2018_Le_Mans_Cup
The 2018 Le Mans Cup, known as the 2018 Michelin Le Mans Cup under sponsorship, was the third season of the 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 was open to Le Mans Prototypes in the LMP3 class, and grand tourer sports cars in the GT3 class.
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.
More information Round, Circuit ...
| Round | Circuit | Location | Race 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 | 55 minutes | 14 June |
| 55 minutes | 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 |
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LMP3
More information Team, Car ...
| 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] |
All |
| Duncan Tappy[1] |
All | |||
| 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 | |||
| François Hériau[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 | |||
| Keo Racing |
Ligier JS P3 | 43 | Johan Jokinen |
6 |
| Paul Scheuschner |
6 | |||
| 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] |
1–5 | |||
| Johan-Boris Scheier |
4–5 |
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GT3
More information Team, Car ...
| 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 | ||||||
|
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 | ||||||
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Notes
- Car Nos. 51 and 54 entered as Spirit of Race and Car No. 71 entered as AF Corse.
Bold indicates overall winner.
More information Rnd., Circuit ...
| 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 Piccini | |||
| 5 | Spa | No. 79 Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen |
No. 8 Kessel Racing | |
| Alasdair McCaig Colin Noble |
Sergio Pianezzola Giacomo Piccini | |||
| 6 | Portimão | No. 79 Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen |
No. 8 Kessel Racing | |
| Alasdair McCaig Colin Noble |
Sergio Pianezzola Giacomo Piccini | |||
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Points are awarded according to the following structure (except Le Mans):
More information Position, Points ...
| 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 |
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For Le Mans:
More information Position, Points ...
| 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 |
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LMP3 Teams Championship
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