2024 Le Mans Cup

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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[edit]

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

Entries[edit]

LMP3[edit]

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
Spain CD Sport[2] Ligier JS P320 2 France Willyam Gosselin 1–2
Lebanon Shahan Sarkissian 1–2
11 France Franck Chappard 1–2
United Kingdom Chris Short 1–2
France ANS Motorsport[2] Ligier JS P320 6 France Clément Moreno[3] 2
France Nicolas Schatz 2
Switzerland Jonathan Brossard TBC
84 France Julien Lemoine 1–2
France Paul Trojani 1–2
United Kingdom Nielsen Racing[2] Ligier JS P320 7 United Kingdom Wayne Boyd[4] 1–2
United Kingdom Anthony Wells[4] 1–2
Switzerland Graff[3] Ligier JS P320 9 Switzerland Axel Gnos[3] 2
Greece Georgios Kolovos[3] 2
Switzerland Racing Spirit of Léman[2] Ligier JS P320 10 France Marius Fossard[5] 1–2
France Christophe Lapierre[5] 1–2
France M Racing[2] Ligier JS P320 13 France Alexandre Cougnaud 1–2
France Romano Ricci 1–2
France IDEC Sport[2] Ligier JS P320 17 France Patrice Lafargue[6] 1–2
France Dino Lunardi[6] 1–2
Denmark High Class Racing[2] Ligier JS P320 20 United Kingdom Tommy Foster[7] 1–2
Denmark Jens Reno Møller[7] 1–2
Iceland Team Thor[2] 77 Iceland Auðunn Guðmundsson[8] 1–2
United Kingdom Colin Noble[8] 1–2
Czech Republic Bretton Racing[2] Ligier JS P320 26 Czech Republic Dan Skočdopole 1–2
United Kingdom Ben Stone[9] 1–2
62 Switzerland Axel Gnos 1
Greece Georgios Kolovos 1
Czech Republic Jiří Navrátil TBC
Czech Republic Josef Knopp[9] TBC
United Kingdom P4 Racing[2] Ligier JS P320 27 United Kingdom Andrew Ferguson 1–2
United Kingdom Louis Hamilton-Smith 1–2
France MV2S Racing[2] Ligier JS P320 28 United Kingdom Kenzie Beecroft 1–2
France Romain Iannetta 1
Belgium Bernard Delhez[9] TBC
Germany Matthias Lüthen TBC
29 Spain Maximus Mayer[9] 1–2
France Clément Moreno[9] 1
France Christophe Cresp TBC
Poland Inter Europol Competition[2] Ligier JS P320 34 United Arab Emirates Alexander Bukhanstov[10][N 1] 1–2
Netherlands Rik Koen[10] 1–2
43 United Kingdom Tim Creswick[10] 1–2
Denmark Sebastian Gravlund[10] 1–2
United Kingdom Steller Motorsport[2] Duqueine M30 - D08 42 United Kingdom Sennan Fielding[11] 1–2
France Sylvain Guintoli[11] 1–2
Poland Team Virage[2] Ligier JS P320 44 United Kingdom Jamie Falvey 1–2
Romania Mihnea Ștefan 1–2
59 Paraguay Oscar Bittar 1–2
Brazil Ricardo Gracia Filho 1–2
Republic of Ireland Murphy Prototypes[2] Duqueine M30 - D08 48 United Kingdom Ayrton Simmons TBC
TBA TBC
Germany Reiter Engineering[12] Ligier JS P320 50 Austria Horst Felbermayr Jr. 1–2
Germany Moritz Löhner 1–2
Australia GG Classics[2] Ligier JS P320 58 Australia George Nakas 1–2
Australia Fraser Ross 1–2
Germany Rinaldi Racing[2] Ligier JS P320 66 Germany Daniel Keilwitz[13] 1–2
Germany Steve Parrow[13] 1–2
71 Germany Stefan Aust[13] 1–2
Germany Felipe Fernández Laser[13] 1–2
Switzerland Haegeli by T2 Racing[2] Duqueine M30 - D08 67 Switzerland Pieder Decurtins 1–2
Switzerland Samir Ben 1–2
France R-ace GP[2] Duqueine M30 - D08 85 France Hadrien David[14] 1–2
France Fabien Michal[14] 1–2
Switzerland Cool Racing[2] Ligier JS P320 87 France Adrien Closmenil 1–2
United Kingdom James Sweetnam 1–2
97 France Adrien Chila 1–2
Switzerland David Droux 1–2
Netherlands More Motorsport[2] Ligier JS P320 99 Netherlands Mark van der Snel 1–2
Netherlands Max van der Snel 1–2
Source:[15]

GT3[edit]

Entrant/Team Chassis Engine No. Drivers Rounds
Switzerland Kessel Racing[2] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 12 Italy David Fumanelli 1–2
France Frédéric Jousset 1–2
74 United Kingdom Andrew Gilbert 1–2
Spain Fran Rueda 1–2
Denmark High Class Racing[2] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 18 United Kingdom Nick Jones 1–2
United Kingdom Scott Malvern 1–2
Germany Leipert Motorsport[2] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 19 Germany Marcel Leipert TBC
TBA TBC
70 New Zealand Brendon Leitch TBC
United States Gerhard Watzinger TBC
Spain Biogas Motorsport[2] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 23 Spain Marc Carol[16] 1–2
Spain Josep Mayola[16] 1–2
United Kingdom Steller Motorsport[2] Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 24 United Kingdom Darren Malkin[9] 1–2
Germany Alex Aka[9] 1
United Kingdom Richard Williams TBC
Italy AF Corse[2] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 51 Italy Alessandro Balzan 1–2
United States Matt Kurzejewski 1–2
88 Italy Riccardo Agostini 1–2
Brazil Custodio Toledo 1–2
Germany Proton Huber Competition[2] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 73 Germany Jörg Dreisow[17] 1–2
Germany Manuel Lauck[17] 1–2
Italy Iron Dames[2] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 83 Switzerland Karen Gaillard[18] 1–2
France Célia Martin[18] 1–2
United Kingdom Blackthorn[2] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 90 United Kingdom David McDonald TBC
United Kingdom Nick Moss TBC
91 Switzerland Claude Bovet 2
United Kingdom David McDonald[3] 2
United Kingdom Joe Osborne TBC
Source:[15]

Race Results[edit]

Bold indicates the overall winner.

Round Circuit LMP3 Winners GT3 Winners
1 Spain Catalunya Denmark No. 20 High Class Racing Italy No. 51 AF Corse
United Kingdom Tommy Foster
Denmark Jens Reno Møller 		Italy Alessandro Balzan
United States Matt Kurzejewski
2 France Le Castellet
3 R1 France Le Mans
R2
4 Belgium Spa-Francorchamps
5 Italy Mugello
6 Portugal Portimão

Championship Standings[edit]

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[edit]

Pos. Team Chassis BAR
Spain 		LEC
France 		LMS
France 		SPA
Belgium 		MUG
Italy 		POR
Portugal 		Points
1 Denmark #20 High Class Racing Ligier JS P320 1 25
2 France #85 R-ace GP Duqueine M30 - D08 2 19
3 Poland #34 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P320 3 15
4 Switzerland #87 Cool Racing Ligier JS P320 4 12
5 Switzerland #97 Cool Racing Ligier JS P320 5 10
6 Iceland #77 Team Thor Ligier JS P320 6 8
7 Germany #66 Rinaldi Racing Ligier JS P320 7 6
8 United Kingdom #7 Nielsen Racing Ligier JS P320 8 4
9 United Kingdom #42 Steller Motorsport Duqueine M30 - D08 9 2
10 Poland #43 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P320 10 1
11 Spain #2 CD Sport Ligier JS P320 11 0
12 France #84 ANS Motorsport Ligier JS P320 12 0
13 Switzerland #67 Haegeli by T2 Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 13 0
14 Germany #71 Rinaldi Racing Ligier JS P320 14 0
15 France #13 M Racing Ligier JS P320 15 0
16 Czech Republic #62 Bretton Racing Ligier JS P320 16 0
17 Czech Republic #26 Bretton Racing Ligier JS P320 17 0
18 Australia #58 GG Classics Ligier JS P320 18 0
19 Spain #11 CD Sport Ligier JS P320 19 0
20 France #28 MV2S Racing Ligier JS P320 20 0
21 Netherlands #99 More Motorsport Ligier JS P320 21 0
22 France #29 MV2S Racing Ligier JS P320 23 0
23 Poland #59 Team Virage Ligier JS P320 24 0
24 Switzerland #10 Racing Spirit of Léman Ligier JS P320 Ret 0
25 France #17 IDEC Sport Ligier JS P320 Ret 0
26 United Kingdom #27 P4 Racing Ligier JS P320 Ret 0
27 Poland #44 Team Virage Ligier JS P320 Ret 0
Teams ineligible to score points
Germany #50 Reiter Engineering Ligier JS P320 22
Pos. Team Chassis BAR
Spain 		LEC
France 		LMS
France 		SPA
Belgium 		MUG
Italy 		POR
Portugal 		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[edit]

Pos. Team Car BAR
Spain 		LEC
France 		LMS
France 		SPA
Belgium 		MUG
Italy 		POR
Portugal 		Points
1 Italy #51 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 1 26
2 Switzerland #74 Kessel Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 2 18
3 Italy #88 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 3 15
4 Switzerland #12 Kessel Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 4 12
5 Denmark #18 High Class Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 5 8
6 United Kingdom #24 Steller Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo II 6 10
7 Italy #83 Iron Dames Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 7 6
– Spain #23 Biogas Motorsport Ferrari 296 GT3 WD 0
– Germany #73 Proton Huber Competition Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) WD 0
Pos. Team Car BAR
Spain 		LEC
France 		LMS
France 		SPA
Belgium 		MUG
Italy 		POR
Portugal 		Points

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Bukhantsov is Russian, but he competes under an Emirati licence as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

References[edit]

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