2018 Michelin Le Mans Cup

The 2018 Michelin Le Mans Cup was the 3rd season of the Michelin 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 featured LMP3 and GT3 category cars competing in their respective class.

2018 Michelin Le Mans Cup
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Parent series:
European Le Mans Series
Road to Le Mans

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.

Rnd Circuit Location 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 2 x 55 minutes 14 & 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] 1–3, 5–6
Duncan Tappy[1] 1–3, 5–6
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
Adrien Chila[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
SPV Racing[1] Ligier JS P3[1] 44 Ricardo Sanchez[3] 1–3
Álvaro Fontes[1] 1, 3
Andy Cummings[1] 2
45 Andy Cummings[2] 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] All
Johan-Boris Scheier 4–6

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 Picini
5 Spa No. 79 Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen No. 8 Kessel Racing
Alasdair McCaig
Colin Noble		 Sergio Pianezzola
Giacomo Picini
6 Portimão No. 79 Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen No. 8 Kessel Racing
Alasdair McCaig
Colin Noble		 Sergio Pianezzola
Giacomo Picini

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 Driver's championship
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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.
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