West	6
	Ligier JS P3 [1]	40	Adrien Chila [1]	1–2
			Marc-Antoine Dannielou [1]	1–2
		65	Damien Delafosse [3]	1–2
			Sergio Pasian [1]	1–2
Keo Racing	Ligier JS P3	43	Johan Jokinen	6
			Paul Scheuschner	6
SPV Racing [1]	Ligier JS P3 [1]	44	Ricardo Sanchez [3]	1–3
			Álvaro Fontes [1]	1, 3
			Andy Cummings [1] [2]	2
		45		3
			Bradley Ellis [2]	3
Win Motorsport [2]	Ligier JS P3 [2]	49	William Lok [2]	3
			Jim Michaelian [2]	3
Spirit of Race [1]	Ligier JS P3 [1]	55	Chris Buncombe [2]	3
			Patrick Byrne [2]	3
TFT - SO24 [2]	Norma M30 [2]	72	Arnold Robin [2]	3
			Maxime Robin [2]	3
		73	Xavier Michel [2]	3
			Antoine Weil [2]	3
AT Racing [2]	Ligier JS P3 [2]	90	Alexander Talkanitsa, Jr. [2]	3
			Alexander Talkanitsa, Sr. [2]	3
TKS [1]	Ginetta-Juno LMP3 [1]	96	Shinyo Sano [1]	1–3
			Luca Magnoni [3]	1
			Teruaki Kato [4]	2
			Takuya Shirasaka [2]	3
Motorsport 98 [1]	Ligier JS P3 [1]	98	Eric de Doncker [1]	All
			Andy Meyrick [1]	1
			Dino Lunardi [4]	2–6
N'Race [1]	Ligier JS P3 [1]	99	Thomas Accary [1]	1–3
			Alain Costa [1]	1–5
			Johan-Boris Scheier	4–5

GT3

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Kessel Racing [1]	Ferrari 488 GT3 [1]	8	Sergio Pianezzola [1]	All
			Giacomo Piccini [1]	All
		50	Ollie Hancock [1]	1–3, 6
			John Hartshorne [1]	1–3, 6
			Murod Sultanov	5
			Matteo Cressoni	5
		77	Andrea Piccini [1]	All
			Claudio Schiavoni [1]	All
		83	Manuela Gostner	6
			Giorgio Sernagiotto	6
Krypton Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3	35	Stefano Pezzucchi	4
			Marco Zanuttini	4
Spirit of Race [1] [N 1] AF Corse [1] [N 1]	Ferrari 488 GT3 [1]	51	Maurizio Mediani [1]	All
			Christoph Ulrich [1]	All
		54	Louis Soenen [2]	3
			Frédéric Vervisch [2]	3
		71	Marco Cioci [1]	All
			Piergiuseppe Perazzini [1]	All
StileF Squadra Corse [3]	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 [3]	69	Martin Grab [3]	1, 3
			Yoshiki Ohmura [3]	1
			Gino Forgione [2]	3
Ebimotors [1]	Porsche 911 GT3 R [1]	88	Alessandro Baccani [1]	All
			Paolo Venerosi [1]	All

Notes

1. Car Nos. 51 and 54 entered as Spirit of Race and Car No. 71 entered as AF Corse.

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Rnd.		Circuit	LMP3 Winning Team	GT3 Winning Team
			LMP3 Winning Drivers	GT3 Winning Drivers
1		Paul Ricard	No. 3 DKR Engineering	No. 8 Kessel Racing
			Léonard Hoogenboom Jens Petersen	Sergio Pianezzola Giacomo Piccini
2		Monza	No. 3 DKR Engineering	No. 8 Kessel Racing
			Léonard Hoogenboom Jens Petersen	Sergio Pianezzola Giacomo Piccini
3	R1	Le Mans	No. 11 Eurointernational	No. 71 AF Corse
			Mikkel Jensen Kay van Berlo	Marco Cioci Piergiuseppe Perazzini
	R2		No. 25 Lanan Racing	No. 51 Spirit of Race
			Michael Benham Duncan Tappy	Maurizio Mediani Christoph Ulrich
4		Red Bull Ring	No. 3 DKR Engineering	No. 8. Kessel Racing
			Leonard Hoogenboom Jens Petersen	Sergio Pianezzola Giacomo Piccini
5		Spa	No. 79 Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen	No. 8 Kessel Racing
			Alasdair McCaig Colin Noble	Sergio Pianezzola Giacomo Piccini
6		Portimão	No. 79 Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen	No. 8 Kessel Racing
			Alasdair McCaig Colin Noble	Sergio Pianezzola Giacomo Piccini

Standings

Points are awarded according to the following structure (except Le Mans):

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Other	Pole
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
Points	15	9	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	0.5	0.5	1

LMP3 Teams Championship

Pos. Team Car LEC MNZ LMS RBR SPA POR Points 1 #3 DKR Engineering Norma M30 1 1 3 4 1 3 Ret 103 2 #79 Ecurie Ecosse / Nielsen Ligier JS P3 2  ? 5  ? 2 1 1 91.5 3 #2 Ecurie Ecosse / Nielsen Ligier JS P3 3 2  ?  ? 10 2 3 68.5 4 #40 Graff Norma M30 8 5 7 5 3 7  ? 43.5 5 #98 Motorsport 98 Ligier JS P3 10 8  ? 10 7 4 4 36.5

Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate Bold – Pole

References

1. "29 Cars for Le Mans Cup Season". sportscar365.com. Sportscar365. 5 March 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
2. "ROAD TO LE MANS 16 JUNE 2018 PROVISIONAL LIST OF COMPETITORS AND CARS INVITED TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHECKINGS & SCRUTINEERING" (PDF). lemanscup.alkamelsystems.com. Al Kamel Systems. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
3. Fernandez, Mat (9 April 2018). "29-Car Field Set For Le Mans Cup Season Opener". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
4. "2018 MICHELIN LE MANS CUP - MONZA ROUND - ENTRY LIST" (PDF). lemanscup.alkamelsystems.com. Al Kamel Systems. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.

External links

• Official website