2021 Le Mans Cup Explained

The 2021 Le Mans Cup, known as the 2021 Michelin Le Mans Cup under sponsorship, was the sixth season of the Le Mans Cup. It began on 17 April at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and ended on 25 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

The 2021 calendar was unveiled on 19 October 2020.^[1]

Round	Circuit	Location	Race length	Date
1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	Montmeló, Spain	2 hours	17 April
2	Circuit Paul Ricard	Le Castellet, France	2 hours	5 June
3	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Monza, Italy	2 hours	10 July
4	Circuit de la Sarthe	Le Mans, France	55 minutes	19 August
			55 minutes	21 August
5	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Spa, Belgium	2 hours	18 September
6	Algarve International Circuit	Portimão, Portugal	2 hours	24 October

Calendar changes

• Barcelona returned for 2021 after being cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Entries

LMP3

All cars in the LMP3 class used the Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine and Michelin tyres.

Entrant/Team	Chassis		Drivers	Rounds
DKR Engineering^[2]	Duqueine M30 - D08	1	Nathan Kumar	4
			Marcello Marateotto	4
		3	Jon Brownson	1, 3, 5
			Dario Cangialosi	1, 3, 5
			Kris Cools	2, 6
			Francois Kirmann	2, 6
			Jean Glorieux	4
			Laurents Hörr	4
Phoenix Racing	Ligier JS P320	5	Finn Gehrsitz	1–5
			Hamza Owega	1–5
			Mathias Beche	6
			John Loggie	6
		60	Frank Kräling	5–6
			Connor De Phillippi	5–6
ANS Team JSE Management	Ligier JS P320	6	Jonathan Brossard	2–3, 6
			Nicholas Schatz	2–3, 6
Nielsen Racing	Ligier JS P320	7	Colin Noble	All
			Anthony Wells	All
		27	Nicholas Adcock	4
			Max Koebolt	4
			Andrew Ferguson	6
			Jeremy Ferguson	6
		28	Tristan Nunez	4
			Steven Thomas	4
Wochenspiegel Team Monschau	Duqueine M30 - D08	11	Torsten Kratz	All
			Leonard Weiss	All
Black Falcon	Ligier JS P320	12	Donar Munding	1–5
			Maik Rosenberg	1–5
RLR MSport	Ligier JS P320	14	Malthe Jakobsen	4
			Mike Benham	4
		15		1–3
			Tommy Foster	1–3, 6
			Alex Kapadia	4
			Martin Rich	4
			Horst Felbermayr Jr.	6
Team Virage	Ligier JS P320	16	Sacha Lehmann	All
			Julien Gerbi	1, 5
			Matthias Lüthen	2–4
			Miguel Cristóvão	6
		71	Rob Hodes	All
			Garett Grist	1–5
			Mathis Poulet	6
IDEC Sport	Ligier JS P320	17	Dimitri Enjalbert	All
			Patrice Lafargue	All
Mühlner Motorsport	Duqueine M30 - D08	18	Tom Dillmann	1
			Matthias Lüthen	1
			Ayla Ågren	2
			Mathieu de Barbuat	2
			Dino Lunardi	3
			Francesco Zollo	3
			Andres Latorre Canon	4–5
			Garnet Patterson	4–5
			James Allen	6
			John Falb	6
		21	Erwin Creed	1–2
			Markus Pommer	1–2
			Jeroen Bleekemolen	3
			Freddie Hunt	3
			Ugo de Wilde	4–6
			Moritz Kranz	4
			Thorsten Jung	5
			Charles Crews	6
Cool Racing^[3]	Ligier JS P320	19	Mathieu de Barbuat	4
			Niklas Krütten	4
		37	Antoine Doquin	All
			Josh Skelton	All
		69	Matthew Bell	All
			Maurice Smith	All
Grainmarket Racing	Duqueine M30 - D08	20	Mark Crader	All
			Alex Mortimer	All
United Autosports^[4]	Ligier JS P320	22	Scott Andrews	All
			Gerald Kraut	All
		23	John Schauerman	All
			Wayne Boyd^[5]	1–3, 5–6
			Duncan Tappy	4
		26	James McGuire	4
			Guy Smith	4
		32	Andy Meyrick	All
			Daniel Schneider	All
Racing Spirit of Léman	Ligier JS P320	25	Jacques Wolff	All
			Théo Chalal	1–5
			Antoine Jung	6
		52	Mathijs Bakker	4
			Tijmen van der Helm	4
Revere Racing	ADESS-03 Evo	29	Simon Escallier	4
			John Falb	4
Frikadelli Racing Team	Ligier JS P320	30	Klaus Abbelen	3–5
			Axcil Jefferies	3–5
AF Corse	Ligier JS P320	31	Rui Águas	1–3, 5–6
			Kriton Lendoudis	1–3, 5–6
CD Sport	Ligier JS P320	33	Adam Eteki	All
			Michael Jensen	All
Rinaldi Racing	Duqueine M30 - D08	55	Steve Parrow	All
			Dominik Schwager	All
		66	Alexander Matschull	All
			Nicolás Varrone	All
R-Breizh Competition	ADESS-03 Evo	56	Cedric Chapron	1
			Simon Escallier	1
TS Corse	Ligier JS P320	73	Cian Carey	All
			Pietro Peccenini	All
MV2S Racing	Ligier JS P320	74	Sebastien Baud	4
			Christophe Cresp	4
Team Thor^[6]	Ligier JS P320	77	Auðunn Guðmundsson	All
			Tom Ashton	1–2, 4, 6
			Anders Fjordbach	3, 5
Motorsport98^[7]	Ligier JS P320	98	Eric De Doncker	1–2, 4–5
			Dino Lundardi	1–2, 4–5

GT3

Team	Car	Engine		Drivers	Rounds
Pzoberer Zürichsee by TFT	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	2	Nicolas Leutwiler	All
				Julien Andlauer	1, 3–6
				Wolf Henzler	2
Iron Lynx^[8]	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	8	Rino Mastronardi	1–2
				Paolo Ruberti	1, 3, 5–6
				Logan Sargeant	2, 4
				Gabriele Lancieri	3, 5–6
				Rory Penttinen	4
			9	Doriane Pin^[9]	All
				Sarah Bovy	1–3
				Manuela Gostner	4–6
ROFGO Racing with Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS Evo	Audi 5.2 L V10	34	Benjamin Goethe	4
				Roald Goethe	4
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT			72	Jean-Denis Delétraz	4
				Charles Weerts	4
AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	51	Kenji Abe	1–4
				Matteo Cressoni	1–3
				Edward Cheever	4
			61	Franck Dezoteux	2
				Stephane Tribaudini	2
				Gino Forgione	3–4
				Andrea Montermini	3–4
			62	Franck Dezoteux	4
				Stephane Tribaudini	4
Racetivity	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	83	Emmanuel Collard	4
				Charles-Henri Samani	4
Herberth Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	91	Ralf Bohn	2
				Robert Renauer	2
			92	Alfred Renauer	2, 4
				Daniel Allemann	2
				Jürgen Häring	4
10Q Racing Team	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	93	Kenneth Heyer	1
			Wim Spinoy	1
Oman Racing Team with TF Sport	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	95	Ahmad Al Harthy	4
				Michael Dinan	4
TF Sport			97	Ross Gunn	3
				Ben Keating	3

Race results

Bold indicates the overall winner.

Round		Circuit	LMP3 Winners	GT3 Winners
1	Barcelona	No. 22 United Autosports	No. 2 Pzoberer Zürichsee by TFT
Scott Andrews Gerald Kraut		Julien Andlauer Nicolas Leutwiler
2	Le Castellet	No. 7 Nielsen Racing	No. 8 Iron Lynx
Colin Noble Anthony Wells		Rino Mastronardi Logan Sargeant
3	Monza	No. 22 United Autosports	No. 8 Iron Lynx
Scott Andrews Gerald Kraut		Gabriele Lancieri Paolo Ruberti
4	1	Le Mans	No. 7 Nielsen Racing	No. 8 Iron Lynx
			Colin Noble Anthony Wells	Rory Penttinen Logan Sargeant
	R2		No. 21 Mühlner Motorsport	No. 2 Pzoberer Zürichsee by TFT
			Ugo de Wilde Moritz Kranz	Nicolas Leutwiler Julien Andlauer
5	Spa-Francorchamps	No. 37 Cool Racing	No. 8 Iron Lynx
Antoine Doquin Josh Skelton		Gabriele Lancieri Paolo Ruberti
6	Portimão	No. 5 Phoenix Racing	No. 8 Iron Lynx
Mathias Beche John Loggie		Gabriele Lancieri Paolo Ruberti

Standings

Points are awarded according to the following structure:

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

LMP3 Teams Championship

Team Car BAR LEC MNZ LMS SPA POR Points 1 #7 Nielsen Racing Ligier JS P320 6 1 3 1 Ret 5 9 75 2 #69 Cool Racing Ligier JS P320 3 2 12 3 14 2 4 71 3 #66 Rinaldi Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 5 6 2 2 2 6 7 68 4 #5 Phoenix Racing Ligier JS P320 7 4 Ret 12 5 4 1 62.5 5 #23 United Autosports Ligier JS P320 2 3 4 13 6 9 10 52.5 6 #22 United Autosports Ligier JS P320 1 Ret 1 9 Ret 12 13 50 7 #37 Cool Racing Ligier JS P320 11 Ret 7 7 17 1 15 38.5 8 #11 WTM Powered by Phoenix Duqueine M30 - D08 Ret 10 11 Ret 4 3 3 37.5 9 #71 Team Virage Ligier JS P320 4 Ret 6 8 3 8 18 33.5 10 #32 United Autosports Ligier JS P320 Ret 5 DNS 4 8 21 6 26 11 #21 Mühlner Motorsport Duqueine M30 - D08 Ret 12 9 18 1 13 8 23.5 12 #25 Racing Spirit of Léman Ligier JS P320 9 18 13 15 15 16 2 22.5 13 #33 CD Sport Ligier JS P320 17 7 10 6 11 18 5 22.5 14 #3 DKR Engineering Duqueine M30 - D08 19 14 5 16 Ret 19 14 13.5 15 #98 Motorsport98 Ligier JS P320 12 8 19 DNS 7 11 16 #18 Mühlner Motorsport Duqueine M30 - D08 10 17 Ret 5 9 23 17 8 17 #16 Team Virage Ligier JS P320 15 9 Ret 17 7 20 11 6.5 18 #17 IDEC Sport Ligier JS P320 8 Ret Ret 20 12 11 12 6 19 #31 AF Corse Ligier JS P320 18 15 8 Ret 15 16 6 20 #12 Black Falcon Ligier JS P320 13 16 15 14 18 10 3.5 21 #77 Team Thor Ligier JS P320 14 11 14 11 10 17 14 3.5 22 #20 Grainmarket Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 16 14 Ret Ret 16 22 19 1.5 23 #30 Frikadelli Racing Team Ligier JS P320 Ret 10 13 14 1.5 Team Car BAR LEC MNZ LMS SPA POR Points

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

GT3 Teams Championship

Team Car BAR LEC MNZ LMS SPA POR Points 1 #8 Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 148 2 #2 Pzoberer Zürichsee by TFT Porsche 911 GT3 R 1 3 3 Ret 1 2 2 107 3 #9 Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 DNS 2 2 2 3 3 Ret 67 4 #51 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 3 4 4 Ret DNS 39 5 #93 10Q Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 4 12 Team Car BAR LEC MNZ LMS SPA POR Points

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

GT3 Drivers Championship

Notes and References

1. News: 2021 Michelin Le Mans Cup Calendar Confirmed. 19 October 2020. Graham. Goodwin. dailysportscar.com. 3 February 2021.
2. News: 31 Cars for 2021 Michelin Le Mans Cup. 5 March 2021. Dailysportscar. 5 March 2021.
3. News: Goodwin. Graham. 7 January 2021. Cool Racing Revise Management And Race Programmes For 2021. dailysportscar.com. 3 February 2021.
4. News: United Autosports Confirms First 2021 ELMS & Le Mans Cup LMP3 Crews. 4 December 2020. Graham. Goodwin. dailysportscar.com. 3 February 2021.
5. News: Boyd and Shauerman Complete United Autosports' Le Mans Cup Roster. 26 February 2021. Graham. Goodwin. dailysportscar.com. 26 February 2021.
6. News: Welcome To Team Thor! Iceland's First Ever International Sportscar Race team. 2 April 2021. Graham. Goodwin. dailysportscar.com. 2 April 2021.
7. News: Motorsport 98 confirms its entry in the Michelin Le Mans Cup. 28 January 2021. lemanscups.com. LMEM. 3 February 2021.
8. Web site: Iron Lynx to Run Both Factory Ferraris in Endurance Cup. 25 February 2021. Lloyd. Daniel. sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. 25 February 2021.
9. Web site: Iron Dames welcomes Doriane Pin and Esmee Hawkey Ironlynx News. 2021-03-31. en.