2024 Le Mans Cup

The 2024 Le Mans Cup, known as the 2024 Michelin Le Mans Cup under sponsorship, will be the ninth season of the Le Mans Cup. The six-event season will begin at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on 13 April and will finish at Algarve International Circuit on 19 October.[1] The series is open to Le Mans Prototypes in the LMP3 class, and grand tourer sports cars in the GT3 class.

Calendar

The provisional calendar for the 2023 season was announced on 22 September 2022.[1] Mugello Circuit was added to the calendar for the first time, replacing the round at MotorLand Aragón.

Rnd Circuit Location Race Length Date
1 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Montmeló, Spain 1 hour, 50 mins 13 April
2 Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France 1 hour, 50 mins 4 May
3 Circuit de la Sarthe Le Mans, France 55 minutes 14 June
55 minutes 15 June
4 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Stavelot, Belgium 1 hour, 50 mins 24 August
5 Mugello Circuit Scarperia e San Piero, Italy 1 hour, 50 mins 28 September
6 Algarve International Circuit Portimão, Portugal 1 hour, 50 mins 19 October

Entries

LMP3

All cars in the LMP3 class used the 2020 spec Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine and Michelin tyres.

Entrant/Team Chassis No. Drivers Rounds
CD Sport[2] Ligier JS P320 2 Willyam Gosselin 1–3
Shahan Sarkissian 1–3
11 Franck Chappard 1–3
Chris Short 1–3
DKR Engineering[3] Duqueine M30 - D08 3 Xinzhe Xie 3
Pengcheng Ye 3
Nielsen Racing[2] Ligier JS P320 4 Garett Grist 3
Anthony McIntosh 3
7 Wayne Boyd[4] 1–3
Anthony Wells[4] 1–3
RLR MSport[3] Ligier JS P320 5 Ian Aguilera 3
Garth Walden 3
ANS Motorsport[2] Ligier JS P320 6 Clément Moreno[5] 2–3
Nicolas Schatz 2–3
Jonathan Brossard TBC
84 Julien Lemoine 1–3
Paul Trojani 1–3
Team Virage[2] Ligier JS P320 8 Georgios Kolovos 3
Bernardo Pinheiro 3
44 Jamie Falvey 1–3
Mihnea Ștefan 1–3
59 Oscar Bittar 1–3
Ricardo Gracia Filho 1–3
76 Raphaël Narac 3
Jacek Zielonka 3
Graff[5] Ligier JS P320 9 Axel Gnos[5] 2
Georgios Kolovos[5] 2
Haowen Luo 3
Louis Rossi 3
Racing Spirit of Léman[2] Ligier JS P320 10 Marius Fossard[6] 1–3
Christophe Lapierre[6] 1–3
64 Michael Doppelmayr 3
Pierre Kaffer 3
M Racing[2] Ligier JS P320 13 Alexandre Cougnaud 1–3
Romano Ricci 1–3
IDEC Sport[2] Ligier JS P320 17 Patrice Lafargue[7] 1–3
Dino Lunardi[7] 1–3
High Class Racing[2] Ligier JS P320 20 Tommy Foster[8] 1–3
Jens Reno Møller[8] 1–3
Team Thor[2] 77 Auðunn Guðmundsson[9] 1–3
Colin Noble[9] 1–3
EuroInternational[3] Ligier JS P320 21 Daniel Ali 3
Miika Panu 3
31 Jean-René de Fournoux 3
Hugo Rosati 3
WTM by Rinaldi Racing[3][N 1]
Rinaldi Racing[2][N 1]
 Duqueine M30 - D08 22 Torsten Kratz 3
Leonard Weiss 3
Ligier JS P320 66 Daniel Keilwitz[10] 1–3
Steve Parrow[10] 1–3
71 Stefan Aust[10] 1–3
Felipe Fernández Laser[10] 1–3
Bretton Racing[2] Ligier JS P320 26 Dan Skočdopole 1–3
Ben Stone[11] 1–3
62 Axel Gnos 1
Georgios Kolovos 1
Szymon Ładniak 2–3
Romain Iannetta 2
Ace Robey 3
Jiří Navrátil TBC
Josef Knopp[11] TBC
P4 Racing[2] Ligier JS P320 27 Andrew Ferguson 1–3
Louis Hamilton-Smith 1–3
MV2S Racing[2] Ligier JS P320 28 Kenzie Beecroft 1
Romain Iannetta 1
Viacheslav Gutak[N 2] 3
Maxence Maurice 3
Bernard Delhez[11] TBC
Matthias Lüthen TBC
29 Maximus Mayer[11] 1–3
Clément Moreno[11] 1
Christophe Cresp 2–3
Inter Europol Competition[2] Ligier JS P320 34 Alexander Bukhanstov[12][N 2] 1–3
Rik Koen[12] 1–3
43 Tim Creswick[12] 1–3
Sebastian Gravlund[12] 1–3
Steller Motorsport[2] Duqueine M30 - D08 42 Sennan Fielding[13] 1–3
Sylvain Guintoli[13] 1–3
Murphy Prototypes[2] Duqueine M30 - D08 48 TBA TBC
TBA TBC
Reiter Engineering[14] Ligier JS P320 50 Horst Felbermayr Jr. 1–3
Moritz Löhner 1
Miklas Born 2–3
GG Classics[2] Ligier JS P320 58 George Nakas 1–3
Fraser Ross 1–3
Haegeli by T2 Racing[2] Duqueine M30 - D08 67 Pieder Decurtins 1–3
Samir Ben 1–3
68 Marcel Oosenbrugh 3
Dominik Schraml 3
R-ace GP[2] Duqueine M30 - D08 85 Hadrien David[15] 1–3
Fabien Michal[15] 1–3
Cool Racing[2] Ligier JS P320 87 Adrien Closmenil 1–3
James Sweetnam 1–3
97 Adrien Chila 1–3
David Droux 1–3
More Motorsport[2] Ligier JS P320 99 Mark van der Snel 1–3
Max van der Snel 1–3
Source:[16][17][18][19]

GT3
Entrant/Team Chassis Engine No. Drivers Rounds
Kessel Racing[2] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 12 David Fumanelli 1–3
Frédéric Jousset 1–3
57 Orey Fidani 3
Lars Kern 3
74 Andrew Gilbert 1–3
Fran Rueda 1–3
GetSpeed[3] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 14 Anthony Bartone 3
Steve Jans 3
High Class Racing[2] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 18 Nick Jones 1–3
Scott Malvern 1–2
Sven Müller 3
Leipert Motorsport[2] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 19 Marcel Leipert TBC
TBA TBC
70 Brendon Leitch TBC
Gerhard Watzinger TBC
Biogas Motorsport[2] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 23 Marc Carol[20] 1–3
Josep Mayola[20] 1–3
Steller Motorsport[2] Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 24 Darren Malkin[11] 1–2
Alex Aka[11] 1
Kiern Jewiss 2
Rory Butcher 3
Dominic Paul 3
Richard Williams TBC
Heart of Racing by SPS[3] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 25 Gray Newell 3
Valentin Pierburg 3
AF Corse[2] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 51 Alessandro Balzan 1–3
Matt Kurzejewski 1–3
80 Gino Forgione 3
Michele Rugolo 3
82 Emmanuel Collard 3
Charles-Henri Samani 3
88 Riccardo Agostini 1–3
Custodio Toledo 1–3
Team Motopark[3] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 65 Heiko Neumann 3
Timo Rumpfkeil 3
Proton Huber Competition[2] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 73 Jörg Dreisow[21] 1–3
Manuel Lauck[21] 1–3
Iron Dames[2] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 83 Karen Gaillard[22] 1–3
Célia Martin[22] 1–3
Blackthorn[2] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 90 Martin Berry 3
Lorcan Hanafin 3
David McDonald TBC
Nick Moss TBC
91 Claude Bovet 2–3
David McDonald[5] 2–3
Joe Osborne TBC
Racing Spirit of Léman[3] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 95 Derek DeBoer 3
Valentin Hasse-Clot 3
Source:[16][17][18][19]

Race Results

Bold indicates the overall winner.

Round Circuit LMP3 Winners GT3 Winners
1 Catalunya No. 20 High Class Racing No. 51 AF Corse
Tommy Foster
Jens Reno Møller		 Alessandro Balzan
Matt Kurzejewski
2 Le Castellet No. 97 Cool Racing No. 51 AF Corse
Adrien Chila
David Droux		 Alessandro Balzan
Matt Kurzejewski
3 R1 Le Mans No. 22 WTM by Rinaldi Racing No. 12 Kessel Racing
Torsten Kratz
Leonard Weiss		 David Fumanelli
Frédéric Jousset
R2 No. 29 MV2S Racing No. 90 Blackthorn
Christophe Cresp
Maximus Mayer		 Martin Berry
Lorcan Hanafin
4 Spa-Francorchamps
5 Mugello
6 Portimão

Championship 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 Chassis BAR
 LEC
 LMS
 SPA
 MUG
 POR
 Points
1 #97 Cool Racing Ligier JS P320 5 1 4 2 47.5
2 #20 High Class Racing Ligier JS P320 1 6 14 3 40
3 #85 R-ace GP Duqueine M30 - D08 2 3 21 5 40
4 #77 Team Thor Ligier JS P320 6 5 5 7 25
5 #44 Team Virage Ligier JS P320 Ret 2 10 22 19.5
6 #34 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P320 3 8 Ret 11 19
7 #13 M Racing Ligier JS P320 15 4 3 10 17.5
8 #87 Cool Racing Ligier JS P320 4 12 Ret 8 16
9 #29 MV2S Racing Ligier JS P320 23 13 20 1 15
10 #7 Nielsen Racing Ligier JS P320 8 7 6 9 14.5
11 #6 ANS Motorsport Ligier JS P320 16 8 4 8
12 #71 Rinaldi Racing Ligier JS P320 14 15 2 21 7.5
13 #66 Rinaldi Racing Ligier JS P320 7 21 11 12 7
14 #42 Steller Motorsport Duqueine M30 - D08 9 17 Ret 2
15 #10 Racing Spirit of Léman Ligier JS P320 Ret 10 27 Ret 2
16 #43 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P320 10 22 Ret 24 1
17 #2 CD Sport Ligier JS P320 11 11 15 18 1
18 #11 CD Sport Ligier JS P320 19 20 13 25 0.5
19 #84 ANS Motorsport Ligier JS P320 12 27 26 20 0
20 #67 Haegeli by T2 Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 13 23 18 16 0
21 #62 Bretton Racing Ligier JS P320 16 Ret 28 Ret 0
22 #26 Bretton Racing Ligier JS P320 17 26 32 19 0
23 #58 GG Classics Ligier JS P320 18 24 30 30 0
24 #28 MV2S Racing Ligier JS P320 20 23 15 0
25 #99 More Motorsport Ligier JS P320 21 18 31 29 0
26 #59 Team Virage Ligier JS P320 24 Ret 22 23 0
27 #17 IDEC Sport Ligier JS P320 Ret 19 17 Ret 0
28 #27 P4 Racing Ligier JS P320 Ret 25 25 Ret 0
Teams ineligible to score points
#50 Reiter Engineering Ligier JS P320 22 9 Ret Ret
#9 Graff Ligier JS P320 14 29 WD
#22 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 1 6
#21 EuroInternational Ligier JS P320 7 13
#5 RLR M Sport Ligier JS P320 9 17
#8 Team Virage Ligier JS P320 12 14
#4 Nielsen Racing Ligier JS P320 16 27
#31 EuroInternational Ligier JS P320 19 Ret
#76 Team Virage Ligier JS P320 24 28
#3 DKR Engineering Duqueine M30 - D08 33 26
#64 Racing Spirit of Léman Ligier JS P320 34 31
#68 Haegeli by T2 Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 35 32
Pos. Team Chassis BAR
 LEC
 LMS
 SPA
 MUG
 POR
 Points
Key
ColourResult
GoldRace winner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
BlankDid not participate
Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap

GT3 Teams Championship
Pos. Team Car BAR
 LEC
 LMS
 SPA
 MUG
 POR
 Points
1 #51 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 1 1 2 2 64.5
2 #74 Kessel Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 2 3 14 9 38.5
3 #12 Kessel Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 4 4 1 14 33.5
4 #88 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 3 7 3 6 30.5
5 #18 High Class Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 5 5 6 3 29.5
6 #83 Iron Dames Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 7 2 7 16 27
7 #24 Steller Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo II 6 6 12 11 21
8 #90 Blackthorn Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo 10 1 16.5
9 #73 Proton Huber Competition Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) WD 8 16 7 7
10 #91 Blackthorn Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo 9 4 15 6
11 #23 Biogas Motorsport Ferrari 296 GT3 WD 10 17 17 1
Pos. Team Car BAR
 LEC
 LMS
 SPA
 MUG
 POR
 Points

Notes
  1. Car No. 22 entered as WTM by Rinaldi Racing. Cars No. 66 and No. 71 entered as Rinaldi Racing.
  2. Gutak is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Bukhantsov, also a Russian, competes under an Emirati licence for the same reason.

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