2019 Le Mans Cup
The 2019 Le Mans Cup, known as the 2019 Michelin Le Mans Cup under sponsorship, was the fourth season of the Le Mans Cup. It began on 13 April at Circuit Paul Ricard and finished on 26 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.
Calendar
[edit]All races supported the 2019 European Le Mans Series except the Le Mans round, which was part of the 24 Hours of Le Mans weekend.
| Round | Circuit | Location | Race length | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Circuit Paul Ricard
|
Le Castellet, France | 2 hours | 13 April |
| 2 |  Autodromo Nazionale Monza
|
Monza, Italy | 2 hours | 11 May |
| 3 | Circuit de la Sarthe
|
Le Mans, France | 55 minutes | 13 June |
| 55 minutes | 15 June | |||
| 4 |  Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
|
Montmeló, Spain | 2 hours | 20 July |
| 5 |  Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
|
Spa, Belgium | 2 hours | 21 September |
| 6 |  Algarve International Circuit
|
Portimão, Portugal | 2 hours | 26 October |
Entries
[edit]LMP3
[edit]| Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nielsen Racing[1][2][3]
|
Norma M30 | 2 | Colin Noble[2]
|
All |
| Anthony Wells[2]
|
All | |||
| 17 | Bonamy Grimes[3]
|
3 | ||
| Ivor Dunbar[3]
|
3 | |||
| Ligier JS P3 | 18 | James Littlejohn[3]
|
3 | |
 Nobuya Yamanaka[3]
|
3 | |||
 DKR Engineering[4]
|
Norma M30 | 3 |  Laurents Hörr[4]
|
All |
| François Kirmann[4]
|
All | |||
| 5 | Marco Cencetti[5]
|
1–5 | ||
 Marcello Marateotto[5]
|
1–5 | |||
| Wolfgang Triller
|
6 | |||
| Kenneth Heyer
|
6 | |||
| Ligier JS P3 | 29 |  Bob Herber[3]
|
3 | |
| Rob Kamphues[3]
|
3 | |||
| Cool Racing[4]
|
Ligier JS P3 | 4 | Nicolas Rondet[4]
|
All |
 John Schauerman[4]
|
All | |||
| 74 | Victor Blugeon[4]
|
All | ||
| Maurice Smith[5]
|
All | |||
| 96 | Romain Carton[4]
|
1–5 | ||
| Philippe Cimadomo[5]
|
1, 4–5 | |||
| Christian Vaglio[6]
|
2 | |||
| Alexandre Coigny
|
3 | |||
| Graff[4][3]
|
Norma M30 | 9 | Adrien Trouillet[4]
|
1–5 |
| Eric Trouillet[4]
|
1–5 | |||
 John Corbett
|
6 | |||
| James Winslow
|
6 | |||
| 39 | Adrien Chila[4]
|
All | ||
| Nicolas Schatz[4]
|
All | |||
| 72 | Natan Bihel[3]
|
3 | ||
| Cyril Denis[3]
|
3 | |||
| 91 |  Matthias Kaiser[7]
|
3 | ||
| Sébastien Page[7]
|
3 | |||
| Racing Experience[8]
|
Norma M30 | 11 | Charlie Martin[8]
|
1–2 |
| Gary Hauser[8]
|
1, 4–5 | |||
| David Hauser[3]
|
2–3, 6 | |||
| Nicolas Mélin[7]
|
3–6 | |||
| Eurointernational[4]
|
Ligier JS P3 | 12 | Marzio Moretti[5]
|
1 |
| JM Littman[5]
|
1 | |||
 Inter Europol Competition[3]
|
Ligier JS P3 | 13 | Philippe Bourgois[3]
|
3 |
| Simon Phillips[3]
|
3 | |||
| RLR MSport[4]
|
Ligier JS P3 | 14 |  Christian Olsen[4]
|
1–4 |
| Tom Olsen[5]
|
1–2 | |||
| Mark Mayall
|
3 | |||
 James Dayson
|
4 | |||
| Alex Kapadia
|
6 | |||
| Rob Wheldon
|
6 | |||
| 15 | Freddie Hunt[3]
|
3 | ||
| Martin Vedel Mortensen[3]
|
3 | |||
| BHK Motorsport
|
Ligier JS P3 | 16 | Jacopo Baratto[6]
|
1–2 |
| Francesco Mannino[6]
|
1–2 | |||
| M Racing[3]
|
Norma M30 | 19 | Yann Ehrlacher[3]
|
3 |
| Laurent Millara[3]
|
3 | |||
| Grainmarket Racing[4]
|
Norma M30 | 20 | Mark Crader[4]
|
All |
| Alex Mortimer[4]
|
All | |||
| United Autosports[9][3]
|
Ligier JS P3 | 22 | Matthew Bell[4]
|
All |
| James McGuire[4]
|
All | |||
| 23 | Garett Grist[9]
|
All | ||
| Rob Hodes[9]
|
All | |||
| 24 | Wayne Boyd[5]
|
1–4 | ||
| Najaf Husain[10]
|
1, 3 | |||
| Mike Guasch[6]
|
2, 4 | |||
| 27 | Patrice Lafargue[7]
|
3 | ||
| Erik Maris[7]
|
3 | |||
| Lanan Racing[11]
|
Norma M30 | 25 | Michael Benham[11]
|
All |
| Duncan Tappy[11]
|
All | |||
| CD Sport[4]
|
Norma M30 | 30 | Kevin Bole-Besançon[4]
|
1–5 |
| Jacques Wolff[4]
|
All | |||
| Vincent Beltoise
|
6 | |||
| 60 | Nick Adcock[3]
|
3 | ||
| Michael Jensen[3]
|
3 | |||
| H24 Racing Norman Nato[12]
|
LMPH2G | 42 | Olivier Lombard[12]
|
5–6 |
| Norman Nato[12]
|
5–6 | |||
| Keo Racing[4]
|
Ligier JS P3 | 43 |  Joakim Frid[5]
|
1–3 |
| Michael Markussen[4]
|
1–3 | |||
 Alain Costa[13]
|
4–6 | |||
| Johan Jokinen[13]
|
4–6 | |||
| Spirit of Race[4]
|
Ligier JS P3 | 55 | Michele Rugolo[4]
|
All |
| Claudio Sdanewitsch[4]
|
All | |||
 Viper Niza Racing[3]
|
Ligier JS P3 | 65 | Dominic Ang[3]
|
3 |
| Douglas Khoo[3]
|
3 | |||
| Monza Garage[4]
|
Ligier JS P3 | 69 | Marc-Antoine Dannielou[7]
|
3 |
| Alexandre Yvon[7]
|
3 | |||
| SRT41 - Frederic Sausset[3]
|
Ligier JS P3 | 84 | Takuma Aoki[3]
|
3 |
| Nigel Bailly[7]
|
3 | |||
| Snoussi Benmoussa[3]
|
3 | |||
 AT Racing[4]
|
Ligier JS P3 | 90 |  Alexander Talkanitsa Jr.[4]
|
All |
| Alexander Talkanitsa Sr.[4]
|
All | |||
| Motorsport98[4]
|
Ligier JS P3 | 98 | Eric De Doncker[4]
|
4–6 |
| Dino Lunardi[4]
|
4–6 | |||
| Entry Lists:[4][5][3][6][7][13][12][14] | ||||
GT3
[edit]| Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scuderia Villorba Corse[4]
|
Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 7 | Mauro Calamia[4]
|
1–5 |
| Roberto Pampanini[4]
|
1–5 | |||
| Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 83 | Steeve Hiesse[4]
|
1–3 | |
| Cédric Mézard[4]
|
1–3 | |||
| Kessel Racing[4]
|
Ferrari 488 GT3 | 8 | Sergio Pianezzola[5]
|
All |
| Giacomo Piccini[4]
|
All | |||
| 50 | Oliver Hancock[4]
|
All | ||
| John Hartshorne[4]
|
All | |||
| 60 | Andrea Piccini[12]
|
5–6 | ||
| Claudio Schiavoni[12]
|
5–6 | |||
| 62 | Anthony Lazzaro[7]
|
3 | ||
| Philippe Mulacek[7]
|
3 | |||
| 82 | Pierre Kaffer[7]
|
3 | ||
| Pierre Mulacek[7]
|
3 | |||
| Krypton Motorsport[4]
|
Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 35 | Stefano Pezzucchi[4]
|
1–5 |
| Marco Zanuttini[4]
|
1–5 | |||
| SPS Automotive Performance[4]
|
Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 40 | Tom Onslow-Cole[3]
|
3 |
| Valentin Pierburg[3]
|
3 | |||
| 54 | Yannick Mettler[4]
|
All | ||
| Dexter Müller[4]
|
All | |||
| Spirit of Race[4][3]
|
Ferrari 488 GT3 | 51 | Maurizio Mediani[4]
|
All |
| Christoph Ulrich[4]
|
All | |||
| 52 |  Oswaldo Negri Jr.[3]
|
3 | ||
 Francesco Piovanetti[3]
|
3 | |||
| 53 | Rui Aguas[3]
|
3 | ||
 Kriton Lentoudis[3]
|
3 | |||
| Luzich Racing[15]
|
Ferrari 488 GT3 | 71 | Fabien Lavergne[15]
|
All |
| Mikkel Mac[15]
|
All | |||
| Ebimotors[4]
|
Porsche 911 GT3 R | 88 | Paolo Venerosi[4]
|
1–3, 5–6 |
| Alessandro Baccani[4]
|
1–4, 6 | |||
| Riccardo Pera
|
4 | |||
| Daniel Mancinelli[12]
|
5 | |||
 Bentley Team Africa[3]
|
Bentley Continental GT3 | 95 | Jan Lammers[3]
|
3 |
| Greg Mills[3]
|
3 | |||
| TF Sport[3]
|
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 97 | Tom Gamble[7]
|
3 |
| Flick Haigh[3]
|
3 | |||
| Beechdean AMR[16]
|
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 99 | Ross Gunn[16]
|
All |
| Andrew Howard[16]
|
All | |||
| Entry List:[4][5][3][6][7][13][12][14] | ||||
Race results
[edit]Bold indicates overall winner.
| Rnd. | Circuit | LMP3 Winning Team | GT3 Winning Team | Results | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMP3 Winning Drivers | GT3 Winning Drivers | ||||
| 1 | Paul Ricard
|
No. 25 Lanan Racing
|
No. 8 Kessel Racing
|
Report | |
| Michael Benham Duncan Tappy
|
Sergio Pianezzola Giacomo Piccini
| ||||
| 2 | Monza
|
No. 25 Lanan Racing
|
No. 71 Luzich Racing
|
Report | |
| Michael Benham Duncan Tappy
|
Fabien Lavergne Mikkel Mac
| ||||
| 3 | R1 | Le Mans
|
No. 39 Graff
|
No. 71 Luzich Racing
|
Report |
| Adrien Chila Nicolas Schatz
|
Fabien Lavergne Mikkel Mac
| ||||
| R2 | No. 3 DKR Engineering
|
No. 71 Luzich Racing
| |||
| Laurents Hörr François Kirmann
|
Fabien Lavergne Mikkel Mac
| ||||
| 4 | Barcelona
|
No. 3 DKR Engineering
|
No. 8 Kessel Racing
|
Report | |
| Laurents Hörr François Kirmann
|
Sergio Pianezzola Giacomo Piccini
| ||||
| 5 | Spa
|
No. 25 Lanan Racing
|
No. 8 Kessel Racing
|
Report | |
| Michael Benham Duncan Tappy
|
Sergio Pianezzola Giacomo Piccini
| ||||
| 6 | Portimão
|
No. 14 RLR MSport
|
No. 8 Kessel Racing
|
Report | |
| Alex Kapadia Rob Wheldon
|
Sergio Pianezzola Giacomo Piccini
| ||||
Standings
[edit]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 | Other | Pole |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 15 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 |
LMP3 Teams Championship
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