2022 Le Mans Cup

2022 Le Mans Cup

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

The 2022 Le Mans Cup, known as the 2022 Michelin Le Mans Cup under sponsorship, was the seventh season of the Le Mans Cup. It began on 16 April at the Circuit Paul Ricard and ended on 15 October at the Algarve International Circuit. The series is open to Le Mans Prototypes in the LMP3 class, and grand tourer sports cars in the GT3 class. ^[1]

Racing Spirit of Léman, Tom Dillman and Alexander Mattschull (left) won both LMP3 championships, Reiter Engineering, Freddie Hunt and Mads Siljehaug (centre) finished second in both LMP3 standings and Nielsen Racing, Colin Noble and Anthony Wells (right) finished third in the championship.

GMB Motorsport, Kasper Jensen and Kristian Poulsen (left) won both GT3s championships, other GMB Motorsport drivers Lars Engelbreckt Pedersen and #44 duo Gustav Birch and Jens Reno Møller finished second and third respectively.

The hydrogen-electric H24 (pictured at Le Mans) made its competitive debut at Imola.

Calendar

The 2022 calendar was unveiled on 17 September 2021. ^[2]

Round	Circuit	Location	Race length	Date
1	Circuit Paul Ricard	Le Castellet, France	1 hour 50 mins	16 April
2	Imola Circuit	Imola, Italy	1 hour 50 mins	14 May
3	Circuit de la Sarthe	Le Mans, France	55 minutes	9 June
			55 minutes	11 June
4	Monza Circuit	Monza, Italy	1 hour 50 mins	2 July
5	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Spa, Belgium	1 hour 50 mins	24 September
6	Algarve International Circuit	Portimão, Portugal	1 hour 50 mins	16 October

Entries

LMP3

All cars in the LMP3 class used the 2020 spec Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine and Michelin tyres. The new-for-2022 race length of 1h 50m removes the need for the additional mandatory stop that was introduced in 2020 to mitigate unexpected higher fuel consumption.

Entrant/Team	Chassis	No.	Drivers	Rounds
United Autosports [3]	Ligier JS P320	2	Max Lynn [3]	All
			Shaun Lynn [3]	1–3, 5–6
			Andrew Haddon [4]	4
		21	James McGuire	3
			Guy Smith	3
		22	Andres Latorre [3]	All
			Garnet Patterson [3]	All
		23	Wayne Boyd [3]	All
			John Schauerman [3]	All
		32	Daniel Schneider [3]	All
			Kay van Berlo	1
			Andy Meyrick [3]	2–6
DKR Engineering [5]	Duqueine M30 - D08	3	Jon Brownson [5]	All
			Laurents Hörr [5]	All
		14	Alexander Bukhantsov [5]	All
			James Winslow [5]	All
Nielsen Racing [5]	Duqueine M30 - D08	4	Matthew Bell [5]	All
			John Melsom [5]	All
	Ligier JS P320	7	Colin Noble [5]	All
			Anthony Wells [5]	All
ANS Motorsport [5]	Ligier JS P320	6	Jonathan Brossard [5]	All
			Nicholas Schatz [5]	All
AT Racing Team [5]	Ligier JS P320	9	Alexander Talkanitsa Sr. [5]	All
			Alexander Talkanitsa Jr. [5]	1–2, 5–6
			Gregory Huffaker	3
			Charles Milesi [4]	4
Racing Spirit of Léman [6]	Ligier JS P320	10	Tom Dillmann [6]	All
			Alexander Mattschull	All
		43	Josh Skelton [6]	All
			Jacques Wolff [6]	All
Wochenspiegel Team Monschau [5]	Duqueine M30 - D08	11	Torsten Kratz [5]	All
			Leonard Weiss [5]	All
Rinaldi Racing [5]		66	Daniel Keilwitz [5]	All
			Steve Parrow [5]	All
Haegeli by T2 Racing [5]	Duqueine M30 - D08	13	Pieder Decurtins [5]	2–6
			Lars Kern	2
			Marc Basseng [5]	3–6
RLR MSport [5]	Ligier JS P320	15	Horst Felbermayr Jr.	3
			Alex Kapadia	3
		53	Martin Rich [5]	1–3
			Tommy Foster [5]	1–2
			Nico Pino	3
			Simon Butler [4]	4–5
			Valentino Catalano	4
			Horst Felbermayr Jr.	5
IDEC Sport [5]	Ligier JS P320	17	Dino Lunardi [5]	1–3, 5–6
			Charles Crews	1
			Patrice Lafargue [5]	2–3, 5–6
Optimum Motorsport [7]	Duqueine M30 - D08	20	Mark Crader [7]	All
			Alex Mortimer [7]	All
H24 Racing [5]	GreenGT H24	24	Stéphane Richelmi [5]	1–3, 6
Cool Racing [5]	Ligier JS P320	25	Mike Benham	3
			Duncan Tappy	3
		69	Malthe Jakobsen [5]	All
			Maurice Smith [5]	All
24-7 Motorsport [5]	Ligier JS P320	27	Andrew Ferguson [5]	All
			Jeremy Ferguson [5]	1
			Louis Hamilton-Smith	2–6
MV2S Forestier Racing [8]	Ligier JS P320	28	Emilien Carde [8]	All
			Christophe Cresp [8]	1–2, 4–6
			Nick Adcock	3
		29	Louis Rousset [8]	All
			Jérôme de Sadeleer [8]	All
Frikadelli Racing Team [5]	Ligier JS P320	30	Klaus Abbelen [5]	1–4, 6
			Felipe Fernández Laser [5]	1–4, 6
AF Corse [5]	Ligier JS P320	31	Rui Águas [5]	1–2, 5–6
			Kriton Lendoudis [5]	1–2, 5–6
			Mark Kvamme	3
			Trenton Estep	3
Team Virage [5]	Ligier JS P320	33	Rob Hodes [5]	1–4
			Ian Rodríguez [5]	1–4
			Christian Bogle	5–6
			Dimitry Gvazava	5
			Antonio Forne	6
		72	Alexandre Yvon [5]	1–4
			Mathis Poulet [5]	1–4
			Alessandro Bracalente	5–6
			Thomas Padovani [9]	5
			Nathan Kumar	6
CD Sport [5]	Ligier JS P320	37	Fabien Michal [5]	1–3, 5
			Shaun Thong [5]	1
			Adam Eteki	2
			Grégory Guilvert	3, 5
			Belén García [9]	6
			Huilin Han [9]	6
Graff Racing [5]	Ligier JS P320	40	Luis Sanjuan [5]	All
			Théo Vaucher [5]	1–4
			David Droux	5–6
		57	Ryan Harper-Ellam [5]	All
			Fabrice Rossello	1
			Stephan Rupp [5]	2–6
Inter Europol Competition	Ligier JS P320	54	Noam Abramczyk	3
			Don Yount	3
TS Corse [5]	Duqueine M30 - D08	73	Pietro Peccenini [5]	All
			Cian Carey	1
			Parth Ghorpade	2, 4
			Benjamín Hites	3
			Kai Askey	5–6
Reiter Engineering [5]	Ligier JS P320	76	Freddie Hunt [5]	All
			Mads Siljehaug [5]	All
Team Thor [5]	Ligier JS P320	77	Auðunn Guðmundsson [5]	All
			Michael H. Markussen [5]	All

GT3

Team	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Schnitzelalm Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	8	P. J. Hyett [9]	6
				Gunnar Jeannette [9]	6
Leipert Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	19	Gregg Gorski	3
				Gerhard Watzinger	3
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Audi 5.2 L V10	34	Arnold Robin	3
				Maxime Robin	3
GMB Motorsport [5]	Honda NSX GT3 Evo22	Honda 3.5 L Turbo V6	44	Gustav Birch [5]	All
				Jens Reno Møller [5]	All
			55	Kasper H. Jensen [5]	All
				Kristian Poulsen [5]	All
			88	Lars Engelbreckt Pedersen	All
				Mikkel O. Pedersen	1–4
				Jan Magnussen	5–6
Ebimotors [5]	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	46	Fabio Babini [5]	1–4
				Emanuele Busnelli [5]	1–4
			56	Max Busnelli	3
				Paolo Venerosi	3
AF Corse [5]	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	51	Luke Davenport [5]	1–3
				Marcos Vivian [5]	1–3
				Kei Cozzolino [9]	6
				Koizumi Hiroshi [9]	6
			61	Gino Forgione [5]	1–5
				Andrea Montermini [5]	1–5
Spirit of Race	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	52	Hugo Delacour	3
				Cedric Sbirrazzuoli	3
Team Parker Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	65	Nick Jones [9]	6
				Scott Malvern [9]	6
Kessel Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	74	Scott Andrews	3
				Anton Dias Perera	3
Racetivity	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	83	Jean-Bernard Bouvet	3
				Charles-Henri Samani	3
Bullitt Racing [10]	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	99	Stephen Pattrick [5] [10]	All
				Théo Nouet	1–2
				Valentin Hasse-Clot [5] [10]	3–6

Race results

Bold indicates the overall winner.

Round		Circuit	LMP3 Winners	GT3 Winners
1		Le Castellet	No. 10 Racing Spirit of Léman	No. 55 GMB Motorsport
			Tom Dillmann Alexander Mattschull	Kasper H. Jensen Kristian Poulsen
2		Imola	No. 69 Cool Racing	No. 44 GMB Motorsport
			Malthe Jakobsen Maurice Smith	Gustav Birch Jens Reno Møller
3	R1	Le Mans	No. 10 Racing Spirit of Léman	No. 46 Ebimotors
			Tom Dillmann Alexander Mattschull	Fabio Babini Emanuele Busnelli
	R2		No. 25 Cool Racing	No. 55 GMB Motorsport
			Mike Benham Duncan Tappy	Kasper H. Jensen Kristian Poulsen
4		Monza	No. 10 Racing Spirit of Léman	No. 88 GMB Motorsport
			Tom Dillmann Alexander Mattschull	Lars Engelbreckt Pedersen Mikkel O. Pedersen
5		Spa-Francorchamps	No. 40 Graff Racing	No. 44 GMB Motorsport
			David Droux Luis Sanjuan	Gustav Birch Jens Reno Møller
6		Portimão	No. 76 Reiter Engineering	No. 51 AF Corse
			Freddie Hunt Mads Siljehaug	Kei Cozzolino Koizumi Hiroshi

Standings

Points are awarded according to the following structure:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	1
Le Mans	15	9	7	6	5	4	3	2	1		1

LMP3 Teams Championship

Pos. Team Car LEC IMO LMS MNZ SPA POR Points 1 #10 Racing Spirit of Léman Ligier JS P320 1 12 1 3 1 6 3 97 2 #76 Reiter Engineering Ligier JS P320 11 16 5 2 6 2 1 73 3 #7 Nielsen Racing Ligier JS P320 6 6 3 9 Ret 4 2 55 4 #69 Cool Racing Ligier JS P320 Ret 1 27 5 16 5 4 53 5 #29 MV2S Forestier Racing Ligier JS P320 2 Ret 7 11 2 7 Ret 47 6 #43 Racing Spirit of Léman Ligier JS P320 29 22 2 26 3 3 Ret 39 7 #40 Graff Racing Ligier JS P320 17 23 22 16 8 1 7 35 8 #11 Wochenspiegel Team Monschau Duqueine M30 - D08 4 Ret Ret 4 5 15 9 34 9 #23 United Autosports Ligier JS P320 13 2 4 23 11 14 10 25 10 #27 CD Sport Ligier JS P320 7 5 20 6 16 17 21 11 #17 IDEC Sport Ligier JS P320 5 7 26 Ret 9 19 18 12 #32 United Autosports Ligier JS P320 10 18 10 12 7 22 6 16 13 #53 RLR MSport Ligier JS P320 3 19 14 19 Ret Ret 15 14 #22 United Autosports Ligier JS P320 16 3 Ret 17 Ret 25 14 15 15 #14 DKR Engineering Duqueine M30 - D08 20 11 8 7 Ret 8 8 15 16 #9 AT Racing Team Ligier JS P320 18 9 Ret 25 4 28 23 14 17 #66 Rinaldi Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 28 4 12 29 18 26 16 12 18 #77 Team Thor Ligier JS P320 12 15 18 14 9 11 5 12 19 #4 Nielsen Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 8 Ret Ret 8 22 27 15 7 20 #57 Graff Racing Ligier JS P320 9 8 11 27 Ret 13 20 6 21 #72 Team Virage Ligier JS P320 19 Ret 9 10 17 19 21 3 22 #13 Haegeli by T2 Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 10 21 22 12 10 12 2 23 #30 Frikadelli Racing Team Ligier JS P320 23 Ret 23 Ret 10 11 1 24 #3 DKR Engineering Duqueine M30 - D08 15 17 13 Ret 21 Ret 25 1 25 #31 AF Corse Ligier JS P320 26 Ret 19 28 12 24 0 26 #24 24-7 Motorsport Ligier JS P320 27 13 Ret Ret 13 24 28 0 27 #20 Optimum Motorsport Duqueine M30 - D08 24 14 28 13 20 17 18 0 28 #6 ANS Motorsport Duqueine M30 - D08 21 Ret 15 Ret 14 Ret 27 0 29 #73 TS Corse Duqueine M30 - D08 14 24 17 Ret 19 23 29 0 30 #28 MV2S Forestier Racing Ligier JS P320 Ret 18 24 15 Ret 18 13 0 31 #2 United Autosports Ligier JS P320 25 20 25 24 15 21 22 0 32 #33 Team Virage Ligier JS P320 22 21 Ret Ret 23 20 Ret 0 33 #24 H24 Racing GreenGT H24 WD 25 NC 30 26 0 Teams ineligible to score points - #25 Cool Racing Ligier JS P320 6 1 - - #15 RLR MSport Ligier JS P320 16 21 - - #21 United Autosports Ligier JS P320 Ret 18 - - #54 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P320 Ret 20 - Pos. Team Car LEC IMO LMS MNZ SPA POR Points

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 Italics – Fastest Lap

GT3 Teams Championship

Pos. Team Car LEC IMO LMS MNZ SPA POR Points 1 #55 GMB Motorsport Honda NSX GT3 Evo22 1 5 3 1 2 3 3 109 2 #88 GMB Motorsport Honda NSX GT3 Evo22 5 4 9 7 1 2 2 93 3 #44 GMB Motorsport Honda NSX GT3 Evo22 2 1 6 Ret Ret 1 Ret 76 4 #99 Bullitt Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 4 2 7 3 3 DNS 4 72 5 #46 Ebimotors Porsche 911 GT3 R 7 3 1 4 4 57 6 #61 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 3 6 4 Ret 5 4 52 7 #51 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 6 7 DNS DNS WD 1 39 Teams ineligible to score points - #34 Team WRT Audi R8 LMS Evo II 2 2 - - #56 Ebimotors Porsche 911 GT3 R 5 5 - - #65 Team Parker Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 5 - - #52 Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ret 6 - - #19 Leipert Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 8 8 - - #83 Racetivity Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Ret DNS - - #74 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 DNS DNS - - #8 Schnitzelalm Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Ret - Pos. Team Car LEC IMO LMS MNZ SPA POR Points

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 Italics – Fastest Lap

LMP3 Drivers Championship

Pos. Driver Team LEC IMO LMS MNZ SPA POR Points 1 Alexander Mattschull #10 Racing Spirit of Léman 1 12 1 3 1 6 82 Tom Dillmann 2 Freddie Hunt #76 Reiter Engineering 11 16 5 2 6 2 48 Mads Siljehaug 3 Jérôme de Sadeleer #29 MV2S Forestier Racing 2 Ret 7 11 2 7 47 Louis Rousset 4 Malthe Jakobsen #69 Cool Racing Ret 1 27 5 16 5 41 Maurice Smith 5 Jacques Wolff #43 Racing Spirit of Léman 29 22 2 26 3 3 39 Josh Skelton 6 Colin Noble #7 Nielsen Racing 6 6 3 9 Ret 4 37 Anthony Wells 7 Torsten Kratz #11 Wochenspiegel Team Monschau 4 Ret Ret 4 5 15 31 Leondard Weiss 8 Luis Sanjuan #40 Graff Racing 17 23 22 16 8 1 29 9 David Droux #40 Graff Racing 1 25 10 John Schauerman #23 United Autosports 13 2 4 23 11 14 24 Wayne Boyd 11 Fabien Michal #37 CD Sport 7 5 20 6 16 21 12 Dino Lunardi #17 IDEC Sport 5 7 26 Ret 9 18 13 Martin Rich #53 RLR MSport 3 19 14 19 15 Tommy Foster 3 19 14 Andres Latorre #22 United Autosports 16 3 Ret 17 Ret 25 15 Garnet Patterson 15 Alexander Talkanitsa Sr. #9 AT Racing Team 18 9 Ret 25 4 28 14 16 Daniel Keilwitz #66 Rinaldi Racing 28 4 12 29 18 26 12 Steve Parrow 17 Charles Milesi #9 AT Racing Team 4 12 18 Alexander Bukhantsov #14 DKR Engineering 20 11 8 7 Ret 8 11 James Winslow 16 Charles Crews #17 IDEC Sport 5 10 20 Adam Eteki #37 CD Sport 5 10 21 Patrice Lafargue #17 IDEC Sport 7 26 Ret 9 8 22 Daniel Schneider #32 United Autosports 10 18 9 12 7 22 8 23 Andy Meyrick #32 United Autosports 18 9 12 7 22 7 24 Matthew Bell #4 Nielsen Racing 8 Ret Ret 8 22 27 7 John Melsom 25 Shaun Thong #37 CD Sport 7 6 26 Ryan Harper-Ellam #57 Graff Racing 9 8 11 27 Ret 13 6 27 Grégory Guilvert #37 CD Sport 20 6 16 5 28 Stephan Rupp #57 Graff Racing 8 11 27 Ret 13 4 29 Théo Vaucher #40 Graff Racing 17 23 22 16 8 4 30 Alexandre Yvon #72 Team Virage 19 Ret 9 10 17 3 Mathis Poulet 31 Fabrice Rossello #57 Graff Racing 9 2 32 Alexander Talkanitsa Jr. #9 AT Racing Team 18 9 28 2 33 Auðunn Guðmundsson #77 Team Thor 12 15 18 14 9 11 2 Michael H. Markussen 34 Pieder Decurtins #13 Haegeli by T2 Racing 10 21 22 12 10 2 35 Kay van Berlo #32 United Autosports 10 1 36 Lars Kern #13 Haegeli by T2 Racing 10 1 37 Felipe Fernández Laser #30 Frikadelli Racing Team 23 Ret 23 Ret 10 1 Klaus Abbelen 38 Marc Basseng #13 Haegeli by T2 Racing 21 22 12 10 1 39 Jon Brownson #3 DKR Engineering 15 17 13 Ret 21 Ret 1 Laurents Hörr Drivers who have not scored points are not shown in this table. Pos. Driver Team LEC IMO LMS MNZ SPA POR Points

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 Italics – Fastest Lap

GT3 Drivers Championship

Pos. Driver Team LEC IMO LMS MNZ SPA POR Points 1 Kasper H. Jensen GMB Motorsport 1 5 3 1 2 3 93 Kristian Poulsen 2 Gustav Birch GMB Motorsport 2 1 6 Ret Ret 1 76 Jens Møller 3 Lars Engelbreckt Pedersen GMB Motorsport 5 4 9 7 1 2 75 4 Stephen Pattrick Bullitt Racing 4 2 7 3 3 DNS 60 5 Mikkel O. Pedersen GMB Motorsport 5 4 9 7 1 57 6 Emanuele Busnelli Ebimotors 7 3 1 4 4 57 Fabio Babini 7 Andrea Montermini AF Corse 3 6 4 Ret 5 4 52 Gino Forgione 8 Théo Nouet Bullitt Racing 4 2 30 9 Valentin Hasse-Clot Bullitt Racing 7 3 3 DNS 30 10 Jan Magnussen GMB Motorsport 2 18 11 Luke Davenport AF Corse 6 7 DNS DNS WD 14 Marcos Vivian Pos. Driver Team LEC IMO LMS MNZ SPA POR Points

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 Italics – Fastest Lap

References

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3. Goodwin, Graham. "Latorre & Patterson Add Fourth United Autosports Le Mans Cup Ligier". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
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External links

• Official website