2020 Road to Le Mans explained

The 5th Road to Le Mans Cup is an automobile endurance event that took place on 17 and 19 September 2020, at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France. The race features LMP3 and GT3 category cars competing in their respective classes.

Entry list

IconSeries
MLMSMichelin Le Mans Cup
ELMSEuropean Le Mans Series
GTWCSRO GT World Challenge
RLMSRoad to Le Mans only
EntrantCarSeriesDriver 1Driver 2
LMP3 (23 entries)
1 DKR EngineeringDuqueine M30 - D08 - NissanRLMS Wolfgang Triller Ugo de Wilde
3 DKR EngineeringDuqueine M30 - D08 - NissanMLMS Jean Glorieux Laurents Hörr
4 Realteam RacingLigier JS P320 - NissanELMS David Droux Esteban Garcia
5 CD SportLigier JS P320 - NissanMLMS Nicholas Adcock Mikkel Jensen
6 CD SportLigier JS P320 - NissanMLMS Kevin Bole Besançon Jacques Wolff
7 Nielsen RacingDuqueine M30 - D08 - NissanMLMS Colin Noble Anthony Wells
10 Nielsen RacingDuqueine M30 - D08 - NissanMLMS Garett Grist Rob Hodes
11 Racing ExperienceDuqueine M30 - D08 - NissanMLMS David Hauser Nicolas Melin
12 Team VirageLigier JS P320 - NissanMLMS Tom Cloet James Winslow
14 EurointernationalLigier JS P320 - NissanELMS François Heriau Niko Kari
15 RLR MSportLigier JS P320 - NissanELMS James Dayson Malthe Jakobsen
21 Mühlner MotorsportDuqueine M30 - D08 - NissanMLMS Moritz Kranz Gilles Magnus
22 United AutosportsLigier JS P320 - NissanELMS Jim McGuire Duncan Tappy
23 United AutosportsLigier JS P320 - NissanMLMS Wayne Boyd John Schauerman
24 United AutosportsLigier JS P320 - NissanMLMS Andy Meyrick Daniel Schneider
25 United AutosportsLigier JS P320 - NissanRLMS Shaun Lynn Joe Macari
26 GraffLigier JS P320 - NissanMLMS Matthias Kaiser Rory Penttinen
27 MV2S RacingLigier JS P320 - NissanMLMS Christophe Cresp Bruce Jouanny
37 Cool RacingLigier JS P320 - NissanMLMS Edouard Cauhaupe Nicolas Maulini
55 Rinaldi RacingDuqueine M30 - D08 - NissanMLMS Alexander Mattschull Nicolas Schatz
66 Rinaldi RacingDuqueine M30 - D08 - NissanMLMS Steve Parrow Dominik Schwager
69 Cool RacingLigier JS P320 - NissanMLMS Matt Bell Maurice Smith
75 IDEC SportLigier JS P320 - NissanMLMS Stéphane Adler Patrice Lafargue
GT3 (11 entries)
2 Porsche Centre Oberer Zürichsee by TFTPorsche 911 GT3 RMLMS Julien Andlauer Nicolas Leutwiler
8 Iron LynxFerrari 488 GT3MLMS Rino Mastronardi Giacomo Piccini
9 Iron LynxFerrari 488 GT3MLMS Paolo Ruberti Murad Sultanov
28 Delahaye Racing TeamPorsche 997 GT3 RRLMS Pierre-Etienne Bordet Alexandre Viron
50 Kessel RacingFerrari 488 GT3MLMS Oliver Hancock John Hartshorne
51 Spirit of RaceFerrari 488 GT3ELMS Gunnar Jeannette Rodrigo Sales
63 Orange1 FFF Racing TeamLamborghini Huracán GT3 EvoGTWC Andrea Caldarelli Hiroshi Hamaguchi
67 Kessel RacingFerrari 488 GT3MLMS Nicola Cadei Murat Cuhadaroglu
74 Kessel RacingFerrari 488 GT3MLMS Michael Broniszewski David Perel
77 Iron LynxFerrari 488 GT3MLMS Andrea Piccini Claudio Schiavoni
93 Sky - Tempesta RacingFerrari 488 GT3GTWC Chris Froggatt Jonathan Hui
Entries:[1]

Qualifying

Provisional pole positions in each class are denoted in bold.

Race 1

ClassTeamGrid
1LMP323United Autosports3:47.0251
2LMP314Eurointernational3:47.7362
3LMP33DKR Engineering3:47.8773
4LMP34Realteam Racing3:47.918 4
5LMP337Cool Racing3:52.4735
6LMP37Nielsen Racing3:48.2166
7LMP31DKR Engineering3:48.3217
8LMP369Cool Racing3:48.420 8
9LMP324United Autosports3:48.5229
10LMP39Mühlner Motorsport3:48.98710
11LMP315RLR MSport3:49.64611
12LMP312Team Virage3:50.13012
13LMP366Rinaldi Racing3:50.21913
14LMP322United Autosports3:50.33114
15LMP327MV2S Racing3:51.02115
16LMP310Nielsen Racing3:52.72616
17LMP36CD Sport3:53.08417
18GT363Orange1 FFF Racing Team3:54.71618
19LMP311Racing Experience3:54.87819
20GT374Kessel Racing3:55.12820
21GT38Iron Lynx3:55.34521
22GT377Iron Lynx3:55.35522
23LMP325United Autosports3:55.493 23
24GT350Kessel Racing3:56.56624
25LMP326Graff3:56.57725
26GT39Iron Lynx3:56.77626
27LMP393Sky - Tempesta Racing3:57.42427
28LMP367Kessel Racing3:57.846 28
29LMP35CD Sport3:57.88429
30LMP375IDEC Sport3:58.42830
31GT328Delahaye Racing Team4:00.30431
32GT32Porsche Centre Oberer Zürichsee by TFTNo time32
33GT351Spirit of RaceNo time33
34LMP355Rinaldi RacingNo time34

Race 2

ClassTeamGrid
1LMP337Cool Racing3:49.0791
2LMP33DKR Engineering3:51.9392
3LMP326Graff3:52.071 3
4LMP314Eurointernational3:53.3994
5LMP311Racing Experience3:53.7255
6LMP369Cool Racing3:54.2166
7LMP375IDEC Sport3:54.3127
8GT38Iron Lynx3:56.532 8
9GT363Orange1 FFF Racing Team3:58.1339
10LMP323United Autosports3:58.43110
11LMP31DKR Engineering3:58.51811
12LMP323United Autosports3:56.07312
13LMP315RLR MSport3:58.94613
14LMP310Nielsen Racing3:59.08914
15LMP36CD Sport3:59.25715
16LMP324United Autosports3:59.50916
17LMP327MV2S Racing4:00.24117
18LMP322United Autosports4:00.62718
19LMP34Realteam Racing4:00.81819
20GT374Kessel Racing4:01.27420
21GT32Porsche Centre Oberer Zürichsee by TFT4:01.66721
22GT393Sky - Tempesta Racing4:01.95622
23LMP366Rinaldi Racing 4:04.98223
24GT39Iron Lynx4:07.44124
25GT377Iron Lynx4:09.59225
26GT367Kessel Racing4:10.723 26
27GT350Kessel Racing4:14.08627
28LMP325United Autosports4:14.426 28
29LMP35CD Sport4:17.53929
30LMP328Delahaye Racing Team4:20.13130
31LMP312Team VirageNo time31
32LMP321Mühlner MotorsportNo time32
33GT351Spirit of RaceNo time33
34LMP355Rinaldi RacingNo time34

Races

Race 1

ClassTeamDriversscope=col ChassisTyreTime/Reason
scope=col Engine
1 LMP3 3 DKR Engineering Jean Glorieux
Laurents Hörr
Duqueine M30 - D0813 54:01.658
Nissan 5.6 L V8
2 LMP3 37 Cool Racing Edouard Cauhaupe
Nicolas Maulini
Ligier JS P32013 +0.590
Nissan 5.6 L V8
3 LMP3 69 Cool Racing Matt Bell
Maurice Smith
Ligier JS P32013+1.017
Nissan 5.6 L V8
4LMP324 United Autosports Andy Meyrick
Daniel Schneider
Ligier JS P32013+43.205
Nissan 5.6 L V8
5LMP323 United Autosports Wayne Boyd
John Schauerman
Ligier JS P32013+58.620
Nissan 5.6 L V8
6LMP31 DKR Engineering Wolfgang Triller
Ugo de Wilde
Duqueine M30 - D0813+58.920
Nissan 5.6 L V8
7LMP315 RLR MSport James Dayson
Malthe Jakobsen
Ligier JS P32013+59.046
Nissan 5.6 L V8
8LMP311 Racing Experience David Hauser
Nicolas Melin
Duqueine D-0813+59.505
Nissan 5.6 L V8
9LMP34 Realteam Racing David Droux
Esteban Garcia
Ligier JS P32013+1:02.053
Nissan 5.6 L V8
10LMP321 Mühlner Motorsport Moritz Kranz
Gilles Magnus
Duqueine M30 - D0813+1:02.102
Nissan 5.6 L V8
11LMP312 Team Virage Tom Cloet
James Winslow
Ligier JS P32013+1:18.810
Nissan 5.6 L V8
12LMP327 MV2S Racing Christophe Cresp
Bruce Jouanny
Ligier JS P32013+1:18.955
Nissan 5.6 L V8
13LMP322 United Autosports Jim McGuire
Duncan Tappy
Ligier JS P32013+1:19.279
Nissan 5.6 L V8
14LMP310 Nielsen Racing Garett Grist
Rob Hodes
Duqueine M30 - D0813+1:31.794
Nissan 5.6 L V8
15LMP366 Rinaldi Racing Steve Parrow
Dominik Schwager
Duqueine M30 - D0813+1:34.145
Nissan 5.6 L V8
16GT363 Orange1 FFF Racing Team Andrea Caldarelli
Hiroshi Hamaguchi
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo13+1:42.559
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
17LMP37 Nielsen Racing Colin Noble
Anthony Wells
Duqueine M30 - D0813+1:43.515
Nissan 5.6 L V8
18GT38 Iron Lynx Rino Mastronardi
Giacomo Piccini
Ferrari 488 GT313+1:58.744
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
19GT374 Kessel Racing Michael Broniszewski
David Perel
Ferrari 488 GT313+2:00.175
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
20GT393 Sky - Tempesta Racing Chris Froggatt
Jonathan Hui
Ferrari 488 GT313+2:04.992
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
21LMP325 United Autosports Shaun Lynn
Joe Macari
Ligier JS P32013+2:55.004
Nissan 5.6 L V8
22GT377 Iron Lynx Andrea Piccini
Claudio Schiavoni
Ferrari 488 GT313+2:57.181
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
23GT350 Kessel Racing Oliver Hancock
John Hartshorne
Ferrari 488 GT313+3:01.439
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
24LMP314 Eurointernational François Heriau
Niko Kari
Ligier JS P32012+1 Lap
Nissan 5.6 L V8
25GT328 Delahaye Racing Team Oliver Hancock
John Hartshorne
Porsche 997 GT3 R12+1 Lap
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
26LMP355 Rinaldi Racing Alexander Mattschull
Nicolas Schatz
Duqueine M30 - D0812+1 Lap
Nissan 5.6 L V8
27GT32 Porsche Centre Oberer Zürichsee by TFT Julien Andlauer
Nicolas Leutwiler
Porsche 911 GT3 R12+1 Lap
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
28GT367 Kessel Racing Nicola Cadei
Murat Cuhadaroglu
Ferrari 488 GT311+2 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
29LMP326 Graff Matthias Kaiser
Rory Penttinen
Ligier JS P32010+3 Laps
Nissan 5.6 L V8
30LMP36 CD Sport Kevin Bole Besançon
Jacques Wolff
Ligier JS P32011DNF
Nissan 5.6 L V8
31GT39 Iron Lynx Paolo Ruberti
Murad Sultanov
Ferrari 488 GT34DNF
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
32LMP35 CD Sport Nicholas Adcock
Mikkel Jensen
Ligier JS P3201DNF
Nissan 5.6 L V8
32LMP375 IDEC Sport Stéphane Adler
Patrice Lafargue
Ligier JS P3200DNS
Nissan 5.6 L V8
34GT351 Spirit of Race Gunnar Jeannette
Rodrigo Sales
Ferrari 488 GT30DNS
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8

Race 2

ClassTeamDriversscope=col ChassisTyreTime/Reason
scope=col Engine
1 LMP3 37 Cool Racing Edouard Cauhaupe
Nicolas Maulini
Ligier JS P3201255:53.633
Nissan 5.6 L V8
2 LMP3 3 DKR Engineering Jean Glorieux
Laurents Hörr
Duqueine M30 - D0812 +2.787
Nissan 5.6 L V8
3 LMP3 69 Cool Racing Matt Bell
Maurice Smith
Ligier JS P32012+9.387
Nissan 5.6 L V8
4LMP37 Nielsen Racing Colin Noble
Anthony Wells
Duqueine M30 - D0812+16.020
Nissan 5.6 L V8
5LMP326 Graff Matthias Kaiser
Rory Penttinen
Ligier JS P32012+27.193
Nissan 5.6 L V8
6LMP315 RLR MSport James Dayson
Malthe Jakobsen
Ligier JS P32012+41.361
Nissan 5.6 L V8
8LMP327 MV2S Racing Christophe Cresp
Bruce Jouanny
Ligier JS P32012+43.499
Nissan 5.6 L V8
8LMP311 Racing Experience David Hauser
Nicolas Melin
Duqueine M30 - D0812+55.139
Nissan 5.6 L V8
9LMP322 United Autosports Jim McGuire
Duncan Tappy
Ligier JS P32012+1:03.174
Nissan 5.6 L V8
10LMP36 CD Sport Kevin Bole Besançon
Jacques Wolff
Ligier JS P32012+1:09.091
Nissan 5.6 L V8
11LMP34 Realteam Racing David Droux
Esteban Garcia
Ligier JS P32012+1:10.930
Nissan 5.6 L V8
12GT363 Orange1 FFF Racing Team Andrea Caldarelli
Hiroshi Hamaguchi
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo12+1:15.349
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
13GT374 Kessel Racing Michael Broniszewski
David Perel
Ferrari 488 GT312+1:15.837
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
14LMP310 Nielsen Racing Garett Grist
Rob Hodes
Duqueine M30 - D0812+1:24.938
Nissan 5.6 L V8
15LMP324 United Autosports Andy Meyrick
Daniel Schneider
Ligier JS P32012+1:50.640
Nissan 5.6 L V8
16GT393 Sky - Tempesta Racing Chris Froggatt
Jonathan Hui
Ferrari 488 GT312+2:06.116
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
17GT367 Kessel Racing Nicola Cadei
Murat Cuhadaroglu
Ferrari 488 GT312+2:32.622
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
18GT38 Iron Lynx Rino Mastronardi
Giacomo Piccini
Ferrari 488 GT312+3:02.709
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
19GT377 Iron Lynx Andrea Piccini
Claudio Schiavoni
Ferrari 488 GT312+3:07.497
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
20GT39 Iron Lynx Paolo Ruberti
Murad Sultanov
Ferrari 488 GT312+3:07.881
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
21GT350 Kessel Racing Oliver Hancock
John Hartshorne
Ferrari 488 GT312+3:28.493
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
22LMP375 IDEC Sport Stéphane Adler
Patrice Lafargue
Ligier JS P32012+4:07.560
Nissan 5.6 L V8
23LMP366 Rinaldi Racing Steve Parrow
Dominik Schwager
Duqueine M30 - D0812+5:01.508
Nissan 5.6 L V8
24LMP325 United Autosports Shaun Lynn
Joe Macari
Ligier JS P32011+1 Lap
Nissan 5.6 L V8
25LMP321 Mühlner Motorsport Moritz Kranz
Gilles Magnus
Duqueine M30 - D0811+1 Lap
Nissan 5.6 L V8
26GT328 Delahaye Racing Team Oliver Hancock
John Hartshorne
Porsche 997 GT3 R11+1 Lap
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
27LMP314 Eurointernational François Heriau
Niko Kari
Ligier JS P32011+1 Lap
Nissan 5.6 L V8
28LMP355 Rinaldi Racing Alexander Mattschull
Nicolas Schatz
Duqueine M30 - D0811+1 Lap
Nissan 5.6 L V8
29LMP312 Team Virage Tom Cloet
James Winslow
Ligier JS P32011+1 Lap
Nissan 5.6 L V8
30GT351 Spirit of Race Gunnar Jeannette
Rodrigo Sales
Ferrari 488 GT310+2 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
31LMP3 3 DKR Engineering Jean Glorieux
Laurents Hörr
Duqueine M30 - D088 DNF
Nissan 5.6 L V8
32LMP323 United Autosports Wayne Boyd
John Schauerman
Ligier JS P3206+58.620
Nissan 5.6 L V8
33LMP35 CD Sport Nicholas Adcock
Mikkel Jensen
Ligier JS P3204DNF
Nissan 5.6 L V8
34GT32 Porsche Centre Oberer Zürichsee by TFT Julien Andlauer
Nicolas Leutwiler
Porsche 911 GT3 R0DNS
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6

Notes and References

  1. News: 34-Car Entry for Fifth Edition of Road to Le Mans. Lloyd. Daniel. 10 September 2020. sportscar365. John Dagys Media. 10 September 2020.