2019 Le Mans Cup Explained

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

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
3	Circuit de la Sarthe	Le Mans, France	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

LMP3

Team	Car		Drivers	Rounds
Nielsen Racing^[1] ^[2] ^[3]	Norma M30	2	Colin Noble	All
		Anthony Wells	All
		17	Bonamy Grimes	3
		Ivor Dunbar	3
	Ligier JS P3	18	James Littlejohn	3
	Ligier JS P3	Nobuya Yamanaka	3
DKR Engineering	Norma M30	3	Laurents Hörr	All
		François Kirmann	All
		5	Marco Cencetti	1–5
		Marcello Marateotto	1–5
		Wolfgang Triller	6
		Kenneth Heyer	6
	Ligier JS P3	29	Bob Herber	3
	Ligier JS P3	Rob Kamphues	3
Cool Racing	Ligier JS P3	4	Nicolas Rondet	All
		John Schauerman	All
		74	Victor Blugeon	All
		Maurice Smith	All
		96	Romain Carton	1–5
		Philippe Cimadomo	1, 4–5
		Christian Vaglio	2
		Alexandre Coigny	3
Graff	Norma M30	9	Adrien Trouillet	1–5
		Eric Trouillet	1–5
		John Corbett	6
		James Winslow	6
		39	Adrien Chila	All
		Nicolas Schatz	All
		72	Natan Bihel	3
		Cyril Denis	3
		91	Matthias Kaiser	3
		Sébastien Page	3
Racing Experience^[4]	Norma M30	11	Charlie Martin	1–2
		Gary Hauser	1, 4–5
		David Hauser	2–3, 6
		Nicolas Mélin	3–6
Eurointernational	Ligier JS P3	12	Marzio Moretti	1
Eurointernational	Ligier JS P3	JM Littman	1
Inter Europol Competition	Ligier JS P3	13	Philippe Bourgois	3
Inter Europol Competition	Ligier JS P3	Simon Phillips	3
RLR MSport	Ligier JS P3	14	Christian Olsen	1–4
		Tom Olsen	1–2
		Mark Mayall	3
		James Dayson	4
		Alex Kapadia	6
		Rob Wheldon	6
		15	Freddie Hunt	3
		Martin Vedel Mortensen	3
BHK Motorsport	Ligier JS P3	16	Jacopo Baratto	1–2
BHK Motorsport	Ligier JS P3	Francesco Mannino	1–2
M Racing	Norma M30	19	Yann Ehrlacher	3
M Racing	Norma M30	Laurent Millara	3
Grainmarket Racing	Norma M30	20	Mark Crader	All
Grainmarket Racing	Norma M30	Alex Mortimer	All
United Autosports^[5]	Ligier JS P3	22	Matthew Bell	All
		James McGuire	All
		23	Garett Grist	All
		Rob Hodes	All
		24	Wayne Boyd	1–4
		Najaf Husain^[6]	1, 3
		Mike Guasch	2, 4
		27	Patrice Lafargue	3
		Erik Maris	3
Lanan Racing^[7]	Norma M30	25	Michael Benham	All
Lanan Racing^[7]	Norma M30	Duncan Tappy	All
CD Sport	Norma M30	30	Kevin Bole-Besançon	1–5
		Jacques Wolff	All
		Vincent Beltoise	6
		60	Nick Adcock	3
		Michael Jensen	3
H24 Racing Norman Nato	LMPH2G	42	Olivier Lombard	5–6
H24 Racing Norman Nato	LMPH2G	Norman Nato	5–6
Keo Racing	Ligier JS P3	43	Joakim Frid	1–3
		Michael Markussen	1–3
		Alain Costa	4–6
		Johan Jokinen	4–6
Spirit of Race	Ligier JS P3	55	Michele Rugolo	All
Spirit of Race	Ligier JS P3	Claudio Sdanewitsch	All
Viper Niza Racing	Ligier JS P3	65	Dominic Ang	3
Viper Niza Racing	Ligier JS P3	Douglas Khoo	3
Monza Garage	Ligier JS P3	69	Marc-Antoine Dannielou	3
Monza Garage	Ligier JS P3	Alexandre Yvon	3
SRT41 - Frederic Sausset	Ligier JS P3	84	Takuma Aoki	3
		Nigel Bailly	3
		Snoussi Benmoussa	3
AT Racing	Ligier JS P3	90	Alexander Talkanitsa Jr.	All
AT Racing	Ligier JS P3	Alexander Talkanitsa Sr.	All
Motorsport98	Ligier JS P3	98	Eric De Doncker	4–6
Motorsport98	Ligier JS P3	Dino Lunardi	4–6
Entry Lists:^[8] ^[9] ^[10] ^[11] ^[12] ^[13] ^[14]

GT3

Team	Car		Drivers	Rounds
Scuderia Villorba Corse	Mercedes-AMG GT3	7	Mauro Calamia	1–5
	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Roberto Pampanini	1–5
	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	83	Steeve Hiesse	1–3
	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Cédric Mézard	1–3
Kessel Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	8	Sergio Pianezzola	All
		Giacomo Piccini	All
		50	Oliver Hancock	All
		John Hartshorne	All
		60	Andrea Piccini	5–6
		Claudio Schiavoni	5–6
		62	Anthony Lazzaro	3
		Philippe Mulacek	3
		82	Pierre Kaffer	3
		Pierre Mulacek	3
Krypton Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3	35	Stefano Pezzucchi	1–5
Krypton Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Marco Zanuttini	1–5
SPS Automotive Performance	Mercedes-AMG GT3	40	Tom Onslow-Cole	3
		Valentin Pierburg	3
		54	Yannick Mettler	All
		Dexter Müller	All
Spirit of Race	Ferrari 488 GT3	51	Maurizio Mediani	All
		Christoph Ulrich	All
		52	Oswaldo Negri Jr.	3
		Francesco Piovanetti	3
		53	Rui Aguas	3
		Kriton Lentoudis	3
Luzich Racing^[15]	Ferrari 488 GT3	71	Fabien Lavergne	All
Luzich Racing^[15]	Ferrari 488 GT3	Mikkel Mac	All
Ebimotors	Porsche 911 GT3 R	88	Paolo Venerosi	1–3, 5–6
		Alessandro Baccani	1–4, 6
		Riccardo Pera	4
		Daniel Mancinelli	5
Bentley Team Africa	Bentley Continental GT3	95	Jan Lammers	3
Bentley Team Africa	Bentley Continental GT3	Greg Mills	3
TF Sport	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	97	Tom Gamble	3
TF Sport	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Flick Haigh	3
Beechdean AMR^[16]	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	99	Ross Gunn	All
Beechdean AMR^[16]	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Andrew Howard	All
Entry List:

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner.

	Circuit	LMP3 Winning Team	GT3 Winning Team	Results
LMP3 Winning Drivers	Circuit	GT3 Winning Drivers		Results
1	Paul Ricard	No. 25 Lanan Racing	No. 8 Kessel Racing	Report
Michael Benham Duncan Tappy	Paul Ricard	Sergio Pianezzola Giacomo Piccini		Report
2	Monza	No. 25 Lanan Racing	No. 71 Luzich Racing	Report
Michael Benham Duncan Tappy	Monza	Fabien Lavergne Mikkel Mac		Report
3	1	Le Mans	No. 39 Graff	No. 71 Luzich Racing	Report
	1		Adrien Chila Nicolas Schatz	Fabien Lavergne Mikkel Mac
	2		No. 3 DKR Engineering	No. 71 Luzich Racing
	2		Laurents Hörr François Kirmann	Fabien Lavergne Mikkel Mac
4	Barcelona	No. 3 DKR Engineering	No. 8 Kessel Racing	Report
Laurents Hörr François Kirmann	Barcelona	Sergio Pianezzola Giacomo Piccini		Report
5	Spa	No. 25 Lanan Racing	No. 8 Kessel Racing	Report
Michael Benham Duncan Tappy	Spa	Sergio Pianezzola Giacomo Piccini		Report
6	Portimão	No. 14 RLR MSport	No. 8 Kessel Racing	Report
Alex Kapadia Rob Wheldon	Portimão	Sergio Pianezzola Giacomo Piccini		Report

Standings

Points are awarded according to the following structure (except Le Mans):

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th		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		Pole
Points	15	9	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	0.5	1

LMP3 Teams Championship

	Team	Car	LEC	MNZ	LMS		BAR	SPA	POR	Points
1	#3 DKR Engineering	Norma M30	2	2	6	1	1	DSQ	3	100
2	#25 Lanan Racing	Norma M30	1	1	4	2	WD	1	17	91.5
3	#2 Nielsen Racing	Norma M30	3	3	3	5	2	DSQ	2	79
4	#39 Graff	Norma M30	6	15	1	3	4	DSQ	7	49.5
5	#98 Motorsport98	Ligier JS P3					5	2	4	40
6	#24 United Autosports	Ligier JS P3	9	6	17	7	3			29.5
7	#20 Grainmarket Racing	Norma M30	15	4	10	27	9	4	14	29.5
8	#11 Racing Experience	Norma M30	4	Ret	27	Ret	6	Ret	6	28.5
9	#5 DKR Engineering	Norma M30	8	5	2	Ret	8	12	12	28
10	#14 RLR MSport	Ligier JS P3	Ret	Ret	Ret	24	15		1	26
11	#9 Graff	Norma M30	5	11	Ret	11	10	6	15	22
12	#55 Spirit of Race	Ligier JS P3	Ret	14	9	15	13	3	9	21.5
13	#30 CD Sport	Norma M30	7	16	7	21	16	7	13	18
14	#90 AT Racing	Ligier JS P3	16	9	22	19	Ret	9	5	15.5
15	#4 Cool Racing	Ligier JS P3	Ret	10	28	12	11	5	16	13.5
16	#23 United Autosports	Ligier JS P3	14	12	15	9	Ret	8	8	12.5
17	#22 United Autosports	Ligier JS P3	10	8	19	6	Ret	11	10	12
18	#43 Keo Racing	Ligier JS P3	12	7	21	22	14	Ret	11	9.5
19	#74 Cool Racing	Ligier JS P3	11	13	26	DNS	7	Ret	Ret	7.5
20	#96 Cool Racing	Ligier JS P3	13	17	11	16	12	10		4
21	#69 Monza Garage	Ligier JS P3			Ret	20				0.5
	#12 Eurointernational	Ligier JS P3	Ret	WD						0
Entries ineligible to score points
	#19 M Racing	Norma M30			5	4
	#15 RLR MSport	Ligier JS P3			8	8
	#72 Graff	Norma M30			16	10
	#91 Graff	Norma M30			12	13
	#17 Nielsen Racing	Norma M30			13	23
	#18 Nielsen Racing	Ligier JS P3			20	14
	#27 United Autosports	Ligier JS P3			14	25
	#29 DKR Engineering	Ligier JS P3			24	17
	#65 Viper Niza Racing	Ligier JS P3			25	18
	#13 Inter Europol Competition	Ligier JS P3			18	26
	#60 CD Sport	Norma M30			23	28
	#16 BHK Motorsport	Ligier JS P3	Ret	Ret
	H24 Racing Norman Nato	LMPH2G						WD	WD

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

GT3 Teams Championship

	Team	Car	LEC	MNZ	LMS		BAR	SPA	POR	Points
1	#8 Kessel Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	1	2	10	4	1	1	1	130
2	#71 Luzich Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	3	1	1	1	3	6	4	109
3	#99 Beechdean AMR	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	5	4	DSQ	2	4	2	2	80
4	#51 Spirit of Race	Ferrari 488 GT3	7	3	3	5	6	3	5	69
5	#54 SPS Automotive Performance	Mercedes-AMG GT3	2	Ret	7	7	5	4	3	66
6	#88 EbiMotors	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Ret	9	8	8	2	5	8	45
7	#50 Kessel Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	6	6	13	14	8	7	7	37
8	#83 Scuderia Villorba Corse	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	4	8	5	9				26
9	#35 Krypton Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Ret	5	15	11	7	Ret		20
10	#7 Scuderia Villorba Corse	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Ret	7	12	15	9	Ret		11.5
Entries ineligible to score points
	#40 SPS Automotive Performance	Mercedes-AMG GT3			2	3
	#82 Kessel Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3			4	13
		Ferrari 488 GT3			6	10
	#97 TF Sport	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3			11	6
	#60 Kessel Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3						Ret	6
	#62 Kessel Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3			9	DNS
	#52 Spirit of Race	Ferrari 488 GT3			Ret	12
	#95 Bentley Team Africa	Bentley Continental GT3			14	16

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

GT3 Drivers Championship

Notes and References

Web site: Nielsel Racing Set To Keep Up LMP3 Momentum Into 2019. Graham. Goodwin. dailysportscar.com. 17 January 2019. 27 February 2019.
Web site: Nielsen Racing Confirm Two Car Norma Effort in 2019 Michelin Le Mans Cup. Graham. Goodwin. 8 March 2019. Dailysportscar. 9 March 2019.
Web site: 50 Cars Entered For Road To Le Mans Races. Stephen. Kilbey. dailysportscar.com. 23 April 2019. 23 April 2019.
Web site: Charlie Martin steps up to Michelin Le Mans Cup with Racing Experience. lemanscup.com. 28 February 2019. 1 March 2019.
Web site: United Name Grist & Hodes As First 2019 Michelin Le Mans Cup Pairing. Graham. Goodwin. dailysportscar.com. 8 February 2019. 27 February 2019.
Web site: Husain & Braun Team Up Again In Le Mans Cup With United Autosports. 11 March 2019. dailysportscar.com. 12 March 2019.
Web site: Benham & Tappy Set For Second Year With Lanan Racing in Michelin Le Mans Cup. Graham. Goodwin. dailysportscar.com. 16 January 2019. 27 February 2019.
Web site: 2019 Michelin Le Mans Cup - Final Season Entry List. lemanscup.com. 8 March 2019. 12 March 2019.
Web site: 2019 Michelin Le Mans Cup - Provisional Entry List Le Castellet Round. www.lemanscup.com. 4 April 2019. 5 April 2019.
Web site: 2019 Michelin Le Mans Cup - Provisional Entry List Monza Round. www.lemanscup.com. 2 May 2019. 2 May 2019.
Web site: 2019 Road to Le Mans Entry List. 13 June 2019. lemanscup.com. 14 June 2019.
Web site: 2019 Michelin Le Mans Cup - Provisional Entry List Barcelona Round. 8 July 2019. www.lemanscup.com. 12 July 2019.
Web site: 2019 Michelin Le Mans Cup - Provisional Entry List Spa Francorchamps Round. 11 September 2019. www.lemanscup.com. 12 September 2019.
Web site: 2019 Michelin Le Mans Cup - Provisional Entry List Portimao Round. 16 October 2019. www.lemanscup.com. 18 October 2019.
News: Ferrari Squad Luzich Racing Names Drivers for GTE Debut. Lloyd. Daniel. 29 March 2019. sportscar365. John Dagys Mediadate. 29 March 2019.
Web site: Beechdean AMR Confirms Dual Le Mans Cup & British GT Programme. 3 March 2019. Stephen. Kilbey. Dailysportscar. 7 March 2019.