The 9th Road to Le Mans Cup will be a sports car race held on 14 and 15 June 2024 at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France. The race will feature LMP3 and GT3 category cars competing in their respective classes.
The 9th Road to Le Mans Cup will be a sports car race held on 14 and 15 June 2024 at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France. The race will feature LMP3 and GT3 category cars competing in their respective classes.
| Icon | Series |
|---|---|
| MLMS | Michelin Le Mans Cup |
| ELMS | European Le Mans Series |
| GTWC | SRO GT World Challenge |
| ALMS | Asian Le Mans Series |
| RLMS | Road to Le Mans only |
| No. | Entrant | Car | Series | Driver 1 | Driver 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMP3 (40 entries) | |||||
| 2 |  CD Sport | Ligier JS P320 - Nissan | MLMS |  Shahan Sarkissian |  Willyam Gosselin |
| 3 |  DKR Engineering | Duqueine M30 - D08 - Nissan | ELMS |  Pengcheng Ye | Xie Xinzhe |
| 4 |  Nielsen Racing | Ligier JS P320 - Nissan | RLMS |  Anthony McIntosh |  Garett Grist |
| 5 | RLR MSport | Ligier JS P320 - Nissan | ELMS |  Ian Aguilera |  Garth Walden |
| 6 | ANS Motorsport | Ligier JS P320 - Nissan | MLMS | Clément Moreno | Nicolas Schatz |
| 7 | Nielsen Racing | Ligier JS P320 - Nissan | MLMS | Anthony Wells | Wayne Boyd |
| 8 |  Team Virage | Ligier JS P320 - Nissan | ELMS |  Georgios Kolovos |  Bernardo Pinheiro |
| 9 |  Graff Racing | Ligier JS P320 - Nissan | MLMS | Louis Rossi | Haowen Luo |
| 10 | Racing Spirit of Léman | Ligier JS P320 - Nissan | MLMS | Christophe Lapierre | Marius Fossard |
| 11 | CD Sport | Ligier JS P320 - Nissan | MLMS | Chris Short | Franck Chappard |
| 13 | M Racing | Ligier JS P320 - Nissan | MLMS | Romano Ricci | Alexandre Cougnaud |
| 17 | IDEC Sport | Ligier JS P320 - Nissan | MLMS | Patrice Lafargue | Dino Lunardi |
| 20 |  High Class Racing | Ligier JS P320 - Nissan | MLMS | Jens Reno Møller | Tommy Foster |
| 21 |  EuroInternational | Ligier JS P320 - Nissan | ELMS |  Miika Panu | Daniel Ali |
| 22 |  WTM by Rinaldi Racing | Duqueine M30 - D08 - Nissan | MLMS | Torsten Kratz | Leonard Weiss |
| 26 |  Bretton Racing | Ligier JS P320 - Nissan | MLMS | Ben Stone | Dan Skočdopole |
| 27 | P4 Racing | Ligier JS P320 - Nissan | MLMS | Andrew Ferguson | Louis Hamilton-Smith |
| 28 | MV2S Racing | Ligier JS P320 - Nissan | RLMS | Maxence Maurice |  Viacheslav Gutak |
| 29 | MV2S Racing | Ligier JS P320 - Nissan | MLMS | Christophe Cresp | Max Mayer |
| 31 | EuroInternational | Ligier JS P320 - Nissan | RLMS | Jean-René de Fournoux | Hugo Rosati |
| 34 | Inter Europol Competition | Ligier JS P320 - Nissan | MLMS |  Alexander Bukhanstov [N 1] |  Rik Koen |
| 42 | Steller Motorsport | Duqueine M30 - D08 - Nissan | MLMS | Sylvain Guintoli | Sennan Fielding |
| 43 | Inter Europol Competition | Ligier JS P320 - Nissan | MLMS | Tim Creswick | Sebastian Gravlund |
| 44 | Team Virage | Ligier JS P320 - Nissan | MLMS | Jamie Falvey |  Mihnea Ștefan |
| 50 | Reiter Engineering | Ligier JS P320 - Nissan | MLMS |  Horst Felbermayr Jr. | Miklas Born |
| 58 | GG Classics | Ligier JS P320 - Nissan | MLMS | George Nakas | Fraser Ross |
| 59 | Team Virage | Ligier JS P320 - Nissan | MLMS |  Oscar Bittar |  Ricardo Gracia Filho |
| 62 | Bretton Racing | Ligier JS P320 - Nissan | ALMS | Romain Iannetta | Szymon Ladniak |
| 64 | Racing Spirit of Léman | Ligier JS P320 - Nissan | ELMS | Michael Doppelmayr | Pierre Kaffer |
| 66 | Rinaldi Racing | Ligier JS P320 - Nissan | MLMS | Steve Parrow | Daniel Keilwitz |
| 67 | Haegeli by T2 Racing | Duqueine M30 - D08 - Nissan | MLMS | Pieder Decurtins | Samir Ben |
| 68 | Haegeli by T2 Racing | Duqueine M30 - D08 - Nissan | RLMS | Marcel Oosenbrugh | Dominik Schraml |
| 71 | Rinaldi Racing | Ligier JS P320 - Nissan | MLMS | Stefan Aust | Felipe Fernández Laser |
| 76 | Team Virage | Ligier JS P320 - Nissan | RLMS | Jacek Zielonka | Raphaël Narac |
| 77 |  Team Thor | Ligier JS P320 - Nissan | MLMS | Auðunn Guðmundsson | Colin Noble |
| 84 | ANS Motorsport | Ligier JS P320 - Nissan | MLMS | Julien Lemoine | Paul Trojani |
| 85 | R-ace GP | Duqueine M30 - D08 - Nissan | MLMS | Fabien Michal | Hadrien David |
| 87 | Cool Racing | Ligier JS P320 - Nissan | MLMS | James Sweetnam | Adrien Closmenil |
| 97 | Cool Racing | Ligier JS P320 - Nissan | MLMS | Adrien Chila | David Droux |
| 99 | More Motorsport | Ligier JS P320 - Nissan | MLMS | Mark van der Snel | Max van der Snel |
| GT3 (20 entries) | |||||
| 12 | Kessel Racing | Ferrari 296 GT3 | MLMS | Frédéric Jousset | David Fumanelli |
| 14 | GetSpeed Performance | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | ALMS | Steve Jans | Anthony Bartone |
| 18 | High Class Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | MLMS | Nick Jones | Sven Müller |
| 23 | Biogas Motorsport | Ferrari 296 GT3 | MLMS | Josep Mayola | Marc Carol |
| 24 | Steller Motorsport | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | MLMS | Dominic Paul | Rory Butcher |
| 25 | Heart of Racing by SPS | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | GTWC | Valentin Pierburg | Gray Newell |
| 51 | AF Corse | Ferrari 296 GT3 | MLMS | Matt Kurzejewski | Alessandro Balzan |
| 57 | Kessel Racing | Ferrari 296 GT3 | ELMS | Orey Fidani | Lars Kern |
| 65 | Team Motopark | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | ALMS | Heiko Neumann | Timo Rumpfkeil |
| 73 | Proton Huber Competition | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | MLMS | Jörg Dreisow | Manuel Lauck |
| 74 | Kessel Racing | Ferrari 296 GT3 | MLMS | Andrew Gilbert | Fran Rueda |
| 80 | AF Corse | Ferrari 296 GT3 | RLMS | Gino Forgione | Michele Rugolo |
| 82 | AF Corse | Ferrari 296 GT3 | ELMS | Charles-Henri Samani | Emmanuel Collard |
| 83 | Iron Dames | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 | MLMS | Célia Martin | Karen Gaillard |
| 88 | AF Corse | Ferrari 296 GT3 | MLMS | Custodio Toledo | Riccardo Agostini |
| 90 | Blackthorn | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo | MLMS |  Martin Berry | Lorcan Hanafin |
| 91 | Blackthorn | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo | MLMS | Claude Bovet | David McDonald |
| 95 | Racing Spirit of Léman | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo | ELMS | Derek DeBoer | Valentin Hasse-Clot |
| Source: [1] [2] | |||||
In addition to the sixty-two entries given invitations for the race, seven entries are put on a reserve list to potentially replace any invitations that were not accepted or withdrawn. Reserve entries are ordered with the first reserve replacing the first withdrawal from the race, regardless of the class of either entry.
| Reserve | Class | No. | Entrant | Car | Series | Driver 1 | Driver 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | GT3 | 56 | Ebimotors | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | RLMS | Paolo Venerosi Pesciolini | TBA | |||
| 2nd | LMP3 | 69 | Zosh Competition | Ligier JS P320 - Nissan | RLMS | Jean-Rene de Fournoux | Hugo Rosati | |||
| 3rd | LMP3 | 16 | TS Corse | Duqueine M30 - D08 | RLMS | Gianluca Giraudi | TBA | |||
| 4th | GT3 | 75 | Team Motopark | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | RLMS | Timo Rumpfkeil | TBA | |||
| 5th | GT3 | 54 | Dinamic GT | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | GTWC | Thomas Kiefer |  Stanislav Minsky [N 1] | |||
| 6th | LMP3 | 96 | Zosh Competition | Ligier JS P320 - Nissan | RLMS | Claude Rosati | Rodolphe Rosati | |||
| 7th | GT3 | 55 | Dinamic GT | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | GTWC | Marvin Dienst | Philipp Sager | |||
| Source: [1] [2] | ||||||||||
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Provisional pole positions in each class are denoted in bold.
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