2022 Road to Le Mans explained

The 7th Road to Le Mans Cup is an sports car race that took place on 9 and 11 June 2022, at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France. The race features LMP3 and GT3 category cars competing in their respective classes.

Entry list

Icon	Series
MLMS	Michelin Le Mans Cup
ELMS	European Le Mans Series
GTWC	SRO GT World Challenge
ALMS	Asian Le Mans Series
PTCG	ADAC Prototype Cup Germany
RLMS	Road to Le Mans only

	Entrant	Car	Series	Driver 1	Driver 2
LMP3 (36 entries)
2	United Autosports	Ligier JS P320 – Nissan	MLMS	Max Lynn	Shaun Lynn
3	DKR Engineering	Duqueine M30 – D08 – Nissan	MLMS	Jon Brownson	Laurents Hörr
4	Nielsen Racing	Ligier JS P320 – Nissan	MLMS	Matthew Bell	John Melsom
6	ANS Motorsport	Ligier JS P320 – Nissan	MLMS	Jonathan Brossard	Nicholas Schatz
7	Nielsen Racing	Ligier JS P320 – Nissan	MLMS	Colin Noble	Anthony Wells
9	AT Racing Team	Ligier JS P320 – Nissan	MLMS	Alexander Talkanitsa Jr.	Alexander Talkanitsa Sr.
10	Racing Spirit of Léman	Ligier JS P320 – Nissan	MLMS	Tom Dillmann	Alexander Mattschull
11	Wochenspiegel Team Monschau	Duqueine M30 – D08 – Nissan	MLMS	Torsten Kratz	Leonard Weiss
13	Haegeli by T2 Racing	Duqueine M30 – D08 – Nissan	MLMS	Marc Basseng	Pieder Decurtins
14	DKR Engineering	Duqueine M30 – D08 – Nissan	MLMS	Alexander Bukhantsov	James Winslow
15	RLR MSport	Ligier JS P320 – Nissan	ELMS	Horst Felbermayr Jr.	Alex Kapadia
17	IDEC Sport	Ligier JS P320 – Nissan	MLMS	Patrice Lafargue	Dino Lunardi
20	Optimum Motorsport	Duqueine M30 – D08 – Nissan	MLMS	Mark Crader	Alex Mortimer
21	United Autosports	Ligier JS P320 – Nissan	ELMS	James McGuire	Guy Smith
22	United Autosports	Ligier JS P320 – Nissan	MLMS	Andres Latorre	Garnet Patterson
23	United Autosports	Ligier JS P320 – Nissan	MLMS	Wayne Boyd	John Schauerman
25	Cool Racing	Ligier JS P320 – Nissan	ELMS	Mike Benham	Duncan Tappy
27	24-7 Motorsport	Ligier JS P320 – Nissan	MLMS	Andrew Ferguson	Jeremy Ferguson
28	MV2S Forestier Racing	Ligier JS P320 – Nissan	MLMS	Emilien Carde	Christophe Cresp
29	MV2S Forestier Racing	Ligier JS P320 – Nissan	MLMS	Louis Rousset	Jérôme de Sadeleer
30	Frikadelli Racing Team	Ligier JS P320 – Nissan	MLMS	Klaus Abbelen	Felipe Fernández Laser
31	AF Corse	Ligier JS P320 – Nissan	MLMS	Trenton Estep	Mark Kvamme
32	United Autosports	Ligier JS P320 – Nissan	MLMS	Andy Meyrick	Daniel Schneider
33	Team Virage	Ligier JS P320 – Nissan	MLMS	Rob Hodes	Ian Rodríguez
37	CD Sport	Ligier JS P320 – Nissan	MLMS	Grégory Guilvert	Fabien Michal
40	Graff Racing	Ligier JS P320 – Nissan	MLMS	Luis Sanjuan	Théo Vaucher
43	Racing Spirit of Léman	Ligier JS P320 – Nissan	MLMS	Josh Skelton	Jacques Wolff
53	RLR MSport	Ligier JS P320 – Nissan	ELMS	Nico Pino	Martin Rich
54	Inter Europol Competition	Ligier JS P320 – Nissan	ELMS	Noam Abramczyk	Don Yount
57	Graff Racing	Ligier JS P320 – Nissan	MLMS	Ryan Harper-Ellam	Stephan Rupp
66	Rinaldi Racing	Duqueine M30 – D08 – Nissan	MLMS	Daniel Keilwitz	Steve Parrow
69	Cool Racing	Ligier JS P320 – Nissan	ELMS	Malthe Jakobsen	Maurice Smith
72	Team Virage	Ligier JS P320 – Nissan	MLMS	Mathis Poulet	Alexandre Yvon
73	TS Corse	Duqueine M30 – D08 – Nissan	MLMS	Benjamin Hites	Pietro Peccenini
76	Reiter Engineering	Ligier JS P320 – Nissan	MLMS	Freddie Hunt	Mads Siljehaug
77	Team Thor	Ligier JS P320 – Nissan	MLMS	Auðunn Guðmundsson	Michael H. Markussen
Innovative Car (1 entry)
24	H24 Racing	H24	RLMS	Stéphane Richelmi
GT3 (13 entries)
19	Leipert Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	GTWC	Gregg Gorski	Gerhard Watzinger
34	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	GTWC	Arnold Robin	Maxime Robin
44	GMB Motorsport	Honda NSX GT3 Evo22	MLMS	Gustav Birch	Jens Reno Møller
46	Ebimotors	Porsche 911 GT3 R	MLMS		Emanuele Busnelli
51	AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	MLMS	Luke Davenport	Marcos Vivian
52	Spirit of Race	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	GTWC	Hugo Delacour	Cedric Sbirrazzuoli
55	GMB Motorsport	Honda NSX GT3 Evo22	MLMS	Kasper H. Jensen	Kristian Poulsen
61	AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	MLMS	Gino Forgione	Andrea Montermini
66	Ebimotors	Porsche 911 GT3 R	RLMS	Max Busnelli	Paolo Venerosi Pesciolini
74	Kessel Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	RLMS	Scott Andrews	Anton Dias Perera
83	Racetivity	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	RLMS	Jean-Bernard Bouvet	Charles-Henri Samani
88	GMB Motorsport	Honda NSX GT3 Evo22	MLMS	Lars Engelbreckt Pedersen	Mikkel O. Pedersen
99	Bullitt Racing	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	MLMS	Valentin Hasse-Clot	Stephen Pattrick
Source:^[1]

Reserve entries

In addition to the fifty entries given invitations for the race, nine entries were put on a reserve list to potentially replace any invitations that were not accepted or withdrawn. Reserve entries are ordered with the first reserve replacing the first withdrawal from the race, regardless of the class of either entry.

Reserve	Class	Entrant	Car	Series	Driver 1	Driver 2
1st	LMP3	Eurointernational	Ligier JS P320 – Nissan	ELMS	Richard Bradley	Yuki Tanaka
2nd	LMP3	Mühlner Motorsport	Duqueine M30 – D08 – Nissan	PTCG	Matthias Lüthen	Ugo de Wilde
3rd	LMP3	DKR Engineering	Duqueine M30 – D08 – Nissan	ELMS	Tom Van Rompuy
4th	GT3	AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	RLMS	Mark Kvamme
5th	LMP3	Inter Europol Competition	Ligier JS P320 – Nissan	PTCG	Maxwell Hanratty	Don Yount
6th	LMP3	ANS Motorsport	Ligier JS P320 – Nissan	MLMS
7th	GT3	Spirit of Race	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	ALMS	Francesco Piovanetti
8th	GT3	Leipert Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	RLMS	Lance Bergstein
9th	GT3	Balfe Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	GTWC	Shaun Balfe	Adam Carroll
Source:

Qualifying

Provisional pole positions in each class are denoted in bold.

Race 2

Races

Class winners are marked in bold.

Race 1 Result^[2]
Race 2 Result^[3]

Race 1 Result

	Class		Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre		Time/Reason
					Engine
1	LMP3	10	Racing Spirit of Léman	Tom Dillmann Alexander Mattschull	Ligier JS P320		12	57:46.483
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
2	LMP3	43	Racing Spirit of Léman	Josh Skelton Jacques Wolff	Ligier JS P320		12	+0.921 s
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
3	LMP3	7	Nielsen Racing	Colin Noble Anthony Wells	Ligier JS P320		12	+3.081 s
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
4	LMP3	23	United Autosports	Wayne Boyd John Schauerman	Ligier JS P320		12	+3.979 s
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
5	LMP3	76	Reiter Engineering	Freddie Hunt Mads Siljehaug	Ligier JS P320		12	+5.910 s
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
6	LMP3	25	Cool Racing	Mike Benham Duncan Tappy	Ligier JS P320		12	+14.327 s
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
7	LMP3	29	MV2S Forestier Racing	Louis Rousset Jérôme de Sadeleer	Ligier JS P320		12	+23.033 s
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
8	LMP3	14	DKR Engineering	Alexander Bukhantsov James Winslow	Duqueine M30 – D08		12	+23.607 s
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
9	LMP3	72	Team Virage	Mathis Poulet Alexandre Yvon	Ligier JS P320		12	+50.755 s
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
10	LMP3	32	United Autosports	Andy Meyrick Daniel Schneider	Ligier JS P320		12	+1:03.243
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
11	LMP3	57	Graff Racing	Ryan Harper-Ellam Stephan Rupp	Ligier JS P320		12	+1:03.443
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
12	LMP3	66	Rinaldi Racing	Daniel Keilwitz Steve Parrow	Duqueine M30 – D08		12	+1:04.121
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
13	LMP3	3	DKR Engineering	Jon Brownson Laurents Hörr	Duqueine M30 – D08		12	+1:05.538
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
14	LMP3	53	RLR MSport	Nico Pino Martin Rich	Ligier JS P320		12	+1:10.537
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
15	LMP3	6	ANS Motorsport	Jonathan Brossard Nicholas Schatz	Ligier JS P320		12	+1:10.704
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
16	LMP3	15	RLR MSport	Horst Felbermayr Jr. Alex Kapadia	Ligier JS P320		12	+1:10.816
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
17	LMP3	73	TS Corse	Benjamin Hites Pietro Peccenini	Duqueine M30 – D08		12	+1:16.224
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
18	LMP3	77	Team Thor	Auðunn Guðmundsson Michael H. Markussen	Ligier JS P320		12	+1:22.788
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
19	LMP3	31	AF Corse	Trenton Estep Mark Kvamme	Ligier JS P320		12	+1:28.637
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
20	LMP3	37	CD Sport	Grégory Guilvert Fabien Michal	Ligier JS P320		12	+1:38.588
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
21	LMP3	13	Haegeli by T2 Racing	Marc Basseng Pieder Decurtins	Duqueine M30 – D08		12	+2:01.126
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
22	LMP3	40	Graff Racing	Luis Sanjuan Théo Vaucher	Ligier JS P320		12	+2:05.715
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
23	LMP3	30	Frikadelli Racing Team	Klaus Abbelen Felipe Fernandez Laser	Ligier JS P320		12	+2:15.188
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
24	LMP3	28	MV2S Forestier Racing	Emilien Carde Christophe Cresp	Ligier JS P320		12	+2:17.180
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
25	LMP3	2	United Autosports	Max Lynn Shaun Lynn	Ligier JS P320		12	+2:23.554
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
26	LMP3	17	IDEC Sport	Patrice Lafargue Dino Lunardi	Ligier JS P320		12	+2:23.894
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
27	GT3	46	Ebimotors	Fabio Babini Emanuele Busnelli	Porsche 911 GT3 R		12	+2:36.202
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
28	GT3	34	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Arnold Robin Maxime Robin	Audi R8 LMS Evo II		12	+2:36.805
					Audi 5.2 L V10
29	GT3	55	GMB Motorsport	Kasper H. Jensen Kristian Poulsen	Honda NSX GT3 Evo22		12	+2:37.369
					Honda 3.5 L Turbo V6
30	GT3	61	AF Corse	Gino Forgione Andrea Montermini	Ferrari 488 GT3		12	+2:37.737
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
31	GT3	56	Ebimotors	Max Busnelli Paolo Venerosi Pesciolini	Porsche 911 GT3 R		12	+2:42.614
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
32	GT3	44	GMB Motorsport	Gustav Birch Jens Reno Møller	Honda NSX GT3 Evo22		12	+2:49.119
					Honda 3.5 L Turbo V6
32	GT3	99	Bullitt Racing	Valentin Hasse-Clot Stephen Pattrick	Aston Martin Vantage GT3		12	+2:53.160
					Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
34	LMP3	69	Cool Racing	Malthe Jakobsen Maurice Smith	Ligier JS P320		11	+1 Lap
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
35	LMP3	20	Optimum Motorsport	Mark Crader Alex Mortimer	Duqueine M30 – D08		11	+1 Lap
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
36	GT3	19	Leipert Motorsport	Gregg Gorski Gerhard Watzinger	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo		11	+1 Lap
					Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
37	GT3	88	GMB Motorsport	Lars Engelbreckt Pedersen Mikkel O. Pedersen	Honda NSX GT3 Evo22		11	+1 Lap
					Honda 3.5 L Turbo V6
DNF	LMP3	22	United Autosports	Andres Latorre Garnet Patterson	Ligier JS P320		11	Accident Damage
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
DNF	LMP3	54	Inter Europol Competition	Noam Abramczyk Don Yount	Ligier JS P320		9
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
DNF	LMP3	33	Team Virage	Rob Hodes Ian Rodríguez	Ligier JS P320		8	Accident
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
DNF	INV	24	H24 Racing	Stéphane Richelmi	H24		8
DNF	GT3	83	Racetivity	Jean-Bernard Bouvet Charles-Henri Samani	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo		4	Accident
					Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
DNF	LMP3	11	Wochenspiegel Team Monschau	Torsten Kratz Leonard Weiss	Duqueine M30 – D08		3	Accident Damage
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
DNF	LMP3	9	AT Racing Team	Alexander Talkanitsa Jr. Alexander Talkanitsa Sr.	Ligier JS P320		1	Accident Damage
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
DNF	LMP3	4	Nielsen Racing	Matthew Bell John Melsom	Ligier JS P320		1	Accident Damage
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
DNF	LMP3	21	United Autosports	James McGuire Guy Smith	Ligier JS P320		0	Accident Damage
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
DNF	LMP3	27	24-7 Motorsport	Andrew Ferguson Jeremy Ferguson	Ligier JS P320		0	Accident
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
DNF	GT3	52	Spirit of Race	Hugo Delacour Cedric Sbirrazzuoli	Ferrari 488 GT3		0	Accident
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8

Race 2 Result

	Class		Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre		Time/Reason
					Engine
1	LMP3	25	Cool Racing	Mike Benham Duncan Tappy	Ligier JS P320		11	55:15.950
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
2	LMP3	76	Reiter Engineering	Freddie Hunt Mads Siljehaug	Ligier JS P320		11	+0.580 s
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
3	LMP3	10	Racing Spirit of Léman	Tom Dillmann Alexander Mattschull	Ligier JS P320		11	+0.830 s
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
4	LMP3	11	Wochenspiegel Team Monschau	Torsten Kratz Leonard Weiss	Duqueine M30 – D08		11	+1.185 s
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
5	LMP3	69	Cool Racing	Malthe Jakobsen Maurice Smith	Ligier JS P320		11	+2.298 s
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
6	LMP3	37	CD Sport	Grégory Guilvert Fabien Michal	Ligier JS P320		11	+7.362 s
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
7	LMP3	14	DKR Engineering	Alexander Bukhantsov James Winslow	Duqueine M30 – D08		11	+7.771 s
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
8	LMP3	4	Nielsen Racing	Matthew Bell John Melsom	Duqueine M30 – D08		11	+7.905 s
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
9	LMP3	7	Nielsen Racing	Colin Noble Anthony Wells	Ligier JS P320		11	+9.050 s
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
10	LMP3	72	Team Virage	Mathis Poulet Alexandre Yvon	Ligier JS P320		11	+9.791 s
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
11	LMP3	29	MV2S Forestier Racing	Louis Rousset Jérôme de Sadeleer	Ligier JS P320		11	+10.976 s
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
12	LMP3	32	United Autosports	Andy Meyrick Daniel Schneider	Ligier JS P320		11	+12.256 s
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
13	LMP3	20	Optimum Motorsport	Mark Crader Alex Mortimer	Duqueine M30 – D08		11	+12.511 s
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
14	LMP3	77	Team Thor	Auðunn Guðmundsson Michael H. Markussen	Ligier JS P320		11	+13.549 s
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
15	LMP3	28	MV2S Forestier Racing	Emilien Carde Christophe Cresp	Ligier JS P320		11	+13.764 s
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
16	LMP3	40	Graff Racing	Luis Sanjuan Théo Vaucher	Ligier JS P320		11	+13.902 s
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
17	LMP3	22	United Autosports	Andres Latorre Garnet Patterson	Ligier JS P320		11	+14.004 s
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
18	LMP3	21	United Autosports	James McGuire Guy Smith	Ligier JS P320		11	+15.970 s
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
19	LMP3	53	RLR MSport	Nico Pino Martin Rich	Ligier JS P320		11	+18.562 s
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
20	LMP3	54	Inter Europol Competition	Noam Abramczyk Don Yount	Ligier JS P320		11	+19.607 s
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
21	LMP3	15	RLR MSport	Horst Felbermayr Jr. Alex Kapadia	Ligier JS P320		11	+21.504 s
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
22	LMP3	13	Haegeli by T2 Racing	Marc Basseng Pieder Decurtins	Duqueine M30 – D08		11	+22.162 s
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
23	LMP3	23	United Autosports	Wayne Boyd John Schauerman	Ligier JS P320		11	+22.186 s
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
24	LMP3	2	United Autosports	Max Lynn Shaun Lynn	Ligier JS P320		11	+26.395 s
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
25	LMP3	9	AT Racing Team	Alexander Talkanitsa Jr. Alexander Talkanitsa Sr.	Ligier JS P320		11	+26.567 s
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
26	GT3	55	GMB Motorsport	Kasper H. Jensen Kristian Poulsen	Honda NSX GT3 Evo22		11	+28.470 s
					Honda 3.5 L Turbo V6
27	GT3	34	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Arnold Robin Maxime Robin	Audi R8 LMS Evo II		11	+29.131 s
					Audi 5.2 L V10
28	GT3	99	Bullitt Racing	Valentin Hasse-Clot Stephen Pattrick	Aston Martin Vantage GT3		11	+29.971 s
					Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
29	GT3	46	Ebimotors	Fabio Babini Emanuele Busnelli	Porsche 911 GT3 R		11	+31.908 s
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
30	LMP3	43	Racing Spirit of Léman	Josh Skelton Jacques Wolff	Ligier JS P320		11	+32.522 s
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
31	GT3	56	Ebimotors	Max Busnelli Paolo Venerosi Pesciolini	Porsche 911 GT3 R		11	+37.586 s
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
32	GT3	52	Spirit of Race	Hugo Delacour Cedric Sbirrazzuoli	Ferrari 488 GT3		11	+38.007 s
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
32	GT3	88	GMB Motorsport	Lars Engelbreckt Pedersen Mikkel O. Pedersen	Honda NSX GT3 Evo22		11	+1:08.410
					Honda 3.5 L Turbo V6
34	GT3	19	Leipert Motorsport	Gregg Gorski Gerhard Watzinger	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo		11	+1:28.088
					Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
35	LMP3	57	Graff Racing	Ryan Harper-Ellam Stephan Rupp	Ligier JS P320		10	+1 Lap
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
36	LMP3	31	AF Corse	Trenton Estep Mark Kvamme	Ligier JS P320		10	+1 Lap
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
37	LMP3	66	Rinaldi Racing	Daniel Keilwitz Steve Parrow	Duqueine M30 – D08		10	+1 Lap
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
38	INV	24	H24 Racing	Stéphane Richelmi	H24		9	+2 Laps
DNF	LMP3	27	24-7 Motorsport	Andrew Ferguson Jeremy Ferguson	Ligier JS P320		10
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
DNF	LMP3	30	Frikadelli Racing Team	Klaus Abbelen Felipe Fernandez Laser	Ligier JS P320		6
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
DNF	LMP3	73	TS Corse	Benjamin Hites Pietro Peccenini	Duqueine M30 – D08		6
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
DNF	LMP3	17	IDEC Sport	Patrice Lafargue Dino Lunardi	Ligier JS P320		5
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
DNF	LMP3	6	ANS Motorsport	Jonathan Brossard Nicholas Schatz	Ligier JS P320		4
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
DNF	LMP3	33	Team Virage	Rob Hodes Ian Rodríguez	Ligier JS P320		4
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
DNF	GT3	61	AF Corse	Gino Forgione Andrea Montermini	Ferrari 488 GT3		4
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
DNF	GT3	44	GMB Motorsport	Gustav Birch Jens Reno Møller	Honda NSX GT3 Evo22		4
					Honda 3.5 L Turbo V6
DNF	LMP3	3	DKR Engineering	Jon Brownson Laurents Hörr	Duqueine M30 – D08		2
					Nissan 5.6 L V8

Notes and References

1. News: 50 Car Road To Le Mans Grid Announced. dailysportscar. 19 May 2022. 19 May 2022.
2. Web site: 10 June 2022 . Road to Le Mans – Race 1 – Final Classification . 14 February 2022.
3. Web site: 11 June 2022 . Road to Le Mans – Race 2 – Final Classification . 14 February 2023.