2020 Michelin Le Mans Cup

The 2020 Michelin Le Mans Cup is the 5th season of the Michelin Le Mans Cup. It will begin at the Circuit Paul Ricard on 18 July and will finish at Algarve International Circuit on 1 November.

2020 Michelin Le Mans Cup
Previous: 2019 Next: 2021
Support series:
European Le Mans Series
Road to Le Mans
Ligier European Series

The series is open to Le Mans Prototypes in the LMP3 class, and grand tourer-style racing cars in the GT3 class.

Calendar

All races support the 2020 European Le Mans Series except the Le Mans round, which is part of the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans weekend.
The 2020 calendar was released on 4 April 2020,[1]
The Barcelona round was moved to Paul Ricard due to the COVID-19 situation in Barcelona.[2]

Rnd Circuit Location Length Date
1 Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France 2 hours 18 July
2 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Spa, Belgium 2 hours 8 August
3 Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France 2 hours 29 August
4 Circuit de la Sarthe Le Mans, France 2 x 55 minutes 18 & 19 September
5 Autodromo Nazionale Monza Monza, Italy 2 hours 10 October
6 Algarve International Circuit Portimão, Portugal 2 hours 1 November

Entries

LMP3
Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
DKR Engineering[3] Duqueine M30 - D08 3 Jean Glorieux[3] 1–2
Laurents Hörr[3] 1–2
CD Sport[3] Ligier JS P320 5 Nicholas Adcock[3] 1–2
Mikkel Jensen[3] 1–2
6 Joffrey de Narda[3] 1–2
Jacques Wolff[3] 1–2
Nielsen Racing[3] Duqueine M30 - D08 7 Colin Noble[3] 1–2
Anthony Wells[3] 1–2
10 Garett Grist[3] 1–2
Rob Hodes[3] 1–2
Racing Experience[3] Duqueine M30 - D08 11 David Hauser[3] 1–2
Yury Wagner 1
Nicolas Melin 2
Grainmarket Racing[3] Duqueine M30 - D08 20 Mark Crader[3] 1–2
Alex Mortimer[3] 1–2
Mühlner Motorsport[3] Duqueine M30 - D08 21 Tom Cloet[3] 1–2
Moritz Kranz[3] 1–2
United Autosports[4] Ligier JS P320[4] 23 Wayne Boyd[5] 1–2
John Schauerman[5] 1–2
24 Andy Meyrick[6] 1–2
Daniel Schneider[6] 1–2
Graff[3] Ligier JS P320 26 Matthias Kaiser[3] 1–2
Rory Penttinen[3] 1–2
MV2S Racing[3] Ligier JS P320 27 Christophe Cresp[3] 1–2
Bruce Jouanny[3] 1
Fabien Lavergne 2
Cool Racing[3] Ligier JS P320 37 Edouard Cauhaupe[3] 1–2
Nicolas Maulini[3] 1–2
69 Maurice Smith[3] 1–2
Ben Barnicoat[3] 1
Matt Bell 2
Rinaldi Racing[3] Duqueine M30 - D08 55 Daniel Keilwitz[3] 1
Alexander Mattschull[3] 1
66 Steve Parrow[3] 1–2
Dominik Schwager[3] 1–2
Motorsport98[3] Ligier JS P320 98 Eric De Doncker[3] 1–2
Dino Lunardi[3] 1–2
Entries:[7]

GT3
Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Porsche Centre Oberer Zürichsee by TFT[3] Porsche 911 GT3 R 2 Julien Andlauer[3] 1
Nicolas Leutwiler[3] 1
Iron Lynx[8] Ferrari 488 GT3[8] 8 Giacomo Piccini[8] 1–2
Rino Mastronardi[8] 1–2
9 Michelle Gatting[8] 1–2
Deborah Mayer[8] 1–2
77 Andrea Piccini[3] 1–2
Claudio Schiavoni[3] 1–2
IDEC Sport[3] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 17 Dimitri Enjalbert[3] 1
Patrice Lafargue[3] 1
Kessel Racing[3] Ferrari 488 GT3 50 Oliver Hancock[3] 1–2
John Hartshorne[3] 1–2
67 Paolo Ruberti[3] 1–2
Murad Sultanov[3] 1–2
74 Michel Broniszewski[3] 1–2
David Perel[3] 1–2
Entries[7]

Race results

Bold indicates the 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 Iron Lynx
Jean Glorieux
Laurents Hörr		 Rino Mastronardi
Giacomo Picini
2 Spa-Francorchamps No. 37 Cool Racing No. 8 Iron Lynx
Edouard Cauhaupe
Nicolas Maulini		 Rino Mastronardi
Giacomo Picini
3 Paul Ricard
4 R1 Le Mans
R2
5 Monza
6 Portimão

Standings

Points are awarded according to the following structure:

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
Le Mans 15 9 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0.5 0.5 1

LMP3
Pos. Team Car LEC1
 SPA
 LEC2
 LMS
 MNZ
 POR
 Points
1 #3 DKR Engineering Duqueine M30 - D08 1 2 44
2 #37 Cool Racing Ligier JS P320 Ret 1 26
3 #98 Motorsport98 Ligier JS P320 2 6 26
4 #26 Graff Ligier JS P320 3 5 25
5 #69 Cool Racing Ligier JS P320 5 7 16
6 #7 Nielsen Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 14 3 15.5
7 #21 Mühlner Motorsport Duqueine M30 - D08 4 11 12.5
8 #23 United Autosports Ligier JS P320 12 4 12.5
9 #24 United Autosports Ligier JS P320 6 Ret 8
10 #27 MV2S Racing Ligier JS P320 7 10 7
11 #11 Racing Experience Duqueine M30 - D08 Ret 8 4
12 #20 Grainmarket Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 8 Ret 4
13 #10 Nielsen Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 9 9 4
14 #55 Rinaldi Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 10 1
15 #5 CD Sport Ligier JS P320 11 14 1
16 #6 CD Sport Ligier JS P320 13 13 1
17 #66 Rinaldi Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 Ret 12 0.5
Pos. Team Car LEC1
 SPA
 LEC2
 LMS
 MNZ
 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
Pos. Team Car LEC1
 SPA
 LEC2
 LMS
 MNZ
 POR
 Points
1 #8 Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GT3 1 1 52
2 #67 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 2 3 33
3 #50 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 4 4 24
4 #74 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Ret 2 18
5 #77 Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GT3 3 DNS 15
6 #9 Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GT3 5 Ret 10
7 #17 IDEC Sport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 6 8
#2 Pzoberer Zürichsee by TFT Porsche 911 GT3 R Ret 0
Pos. Team Car LEC1
 SPA
 LEC2
 LMS
 MNZ
 POR
 Points

References
  1. Staff, Sportscar365 (4 April 2020). "Revised 2020 Sports Car Racing Calendars". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  2. Goodwin, Graham (6 August 2020). "Second ELMS Race at Le Castellet Replaces 4 Hours of Barcelona". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  3. "26 Cars For Michelin Le Mans Cup Season Opener". Dailysportscar. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  4. Goodwin, Graham (29 November 2019). "Gerry Kraut & Scott Andrews Join United Autosports For 2020 Michelin Le Mans Cup". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  5. "John Schauerman To Join United Autosports Alongside Wayne Boyd For 2020 Michelin Le Mans Cup". sportscarracingnews.com. SportsCarRacingNews. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  6. Kilbey, Stephen (12 February 2020). "Meyrick Signs With United For Le Mans Cup". Dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  7. "2020 Michelin Le Mans Cup - Season Entry List" (PDF). Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Michelin Le Mans Cup. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  8. Kilbey, Stephen (29 February 2020). "Iron Lynx Confirms ELMS & Le Mans Cup Drivers". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
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